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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
March 24, 2008
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-31950   16-1690064
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
1550 Utica Avenue South, Suite 100,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
      55416
         
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) : 952-591-3000
Not Applicable
 

Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Explanatory Note
Item 1.01. Entry into or Amendment of Material Definitive Agreements.
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
Item 2.02. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
Item 5.01. Change in Control of Registrant.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 4.1
EXHIBIT 4.2
EXHIBIT 4.3
EXHIBIT 4.4
EXHIBIT 4.5
EXHIBIT 4.6
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXHIBIT 10.2
EXHIBIT 10.3
EXHIBIT 10.4
EXHIBIT 10.5
EXHIBIT 10.6
EXHIBIT 10.7
EXHIBIT 10.8
EXHIBIT 10.9
EXHIBIT 10.10
EXHIBIT 10.11
EXHIBIT 10.12
EXHIBIT 10.13
EXHIBIT 10.14
EXHIBIT 10.15
EXHIBIT 10.16
EXHIBIT 10.17
EXHIBIT 10.18
EXHIBIT 10.19
EXHIBIT 10.20
EXHIBIT 10.21
EXHIBIT 99.1
EXHIBIT 99.2


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Explanatory Note
     As previously disclosed, on March 17, 2008, MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), entered into an amended and restated purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Corporation and affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”) and affiliates of Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”) (wherein THL and Goldman Sachs are referred to collectively as the “Investors”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Corporation agreed to sell to the Investors in private placements 495,000 shares of Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) and 265,000 shares of Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B-1 Preferred Stock”) for an aggregate purchase price of $760,000,000 (the “Transaction”). Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock at an initial conversion price of $2.50 per share, and the Series B-1 Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of Series D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”). The preferred stock issued to the Investors will initially represent, in the aggregate, approximately 79% of the common equity of the Corporation, and this percentage will increase if the Corporation elects to accrue dividends in lieu of paying cash dividends.
     The Transaction and the agreements entered into or contemplated in connection with the Transaction (the “Transaction Agreements”) were previously described in the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2008 (the “March 18, 2008 Form 8-K”). On March 25, 2008, the Corporation completed the Transaction with the Investors pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreements.
Item 1.01.   Entry into Material Definitive Agreements.
Equity Registration Rights Agreement
      Concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, the Corporation, the Investors and GSG (as defined below) entered into the Registration Rights Agreement previously described in the Corporation’s March 18, 2008 Form 8-K. The Registration Rights Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.5 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Subscription Agreement
     As disclosed in the March 18, 2008 Form 8-K, the Corporation agreed to pay to Goldman, Sachs & Co. or as directed by Goldman, Sachs & Co., on behalf of the Investors, a $7,500,000 investment banking advisory fee in connection with the Transaction. In lieu of a cash payment, the Corporation agreed to issue 7,500 shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock to The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“GSG”), as payment on behalf of the Investors of the fee payable to Goldman, Sachs & Co. The fee arrangement letter entered into by the Company with the Investors in connection with the Goldman Sachs advisory fee is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Corporation and GSG entered into a Subscription Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, pursuant to which the Corporation issued 7,500 shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock to GSG. The Subscription Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 


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Incentive Plan
      On March 24, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) amended and restated the MoneyGram International, Inc. Management and Line of Business Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”). The Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, will allow the Human Resources Committee of the Board to establish performance goals that will determine maximum annual incentive bonuses which may be paid to the Corporation’s executives, while maintaining the deductibility of annual bonuses payable to senior executives whose compensation is subject to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
     The amendment authorizes the Human Resources Committee to establish a limit on the annual bonus to be paid to each participant in the Incentive Plan based on performance goals selected from those included in the stockholder-approved MoneyGram International, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Plan”). Annual bonuses payable under the Incentive Plan are “Performance Awards” under the Omnibus Plan. The amendment also gives the Human Resources Committee the ability, in its discretion, to pay bonuses less than the established limits based on factors that the Human Resources Committee determines. The Incentive Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Amendments to the Tier I and Tier II Executive Severance Plans
      In connection with the anticipated completion of the Transaction, on March 24, 2008, the Board adopted the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier I) (the “Tier I Plan”). The amendment eliminates severance payments to participants who terminate their employment without “Good Reason” during the 30-day period following the first anniversary of a “Change of Control,” as those terms are defined in the Tier I Plan. The amendment also provides that severance benefits are to be paid to participants whose employment is terminated without “Cause” or who terminate for “Good Reason” within 24, rather than 36, months following a “Change of Control,” as those terms are defined in the Tier I Plan. The amendment further provides that the Tier I Plan may not be amended in a manner adverse to any participant, on the date of the closing or at any time thereafter, without the express written consent of that participant.
     In connection with the anticipated completion of the Transaction, on March 24, 2008, the Board also adopted the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier II) (the “Tier II Plan”). The amendment provides that the Tier II Plan may not be amended in a manner adverse to any participant, on the date of the closing or at any time thereafter, without the express written consent of that participant.
     The foregoing descriptions of the amendments to the Tier I Plan and Tier II Plan do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the amendments to the Tier I Plan and Tier II Plan which are filed as Exhibit 10.20 and Exhibit 10.21 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 


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Adoption of the Special Tier I and Tier II Executive Severance Plans
     In connection with the anticipated completion of the Transaction, on March 24, 2008, the Board adopted the MoneyGram International, Inc. Special Executive Severance Plan (Tier I) and the MoneyGram International, Inc. Special Executive Severance Plan (Tier II) (together, the “Special Severance Plans”). Because the Transaction does not implicate the change of control protections in the Tier I Plan or the Tier II Plan (collectively, the “Existing Plans”), the Board adopted each of the Special Severance Plans, respectively, to provide severance benefits to participants in the Existing Plans whose employment is terminated under certain circumstances following the closing.
     The Special Severance Plans provide benefits identical to those payable under the Existing Plans, as amended, for participants whose employment is terminated without “Cause” or who terminate for “Good Reason” within 24 months following the closing. The Special Severance Plans may not be amended in a manner adverse to any participant, on the date of the closing or at any time thereafter, without the express written consent of that participant. A participant may not receive duplicate benefits under the Existing Plans and the Special Severance Plans.
     The foregoing descriptions of the Special Severance Plans do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Special Severance Plans, which are filed as Exhibit 10.18 and Exhibit 10.19 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Note Purchase Agreement
     In connection with the anticipated completion of the Transaction, the Corporation entered into a second amended and restated note purchase agreement (the “Second Amended Note Purchase Agreement”) dated as of March 24, 2008, with MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Worldwide”), GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“GSMP Onshore”), GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“GSMP Offshore”), and GSMP V Institutional V US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“GSMP Institutional,” and, together with GSMP Onshore and GSMP Offshore, the “Initial Purchasers”) and THL Credit, a Delaware Limited Partnership (“THL CP”). The Second Amended Note Purchase Agreement replaces in its entirety the amended and restated note purchase agreement (the “Amended Note Purchase Agreement”) dated as of March 17, 2008, by and among the Corporation, Worldwide, the Initial Purchasers and THL CP previously described in the Corporation’s March 18, 2008 Form 8-K. Pursuant to the Second Amended Note Purchase Agreement, THL CP was removed as a party. THL CP will instead acquire $20,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes from the Initial Purchasers at a later date.
     The foregoing description of the Second Amended Note Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the

 


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Second Amended Note Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.5 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Indenture
      Concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, the Corporation, Worldwide, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as trustee and collateral agent and signatory guarantors entered into the Indenture described in the Corporation’s March 18, 2008 Form 8-K. The Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Note Registration Rights Agreement
     Concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, the Corporation, Worldwide, and signatory guarantors entered into the Note Registration Rights Agreement described in the Corporation’s March 18, 2008 Form 8-K. The Note Registration Rights Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.6 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
     Concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, the Corporation, Worldwide, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., individually and as letter of credit issuer, swing line lender, administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other lenders party thereto, entered into the Second Amended Credit Agreement as defined and described in the Corporation’s March 18, 2008 Form 8-K. The Second Amended Credit Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
     As previously described in the Corporation’s March 18, 2008 Form 8-K, the debt financing provided pursuant to the Second Amended Credit Agreement required Worldwide to pledge certain collateral as security for the indebtedness in accordance with the terms and conditions of the collateral agreements described below (the “Collateral Agreements”). The Collateral Agreements, which, to the extent relating to the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined in the Corporation’s March 18, 2008 Form 8-K), amend and restate the collateral agreements entered into in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, include: (1) an amended and restated first lien pledge agreement and a second lien pledge agreement which provide that all of the Corporation’s, Worldwide’s and the guarantors’ obligations under the Second Amended Credit Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable, are secured by perfected first and second priority, as applicable, liens on and security interests in substantially all of the capital stock of Worldwide and each of its domestic and foreign subsidiaries now owned or after-acquired by each pledgor signatory thereto (subject to certain limitations), any stock rights related to the capital stock, any certificates of such capital stock, and any proceeds of certificates of such capital stock; (2) an amended and restated first lien security agreement and a second lien security agreement that provide that all of the Corporation’s, Worldwide’s and the guarantors’ obligations under the Second Amended Credit Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable, are secured by a perfected first and second priority, as applicable, lien on and security interest in the right, title, and interest of each grantor signatory thereto in certain of their respective assets other than financial assets; (3) an amended and restated first lien trademark security agreement, a first lien

 


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trademark security agreement and two second lien trademark security agreements that provide that all of the Corporation’s and Worldwide’s obligations under the Second Amended Credit Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable, are secured by a perfected first and second, as applicable, priority lien on and security interest in the Corporation’s and certain of its subsidiaries’ right, title and interest in its now owned and after-acquired trademarks and good will; and (4) an amended and restated first lien patent security agreement, a first lien patent security agreement and two second lien patent security agreements that provide that all of the Corporation’s, Worldwide’s and the guarantors’ obligations under the Second Amended Credit Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable, are secured by a perfected first and second as applicable, priority lien on and security interest in the Corporation’s and certain of its subsidiaries’ right, title and interest in its now owned and after-acquired patents, along with any proceeds related to such patents. The Collateral Agreements are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 10.16, and 10.17 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01.   Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
     On March 25, 2008, the Corporation completed the Transaction with the Investors pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreements. The information set forth above under the heading “Explanatory Note” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.02.   Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
     The information set forth in Item 1.01 with respect to the Second Amended Credit Agreement is incorporated herein in its entirety.
Item 3.02.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
     On March 25, 2008, the Corporation completed the Transaction with the Investors pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreements. The information set forth above under the heading “Explanatory Note” is incorporated herein by reference. The Certificates of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B Preferred Stock, Series B-1 Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock are attached as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.03.   Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
     On March 25, 2008, the Corporation completed the Transaction with the Investors pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreements. The information set forth above under the heading “Explanatory Note” is incorporated herein by reference.
     As disclosed in the March 18, 2008 Form 8-K, the Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, subject to certain qualifications and exceptions, restrict the activities of the Corporation to holding company activities and limit the ability of Worldwide and its subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other restricted payments. As disclosed in the March 18, 2008 Form 8-K, the Second Amended Credit Agreement also contains covenants restricting the Corporation’s, Worldwide’s, and certain of Worldwide’s subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things and subject to various exceptions, declare dividends, make distributions or redeem, or repurchase capital stock.

 


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Item 5.01.   Change in Control of Registrant.
     The Transaction resulted in a change of control of the Corporation, with the Investors receiving preferred stock which initially represents approximately 79% of the Corporation’s common equity on an as-converted basis. The information set forth above under the heading “Explanatory Note” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers.
     In connection with the Transaction, seven of the directors of the Corporation agreed to resign, such that after the completion of the Transaction and the appointment of the THL representatives to the Board (as described below), the size of the Board totaled six members and was comprised of two THL representatives, three Independent Directors (as defined below) and Philip W. Milne, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
     On March 24, 2008, in connection with the completion of the Transaction, each of Monte E. Ford, Judith K. Hofer, Donald E. Kiernan, Robert C. Krueger, Linda Johnson Rice, Douglas L. Rock and Timothy R. Wallace, members of the Board, tendered his or her resignation, to be effective immediately following the filing of the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC (the “10-K filing”). The 10-K filing occurred and the resignations took effect on March 25, 2008, following the consummation of the Transaction.
     On March 25, 2008, pursuant to the rights provided to THL in the Purchase Agreement with respect to representation on the Board, the Board elected two new directors, Scott L. Jaeckel and Seth W. Lawry, effective immediately following the 10-K filing. Each of Messrs. Jaeckel and Lawry was appointed to the class of directors with terms expiring at the 2010 annual meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Messrs. Jaeckel and Lawry will be appointed to serve on one or more committees of the Board, which committee appointments have not yet been determined.
     As described in the March 18, 2008 Form 8-K, the Purchase Agreement provides that that following the closing, for so long as stockholders who are unaffiliated with the Investors beneficially own at least 5% of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation, on a fully diluted basis, there shall be at least three Independent Directors serving on the Board. An “Independent Director” means a director who has been nominated or approved by directors who are unaffiliated with the Investors and were members of the Board prior to the closing, and who satisfies all standards for independence promulgated by the New York Stock Exchange, the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and any other applicable laws. The Corporation may not engage in any Affiliated Transaction (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) with the Investors, or take certain other specified actions, without approval by the Independent Directors. Jess T. Hay, Albert M. Teplin and Othón Ruiz-Montemayor will continue to serve on the Board as the Independent Directors.

 


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     The Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) requires that the members of the Board of Directors are to be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible. Thus, in order to comply with the Certificate of Incorporation, Messrs. Hay and Teplin, both directors of the Corporation with terms expiring at the 2010 annual meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders, tendered their resignations and were simultaneously reappointed to the Board of Directors. Mr. Hay’s term as director will now expire at the 2009 annual meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders, and Mr. Teplin’s term as director will now expire at the 2008 annual meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders. Mr. Ruiz-Montemayor continues in the class of 2009. In accordance with the Corporation’s bylaws, the Board has fixed the number of directors serving on the Board at six members.
     As described above and in the March 18, 2008 Form 8-K, THL has been furnished the right to designate directors to the Board pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Messrs. Jaeckel and Lawry are both principals of THL, which acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding units of Class B Preferred Stock of the Corporation, representing 50.8% of the outstanding common equity of the Corporation on an as-converted basis, in the Transaction. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Messrs. Jaeckel and Lawry are entitled to the same rights, privileges and compensation as the other members of the Board of Directors in their capacity as such, including with respect to insurance coverage and reimbursement for Board of Directors participation and related expenses.
Item 7.01.   Regulation FD Disclosure.
     On March 25, 2008, the Corporation issued a press release announcing the consummation of the Transaction and debt financing. The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
     On March 25, 2008, the Corporation issued a press release announcing the financial results for full year 2007. The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2.
Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
     
Exhibit No.   Description
   
 
4.1  
Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., the other guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee and collateral agent.
   
 
4.2  
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of MoneyGram International, Inc.
   
 
4.3  
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of MoneyGram International, Inc.

 


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Exhibit No.   Description
   
 
4.4  
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of MoneyGram International, Inc.
   
 
4.5  
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the several Investor parties named therein and MoneyGram International, Inc.
   
 
4.6  
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement by and among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., each of the Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto, GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd. and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd.
   
 
10.1  
Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Management and Line of Business Incentive Plan.
   
 
10.2  
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, among MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., individually and as letter of credit issuer, swing line lender, administrative agent and collateral agent and the other lenders party thereto.
   
 
10.3  
Fee Arrangement Letter, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between the Investor parties named therein, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and MoneyGram International, Inc.
   
 
10.4  
Subscription Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between MoneyGram International, Inc. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
   
 
10.5  
Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2008, by and among MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd. and GSMP V Institutional V US, Ltd.
   
 
10.6  
Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the Pledgors signatory thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.7  
Second Priority Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the Pledgors signatory thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent.
   
 
10.8  
Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the Grantors signatory thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.9  
Second Priority Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the Grantors signatory thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent.

 


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Exhibit No.   Description
   
 
10.10  
Amended and Restated Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between MoneyGram International, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.11  
Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between PropertyBridge, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.12  
Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between PropertyBridge, Inc. as grantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent for the secured parties.
   
 
10.13  
Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between MoneyGram International, Inc. as grantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent for the secured parties.
   
 
10.14  
Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between MoneyGram International, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.15  
Patent Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.16  
Second Priority Patent Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, between MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. as grantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent for the secured parties.
   
 
10.17  
Second Priority Patent Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, between MoneyGram International, Inc. as grantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent for the secured parties.
   
 
10.18  
MoneyGram International, Inc. Special Executive Severance Plan (Tier I)
   
 
10.19  
MoneyGram International, Inc. Special Executive Severance Plan (Tier II)
   
 
10.20  
First Amendment of the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier I)
   
 
10.21  
First Amendment of the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier II)
   
 
99.1  
Press Release of MoneyGram International, Inc., dated March 25, 2008.
   
 
99.2  
Press Release of MoneyGram International, Inc., dated March 25, 2008.

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  MoneyGram International, Inc.
 
 
March 28, 2008  By:   /s/  Anthony P. Ryan  
    Name:   Anthony P. Ryan   
    Title:   Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer  

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Description
   
 
4.1  
Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., the other guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee and collateral agent.
   
 
4.2  
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of MoneyGram International, Inc.
   
 
4.3  
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of MoneyGram International, Inc.
   
 
4.4  
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of MoneyGram International, Inc.
   
 
4.5  
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the several Investor parties named therein and MoneyGram International, Inc.
   
 
4.6  
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement by and among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., each of the Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto, GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd. and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd.
   
 
10.1  
Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Management and Line of Business Incentive Plan.
   
 
10.2  
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, among MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., individually and as letter of credit issuer, swing line lender, administrative agent and collateral agent and the other lenders party thereto.
   
 
10.3  
Fee Arrangement Letter, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between the Investor parties named therein, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and MoneyGram International, Inc.
   
 
10.4  
Subscription Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between MoneyGram International, Inc. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
   
 
10.5  
Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2008, by and among MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd. and GSMP V Institutional V US, Ltd.
   
 
10.6  
Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the Pledgors signatory thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.7  
Second Priority Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the Pledgors signatory thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent.
   
 
10.8  
Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the Grantors signatory thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.9  
Second Priority Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the Grantors signatory thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent.

 


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Exhibit No.   Description
   
 
10.10  
Amended and Restated Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between MoneyGram International, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.11  
Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between PropertyBridge, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.12  
Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between PropertyBridge, Inc. as grantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent for the secured parties.
   
 
10.13  
Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between MoneyGram International, Inc. as grantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent for the secured parties.
   
 
10.14  
Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between MoneyGram International, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.15  
Patent Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and between MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as collateral agent.
   
 
10.16  
Second Priority Patent Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, between MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. as grantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent for the secured parties.
   
 
10.17  
Second Priority Patent Security Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, between MoneyGram International, Inc. as grantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as collateral agent for the secured parties.
   
 
10.18  
MoneyGram International, Inc. Special Executive Severance Plan (Tier I)
   
 
10.19  
MoneyGram International, Inc. Special Executive Severance Plan (Tier II)
   
 
10.20  
First Amendment of the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier I)
   
 
10.21  
First Amendment of the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier II)
   
 
99.1  
Press Release of MoneyGram International, Inc., dated March 25, 2008.
   
 
99.2  
Press Release of MoneyGram International, Inc., dated March 25, 2008.

 

 

Exhibit 4.1
 
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
13.25% SENIOR SECURED SECOND LIEN NOTES DUE 2018
 
INDENTURE
Dated as of March 25, 2008
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Trustee
 
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS                    
         
      Page  
ARTICLE 1
       
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
       
BY REFERENCE
       
 
       
Section 1.01 Definitions
    1  
Section 1.02 Other Definitions
    29  
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction
    29  
 
       
ARTICLE 2
       
THE NOTES
       
 
       
Section 2.01 Form and Dating
    30  
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication
    31  
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent
    32  
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
    32  
Section 2.05 Holder Lists
    33  
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange
    33  
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes
    43  
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes
    43  
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes
    43  
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes
    43  
Section 2.11 Cancellation
    44  
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest
    44  
Section 2.13 Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes
    44  
Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers
    45  
 
       
ARTICLE 3
       
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
       
 
       
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee
    45  
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased
    45  
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption
    46  
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption
    46  
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price
    47  
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part
    47  
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption
    47  
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption
    48  
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds
    49  
 
       
ARTICLE 4
       
COVENANTS
       
 
       
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes
    50  
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
    51  
Section 4.03 Reports
    51  
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate
    52  
Section 4.05 Taxes
    52  
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
    53  
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments
    53  
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Company Subsidiaries
    57  

 


 

         
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Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
    58  
Section 4.10 Asset Sales
    63  
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates
    65  
Section 4.12 Liens
    66  
Section 4.13 Management Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses of Sponsors
    66  
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence
    66  
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
    66  
Section 4.16 [Reserved]
    68  
Section 4.17 Payments for Consent
    68  
Section 4.18 Investments in Respect of Payment Services Obligations
    68  
Section 4.19 Lead Sponsor Equity Anti-Layering
    68  
Section 4.20 Business Activities
    69  
Section 4.21 Maintenance of Properties
    69  
Section 4.22 Insurance
    69  
Section 4.23 Books and Records; Inspections
    69  
Section 4.24 Compliance with Laws
    69  
Section 4.25 Additional Note Guarantees
    69  
Section 4.26 Holding Company Covenant
    70  
Section 4.27 Maintenance of Minimum Liquidity Ratio
    70  
Section 4.28 Specified SRI Subsidiary
    70  
 
       
ARTICLE 5
       
SUCCESSORS
       
 
       
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
    70  
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted
    71  
 
       
ARTICLE 6
       
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
       
 
       
Section 6.01 Events of Default
    72  
Section 6.02 Acceleration
    74  
Section 6.03 Other Remedies
    75  
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults
    75  
Section 6.05 Control by Majority
    75  
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits
    75  
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
    76  
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee
    76  
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    76  
Section 6.10 Priorities
    77  
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs
    77  
 
       
ARTICLE 7
       
TRUSTEE
       
 
       
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee
    77  
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee
    78  
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee
    79  
Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer
    79  
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults
    79  
Section 7.06 Compensation and Indemnity
    80  
Section 7.07 Replacement of Trustee
    80  
Section 7.08 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc
    81  
Section 7.09 Eligibility; Disqualification
    81  

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      Page  
ARTICLE 8
       
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
       
 
       
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
    82  
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge
    82  
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance
    82  
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
    83  
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
    84  
Section 8.06 Repayment to the Company
    84  
Section 8.07 Reinstatement
    85  
 
       
ARTICLE 9
       
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
       
 
       
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes
    85  
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes
    86  
Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents
    87  
Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes
    87  
Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
    88  
 
       
ARTICLE 10
       
NOTE GUARANTEES
       
 
       
Section 10.01 Guarantee
    88  
Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability
    89  
Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee
    89  
Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
    90  
Section 10.05 Releases
    91  
 
       
ARTICLE 11
       
RANKING OF NOTE LIENS
       
 
       
Section 11.01 Agreement for the Benefit of Holders of First Priority Liens
    91  
Section 11.02 Notes, Note Guarantees and other Obligations with respect to the Notes not Subordinated
    91  
Section 11.03 Relative Rights
    91  
 
       
ARTICLE 12
       
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
       
 
       
Section 12.01 Security Documents
    93  
Section 12.02 Collateral Agent
    93  
Section 12.03 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken
    94  
Section 12.04 Release of Liens
    94  
Section 12.05 Filing, Recording and Opinions
    95  
Section 12.06 Suits to Protect the Collateral
    96  
Section 12.07 Purchaser Protected
    96  
Section 12.08 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee
    96  
Section 12.09 Release Upon Termination of the Company’s Obligations
    96  
Section 12.10 Financing Statements
    97  
 
       
ARTICLE 13
       
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
       
 
       
Section 13.01 Satisfaction and Discharge
    97  

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Section 13.02 Application of Trust Money
    98  
 
       
ARTICLE 14
       
MISCELLANEOUS
       
 
       
Section 14.01 Notices
    99  
Section 14.02 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
    100  
Section 14.03 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
    100  
Section 14.04 Rules by Trustee and Agents
    101  
Section 14.05 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
    101  
Section 14.06 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
    101  
Section 14.07 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
    101  
Section 14.08 Successors
    101  
Section 14.09 Severability
    102  
Section 14.10 Counterpart Originals
    102  
Section 14.11 Table of Contents, Headings, etc
    102  
Section 14.12 Force Majeure
    102  
Section 14.13 Patriot Act
    102  
EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit A-1
  FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit A-2
  FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
Exhibit B
  FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C
  FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D
  FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
Exhibit E
  FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Exhibit F
  FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS
     
Schedule 1.1(a)
  Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 1.1(b)
  Existing Liens
Schedule 1.1(c)
  Scheduled Restricted Investments

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     INDENTURE dated as of March 25, 2008 among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “ Company ”), the Guarantors listed on the signatures pages hereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee and collateral agent.
     The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined) of the 13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018 (the “ Notes ”):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
     “ 144A Global Note ” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
     “ Accounts Receivable ” means net accounts receivable as reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
     “ Acquired Debt ” means, with respect to any specified Person, without duplication:
     (1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, including without limitation Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
     (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset at the time such asset is acquired by such specified Person.
     “ Adjusted EBITDA ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
     (1) increased (without duplication) to the extent deducted in computing the Consolidated Net Income of such Person by:
          (a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital gains of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period (including any tax sharing arrangements); plus
          (b) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; plus
          (c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; plus
          (d) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with the Transactions, any acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, Investment, Asset Sale, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in

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each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the date hereof and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction; plus
          (e) other non-cash charges reducing the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period; plus
          (f) the amount of any minority interest expense deducted in calculating the Consolidated Net Income of such Person (less the amount of any cash dividends or distributions paid to the holders of such minority interests); plus
          (g) non-recurring or unusual losses or expenses (including costs and expenses of litigation included in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income); provided that the aggregate amount of all such losses or expenses added back pursuant to this clause (g) for purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA for any four-quarter reference period shall not exceed 10.0% of Adjusted EBITDA for that period; provided , further that losses in respect of settlements of, or judgments in respect of, and expenses incurred in connection with, any litigation may be added back without limitation; plus
     (2) to the extent deducted or added in computing Consolidated Net Income of such Person increased or decreased by (without duplication), any net loss or gain resulting from currency remeasurements of indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk); and
     (3) decreased to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income of such Person by, without duplication,
          (a) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, excluding any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period; plus
          (b) non-recurring or unusual gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided , that the aggregate amount of all such gains deducted pursuant to this clause (3)(b) for purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA for any four-quarter reference period shall not exceed 10.0% of Adjusted EBITDA for that period.
     “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purpose of this definition, “ control ” means the possession of either (a) the power to vote, or the Beneficial Ownership of, 10% or more of the Voting Stock of such Person or (b) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise; provided , that, in no event shall GSMP and their Subsidiaries and other Persons engaged primarily in the investment of mezzanine securities that directly or indirectly are controlled by, or under common control with, the same investment adviser as GSMP (“ GS Mezzanine Entities ”) by virtue of their affiliation with affiliates other than GS Mezzanine Entities be deemed to control Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries for any purposes under this Indenture (including Section 2.09).
     “ Agent ” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
     “ Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

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     (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and
     (2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (x) the redemption price of such Note at the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing under Section 3.07(c) hereof), assuming that, if any portion of the interest on such Note has previously been capitalized, that all required future interest payments due on such Note on each Interest Payment Date through the second anniversary of the Closing Date were made through the capitalization of such interest payments due on each such Interest Payment Date, plus (y) all required interest payments on the Note through the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (excluding accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date and any interest either capitalized or assumed to have been capitalized under clause (x) above), and with such present value computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of such Note.
     “ Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and/or Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
     “ Article 6 Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations, business, assets or liabilities of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided , however , that the impact of the following matters shall be disregarded: (i) changes in general economic, financial market, credit market, regulatory or political conditions (whether resulting from acts of war or terrorism, an escalation of hostilities or otherwise) generally affecting the U.S. economy, foreign economies or the industries in which Holdco or its Subsidiaries operate, (ii) changes in generally accepted accounting principles, (iii) changes in laws of general applicability or interpretations thereof by any Governmental Authority, (iv) any change in Holdco’s stock price or trading volume, in and of itself, or any failure, in and of itself, by Holdco to meet revenue or earnings guidance published or otherwise provided to the Initial Purchasers (provided that any fact, condition, circumstance, event, change, development or effect underlying any such failure or change, other than any of the foregoing that is otherwise excluded pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii) hereof, may be taken into account in determining whether an Article 6 Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur), (v) losses resulting from any change in the valuations of Holdco’s portfolio of securities or sales of such securities and any effect resulting from such changes or sales, (vi) actions or omissions of Holdco or the Sponsors taken as required by the Equity Purchase Agreement or with the prior written consent of the Initial Purchasers, (vii) the public announcement, in and of itself, by a third party not affiliated with Holdco of any proposal to acquire the outstanding securities or all or substantially all of the assets of Holdco and (viii) the public announcement of the Equity Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (provided that this clause (viii) shall not apply with respect to Sections 1.2(c)(v), 2.2(d), 2.2(h) and 2.2(k) of the Equity Purchase Agreement); provided further , however, that an Article 6 Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed not to include the impact of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), in each case only insofar and to the extent that such circumstances, events, changes, developments or effects described in such clauses do not have a disproportionate effect on Holdco and its Subsidiaries (exclusive of its payments systems business) relative to other participants in the industry.
     “ Asset Sale ” means:
     (1) the sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business whether or not consistent with past practice) or other disposition, of property or assets (including by way of a sale and leaseback) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); and

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     (2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Company Subsidiary (other than preferred stock of Company Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof);
whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:
          (a) the disposition of (i) Cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business, (ii) obsolete or worn out equipment or other tangible personal property or (iii) inventory sales in the ordinary course of business;
          (b) the disposition of portfolio securities for Highly Rated Investments or Cash and Cash Equivalents;
          (c) the disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to the provisions described under Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;
          (d) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 hereof;
          (e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Guarantor to the Company or by the Company or a Guarantor to a Guarantor;
          (f) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Non-Guarantor to the Company or a Company Subsidiary;
          (g) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
          (h) the granting of Liens otherwise permitted by this Indenture;
          (i) surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims;
          (j) the lease, assignment or sub-lease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;
          (k) foreclosures on assets;
          (l) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations;
          (m) sales of securities pursuant to Repurchase Agreements;
          (n) any transfer to MoneyGram International Holdings Limited of the loan from MoneyGram to MoneyGram International Holdings Limited in the amount of 92,500,000 pursuant to the Loan Agreement dated January 17, 2003 made to effectuate the forgiveness of such loan;
          (o) sales of accounts receivable on a non-recourse basis in connection with the collection or compromise thereof; and

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          (p) any disposition of assets (other than Equity Interests of a Company Subsidiary) in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate fair market value not to exceed $10.0 million in any calendar year.
     “ Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
     “ Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act. The terms “ Beneficial Ownership ” and “ Beneficially Own ” have a corresponding meaning.
     “ Board of Directors ” means:
     (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
     (2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership;
     (3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
     (4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
     “ Business Combination ” means (i) any reorganization, consolidation, merger, share exchange or similar business combination transaction involving Holdco with any Person or (ii) the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition by Holdco of all or substantially all of its assets.
     “ Business Day ” means any calendar day other than a Legal Holiday.
     “ Capital Stock ” means:
     (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
     (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
     (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
     (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets on liquidation of, the issuing Person.
     “ Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.
     “ Cash and Cash Equivalents ” means:
     (1) U.S. dollars or Canadian dollars;

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     (2) (a) euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU or (b) such local currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
     (3) Government Securities or Highly Rated Investments;
     (4) securities issued by any agency of the United States or government-sponsored enterprise (such as debt securities or mortgage-backed securities issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Banks and other government-sponsored enterprises), which may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within three months or less and rated Aa1 or better by Moody’s and AA+ or better by S&P;
     (5) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, banker’s acceptances with maturities not exceeding 13 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million in the case of a domestic bank and $250.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of a foreign bank;
     (6) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3), (4) and (5) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
     (7) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moody’s or at least A-2 by S&P and in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of creation thereof;
     (8) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (6) above;
     (9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition; and
     (10) Scheduled Restricted Investments.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those authorized to be held in accordance with clauses (1) and (2); provided that such amounts are converted into any currency authorized to be held in accordance with clauses (1) and (2) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
     “ Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:
     (1) any Person (other than the Sponsors) acquires Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of Holdco entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“ Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock ”);
     (2) the consummation of a Business Combination pursuant to which either (A) the Persons that were the Beneficial Owners of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock immediately prior to such Business Combination Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, less than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent) of the entity resulting from such Business

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Combination (including, without limitation, a company that, as a result of such transaction, owns Holdco or all or substantially all of Holdco’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries), or (B) any Person (other than the Sponsors) Beneficially Owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination;
     (3) the failure by Holdco to directly own 100% of the Capital Stock of the Company;
     (4) the failure by the Company to directly own 100% of the Capital Stock of MoneyGram; or
     (5) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation of Holdco or the Company.
     “ Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
     “ Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.
     “ Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
     “ Collateral ” means the collateral described in the Security Documents.
     “ Collateral Agent ” means the Trustee in its capacity as Collateral Agent under this Indenture and under the Security Documents and any successor thereto in such capacity.
     “ Company ” means MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
     “ Company Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the Company.
     “ Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense ” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense (excluding amortization of signing bonuses), including the amortization of deferred financing fees of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
     “ Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
     (1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, expenses and original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133 — “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”), (d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations and (e) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness); plus

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     (2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued.
     For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
     “ Consolidated Net Income ” means with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however , that
     (a) to the extent included in Net Income:
     (1) there shall be excluded in computing Consolidated Net Income (x) all extraordinary gains and (y) all extraordinary losses;
     (2) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles or policies during such period, whether effected through a cumulative effect adjustment or a retroactive application in each case in accordance with GAAP;
     (3) any net after-tax income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;
     (4) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Company, shall be excluded;
     (5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;
     (6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (iii) of 4.07(a) hereof, the Net Income or loss for such period of any Subsidiary of such Person will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or in similar distributions has been legally waived or such income has been dividended or distributed to the Company or to a Company Subsidiary without such restriction; provided, however , that for the avoidance of doubt, any restrictions based solely on (i) financial maintenance requirements imposed as a matter of state regulatory requirements or (ii) the types of restrictions set forth in clauses (cc), (dd) and (ee) of the definition of Permitted Liens shall not result in the exclusion of Net Income (loss); and provided, further , that any net loss of any Subsidiary of such Person (including any Guarantor), shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause (6);
     (7) any net after-tax income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments not relating to the Restricted Investment Portfolio shall be excluded;

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     (8) any Net Income (loss) for such period will be excluded to the extent it relates to the impairment or appreciation of, or it is realized out of the income generated by, or from the sale or disposition of, any assets included in the Scheduled Restricted Investments;
     (9) any Net Income (loss) for such period will be excluded to the extent it relates to the impairment or appreciation of any asset included the Restricted Investment Portfolio; provided , however , that subject to clause (8) any Net Income (loss) for such period will be included to the extent that it is realized out of the sale, disposition or unwinding of any assets included in the Restricted Investment Portfolio;
     (10) any impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” or Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 141 “Business Combinations,” in each case to the extent deducted in calculating Net Income of such Person will be excluded;
     (11) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights and any non-cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests by management of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with the Transactions shall be excluded; and
     (12) any non-cash items included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Company as a result of an agreement of the Sponsors in respect of any equity participation shall be excluded; and
     (b) to the extent not already included in Net Income, any costs associated with any operational expenses or litigation costs or expenses (including any judgment or settlement) made by any direct or indirect parent company of the Company in respect of which the Company has made a Restricted Payment pursuant to clauses (7) and (8) of Section 4.07(b) shall be deducted from Net Income.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07 hereof only and in order to avoid double counting, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances that constitute Restricted Investments by the company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 4.07(a)(iii)(C) hereof.
     “ Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 14.01 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
     “ Credit Agreement ” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent, and the other financial institutions signatory thereto as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time.
     “ Credit Facilities ” means, one or more secured debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term

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loans, or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time.
     “ Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
     “ Default ” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default as defined in Section 6.01.
     “ Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.
     “ Depositary ” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
     “ Designated Non-cash Consideration ” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as of the date of receipt of such non-cash consideration, in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration; provided that Designated Non-cash Consideration shall not exceed at any one time outstanding $25.0 million.
     “ Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale) in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the maturity date of the Notes; provided , however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees, directors, managers or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, directors, managers, consultants (or their respective estates, heirs, beneficiaries, transferees, spouses or former spouses), such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries (or their direct or indirect parent) in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
     For purposes hereof, the amount (or principal amount) of any Disqualified Stock shall be equal to its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference.
     “ Domestic Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other than (i) a Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) a Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, but in each case including any Subsidiary that guarantees Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement.
     “ EMU ” means the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

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     “ Equity Interests ” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
     “ Equity Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Equity Purchase Agreement, dated February 11, 2008, among the Sponsors and Holdco.
     “ Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
     “ Existing Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries in existence on the Closing Date, plus interest accruing thereon set forth on Schedule 1.1(a).
     “ fair market value ” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer as determined by the senior management (or if the fair market value of any asset or property exceeds $1.0 million, as determined by the disinterested members of the Board of Directors in its sole good faith judgment).
     “ fair value ” shall be defined in accordance with GAAP.
     “ First Priority Liens ” means all Liens that secure the First Priority Lien Obligations.
     “ First Priority Lien Obligations ” means (i) all Obligations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries under the agreements governing Credit Facilities and (ii) all other Obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of Hedging Obligations that are secured pursuant to the documentation evidencing Credit Facilities.
     “ Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Company or any Company Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees or redeems any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but on or prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “ Calculation Date ”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (the “ reference period ”).
     For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and consolidations that have been made (or committed to be made pursuant to a definitive agreement) by the Company or any Company Subsidiary during the reference period or subsequent to the reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date shall be given pro forma effect as if all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and consolidations (and all related financing transactions) had occurred on the first day of the reference period. Additionally, if since the beginning of such reference period any Person that subsequently became a Company Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Company Subsidiary since the beginning of such reference period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such reference period as if such Investment,

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acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation (and all related financing transactions) had occurred at the beginning of the reference period.
     For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations (including any cost savings associated therewith) shall be made in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the reference period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate as the Company may designate.
     Any Person that is a Company Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Company Subsidiary at all times during the reference period, and any Person that is not a Company Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Company Subsidiary at any time during the reference period.
     “ Fixed Charges ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:
     (1) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;
     (2) all cash dividend or distribution payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock of any such Person and its Subsidiaries; and
     (3) all cash dividend or distribution payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock of such Person.
     “ Foreign Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that is (i) not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (ii) a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes the sole assets of which consist of Equity Interests of entities described in clause (i) of this definition.
     “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which are in effect on the date hereof; provided that if there has been a subsequent change in GAAP, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee on each Calculation Date a reconciliation of the calculation of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or Leverage Ratio, as applicable, pursuant to the Indenture to such calculation in accordance with GAAP in effect as of the Calculation Date.
     “ Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
     “ Global Notes ” means, individually and collectively, each of the Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b), 2.06(d) or 2.06(f) hereof.

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     “ Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government.
     “ Government Securities ” means securities that are:
     (1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or
     (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of the principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of the principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.
     “ GSCP ” means GS Capital Partners VI Parallel, L.P., GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & Co. KG, GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P.
     “ GSMP ” means GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd. and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd.
     “ guarantee ” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
     “ Guarantors ” means:
     (1) Holdco;
     (2) all existing and subsequently acquired or organized Domestic Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries, SPEs and Long Lake Partners LLC); and
     (3) any other Domestic Subsidiary that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture,
and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
     “ Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap, cap or collar agreements, and other similar

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agreements or arrangements designed primarily to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.
     “ Highly Rated Investments ” means:
     (1) U.S. dollars, euros, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Pounds Sterling or any national currency of any participating state of the EMU;
     (2) Government Securities with maturities not to exceed 13 months;
     (3) securities (including fixed rate mortgages) issued by any agency of the United States or government-sponsored enterprise (such as debt securities or mortgage-backed securities issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Banks and other government-sponsored enterprises), which may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, rated Aaa by Moody’s and AAA by S&P, in each case with maturities not to exceed 13 months;
     (4) any overnight Repurchase Agreement with any bank or trust company organized under the laws of any state of the United States or any national banking association or any government securities dealer which is listed as reporting to the market statistics division of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over-collateralized by 102% by any one or more of the securities described in clauses (2) or (3) above;
     (5) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 13 months or less from the date of acquisition, banker’s acceptances with maturities not exceeding 13 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case (i) with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million in the case of a domestic bank and $500.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of a foreign bank and (ii) rated Aa3 or better by Moody’s and AA- or better by S&P; and
     (6) any money market mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that invest exclusively in any one or more of the securities described in clauses (2), (3), (4) or (5) above.
     “ Holdco ” means Moneygram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
     “ Holdco Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of Holdco.
     “ Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
     “ IAI Global Note ” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited Investors .
     “ Immaterial Subsidiary ” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary whose total assets, as of that date, are less than $500,000 and whose total revenues for the most recent 12-month period do not exceed $500,000; provided that a Subsidiary will not be considered to be an Immaterial Subsidiary if it, directly or indirectly, guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company; and provided further that the total assets of Subsidiaries qualifying as Immaterial Subsidiaries shall in no case be greater than $1.0 million in the aggregate.

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     “ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication,
     (a) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent
     (1) in respect of borrowed money;
     (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or reimbursement obligations in respect of surety bonds, letters of credit and other similar instruments to the extent not collateralized with Cash and Cash Equivalents or bankers’ acceptances (or, without double counting, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
     (3) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) or services, except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business;
     (4) representing obligations under Repurchase Agreements;
     (5) representing any Hedging Obligations; or
     (6) any other obligation for borrowed money or other financial accommodation which in accordance with GAAP would be shown as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
     (b) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the Indebtedness of another Person, other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, and
     (c) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is equal to the lesser of the amount of Indebtedness secured by such Lien or the value of the property so secured.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not constitute Indebtedness: (i) Payment Service Obligations; (ii) ordinary course obligations with clearing banks relative to clearing accounts; (iii) Payment Instruments Funding Amounts; and (iv) for the avoidance of doubt, Equity Interests of Holdco issued pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     “ Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
     “ Indirect Participant ” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
     “ Initial Purchasers ” means, collectively, GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd. and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd. and their respective Affiliates.
     “ Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.

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     “ Intercreditor Agreement ” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Company and the other parties thereto, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, or replaced in connection with any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal or replacement of Credit Facilities.
     “ Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 1 of the Note.
     “ Investments ” means with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions, purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the consolidated balance sheet (including the footnotes) of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involved the transfer of cash or other property.
     “ Lead Sponsor ” means Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates.
     “ Legal Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
     “ Leverage Ratio ” means the ratio of Total Indebtedness to Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period. In the event that the Company or any Company Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees or redeems any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Leverage Ratio is being calculated but on or prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Leverage Ratio is made (the “ Calculation Date ”), then the Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable reference period.
     For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and consolidations that have been made (or committed to be made pursuant to a definitive agreement) by the Company or any Company Subsidiary during the reference period or subsequent to the reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date shall be given pro forma effect as if all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and consolidations (and all related financing transactions) had occurred on the first day of the reference period. Additionally, if since the beginning of such reference period any Person that subsequently became a Company Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Company Subsidiary since the beginning of such reference period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such reference period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation (and all related financing transactions) had occurred at the beginning of the reference period.
     For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations (including any cost savings associated therewith) shall be made in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being

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given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the reference period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate as the Company may designate.
     Any Person that is a Company Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Company Subsidiary at all times during the reference period, and any Person that is not a Company Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Company Subsidiary at any time during the reference period.
     “ Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to give a security interest; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
     “ Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect (a) on the financial position, results of operations, business, assets or liabilities of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) that would materially impair the ability of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents or (c) that would materially impair the rights and remedies of the Holders under this Indenture or any of the other Financing Documents (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), taken as a whole.
     “ Minimum Liquidity Ratio ” means the ratio of (a) the fair value of the Restricted Investment Portfolio (other than Scheduled Restricted Investments, which shall be valued at the lower of (x) fair value and (y) the actual par amount of each Scheduled Restricted Investment held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on the date of determination multiplied by (A) in respect of the Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-1 on Schedule 1.1(c), 0.98, (B) in respect of the Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-2 on Schedule 1.1(c), 0.049525, and (C) in respect of the Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-3 on Schedule 1.1(c), zero; provided , that any Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-1 on Schedule 1.1(c) shall be valued at fair value after June 30, 2008; and provided further , if any of such Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the headings C-2 and C-3 on Schedule 1.1(c) (the “ Specified SRIs ”) have been sold, the aggregate value of such remaining Specified SRIs shall be the lower of (x) fair value of such remaining Specified SRIs and (y) the aggregate value of all Specified SRIs (determined in accordance with the valuation methodology described above) less the net proceeds received for the Specified SRIs sold (not to be less than zero)) to (b) all Payment Service Obligations.
     “ MoneyGram ” means MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
     “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.
     “ Net Income ” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

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     “ Net Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any Company Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale or Specified SRI Sales, including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale or Specified SRI Sales, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale or Specified SRI Sales and the sale or disposition of such non-cash consideration, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements and, if such costs have not been incurred or invoiced, the Company’s good faith estimates thereof), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on Indebtedness required to be paid as a result of such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.
     “ Non-Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary of Holdco other than the Company or any Guarantor.
     “ Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
     “ Note Guarantees ” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Company’s Obligations under this Indenture.
     “ Note Purchase Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2008, among the Company, Holdco, and GSMP.
     “ Notes ” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. For purposes of this Indenture, all references to “principal amount” shall include any increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes as a result of a PIK Payment.
     “ Obligations ” means any principal (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit whether or not drawn), interest (including, to the extent legally permitted, all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any insolvency or liquidation proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate, specified in the applicable agreement), premium (if any), guarantees of payment, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided that Obligations with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties other than the Holders of the Notes.
     “ Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer, Chief Legal Officer, the Secretary, any principal executive officer or any principal accounting officer of the Company.
     “ Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company that meets the requirements of Section 14.03 hereof.
     “ Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee that meets the requirements of Section 14.03 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
     “ Participant ” means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the Depositary (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

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     “ Passive Holding Company Condition ” shall be satisfied so long as Holdco or a Holdco Subsidiary (other than the Company and any of its Subsidiaries) does not:
     (1) directly incur any Indebtedness other than Permitted Holdco Indebtedness;
     (2) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed by it (except Permitted Holdco Liens); or
     (3) own any Equity Interests in any Person (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) and own any other material assets (excluding Equity Interests) other than (w) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (x) assets under any stock incentive plans (including related agreements), loan stock purchase programs or incentive compensation plans, (y) pre-paid assets (e.g. deferred financing costs) and (z) deferred tax assets;
provided nothing in this definition shall restrict Holdco from performing its obligations under the Equity Purchase Agreement and the securities issued thereunder and under the certificates of designation contemplated thereby.
     “ Payment Instruments Funding Amounts ” means amounts advanced to and retained by the Company and its Subsidiaries as advance funding for the payment instruments or obligations arising under an official check agreement or a customer agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.
     “ Payment Service Obligations ” means all liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP for outstanding payment instruments (as classified and defined as Payment Service Obligations in Holdco’s SEC Documents and if Holdco is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, Holdco’s most recent audited financial statements).
     “ Permissible Parties ” means any Holder, any prospective Holder and any broker dealer or securities analyst (so long as, in the case of a prospective Holder, broker dealer or securities analyst, such entity certifies to the Company that either it or the party to whom it is providing information is either (i) a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), (ii) a Person to whom sales of the Notes would be permitted under Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (iii) to an institutional investor that is an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act).
     “ Permitted Holdco Indebtedness ” means:
     (1) Indebtedness arising from agreements of Holdco providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary; provided , however , that:
     (A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (1)(A)); and
     (B) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect

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to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by Holdco in connection with such disposition;
     (2) Obligations incurred under this Indenture;
     (3) Indebtedness incurred by Holdco in respect of interest rate Hedging Obligations of Holdco in existence on the Closing Date; and
     (4) Guarantees of other Indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors permitted under Section 4.09(a) and Sections 4.09(b)(1), (2) (to the extent existing at the Closing Date), (4), (5), (11), (13) (to the extent the debt so extended, refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or defeased was guaranteed by Holdco in accordance with this Indenture) and (21) of this Indenture.
     “ Permitted Holdco Liens ” means, any Permitted Liens other than clauses (h), (i), (k), (p) and (bb) of the definition of Permitted Liens.
     “ Permitted Investment ” means:
     (1) any Investment in the Company or any Guarantor;
     (2) any Investments in any foreign Non-Guarantor (other than SPEs) that together with all Investments made pursuant to this clause (2) shall not exceed $75.0 million or, on and after the Sell Down Date, $150.0 million;
     (3) any Investments (including Investments outstanding as of the date hereof) in SPEs provided that the total assets of all SPEs shall not exceed $2.0 billion at any one time outstanding;
     (4) any Investment in Cash or Cash Equivalents;
     (5) any Investment in the Restricted Investment Portfolio made in compliance with Section 4.18;
     (6) any Investment by the Company or any Guarantor in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
          (a) such Person becomes a Guarantor; or
          (b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Guarantor;
     (7) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash or Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions described under Section 4.10 hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
     (8) any Investment existing on the date hereof (excluding assets held by any SPE) or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in existence on the date hereof and any Investment that replaces, refinances or refunds any such Investment; provided that such replacing, refinancing or refunding Investment is in an amount that does not exceed the amount replaced,

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refinanced or refunded, and is made in the same Person as the Investment replaced, refinanced or refunded;
     (9) loans and advances to employees, directors, managers or consultants of Holdco, the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries for reasonable and customary business related travel expenses, moving expenses and similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business whether or not consistent with past practice, and payroll advances;
     (10) any Investment acquired by the Company or any Company Subsidiary
          (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any Company Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of such other Investment or accounts receivable or
          (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
     (11) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.09(b)(11) hereof;
     (12) Investments to the extent the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent (exclusive of Disqualified Stock); provided , however , that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07 hereof;
     (13) any Investments in or repurchases of the Notes;
     (14) receivables owing to the Company or any Company Subsidiary created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;
     (15) Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 to the extent it constitutes an Investment;
     (16) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;
     (17) upfront payments, signing bonuses and similar payments paid to agents and guaranties of agent commissions, in each case in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; and
     (18) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (18) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed $25.0 million (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).
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     (a) Liens on assets of the Company or any of the Guarantors securing Credit Facilities pursuant to clause (b)(1) of Section 4.09;
     (b) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation, or deposits to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness for borrowed money) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent;
     (c) to the extent imposed by law, landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens, in each case for sums overdue for a period of not more than 30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding in good faith with an appeal or other proceedings for review;
     (d) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims overdue for a period of not more than 30 days or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
     (e) Liens in favor of the issuer of stay, customs, appeal, performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or securing bonds required by applicable state regulatory licensing requirements or letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments in lieu of such items or to support the issuance thereof issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business, in an amount outstanding not to exceed $25.0 million; provided , however that there shall be no dollar limitation on any such Liens to the extent the bonds were required by applicable state regulatory licensing requirements or any appeal bonds posted in connection with litigation;
     (f) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 4.09(b)(4) or (5); provided , that Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clauses (b)(4) and (5) are solely on the assets financed, purchased, constructed, improved, acquired or assets of the acquired entity, as the case may be, and the proceeds and products thereof and accessions thereto;
     (g) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or the Note Guarantees) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;
     (h) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided , however , such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary and that such Liens are released within 30 days of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
     (i) Liens on property at the time the Company or a Company Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any Company Subsidiary; provided , however , that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; and provided further that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
     (j) Liens securing Hedging Obligations incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(11);

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     (k) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
     (l) Liens existing on the Closing Date set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) hereto;
     (m) any Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien of the type referred to in clauses (a), (f), (g), (i) and (l); provided, however , that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property and the proceeds and products thereof), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness permitted pursuant to such clause (a), (f), (g), (i) and (l) and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
     (n) Liens in favor of Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
     (o) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases that do not materially impair their use in the operation of the business of Holdco, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
     (p) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits relating to asset sales or acquisition not in the ordinary course in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement not prohibited by this Indenture;
     (q) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;
     (r) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
     (s) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties;
     (t) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
     (u) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
     (v) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
     (w) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Repurchase Agreements; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such Repurchase Agreements;

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     (x) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
     (y) set-off rights arising in the ordinary course of business;
     (z) any attachment or judgment Lien against Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any property of Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary, so long as such Lien secures claims not otherwise constituting an Event of Default;
     (aa) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of Holdco, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
     (bb) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of Company Subsidiaries owing to the Company or another Company Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;
     (cc) restrictive contractual obligations with respect to assets comprising the Payment Instruments Funding Amounts or Payment Service Obligations, provided that such contractual obligations are no more restrictive in nature than those in effect on the Closing Date;
     (dd) ordinary course of business contractual obligations with clearing banks relative to clearing accounts, provided that such contractual obligations are no more restrictive in nature than those in effect on the Closing Date;
     (ee) the deposit or pre-funding of amounts in escrow pursuant to contractual obligations contained in customer agreements securing obligations not exceeding $25.0 million in the aggregate; and
     (ff) other Liens securing obligations not otherwise permitted by this definition not exceeding $100.0 million in the aggregate.
     “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
     “ PIK Interest ” means interest paid in the form of increasing the outstanding principal amount of the Notes.
     “ PIK Payment ” means an interest payment made by increasing the outstanding principal amount of the Notes.
     “ preferred stock ” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or distributions or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up. For purposes hereof, the amount (or principal amount) of any preferred stock shall be equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference.

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     “ Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture.
     “ QIB ” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
     “ Qualified Equity Offering ” means a public offering or private placement of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdco and any direct or indirect parent of Holdco; provided that the net proceeds thereof are contributed by Holdco or such parent to the Company and, in turn, by the Company to the MoneyGram as common equity.
     “ Record Date ” means for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date with respect to the Notes, March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
     “ reference period ” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”
     “ Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.
     “ Registration Statement ” means a Shelf Registration Statement and/or an S-1 Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “ Regulation S ” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “ Regulation S Global Note ” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
     “ Regulation S Permanent Global Note ” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period.
     “ Regulation S Temporary Global Note ” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
     “ Repurchase Agreement ” means an agreement of a Person to purchase Cash and Cash Equivalents arising out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar Cash and Cash Equivalents.
     “ Required Holders ” means at any time the Holders of at least a majority of the amount of Notes then outstanding.
     “ Responsible Officer, ” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated

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officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
     “ Restricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
     “ Restricted Global Note ” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
     “ Restricted Investment ” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
     “ Restricted Investment Portfolio ” means assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which are restricted by state law, contract or otherwise designated by the Company for the payment of Payment Service Obligations.
     “ Restricted Period ” the period of forty-one (41) consecutive days beginning on and including the day on which Notes were first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S.
     “ Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “ Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “ Rule 903 ” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “ Rule 904 ” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency group.
     “ Scheduled Restricted Investments ” means the securities listed on Schedule 1.1(c) hereto.
     “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “ SEC Documents ” means, if Holdco is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, Holdco’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act.
     “ Second Priority Liens ” means all Liens that secure the Notes and the Note Guarantees, which Liens are subordinated to the First Priority Liens in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
     “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
     “ Security Documents ” means the security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments and related and ancillary agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as amended, supplemented, restated, amended and restated, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, creating the Second Priority Liens in the Collateral.
     “ Sell Down Date ” means the 91st day following the date on which the Initial Purchasers cease to constitute the Required Holders.

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     “ Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.
     “ Similar Business ” means (a) the global funds transfer and payment services business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, (b) any other business described under the heading “ Business ” in Holdco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, and (c) any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto or any reasonable extension thereof.
     “ SPEs ” means Ferrum Trust, a Delaware business trust, Tsavorite Trust, a Delaware business trust, Hematite Trust, a Delaware business trust, Monazite Trust, a Delaware business trust, and, to the extent the formation thereof is not prohibited by the Indenture, any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company or trust (which is consolidated with the Company for financial statement purposes), in each case formed for the limited organizational purpose of isolating a limited and specified pool of assets with respect to rights and obligations pursuant to Payment Service Obligations, which assets shall consist solely of (i) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) Accounts Receivable and (iii) interest rate Hedging Obligations that relate to Highly Rated Investments and Payment Service Obligations. The Specified SRI Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be an SPE.
     “ Sponsors ” means the Lead Sponsor, GSCP and GSMP.
     “ Subordinated Indebtedness ” means:
     (a) with respect to the Company, any Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment or in respect of the proceeds of any collateral to the Notes, and
     (b) with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment or in respect of the proceeds of any collateral to the guarantee of such Guarantor.
     “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person:
     (a) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof and
     (b) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which
     (1) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

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     (2) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity;
     (c) any SPE.
     “ Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary which is a Guarantor.
     “ TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date hereof.
     “ total assets ” of any Person shall mean total assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries, if any, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as of the most recent balance sheet of such Person.
     “ Total Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate stated balance sheet amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
     “ Transactions ” has the meaning set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.
     “ Treasury Rate ” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date; provided, however , that if the period from the Redemption Date to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
     “ Trustee ” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
     “ U.S. Person ” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “ Uniform Commercial Code ” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
     “ Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
     “ Unrestricted Global Note ” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
     “ Voting Stock ” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
     “ Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing

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     (a) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by
     (b) the sum of all such payments.
     “ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
         
    Defined in
Term   Section
Acceptable Commitment
    4.10  
Affiliate Transaction
    4.11  
Asset Sale Offer
    4.10  
Authentication Order
    2.02  
Change of Control Offer
    4.15  
Change of Control Payment
    4.15  
Change of Control Payment Date
    4.15  
Covenant Defeasance
    8.03  
DTC
    2.03  
Event of Default
    6.01  
Excess Proceeds
    4.10  
Excess SRI Proceeds
    4.07  
incur
    4.09  
Legal Defeasance
    8.02  
Offer Amount
    3.09  
Offer Period
    3.09  
Paying Agent
    2.03  
Permitted Indebtedness
    4.09  
Purchase Date
    3.09  
Redemption Date
    3.07  
Refinancing Indebtedness
    4.09  
Registrar
    2.03  
Restated Financial Statements
    6.01  
Restricted Payments
    4.07  
Specified SRI Sales
    4.07  
Specified SRI Subsidiary
    4.28  
Subsequent Financial Statements
    6.01  
Successor Company
    5.01  
Successor Person
    10.04  
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.
     Unless the context otherwise requires:
     (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
     (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it; and shall be construed, in accordance with GAAP;
     (3) “or” is not exclusive;
     (4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
     (5) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

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     (6) the word “including” means “including without limitation”;
     (7) any reference to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns;
     (8) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein);
     (9) for purposes of computation of periods of time hereunder, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”;
     (10) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
     (11) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
     (a)  General . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1 and A-2 hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be initially issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided, however, that payments of PIK Interest shall be made in denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 rounded up to the nearest whole dollar and thus Notes increased by PIK Payments may be in integral multiples other than $1,000.
     The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
     (b)  Global Notes . Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1 or A-2 hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon (and giving effect to any PIK Interest made thereon by increasing the aggregate principal amount of such Global Note) and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions and payment of PIK Interest made thereon by increasing the aggregate principal amount of such Global Note. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

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     (c)  Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S will be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which will be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted Period will be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of:
     (1) a written certificate from the Depositary, together with copies of certificates from Euroclear and Clearstream certifying that they have received certification of non-United States Beneficial Ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note (except to the extent of any Beneficial Owners thereof who acquired an interest therein during the Restricted Period pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a Beneficial Ownership interest in a 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note bearing a Private Placement Legend, all as contemplated by Section 2.06(b) hereof); and
     (2) an Officer’s Certificate from the Company.
     Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note will be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee will cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
     (d)  Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
     At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual, facsimile or electronic image scan signature.
     If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
     A Note will not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any benefits under this Indenture until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1 or A-2 hereto by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated under this Indenture.
     The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more

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Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof and PIK Payments in accordance with the terms of the Notes.
     On any Interest Payment Date on which the Company pays PIK Interest with respect to a Global Note, the Trustee shall increase the principal amount of such Global Note by an amount equal to the interest payable, rounded up to the nearest $1.00, for the relevant interest period on the principal amount of such Global Note as of the relevant Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, to the credit of the Holders on such Record Date, pro rata in accordance with their interests, and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, to reflect such increase.
     The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
     The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Registrar will also facilitate the transfer of the Notes on behalf of the Company in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
     The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
     The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
     The Company will require each third-party Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

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Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
     The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes.
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
     (a)  Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
     (1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
     (2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act; or
     (3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
     Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above and pursuant to Section 2.06(c) hereof. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.
     (b)  Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
     (1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a

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beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however , that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than to a “distributor” (as defined in Rule 902(d) of Regulation S) and other than pursuant to Rule 144A). No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).
     (2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
     (A) both:
     (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
     (ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
     (B) both:
     (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
     (ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above;
provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903 under the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof.
     (3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:

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     (A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof or, if permitted by the Applicable Procedures item (3) thereof ;
     (B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or
     (C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
     (4) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer otherwise complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and:
     (A) such transfer is effected pursuant to any Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
     (B) the Registrar receives the following:
     (i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
     (ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (B), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) above.

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Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
     (c)  Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes .
     (1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection (1) of Section 2.06(a) hereof and receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
     (A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
     (B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
     (C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
     (D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
     (E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
     (F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
     (G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and

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the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
     (2) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(1)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
     (d)  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests .
     (1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
     (A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
     (B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
     (C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
     (D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
     (E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable; or
     (F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global

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Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.
     (2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
     (A) such transfer is effected pursuant to any Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
     (B) the Registrar receives the following:
     (i) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
     (ii) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof,
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (B), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Securities Act Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
     (3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(A), (2)(B) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
     (e)  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer

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or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, Opinions of Counsel, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
     (1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
     (A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
     (B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
     (C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
     (2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
     (A) any such transfer is effected pursuant to any Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
     (B) the Registrar receives the following:
     (i) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
     (ii) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (B), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

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Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses of this Section 2.06(e)(2), the Trustee shall cancel the prior Restricted Definitive Note and the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate aggregate principal amount to the Person designated by the Holder of such prior Restricted Definitive Note in instructions delivered to the Registrar by such Holder.
     (3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Note pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
     (f)  Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
     (1) Private Placement Legend . Each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (4) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.”
     (2) Global Note Legend . Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
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DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
     (3) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
     “THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.”
     (g)  Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
     (h)  General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
     (1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.
     (2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.04 hereof).

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     (3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
     (4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes, made in accordance with this Section 2.06, will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
     (5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
     (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes selected for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing;
     (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
     (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
     (6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
     (7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
     (8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile or electronic image scan.
     (9) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants or Beneficial Owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
     (10) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

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Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
     If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Company receives evidence to its reasonable satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Company’s reasonable requirements are met. An indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
     Every replacement Note issued in accordance with this Section 2.07 is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
     The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.
     If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser (as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code).
     If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
     If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a Redemption Date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes (or portions thereof) payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
     In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Company has so notified in writing the Trustee are so owned will be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee is not the Company, a Guarantor or any obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company, a Guarantor or of such other obligor.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
     Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers

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appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate upon receipt of an Authentication Order definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
     Holders, and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation.
     The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the discretion of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
     If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder a notice at his or her address as it appears in the Note Register that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
     Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.
Section 2.13 Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes.
     The aggregate principal amount of the Notes, at any date of determination, shall be the principal amount of the Notes, including any increase in the principal amount thereof as a result of a PIK Payment, at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the Holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all the Notes, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Notes, the Holders of which have so consented by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Notes then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.08 and Section 2.09 of this Indenture. Any such calculation made pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be made by the Company and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate.

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Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers.
     The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
     If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth and certifying:
(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
(2) the Redemption Date;
(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
(4) the redemption price;
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
     If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or purchase on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements. If selection on a pro rata basis is not practicable for any reason, the Trustee shall select Notes by lot or by such other method the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
     In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.
     The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, except in cases of PIK Interest; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.

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Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 13 hereof.
     The notice will identify the Notes (including CUSIP number(s)) to be redeemed and will state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the appropriate method for calculation of the redemption price, but need not include the redemption price itself; the actual redemption price shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Redemption Date unless the redemption is pursuant to Section 3.07(a) hereof, in which case such Officer’s Certificate should be delivered on the Redemption Date;
(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
     At the Company’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however , that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 35 days prior to the Redemption Date, an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
     The Company may provide in the notice of redemption that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
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notice of redemption may not be conditional, except as provided in Section 3.07(d). The notice, if mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to Section 3.05 hereof, on and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.
     Prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date or purchase date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly and in any event within two Business Days, return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
     If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the Redemption Date or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption, whether such Notes are presented for payment. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Record Date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the Redemption Date or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest accrued to the Redemption Date not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
     Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only an Authentication Order and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate of the Company is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new Note.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
     (a) At any time prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or any part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the then outstanding principal amount plus the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption (the “ Redemption Date ”) and, without duplication, accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the Redemption Date, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.
     (b) Except pursuant to clause (a) or (d) of this Section 3.07, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date.

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     (c) On or after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or any part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages the then outstanding principal amount of Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but not including) the applicable Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on dates indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date:
         
Year   Percentage
Fifth anniversary of the Closing Date
    106.625 %
Sixth anniversary of the Closing Date
    104.417 %
Seventh anniversary of the Closing Date
    103.313 %
Eighth anniversary of the Closing Date and thereafter
    100.000 %
Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable Redemption Date.
     (d) At any time on or after the Sell Down Date and prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 113.250% of the then outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but not including) the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date; provided that:
     (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture, as such principal amount shall have been increased through the capitalization of interest (excluding Notes held by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries), remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and
     (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Qualified Equity Offering.
     (e) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof. Any optional redemption of Notes must relate to an aggregate principal amount of Notes being redeemed of at least the lesser of (a) $5.0 million and (b) the remaining outstanding principal amount of such Notes.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
     (a) Except as set forth in Section 3.08(b), the Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
     (b) Commencing with the first “accrual period” (as defined for purposes of the Code) ending after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date and continuing with each subsequent accrual period thereafter, the Company shall pay in cash, on or before the end of such accrual period, an amount equal to the sum of the accrued and unpaid PIK Interest and the accrued and unpaid original issue discount (as defined for the purposes of the Code) (other than PIK Interest), with respect to the Notes if, but only to the extent that, the aggregate amount of the sum of (i) the PIK Interest and (ii) the original issue discount (other than PIK Interest), in each case that has accrued and not been paid in cash from the Closing Date through the end of such accrual period on the Notes, exceeds the product of the “issue price” (as defined

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for purposes of the Code) for the Notes and the “yield to maturity” (as defined for purposes of the Code) on the Notes. Any such payment shall first be allocated to the accrued and unpaid PIK Interest.
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
     In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an Asset Sale Offer, it will follow the procedures specified below.
     The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “ Offer Period ”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “ Purchase Date ”), the Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the “ Offer Amount ”) to the purchase of Notes (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
     If the Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
     Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, a notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:
     (1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;
     (2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
     (3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;
     (4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
     (5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in $2,000 in principal amount or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, or if PIK Interest is paid, a minimum of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 (in each case, in aggregate principal amount);
     (6) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
     (7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the

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Offer Period, an electronic image scan or facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
     (8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee will select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by Holdco so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000 in principal amount, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased, or if PIK Interest is paid, a minimum of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00);
     (9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book entry transfer); and
     (10) any other procedures the Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes (or portions thereof) for payment and the procedures that Holders must follow in order to withdraw an election to tender Notes (or portions thereof) for payment.
     On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five Business Days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate of the Company is required for the Trustee to authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note), in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.
     Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with Section 4.10, this Section 3.09 or other provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 4.10, this Section 3.09 or such other provision by virtue of such compliance.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
     The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof,

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holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. PIK Interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee is directed no later than three Business Days prior to such date to increase the principal amount of the Notes in an amount equal to the amount of the applicable PIK Interest.
     During any period in which a payment default hereunder or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, interest on all principal and overdue interest on the Notes will accrue at a rate that is 2% higher than the interest rate on the Notes. During such period, the Company will also pay any post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law. Such interest would be in addition to any additional interest resulting from a payment default hereunder or other Event of Default.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
     The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
     The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however , that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 4.03 Reports.
     (a) So long as any Notes are outstanding, Holdco will furnish to the Trustee and, if Holdco is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, post on a confidential website to which Permissible Parties will be given unconditional access:
     (1) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an annual management report of the Company containing audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP and in the form that would have been required to be contained in an Annual Report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act (including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”);
     (2) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, a quarterly management report of the Company containing unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP and in the form that would have been required to be contained in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, (including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”); and

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     (3) within 10 Business Days after the occurrence of each event that would have been required to be reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act, current reports containing substantially all the information that would have been required to be contained in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act if the Company had been a reporting company under the Exchange Act.
     (b) To the extent not already required by this Section 4.03, the Company will furnish to any Permissible Party, upon its request, information satisfying the requirements of Rule 144A.
     (c) [Reserved]
     (d) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).
     (e) The information required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 4.03 will be deemed to have been furnished to the Trustee if Holdco has filed such information with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available; provided, however that the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any filing under clause (a)(3) of this Section 4.03, and provided further , that unless requested in writing by a Holder, the Trustee shall have no obligations (i) to confirm that filings under clause (a) of this Section 4.03 have been made or (ii) to access any such filings.
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
     (a) With respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 and thereafter, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days of each fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate (the signer for which shall be the principal executive officer, principal accounting officer or principal financial officer of the Company) stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture (including under Section 4.27), and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture (without regard to notice requirements or grace periods) and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
     (b) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee promptly, and in no case more than four Business Days after, any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05 Taxes.
     The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect

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such payment would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
     The Company covenants (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments.
     (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
     (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of the Company’s Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation, other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock);
     (2) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, including in connection with any merger or consolidation;
     (3) make any principal or other payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Indebtedness in each case prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund or maturity, other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09(b)(9) hereof; or
     (4) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “ Restricted Payments ”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
     (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
     (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test or Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, as applicable, set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; and
     (iii) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries after the date hereof (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by Sections 4.07(b)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7)), is less than the sum of:
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Closing Date to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit; plus
     (B) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash contributed to the common equity capital of the Company following the date hereof (other than by a Company Subsidiary); plus
     (C) to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, the lesser of (x) the aggregate amount received in cash by the Company after the date hereof as a result of the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Company Subsidiary) of, or by way of dividend, distribution or loan repayments on, Restricted Investments made by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries after the date hereof or (y) the initial amount of such Restricted Investments made in compliance with the terms of this Indenture after the date hereof.
     (b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) hereof will not prohibit:
     (1) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or distribution or giving of the redemption notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or notice such payment or redemption would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
     (2) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to the Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from Section 4.07(a)(iii)(B) hereof;
     (3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Company that is incurred in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof so long as:
     (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and any fees and expenses incurred in the issuance of such new Indebtedness;
     (B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value;
     (C) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired; and

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     (D) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired.
     (4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent held by any current or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or their respective estates, heirs, beneficiaries, transferees, spouses or former spouses) of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their direct or indirect parents pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or similar agreement; provided, that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (4) in any four-fiscal quarter period shall not exceed $5.0 million as of the last day of such four-fiscal quarter period;
     (5) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary issued in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;
     (6) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
     (7) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions by the Company to, or the making of loans to, its direct or indirect parent in amounts required for either of their respective direct or indirect parent to actually pay the following:
     (A) franchise and excise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence;
     (B) foreign, federal, state and local income or franchise taxes, to the extent such income or franchise taxes are attributable to the income of the Company and its Subsidiaries; 
     (C) general corporate expenses related to third party audit, insurance, legal and similar administrative expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Company, including customary expenses for a public company;
     (D) customary salary, bonus, contributions to pension and 401(k) plans, deferred compensation and other benefits payable to directors, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent such amounts are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to clause (4) of this Section 4.07(b));
     (E) indemnification obligations of any direct or indirect parent of the Company owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons (including, without limitation, the Sponsors) under its charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with such Person, or obligations in respect of director and officer insurance (including any premiums therefor); provided, however, that any indemnities owing to the Sponsors pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement shall only be permitted under this clause (E) to the extent such indemnities are as a result of third party claims relating to the Transactions; and provided , further , that no Restricted Payment may be made pursuant to

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this clause (E) to the extent such Restricted Payments are covered by Section 4.07(b)(8)(B);
     (F) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions;
     (G) amounts required to be paid by Holdco in connection with clause (4) of the definition of Permitted Holdco Indebtedness;
     (H) cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company; and
     (I) payments and/or netting of shares under stock option plans to settle option price payments owed by employees and officers of Holdco with respect thereto, and payments to settle such employees’ and officers’ federal, state and income tax liabilities (if any) related to restricted stock units and similar stock based awards thereunder;
     (8) a Restricted Payment with respect to the payment of (A) litigation expenses or any judgment or any settlement of any litigation of any direct or indirect parent of the Company or (B) indemnification obligations of any direct or indirect parent of the Company owing to directors, officers or employees under its charter or by-laws, in respect of a settlement to the extent such payments represent indirect payment obligations of the parent; provided , however , that after giving effect to each Restricted Payment under this clause (8) (x) the Company would be in compliance with Sections 4.18 and 4.27 and (y) the excess of Cash and Cash Equivalents (that are not included in the Restricted Investment Portfolio) of the Company and its Subsidiaries plus the Restricted Investment Portfolio (using the valuation methodology set forth in the definition of Minimum Liquidity Ratio) over Payment Service Obligations would be an amount of no less than $75.0 million;
     (9) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25.0 million; or
     (10) the declaration of (so long as the payment with respect of such declaration is made within 30 days of such declaration) or the payment of any dividend or distribution with the cash proceeds of the sale or other disposition by the Specified SRI Subsidiary of, or any payment of principal of, Specified SRIs (“ Specified SRI Sales ”) in excess of $34.0 million (the “ Excess SRI Proceeds ”); provided , however , that the payment of such dividend or distribution shall be paid concurrently with the distribution of such Excess SRI Proceeds by the Specified SRI Subsidiary and shall be subject to the following conditions: (i)(A) the first $50.0 million of Excess SRI Proceeds shall have previously been used to permanently prepay term loans outstanding under the Credit Facilities, (B) the next $62.5 million of Excess SRI Proceeds may be used to fund dividends or distributions in accordance with this clause (10), (C) any Excess SRI Proceeds that exceed the amount paid under the foregoing subclauses (A) and (B) may be used (x) 50% to permanently prepay term loans outstanding under the Credit Facilities and (y) 50% to fund dividends and distributions under this clause (10), (D) the Company is in compliance with Section 4.28, and (E) such dividend or distribution shall have been received by the Company directly from the Specified SRI Subsidiary; (ii) after giving effect to each Restricted Payment under this clause (10), the Company would be in compliance with Sections 4.18 and 4.27 and (iii) after giving effect to each Restricted Payment under this clause (10), the excess of Cash and Cash Equivalents (that are not included in the Restricted Investment Portfolio) of the Company and its Subsidiaries plus the Restricted

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Investment Portfolio (using the valuation methodology set forth in the definition of Minimum Liquidity Ratio) over Payment Service Obligations shall not be less than $75.0 million;
provided, however , that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clause (b) (other than clauses (b)(7)(A), (b)(7)(B), (b)(7)(C), (b)(7)(D), (b)(7)(E) or (b)(7)(I)), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Company Subsidiaries.
     (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Company Subsidiary to:
     (1) (A) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any Company Subsidiary on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or (B) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
     (2) make loans or advances to the Company or any Company Subsidiary; or
     (3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
     (b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) hereof will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
     (1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the date hereof including, without limitation, pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) and their related documentation and Hedging Obligations;
     (2) this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees;
     (3) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (3) above on the property so acquired;
     (4) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order or similar restriction;
     (5) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Company or any Company Subsidiary in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired;
     (6) contracts for the sale of assets, including, without limitation, customary restrictions with respect to a Company Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into relating to the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of that Company Subsidiary;
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     (8) restrictions on cash or other deposits or portfolio securities or net worth imposed by customers under contracts or Governmental Authorities entered into in the ordinary course of business;
     (9) customary provisions in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-lease back agreements and other similar agreements;
     (10) customary provisions contained in leases and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
     (11) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Company Subsidiary that restricts dividends, distributions, loans or advances by that Company Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries or sales of their respective assets pending the sale or other disposition;
     (12) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Section 4.08(a)(1) through (a)(3) hereof imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (b)(1) through (b)(11) above; provided , that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing; and
     (13) Liens permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof; and
     (14) restrictions and conditions imposed by the terms of the documentation governing any Indebtedness or preferred stock of a Non-Guarantor, which Indebtedness or preferred stock is permitted by Section 4.09.
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
     (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, including in connection with any consolidation or merger, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “ incur ”), with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) and the Company will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock; provided, however , that after the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock and any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Non-Guarantor (in respect of all Non-Guarantors in an aggregate amount of Indebtedness and preferred stock outstanding not to exceed at any time $10.0 million) may incur Indebtedness or issue shares of preferred stock, (x) prior to the Sell Down Date, if at any time the Leverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued would have been less than 3.50 to 1.00, and (y) on or after the Sell Down Date, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00, in each case determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

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     (b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof will not apply to any of the following items (collectively, “ Permitted Indebtedness ”):
     (1) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities, the guarantee by the Guarantors of the Company’s obligations thereunder and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate principal amount of $600.0 million less  the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales or Specified SRI Sales applied by the Company since the date hereof to repay any such Indebtedness under Credit Facilities, and in the case of revolving facilities, that effect a corresponding reduction in commitments thereunder;
     (2) the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the related Note Guarantees issued on the date hereof;
     (3) Existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under Credit Facilities);
     (4) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor the proceeds of which are applied to finance the development, construction, purchase, lease, repairs, additions or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other fixed or capital assets that are used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets, in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (4) and including all Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock incurred pursuant to this clause (4), does not exceed $10.0 million;
     (5) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of (x) the Company or a Guarantor incurred to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Company or a Guarantor or merged into the Company or a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided , however , that after giving effect to such acquisition or merger, either:
     (A) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant Disqualified Stock or preferred stock to the Leverage Ratio test or Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, as applicable, set forth in Section 4.09(a), or
     (B) the Leverage Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio set forth in Section 4.09(a), as applicable, is no more than (or no less than, as applicable) such ratio immediately prior to such acquisition or merger; provided , that until the Sell Down Date, the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock outstanding at any one time pursuant to this clause (5)(B) shall not exceed $75.0 million;
     (6) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Company Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims; provided , however , that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;

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     (7) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Company Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Company Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Company Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided , however , that:
     (A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (7)(A)); and
     (B) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Company or any Company Subsidiary in connection with such disposition;
     (8) (A) Indebtedness or preferred stock of the Company to a Guarantor or (B) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that any such Indebtedness is made pursuant to an intercompany note; provided , further , that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness that was not permitted by this clause (8);
     (9) (A) Indebtedness or preferred stock in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $75.0 million of the Company or of a Subsidiary Guarantor owing to a Non-Guarantor (other than an SPE) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor on terms satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and (B) Indebtedness or preferred stock in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $75.0 million of a Non-Guarantor (other than an SPE) owing to the Company or to a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness or preferred stock (except to the Company or another Company Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness that was not permitted by this clause (9);
     (10) shares of preferred stock of a Company Subsidiary issued to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that any subsequent transfer of any such shares of preferred stock (except to the Company or another Company Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of preferred stock that was not permitted by this clause (10);
     (11) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of interest rate and/or currency Hedging Obligations of the Company and any Guarantor not entered into for speculative purposes or having the effect of a borrowing;
     (12) the guarantee by the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or a Company Subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this covenant; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the Notes, then the guarantee shall be subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
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defease any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred as permitted under Section 4.09(a) hereof and clause (b)(3) above, this clause (13) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock incurred to pay premiums, fees and expenses in connection therewith (the “ Refinancing Indebtedness ”) prior to its respective maturity; provided , however , that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
     (A) other than in respect of Credit Facilities, has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being refunded or refinanced; 
     (B) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or any Note Guarantee, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or such Note Guarantee at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or refunded or (ii)  Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, respectively; and
     (C) shall not include:
     (i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Company Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of the Company; or
     (ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Company Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Guarantor;
     (14) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its incurrence;
     (15) the incurrence by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with health or other types of social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance or self-insurance obligations in the ordinary course of business;
     (16) Indebtedness that may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guarantees, performance, surety, statutory, appeal, bid, payment (other than payment of Indebtedness), reclamation, statutory obligations, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations (including any bonds or letters of credit issued with respect thereto and all guarantee, reimbursement and indemnity agreements entered into in connection therewith) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
     (17) Obligations incurred in connection with any management or director deferred compensation plan;
     (18) Indebtedness in respect of (A) employee credit card programs and (B) netting services, cash pooling arrangements or similar arrangements in connection with cash management and deposit accounts; provided that, with respect to any such arrangements, the total amount of

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all deposits subject to such arrangement at all times equals or exceeds the total amount of overdrafts subject to such arrangement;
     (19) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (19), does not at any one time outstanding exceed $100.0 million;
     (20) overnight Repurchase Agreements incurred in the ordinary course of business; and
     (21) Repurchase Agreements with maturities of less than 30 days (and excluding Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(20)) which at any one time outstanding do not exceed $100.0 million.
     (c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall incur or have outstanding any Indebtedness to the SPEs.
     For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:
     (a) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock described in clauses (1) through (21) of Section 4.09(b) or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company, in its sole discretion, may classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock in one of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under Credit Facilities on the Closing Date will be treated as incurred on the Closing Date under clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; and
     (b) at the time of incurrence or reclassification, the Company will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.09(a) or (b) hereof.
     Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as applicable, will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock for purposes of this Section 4.09.
     For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.

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     The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
     The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
     (a) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;
     (b) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and
     (c) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person that is otherwise non-recourse to the specified Person, the lesser of:
     (1) the fair market value of such assets at the date of determination; and
     (2) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
     (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:
     (1) the Company or such Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
     (2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash and Cash Equivalents (in respect of the Company and the Guarantors, other than as provided in clause 2(b) of the definition of Cash and Cash Equivalents) or Designated Non-cash Consideration; provided that the amount of:
     (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or a third party on behalf of the transferee) and for which the Company or such Subsidiary has been validly released by all creditors in writing;
     (B) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Company or such Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 90 days following the closing of such Asset Sale; and
     (C) any assets of the kind referred to in Section 4.10(b)(2) or (b)(4) below,
shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this Section 4.10 and for no other purpose.
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binding commitment to reinvest within 180 days from the date of the expiration of the 365-day period (an “ Acceptable Commitment ”), or may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
     (1) to repay Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Obligations owed to the Company or a Company Subsidiary and, in the case of Indebtedness under revolving credit facilities or other similar Indebtedness, to correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto;
     (2) to acquire all or substantially all the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Similar Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Similar Business is or becomes a Company Subsidiary;
     (3) to make a capital expenditure; or
     (4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Similar Business.
     (c) Any Acceptable Commitment that is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are so applied shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds if the Company or such Company Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Commitment prior to the later of (1) six months after the date of such cancellation or termination or (2) the end of the initial 365-day period.
     (d) Any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in paragraph (b) above will be deemed to constitute “ Excess Proceeds. ” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, the Company shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and all holders of any other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes (containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or required prepayments or redemptions of such Indebtedness with the proceeds of sales of assets) to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds (an “ Asset Sale Offer ”), to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.09 of this Indenture. The Company will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within 15 Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $25.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of Section 3.09 of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as needed so that no Notes of an unauthorized denomination will be purchased in part) based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
     (e) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.10, the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.

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     (f) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
     (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “ Affiliate Transaction ”), unless:
     (1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Company Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Company Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis; and
     (2) the Company delivers to the Trustee (A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $5.0 million, a resolution adopted by the disinterested members of the Board of Directors approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above.
     (b) The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.11(a) above:
     (1) transactions between or among Holdco, the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary;
     (2) payments, grants or transfers permitted by Section 4.13 hereof;
     (3) reasonable and customary indemnities provided on behalf of officers, directors, managers, employees or consultants of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any Company Subsidiary;
     (4) the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions;
     (5) any transaction or series of transactions involving consideration of less than $1.0 million;
     (6) the payment to an Affiliate by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of reasonable charges for travel in the ordinary course of business by any officer, director, manager, employee, agent, consultant, Affiliate or advisor of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
     (7) the declaration and payment of any Restricted Payments by the Company to its direct or indirect parent companies in accordance with Section 4.07 hereof (other than pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(9)); and

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     (8) as otherwise permitted herein, payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent or any of its Subsidiaries and employment agreements, severance arrangements, stock option plans and other similar arrangements with such employees which, in each case, are approved by the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith that are not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.
Section 4.12 Liens.
     The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien, except Permitted Liens.
Section 4.13 Management Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses of Sponsors.
     The Company will not pay any management fees to the Lead Sponsor or its Affiliates. The Company may reimburse the Sponsors or their Affiliates for expenses in accordance with the provisions of the Equity Purchase Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence.
     Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:
     (1) either its corporate existence or a limited liability company existence, and, with respect to each of the Company Subsidiaries, any corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other existence, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary (for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.14 shall not prevent the Company and its Subsidiaries from converting their corporate existence into limited liability companies); and
     (2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of their Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
     If the Company amends its organizational documents to effectuate a name change, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee within 30 days of such name change.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
     (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will make an offer (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; or if PIK Interest is paid, a minimum of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date (the “ Change of Control Payment ”). Within

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30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and stating:
     (1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that all Notes properly tendered will be accepted for payment;
     (2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”);
     (3) that any Note not properly tendered will continue to accrue interest;
     (4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
     (5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
     (6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, facsimile transmission, electronic image scan or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased;
     (7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided, however, that if PIK Interest is paid, the principal amount of such unpurchased portion may equal a minimum of $1.00 or an integral multiple of $1.00; and
     (8) the other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.15, that a Holder must follow.
     The notice, if mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. If (a) the notice is mailed in a manner herein provided and (b) any Holder fails to receive such notice or a Holder receives such notice but it is defective, such Holder’s failure to receive such notice or such defect shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes as to all other Holders that properly received such notice without defect. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change in Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of Sections 3.09 or 4.15 hereof, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance.
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     (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
     (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
     (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.
     The Paying Agent will promptly mail (but in any case within five days after the Change of Control Payment Date) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any. The Company will notify the Holders of the Notes of the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
     (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.15 and Section 3.09 hereof and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.
Section 4.16 [Reserved]
Section 4.17 Payments for Consent.
     The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of Notes in consideration for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is concurrently offered to be paid or is concurrently paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Section 4.18 Investments in Respect of Payment Services Obligations.
     The Company shall at all times ensure that the Restricted Investment Portfolio shall consist solely of (i) Highly Rated Investments, (ii) Accounts Receivable, (iii) Scheduled Restricted Investments and (iv) interest rate Hedging Obligations that relate to Highly Rated Investments and Payment Service Obligations, in each case not subject to any Liens other than Liens set forth in clauses (v), (x), (y), (aa), (cc), (dd) and (ee) of the definition of Permitted Liens.
Section 4.19 Lead Sponsor Equity Anti-Layering.
     (a) All present or future Indebtedness of the Company or Guarantors issued to or acquired by the Lead Sponsor or its Affiliates shall not be subject to amortization or repayment prior to 6 months after the maturity of the Notes and be subordinated to the Notes pursuant to a subordination agreement reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers (which shall prohibit any enforcement action on such Indebtedness so long as the Notes are outstanding) and (b) no present or future Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor may

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be issued to or acquired by the Lead Sponsor or any of its Affiliates; provided, that this Section 4.19 shall not apply from and after the Sell Down Date.
Section 4.20 Business Activities.
     The Company will not, and will not permit any Company Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Similar Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.21 Maintenance of Properties.
     The Company will, and will cause each of the Company Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all tangible properties necessary in the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof.
Section 4.22 Insurance.
     The Company will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance, business interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the material assets, properties and businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses of similar sizes, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons.
Section 4.23 Books and Records; Inspections.
     The Company will, and will cause each of Subsidiaries to, keep adequate books of record and accounts to allow preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the occurrence of any exercise of any of the inspection rights set forth in Section 4.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 4.24 Compliance with Laws.
     The Company will comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including all environmental laws), noncompliance with which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.25 Additional Note Guarantees.
     On or after the date of this Indenture, any newly acquired or created Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary or SPE) will become a Guarantor and guarantee the Company’s Obligations in respect of the Notes and execute a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit E hereto and deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within 15 Business Days of the date on which it was acquired or created or incurred.

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Section 4.26 Holding Company Covenant .
     Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary (other than the Company and any of its Subsidiaries) shall not engage in any activity or suffer to have any condition outstanding that would violate the Passive Holding Company Condition.
Section 4.27 Maintenance of Minimum Liquidity Ratio.
     The Company and its Subsidiaries shall maintain at all times on a consolidated basis a Minimum Liquidity Ratio of 1.00 to 1.00.
Section 4.28 Specified SRI Subsidiary.
     The Company shall (i) within 30 days of the Closing Date, cause to be formed and duly incorporated a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company (the “ Specified SRI Subsidiary ”), for the limited organizational purpose of holding and disposing of the Specified SRIs and distributing the proceeds thereof in accordance with this Indenture, and not engaging in any other activity, (ii) within 30 days of the Closing Date, transfer to the Specified SRI Subsidiary all of the Specified SRIs, (iii) not permit the Specified SRI Subsidiary to engage in any other activities or own or acquire any other assets or investments other than Specified SRIs and cash received from the sale thereof and (iv) not sell or transfer any Specified SRIs except to third parties for cash consideration.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
     The Company may not consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
     (1) either:
     (A) the Company is the surviving company; or
     (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “ Successor Company ”); provided that in the case where the Successor Company is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;
     (2) the Successor Company, if other than the Company, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
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     (4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (A) the Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test or Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test, as applicable, set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof, or (B) the Leverage Ratio or Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as applicable, would be no more than (or no less than, as applicable) such ratio immediately prior to the transaction (it being understood that any incremental Indebtedness of the Successor Company must independently be permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09);
     (5) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above or is being released as part of the transaction, in which case Section 10.04(1)(b) shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Note Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and
     (6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the provisions described in this paragraph.
     The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for the Company under this Indenture and the Notes. Any Company Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or to another Company Subsidiary. In addition, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person, other than the sublease by the Company of its offices to one or more Persons.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Transactions will be permitted without compliance with this Section 5.01.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
     Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however , that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of the Company’s assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.

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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
     Each of the following is an “ Event of Default ”:
     (1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes issued under this Indenture;
     (2) default for five Business Days or more in the payment when due of interest on the Notes;
     (3) (A) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Sections 4.15 or 5.01 hereof or (B) failure by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for 45 days (30 days in respect of Section 4.27) after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the actual knowledge of the Company of such failure, to comply with any of its other agreements under this Indenture or the Notes to the extent such failure does not otherwise constitute a Default under clause (1), (2) or (3)(A) above;
     (4) (A) the failure by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to pay any Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes within any applicable grace period after final maturity or acceleration by the holders thereof because of a default or (B) a default occurs with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is subordinated to the Notes, which default permits the holder or holders thereof (or any trustee or agent on their behalf) to accelerate such Indebtedness (giving effect to any applicable grace period), and, in the case of (A) or (B) the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated or in default at the time exceeds $15.0 million;
     (5) final judgments against Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries aggregating in excess of $15.0 million, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final;
     (6) either the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
     (A) commences a voluntary case,
     (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
     (C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
     (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
     (E) has acknowledged in writing that it is generally not paying its debts as they become due;
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     (A) is for relief against either of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
     (B) appoints a custodian of either of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
     (C) orders the liquidation of either of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
     and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or
     (8) the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, denies that it has any further liability under its Note Guarantee or gives notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of the related indenture or the release of any such Note Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture;
     (9) for more than 45 days after receipt by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of written notice given by the Trustee (acting at the written direction of the Required Holders) or actual knowledge of the Company thereof, the representations and warranties of Holdco or the Company contained in the Note Purchase Agreement, shall be untrue in any respect on and as of the date such representations and warranties were made (without regard to any qualification of “materiality,” “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” contained therein), except where the failure or failures of such representations and warranties to be true (a) did not have or would not have been reasonably expected to have or has not had an Article 6 Material Adverse Effect, (b) would not materially impair the ability of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under this Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Documents, and (c) would not materially impair the rights and remedies of the Initial Purchasers under this Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Documents, taken as a whole; or
     (10) at any time, (i) any Security Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof and the Intercreditor Agreement or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any material portion of Collateral purported to be covered by the Security Documents with the priority required by the relevant Security Document and the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case for any reason other than the failure of the Collateral Agent to take any action within its control, or (iii) Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Security Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability under any Security Document to which it is a party.

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     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.01, (i) any failure of any representation and warranty of the Company contained in the Note Purchase Agreement to be true, (ii) any falsity of any certificate or information required to be delivered under the Note Purchase Agreement, or (iii) any default under Section 6.01(3) (other than such a breach arising out of a breach of Section 4.27 after the Closing Date) of this Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement or any Security Document, that, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iii) above, arises, directly or indirectly, out of the restatement of the consolidated financial statements of Holdco and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered or of Holdco and its Subsidiaries or the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be delivered to the Trustee under this Indenture (such financial statements so restated, the “ Restated Financial Statements ”) as a result of (x) the historical valuation, accounting and/or processes related to the investment portfolio of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, in each case for fiscal periods ended prior to the Closing Date or (y) the February 11, 2008 SEC non-public inquiry to Holdco, shall in no event constitute a Default or an Event of Default under this Indenture; provided , however , that (A) the Company furnishes to the Trustee the Restated Financial Statements promptly after the public filing thereof; (B) in the event of a breach described in clause (iii) of this paragraph consisting of any failure to deliver financial statements required by Section 4.03(a)(1) or (2) to be delivered for periods ending after the earliest period for which financial statements are being restated (the “ Subsequent Financial Statements ”), (x) the Company furnishes to the Trustee the Subsequent Financial Statements not later than the earlier of (1) the public filing thereof and (2) the date that is 45 days, in the case of any delivery of financial statements for the first three fiscal quarters of any fiscal year, or 60 days, in the case of financial statements for any fiscal year ended after the public filing of the Restated Financial Statements for the earliest period as to which a restatement has occurred, (y) during such period for which the Subsequent Financial Statements or related audit report, if applicable, required by Section 4.03(a)(1) or (2) were not available (which period shall in no event extend beyond the dates set forth in clause (x) above), the Company furnishes to the Trustee, in lieu thereof, internal unaudited annual financial statements and internal unaudited quarterly financial statements within the time periods set forth in Section 4.03(a)(1) and (2) respectively which are prepared on a consistent basis as internal unaudited financial statements prepared by Holdco and its Subsidiaries or the Company and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, which shall be certified by a principal financial officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition and operations at such date and the consolidated results of operations for the period then ended but in all respects subject to the effect of adjustments for any pending restatement and the failure of such items to so present, in all material respects, such consolidated financial condition and operations and such consolidated results of operations shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture or the Note Purchase Agreement, and (z) within one year of the date an audit report would be due under Section 4.03(a)(1) with respect to Subsequent Financial Statements for any fiscal year, the Company delivers to the Trustee an audit report as required by Section 4.03(a)(1) with respect to the applicable Subsequent Financial Statements (which audit report may include a qualification relating to any pending restatement described above and which qualified report shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture or the Note Purchase Agreement.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
     In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to the Company, any Company Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Company Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee acting at the written direction of the Required Holders or the Required Holders may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately by notice to the Company and the Trustee, specifying the Event of Default.
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     The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
     If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
     The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
     Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however , that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
     Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders) or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
     A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:
     (1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
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     (3) such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;
     (4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
     (5) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.
     A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
     If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
     The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

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Section 6.10 Priorities.
     If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
      First : to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.06 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
      Second : to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
      Third : to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
     The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
     In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
     (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
     (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
     (1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
     (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.

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However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
     (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
     (1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
     (2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
     (3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
     (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
     (e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
     (f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as set forth herein or as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
     (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
     (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
     (c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct of any agent appointed with due care other than willful misconduct.
     (d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it reasonably believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
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     (f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against the losses, liabilities and expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
     (g) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
     (h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
     (i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
     (i) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
     (k) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Section 7.09 hereof.
Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.
     The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
     If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes and to the First Priority Representative (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or

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interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06 Compensation and Indemnity.
     (a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Trustee for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all [reasonable and] documented disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable and documented compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
     (b) The Company and the Guarantors will jointly and severally indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all losses, damages, claims, costs, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by a Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. Holdco will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have one separate counsel and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
     (c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.06 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
     (d) To secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
     (e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.07 Replacement of Trustee.
     (a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07.
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then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company with 60 days prior notice in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
     (1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof;
     (2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
     (3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
     (4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
     (c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
     (d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
     (e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
     (f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.06 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.08 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
     If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.09 Eligibility; Disqualification.
     There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and (a) that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million or (b) is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a bank holding company having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million, in each case as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

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ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
     The Company may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
     Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Legal Defeasance ”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on written demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
     (1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.05 hereof;
     (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;
     (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and
     (4) this Article 8.
If the Company exercises under Section 8.01 the option applicable to this Section 8.02, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default under clauses (3), (4), (5), (6) (solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary), (7) (solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary) and (8) of Section 6.01. Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
     Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21, 4.22, 4.23, 4.24, 4.25, 4.26 and 4.27 hereof and clauses (4), (5) and (6) of Section 5.01 and the penultimate paragraph of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions

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set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Covenant Defeasance ”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(5), 6.01(6) (solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary), and 6.01(7) through 6.01(9) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
     In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:
     (1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on, the outstanding Notes on the stated maturity date for payment thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;
     (2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions:
     (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
     (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
     (3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal

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income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
     (4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the granting of a Lien to secure the deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which Holdco or any Guarantor is bound;
     (5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound; and
     (6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions), each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
     Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “ Trustee ”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or any Subsidiary acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
     The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
     Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the written request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to the Company.
     Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to

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look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
     If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however , that, if the Company makes any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
     Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, from and after the Sell Down Date, and, with respect to clauses (3), (7) and (9), at any time, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes:
     (1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
     (2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
     (3) to provide for the assumption of the Company or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article 5 hereof;
     (4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders;
     (5) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;
     (6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor trustee pursuant to the requirements thereof;
     (7) to add a Guarantor under this Indenture;
     (8) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of the Holders of the Notes in any respect; or
     (9) to make any change reasonably necessary to cause the Indenture to conform to the TIA.
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Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
     Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including, without limitation, Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof) and the Notes and the Note Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Sections 2.08, 2.09 and 2.13 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.
     Upon the written request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture. As long as the Initial Purchasers do not constitute the Required Holders, it shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
     After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
     (1) reduce or increase the principal amount of Notes other than pursuant to the payment of PIK Interest;
     (2) change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);

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     (3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;
     (4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders);
     (5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
     (6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the Notes;
     (7) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions; or
     (8) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of, or interest on, such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefore or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes.
Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
     Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
     As long as the Initial Purchasers do not constitute the Required Holders, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite number of Holders has been obtained.
Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
     The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
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Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
     The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in conclusively relying upon an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel shall not be required in connection with the addition of a Guarantor under this Indenture upon execution and delivery by such Guarantor and the Trustee of a notation of Guarantee, the form of which is attached as Exhibit D hereto, and supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit E hereto.
ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 10.01 Guarantee.
     (a) Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
     (1) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
     (2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
     Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
     (b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

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     (c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
     (d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
     Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
     To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto will be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.
     Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
     If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Note Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.
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     In the event that the Company creates or acquires any Domestic Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 4.25 hereof, the Company will cause such Domestic Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.25 hereof and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.
Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
     Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof, no Guarantor will, and the Company will not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
                 
 
    (1 )   (a)   such Guarantor is the surviving entity or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “ Successor Person ”);
 
               
 
          (b)   the Successor Person, if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
 
               
 
          (c)   immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
 
               
 
          (d)   the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; or
(2) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.
     In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
     Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clause 2 above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.

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Section 10.05 Releases.
     The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:
     (a) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of that Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Company Subsidiary, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 hereof;
     (b) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all the Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Company Subsidiary, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 hereof;
     (c) upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article 8 hereof or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 13 hereof; or
     (d) upon the contemporaneous release of such Guarantor’s Guarantee of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
     Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 10.05 will remain liable for the full amount of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 10.
ARTICLE 11
RANKING OF NOTE LIENS
Section 11.01 Agreement for the Benefit of Holders of First Priority Liens.
     The Trustee and the Collateral Agent agree, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 11.02 Notes, Note Guarantees and other Obligations with respect to the Notes not Subordinated.
     The provisions of this Article 11 are intended solely to set forth the relative ranking, as Liens, of the Second Priority Liens as against the First Priority Liens. The Notes and Note Guarantees are senior unsubordinated obligations of the Company and Guarantors, respectively. Neither the Notes, the Note Guarantees and other Obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes nor the exercise or enforcement of any right or remedy for the payment or collection thereof (other than the exercise of rights and remedies of a secured party, which are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) are intended to be, or will ever be by reason of the provisions of this Article 11, in any respect subordinated, deferred, postponed, restricted or prejudiced, (except as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement).
Section 11.03 Relative Rights.
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     (a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, premium and interest on the Notes in accordance with their terms or to perform any other obligation of the Company or any other obligor under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents;
     (b) restrict the right of any Holder to sue for payments that are then due and owing, in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement;
     (c) prevent the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder from exercising against the Company or any other obligor any of its other available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default (other than its rights as a secured party, which are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement); or
     (d) restrict the right of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Holder:
     (1) to file and prosecute a petition seeking an order for relief in an involuntary bankruptcy case as to the Company or any Guarantor or otherwise to commence, or seek relief commencing, any insolvency or liquidation proceeding involuntarily against the Company or any Guarantor;
     (2) to make, support or oppose any request for an order for dismissal, abstention or conversion in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding;
     (3) to make, support or oppose, in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding, any request for an order extending or terminating any period during which the debtor (or any other Person) has the exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization or other dispositive restructuring or liquidation plan therein;
     (4) to seek the creation of, or appointment to, any official committee representing creditors (or certain of the creditors) in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings and, if appointed, to serve and act as a member of such committee without being in any respect restricted by any of the obligations under this Article 11;
     (5) to seek or object to the appointment of any professional person to serve in any capacity in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding or to support or object to any request for compensation made by any professional person or others therein;
     (6) to make, support or oppose any request for order appointing a trustee or examiner in any insolvency or liquidation proceedings; or
     (7) otherwise to make, support or oppose any request for relief in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding that it is permitted by law to make, support or oppose:
          (a) if it were a holder of unsecured claims; or
          (b) as to any matter relating to any plan of reorganization or other restructuring or liquidation plan or as to any matter relating to the administration of the estate or the disposition of the case or proceeding;
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ARTICLE 12
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
Section 12.01 Security Documents.
     The payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes when due, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise and whether by the Company pursuant to the Notes or by any Guarantor pursuant to its Note Guarantees, the payment of all other Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents are secured as provided in the Security Documents which the Collateral Agent, Company and the Guarantors have entered into simultaneously with the execution of this Indenture and will be secured by Security Documents hereafter delivered as required or permitted by this Indenture, subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 12.02 Collateral Agent.
     (a) The Collateral Agent is authorized and empowered to appoint one or more co-Collateral Agents as it deems necessary or appropriate, provided, however, that no collateral agent hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other collateral agent hereunder.
     (b) Subject to Section 7.01, neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Second Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters, or for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of the Second Priority Liens or Security Documents or any delay in doing so.
     (c) The Collateral Agent will be subject to such directions as may be given it by the Trustee from time to time (as required or permitted by this Indenture). Except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by this Indenture and any other representatives, the Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
     (1) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
     (2) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Second Priority Lien; or
     (3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Second Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
     (d) The Collateral Agent will be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the enforcement of the Second Priority Liens or Security Documents.
     (e) In acting as Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon and enforce each and all of the rights, powers, immunities, indemnities and benefits of the Trustee under Article 7 hereof.
     (f) At all times when the Trustee is not itself the Collateral Agent, the Company will deliver to the Trustee copies of all Security Documents delivered to the Collateral Agent and copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents.

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Section 12.03 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken.
     (a) Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document and the Intercreditor Agreement, as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, authorizes and directs the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents to which it is a party, authorizes and empowers the Trustee to direct the Collateral Agent to enter into, and the the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver, the Intercreditor Agreement, and authorizes and empowers the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to bind the Holders of Notes as set forth in the Security Documents to which it is a party and the Intercreditor Agreement and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights and powers thereunder.
     (b) The Collateral Agent and the Trustee are authorized and empowered to receive for the benefit of the Holders of Notes any funds collected or distributed under the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement.
     (c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02, Article 11 and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee may, at the written direction of the Holders holding at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class, direct, on behalf of the Holders, the Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:
     (1) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any or all of the Second Priority Liens;
     (2) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party; or
     (3) collect and receive payment of any and all Notes Obligations.
     Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee, at the written direction of the Holders holding at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class, is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain, or direct the Collateral Agent to institute and maintain, such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem expedient to protect or enforce the Second Priority Liens or the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or to prevent any impairment of Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent or Trustee is a party or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Notes in the Collateral, including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.
Section 12.04 Release of Liens.
     (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 12.04 and to Section 12.05 hereof, Collateral may be released from the Second Priority Lien created by the Security Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or as provided hereby. Upon the request of the Company pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate certifying that all conditions precedent hereunder have been met, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to a release of assets included in the Collateral from the Second Priority Liens securing the Notes,

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and the Collateral Agent and the Trustee (if the Trustee is not then the Collateral Agent) shall release the same from such Second Priority Liens at the Company’s sole cost and expense, under one or more of the following circumstances:
     (1) to enable the Company or any Guarantor to consummate the disposition of such property or assets to the extent not prohibited under Section 4.10;
     (2) in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes, the release of the property and assets of such Guarantor; or
     (3) as described under Article 9.
     Upon receipt of such Officer’s Certificate and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company and otherwise in accordance with Section 12.05 hereof, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee (if the Trustee is not then the Collateral Agent) shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement.
     (b) Except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, no Collateral may be released from the Second Priority Lien created by the Security Documents unless the Officer’s Certificate required by this Section 12.04, dated not more than 10 days prior to the date of the application for such release, has been delivered to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee (if the Trustee is not then the Collateral Agent).
     (c) At any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee (if not then the Collateral Agent) has delivered a notice of acceleration to the Collateral Agent, no release of Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents will be effective as against the Holders, except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 12.05 Filing, Recording and Opinions.
     (a) The Company will comply with the provisions of TIA §§ 314(b) and 314(d), in each case following qualification of this Indenture pursuant to the TIA and except to the extent not required as set forth in any SEC regulation or interpretation (including any no action letter issued by the Staff of the SEC, whether issued to the Company or any other Person). Following such qualification, to the extent the Company is required to furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to TIA § 314(b)(2), the Company will furnish such opinion not more than 60 but not less than 30 days prior to each June 30.
     Any release of Collateral permitted by Section 12.04 hereof will be deemed not to impair the Second Priority Liens under the Indenture and the Security Documents in contravention thereof and any person that is required to deliver an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel pursuant to § 314(d) of the TIA, shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing as a basis for delivery of such certificate or opinion. The Trustee may, to the extent permitted by Section 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, accept as conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions the appropriate statements contained in such documents and Opinion of Counsel.
     (b) If any Collateral is released in accordance with this Indenture or any Security Document at a time when the Trustee is not itself also the Collateral Agent and if the Company has delivered the certificates and documents required by the Security Documents and Section 12.04, the Trustee will determine whether it has received all documentation required by TIA § 314(d) in connection with such

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release and, based on such determination and the Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Section 12.04, will, upon request, deliver a certificate to the Collateral Agent setting forth such determination.
Section 12.06 Suits to Protect the Collateral
     Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent acting at the written direction of the Required Holders shall have the authority to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Collateral Agent is directed in writing by the Required Holders to pursue to preserve or protect its interest and the interests of the Holders of the Notes in the Collateral (including suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if `the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the Second Priority Liens or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders of the Notes).
Section 12.07 Purchaser Protected.
     In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute the release or to inquire as to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration given by such purchaser or other transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property or rights permitted by this Article 12 to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Company or the applicable Guarantor to make any such sale or other transfer.
Section 12.08 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee.
     In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 12 upon the Company or a Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Company or a Guarantor or of any officer or officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article 12; and if the Trustee shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee.
Section 12.09 Release Upon Termination of the Company’s Obligations.
     In the event (i) that the Company delivers to the Trustee, in form and substance acceptable to it, an Officer’s Certificate certifying that all the obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents have been satisfied and discharged by the payment in full of the Company’s non-contingent obligations under the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents, and all such obligations have been so satisfied, or (ii) a legal defeasance of this Indenture occurs under Article 8, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company and the Collateral Agent a notice stating that the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders, disclaims and gives up any and all rights it has in or to the Collateral, and any rights it has under the Security Documents, and upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of such notice, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to hold a Lien in the Collateral on behalf of the Trustee, and the Collateral Agent and/or the Trustee at the written instruction and expense of the Company shall do or cause to be done all acts reasonably necessary to release such Lien as soon as is practicable.

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Section 12.10 Financing Statements.
     The Company, at the expense of the Company, shall (1) cause this Indenture, the Security Documents, and any additional security instrument filed with the Collateral Agent as additional security for the Notes, each amendment and supplement to any such instrument, and a memorandum, financing statement or continuation statement with respect to such instruments, amendments, or supplements to be filed, registered and recorded and to be refiled, reregistered and rerecorded in such manner and in such places as may be required by any present or future law in order to fully protect, preserve and perfect the lien of this Indenture and to protect, preserve and perfect the rights and security of the Holders and the rights of the Collateral Agent under the this Indenture and the Security Documents and (2) perform or cause to be performed from time to time any other act as required by law, and execute and file or cause to be executed and filed any and all instruments of further assurance (including financing statements with respect to any of such instruments) that may be necessary for such protection. The Company, the Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall, when so requested by one another, execute all such instruments, memoranda, or statements necessary to maintain, protect, perfect or preserve the interests assigned to the Collateral Agent under this Indenture. Promptly after the execution and delivery of this Indenture and the execution and delivery of the Notes and every five years (or such other time period provided by any applicable Law) thereafter, the Company will deliver to the Collateral Agent, at the expense of the Company, an opinion of counsel either stating that in the opinion of such counsel such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, rerecording and refiling of financing or continuation statements as is necessary to maintain the effectiveness and the perfection of the lien of this Indenture, and reciting the details of such action, or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain the effectiveness or perfection of such lien; and in each case, such opinion shall state what future action is necessary to maintain the effectiveness and perfection of such Lien.
     The Company covenants that it will do, execute, acknowledge, and deliver, or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged, and delivered, such indentures supplemental hereto and such further acts, instruments and transfers as the Trustee may reasonably require for the better assigning, pledging and confirming unto the Collateral Agent of the Collateral.
ARTICLE 13
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 13.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
     This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
     (1) either:
          (a) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
          (b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable or redeemable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will

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be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
          (2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the granting of a Lien to secure the deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;
          (3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Paying Agent and the authentication agent, all sums payable by them under this Indenture; and
          (4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.01(1)(b) hereof, the provisions of Sections 13.02 and 8.06 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 13.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.06 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 13.02 Application of Trust Money.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
     If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 13.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 13.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

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ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.01 Notices.
     Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.,
1550 Utica Avenue South
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Facsimile No.: (952) 591-3865
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Citigroup Center
153 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022-4611,
Facsimile No.: (212) 446-6600
Attention: Ashley Gregory, Esq.
If to the Trustee:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust & Securities Services
60 Wall Street, MS2710
New York, NY 10005
Facsimile No.: (732) 578-4635
Attention: Deal Manager — Corporates Team
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
Trust & Securities Services
25 DeForest Avenue, MS SUM01-0105
Summit, NJ 07901
Facsimile No.: (732) 578-4635
Attention: Deal Manager — Corporates Team
If to the Collateral Agent:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust & Securities Services
60 Wall Street, MS2710
New York, NY 10005
Facsimile No.: (732) 578-4635
Attention: Deal Manager — Corporates Team

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With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
Trust & Securities Services
25 DeForest Avenue, MS SUM01-0105
Summit, NJ 07901
Facsimile No.: (732) 578-4635
Attention: Deal Manager — Corporates Team
     The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
     All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
     Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
     If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
     If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 14.02 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
     Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
     (1) an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 14.03 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
     (2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 14.03 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 14.03 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
     Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture must include:
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     (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
     (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 14.04 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
     The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 14.05 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
     No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, any Guarantor, any Company Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, in their capacities as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Registration Rights Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 14.06 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.
     THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
     EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 14.07 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
     This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 14.08 Successors.
     All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof.

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Section 14.09 Severability.
     In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 14.10 Counterpart Originals.
     The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 14.11 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
     The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 14.12 Force Majeure.
     In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
Section 14.13 Patriot Act
     The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas with such information as it may request in order for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of March 25, 2008
         
  MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
    Name:   David J. Parrin  
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
    Name:   David J. Parrin  
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
    Name:   David J. Parrin  
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  MONEYGRAM INVESTMENTS, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
    Name:   David J. Parrin  
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  FSMC, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
    Name:   David J. Parrin  
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  

 


 

         
         
  PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
    Name:   David J. Parrin  
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  MONEYGRAM OF NEW YORK LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
    Name:   David J. Parrin  
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Trustee
by: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
 
 
  By:   /s/ Cynthia J. Powell  
    Name:   Cynthia J. Powell  
    Title:   Vice President  
 
     
  By:   /s/ David Contino  
    Name:   David Contino  
    Title:   Vice President  
 
  DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Collateral Agent
by: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
 
 
  By:   /s/ Cynthia J. Powell  
    Name:   Cynthia J. Powell  
    Title:   Vice President  
 
     
  By:   /s/ David Contino  
    Name:   David Contino  
    Title:   Vice President  
 

 


 

EXHIBIT A-1
[Face of Note]
CUSIP 60936P AA5
ISIN US60936PAA57
13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018
No. ___   $                     
THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT IS BEING ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1271, 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC. (THE “COMPANY”), AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY, WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO HOLDERS OF THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT UPON REQUEST THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE, AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT. THE ADDRESS OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IS 1550 UTICA AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 100, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55416.
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
promises to pay to [                      ] or registered assigns,
the principal sum of                                                                                      DOLLARS on March [___], 2018.
Interest Payment Dates: March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31
Record Dates: March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15
         
    MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:

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This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
         
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee    
by:
  Deutsche Bank National Trust Company    
 
       
By:
       
         
 
  Authorized Signatory    
Dated: [_________], 2008    

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[Back of Note]
13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Note due 2018
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
          Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
          (1) Interest . MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 13.25% per annum from March 25, 2008 until maturity. The Company will pay interest quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided , however , that the first Interest Payment Date shall be June 30, 2008. All interest on this Note shall be paid in cash; provided , however , that with respect to any Interest Payment Date prior the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall have the option to elect to designate all or any portion of the principal amount of this Note as being partially subject to payment of interest in kind (the portion of the principal amount of this Note so designated being referred to as the “ Partial PIK Portion ”); in which event (A) the Partial PIK Portion of this Note will be deemed to have accrued interest since the most recent prior Interest Payment Date (or the Closing Date if there was no prior Interest Payment Date) through such Interest Payment Date at a rate of 15.25% per annum , of which (i) interest at the rate of 0.50% per annum shall be paid in cash on such Interest Payment Date and (ii) interest at the rate of 14.75% shall be capitalized and added to the principal amount of this Note on such Interest Payment Date, and (B) the portion of the principal amount of this Note other than the Partial PIK Portion will be deemed to have accrued interest since the most recent prior Interest Payment Date (or the Closing Date if there was no prior Interest Payment Date) through such Interest Payment Date at a rate of 13.25% per annum , payable in cash quarterly in arrears on such Interest Payment Date. In the event that the Company elects to designate any portion of this Note for any Interest Payment Date as a Partial PIK Portion, it shall provide written notice to the Paying Agent, no later than three Business Days prior to such Interest Payment Date of (i) the portion of the principal amount of this Note so designated as the Partial PIK Portion, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding after giving effect to the capitalization of interest on the Partial PIK Portion. All references to the “principal” of the Notes shall include interest accrued and capitalized as provided herein. During any period in which a payment default or Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing, interest on all principal and overdue interest will accrue at a rate that is 2% higher than the interest rate on the Notes. During such period, the Company will also pay any post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law. Such interest would be in addition to any additional interest resulting from a payment default or other Event of Default. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
          (2) Method of Payment . The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on

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the March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium on all Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
          (3) Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
          (4) Indenture . The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of March 25, 2008 (the “ Indenture ”) among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are secured obligations of the Company.
          (5) Optional Redemption .
  (a)   At any time prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or any part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the then outstanding principal amount plus the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption (the “ Redemption Date ”), and, without duplication, accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the Redemption Date, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.
 
  (b)   Except pursuant to clause (a) or (d) of Section 3.07 of the Indenture, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date.
 
  (c)   On or after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or any part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the then outstanding principal amount of Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but not including) the applicable Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on dates indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date:
         
Year   Percentage  
Fifth anniversary of the Closing Date
    106.625 %
Sixth anniversary of the Closing Date
    104.417 %

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Year   Percentage  
Seventh anniversary of the Closing Date
    103.313 %
Eighth anniversary of the Closing Date and thereafter
    100.000 %
      Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable Redemption Date.
  (a)   At any time on or after the Sell Down Date and prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 113.250% of the then outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but not including) the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date; provided that:
  (1)   at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture, as such principal amount shall have been increased through the capitalization of interest (excluding Notes held by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries), remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and
 
  (2)   the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Qualified Equity Offering.
  (b)   Any redemption pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Indenture shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture. Any optional redemption of Notes must relate to an aggregate principal amount of Notes being redeemed of at least the lesser of (a) $5.0 million and (b) the remaining outstanding principal amount of such Notes.
  (6)   M andatory Redemption.
 
  (a)   Except as set forth in clause (b) of this Section 6, the Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
 
  (b)   Commencing with the first “accrual period” (as defined for purposes of the Code) ending after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date and continuing with each subsequent accrual period thereafter, the Company shall pay in cash, on or before the end of such accrual period, an amount equal to the sum of the accrued and unpaid PIK Interest and the accrued and unpaid original issue discount (as defined for the purposes of the Code) (other than PIK Interest), with respect to the Notes if, but only to the extent that, the aggregate amount of the sum of (i) the PIK Interest and (ii) the original issue discount (other than PIK Interest), in each case that has accrued and not been paid in cash from the Closing Date through the end of such accrual period on the Notes, exceeds the product of the “issue price” (as defined for purposes of the Code) for the Notes and the “yield to maturity” (as defined for purposes of the Code) on the Notes. Any such payment shall first be allocated to the accrued and unpaid PIK Interest.

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          (7) Repurchase at the Option of Holder. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will make a Change of Control Offer in accordance with Section 4.15 of the Indenture. In connection with certain Asset Sales, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer as and when provided in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture.
          (8) Notice of Redemption . Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 of the Indenture, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 13 thereof. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on this Note or portions hereof called for redemption.
          (9) Ranking and Collateral . The Notes and the Guarantees are secured by a second-priority security interest in the Collateral pursuant to certain Security Documents. The Second Priority Liens upon any and all Collateral are, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, subordinate in ranking to all present and future First Priority Liens as set forth in Article 11 of the Indenture and in the Intercreditor Agreement.
          (10) Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Notes are in registered form without coupons in initial denominations of $2,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided , however , that payments of PIK Interest shall be made in denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 rounded up to the nearest whole dollar. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a Record Date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
          (11) Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder of a Note shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.
           (12) Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. The Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.
          (13) Defaults and Remedies . Events of Default include: (i) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes issued under the Indenture; (ii) default for five Business Days or more in the payment when due of interest on the Notes, (iii) (A) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Sections 4.15 or 5.01 of the Indenture or (B) failure by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for 45 days (30 days in respect of Section 4.27 of the Indenture) after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the actual knowledge of the Company of such failure, to comply with any of its other agreements under the Indenture or the Notes to the extent such failure does not otherwise constitute a Default under clause (i), (ii) or (iii)(A) above; (iv) (A) the failure by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to pay any Indebtedness that is pari

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passu with the Notes within any applicable grace period after final maturity or acceleration by the holders thereof because of a default or (B) a default occurs with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is subordinated to the Notes, which default permits the holder or holders thereof (or any trustee or agent on their behalf) to accelerate such Indebtedness (giving effect to any applicable grace period), and, in the case of (A) or (B) the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated or in default at the time exceeds $15.0 million; (v) final judgments against Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries aggregating in excess of $15.0 million, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final; (vi) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; (vii) the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, denies that it has any further liability under its Note Guarantee or gives notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of the related indenture or the release of any such Note Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture; (viiii) for more than 45 days after receipt by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of written notice given by the Trustee (acting at the written direction of the Required Holders) or actual knowledge of the Company thereof, the representations and warranties of Holdco or the Company contained in the Note Purchase Agreement, shall be untrue in any respect on and as of the date such representations and warranties were made (without regard to any qualification of “materiality,” “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” contained therein), except where the failure or failures of such representations and warranties to be true (a) did not have or would not have been reasonably expected to have or has not had an Article 6 Material Adverse Effect, (b) would not materially impair the ability of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Documents, and (c) would not materially impair the rights and remedies of the Initial Purchasers under this Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Documents, taken as a whole; or (ix) at any time, (i) any Security Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or thereof and the Intercreditor Agreement or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any material portion of Collateral purported to be covered by the Security Documents with the priority required by the relevant Security Document and the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case for any reason other than the failure of the Collateral Agent to take any action within its control, or (iii) Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Security Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability under any Security Document to which it is a party. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee acting at the written direction of the Required Holders or the Required Holders may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately by notice to the Company and the Trustee specifying the Event of Default. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, the Required Holders may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or

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premium, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
          (14) Trustee Dealings with the Company . The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
          (15) No Recourse Against Others . A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any of the Guarantors, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
          (16) Authentication . This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
          (17) Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
          (18) CUSIP Numbers . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
          (19) GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
          The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Attention: Chief Financial Officer

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Assignment Form
     To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
     
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
   
 
   
 
  (Insert assignee’s legal name)
 
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
 
 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                                                            to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:                                                               
         
 
  Your Signature:
 
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:                                                               
*     Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
     If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
o   Section 4.10                o   Section 4.15
     If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$                                                                 
Date:                                                               
         
 
  Your Signature:
 
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
 
       
         
 
  Tax Identification No.:  
 
Signature Guarantee*:                                                               
*     Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note*
     The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
                 
            Principal Amount    
            [at maturity] of   Signature of
    Amount of decrease   Amount of increase   this Global Note   authorized
    in Principal Amount   in Principal Amount   following such   signatory of
    [at maturity] of   [at maturity] of   decrease   Trustee or
Date of Exchange   this Global Note   this Global Note   (or increase)   Custodian
 
               
 
               
     *      This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form .

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EXHIBIT A-2
[Face of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
 
CUSIP U60982 AA0
ISIN USU60982AA07
13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018
     
No.                     
  $                     
THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT IS BEING ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1271, 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC. (THE “COMPANY”), AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY, WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO HOLDERS OF THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT UPON REQUEST THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE, AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS DEBT INSTRUMENT. THE ADDRESS OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IS 1550 UTICA AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 100, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55416.
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
promises to pay to [                                           ] or registered assigns,
the principal sum of                                                                                                           DOLLARS on March [___], 2018.
Interest Payment Dates: March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31
Record Dates: March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15
         
  MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

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This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
by: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
         
By:
       
 
       
 
  Authorized Signatory    
Dated: [                                                                ], 2008
 

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[Back of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Note due 2018
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON.
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.]
     Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
     (1) Interest. MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 13.25% per annum from March 25, 2008 until maturity. The Company will pay interest quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be June 30, 2008. All interest on this Note shall be paid in cash; provided , however , that with respect to any Interest Payment Date prior the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall have the option to elect to designate all or any portion of the principal amount of this Note as being partially subject to payment of interest in kind (the portion of the principal amount of this Note so designated being referred to as the “ Partial PIK Portion ”); in which event (A) the Partial PIK Portion of this Note will be deemed to have accrued interest since the most recent prior Interest Payment Date (or the Closing Date if there was no prior Interest Payment Date) through such Interest Payment Date at a rate of 15.25% per annum , of which (i) interest at the rate of 0.50% per annum shall be paid in cash on such Interest Payment Date and (ii) interest at the rate of 14.75% shall be capitalized and added to the principal amount of this Note on such Interest Payment Date, and (B) the portion of the principal amount of this Note other than the Partial PIK Portion will be deemed to have accrued interest since the most recent prior Interest Payment Date (or the Closing Date if there was no prior Interest Payment Date) through such Interest Payment Date at a rate of 13.25% per annum , payable in cash quarterly in arrears on such Interest Payment Date. In the event that the Company elects to designate any portion of this Note for any Interest Payment Date as a Partial PIK Portion, it shall provide written notice to the Paying Agent, no later than three Business Days prior to such Interest Payment Date of (i) the portion of the principal amount of this Note so designated as the Partial PIK Portion, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding after giving effect to the capitalization of interest on the Partial PIK Portion. All references to the “principal” of the Notes shall include interest accrued and capitalized as provided herein. During any period in which a payment default or Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing, interest on all principal and overdue interest will accrue at a rate that is 2% higher than the interest rate on the Notes. During such period, the Company will also pay any post-petition interest in any

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proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law. Such interest would be in addition to any additional interest resulting from a payment default or other Event of Default. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
     Until this Regulation S Temporary Global Note is exchanged for one or more Regulation S Permanent Global Notes, the Holder hereof shall not be entitled to receive payments of interest hereon; until so exchanged in full, this Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall in all other respects be entitled to the same benefits as other Notes under the Indenture.
     (2) Method of Payment . The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium on all Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
     (3) Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
     (4) Indenture . The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of March 25, 2008 (the “ Indenture ”) among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are secured Obligations of the Company.
     (5) Optional Redemption .
  (a)   At any time prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or any part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the then outstanding principal amount plus the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption (the “ Redemption Date ”), and, without duplication, accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the Redemption Date, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.
 
  (b)   Except pursuant to clause (a) or (d) of Section 3.07 of the Indenture, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date.

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  (c)   On or after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or any part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the then outstanding principal amount of Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but not including) the applicable Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on dates indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date:
         
Year   Percentage
Fifth anniversary of the Closing Date
    106.625 %
Sixth anniversary of the Closing Date
    104.417 %
Seventh anniversary of the Closing Date
    103.313 %
Eighth anniversary of the Closing Date and thereafter
    100.000 %
Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable Redemption Date.
  (d)   At any time on or after the Sell Down Date and prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 113.250% of the then outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to (but not including) the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date; provided that:
  (1)   at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture, as such principal amount shall have been increased through the capitalization of interest (excluding Notes held by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries), remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and
 
  (2)   the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Qualified Equity Offering.
  (e)   Any redemption pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Indenture shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture. Any optional redemption of Notes must relate to an aggregate principal amount of Notes being redeemed of at least the lesser of (a) $5.0 million and (b) the remaining outstanding principal amount of such Notes.
      (6) Mandatory Redemption.
     (a) Except as set forth in clause (b) of this Section 6, the Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

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     (b) Commencing with the first “accrual period” (as defined for purposes of the Code) ending after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date and continuing with each subsequent accrual period thereafter, the Company shall pay in cash, on or before the end of such accrual period, an amount equal to the sum of the accrued and unpaid PIK Interest and the accrued and unpaid original issue discount (as defined for the purposes of the Code) (other than PIK Interest), with respect to the Notes if, but only to the extent that, the aggregate amount of the sum of (i) the PIK Interest and (ii) the original issue discount (other than PIK Interest), in each case that has accrued and not been paid in cash from the Closing Date through the end of such accrual period on the Notes, exceeds the product of the “issue price” (as defined for purposes of the Code) for the Notes and the “yield to maturity” (as defined for purposes of the Code) on the Notes. Any such payment shall first be allocated to the accrued and unpaid PIK Interest.
     (7) Repurchase at the Option of Holder. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will make a Change of Control Offer in accordance with Section 4.15 of the Indenture. In connection with certain Asset Sales, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer as and when provided in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture.
     (8) Notice of Redemption . Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 of the Indenture, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 13 thereof. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on this Note or portions hereof called for redemption.
     (9) R anking and C ollateral . The Notes and the Guarantees are secured by a second-priority security interest in the Collateral pursuant to certain Security Documents. The Second Priority Liens upon any and all Collateral are, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, subordinate in ranking to all present and future First Priority Liens as set forth in Article 11 of the Indenture and in the Intercreditor Agreement.
     (10) Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Notes are in registered form without coupons in initial denominations of $2,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided , however , that payments of PIK Interest shall be made in denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 rounded up to the nearest whole dollar. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a Record Date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
     (11) Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder of a Note shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.
     (12) Amendment, Supplement and Waiver . The Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.

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     (13) Defaults and Remedies . Events of Default include: (i) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes issued under the Indenture; (ii) default for five Business Days or more in the payment when due of interest on the Notes, (iii) (A) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Sections 4.15 or 5.01 of the Indenture or (B) failure by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for 45 days (30 days in respect of Section 4.27 of the Indenture) after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the actual knowledge of the Company of such failure, to comply with any of its other agreements under the Indenture or the Notes to the extent such failure does not otherwise constitute a Default under clause (i), (ii) or (iii)(A) above; (iv) (A) the failure by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to pay any Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes within any applicable grace period after final maturity or acceleration by the holders thereof because of a default or (B) a default occurs with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is subordinated to the Notes, which default permits the holder or holders thereof (or any trustee or agent on their behalf) to accelerate such Indebtedness (giving effect to any applicable grace period), and, in the case of (A) or (B) the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated or in default at the time exceeds $15.0 million; (v) final judgments against Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries aggregating in excess of $15.0 million, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final; (vi) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; (vii) the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, denies that it has any further liability under its Note Guarantee or gives notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of the related indenture or the release of any such Note Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture; (viii) for more than 45 days after receipt by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of written notice given by the Trustee (acting at the written direction of the Required Holders) or actual knowledge of the Company thereof, the representations and warranties of Holdco or the Company contained in the Note Purchase Agreement, shall be untrue in any respect on and as of the date such representations and warranties were made (without regard to any qualification of “materiality,” “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” contained therein), except where the failure or failures of such representations and warranties to be true (a) did not have or would not have been reasonably expected to have or has not had an Article 6 Material Adverse Effect, (b) would not materially impair the ability of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Documents, and (c) would not materially impair the rights and remedies of the Initial Purchasers under this Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Documents, taken as a whole; or (ix) at any time, (i) any Security Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Indenture or thereof and the Intercreditor Agreement or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any material portion of Collateral purported to be covered by the Security Documents with the priority required by the relevant Security Document and the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case for any reason other than the failure of the Collateral Agent to take any action within its control, or (iii) Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Security Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any further

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liability under any Security Document to which it is a party. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee acting at the written direction of the Required Holders or the Required Holders may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately by notice to the Company and the Trustee specifying the Event of Default. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, the Required Holders may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or premium, if any,) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
     (14) Trustee Dealings with the Company . The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
     (15) No Recourse Against Others . A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any of the Guarantors, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
     (16) Authentication . This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
     (17) Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
     (18) CUSIP Numbers . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
     (19) GOVERNING LAW . THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

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     The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Attention: Chief Financial Officer

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Assignment Form
     To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
     
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
   
 
   
 
  (Insert assignee’s legal name)
 
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
 
 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
     
and irrevocably appoint
   
 
   
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:                     
Your Signature:                                                               
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:                                          
 
*   Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
     If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
             
    ¬ Section 4.10   ¬ Section 4.15    
     If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$                     
Date:                     
Your Signature:                                                                                        
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:                                                                            
Signature Guarantee*:                                                               
 
*   Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note
     The following exchanges of a part of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for an interest in another Global Note, or exchanges of a part of another other Restricted Global Note for an interest in this Regulation S Temporary Global Note, have been made:
                                 
                        Principal Amount    
        Amount of   Amount of   [at maturity] of   Signature of
        decrease in   increase in   this Global Note   authorized
        Principal Amount   Principal Amount   following such   signatory of
        [at maturity] of   [at maturity] of   decrease   Trustee or
Date of Exchange   this Global Note   this Global Note   (or increase)   Custodian

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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Attention: [                      ]
[ Registrar address block ]
     Re: 13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018
     Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2008 (the “ Indenture ”), among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee and collateral agent . Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
                           , (the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $                      in such Note[s] or interests (the “ Transfer ”), to                      (the “ Transferee ”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
     1.  o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
     2.  o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, the Regulation S Permanent Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(a) of Regulation S under the Securities Act (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being

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made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
     3.  o Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S . The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
     (a) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
     (b) o such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;
or
     (c) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;
or
     (d) o such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit F to the Indenture and (2) if such Transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the IAI Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
     4.  o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note .
     (a)  o Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144 . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private

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Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
     (b)  o Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
     (c)  o Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
     This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
         
 
       
 
       
     
 
      [Insert Name of Transferor]
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
         
     Dated:
       
 
       

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
  1.   The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
  (a)   o a beneficial interest in the:
  (i)   o 144A Global Note (CUSIP 60936P AA5), or
 
  (ii)   o Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U60982 AA0), or
  (b)   o a Restricted Definitive Note.
  2.   After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
  (a)   o a beneficial interest in the:
  (i)   o 144A Global Note (CUSIP 60936P AA5), or
 
  (ii)   o Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U60982 AA0), or
 
  (iii)   o Unrestricted Global Note, ([     ]) [     ]), or
  (b)   o a Restricted Definitive Note, or
 
  (c)   o an Unrestricted Definitive Note, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Attention: [                      ]
[ Registrar address block ]
     Re: 13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018
(CUSIP                      )
     Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2008 (the “ Indenture ”), among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
                                                , (the “ Owner ”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $                      in such Note[s] or interests (the “ Exchange ”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
     1.  Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
     (a)  o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
     (b)  o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
     (c)  o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note . In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in

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compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
     (d)  o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note . In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
     2.  Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
     (a)  o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
     (b)  o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] o Restricted Global Note, o Regulation S Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
     This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
         
 
       
 
       
 
      [Insert Name of Transferor]
 
       
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
         
                    Dated:
       
 
       

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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE]
     For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of March 25, 2008 (the “ Indenture ”) among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., (the “ Company ”), the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and as collateral agent, (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Note Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Note Guarantee. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee, on behalf of such Holder, to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in the Indenture and (c) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for such purpose.
     Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
         
    [ Name of Guarantor(s) ]
 
       
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:

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EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
      Supplemental Indenture (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of                      , 200___, among                      (the “ Guaranteeing Subsidiary ”), a subsidiary of                      (or its permitted successor), a [Delaware] corporation (the “ Company ”), the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein),                      , as collateral agent, and                      , as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “ Trustee ”).
W I T N E S S E T H
     WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “ Indenture ”), dated as of March 25, 2008 providing for the issuance of 13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018 (the “ Notes ”);
     WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “ Note Guarantee ”); and
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
     1.  Capitalized Terms . Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
     2.  Agreement to Guarantee . The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 10 thereof.
     4.  No Recourse Against Others . No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
     5. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
     6.  Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

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     7.  Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
     8.  The Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
     Dated:                      , 20      
         
  [ Guaranteeing Subsidiary ]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  [ Company ]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  [ Existing Guarantors ]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  [ Trustee ],
as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
 
     
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
 
  [ Collateral Agent ],
as Collateral Agent
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
 
     
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
 

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EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED BY
ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR]
MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.
1550 Utica Avenue South
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Attention: [                      ]
[ Registrar address block ]
     Re: 13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018
(CUSIP                      )
     Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2008 (the “ Indenture ”), among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
In connection with our proposed purchase of $                      aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Notes, we confirm that:
     1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).
     2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter and an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any Person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.
     3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies

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with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
     4. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
     5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
     You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
         
 
 
     [Insert Name of Acquiring Accredited Investor]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
 
Dated:                                          

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Exhibit 4.2
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF
SERIES B PARTICIPATING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
     The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), does hereby certify that, pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), by the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors has by resolution duly provided for the issuance of and created a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), and in order to fix the designation and amount and the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions, of a series of Preferred Stock, has duly adopted resolutions setting forth such rights, powers and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of a series of Preferred Stock as set forth in this Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Certificate ”).
     Each share of such series of Preferred Stock shall rank equally in all respects and shall be subject to the following provisions:
      1. Number of Shares and Designation . 760,000 shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall constitute a series of Preferred Stock designated as Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series B Preferred Stock ”). The number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be increased (to the extent of the Corporation’s authorized and unissued Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding plus the maximum number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to the conversion contemplated by the Series B-1 Certificate) by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors and the filing of a certificate of increase or decrease, as the case may be, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
      2. Rank . The Series B Preferred Stock shall, with respect to payment of dividends, redemption payments and rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (i) rank senior and prior to the Common Stock, the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share, the Series D Preferred Stock, and each other class or series of equity securities of the Corporation, whether currently issued or issued in the future, that by its terms ranks junior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (all of such equity securities, including the Common Stock, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Junior Securities ”), (ii) rank on a parity with the Series B-1 Preferred Stock and each other class or series of equity securities of the Corporation, whether currently issued or issued in the future without violation of this

 


 

Certificate, that does not by its terms expressly provide that it ranks senior to or junior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends or rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (all of such equity securities, other than Junior Securities, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Parity Securities ”), and (iii) rank junior to each other class or series of equity securities of the Corporation, whether currently issued or issued in the future without violation of this Certificate, that by its terms ranks senior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends or rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (all of such equity securities are collectively referred to herein as the “ Senior Securities ”). The respective definitions of Junior Securities, Parity Securities and Senior Securities shall also include any securities, rights or options exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into any of the Junior Securities, Parity Securities or Senior Securities, as the case may be. At the time of the initial issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock there will be no Parity Securities (other than the Series B-1 Preferred Stock) or Senior Securities outstanding.
      3. Dividends .
     (a) The holders of record of the issued and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends, dividends on the terms described below:
     (i) Holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to participate equally and ratably with the holders of shares of Common Stock in all dividends and distributions paid (whether in the form of cash, stock, other assets, or otherwise, and including, without limitation, any dividend or distribution of shares of stock or other equity of any Person other than the Corporation, or evidences of indebtedness, of any Person, including, without limitation, the Corporation or any Subsidiary) on the shares of Common Stock as if immediately prior to each Common Stock Dividend Record Date (as defined below), shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding were converted into shares of Common Stock (in the manner described in Section 7 hereof without regard to any limitations contained therein); provided , however , that the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend or distribution to the extent that an adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be required with respect to such dividend or distribution pursuant to Section 7(c) . Dividends or distributions payable pursuant to this Section 3(a)(i) shall be payable on the same date that such dividends or distributions are payable to holders of shares of Common Stock (a “ Common Stock Dividend Payment Date ”).
     (ii) In addition to any dividends pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) hereof, in respect of each three-month period beginning with the three-month period ending on the 90th day following the Initial Funding Date, the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, out of assets legally available therefor, a quarterly dividend on each share of Series B Preferred Stock at the annual rate per share of 10% of the sum of (x) the Liquidation Preference and (y) all accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, whether or not declared, from the Initial Funding Date to the applicable Dividend Payment Date (as defined below), excluding any dividends accruing during the then-current Dividend Period

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(such rate, the “ Dividend Rate ”); provided , however , that if at any time the Corporation shall have for any reason failed to pay dividends in cash in a timely manner as required by this Certificate or the Series B-1 Certificate or failed to redeem shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock for cash in a timely manner as required by this Certificate or the Series B-1 Certificate, in each case without giving effect to Section 11(c) or any prohibition on such payment under applicable law (related to the impairment of capital or otherwise), then immediately following such failure the percentage set forth above shall be 15.0%. Dividends under this Section 3(a)(ii) shall be paid in cash; provided that, until the fifth anniversary of the Initial Funding Date, upon a determination by the Independent Directors, such determination intended to be a “fact” for purposes of Section 151(a) of the DGCL, dividends may be accrued for any Dividend Period prior to such fifth anniversary at the annual rate of 12.5% of the sum of (x) the Liquidation Preference and (y) all accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, whether or not declared, from the Initial Funding Date to the applicable Dividend Payment Date, compounding quarterly, in lieu of paying such dividends in cash currently; provided , however , that immediately following any failure by the Corporation to redeem shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock for cash in a timely manner as required by this Certificate or the Series B-1 Certificate (without giving effect to Section 11(c) or any prohibition on such payment under any applicable law (related to impairment of capital or otherwise) for any reason, dividends shall be paid currently in cash. The Series B Preferred Stock and the Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be treated as a single series for purposes of declaring and paying dividends such that any dividends paid on shares of either series shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as dividends on the shares of the other series.
     (iii) Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock provided for in Section 3(a)(ii) hereof shall accrue and accumulate, whether or not declared, on a daily basis from the Initial Funding Date, and shall, if declared, be payable quarterly on the First Payment Date, the Second Payment Date, the Third Payment Date and the Fourth Payment Date of each year (unless such day is not a Business Day (as defined below), in which event such dividends shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day) (each such payment date being a “ Dividend Payment Date ” and the period from the Initial Funding Date to the first Dividend Payment Date and each such quarterly period thereafter until a redemption date (but only with respect to any shares redeemed on such redemption date) being a “ Dividend Period ”). As used herein, the term “ Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions are legally authorized to close in the City of New York. The “ First Payment Date ” means the 91st calendar day after the Initial Funding Date and each successive anniversary of such date in each successive year. The “ Second Payment Date ” means the 181 st calendar day after the Initial Funding Date and each successive anniversary of such date in each successive year. The “ Third Payment Date ” means the 271 st calendar day after the Initial Funding Date and each successive anniversary of such date in each successive year. The “ Fourth Payment Date ” means the one-year anniversary of the Initial Funding Date and each successive anniversary of such date in each successive year.
     (iv) Each dividend payable pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) or Section 3(a)(ii) hereof shall be payable to the holders of record of shares of Series B Preferred Stock as they appear on

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the stock records of the Corporation at the close of business on the record date designated by the Board of Directors for such dividends (each, a “ Dividend Payment Record Date ”), which (i) with respect to dividends payable pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) hereof, shall be the same day as the record date for the payment of dividends to the holders of shares of Common Stock (the “ Common Stock Dividend Record Date ”) and, (ii) with respect to dividends payable pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii) hereof, shall be not more than thirty (30) days nor less than ten (10) days preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date. Dividends in respect of any past Dividend Periods that are in arrears may be declared and paid at any time to holders of record on the Dividend Payment Record Date therefor.
     (b) During any Stoppage Period (as defined below), (i) no dividends shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment, or other distribution declared or made, upon any Junior Securities, nor shall any Junior Securities be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired (other than, subject to Section 9 , a redemption, purchase or other acquisition of shares of Common Stock from employees or directors of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation required by the terms of any bona fide employee or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation approved by the Board of Directors or the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection therewith) for any consideration (nor shall any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any such Junior Securities) by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (except, subject to Section 9 , by conversion into or exchange for Junior Securities or the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection therewith) and (ii) the Corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, make any payment on account of any purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any Parity Securities (other than, subject to Section 9 , for consideration payable solely in Junior Securities). “ Stoppage Period ” means any period (A) beginning at any time that the Corporation shall have failed to pay any dividend contemplated by Section 3(a) hereof or the Series B-1 Certificate and ending at such time when all such dividends have been paid in full in cash, (B) in respect of which the Corporation elects to accrue dividends under Section 3(a)(ii) hereof or the Series B-1 Certificate, or (C) beginning at any time that the Corporation shall have failed to pay the redemption price for shares of Series B Preferred Stock that holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or the Series B-1 Preferred Stock have requested be redeemed pursuant to Section 11 hereof or the Series B-1 Certificate and ending at such time when the full applicable redemption price, as set forth in Section 11 hereof or the Series B-1 Certificate, for all such shares of Series B Preferred Stock or the Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall have been paid to the holders in cash.
     (c) For the avoidance of doubt, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock that have been redeemed upon payment of the Liquidation Payment Amount (or 101% of the Liquidation amount, as applicable) shall not be entitled to receive any dividend pursuant to this Section 3 payable on or after the redemption date.
      4. Liquidation Preference .
     (a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding shall, with respect to each share of Series B Preferred Stock, be entitled to be paid in redemption of such

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share out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders a liquidation preference equal to the greater of (i) the sum of (x) $1,000 per share (the “ Liquidation Preference ”) and (y) an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any (whether or not declared), to the date of payment (such amount, the “ Accumulated Dividend Amount ” and, together with the Liquidation Preference, the “ Liquidation Payment Amount ”) and (ii) the payment such holders would have received had such holders, immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, converted their shares of Series B Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock (pursuant to, and at a conversion rate described in, Section 7 hereof without regard to any limitations contained therein), in each case, before any payment or distribution of any assets of the Corporation shall be made or set apart for holders of any Junior Securities. If the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders are not sufficient to pay in full the Liquidation Payment Amounts payable to the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and the liquidation preference payable to the holders of any Parity Securities, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and any such other Parity Securities ratably in accordance with the Liquidation Payment Amounts and the liquidation preference for the Parity Securities, respectively.
     (b) Neither a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other entity, nor a merger of any other entity with or into the Corporation, nor a sale or transfer of all or any part of the Corporation’s assets for cash, securities or other property shall by itself be considered a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 4 .
      5. Redemption by the Corporation . Subject to the provisions of Section 7 , following the fifth anniversary of the Initial Funding Date, the Corporation shall have the right to redeem, out of assets lawfully available for the redemption of shares, all (but not less than all) of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, for an amount in cash per share equal to the Liquidation Payment Amount as of the Corporation Redemption Date (the “ Redemption Price ”), but the Corporation shall have this redemption right only if at the time the Corporation exercises this option, the average Market Price of the Common Stock during a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on the 10th day prior to the date the Corporation exercises this option, exceeds the Redemption Trigger Price. Upon a determination by the Independent Directors, such determination intended to be a “fact” for purposes of Section 151(a) of the DGCL, the Corporation shall be required to exercise its right to redeem the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series B-1 Preferred Stock (pursuant to the terms in the Series B-1 Certificate) at any time that such right is exercisable and assets are then lawfully available to pay the aggregate Redemption Price for all shares outstanding of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock.
      6. Procedures for Redemption by the Corporation .
     (a) In the event of a redemption of shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 5 , the Corporation shall deliver written notice to each holder (the “ Notice of Redemption ”), by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than fifteen (15) days and no more than twenty (20) days prior to the date on which the holder is to surrender to the Corporation the certificates representing shares to be redeemed (such date, or if such date is not a

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Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter, the “ Corporation Redemption Date ”), provided that the Corporation Redemption Date shall not be later than the 30th day immediately following the date upon which the Corporation exercises its redemption option pursuant to Section 5 . The Notice of Redemption shall specify: (i) the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed by the Corporation; (ii) the Corporation Redemption Date; (iii) the Liquidation Payment Amount as of the Corporation Redemption Date; and (iv) instructions on surrendering the holder’s shares for any shares to be redeemed. Any Notice of Redemption mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the holder receives the Notice of Redemption.
     (b) Upon surrender in accordance with the Notice of Redemption of the certificates representing any shares so redeemed, such shares shall be redeemed by the Corporation at the Redemption Price with payment of such Redemption Price being made on the Corporation Redemption Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the holder of the shares redeemed. Such redemption shall be effective on the Corporation Redemption Date, notwithstanding any failure of such holders to deliver such certificates, provided that the Redemption Price for each share of Series B Preferred Stock has either been paid to each holder on or prior to such date or deposited in a bank in a separate trust account for the sole benefit of the holders. Until redemption is effective on the Corporation Redemption Date as aforesaid, shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be converted pursuant to Section 7 and shall accrue and accumulate dividends pursuant to Section 3 .
      7. Conversion .
     (a)  Right to Convert .
     (i) Subject to the provisions of this Section 7 , each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, at such holder’s option, to convert any or all of such holder’s shares of Series B Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the conversion price equal to $2.50, subject to adjustment as described in Section 7(c) (as adjusted from time to time, the “ Conversion Price ”). The number of shares of Common Stock into which each share of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be convertible (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share) shall be determined by dividing the Liquidation Payment Amount in effect at the time of conversion by the Conversion Price in effect at the time of conversion; provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Certificate to the contrary, but subject to Section 7(a)(ii) , the Series B Preferred Stock may not be converted into Common Stock under this Section 7 to the extent such conversion would result in a number of shares of Common Stock to be issued that would exceed the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance by the Corporation; provided , however , that in the event that there shall not be sufficient shares of Common Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exercise in full of the rights contained in this Certificate, the Corporation shall use its best efforts to take all such action as may be necessary to promptly authorize sufficient additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exercise of all such rights.

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     (ii) To the extent that a holder of Series B Preferred Stock is restricted from converting such shares into Common Stock under the first proviso to Section 7(a)(i) , such holder may (at the sole election of the holder) convert such shares of Series B Preferred Stock into the number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock, or fraction thereof, that are then convertible into the number of shares of Common Stock (in a manner described in the Series D Certificate, without regard to any restrictions contained therein) that such holder would have been entitled to receive if the first proviso in Section 7(a)(i) did not apply.
     (iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, prior to the Voting Date, to the extent any conversion by a holder of Series B Preferred Stock would cause any holder of Series B Preferred Stock to be entitled to vote a percentage of the Common Stock which exceeds the Applicable Threshold, such conversion will occur and become effective on the Voting Date.
     (b)  Mechanics of Conversion .
     (i) A holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock that elects to exercise its conversion rights pursuant to Section 7(a) shall provide notice to the Corporation as follows: to exercise its conversion right pursuant to Section 7(a) , a holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be converted shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares at the office of the Corporation (or any transfer agent of the Corporation previously designated by the Corporation to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock for this purpose) with a written notice of election to convert, completed and signed, specifying the number of shares to be converted. Unless the shares issuable upon conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock are registered, each share surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the holder thereof or such holder’s duly authorized attorney and an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax in accordance with Section 7(b)(v) (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation that such tax has been or will be timely paid). As promptly as practicable (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) after the surrender by the holder of the certificates representing shares of Series B Preferred Stock as aforesaid, the Corporation shall issue and shall deliver to such holder or, on the holder’s written order, to the holder’s transferee, a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Common Stock (and, if the holder so elects pursuant to Section 7(a)(ii) , Series D Preferred Stock) issuable upon conversion of such shares and a check payable in an amount corresponding to any fractional interest in a share of Common Stock as provided in Section 7(b)(vi) .
     (ii) Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the first Business Day on which the certificates representing shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have been surrendered and such notice received by the Corporation as aforesaid (the “ Conversion Date ”). At such time on the Conversion Date:
     (A) the Person in whose name or names any certificate or certificates representing shares of Common Stock (and, if applicable, Series D Preferred

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Stock) shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares of Common Stock represented thereby at such time; and
     (B) such shares of Series B Preferred Stock so converted shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of a holder with respect to such shares surrendered for conversion shall immediately terminate except the right to receive the Common Stock (and, if applicable, Series D Preferred Stock) and other amounts payable pursuant to this Section 7 .
All shares of Common Stock (and, if applicable, Series D Preferred Stock) delivered upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock will, upon delivery, be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free from all preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, security interests and charges (other than liens or charges created by or imposed upon the holder or taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith).
     (iii) Holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the close of business on a Dividend Payment Record Date or Common Stock Dividend Record Date, as applicable, for a dividend payment for the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date or Common Stock Dividend Payment Date, as applicable, notwithstanding the conversion thereof following such Dividend Payment Record Date or Common Stock Dividend Record Date, as applicable, and prior to such Dividend Payment Date or Common Stock Dividend Payment Date, as applicable. A holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock on a Dividend Payment Record Date or a Common Stock Dividend Record Date, as applicable, whose shares of Series B Preferred Stock have been converted pursuant to Section 7(a) into shares of Common Stock prior to the close of business on such Dividend Payment Record Date, or Common Stock Dividend Record Date, as applicable, will not be entitled to receive any portion of the dividend payable by the Corporation on such shares of Series B Preferred Stock on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date or Common Stock Dividend Payment Date, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate, such dividends paid pursuant to this Section 7(b)(iii) shall be considered paid for purposes of determining the Liquidation Payment Amount in Section 7(a)(i) .
     (iv) The Corporation will procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the shares of Common Stock, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, and, to the extent that the Corporation does not have enough authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, subject to the approval by the Corporation’s shareholders and Board of Directors to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, on the principal domestic stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded.
     (v) Issuances of certificates representing shares of Common Stock (and, if applicable, Series D Preferred Stock) upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock for any issue or transfer tax (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith) or

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other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation; provided , however , that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock (and, if applicable, Series D Preferred Stock) in a name other than that of the holder of the Series B Preferred Stock to be converted, and no such issuance or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issuance or delivery has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been, or will be timely, paid.
     (vi) In connection with the conversion of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock, no fractional interests of Common Stock shall be issued, but in lieu thereof, a cash adjustment in respect of such fractional shares shall be paid in an amount equal to such fractional Common Stock interest multiplied by the Market Price per share of Common Stock at the applicable Conversion Date. Appropriate fractions of a share of Series D Preferred Stock may be issued in connection with the conversion of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock into Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 7(a)(ii) .
     (vii) The Corporation shall ensure that each share of Common Stock and Series D Preferred Stock issued as a result of conversion of Series B Preferred Stock shall be accompanied by all rights associated generally with each other share of Common Stock and Series D Preferred Stock, respectively, outstanding as of the applicable Conversion Date, subject to any applicable restrictions on transfer of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
     (c)  Adjustments to Conversion Price and Redemption Trigger Price . From and after the date of the Purchase Agreement, the Conversion Price and Redemption Trigger Price shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
     (i) Common Stock Issued at Less than Market Value . If the Corporation issues or sells any Common Stock other than Excluded Stock without consideration or for consideration per share less than the Market Price of the Common Stock, as of the day of such issuance or sale, the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price in effect immediately prior to each such issuance or sale will immediately (except as provided below) be reduced to the price determined by multiplying (A) each of the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price, respectively, in effect immediately prior to each such issuance or sale by (B) a fraction of which the numerator shall be the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale and (2) the number of additional shares of Common Stock that the aggregate consideration received by the Corporation for the number of shares of Common Stock so offered would purchase at the Market Price per share of Common Stock on the last Trading Day immediately preceding such issuance or sale, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such issuance or sale. For the purposes of any adjustment of the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price pursuant to this Section 7(c) , the following provisions shall be applicable:

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     (A) In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for cash, the amount of the consideration received by the Corporation shall be deemed to be the amount of the cash proceeds received by the Corporation for such Common Stock before deducting therefrom any underwriting discounts or commissions allowed, paid or incurred by the Corporation for any underwriting or otherwise in connection with the issuance and sale thereof.
     (B) In the case of the issuance of Common Stock (other than upon the conversion of shares of Capital Stock or other securities of the Corporation) for a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, including securities acquired in exchange therefor (other than securities by their terms so exchangeable), the consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors; provided , however , that such fair value as determined by the Board of Directors shall not exceed the aggregate Market Price of the shares of Common Stock being issued as of the date the Board of Directors authorizes the issuance of such shares.
     (C) In the case of the issuance of (x) options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock (whether or not at the time exercisable) or (y) securities by their terms convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (whether or not at the time so convertible or exchangeable) or options, warrants or rights to purchase such convertible or exchangeable securities (whether or not at the time exercisable):
     (1) the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of such options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock shall be deemed to have been issued at the time such options, warrants or rights are issued and for a consideration equal to the consideration (determined in the manner provided in Section 7(c)(i)(A) and (B) ), if any, received by the Corporation upon the issuance of such options, warrants or rights plus the minimum purchase price provided in such options, warrants or rights for the Common Stock covered thereby;
     (2) the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of or in exchange for any such convertible or exchangeable securities, or upon the exercise of options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire such convertible or exchangeable securities and the subsequent conversion or exchange thereof, shall be deemed to have been issued at the time such securities were issued or such options, warrants or rights were issued and for a consideration equal to the consideration, if any, received by the Corporation for any such securities and related options, warrants or rights (excluding any cash received on account of accrued interest or accrued dividends), plus the additional consideration (determined in the manner provided in Section 7(c)(i)(A) and (B) ), if any, to be received by the

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Corporation upon the conversion or exchange of such securities, or upon the exercise of any related options, warrants or rights to purchase or acquire such convertible or exchangeable securities and the subsequent conversion or exchange thereof;
     (3) on any change in the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of any such options, warrants or rights or conversion or exchange of such convertible or exchangeable securities or any change in the consideration to be received by the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion or exchange, but excluding changes resulting from the anti-dilution provisions thereof (to the extent comparable to the anti-dilution provisions contained herein), the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price as then in effect shall forthwith be readjusted to such Conversion Price and Redemption Trigger Price as would have been obtained had an adjustment been made upon the issuance of such options, warrants or rights not exercised prior to such change, or of such convertible or exchangeable securities not converted or exchanged prior to such change, upon the basis of such change;
     (4) on the expiration or cancellation of any such options, warrants or rights (without exercise), or the termination of the right to convert or exchange such convertible or exchangeable securities (without exercise), if the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price shall have been adjusted upon the issuance thereof, the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price shall forthwith be readjusted to such Conversion Price and Redemption Trigger Price as would have been obtained had an adjustment been made upon the issuance of such options, warrants, rights or such convertible or exchangeable securities on the basis of the issuance of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued upon the exercise of such options, warrants or rights, or upon the conversion or exchange of such convertible or exchangeable securities; and
     (5) if the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price shall have been adjusted upon the issuance of any such options, warrants, rights or convertible or exchangeable securities, no further adjustment of such Conversion Price and Redemption Trigger Price shall be made for the actual issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof.
     (ii) Stock Splits, Subdivisions, Reclassifications or Combinations . If the Corporation shall (1) declare a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (2) subdivide or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or (3) combine or reclassify the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such

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subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be adjusted to the number obtained by multiplying each of the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price, respectively, in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such action, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately following such action.
     (iii) Certain Repurchases of Common Stock . In case the Corporation effects a Pro Rata Repurchase of Common Stock, then each of the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price, respectively, shall be reduced to the price determined by multiplying each of the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price, respectively, in effect immediately prior to the effective date of such Pro Rata Repurchase by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) at such effective date, multiplied by the Market Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding such effective date, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of (A) the fair market value of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders based upon the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of all shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of such effective date (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any maximum, being referred to as the “ Purchased Shares ”) and (B) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Purchased Shares) at such effective date and the Market Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding such effective date, such reduction to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following such effective date.
     (iv) Other Distributions . In case the Corporation shall fix a record date for the making of a dividend or distribution to all holders of shares of its Common Stock (A) of shares of any class or of any Person other than shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, or (B) of evidence of indebtedness of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, or (C) of assets (excluding dividends or distributions covered by Section 7(c)(ii) ), or (D) of rights or warrants in respect of any of the foregoing, in each such case the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price, respectively, in effect immediately prior thereto shall be reduced immediately thereafter to the price determined by multiplying (x) the Conversion Price and Redemption Trigger Price, respectively, in effect immediately prior thereto by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Market Price per share of Common Stock on such record date less the then fair market value (as determined by a firm of independent public accountants or an independent appraiser, in each case, of recognized national standing selected by the Board of Directors and approved by holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, provided that such value shall not for purposes hereof in any event be equal to or greater than the Market Price per share of Common Stock on such record date) as of such record date of the shares, assets, evidences of indebtedness, rights or warrants so paid with respect to one share of Common Stock, and the denominator of which shall be the Market Price per share of Common Stock on such record date. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price and Redemption Trigger Price then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the

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date when the Board of Directors determines not to distribute such shares, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights or warrants, as the case may be, to the Conversion Price and Redemption Trigger Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
     (v) Successive Adjustments . Successive adjustments in each of the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price shall be made, without duplication, whenever any event specified in Section 7(c)(i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) , (vi) or (vii) shall occur.
     (vi) Rounding of Calculation s ; Minimum Adjustments. All calculations under this Section 7(c) shall be made to the nearest one-tenth (1/10th) of a cent. No adjustment in each of the Conversion Price or the Redemption Trigger Price is required if the amount of such adjustment would be less than $0.01; provided , however , that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 7(c)(vi) are not required to be made will be carried forward and given effect in any subsequent adjustment.
     (vii) Adjustment for Unspecified Actions . If the Corporation takes any action affecting the Common Stock, other than action described in this Section 7(c) , which upon a determination by the Independent Directors, such determination intended to be a “fact” for purposes of Section 151(a) of the DGCL, would materially adversely affect the conversion rights of the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the Conversion Price and, if so, the Redemption Trigger Price, may be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner, if any, and at such time, as such Independent Directors may determine in good faith to be equitable in the circumstances. Failure of the Independent Directors to provide for any such adjustment prior to the effective date of any such action by the Corporation affecting the Common Stock will be evidence that the Independent Directors have determined that it is equitable to make no adjustments in the circumstances.
     (viii) Statement Regarding Adjustments . Whenever either of the Conversion Price or the Redemption Trigger Price shall be adjusted as provided in this Section 7(c) , the Corporation shall forthwith file, at the principal office of the Corporation, a statement showing in reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment, and each of the Conversion Price and the Redemption Trigger Price that shall be in effect after such adjustment and the Corporation shall also cause a copy of such statement to be sent by mail, first class postage prepaid, to each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the address appearing in the Corporation’s records.
     (ix) Notices . In the event that the Corporation shall give notice or make a public announcement to the holders of Common Stock of any action of the type described in this Section 7(c) (but only if the action of the type described in this Section 7(c) would result in an adjustment in the Conversion Price or the Redemption Trigger Price or a change in the type of securities or property to be delivered upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock), the Corporation shall, at the time of such notice or announcement, and in the case of any action which would require the fixing of a record date, at least ten (10) days prior to such record date, give notice to each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, in the manner set forth in Section 7(c)(viii) , which notice shall specify the record date, if any, with

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respect to any such action and the approximate date on which such action is to take place. Such notice shall also set forth the facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect on the Conversion Price and/or the Redemption Trigger Price and the number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property which shall be deliverable upon conversion or redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of any such action.
     (x) Miscellaneous . Except as provided in Section 7(c) , no adjustment in respect of any dividends or other payments or distributions made to holders of Series B Preferred Stock of securities issuable upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock will be made while the Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding or upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock. In addition, notwithstanding any of the foregoing, no such adjustment will be made for the issuance or conversion of any Securities (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
      8. Status of Shares . Unless otherwise approved by the written consent of, or the affirmative vote in favor at a meeting called for that purpose by, holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, all shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are at any time redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to Section 5 or converted pursuant to Section 7 hereof and all shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are otherwise reacquired by the Corporation shall (upon compliance with any applicable provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware) have the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock, without designation as to series, subject to reissuance by the Board of Directors as shares of any one or more other series.
      9. Voting Rights .
     (a) Subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 9 , the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock (i) shall be entitled to vote with the holders of the Common Stock on all matters submitted for a vote of holders of Common Stock (voting together with the holders of Common Stock as one class), (ii) from the Initial Funding Date to the day prior to the Voting Date, shall be entitled to a number of votes per share of Series B Preferred Stock equal to (such number of votes, the “ Series B Votes Per Share ”) the product of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding at the time of the applicable record date and the number of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock outstanding at the time of the applicable record date, and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding at the time of the applicable record date, and (y) the number of votes to which shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each share of Series B Preferred Stock would have been entitled if such shares of Common Stock had been outstanding at the time of the applicable record date (without regard to any limitations on conversion contained in this Certificate), provided , however , that the foregoing shall not entitle any holder (or group of holders) of Series B Preferred Stock, together with its Affiliates, to a number of votes per share (on an as-converted in Common Stock basis) more than the Applicable Threshold, (iii) from and after the Voting Date, the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a number of votes per share of Series B Preferred Stock equal to the Series B Votes Per Share, and (iv) shall be entitled to notice of all stockholders’ meetings

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in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation as if they are holders of Common Stock. The holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall also be entitled to vote with the holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock to the extent provided in Section 9 and Section 11(a) of the Series B-1 Certificate.
     (b) So long as shares of the Series B Preferred Stock or shares of the Series B-1 Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the written consent, or affirmative vote at a meeting called for that purpose, by holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock (voting together as one class):
     (i) create, authorize or issue any Senior Securities, Parity Securities or any security convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of Senior Securities or Parity Securities, except for issuance of Series B Preferred Stock upon conversion of Series B-1 Preferred Stock pursuant to the Series B-1 Certificate;
     (ii) split, reverse split, authorize, subdivide, reclassify or combine the Series B Preferred Stock or the Series B-1 Preferred Stock, or increase the authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock; or
     (iii) amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Certificate or any other provision of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation (or any provision of the Corporation’s by-laws) (in each case, by any means, including (without limitation) by merger, consolidation, reclassification, amendment, or otherwise) so as to, or in a manner that would, adversely affect the preferences, rights, privileges, powers or economics of the Series B Preferred Stock; provided that the creation, authorization or issuance of any Junior Securities shall not by itself be deemed to have any such adverse effect;
provided , that no such consent or vote of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be required if, at or prior to the time when such action is to take effect, or when the issuance of any such securities is to be made, as the case may be, all shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding shall have been converted into Common Stock (or Series D Preferred Stock) pursuant to Section 7 or redeemed by the Corporation in accordance with Sections 5 and 6 hereof and all shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock outstanding at the time shall have been converted into Series D Preferred Stock or redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to the Series B-1 Certificate or converted into Series B Preferred Stock and all such Series B Preferred Stock shall have been converted into Common Stock (or Series D Preferred Stock). The holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share upon all questions presented to such holders pursuant to this Section 9(b) .
     (c) From the Initial Funding Date through the day prior to the Voting Date, and also thereafter at any time that the Corporation shall have failed to pay the redemption price for shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock that holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock have requested be redeemed pursuant to Section 11 hereof or of the Series B-1 Certificate and ending at such time when the full applicable

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redemption price, as set forth in Section 11 hereof or of the Series B-1 Certificate (in each case, without regard to Section 11(c)), for all such shares of Series B Preferred Stock or the Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall have been paid to the holders in cash, the Corporation shall not, without the written consent, or affirmative vote at a meeting called for that purpose, by holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock (voting together as one class):
     (i) (A) institute (or permit any of its Subsidiaries to institute) a voluntary case or proceeding in respect of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries under the federal bankruptcy code or any other similar federal, state or foreign law (“Bankruptcy Law”) or any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (B) consent to (or permit any of its Subsidiaries to content to) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries in any involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) file (or permit any of its Subsidiaries to file) a petition in respect of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries seeking reorganization or relief under any Bankruptcy Law, or consent to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or other similar official) of any of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of its property, or (D) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
     (ii) adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise voluntarily liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the Corporation; or
     (iii) increase the number of directors comprising the entire Board of Directors above 13 (except as may be required by the Purchase Agreement);
provided , that no such consent or vote of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be required if, at or prior to the time when such action is to take effect, or when the issuance of any such securities is to be made, as the case may be, all shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding shall have been converted into Common Stock (or Series D Preferred Stock) pursuant to Section 7 or redeemed by the Corporation in accordance with Sections 5 and 6 hereof and all shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock outstanding at the time shall have been converted into Series D Preferred Stock or redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to the Series B-1 Certificate or converted into Series B Preferred Stock and all such Series B Preferred Stock shall have been converted into Common Stock (or Series D Preferred Stock). The holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share upon all questions presented to such holders pursuant to this Section 9(c) .
     (d) From the Initial Funding Date through the day prior to the Voting Date, and also thereafter at any time that the Corporation shall have failed to pay the redemption price for shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock that holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock have requested be redeemed pursuant to Section 11 hereof or of the Series B-1 Certificate and ending at such time when the full applicable redemption price, as set forth in Section 11 hereof or of the Series B-1 Certificate (in each case,

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without regard to Section 11(c)), for all such shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall have been paid to the holders in cash, the Corporation shall not, without the written consent, or affirmative vote at a meeting called for that purpose, by holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock:
     (i) declare, set aside or pay (or permit any of its Subsidiaries to pay) any dividend or other distribution of any nature on the Common Stock or on any other Junior Securities, except for ordinary cash dividends on Common Stock not in excess of the Corporation’s consolidated current year’s net income if at such time of such ordinary cash dividend (A) all dividends (including, without limitation, accumulated and accrued dividends) payable to holders of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock as of such date (whether or not declared) shall have been paid (including, without limitation, that all such dividends under Section 3(a)(ii) shall have been paid in cash) and (B) all shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock that holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock, as applicable, have requested be redeemed pursuant to Section 11 hereof shall have been redeemed for cash at the full applicable redemption price set forth in Section 11 hereof;
     (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any shares of Common Stock or other Junior Securities (other than payments to purchase Junior Securities from employees or directors of the Corporation as required pursuant to any bona fide agreements in effect as of date of the Purchase Agreement and approved by the Board of Directors and in an amount not to exceed $2 million in the aggregate for all such individuals), or pay to or make available for a sinking fund for the purchase, redemption or acquisition of any shares of Common Stock or other Junior Securities;
     (iii) issue any shares of Common Stock or other Junior Securities (or any options, warrants or rights to acquire, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock or any other Junior Securities), except (A) issuances to holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and this Certificate or the Series B-1 Certificate, (B) issuances to employees or directors of the Corporation pursuant to bona fide compensation arrangements approved by the Board of Directors, (C) subject to Section 11(b), issuances that constitute consideration for acquisitions by the Corporation of operating companies pursuant to a transaction approved by the Board of Directors, and (D) issuances of Common Stock (or Series D Preferred Stock) at a net price per share of Common Stock (or per 1/1000 th of a share of Series D Preferred Stock, as adjusted) to the Corporation not less than 90% (after taking into account underwriting, commitment arrangement, financing or similar fees) of the then-current Market Price per share for the Common Stock;
     (iv) incur, suffer to exist or guarantee (or permit any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries to incur, suffer to exist or guarantee) indebtedness for borrowed money (whether by issuing debt securities, borrowing, or otherwise) in an aggregate principal amount outstanding for the Corporation and its Subsidiaries collectively in excess of $1,100,000,000;

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     (v) make investments in a manner that is in contravention of the Investment Policy (as defined in the Purchase Agreement);
     (vi) effect any direct or indirect acquisition (by purchase, merger or otherwise) by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries of Capital Stock, a business or division, or a material portion of the assets, of any other Person (except acquisitions of investment securities and other assets in the ordinary course of business) for consideration (whether in a single transaction or pursuant to a series of related transactions) in excess of $25 million;
     (vii) make any sale or other disposition (whether pursuant to a sale, lease, securitization, sale-leaseback or other transaction) of (x) any properties or assets of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries with a fair market value in excess of $25 million individually for any series of related transactions, except sales of investment securities in the ordinary course of business, and other sales in the ordinary course of business of assets that individually are immaterial to the Corporation, or (y) any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Corporation;
     (viii) hire, terminate or change the compensation of any executive officer except for ordinary raises consistent with past practices (provided that, beginning at any time that the Corporation shall have failed to pay the redemption price for shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock that holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock have requested be redeemed pursuant to Section 11 hereof or of the Series B-1 Certificate and ending at such time when the full applicable redemption price, as set forth in Section 11 hereof or of the Series B-1 Certificate (in each case, without regard to Section 11(c)), for all such shares of Series B Preferred Stock or the Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall have been paid to the holders in cash, (A) the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall not unreasonably withhold or delay approval of any such hiring or termination and, provided further, (B) if the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall not approve the hiring of any such executive officer the Corporation may appoint an existing employee to fill the position until a replacement approved by the holders of Series B Preferred Stock is hired and (C) nothing herein shall prohibit the Corporation from terminating any executive officer for “cause” as defined in such executive officer’s employment agreement with the Corporation);
     (ix) make any new, or renew any existing, loans to any of the money transfer or payment systems agents of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries; or
     (x) adopt an annual budget (provided that if such consent or vote is not obtained, the budget for the Corporation for the immediately prior year shall be utilized as the Corporation’s budget);
provided , that no such consent or vote of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall be required if, at or prior to the time when such amendment, alteration or repeal is to take effect, or when the issuance of any such securities is to be made, as the case may be, all shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding shall have been converted into Common Stock (or Series D Preferred Stock) pursuant to Section 7 or redeemed by the Corporation in accordance with

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Sections 5 and 6 hereof and all shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock outstanding at the time shall have been converted into Series D Preferred Stock or redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to the Series B-1 Certificate or converted into Series B Preferred Stock and all such Series B Preferred Stock shall have been converted into Common Stock.
     (e) The consent or votes required in Section 9(b) , Section 9(c) or Section 9(d) shall be in addition to any approval of stockholders of the Corporation which may be required by law or pursuant to any provision of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, which approval shall be obtained by vote of the stockholders of the Corporation in the manner provided in Section 9(a) .
     (f)  Restrictions on Voting Rights . Except as provided in this Section 9(f), any portion of the Series B Preferred Stock that is held as nonvoting shall be identical in all respects to Series B Preferred Stock that is voting. If, and to the extent that, prior notice and/or approval under the laws relating to money transmission or the sale of checks of any state is required in order for any holder (or group of related holders together with their Affiliates) of record to hold or vote more than the Applicable Threshold of the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that portion of the Series B Preferred Stock that is in excess of the Applicable Threshold shall be nonvoting in all respects. This Section 9(f) shall terminate on the Voting Date.
     (g) The Corporation shall not take or permit to occur any stockholder vote (or action by written consent) on any matter with a record date prior to the Voting Date, except to the extent required by law or by Section 9(b) , (c) or (d) of this Certificate or Section 9(b) of the Series B-1 Certificate. If required by law to have a record date that is earlier than the Voting Date, then the Voting Date shall occur no later than immediately prior to such record date.
     (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate, the Corporation shall be permitted to take the actions contemplated by Section 4.14 of the Purchase Agreement.
      10. Definitions .
     Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have the meaning indicated.
     “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (and correlative terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession of the power, whether by contract, equity ownership or otherwise, to direct the policies or management of a Person.
     “ Applicable Threshold ” means the percentage of Common Stock which, as reasonably determined by the Corporation and each of THL, GSMP and GSCP (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), between the Initial Funding Date and the day prior to the Voting Date, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock as of the Initial Funding

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Date (such holders, collectively, “ THL ”) may hold without any further prior notice and/or approval under the laws relating to money transmission or the sale of checks of any state. As of the Initial Funding Date, the Applicable Threshold will be 9.9%, and shall increase prior to the Voting Date to the extent permitted by applicable state regulatory laws.
     “ Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Corporation.
     “ Business Combination ” means (i) any reorganization, consolidation, merger, share exchange or similar business combination transaction involving the Corporation with any Person or (ii) the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of its assets.
     “ Capital Stock ” means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation or company, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital or capital stock of such Person and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation or company, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.
     “ Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share.
     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
     “ Excluded Stock ” means (i) shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation as a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or upon any subdivision or split-up of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock in each case which is subject to the provisions of Section 7(c)(ii) , or upon conversion of shares of Capital Stock (but not the issuance of such Capital Stock which will be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c)(i)(C) ), (ii) shares of Common Stock issued in any bona fide underwritten public offering, (iii) shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of options) and options to purchase Common Stock issued to current or former directors, advisors, employees or consultants of the Corporation pursuant to a stock option plan, restricted stock plan or other agreement approved by the Board of Directors or the Corporation’s employee stock purchase plan, (iv) shares of Common Stock issued in connection with acquisitions of assets or securities of another Person (other than issuances to Persons that were Affiliates of the Corporation at the time that the agreement with respect to such issuance was entered into), approved by the Board of Directors, (v) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock or Series D Preferred Stock.
      “Independent Director ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

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     “ Initial Funding Date ” means the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
     “ Investor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
     “ Market Price ” means, with respect to a particular security, on any given day, the volume weighted average price or, in case no such reported sales take place on such day, the average of the highest asked and lowest bid prices regular way, in either case on the principal national securities exchange on which the applicable security is listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, (i) the average of the highest and lowest sale prices for such day reported by the Over-The-Counter-Bulletin-Board (the “ OTCBB ”) or any comparable system then in use or (ii) if such security is so traded, but not so quoted, the average of the highest reported asked and lowest reported bid prices of such security as reported by the OTCBB or any comparable system then in use, or (iii) if such security is not traded on the OTCBB or any comparable system, the average of the highest asked and lowest bid prices as furnished by two members of NASD, Inc., selected from time to time by the Corporation for that purpose. If such security is not listed and traded in a manner that the quotations referred to above are available for the period required hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be the fair value per share of such security as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
     “ Person ” means an individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act).
     “ Pro Rata Repurchase ” means any purchase of shares of Common Stock by the Corporation or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to any tender offer or exchange offer subject to Section 13(e) of the Exchange Act, or pursuant to any other offer available to substantially all holders of Common Stock, whether for cash, shares of capital stock of the Corporation, other securities of the Corporation, evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation or any other Person or any other property (including, without limitation, shares of capital stock, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Corporation), or any combination thereof, effected while any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding; provided , however , that “Pro Rata Repurchase” shall not include any purchase of shares by the Corporation or any Affiliate thereof made in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10b-18 as in effect under the Exchange Act. The “ Effective Date ” of a Pro Rata Repurchase means the date of acceptance of shares for purchase or exchange under any tender or exchange offer which is a Pro Rata Repurchase or the date of purchase with respect to any Pro Rata Repurchase that is not a tender or exchange offer.
     “ Purchase Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2008 among the Corporation and the purchasers named therein, including all schedules and exhibits thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.

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     “ Redemption Trigger Price ” means $15.00, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7(c) .
     “ Series B-1 Certificate ” means the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation in the form contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
     “ Series B-1 Preferred Stock ” means the Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share.
     “ Series D Certificate ” means the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation in the form contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
     “ Series D Preferred Stock ” means the Series D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share.
     “ Subsidiary ” of a Person means (i) a corporation, a majority of whose stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time of determination, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person or by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or (ii) any other entity (other than a corporation) in which such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof has at least a majority ownership interest.
     “ Trading Day ” means any day that the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., is open for trading.
     “ Voting Date ” means the earlier of (i) such date as all applicable state regulatory approvals for the acquisition by THL of control of the Corporation have been obtained as reasonably determined by the Corporation and THL, or (ii) such other date requested in writing by THL on or after June 15, 2008; provided, however, that if a record date for a stockholder vote (or action by written consent) on any matter is required by law to occur prior to the Voting Date as described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) without giving effect to this proviso, then the Corporation shall provide notice of the record date to THL not less than ten Business Days prior to the record date of such stockholder vote (or action by written consent), and the Voting Date shall occur immediately prior to such record date unless THL notifies the Corporation that the Voting Date shall not occur on such date.
      11. Redemption at the Option of the Holder .
     (a) At any time after the tenth anniversary of the Initial Funding Date, upon the approval by holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock voting together as a class, the Corporation shall redeem all, but not less than all, but subject to Section 11(c), of the outstanding shares of Series B

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Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock at a redemption price per share in cash equal to the Liquidation Payment Amount as of the Holder Redemption Date (as defined below), whereupon, subject to Section 11(c) hereof, the Corporation shall effect such redemption, or cause such redemption to be effected, out of assets lawfully available therefor, within 90 days after the holder’s request (such date on which the Corporation makes the full redemption payment in cash to such holders, the “ Holder Redemption Date ”).
     (b)  Change in Control .
     (i) In connection with a Change in Control described in Section 11(b)(iii)(B) or (C) below, each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right (exercisable at the holder’s option) to require, by request in writing to the Corporation during the period 60 days prior to and ending 60 days after the consummation of a Change in Control (the date of consummation being referred to as the “ Change in Control Date ”), that the Corporation redeem (or that the acquiring or surviving Person in such Change of Control, if not the Corporation, redeem) such holder’s shares of Series B Preferred Stock, out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price per share in cash equal to 101% of the Liquidation Payment Amount (as of the date the Corporation makes the full redemption payment in cash to such holders), whereupon (subject to consummation of a Change in Control) the Corporation shall effect such redemption, or cause such redemption to be effected, if the holder’s redemption request was made prior to the Change in Control Date, then on the Change in Control Date, and if the holder’s redemption request was made after the Change in Control Date, then within 20 calendar days of such request.
     (ii) In connection with a Change in Control described in Section 11(b)(iii)(A) , (D) or (E) below, each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right (exercisable at the holder’s option), to require, by request in writing to the Corporation within 60 days after the public disclosure of the consummation of a Change in Control, that the Corporation redeem such holder’s shares of Series B Preferred Stock, out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price per share in cash equal to 101% of the Liquidation Payment Amount (as of the date the Corporation makes the full redemption payment in cash to such holders), whereupon the Corporation shall effect such redemption, or cause such redemption to be effected, within 30 calendar days of such request.
     (iii) As used herein, “ Change in Control ” means the happening of any of the following events:
                    (A) any Person (other than any Investor or any of its Affiliates) acquires Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“ Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock ”);
                    (B) consummation of a Business Combination, unless, following such Business Combination, (x) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the Beneficial Owners of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock immediately prior to such Business Combination Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined

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voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a company that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Corporation or all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the voting power of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock, and (y) no Person (other than any Investor or its Affiliates) Beneficially Owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent) of such entity;
                    (C) approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of a liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation;
                    (D) individuals who, as of the Initial Funding Date, constitute the Board of Directors (the “ Incumbent Board ”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors; provided , however , that any individual becoming a director pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, or whose election or nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors comprising the incumbent Board of Directors as of such election or nomination, shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; or
                    (E) any event that would not otherwise constitute a Change in Control pursuant to Sections 11(b)(iii)(A), (B), (C) or (D) hereof but would constitute a “change in control” for purposes of the Existing Credit Facilities (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or the Second Lien Notes (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
     The terms “ Beneficially Own ” and “ Beneficial Ownership ” are used herein as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, but without taking into account any contractual restrictions or limitations on voting or other rights.
     (iv) The Corporation shall deliver written notice to each holder of Series B Preferred Stock, by first class mail, postage prepaid, of any Change in Control as promptly as practicable, together with a reasonably detailed summary of the material terms of such Change in Control.
     (c) If the Corporation (i) shall not have sufficient assets legally available under the DGCL for the redemption of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock and all shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock that holders of Series B Preferred Stock and holders of Series B-1 Preferred Stock have requested be redeemed under Section 11(a) or (b ) of this Certificate or Section 11(a) or (b) of the Series B-1 Certificate (the “ Required Number of Shares ”) or (ii) will be in violation of Specified Contract Terms (as defined below) if it redeems the Required Number of Shares, the Corporation shall: (A) redeem, at the applicable redemption price set forth above in this Section 11 , the maximum number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock it is permitted to redeem (which aggregate redemption price will be an amount equal to the lesser of (y) the amount legally available for the redemption of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and (z) the largest amount that can be used for such redemption not prohibited by Specified Contract

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Terms); (B) subject to Sections 9 and 12(b) - (c) , use its best efforts to promptly take all actions necessary to eliminate any limitation or other impediment on the Corporation’s ability to redeem the Required Number of Shares as soon as practicable (including, without limitation, seeking to refinance all indebtedness under the contracts containing the Specified Contract Terms, seeking to liquidate assets and otherwise seeking to raise sufficient funds legally available for the redemption of the Required Number of Shares without violation of Specified Contract Terms, and seeking a merger or other sale of the Corporation that would provide for the redemption of the Required Number of Shares); and (C) redeem, pro rata among the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock, at the applicable redemption price set forth above in this Section 11 , any and all shares of Series B Preferred Stock not redeemed because of the limitations described in clause (i) or clause (ii) of this paragraph as soon as practicable to the extent it is able to make such redemption out of assets legally available for the redemption of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and without violation of Specified Contract Terms. The inability of the Corporation to make a redemption payment for any reason shall not relieve the Corporation from its obligation to effect any required redemption when, as and if permitted by law and Specified Contract Terms. As used in this paragraph, “ Specified Contract Terms ” means the covenants of the Corporation contained in (x) the Existing Credit Facilities (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) as amended as of the Initial Funding Date in accordance with Section 1.2(c)(iv)(A) of the Purchase Agreement and (y) the Second-Lien Debt (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) documentation in accordance with Section 1.2(c)(iv)(B) of the Purchase Agreement, in each case under clause (x) and (y) as the same shall be in effect on and as of the Initial Funding Date and not including any subsequent amendment, restatement, refinancing, replacement or other modification thereof or any successor contract thereto. In the event the officers or directors of the Corporation do not take the actions required in this Section 11 because they reasonably believe, after consultation with the Corporation’s outside legal counsel, that taking such action would violate their fiduciary duties, then no holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to make any claim against such officers or directors in their individual capacities as a result of their failure to take such actions; provided , that nothing herein shall relieve the Corporation from its obligations owed to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock provided herein and nothing herein shall preclude any holder of Series B Preferred Stock from making claims for monetary damages against the Corporation or seeking injunctions or other equitable remedies to cause the Corporation to fulfill its obligations hereunder.
     (d) Until the full redemption price applicable under Section 11(a) - (b) is paid in cash to the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be converted pursuant to Section 7 and shall accrue and accumulate dividends pursuant to Section 3 ; provided that, any such shares that are converted shall not be entitled to receive any redemption payment.
      12. Certain Other Provisions .
     (a) If any Series B Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation will issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Series B Preferred Stock certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent amount of Series B Preferred Stock, upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of

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such certificate and, if requested by the Corporation, an indemnity on customary terms for such situations reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.
     (b) Without limiting the provisions of (or the holders’ rights under) Section 9 and Section 11 , the Corporation shall not merge or consolidate with or into, or sell, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property to, any other entity, or permit consummation of any other Business Combination, unless the surviving, successor, transferee or lessee entity, as the case may be (if not the Corporation), (i) expressly assumes, as part of the terms of such Business Combination, the due and punctual performance and observance of each and every covenant and condition of this Certificate to be performed and observed by the Corporation and (ii) expressly agrees, as part of the terms of such Business Combination, to exchange, at the holder’s option, shares of Series B Preferred Stock for shares of the surviving entity’s capital stock having terms, preferences, rights (including, without limitation, as to dividends, voting, redemption at the option of the holder, and rights to assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up), privileges and powers substantially similar to the terms preferences, rights (including, without limitation, as to dividends, voting, redemption at the option of the holder, and rights to assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up), privileges and powers under this Certificate, in each case, such that the rights of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock are protected against dilution or other impairment. Without limiting any of the foregoing, the Corporation shall cause lawful provision to be made as part of the terms of each Business Combination such that each holder of a share of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to exchange such share for, or convert such share into, the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon the Business Combination by a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series B Preferred Stock would have been convertible (without regard to any limitations contained in Section 7 ) immediately prior to such Business Combination, and subject to anti-dilution adjustment protections substantially equivalent to those set forth in this Certificate.
     (c) The Corporation shall not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, sale of assets, or otherwise, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Certificate, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock against dilution or other impairment.
     (d) The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.
     (e) This Certificate shall become effective upon the filing thereof with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be duly executed and acknowledged by its undersigned duly authorized officer this 24th day of March, 2008.
             
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
           
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Teresa H. Johnson    
 
           
 
      Name:  Teresa H. Johnson    
 
      Title:  Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary    

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Exhibit 4.3
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF
SERIES B-1 PARTICIPATING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
     The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL” ), does hereby certify that, pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), by the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors has by resolution duly provided for the issuance of and created a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), and in order to fix the designation and amount and the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions, of a series of Preferred Stock, has duly adopted resolutions setting forth such rights, powers and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of a series of Preferred Stock as set forth in this Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Certificate ”).
     Each share of such series of Preferred Stock shall rank equally in all respects and shall be subject to the following provisions:
      1. Number of Shares and Designation . 500,000 shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall constitute a series of Preferred Stock designated as Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series B-1 Preferred Stock ”). The number of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock may be increased (to the extent of the Corporation’s authorized and unissued Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock then outstanding) by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors and the filing of a certificate of increase or decrease, as the case may be, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
      2. Rank . The Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall, with respect to payment of dividends, redemption payments and rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (i) rank senior and prior to the Common Stock, the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share, the Series D Preferred Stock and each other class or series of equity securities of the Corporation, whether currently issued or issued in the future, that by its terms ranks junior to the Series B-1 Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (all of such equity securities, including the Common Stock, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Junior Securities ”), (ii) rank on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock, and each other class or series of equity securities of the Corporation, whether currently issued or issued in the future without violation of this Certificate, that does not by its terms expressly provide that it ranks senior to or

 


 

junior to the Series B-1 Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends or rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (all of such equity securities, other than Junior Securities, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Parity Securities ”), and (iii) rank junior to each other class or series of equity securities of the Corporation, whether currently issued or issued in the future without violation of this Certificate, that by its terms ranks senior to the Series B-1 Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends or rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (all of such equity securities are collectively referred to herein as the “ Senior Securities ”). The respective definitions of Junior Securities, Parity Securities and Senior Securities shall also include any securities, rights or options exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into any of the Junior Securities, Parity Securities or Senior Securities, as the case may be. At the time of the initial issuance of the Series B-1 Preferred Stock there will be no Parity Securities (other than the Series B Preferred Stock) or Senior Securities outstanding.
      3. Dividends .
     (a) The holders of record of the issued and outstanding shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends, dividends on the terms described below:
     (i) Holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to participate equally and ratably with the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock in all dividends and distributions paid (whether in the form of cash, stock, other assets, or otherwise, and including, without limitation, any dividend or distribution of shares of stock or other equity of any Person other than the Corporation, or evidences of indebtedness, of any Person, including, without limitation, the Corporation or any Subsidiary) on the shares of Series D Preferred Stock as if immediately prior to each Series D Preferred Stock Dividend Record Date (as defined below), shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock then outstanding were converted into shares of Series D Preferred Stock (in the manner described in Section 7 hereof); provided , however , that the holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend or distribution to the extent that an adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be required with respect to such dividend or distribution pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Series B Certificate. Dividends or distributions payable pursuant to this Section 3(a)(i) shall be payable on the same date that such dividends or distributions are payable to holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock (a “ Series D Preferred Stock Dividend Payment Date ”).
     (ii) In addition to any dividends pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) hereof, in respect of each three-month period beginning with the three-month period ending on the 90th day following the Initial Funding Date, the Corporation shall pay, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, out of assets legally available therefor, a quarterly dividend on each share of Series B-1 Preferred Stock at the annual rate per share of 10% of the sum of (x) the Liquidation Preference and (y) all accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, whether or not declared, from the Initial Funding Date to the applicable Dividend Payment Date (as defined below), excluding any dividends accruing during the then-current Dividend Period (such rate, the “ Dividend Rate ”); provided , however , that if at any time the Corporation

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shall have for any reason failed to pay dividends in cash in a timely manner as required by this Certificate or the Series B Certificate or failed to redeem shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock for cash in a timely manner as required by this Certificate or the Series B Certificate, in each case without giving effect to Section 11(c) or any prohibition on such payment under applicable law (related to the impairment of capital or otherwise), then immediately following such failure the percentage set forth above shall be 15.0%. Dividends under this Section 3(a)(ii) shall be paid in cash; provided that, until the fifth anniversary of the Initial Funding Date, upon a determination by the Independent Directors, such determination intended to be a “fact” for purposes of Section 151(a) of the DGCL, dividends may be accrued for any Dividend Period prior to such fifth anniversary at the annual rate of 12.5% of the sum of (x) the Liquidation Preference and (y) all accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, whether or not declared, from the Initial Funding Date to the applicable Dividend Payment Date, compounding quarterly, in lieu of paying such dividends in cash currently; provided , however , that immediately following any failure by the Corporation to redeem shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock for cash in a timely manner as required by this Certificate or the Series B Certificate (without giving effect to Section 11(c) or any prohibition on such payment under any applicable law (related to impairment of capital or otherwise) for any reason, dividends shall be paid currently in cash. The Series B Preferred Stock and the Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be treated as a single series for purposes of declaring and paying dividends such that any dividends paid on shares of either series shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as dividends on the shares of the other series.
     (iii) Dividends on the Series B-1 Preferred Stock provided for in Section 3(a)(ii) hereof shall accrue and accumulate, whether or not declared, on a daily basis from the Initial Funding Date, and shall, if declared, be payable quarterly on the First Payment Date, the Second Payment Date, the Third Payment Date and the Fourth Payment Date of each year (unless such day is not a Business Day (as defined below), in which event such dividends shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day) (each such payment date being a “ Dividend Payment Date ” and the period from the Initial Funding Date to the first Dividend Payment Date and each such quarterly period thereafter until a redemption date (but only with respect to any shares redeemed on such redemption date) being a “ Dividend Period ”). As used herein, the term “ Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions are legally authorized to close in the City of New York. The “ First Payment Date ” means the 91st calendar day after the Initial Funding Date and each successive anniversary of such date in each successive year. The “ Second Payment Date ” means the 181 st calendar day after the Initial Funding Date and each successive anniversary of such date in each successive year. The “ Third Payment Date ” means the 271 st calendar day after the Initial Funding Date and each successive anniversary of such date in each successive year. The “ Fourth Payment Date ” means the one-year anniversary of the Initial Funding Date and each successive anniversary of such date in each successive year.
     (iv) Each dividend payable pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) or Section 3(a)(ii) hereof shall be payable to the holders of record of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock records of the Corporation at the close of business on the record date designated by the Board of Directors for such dividends (each, a “ Dividend Payment Record Date ”),

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which (i) with respect to dividends payable pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) hereof, shall be the same day as the record date for the payment of dividends to the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock Dividend Record Date ”) and, (ii) with respect to dividends payable pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii) hereof, shall be not more than thirty (30) days nor less than ten (10) days preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date. Dividends in respect of any past Dividend Periods that are in arrears may be declared and paid at any time to holders of record on the Dividend Payment Record Date therefor.
     (b) During any Stoppage Period (as defined below), (i) no dividends shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment, or other distribution declared or made, upon any Junior Securities, nor shall any Junior Securities be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired (other than, subject to Section 9 , a redemption, purchase or other acquisition of shares of Common Stock from employees or directors of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation required by the terms of any bona fide employee or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation approved by the Board of Directors or the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection therewith) for any consideration (nor shall any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any such Junior Securities) by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (except, subject to Section 9 , by conversion into or exchange for Junior Securities or the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection therewith) and (ii) the Corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, make any payment on account of any purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any Parity Securities (other than, subject to Section 9 , for consideration payable solely in Junior Securities). “ Stoppage Period ” means any period (A) beginning at any time that the Corporation shall have failed to pay any dividend contemplated by Section 3(a) hereof or the Series B Certificate and ending at such time when all such dividends have been paid in full in cash, (B) in respect of which the Corporation elects to accrue dividends under Section 3(a)(ii) hereof or the Series B Certificate, or (C) beginning at any time that the Corporation shall have failed to pay the redemption price for shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock that holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock or the Series B Preferred Stock have requested be redeemed pursuant to Section 11 hereof or the Series B Certificate and ending at such time when the full applicable redemption price, as set forth in Section 11 hereof or the Series B Certificate, for all such shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock or the Series B Preferred Stock shall have been paid to the holders in cash.
     (c) For the avoidance of doubt, the shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock that have been redeemed upon payment of the Liquidation Payment Amount (or 101% of the Liquidation amount, as applicable) shall not be entitled to receive any dividend pursuant to this Section 3 payable on or after the redemption date.
      4. Liquidation Preference .
     (a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock then outstanding shall, with respect to each share of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, be entitled to be paid in redemption of such share out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders a liquidation preference equal to the greater of (i) the sum of (x) $1,000 per share (the “ Liquidation Preference ”) and (y) an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends, if

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any (whether or not declared), to the date of payment (such amount, the “ Accumulated Dividend Amount ” and, together with the Liquidation Preference, the “ Liquidation Payment Amount ”) and (ii) the payment such holders would have received had such holders, immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, converted their shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock (pursuant to, and at a conversion rate described in, Section 7 hereof without regard to any limitations contained therein), in each case, before any payment or distribution of any assets of the Corporation shall be made or set apart for holders of any Junior Securities. If the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders are not sufficient to pay in full the Liquidation Payment Amounts payable to the holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock and the liquidation preference payable to the holders of any Parity Securities, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock and any such other Parity Securities ratably in accordance with the Liquidation Payment Amounts and the liquidation preference for the Parity Securities, respectively.
     (b) Neither a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other entity, nor a merger of any other entity with or into the Corporation, nor a sale or transfer of all or any part of the Corporation’s assets for cash, securities or other property shall by itself be considered a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 4 .
      5. Redemption by the Corporation . Subject to the provisions of Section 7 , following the fifth anniversary of the Initial Funding Date, the Corporation shall have the right to redeem, out of assets lawfully available for the redemption of shares, all (but not less than all) of the outstanding shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, for an amount in cash per share equal to the Liquidation Payment Amount as of the Corporation Redemption Date (the “ Redemption Price ”), but the Corporation shall have this redemption right only if at the time the Corporation exercises this option, the average Market Price of the Common Stock during a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on the 10th day prior to the date the Corporation exercises this option, exceeds the Redemption Trigger Price (as defined in the Series B Certificate). Upon a determination by the Independent Directors, such determination intended to be a “fact” for purposes of Section 151(a) of the DGCL, the Corporation shall be required to exercise its right to redeem the Series B-1 Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock (pursuant to the terms in the Series B Certificate) at any time that such right is exercisable and assets are then lawfully available to pay the aggregate Redemption Price for all shares outstanding of Series B-1 Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock.
      6. Procedures for Redemption by the Corporation .
     (a) In the event of a redemption of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 5 , the Corporation shall deliver written notice to each holder (the “ Notice of Redemption ”), by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than fifteen (15) days and no more than twenty (20) days prior to the date on which the holder is to surrender to the Corporation the certificates representing shares to be redeemed (such date, or if such date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter, the “ Corporation Redemption Date ”), provided that the Corporation Redemption Date shall not be later than the 30 th day immediately following the date upon which the Corporation exercises its redemption option pursuant to Section 5 . The Notice of Redemption shall specify: (i) the number of shares of Series B-1

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Preferred Stock to be redeemed by the Corporation; (ii) the Corporation Redemption Date; (iii) the Liquidation Payment Amount as of the Corporation Redemption Date; and (iv) instructions on surrendering the holder’s shares for any shares to be redeemed. Any Notice of Redemption mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the holder receives the Notice of Redemption.
     (b) Upon surrender in accordance with the Notice of Redemption of the certificates representing any shares so redeemed, such shares shall be redeemed by the Corporation at the Redemption Price with payment of such Redemption Price being made on the Corporation Redemption Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the holder of the shares redeemed. Such redemption shall be effective on the Corporation Redemption Date, notwithstanding any failure of such holders to deliver such certificates, provided that the Redemption Price for each share of Series B-1 Preferred Stock has either been paid to each holder on or prior to such date or deposited in a bank in a separate trust account for the sole benefit of the holders. Until redemption is effective on the Corporation Redemption Date as aforesaid, shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock may be converted pursuant to Section 7 and shall accrue and accumulate dividends pursuant to Section 3 .
      7. Conversion .
     (a)  Right to Convert .
     (i) Each holder of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, at such holder’s option, to convert any or all of such holder’s shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Series D Preferred Stock at the conversion price equal to the product of the Conversion Price (as defined in the Series B Certificate) and the Conversion Ratio (as defined in the Series D Certificate) (the “ B-1 Conversion Price ”). The number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock into which each share of the Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be convertible (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/10,000,000th of a share) shall be determined by dividing the Liquidation Payment Amount in effect at the time of conversion by the B-1 Conversion Price in effect at the time of conversion; provided , however , that in the event that there shall not be sufficient shares of Series D Preferred Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exercise in full of the rights contained in this Certificate, the Corporation shall use its best efforts to take all such action as may be necessary to promptly authorize sufficient additional shares of Series D Preferred Stock for issuance upon exercise of all such rights.
     (ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7(a)(i) , each share of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, subject to the transfer restrictions contained in the Purchase Agreement, if transferred by the beneficial owner of such share to any person other than an Affiliate of the transferor shall be automatically and irrevocably converted upon transfer and delivery of a Transfer Notice (as defined below) into one share of Series B Preferred Stock (the “ Series B-1 Conversion ”) (which share of Series B Preferred Stock shall have a conversion price with respect to conversion into Common Stock equal to the conversion price then in effect under the Series B Certificate), without any action required by any holder of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, other than notification by the transferor to the Corporation that such

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transferor is no longer the beneficial owner of the shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock that were the subject of the transfer (the “ Transfer Notice ”). Upon a Series B-1 Conversion, each existing certificate representing shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be deemed to be a certificate representing the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock into which such shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock were converted; provided , that a holder of such certificate may elect to surrender the certificate or certificates representing the shares so converted to the Corporation at the office of the Corporation (or any transfer agent of the Corporation previously designated by the Corporation to the holders of Series B-1 Preferred Stock for this purpose), and the Corporation shall effect the delivery within two (2) Business Days of such surrender of a new certificate or certificates in respect of the Series B Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Series B-1 Conversion. The Corporation shall reserve and keep available for issuance such number of its authorized but unissued shares of Series B Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall use its best efforts to take all such action as may be necessary to increase the authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock if at any time there shall be insufficient authorized but unissued shares of Series B Preferred Stock to permit such reservation or to permit the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that all Series B Preferred Stock that may be issued upon conversion of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall upon issuance be duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable. No economic rights of holders of Series B-1 Preferred Stock will be foregone or diminished by virtue of a conversion of the Series B-1 Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 7(a)(ii) .
     (b)  Mechanics of Conversion .
     (i) A holder of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock that elects to exercise its conversion rights pursuant to Section 7(a)(i) shall provide notice to the Corporation as follows: to exercise its conversion right pursuant to Section 7(a)(i) , a holder of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock to be converted shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares at the office of the Corporation (or any transfer agent of the Corporation previously designated by the Corporation to the holders of Series B-1 Preferred Stock for this purpose) with a written notice of election to convert, completed and signed, specifying the number of shares to be converted. Unless the shares issuable upon conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which such shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock are registered, each share surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the holder thereof or such holder’s duly authorized attorney and an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax in accordance with Section 7(b)(iv) (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation that such tax has been or will be timely paid). As promptly as practicable (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) after the surrender by the holder of the certificates representing shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock as aforesaid, the Corporation shall issue and shall deliver to such holder or, on the holder’s written order, to the holder’s transferee, a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares (including any fractional interests as provided in Section 7(b)(v) ) of Series D Preferred Stock issuable upon the conversion of such shares.

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     (ii) Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the first Business Day on which the certificates representing shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall have been surrendered and such notice received by the Corporation as aforesaid (the “ Conversion Date ”). At such time on the Conversion Date:
     (A) the Person in whose name or names any certificate or certificates representing shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock represented thereby at such time; and
     (B) such shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock so converted shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of a holder with respect to such shares surrendered for conversion shall immediately terminate except the right to receive the Series D Preferred Stock and other amounts payable pursuant to this Section 7 .
All shares of Series D Preferred Stock delivered upon conversion of the Series B-1 Preferred Stock will, upon delivery, be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free from all preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, security interests and charges (other than liens or charges created by or imposed upon the holder or taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith).
     (iii) Holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock at the close of business on a Dividend Payment Record Date or Series D Preferred Stock Dividend Record Date, as applicable, for a dividend payment for the Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date or Series D Preferred Stock Dividend Payment Date, as applicable, notwithstanding the conversion thereof following such Dividend Payment Record Date or Series D Preferred Stock Dividend Record Date, as applicable, and prior to such Dividend Payment Date or Series D Preferred Stock Dividend Payment Date, as applicable. A holder of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock on a Dividend Payment Record Date or a Series D Preferred Stock Dividend Record Date, as applicable, whose shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock have been converted pursuant to Section 7(a) into shares of Series D Preferred Stock prior to the close of business on such Dividend Payment Record Date, or Series D Preferred Stock Dividend Record Date, as applicable, will not be entitled to receive any portion of the dividend payable by the Corporation on such shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date or Series D Preferred Stock Dividend Payment Date, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate, such dividends paid pursuant to this Section 7(b)(iii) shall be considered paid for purposes of determining the Liquidation Payment Amount in Section 7(a)(i) .
     (iv) Issuances of certificates representing shares of Series D Preferred Stock upon conversion of the Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any holder of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock for any issue or transfer tax (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith) or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation; provided , however , that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any

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tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series D Preferred Stock in a name other than that of the holder of the Series B-1 Preferred Stock to be converted, and no such issuance or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issuance or delivery has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been, or will be timely, paid.
     (v) In connection with the conversion of any shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, no cash adjustment in respect of such fractional shall be paid, but in lieu thereof the Corporation shall issue fractions of shares of Series D Preferred Stock.
     (vi) The Corporation shall ensure that each share of Series D Preferred Stock issued as a result of conversion of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be accompanied by all rights associated generally with each other share of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding as of the applicable Conversion Date, subject to any applicable restrictions on transfer of the shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
      8. Status of Shares . Unless otherwise approved by the written consent of, or the affirmative vote in favor at a meeting called for that purpose by, holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, all shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock that are at any time redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to Section 5 or converted pursuant to Section 7 hereof and all shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock that are otherwise reacquired by the Corporation shall (upon compliance with any applicable provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware) have the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock, without designation as to series, subject to reissuance by the Board of Directors as shares of any one or more other series.
      9. Voting Rights .
     (a) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 9 and Section 11(a), the Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be nonvoting in all respects, provided, however, that so long as shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock or shares of Series B Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the written consent of, or affirmative vote in favor at a meeting called for that purpose by, holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock (voting together as one class), amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Certificate (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) in any manner adverse to the holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Stock; provided further, that (i) the creation, authorization or issuance of any Junior Securities shall not by itself be deemed to have any such adverse effect, and (ii) no such consent or vote of the holders of Series B-1 Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock shall be required if, at or prior to the time when such amendment, alteration or repeal is to take effect, or when the issuance of any such securities is to be made, as the case may be, all shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock outstanding at the time shall have been converted into Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 7 , converted into Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 7 or redeemed by the Corporation in accordance with Sections 5 and 6 hereof and all shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding at the time shall have been converted into Common Stock (or Series D Preferred Stock) or redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to the Series B Certificate. The holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred

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Stock and Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share upon all questions presented to such holders pursuant to this Section 9(a) . The holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall also be entitled to vote with the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to the extent provided in Section 9(b) , Section 9(c) and Section 11(a) of the Series B Certificate.
     (b) From the Initial Funding Date through the day prior to the Voting Date, and also thereafter at any time that the Corporation shall have failed to pay the redemption price for shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock that holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock have requested be redeemed pursuant to Section 11 hereof or of the Series B Certificate and ending at such time when the full applicable redemption price, as set forth in Section 11 hereof or of the Series B Certificate (in each case, without regard to Section 11(c)), for all such shares of Series B Preferred Stock or the Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall have been paid to the holders in cash, the Corporation shall not, without the written consent, or affirmative vote at a meeting called for that purpose, by holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock (voting together as one class):
     (i) (A) institute (or permit any of its Subsidiaries to institute) a voluntary case or proceeding in respect of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries under the federal bankruptcy code or any other similar federal, state or foreign law (“Bankruptcy Law”) or any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (B) consent to (or permit any of its Subsidiaries to content to) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries in any involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) file (or permit any of its Subsidiaries to file) a petition in respect of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries seeking reorganization or relief under any Bankruptcy Law, or consent to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or other similar official) of any of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of its property, or (D) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
     (ii) adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise voluntarily liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the Corporation; or
     (iii) increase the number of directors comprising the entire Board of Directors above 13 (except as may be required by the Purchase Agreement);
provided , that no such consent or vote of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be required if, at or prior to the time when such action is to take effect, or when the issuance of any such securities is to be made, as the case may be, all shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding shall have been converted into Common Stock (or Series D Preferred Stock) or redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to the Series B Certificate, and all shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock outstanding at the time shall have been converted into Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 7 or redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 5 and 6 hereof or converted into Series B Preferred Stock and all such Series B

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Preferred Stock shall have been converted into Common Stock (or Series D Preferred Stock). The holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share upon all questions presented to such holders pursuant to this Section 9(b) .
     (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate, the Corporation shall be permitted to take the actions contemplated by Section 4.14 of the Purchase Agreement.
      10. Definitions .
     Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have the meaning indicated.
     “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (and correlative terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession of the power, whether by contract, equity ownership or otherwise, to direct the policies or management of a Person.
     “ Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Corporation.
     “ Business Combination ” means (i) any reorganization, consolidation, merger, share exchange or similar business combination transaction involving the Corporation with any Person or (ii) the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of its assets.
     “ Capital Stock ” means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation or company, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital or capital stock of such Person and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation or company, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.
     “ Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share.
     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
      “Independent Director ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
     “ Initial Funding Date ” means the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
     “ Investor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

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     “ Market Price ” means, with respect to a particular security, on any given day, the volume weighted average price or, in case no such reported sales take place on such day, the average of the highest asked and lowest bid prices regular way, in either case on the principal national securities exchange on which the applicable security is listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, (i) the average of the highest and lowest sale prices for such day reported by the Over-The-Counter-Bulletin-Board (the “ OTCBB ”) or any comparable system then in use, or (ii) if such security is so traded, but not so quoted, the average of the highest reported asked and lowest reported bid prices of such security as reported by the OTCBB or any comparable system then in use, or (iii) if such security is not traded on the OTCBB or any comparable system, the average of the highest asked and lowest bid prices as furnished by two members of NASD, Inc., selected from time to time by the Corporation for that purpose. If such security is not listed and traded in a manner that the quotations referred to above are available for the period required hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be the fair value per share of such security as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
     “ Person ” means an individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act).
     “ Purchase Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2008 among the Corporation and the purchasers named therein, including all schedules and exhibits thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.
     “ Series B Certificate ” means the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation in the form contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
     “ Series B Preferred Stock ” means the Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share.
     “ Series D Certificate ” means the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation in the form contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
     “ Series D Preferred Stock ” means the Series D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share.
     “ Subsidiary ” of a Person means (i) a corporation, a majority of whose stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time of determination, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person or by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or (ii) any other entity (other than a corporation) in which such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof has at least a majority ownership interest.
     “ Trading Day ” means any day that the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., is open for trading.

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     “ Voting Date ” means the earlier of (i) such date as all applicable state regulatory approvals for the acquisition of control of the Corporation have been obtained by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock as of the Initial Funding Date (such holders, collectively, “ THL ”) as reasonably determined by the Corporation and THL, or (ii) such other date requested in writing by THL on or after June 15, 2008; provided, however, that if a record date for a stockholder vote (or action by written consent) on any matter is required by law to occur prior to the Voting Date as described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) without giving effect to this proviso, then the Corporation shall provide notice of the record date to THL not less than ten Business Days prior to the record date of such stockholder vote (or action by written consent), and the Voting Date shall occur immediately prior to such record date unless THL notifies the Corporation that the Voting Date shall not occur on such date.
      11. Redemption at the Option of the Holder .
     (a) At any time after the tenth anniversary of the Initial Funding Date, upon the approval by holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock voting together as a class, the Corporation shall redeem all, but not less than all, but subject to Section 11(c) , of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock at a redemption price per share in cash equal to the Liquidation Payment Amount as of the Holder Redemption Date (as defined below), whereupon, subject to Section 11(c) hereof, the Corporation shall effect such redemption, or cause such redemption to be effected, out of assets lawfully available therefor, within 90 days after the holder’s request (such date on which the Corporation makes the full redemption payment in cash to such holders, the “ Holder Redemption Date ”).
     (b)  Change in Control .
     (i) In connection with a Change in Control described in Section 11(b)(iii)(B) or (C) below, each holder of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall have the right (exercisable at the holder’s option) to require by request in writing to the Corporation during the period 60 days prior to and ending 60 days after the consummation of a Change in Control (the date of consummation being referred to as the “ Change in Control Date ”) that the Corporation redeem (or that the acquiring or surviving Person in such Change of Control, if not the Corporation, redeem) such holder’s shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price per share in cash equal to 101% of the Liquidation Payment Amount (as of the date the Corporation makes the full redemption payment in cash to such holders), whereupon (subject to consummation of a Change in Control) the Corporation shall effect such redemption, or cause such redemption to be effected, if the holder’s redemption request was made prior to the Change in Control Date, then on the Change in Control Date, and if the holder’s redemption request was made after the Change in Control Date, then within 20 calendar days of such request.
     (ii) In connection with a Change in Control described in Section 11(b)(iii)(A) , (D) or (E) below, each holder of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall have the right (exercisable at the holder’s option), to require, by request in writing to the Corporation within 60 days after the public disclosure of the consummation of a Change in Control, that

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the Corporation redeem such holder’s shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price per share in cash equal to 101% of the Liquidation Payment Amount (as of the date the Corporation makes the full redemption payment in cash to such holders), whereupon the Corporation shall effect such redemption, or cause such redemption to be effected, within 30 calendar days of such request.
     (iii) As used herein, “ Change in Control ” means the happening of any of the following events:
                         (A) any Person (other than any Investor or any of its Affiliates) acquires Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“ Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock ”);
                         (B) consummation of a Business Combination, unless, following such Business Combination, (x) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the Beneficial Owners of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock immediately prior to such Business Combination Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a company that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Corporation or all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the voting power of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock, and (y) no Person (other than any Investor or its Affiliates) Beneficially Owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent) of such entity;
                         (C) approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of a liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation;
                         (D) individuals who, as of the Initial Funding Date, constitute the Board of Directors (the “ Incumbent Board ”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors; provided , however , that any individual becoming a director pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, or whose election or nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors comprising the incumbent Board of Directors as of such election or nomination, shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; or
                         (E) any event that would not otherwise constitute a Change in Control pursuant to Sections 11(b)(iii)(A), (B), (C) or (D) hereof but would constitute a “change in control” for purposes of the Existing Credit Facilities (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or the Second Lien Notes (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
The terms “ Beneficially Own ” and “ Beneficial Ownership ” are used herein as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, but without taking into account any contractual restrictions or limitations on voting or other rights.

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     (iv) The Corporation shall deliver written notice to each holder of Series B Preferred Stock, by first class mail, postage prepaid, of any Change in Control as promptly as practicable, together with a reasonably detailed summary of the material terms of such Change in Control.
     (c) If the Corporation (i) shall not have sufficient assets legally available under the DGCL for the redemption of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock and all shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock that holders of Series B Preferred Stock and holders of Series B-1 Preferred Stock have requested be redeemed under Section 11(a) or (b) of this Certificate or Section 11(a) or (b) of the Series B-1 Certificate (the “ Required Number of Shares ”) or (ii) will be in violation of Specified Contract Terms (as defined below) if it redeems the Required Number of Shares, the Corporation shall: (A) redeem, at the applicable redemption price set forth above in this Section 11 , the maximum number of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock it is permitted to redeem (which aggregate redemption price will be an amount equal to the lesser of (y) the amount legally available for the redemption of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock and (z) the largest amount that can be used for such redemption not prohibited by Specified Contract Terms); (B) subject to Sections 9 and 12(b)-(c) , use its best efforts to promptly take all actions necessary to eliminate any limitation or other impediment on the Corporation’s ability to redeem the Required Number of Shares as soon as practicable (including, without limitation, seeking to refinance all indebtedness under the contracts containing the Specified Contract Terms, seeking to liquidate assets and otherwise seeking to raise sufficient funds legally available for the redemption of the Required Number of Shares without violation of Specified Contract Terms, and seeking a merger or other sale of the Corporation that would provide for the redemption of the Required Number of Shares), and (C) redeem, pro rata among the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock, at the applicable redemption price set forth above in this Section 11, any and all shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock not redeemed because of the limitations described in clause (i) or clause (ii) of this paragraph as soon as practicable to the extent it is able to make such redemption out of assets legally available for the redemption of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock and without violation of Specified Contract Terms. The inability of the Corporation to make a redemption payment for any reason shall not relieve the Corporation from its obligation to effect any required redemption when, as and if permitted by law and Specified Contract Terms. As used in this paragraph, “Specified Contract Terms” means the covenants of the Corporation contained in (x) the Existing Credit Facilities (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) as amended as of the Initial Funding Date in accordance with Section 1.2(c)(iv)(A) of the Purchase Agreement and (y) the Second-Lien Debt (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) documentation in accordance with Section 1.2(c)(iv)(B) of the Purchase Agreement, in each case under clause (x) and (y) as the same shall be in effect on and as of the Initial Funding Date and not including any subsequent amendment, restatement, refinancing, replacement or other modification thereof or any successor contract thereto. In the event the officers or directors of the Corporation do not take the actions required in this Section 11 because they reasonably believe, after consultation with the Corporation’s outside legal counsel, that taking such action would violate their fiduciary duties, then no holder of Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to make any claim against such officers or directors in their individual capacities as a result of their failure to take such actions; provided , that nothing herein shall relieve the Corporation from its obligations owed to the holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Stock provided herein and nothing herein shall preclude any holder of Series B-1 Preferred Stock from

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making claims for monetary damages against the Corporation or seeking injunctions or other equitable remedies to cause the Corporation to fulfill its obligations hereunder.
     (d) Until the full redemption price applicable under Section 11(a)-(b) is paid in cash to the holders of shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock may be converted pursuant to Section 7 and shall accrue and accumulate dividends pursuant to Section 3; provided that, any such shares that are converted shall not be entitled to receive any redemption payment.
      12. Certain Other Provisions .
     (a) If any Series B-1 Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation will issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Series B-1 Preferred Stock certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent amount of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate and, if requested by the Corporation, an indemnity on customary terms for such situations reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.
     (b) Without limiting the provisions of (or the holders’ rights under) Section 9 and Section 11 , the Corporation shall not merge or consolidate with or into, or sell, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property to, any other entity, or permit consummation of any other Business Combination, unless the surviving, successor, transferee or lessee entity, as the case may be (if not the Corporation), (i) expressly assumes, as part of the terms of such Business Combination, the due and punctual performance and observance of each and every covenant and condition of this Certificate to be performed and observed by the Corporation and (ii) expressly agrees, as part of the terms of such Business Combination, to exchange, at the holder’s option, shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock for shares of the surviving entity’s capital stock having terms, preferences, rights (including, without limitation, as to dividends, voting, redemption at the option of the holder, and rights to assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up), privileges and powers substantially similar to the terms preferences, rights (including, without limitation, as to dividends, voting, redemption at the option of the holder, and rights to assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up), privileges and powers under this Certificate, in each case, such that the rights of the holders of Series B-1 Preferred Stock are protected against dilution or other impairment. Without limiting any of the foregoing, the Corporation shall cause lawful provision to be made as part of the terms of each Business Combination such that each holder of a share of Series B-1 Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to exchange such share for, or convert such share into, the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon the Business Combination by a holder of a number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock into which such share of Series B-1 Preferred Stock would have been convertible (without regard to any limitations contained in Section 7 ) immediately prior to such Business Combination, and subject to anti-dilution adjustment protections substantially equivalent to those set forth in this Certificate.
     (c) The Corporation shall not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, sale of assets, or otherwise, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Certificate, but will at all

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times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holders of Series B-1 Preferred Stock against dilution or other impairment.
     (d) The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.
     (e) This Certificate shall become effective upon the filing thereof with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be duly executed and acknowledged by its undersigned duly authorized officer this 24 th  day of March, 2008.
             
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
           
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Teresa H. Johnson    
 
           
 
      Name:  Teresa H. Johnson    
 
      Title:   Executive Vice President,
General Counsel & Secretary
   

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Exhibit 4.4
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF
SERIES D PARTICIPATING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
     The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”) of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify that, pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), by the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors has by resolution duly provided for the issuance of and created a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), and in order to fix the designation and amount and the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions, of a series of Preferred Stock, has duly adopted resolutions setting forth such rights powers and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of a series of Preferred Stock as set forth in this Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series D Preferred Stock (the “ Certificate ”).
     Each share of such series of Preferred Stock shall rank equally in all respects and shall be subject to the following provisions:
      1. Number of Shares and Designation . 200,000 shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall constitute a series of Preferred Stock designated as Series D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series D Preferred Stock ”). The number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock may be increased (to the extent of the Corporation’s authorized and unissued Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock then outstanding plus the maximum number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion of all then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms set forth in the Series B Certificate and the Series B-1 Certificate) by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors and the filing of a certificate of increase or decrease, as the case may be, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
      2. Rank . The Series D Preferred Stock shall, with respect to payment of dividends and rights (including as to the distribution of assets) upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (i) except to the extent otherwise provided herein rank on a parity with the Common Stock (the “ Parity Securities ”), and (ii) rank junior to each other class or series of equity securities of the Corporation, whether currently issued or issued in the future without violation of this Certificate, that by its terms ranks senior to the Series D Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (all of such equity securities are collectively referred to herein as the “ Senior Securities ”). The respective definitions of Parity Securities and Senior Securities shall also include any rights or options exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into any of the Parity Securities or Senior Securities, as the case may be.

 


 

      3. Dividends .
     (a) Holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to participate equally and ratably with the holders of shares of Common Stock in all dividends and distributions paid (whether in the form of cash, stock, other assets or otherwise, and including, without limitation, any dividend or distribution of shares of stock or other equity of any Person other than the Corporation, evidences of indebtedness of any Person including without limitation the Corporation or any Subsidiary) on the shares of Common Stock as if immediately prior to each Common Stock Dividend Record Date (as defined below), shares of Series D Preferred Stock then outstanding were converted into shares of Common Stock (in the manner described in Section 5 without regard to any limitations contained therein); provided , however , that if a stock dividend of additional shares of Common Stock shall be paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock, the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be paid in additional shares of Series D Preferred Stock (in the same ratio as such dividend was paid to the Common Stock).
     (b) Each dividend or distribution payable pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof shall be payable to the holders of record of shares of Series D Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock records of the Corporation at the close of business on the same day as the record date for the payment of dividends to the holders of shares of Common Stock (the “ Common Stock Dividend Record Date ”). Dividends or distributions payable pursuant to this Section 3 shall be payable on the same date the such dividends or distributions are payable to holders of share of Common Stock (the “ Common Stock Dividend Payment Date ”).
     (c) For the avoidance of doubt, the shares of Series D Preferred Stock that have been redeemed upon payment of the Liquidation Payment Amount shall not be entitled to receive any dividend pursuant to this Section 3 payable on or after the redemption date.
      4. Liquidation Preference .
     (a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock then outstanding shall, with respect to each share of Series D Preferred Stock, be entitled to be paid in redemption of such share out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders a liquidation preference equal to of the sum of (x) $0.01 per share of Series D Preferred Stock, before any distribution is made to holders of shares of Common Stock and (y) the payment such holders would have received had such holders, immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, converted their shares of Series D Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock (in the manner described in the Section 5 without regard to any limitations contained therein) (the “ Liquidation Preference ”).
     (b) Neither a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other entity, nor a merger of any other entity with or into the Corporation, nor a sale or transfer of all or any part of the Corporation’s assets for cash, securities or other property shall by itself be considered a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 4 .

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      5. Conversion .
     (a)  Right to Convert .
     (i) Subject to the provisions of this Section 5 , each holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, at such holder’s option, to convert any or all such holder’s shares of Series D Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, into fully paid and non assessable shares of Common Stock. The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion shall be determined by multiplying each share of Series D Preferred Stock by 1,000 (the “ Conversion Ratio ”); provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Certificate to the contrary, the Series D Preferred Stock may not be converted into Common Stock under this Section 5 if such conversion would (i) require prior notice and/or approval (in each case that has not yet been received) under the laws relating to money transmission or the sale of checks of any state, or (ii) result in a number of shares of Common Stock to be issued that would exceed the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance by the Corporation; provided , however , that in the event that there shall not be sufficient shares of Common Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exercise in full of the rights contained in this Certificate, the Corporation shall use its best efforts to take all such action as may be necessary to promptly authorize sufficient additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exercise of all such rights.
     (ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5(a)(i) , shares of Series D Preferred Stock beneficially owned by holders that own such shares by virtue of having converted their shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock into shares of Series D Preferred Stock (such holders, collectively, “GS”) shall not, under any circumstance, be entitled to convert into Common Stock pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof; provided , however , if GS shall, subject to the transfer restrictions contained in Section 9 hereof, transfer any such shares of Series D Preferred Stock to any other person such that they are no longer beneficially owned by GS or an Affiliate thereof, such transferred shares shall be entitled to exercise the conversion rights set forth in this Section 5 (subject to the limitations contained herein).
     (b)  Mechanics of Conversion .
     (i) A holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock that elects to exercise its conversion rights pursuant to Section 5(a) shall provide notice to the Corporation as follows: to exercise its conversion right pursuant to Section 5(a) , a holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock to be converted shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares at the office of the Corporation (or any transfer agent of the Corporation previously designated by the Corporation to the holders of Series D Preferred Stock for this purpose) with a written notice of election to convert, completed and signed, specifying the number of shares to be converted. A holder shall also provide to the Corporation confirmation, reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, that the holder has complied with prior notice and approval procedures applicable to such holder under the laws and regulations of all states relating to investments in entities engaged in money transmission or the sale of checks, to the extent required in connection with such

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conversion. Unless the shares issuable upon conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which such shares of Series D Preferred Stock are registered, each share surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the holder thereof or such holder’s duly authorized attorney and an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax in accordance with Section 5(b)(v) (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation that such tax has been or will be timely paid). As promptly as practicable, and in any event within two (2) Business Days after the surrender by the holder of the certificates representing shares of Series D Preferred Stock as aforesaid, the Corporation shall issue and shall deliver to such holder or, on the holder’s written order, to the holder’s transferee, a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such shares and a check payable in an amount corresponding to any fractional interest in a share of Common Stock as provided in Section 5(b)(vi)) .
     (ii) Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the first Business Day on which the certificates representing shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall have been surrendered and such notice received by the Corporation as aforesaid (the “ Conversion Date ”). At such time on the Conversion Date:
     (A) the Person in whose name or names any certificate or certificates representing shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares of Common Stock represented thereby at such time; and
     (B) such shares of Series D Preferred Stock so converted shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of a holder with respect to such shares surrendered for conversion shall immediately terminate except the right to receive the Common Stock and other amounts payable pursuant to this Section 5 .
All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock will, upon delivery, be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free from all preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, security interests and charges (other than liens or charges created by or imposed upon the holder or taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith).
     (iii) Holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock at the close of business on a Common Stock Dividend Record Date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding Common Stock Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof following such Common Stock Dividend Record Date and prior to such Dividend Payment Date. A holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock on a Common Stock Dividend Record Date who (or whose transferee) tenders any such shares for conversion into shares of Common Stock prior to the close of business on such Common Stock Dividend Record Date will not be entitled to receive any portion of

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the dividend payable by the Corporation on such shares of Series D Preferred Stock on the corresponding Common Stock Dividend Payment Date.
     (iv) The Corporation will procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the shares of Common Stock, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, and, to the extent that the Corporation does not have enough authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, subject to the approval by the Company’s shareholders and Board of Directors to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, on the principal domestic stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded.
     (v) Issuances of certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock for any issue or transfer tax (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith) or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation; provided , however , that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the holder of the Series D Preferred Stock to be converted, and no such issuance or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issuance or delivery has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been, or will be timely, paid.
     (vi) In connection with the conversion of any shares of Series D Preferred Stock into Common Stock, no fractional interests of Common Stock shall be issued, but in lieu thereof, a cash adjustment in respect of such fractional shares shall be paid in an amount equal to such fractional Common Stock interest multiplied by the Market Price per share of Common Stock at the applicable Conversion Date.
     (vii) The Corporation shall ensure that each share of Common Stock issued as a result of conversion of Series D Preferred Stock shall be accompanied by all rights associated generally with each other share of Common Stock outstanding as of the applicable Conversion Date, subject to any applicable restrictions on transfer of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
     (c)  Adjustments to Conversion Ratio.
     (i) Stock Splits, Subdivisions, Reclassifications or Combinations . If the Corporation shall (1) subdivide or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or (2) combine or reclassify the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Ratio in effect at the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be adjusted to the number obtained by multiplying the Conversion Ratio in effect at the time of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately following such action, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such action.

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     (ii) Successive Adjustments . Successive adjustments in the Conversion Ratio shall be made, without duplication, whenever any event specified in Section 5(c)(i) or (iv) shall occur.
     (iii) Rounding of Calculations; Minimum Adjustments . All calculations under this Section 5(c) shall be made to the nearest one one-thousandth (1/1000th) of a whole number. No adjustment in the Conversion Ratio is required if the amount of such adjustment would be less than one one-hundredth (1/100 th ); provided , however , that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 5(c)(iii) are not required to be made will be carried forward and given effect in any subsequent adjustment.
     (iv) Adjustment for Unspecified Actions . If the Corporation takes any action affecting the Common Stock, other than action described in this Section 5(c) , which upon a determination by the Independent Directors, such determination intended to be a “fact” for purposes of Section 151(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, would materially adversely affect the conversion rights of the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock, the Conversion Ratio, may be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner, if any, and at such time, as such Independent Directors may determine in good faith to be equitable in the circumstances. Failure of the Independent Directors to provide for any such adjustment prior to the effective date of any such action by the Corporation affecting the Common Stock will be evidence that the Independent Directors have determined that it is equitable to make no adjustments in the circumstances.
     (v) Statement Regarding Adjustments . Whenever the Conversion Ratio shall be adjusted as provided in this Section 5(c) , the Corporation shall forthwith file, at the principal office of the Corporation, a statement showing in reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment, and the Conversion Ratio that shall be in effect after such adjustment and the Corporation shall also cause a copy of such statement to be sent by mail, first class postage prepaid, to each holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock at the address appearing in the Corporation’s records.
     (vi) Notices . In the event that the Corporation shall give notice or make a public announcement to the holders of Common Stock of any action of the type described in this Section 5(c) (but only if the action of the type described in this Section 5(c) would result in an adjustment in the Conversion Ratio or a change in the type of securities or property to be delivered upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock), the Corporation shall, at the time of such notice or announcement, and in the case of any action which would require the fixing of a record date, at least ten (10) days prior to such record date, give notice to each holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock, in the manner set forth in this Section 5(c)(vi) , which notice shall specify the record date, if any, with respect to any such action and the approximate date on which such action is to take place. Such notice shall also set forth the facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect on the Conversion Ratio and the number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property which shall be deliverable upon conversion or redemption of the Series D Preferred Stock. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of any such action.

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     (vii) Miscellaneous . Except as provided in Section 5(c) , no adjustment in respect of any dividends or other payments or distributions made to holders of Series D Preferred Stock or securities issuable upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock or Series B-1 Preferred Stock will be made while the Series D Preferred Stock is outstanding or upon the conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock. In addition, notwithstanding any of the foregoing, no such adjustment will be made for the issuance or conversion of any Securities (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
      6. Business Combinations . In case of any Business Combination or reclassification of the Common Stock (except a reclassification described in Section 5(c)(1) above), the Corporation shall cause lawful provision to be made as part of the terms of such Business Combination or reclassification such that each holder of a share of Series D Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to exchange such share for, or convert such share into, the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property, if any, receivable upon the Business Combination or reclassification by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which a share of Series D Preferred Stock would have been convertible (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth in Section 5 hereof) immediately prior to the Business Combination or reclassification.
      7. Status of Shares . Unless otherwise approved by the written consent of, or the affirmative vote in favor at a meeting called for that purpose by, holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock, all shares of Series D Preferred Stock that are converted pursuant to Section 5 hereof or exchanged pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement and all shares of Series D Preferred Stock that are otherwise reacquired by the Corporation shall (upon compliance with any applicable provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware) have the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock, without designation as to series, subject to reissuance by the Board of Directors as shares of Series D Preferred Stock or of any one or more other series.
      8. Voting Rights .
     (a) Subject to the restrictions contained in Section 8(d) , the holders of record of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote with the holders of Common Stock on an as-converted basis on all matters submitted for a vote of holders of Common Stock (voting together with the holders of Common Stock as one class).
     (b) The holders of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to notice of all stockholders’ meetings in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation as if they are holders of Common Stock.
     (c) So long as shares of Series D Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the written consent or affirmative vote at a meeting called for that purpose by holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock, amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Certificate (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) in any manner adverse to the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock, provided that no such consent or vote of the holders of Series D Preferred Stock shall be required if, at or prior to the time when such

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amendment, alteration or repeal is to take effect, all shares of Series D Preferred Stock at the time outstanding shall have been converted into Common Stock pursuant to Section 5 .
     (d) Restrictions on Voting Rights. Except as provided in this Section 8(d) , any portion of the Series D Preferred Stock that is held as nonvoting shall be identical in all respects to Series D Preferred Stock is voting.
     (i) If, and to the extent that, prior notice and/or approval under the laws relating to money transmission or the sale of checks of any state is required in order for any holder (or group of related holders) of record to hold or vote more than 9.9%, or such other threshold as may be applicable (the “ Applicable Threshold ”), of the Corporation’s outstanding voting securities, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that portion of the Series D Preferred Stock that is in excess of the Applicable Threshold shall be nonvoting in all respects. This Section 8(d)(i) shall terminate on the Voting Date.
     (ii) Any shares of Series D Preferred Stock beneficially owned by GS shall not, under any circumstance, be entitled to the voting rights contained in Section 8(a) hereof, and shall not be entitled to vote on any matter presented to stockholders for approval; provided , however , if GS shall, subject to applicable transfer restrictions, transfer any such shares of Series D Preferred Stock to any other person such that they are not beneficially owned by GS or an Affiliate thereof, such transferred shares shall, from and after the time of such transfer, be entitled to the voting rights set forth in this Section 8 (subject to the limitations contained herein).
     (e) The consent or votes required in Section 8(c) shall be in addition to any approval of the stockholders of the Corporation which may be required by law or pursuant to any provision of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, which approval shall be obtained by vote of the stockholders of the Corporation in the manner provided in Section 8(a) .
      9. Definitions .
     Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have the meaning indicated.
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (and correlative terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession of the power, whether by contract, equity ownership or otherwise, to direct the policies or management of a Person.
Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Corporation.
Business Combination ” means (i) any reorganization, consolidation, merger, share exchange or similar business combination transaction involving the Corporation with any Person or (ii) the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of its assets.

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Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share.
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Independent Director ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement,
Person ” means an individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act).
Purchase Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2008 among the Corporation and the purchasers named therein, including all schedules and exhibits thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Series B Certificate ” shall mean that Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation in the form contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
Series B Preferred Stock ” means the Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share.
Series B-1 Certificate ” shall mean that Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation in the form contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
Series B-1 Preferred Stock ” means the Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share.
Subsidiary ” of a Person means (i) a corporation, a majority of whose stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time of determination, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person or by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or (ii) any other entity (other than a corporation) in which such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof has at least a majority ownership interest.
Voting Date ” means the earlier of (i) such date as all applicable state regulatory approvals for the acquisition of control of the Corporation by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) (such holders, collectively, “ THL ”) have been obtained as reasonably determined by the Corporation and THL, or (ii) June 15, 2008. If a stockholder vote (or action by written consent) on any matter is required by law to occur prior to the Voting Date, then the Voting Date shall occur no later than immediately prior to such record date.
      10. Certain Other Provisions .
     (a) If any Series D Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation will issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation

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of the mutilated certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Series D Preferred Stock certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent amount of Series D Preferred Stock, upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate and, if requested by the Corporation, an indemnity on customary terms for such situations reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.
     (b) The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.
     (c) This Certificate shall become effective upon the filing thereof with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
      11. No Other Rights.
     The shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall not have any relative, participating, optional or other special rights and powers except as set forth herein or as may be required by law.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be duly executed and acknowledged by its undersigned duly authorized officer this 24 th  day of March, 2008.
             
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
           
 
           
 
  By:   /s/  Teresa H. Johnson    
 
           
 
      Name:  Teresa H. Johnson    
 
      Title:  Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary    

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Exhibit 4.5
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
By and Among
THE SEVERAL INVESTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO
and
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Dated as of March 25, 2008

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
                 
            Page  
 
               
ARTICLE I   DEFINITIONS     1  
 
  Section 1.1.   Certain Defined Terms     1  
 
  Section 1.2.   Terms Generally     4  
 
               
ARTICLE II   REGISTRATION RIGHTS     4  
 
  Section 2.1.   Demand Registrations     4  
 
  Section 2.2.   Piggyback Registrations     7  
 
  Section 2.3.   Lock-Up Agreements     9  
 
  Section 2.4.   Registration Procedures     9  
 
  Section 2.5.   Rule 144     15  
 
  Section 2.6.   Certain Additional Agreements     15  
 
  Section 2.7.   Indemnification     16  
 
  Section 2.8.   Rule 144; Rule 144A     19  
 
  Section 2.9.   Underwritten Registrations     20  
 
  Section 2.10.   Registration Expenses     20  
 
               
ARTICLE III   MISCELLANEOUS     21  
 
  Section 3.1.   Other Activities; Nature of Holder Obligations     21  
 
  Section 3.2.   Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities     21  
 
  Section 3.3.   Other Registration Rights Agreements     21  
 
  Section 3.4.   Conflicting Agreements     22  
 
  Section 3.5.   Termination     22  
 
  Section 3.6.   Amendment and Waiver     22  
 
  Section 3.7.   Severability     22  
 
  Section 3.8.   Entire Agreement     22  
 
  Section 3.9.   Successors and Assigns     22  
 
  Section 3.10.   Counterparts; Execution by Facsimile Signature     23  
 
  Section 3.11.   Remedies     23  
 
  Section 3.12.   Notices     23  
 
  Section 3.13.   Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction     24  
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Index of Principal Terms
         
Defined Term   Page(s)
 
       
Action
    1  
Affiliate
    1  
Agreement
    1  
automatic shelf registration statement
    15  
Beneficially Own
    2  
Business Day
    1  
Common Stock
    2  
Company
  Recitals
Company Indemnitees
    18  
Demand Notice
    5  
Demand Registration
    5  
Demand Registration Statement
    5  
Exchange Act
    2  
Governmental Entity
    2  
GS Group Investor
    2  
GS Investors
    2  
GS Representative
    2  
Holder Indemnitees
    17  
Holders
    2  
Holders’ Representative
    2  
Holding Period
    2  
indemnified party
    18  
indemnifying party
    18  
Investor
  Recitals
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
    2  
Law
    2  
Losses
    17  
Other Securities
    2  
Partnership Distribution
    5  
Person
    2  
Piggyback Notice
    8  
Piggyback Registration
    8  
Prospectus
    3  
Purchase Agreement
  Recitals
Registrable Securities
    3  
Registration Statement
    3  
Rule 144
    3  
Rule 144A
    3  
SEC
    3  
Securities Act
    3  
Selling Holder
    4  
Series B Preferred Shares
  Recitals
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Defined Term   Page(s)
 
       
Series D Preferred Shares
    3  
Subscription Agreement
    Recitals  
Subsidiary
    4  
THL Investors
    3  
THL Representative
    4  
Transfer
    4  
Transferee
    4  
WKSI
    15  
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
     REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), and the several investors listed on Schedule I hereto (such investors are sometimes referred to individually as an “ Investor ” and collectively as the Investors ”).
     WHEREAS, the Company, the THL Investors and the GS Investors (each as defined below) have entered into the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2008 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Purchase Agreement ), pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions of which, among other things, the Company has agreed to sell to the THL Investors and the GS Investors and the THL Investors and GS Investors have agreed to purchase from the Company shares of the Company’s Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock (collectively, the “ Series B Preferred Shares ”).
     WHEREAS, the Company has issued to the GS Group Investor shares of the Company’s Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to that certain Subscription Agreement, dated March 25, 2008, by and between the Company and the GS Group Investor (the “Subscription Agreement”).
     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide to the THL Investors and the GS Investors certain rights as set forth herein, and pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide to the GS Group Investor certain rights as set forth herein.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
     Section 1.1. Certain Defined Terms . As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
      Action means any legal, administrative, regulatory or other suit, action, claim, audit, assessment, arbitration or other proceeding, investigation or inquiry.
      Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of management and/or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities by contract or otherwise.
      Agreement means this Registration Rights Agreement as it may be amended, supplemented, restated or modified from time to time.
      Beneficial Ownership by a Person of any securities includes ownership by any Person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares (i) voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (ii) investment power which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, of such security; and shall otherwise be interpreted in accordance with the term “beneficial ownership” as defined in Rule 13d-3 adopted by the SEC under the Exchange Act. The term Beneficially Own shall have a correlative meaning.

 


 

      Business Day means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to close.
     “ Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
      Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC from time to time thereunder.
      Governmental Entity shall mean any court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, whether federal, state, local or foreign and any applicable industry self-regulatory organization.
      GS Investors means the investors listed under the heading “GS Investors” on Schedule I.
      GS Representative means Bradley Gross or any or any other person designated by the GS Investors and the GS Group Investor, in lieu of Bradley Gross, as GS Representative.
      Holders means any Investor and any permitted Transferee of Registrable Securities.
      Holders’ Representative means Tom Hagerty or any or any other Holder designated by Tom Hagerty, in lieu of Tom Hagerty, as the Holders’ Representative.
     “ Holding Period ” means the period from the date of this Agreement until January 1, 2009.
      Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to an offer of the Registrable Securities.
      Law means any statute, law, code, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity.
      GS Group Investor means the investor listed under the heading “GS Group Investor” on Schedule I.
      Other Securities means shares of equity securities of the Company other than Registrable Securities.
      Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivisions thereof or any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) comprised of two or more of the foregoing.
      Prospectus means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus related thereto, and all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

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      Registrable Securities means (i) all shares of Common Stock acquired by any Investor and its Affiliates on, and from and after, the date of this Agreement, (ii) the Series B Preferred Shares, (iii) Series D Preferred Shares issued upon conversion of Series B Preferred Shares, (iv) shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Series B Preferred Shares or Series D Preferred Shares, and (v) any securities issued directly or indirectly with respect to such shares described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) because of stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations, or similar events. As to any particular Registrable Securities, once issued such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such Registration Statement or (ii) such securities shall have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act.
      Registration Statement means any registration statement of the Company under the Securities Act which permits the public offering of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
      Rule 144 means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any successor rule that may be promulgated by the SEC.
      Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any successor rule that may be promulgated by the SEC.
      SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
      Securities Act means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC from time to time thereunder.
      Selling Holder means each Holder of Registrable Securities included in a registration pursuant to Article II.
     “ Series D Preferred Shares ” means the Series D Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
      Subsidiary of any Person shall mean those corporations and other entities of which such Person owns or controls more than 50% of the outstanding equity securities either directly or through an unbroken chain of entities as to each of which more than 50% of the outstanding equity securities is owned directly or indirectly by its parent; provided, however, that there shall not be included any such entity to the extent that the equity securities of such entity were acquired in satisfaction of a debt previously contracted in good faith or are owned or controlled in a bona fide fiduciary capacity.
      THL Investors ” means the investors listed under the heading “THL Investors” on Schedule I.
      THL Representative means Tom Hagerty or any or any other person designated by Tom Hagerty, in lieu of Tom Hagerty, as THL Representative.

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      Transfer means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition.
      Transferee means any of (i) the transferee of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities held by any Investor or (ii) the subsequent transferee of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities held by any Transferee; provided , that no Transferee shall be entitled to any benefits of a Transferee hereunder unless such Transferee executes and delivers to the Company an instrument substantially in the form provided as Exhibit A attached hereto.
     Section 1.2. Terms Generally . The definitions in Section 1.1 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, unless the context expressly provides otherwise. All references herein to Sections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, clauses, Exhibits or Schedules shall be deemed references to Sections, paragraphs, subparagraphs or clauses of, or Exhibits or Schedules to this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise. Unless otherwise expressly defined, terms defined in this Agreement have the same meanings when used in any Exhibit or Schedule hereto. Unless otherwise specified, the words “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereof”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole (including the Schedules and Exhibits) and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The term “or” is not exclusive. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”. Unless expressly stated otherwise, any Law defined or referred to herein means such Law as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including by succession of comparable successor Laws and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
     Section 2.1. Demand Registrations .
     (a) At any time and from time to time following the last day of the Holding Period, the Holders’ Representative shall have the right by delivering a written notice to the Company (a Demand Notice ) to require the Company to, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, register under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act the number of Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned by Holders and requested by such Demand Notice to be so registered (a Demand Registration ); provided , however , that in respect of four out of the five Demand Registrations to which the Holders are entitled under this Agreement, a Demand Notice may only be made if the amount of Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the Holders’ Representative is reasonably expected to generate aggregate gross proceeds (prior to

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deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses) of at least $50 million. A Demand Notice shall also specify the expected method or methods of disposition of the applicable Registrable Securities, including any distribution to, and resale by, any partners of a Holder (a Partner Distribution ). As promptly as practicable, but no later than 7 Business Days after receipt of a Demand Notice, the Company shall give written notice of such Demand Notice to all Holders of record of Registrable Securities.
     (b) Following receipt of a Demand Notice, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file, as promptly as reasonably practicable, but not later than 30 days after receipt by the Company of such Demand Notice (subject to paragraph (f) of this Section 2.1), a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, on Form S-3 (or any comparable or successor form or forms or any similar short-form registration) by means of a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, if so requested and the Company is then eligible to use such a registration and if there is no then-currently effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC which would cover all the Registrable Securities requested to be registered) (a Demand Registration Statement ) relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein by the Holders’ Representative and any other Holder of Registrable Securities which shall have made a written request to the Company for inclusion in such registration (which request shall specify the maximum number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Selling Holder) within 20 days after the receipt of the Demand Notice (or 10 days if, at the request of the Holders’ Representative, the Company states in such written notice or gives telephonic notice to all Holders, with written confirmation to follow promptly thereafter, that such registration will be on a Form S-3), in accordance with the method or methods of disposition of the applicable Registrable Securities elected by such Holders (including a Partner Distribution), and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof. The Company shall, at the request of any Holder seeking to effect a Partner Distribution, use its reasonable best efforts to file a Prospectus supplement or one or more post-effective amendments and otherwise take action necessary to include therein all disclosure and language deemed necessary or advisable by such Holder if such disclosure or language was not included in the initial Registration Statement, or revise such disclosure or language if deemed necessary or advisable by such Holder, to effect such Partner Distribution; provided that no language shall be included that the Company’s counsel considers misleading, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate for inclusion in such document.
     (c) If any of the Registrable Securities registered pursuant to a Demand Registration are to be sold in a firm commitment underwritten offering, and the managing underwriter(s) of such underwritten offering advise the Holders in writing that it is their good faith opinion that the total number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such offering, together with any Other Securities proposed to be included by holders thereof which are entitled to include securities in such Registration Statement, exceeds the total number or dollar amount of such securities that can be sold without having an adverse effect on the amount, price, timing or distribution of the Registrable Securities to be so included together with all such Other Securities, then there shall be included in such offering the number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities and such Other Securities that in the opinion of such managing underwriter(s) can be sold without so adversely affecting such offering, and such number of Registrable Securities and Other Securities shall be allocated for inclusion as follows:

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          (i) first, the Registrable Securities for which inclusion in such demand offering was requested by an Investor or its Affiliates, pro rata (if applicable), based on the number of Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned by each such Holder;
          (ii) second, the Registrable Securities for which inclusion in such demand offering was requested by the other Holders, pro rata (if applicable), based on the number of Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned by each such Holder; and
          (iii) third, among any holders of Other Securities, pro rata, based on the number of Other Securities Beneficially Owned by each such holder.
     (d) The Holders collectively shall be entitled to request no more than five Demand Registrations on the Company, and in no event shall the Company be required to effect more than one Demand Registration in any nine month period.
     (e) In the event of a Demand Registration, the Company shall be required to maintain the continuous effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement for a period of at least 180 days after the effective date thereof or such shorter period in which all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement have actually been sold; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 2.1(e) is intended to limit the Company’s obligations to maintain the continuous effectiveness of Short Form Registrations in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1(i).
     (f) The Company shall be entitled to postpone (but not more than once in any six-month period), for a reasonable period of time not in excess of 75 days (and not for periods exceeding, in the aggregate, 100 days during any twelve-month period), the filing or initial effectiveness of a Demand Registration Statement if the Company delivers to the Holders’ Representative a certificate signed by both the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company certifying that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, such registration, offering or use would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect or materially interfere with any bona fide and reasonably imminent material financing of the Company or any reasonably imminent material transaction under consideration by the Company or would require the disclosure of information that has not been, and is not otherwise required to be, disclosed to the public, the premature disclosure of which would materially adversely affect the Company.
     (g) The Holders’ Representative shall have the right to notify the Company that it has determined that the Registration Statement relating to a Demand Registration be abandoned or withdrawn, in which event the Company shall promptly abandon or withdraw such Registration Statement.
     (h) No request for registration will count for the purposes of the limitations in Section 2.1(c) if (A) the Holders’ Representative determines in good faith to withdraw the proposed registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement relating to such request due to marketing conditions or regulatory reasons relating to the Company, (B) the Registration Statement relating to such request is not declared effective within 60 days of the date such Registration Statement is first filed with the SEC (other than by reason of the applicable Holders having refused to proceed or a misrepresentation or an omission by the

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applicable Holders), (C) prior to the sale or distribution of at least 90% of the Registrable Securities included in the applicable registration relating to such request, such registration is adversely affected by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other Governmental Entity or court, or (D) the conditions to closing specified in any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement entered into in connection with the registration relating to such request are not satisfied (other than as a result of a material default or breach thereunder by the one or more Holders). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company will pay all expenses (in accordance with Section 2.9) in connection with any request for registration pursuant to this Agreement regardless of whether or not such request counts toward the limitation set forth above.
     (i) Subject to Section 2.5, in addition to the Demand Registrations provided pursuant to this Section 2.1, at all times following the last day of the Holding Period, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to qualify for registration on Form S-3 or any comparable or successor form or forms or any similar short-form registration (including pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act) ( Short-Form Registration ) and such Short-Form Registration shall promptly following the last day of the Holding Period be filed by the Company and constitute a shelf registration statement providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis of, the Registrable Securities, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, to permit the distribution of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by the Holders. In no event shall the Company be obligated to effect any shelf registration other than pursuant to a Short-Form Registration. Upon filing a Short-Form Registration, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Short-Form Registration effective with the SEC at all times (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.1(d)) and to refile such Short-Form Registration upon its expiration, and to cooperate in any shelf take-down by amending or supplementing the prospectus statement related to such Short-Form Registration as may reasonably be requested by the Holders’ Representative or as otherwise required, until the Holders no longer hold Registrable Securities.
     Section 2.2. Piggyback Registrations . (a) If, at any time following the last day of the Holding Period, the Company (other than pursuant to Section 2.1) proposes or is required to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of Common Stock or other equity securities, whether or not for sale for its own account (other than a registration statement (i) on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto, (ii) filed solely in connection with any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan or (iii) pursuant to a Demand Registration in accordance with Section 2.1 hereof), in a manner that would permit registration of Registrable Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Act, then the Company shall give prompt written notice of such proposed filing at least 30 days before the anticipated filing date (the Piggyback Notice ) to the Holders. The Piggyback Notice shall offer the Holders the opportunity to include in such registration statement the number of Registrable Securities as they may request (a Piggyback Registration ). Subject to Section 2.2(b) hereof, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to include in each such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received from any Holder written requests for inclusion therein within 15 days following receipt of any Piggyback Notice by such Holder, which request shall specify the maximum number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holder and the intended method of distribution thereof. The Holders shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of the Registrable

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Securities from a Piggyback Registration at any time at least 2 Business Days prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to such Piggyback Registration. The Company shall be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for a Piggyback Registration for a period of 180 days after the effective date thereof or such shorter period in which all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement have actually been sold. There is no limitation on the number of Piggyback Registrations pursuant to this Section 2.2 which the Company is obligated to effect. No Piggyback Registration shall count towards registrations required under Section 2.1.
     (b) If any of the securities to be registered pursuant to the registration giving rise to the Holders’ rights under this Section 2.2 are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Holders shall be permitted to include all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration in such offering on the same terms and conditions as any Other Securities included therein; provided , however , that if such offering involves a firm commitment underwritten offering and the managing underwriter(s) of such underwritten offering advise the Company in writing that it is their good faith opinion that the total amount of Registrable Securities requested to be so included, together with all Other Securities that the Company and any other Persons having rights to participate in such registration intend to include in such offering, exceeds the total number or dollar amount of such securities that can be sold without having an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Registrable Securities to be so included together with all Other Securities, then there shall be included in such firm commitment underwritten offering the number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities and such Other Securities that in the opinion of such managing underwriter(s) can be sold without so adversely affecting such offering, and such number of Registrable Securities and Other Securities shall be allocated for inclusion as follows:
          (i) first, all Other Securities being sold by the Company or by any Person (other than a Holder) exercising a contractual right to demand registration;
          (ii) second, all Registrable Securities requested to be included by the Holders, pro rata (if applicable), based on the number of Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned by each such Holder; and
          (iii) third, among any other holders of Other Securities requesting such registration, pro rata, based on the number of Other Securities Beneficially Owned by each such holder of Other Securities.
     (c) The Company shall, at the request of any Holder seeking to effect a Partner Distribution, use its reasonable best efforts to file any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendments and otherwise take any action necessary to include therein all disclosure and language deemed necessary or advisable by such Holder if such disclosure or language was not included in the initial registration statement, or revise such disclosure or language if deemed necessary or advisable by such Holder, to effect such Partner Distribution; provided that no language shall be included that the Company’s counsel considers misleading, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate for inclusion in such document.

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     Section 2.3. Lock-Up Agreements .
     (a) Each Holder agrees, in connection with any underwritten offering made pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Article II in which such Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities, if requested (pursuant to a written notice) by the managing underwriter(s) not to effect any public sale or distribution of any common equity securities of the Company (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such common equity securities) (except as part of such underwritten offering) during the period commencing not earlier than 7 days prior to and continuing for not more than 90 days (or such shorter period as the managing underwriter(s) may permit) after the effective date of the related Registration Statement (or a Prospectus supplement if the offering is made pursuant to a “shelf” registration) pursuant to which such underwritten offering shall be made; provided , that such Holders shall only be so bound so long as and to the extent that each other stockholder having registration rights with respect to the securities of the Company is similarly bound, and provided further that a request under this Section 2.3(a) shall not be effective more than once in any twelve-month period.
     (b) With respect to each underwritten offering of Registrable Securities covered by a registration pursuant to Section 2.1, the Company agrees not to effect any public sale or distribution, or to file any registration statement (other than (x) any such registration statement required under Section 2.1 or (y) a registration statement (i) on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto or (ii) filed solely in connection with any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan) covering any of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the period commencing not earlier than 7 days prior to and continuing for not more than 90 days (or such shorter period as the managing underwriter(s) may permit) after the effective date of the related registration statement (or a Prospectus supplement if the offering is made pursuant to a “shelf” registration) pursuant to which such underwritten offering of Registrable Securities shall be made, in each case, as may be requested by the managing underwriter for such offering; provided that a request under this Section 2.3(b) shall not be effective more than once in any twelve-month period.
     Section 2.4. Registration Procedures . If and whenever the Company is required to use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Article II, the Company shall effect such registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall cooperate in the sale of the securities and shall, as expeditiously as possible:
     (a) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on such form which shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders or the Company in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof (including a Partner Distribution), and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and to remain effective as provided herein; provided , however , that before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (including documents that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall furnish or otherwise make available to the Selling Holders, their counsel and the managing underwriter(s), if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be

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filed (including all exhibits thereto), which documents will be subject to the reasonable review and comment of such counsel, and such other documents reasonably requested by such counsel, including any comment letter from the SEC, and, if requested by such counsel, provide such counsel reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Registration Statement and each Prospectus included therein and such other opportunities to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act, including reasonable access to the Company’s books and records, officers, accountants and other advisors. The Company shall not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (including such documents that, upon filing, would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) with respect to any registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2 to which the Holders’ Representative, its counsel, or the managing underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object, in writing, on a timely basis, unless, in the opinion of the Company, such filing is necessary to comply with applicable Law.
     (b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective during the period provided herein and comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement, and cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act.
     (c) Notify each Selling Holder and the managing underwriter(s), if any, promptly, and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any other Governmental Entity for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement contemplated by Section 2.4(o) below) cease to be true and correct, (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, and (vi) of the existence of any fact of which the Company becomes aware that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus related thereto untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, documents or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading, and that in the case of any Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a

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material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
     (d) Use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction at the reasonably earliest practical date.
     (e) If requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any, or the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an underwritten offering, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement, post-effective amendment or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus such information as the managing underwriter(s), if any, or such Holders may reasonably request in order to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement, such post-effective amendment or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as soon as practicable after the Company has received such request.
     (f) Furnish or make available to each Selling Holder, and each managing underwriter, if any, without charge, such number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements (but excluding schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and all exhibits, unless requested in writing by such Holder, counsel or managing underwriter(s)), and such other documents, as such Holders or such managing underwriter(s) may reasonably request, and upon request a copy of any and all transmittal letters or other correspondence to or received from, the SEC or any other Governmental Entity relating to such offering.
     (g) Deliver to each Selling Holder, and the managing underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus related to any such Prospectuses) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request in connection with the distribution of the Registrable Securities; and the Company, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 2.4, hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Selling Holders and the managing underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any such amendment or supplement thereto.
     (h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Selling Holders, the managing underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any seller or managing underwriter(s) reasonably requests in writing and to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and to take any other action that may be necessary or advisable to enable such Selling Holders to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdiction; provided , however , that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified

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or (ii) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
     (i) Cooperate with the Selling Holders and the managing underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any legends) representing Registrable Securities to be sold after receiving written representations from each Selling Holder that the Registrable Securities represented by the certificates so delivered by such Selling Holder will be transferred in accordance with the Registration Statement, and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter(s), if any, or the Selling Holders may request at least 2 Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities.
     (j) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other Governmental Entities within the United States, except as may be required solely as a consequence of the nature of such Selling Holder’s business, in which case the Company will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals, as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the managing underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
     (k) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 2.4(c)(ii), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (c)(v) or (c)(vi) above, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference or an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus related thereto, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the Selling Holders, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
     (l) Prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities, provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities.
     (m) Provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement.
     (n) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause all shares of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be authorized to be listed on each national securities exchange, if any, on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed.
     (o) Enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement in form, scope and substance as is customary in underwritten offerings) and take all such other actions reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith or by the managing underwriter(s), if any, to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an underwritten registration, (i) make such representations and warranties to the Selling Holders and the

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managing underwriter(s), if any, with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in underwritten offerings, and, if true, confirm the same if and when requested, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the Selling Holders of such Registrable Securities opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter(s), if any, and counsels to the Selling Holders of the Registrable Securities), addressed to each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities and each of the managing underwriter(s), if any, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such counsel and managing underwriter(s), (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any Subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement) who have certified the financial statements included in such Registration Statement, addressed to each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities (unless such accountants shall be prohibited from so addressing such letters by applicable standards of the accounting profession) and each of the managing underwriter(s), if any, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings, (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures substantially to the effect set forth in Section 2.7 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section except as otherwise agreed by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith and the managing underwriter(s) and (v) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith, their counsel and the managing underwriter(s), if any, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company. The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting or similar agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder.
     (p) Upon execution of a customary confidentiality agreement, make available for inspection by a representative of the Selling Holders, the managing underwriter(s), if any, and any attorneys or accountants retained by such Selling Holders or managing underwriter(s), at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries to supply all information in each case reasonably requested by any such representative, managing underwriter(s), attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement.
     (q) Cause its officers to use their reasonable best efforts to support the marketing of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement (including, without limitation, by participation in “road shows”) taking into account the Company’s business needs.

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     (r) Otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and any applicable national securities exchange, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable (but not more than 18 months) after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
     (s) Take all reasonable action to ensure that any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus utilized in connection with any registration covered by Section 2.1 or 2.2 complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby, is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby and, when taken together with the related Prospectus, Prospectus supplement and related documents, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
     (t) Use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of Registrable Securities contemplated hereby.
     To the extent the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (a WKSI ) at the time any Demand Registration request is submitted to the Company, and such Demand Registration request requests that the Company file an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (an automatic shelf registration statement ) on Form S-3, the Company shall file an automatic shelf registration statement which covers those Registrable Securities which are requested to be registered. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to remain a WKSI (and not become an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act)) during the period during which such automatic shelf registration statement is required to remain effective. If the Company does not pay the filing fee covering the Registrable Securities at the time the automatic shelf registration statement is filed, the Company agrees to pay such fee at such time or times as the Registrable Securities are to be sold. Subject to Section 2.5 , if the automatic shelf registration statement has been outstanding for at least three years, at the end of the third year the Company shall, upon written request by the Holders’ Representative, refile a new automatic shelf registration statement covering the Registrable Securities, if there are any remaining Registrable Securities covered thereunder. If at any time when the Company is required to re-evaluate its WKSI status the Company determines that it is not a WKSI, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to refile the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and, if such form is not available, Form S-1 and keep such registration statement effective during the period during which such registration statement is required to be kept effective.
     If the Company files any shelf registration statement for the benefit of the holders of any of its securities other than the Holders, the Company agrees that it shall use its reasonable best efforts to include in such registration statement such disclosures as may be required by Rule 430B under the Securities Act (referring to the unnamed selling security holders in a generic manner by identifying the initial offering of the securities to the Holders) in order to ensure that the Holders may be added to such shelf registration statement at a later time through the filing of a Prospectus supplement rather than a post-effective amendment.

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     The Company may require each Selling Holder to furnish to the Company in writing such information required in connection with such registration regarding such Selling Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing and the Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any Selling Holder who unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
     Each Selling Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.4(c)(ii), (c)(iii), or (c)(vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 2.4(k) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus; provided , however , that the Company shall extend the time periods under Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 with respect to the length of time that the effectiveness of a Registration Statement must be maintained by the amount of time the Holder is required to discontinue disposition of such securities.
     Section 2.5. Rule 144 . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to file or refile any registration statement pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.1(i) , or refile any automatic shelf registration statement pursuant to Section 2.4(t) , if the Company and the Holders’ Representative shall receive a written opinion from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Holders’ Representative that the Holders can sell their Registrable Securities freely under Rule 144 without (x) any limitations on the amount of Registrable Securities which may be sold by the Holders or (y) any other requirement imposed by Rule 144 (including, without limitation, the requirement relating to the availability of current public information with respect to the Company).
     Section 2.6. Certain Additional Agreements . If any Registration Statement or comparable statement under state “blue sky” laws refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the Holder of any securities of the Company, then such Holder shall have the right to require (a) the insertion therein of language, in form and substance satisfactory to such Holder and the Company, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by such Holder of the investment quality of the Company’s securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Company, or (b) in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not in the judgment of the Company, as advised by counsel, required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute or any state “blue sky” or securities law then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Holder; provided , however , that if any Registration Statement refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company and if in such Holder’s sole and exclusive judgment, such Holder is or might be deemed to be an underwriter or a controlling Person of the Company, such Holder shall have the right to require (i) the insertion therein of language, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Holder and the Company and presented to the Company in writing, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by such Holder of the investment quality of the Company’s securities covered

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thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Company, or (ii) in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute or any state “blue sky” or securities law then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Holder; provided that with respect to this clause (ii), if reasonably requested by the Company, such Holder shall furnish to the Company an opinion of counsel to such effect, which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
     Section 2.7. Indemnification .
     (a)  Indemnification by the Company . The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, each Selling Holder whose Registrable Securities are covered by a Registration Statement or Prospectus, the officers, directors, partners (limited and general), members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees of each of them, each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) each such Selling Holder and the officers, directors, partners (limited and general), members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, each underwriter (including any Holder that is deemed to be an underwriter pursuant to any SEC comments or policies), if any, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such underwriter (collectively, Holder Indemnitees ), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses (including, without limitation, costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and any other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or Action), judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, Losses ), as incurred, arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any applicable Registration Statement or any other offering circular, amendment of or supplement to any of the foregoing or other document incident to any such registration, qualification, or compliance, or the omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any preliminary or final Prospectus, any document incorporated by reference therein or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (iii) any violation by the Company of any Law applicable in connection with any such registration, qualification, or compliance; provided , that the Company will not be liable to a Selling Holder or underwriter, as the case may be, in any such case to the extent that any such Loss arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission by such Selling Holder or underwriter, as the case may be, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such Registration Statement (or in any preliminary or final Prospectus contained therein, any document incorporated by reference therein or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus related thereto), offering circular, amendment of or supplement to any of the foregoing or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Holder or underwriter specifically for inclusion in such document; and provided , further , that the Company will not be liable to any Person who participates as an underwriter in any underwritten offering or sale of Registrable Securities, or to

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any Person who is a selling Holder in any non-underwritten offering or sale of Registrable Securities, or any other Person, if any, who controls such underwriter or selling Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act, under the indemnity agreement in this Section 2.7 with respect to any preliminary Prospectus or the final Prospectus (including any amended or supplemented preliminary or final Prospectus), as the case may be, to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such underwriter, selling Holder or controlling Person results from the fact that such underwriter or selling Holder sold Registrable Securities to a Person to whom there was not sent or given, at or prior to the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented, whichever is most recent, if the Company has previously furnished copies thereof to such underwriter or selling Holder and such final Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, has corrected any such misstatement or omission. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder Indemnitee or any other Holder and shall survive the transfer of such securities. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have to each Holder Indemnitee.
     (b)  Indemnification by Selling Holders . In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Selling Holder is participating by registering Registrable Securities, such Selling Holder agrees, severally and not jointly with any other Person, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Company, the officers and directors of the Company, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, and each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such underwriter (collectively, Company Indemnitees ), from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement (or in any preliminary or final Prospectus contained therein, any document incorporated by reference therein or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus related thereto) or any other offering circular or any amendment of or supplement to any of the foregoing or any other document incident to such registration, or any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a final or preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, in each case solely to the extent that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such Registration Statement (or in any preliminary or final Prospectus contained therein, any document incorporated by reference therein or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus related thereto), offering circular, or any amendment of or supplement to any of the foregoing or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Holder expressly for inclusion in such document. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its directors, officers or controlling Persons. The Company may require as a condition to its including Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement filed hereunder that the holder thereof acknowledge its agreement to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement (including Section 2.7) applicable to it.
     (c)  Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . If any Person shall be entitled to indemnity hereunder (an indemnified party ), such indemnified party shall give prompt notice to the party from which such indemnity is sought (the indemnifying party ) of any claim or of

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the commencement of any Action with respect to which such indemnified party seeks indemnification or contribution pursuant hereto; provided , however , that the delay or failure to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any obligation or liability except to the extent that the indemnifying party has been actually prejudiced by such delay or failure. The indemnifying party shall have the right, exercisable by giving written notice to an indemnified party promptly after the receipt of written notice from such indemnified party of such claim or Action, to assume, at the indemnifying party’s expense, the defense of any such Action, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided , however , that an indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless: (i) the indemnifying party agrees to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) the indemnifying party fails promptly to assume, or in the event of a conflict of interest cannot assume, the defense of such Action or fails to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, in which case the indemnified party shall also have the right to employ counsel and to assume the defense of such Action; or (iii) in the indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such Action; provided , further , however , that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such Action or separate but substantially similar or related Actions in the same jurisdiction, arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all of the indemnified parties, or for fees and expenses that are not reasonable. Whether or not such defense is assumed by the indemnifying party, such indemnified party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The indemnifying party shall not consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by all claimants or plaintiffs to such indemnified party of a release, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.
     (d)  Contribution .
          (i) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.7 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any Losses (other than in accordance with its terms), then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and indemnified party, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been taken by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent any such action, statement or omission.
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allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
          (iii) No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
          (iv) The obligation of any Selling Holder obliged to make contribution pursuant to this Section 2.7(d) shall be several and not joint.
     (e)  Additional Provisions .
          (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, an indemnifying party that is a Holder shall not be required to indemnify or contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds from the sale of the Registrable Securities sold by such Holder in the applicable offering exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay pursuant to Section 2.7(b).
          (ii) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director, manager, partner or controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the Transfer of securities.
          (iii) The indemnification and contribution required by this Section 2.7 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Loss is incurred.
          (iv) To the extent that any of the Selling Holders is, or would be expected to be, deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities pursuant to any SEC comments or policies or any court of law or otherwise, the Company agrees that (i) the indemnification and contribution provisions contained in this Section 2.7 shall be applicable to the benefit of the Selling Holders in their role as deemed underwriter in addition to their capacity as a Selling Holder (so long as the amount for which any other Selling Holder is or becomes responsible does not exceed the amount for which such Selling Holder would be responsible if the Selling Holder were not deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities) and (ii) the Selling Holders and their representatives shall be entitled to conduct the due diligence which they would normally conduct in connection with an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act, including receipt of customary opinions and comfort letters.
     Section 2.8. Rule 144; Rule 144A . The Company covenants that it will timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the SEC), and it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 or Rule 144A or Regulation S

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under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof.
     Section 2.9. Underwritten Registrations . (a) If any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Demand Registration or shelf registration is an underwritten offering, the Holders’ Representative shall have the right to select the investment banker or investment bankers and managers to administer the offering, subject to approval by the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, which investment banker or investment bankers and managers may be an Affiliate of any of the Investors. The Company shall have the right to select the investment banker or investment bankers and managers to administer any incidental or Piggyback Registration.
     (b) No Person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell the Registrable Securities or Other Securities it desires to have covered by the registration on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements in customary form (including pursuant to the terms of any over-allotment or “green shoe” option requested by the managing underwriter, provided that no such person will be required to sell more than the number of Registrable Securities that such Person has requested the Company to include in any registration), and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, provided that such Person (other than the Company) shall not be required to make any representations or warranties other than those related to title and ownership of shares and as to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in a Registration Statement, Prospectus, offering circular, or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the managing underwriter(s) by such Person and provided further, that such Person’s (other than the Company’s) liability in respect of such representations and warranties shall not exceed such Person’s net proceeds from the offering.
     Section 2.10. Registration Expenses . The Company shall pay all reasonable documented expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Article II, including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with the SEC, all applicable securities exchanges and/or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and (B) of compliance with securities or Blue Sky laws including any fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriter(s) in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.4(h)), (ii) printing expenses (including expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing Prospectuses if the printing of Prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any, or by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses of the Company, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) expenses of the Company incurred in connection with any road show, and (vi) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public accountants (including, without limitation, the expenses of any “cold comfort” letters required by this Agreement) and any other Persons, including special experts retained by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall pay the fees and disbursements of

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one firm of counsel for the Holders in connection with each registration under Article II, but the Company shall not pay any underwriting discounts attributable to sales by Holders of Registrable Securities. In addition, the Company shall bear all of its internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and rating agency fees and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company.
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS
     Section 3.1. Other Activities; Nature of Holder Obligations . (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall in any way limit an Investor or any of its Affiliates from engaging in any brokerage, investment advisory, financial advisory, anti-raid advisory, principaling, merger advisory, financing, asset management, trading, market making, arbitrage, investment activity and other similar activities conducted in the ordinary course of their business. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the restrictions contained in this Agreement shall not apply to Common Stock or any other equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, acquired by an Investor or any of its Affiliates following the effective date of the first Registration Statement of the Company covering Common Stock (or other equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities) to be sold on behalf of the Company in an underwritten public offering.
     (b)  Nature of Holders’ Obligations . The obligations of each Holder under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
     Section 3.2. Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities . The Company shall not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to its securities which would adversely affect the ability of any Holder of Registrable Securities to include such Registrable Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.
     Section 3.3. Other Registration Rights Agreements . Until after the third Demand Registration, the Company shall not enter into any agreement with respect to any equity securities that grants or provides holders of such securities with registration rights that have terms more favorable than the registration rights granted to Holders of the Registrable Securities in this Agreement unless similar rights are granted to Holders of Registrable Securities.

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     Section 3.4. Conflicting Agreements . Each party represents and warrants that it has not granted and is not a party to any proxy, voting trust or other agreement that is inconsistent with or conflicts with any provision of this Agreement.
     Section 3.5. Termination . This Agreement shall terminate upon the later of such time as there are no Registrable Securities and the fifteenth anniversary of the Closing, except for the provisions of Sections 2.7, 2.8, 2.10 and this Article III, which shall survive such termination.
     Section 3.6. Amendment and Waiver . Except as otherwise provided herein, no modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective against the Company or any Holder unless such modification, amendment or waiver is approved in writing by the Company, the THL Representative, and the GS Representative; provided that the written consent of the Company and the Investors shall be sufficient in order to effect a modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement which (i) affects only the rights of the Company or the Investors or (ii) does not adversely affect the rights of any party hereto other than the Investors. Any party hereto may waive any right of such party hereunder by an instrument in writing signed by such party and delivered to the other parties. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
     Section 3.7. Severability . If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, all other provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect.
     Section 3.8. Entire Agreement . Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, and the Subscription Agreement, together with the several agreements and other documents and instruments referred to herein or therein or annexed hereto or thereto, embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, that may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.
     Section 3.9. Successors and Assigns . Neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation hereunder is assignable in whole or in part by any party without the prior written consent of the other party hereto, provided that an Investor may transfer its rights and obligations hereunder (in whole or in part) to any Transferee (and any Transferee may transfer such rights and obligations to any subsequent Transferee) without the prior written consent of the Company. Any such assignment shall be effective upon receipt by the Company of (x) written notice from the transferring Holder stating the name and address of any Transferee and identifying the number of shares of Registrable Securities with respect to which the rights under this Agreement are being transferred and the nature of the rights so transferred and (y) a written agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A hereto from such Transferee to be bound by the applicable terms of this Agreement. Any such transfer shall be without prejudice to Section 3.3. Any action taken by Holders’ Representative shall not become void or ineffective as a result of a subsequent change in the identity of the Holders’ Representative.

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     Section 3.10. Counterparts; Execution by Facsimile Signature . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signature(s).
     Section 3.11. Remedies . (a) Each party hereto acknowledges that monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any of the covenants or agreements in this Agreement is not performed in accordance with its terms, and it is therefore agreed that, in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, the non-breaching party will have the right to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach or threatened breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof. Each party hereto agrees not to oppose the granting of such relief in the event a court determines that such a breach has occurred, and to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy.
     (b) All rights, powers and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by such party.
     Section 3.12. Notices . All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (ii) when sent by confirmed facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next Business Day or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the addresses set forth below or such other address or facsimile number as a party may from time to time specify by notice to the other parties hereto:
     If to the Company:
MoneyGram International Inc.
1500 Utica Avenue South, MS 8020
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416
Fax No.: (952) 591-3859
Attn: Teresa H. Johnson, Esq.
     with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attention: David Silk
Fax: (212) 403-2000
     If to any Investor set forth on Schedule I hereto under the heading “THL Investors”, to it:
c/o Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.

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100 Federal Street, 35th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Fax No.: (617) 227-3514
Attn:
  Thomas M. Hagerty
 
  Seth W. Lawry
 
  Scott L. Jaeckel
     with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
     
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
100 Federal Street, 34th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Attn:
  James Westra
 
  Steven Peck
Fax: (617) 772-8333
     If to any Investor set forth on Schedule I hereto under the heading “GS Investors”, to it:
     
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Attention:
  Edward Pallesen
 
  Bradley Gross
Fax: (212) 357-5505
     with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
     
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, New York 10004
Attention:
  Robert Schwenkel
 
  David Shaw
Fax: (212) 859-4000
     Section 3.13. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction . (a) This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York.
     (b) Each of the parties hereto (a) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of any Federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement, (b) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (c) agrees that it will not bring any Action relating to this Agreement in any court other than a Federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York.
     (c) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives trial by jury in any legal Action or proceeding in relation to this Agreement and for any counterclaim therein.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
             
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL,
 
      INC.    
 
  By:   /s/ Philip W. Milne
 
           
 
      Name: Philip W. Milne    
 
      Title:   Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

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    THOMAS H. LEE EQUITY FUND VI, L.P.
 
           
    By:   THL EQUITY ADVISORS VI, LLC,
        its general partner
    By:   THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P.,
        its sole member
    By:   THOMAS H. LEE ADVISORS, LLC,
        its general partner
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Scott Jaeckel    
 
           
        Name: Scott Jaeckel
        Title: Managing Director
 
           
    THOMAS H. LEE PARALLEL FUND VI, L.P.
 
           
    By:   THL EQUITY ADVISORS VI, LLC
        its general partner
    By:   THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P.,
        its sole member
    By:   THOMAS H. LEE ADVISORS, LLC,
        its general partner
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Scott Jaeckel    
 
           
        Name: Scott Jaeckel
        Title: Managing Director
 
           
    THOMAS H. LEE PARALLEL (DT) FUND VI,
        L.P.
 
           
    By:   THL EQUITY ADVISORS VI, LLC
        its general partner
    By:   THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P.,
        its sole member
    By:   THOMAS H. LEE ADVISORS, LLC,
        its general partner
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Scott Jaeckel    
 
           
        Name: Scott Jaeckel
        Title: Managing Director

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    GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI FUND,
        L.P.
    By:   GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C.
        its General Partner
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
        Name: Bradley Gross
        Title: Managing Director and Vice President
 
           
    GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI
        OFFSHORE FUND, L.P.
    By:   GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C.
        its General Partner
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
        Name: Bradley Gross
        Title: Managing Director and Vice President
 
           
    GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI GmbH &
        Co. KG
    By:   GS Advisors VI, L.L.C.
        its Managing Limited Partner
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
        Name: Bradley Gross
        Title: Managing Director and Vice President
 
           
    GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI
        PARALLEL, L.P.
    By:   GS Advisors VI, L.L.C.
        its General Partner
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
        Name: Bradley Gross
        Title: Managing Director and Vice President

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    GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
 
  Name:   Bradley Gross    
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
 
           
    GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
 
  Name:   Bradley Gross    
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
 
           
    GSMP V INSTITUTIONAL US, LTD.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
 
  Name:   Bradley Gross    
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
 
           
    THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
 
  Name:   Bradley Gross    
 
  Title:   Managing Director    

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SCHEDULE I
THL Investors:
THOMAS H. LEE EQUITY FUND VI, L.P.
THOMAS H. LEE PARALLEL FUND VI, L.P.
THOMAS H. LEE PARALLEL (DT) FUND VI, L.P.
GS Investors:
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI FUND, L.P.
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI OFFSHORE FUND, L.P.
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI GmbH & Co. KG
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI PARALLEL, L.P.
GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V INSTITUTIONAL US, LTD.
GS Group Investors:
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.

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Exhibit 4.6
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
by and between
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
and
GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V INSTITUTIONAL US, LTD.
Dated as of March 25, 2008
Relating to:
$500,000,000
13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Due 2018

 


 

EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
     This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of March 25, 2008, by and among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd. an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability ( “ GSMP Onshore ”), GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd. an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Offshore ”) and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd. an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Institutional ” and together with GSMP Onshore, GSMP Offshore, the “Initial Purchasers”), who have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the Note Purchase Agreement (as defined below), to purchase the Company’s 13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018 (the “ Initial Notes ”).
     This Agreement is made pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2008 (the “ Note Purchase Agreement ”), by and among the Company, Moneygram International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (“ Holdco ”), and the Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Notes (including the Initial Purchasers). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. As set forth in Section 3.9 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Initial Notes.
     The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS .
     Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in, or by reference in, the Note Purchase Agreement. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings specified herein (it being understood that defined terms shall include in the singular number, the plural and in the plural, the singular):
      “Additional Interest” is defined in Section 6 hereof.
      “Additional Interest Payment Date” means March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
      “Advice” is defined in Section 7 hereof.
      “Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” is defined in Section 4.1 hereof.
      “Broker-Dealer” means any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
      “Consummate” means that the registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” with respect to the Initial Notes for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes that were validly tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer; provided that in no event shall the registered Exchange Offer be deemed Consummated unless and

 


 

until the Exchange Notes are, upon receipt, transferable by the Holders without restriction under the Securities Act and without material restriction under the blue sky or securities laws of a substantial majority of the States of the United States of America.
      “Effectiveness Target Date” is defined in Section 6 hereof.
      “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
      “Exchange Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture (as defined below).
      “Exchange Offer” means the registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company shall offer the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
      “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” is defined in Section 3.1 hereof.
      “Free Writing Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
      “Holders” is defined in Section 2.2 hereof.
      “Indemnified Holder” is defined in Section 9.1 hereof.
      “Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2008 among the Company, as issuer, the Guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
      “Initial Purchasers” is defined in the preamble hereto.
      “Initial Notes” is defined in the preamble hereto, but only for so long as such securities constitute Transfer Restricted Securities. All references to the “Exchange Notes” include the related Note Guarantees.
      “NASD” means National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or any successor entity thereof.
      “Non-Eligible Notes” is defined in Section 4.1 hereof.
      “Note Guarantee” means, with respect to the Notes, the related guarantee by the Guarantors.
      “Notes” means the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes.
      “Participating Piggy-Back Holders” is defined in Section 5.2 hereof.
      “Person” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
      “Piggy-Back Maximum Number” is defined in Section 5.3 hereof.
      “Piggy-Back Registration” is defined in Section 5.1 hereof.

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      “Piggy-Back Registration Statement” is defined in Section 5.1 hereof.
      “Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.
      “Note Purchase Agreement” is defined in the preamble hereto.
      “Record Holder” means, with respect to any Additional Interest Payment Date relating to the Notes on which Additional Interest is to be paid, each Person who is a Holder of Notes on the March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 immediately prior to such date.
      “Registration Default” is defined in Section 6 hereof.
      “Registration Demand” is defined in Section 3.1 hereof.
      “Registration Statement” means any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, Piggy-Back Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.
      “Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
      “Rule 430A” means Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
      “SEC” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
      “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
      “Shelf Filing Deadline” is defined in Section 4 hereof.
      “Shelf Registration Statement” is defined in Section 4 hereof.
      “Suspension Period” is defined in Section 7.4 hereof.
      “Trigger Date” is defined in the Indenture.
      “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and forms promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be amended from time to time.
      “Transfer Restricted Securities” means each (i) Initial Note, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Note is exchanged in the Exchange Offer and entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Note has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement or a Piggy Back Registration Statement and (c) the date on which such Note is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is eligible for distribution pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, and (ii) Exchange Note issued to a

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Broker-Dealer until the date on which such Note has been distributed by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).
      “Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering” means a registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
SECTION 2.
SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT.
     2.1. Transfer Restricted Securities
     The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.
     2.2. Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities
     A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “ Holder ” and collectively, the “ Holders ”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
SECTION 3.
REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER .
     3.1. At any time on or after the Trigger Date, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities may, by written notice (a “ Registration Demand ”), request that the Company effect a registration under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Thereupon the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC as soon as possible, but in any event no later than one hundred twenty (120) days (excluding any days that occur during a permitted Suspension Period under Section 7.4 hereof) after receipt of such Registration Demand, and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective, a registration statement (an “ Exchange Offer Registration Statement ”) relating to all Transfer Restricted Securities. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than 240 days after the Registration Demand is received, and in connection with the foregoing, shall (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, file a post effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Notes to be made under the blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer (unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by applicable law or SEC policy). The Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Notes to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Notes held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3.5 below.
     3.2. The Exchange Notes shall be issued under, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.
     3.3. Interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue from the later of (x) the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Notes surrendered in exchange therefor, or (y) if the Notes are surrendered for exchange on a date on or after the record date for an interest payment date which is scheduled to occur on or after the date of such exchange and as to which interest will be paid, such interest payment date.

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     3.4. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however , that in no event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days (as defined in SEC rules) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Notes and Holdco Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on or prior to 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Target Date for such Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
     3.5. The Company shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the SEC may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Notes held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the SEC as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the date of this Agreement.
     3.6. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 7.3 below to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Notes acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the SEC as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 90 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which all Broker-Dealers are no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities.
     3.7. The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 90-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales.
SECTION 4.
SHELF REGISTRATION
     4.1. Shelf Registration
     If after the receipt of a Registration Demand (i) the Company is not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or SEC policy, (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer for the Notes is not Consummated within 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Target Date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for the Notes, or (iii) any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (“ Non-Eligible Notes ”) notifies the Company prior to the 20 th day following consummation of the Exchange Offer that

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(A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or SEC policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, then, upon such Holder’s request, the Company shall
     (x) use commercially reasonable efforts to file a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and which, to the extent the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405) will be an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (an “ Automatic Shelf Registration Statement ”), (in either event, the “ Shelf Registration Statement ”) on or prior to the earliest to occur of (1) the 90 th day after the date on which the Company determines that it is not required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as contemplated by clause (i) above, (2) the 90th day after the date 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Target Date if the Exchange Offer for the Notes is not Consummated as contemplated by clause (ii) above and (3) the 90 th day after the date on which the Company receives notice from a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (iii) above (such date being the “ Shelf Filing Deadline ”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities (or, in the case of clause (iii), all Non-Eligible Notes) the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof; and
     (y) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than the 90 th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline.
     The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended (subject to Section 7.4 below) as required by the provisions of Sections 7.2 and 7.3 hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Notes by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the SEC as announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years following the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (or shorter period that will terminate when all the Notes covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement or are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k)).
     4.2 Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement .
     No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement, Piggy-Back Registration, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

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SECTION 5.
PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATION
     5.1. If the Company or any subsidiary of the Company proposes to file on its behalf and/or on behalf of any holders of its debt securities (other than a Holder) a registration statement on any form for the registration of its debt securities (a “ Piggy-Back Registration Statement ”), it will give written notice to all Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities at least twenty (20) days before the initial filing thereof, which notice shall set forth the intended method of disposition of the securities proposed to be registered by the Company or such subsidiary. The notice shall offer to include in such filing the aggregate number of Transfer Restricted Securities as such Holders may request (a “ Piggy-Back Registration ”).
     5.2. Each Holder desiring to have Transfer Restricted Securities registered under this
     Section 5 (“ Participating Piggy-Back Holders ”) shall advise the Company in writing within ten (10) days after the date of receipt of such offer from the Company, setting forth the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities for which registration is requested. The Company shall thereupon include or cause to be included in such filing the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities for which registration is so requested, subject to paragraph (c) below, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect registration of such Transfer Restricted Securities under the Securities Act.
     5.3. If the Registration relates to an underwritten public offering and the managing underwriter of such proposed public offering advises in writing that, in its opinion, the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities requested to be included in the Registration in addition to the securities being registered by the Company would be greater than the total number of securities which can be sold in such offering without delaying or jeopardizing the price, timing or distribution thereof (the “ Piggy-Back Maximum Number ”), then:
     (i). in the event the Company initiated the Piggy-Back Registration, the Company shall include in such Piggy-Back Registration first , the securities the Company proposes to register and second , the securities of all other selling security holders, including the Participating Piggy-Back Holders, in a principal amount which together with the securities the Company proposes to register, shall not exceed the Piggy-Back Maximum Number, such amount to be allocated among such selling security holders on a pro rata basis (based on the principal amount of debt securities of the Company held by each such selling security holder); and
     (ii). in the event any holder of debt securities of the Company other than Transfer Restricted Securities initiated the Piggy-Back Registration, the Company shall include in such Piggy-Back Registration first , the securities such initiating security holder proposes to register, second , the securities of any other selling security holders (including Participating Piggy-Back Holders), in a principal amount which together with the securities the initiating security holder proposes to register, shall not exceed the Piggy-Back Maximum Number, such principal amount to be allocated among such other selling security holders on a pro rata basis (based on the principal amount of debt securities of the Company held by each such selling security holder) and third , any debt securities the Company proposes to register, in a principal amount which together with the securities the initiating security holder and the other selling security holders propose to register, shall not exceed the Piggy-Back Maximum Number.
     5.4. Subject to Section 6 hereof, nothing in this Section 5 shall create any liability on the part of the Company to the Holders if the Company in its sole discretion should decide not to file a registration statement proposed to be filed pursuant to this Section or to withdraw such registration statement subsequent to its filing and prior to the later of its effectiveness or the release of the Transfer Restricted Securities for public offering by the managing underwriter, in the case of an underwritten public offering,

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regardless of any action whatsoever that a Holder may have taken, whether as a result of the issuance by the Company of any notice hereunder or otherwise.
SECTION 6.
ADDITIONAL INTEREST
     If (i) either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement required by Sections 3 and 4 are not filed with the SEC on or prior to the date specified for such filing in this Agreement, (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not been declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in this Agreement (the “ Effectiveness Target Date ”), (iii) unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or SEC policy, the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated (except with respect to Non-Eligible Notes) within 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (iv) any Registration Statement required by Sections 3 and 4 is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose (except as a result of a Suspension Notice for a period not to exceed that permitted by Section 7(d) below) without being succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared effective within 30 days after filing (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “ Registration Default ”), the Company hereby agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default and shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such increase exceed 1.00% per annum in the aggregate for all Registration Defaults (“ Additional Interest ”). Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any Transfer Restricted Securities (or at such time as any Note ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security), Additional Interest payable with respect to the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will cease; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions.
     All obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such Note shall have been satisfied in full.
     All accrued Additional Interest shall be paid to the Record Holders entitled thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on each Additional Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the Initial Notes.
     The obligation of the Company to pay Additional Interest in the case of any Registration Default shall be the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of the Initial Purchasers and the Holders for any such Registration Default.
SECTION 7.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
     7.1. Exchange Offer Registration Statement
          (a) In connection with each Exchange Offer, the Company shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 7.3 below and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer Initial

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Notes that such Broker-Dealers acquired for their own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof.
          (b) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and (D) if such Holder is a Broker-Dealer, it has acquired the Exchange Notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder will be required to acknowledge and agree that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under SEC policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the SEC enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the SEC’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which may include any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Notes acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.
     7.2. Shelf Registration Statement
     In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply with all the provisions of Section 7.3 below and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will as expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof.
     7.3. General Provisions
     In connection with any Registration Statement (except such subsections that specifically apply to only certain Registration Statements) and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Notes by Broker-Dealers), the Company shall:
          (a) except during a Suspension Period and except as otherwise provided in Section 5.4, use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3, 4 or 5 of this Agreement (except as otherwise provided herein), as applicable (subject to Section 7.4 below); upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be

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stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purposes as soon as practicable thereafter;
          (b) except during a Suspension Period, prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 and 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
          (c) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, advise the underwriters, if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, confirm such advice in writing, (1) when the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (2) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, or (3) except during a Suspension Period, of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in such Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in such Registration Statement or the Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein in the circumstances in which they were made not misleading. If at any time the SEC shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;
          (d) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and each of the underwriters, if any, before filing with the SEC, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement) or any Free Writing Prospectus, which documents will be subject to the review of such Holders and underwriters in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing) to which an Initial Purchaser of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or

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the underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the receipt thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission within such period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement or Free Writing Prospectus, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading;
          (e) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and to the underwriters, if any, make available representatives of the Company for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such selling Holders or underwriters, if any, reasonably may request;
          (f) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, any managing underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriters, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness;
          (g) except during a Suspension Period, if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and underwriters, if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriters, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
          (h) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, furnish to each selling Holder, each Broker-Dealer that holds Notes and each of the underwriters, if any, without charge, at least one copy of such Registration Statement, as first filed with the SEC, and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);
          (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, deliver to each selling Holder, each Broker-Dealer that holds Notes and each of the underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; the Company hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by the Company and filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

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          (j) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, enter into such commercially reasonable agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and make such customary representations and warranties, and take all such other commercially reasonable actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement as contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be reasonably requested by any Initial Purchaser or by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Company shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement:
(A)   furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:
  (1)   a certificate, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, signed by (y) the President or any Vice President and (z) a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, confirming, as of the date thereof, (i) that no Material Adverse Effect has occurred, (ii) that the representations and warranties made by the Company in the Note Purchase Agreement are true and correct with the same effect as though expressly made on such date, and (iii) the Company has complied with all covenants and agreement on its part to be performed or complied with prior to such date, and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request;
 
  (2)   an opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement of counsel for the Company, covering matters as such Initial Purchasers may reasonably request, and in any event including a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company, the selling Holders’ representatives and the selling Holders’ counsel in connection with the preparation of such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and has considered the matters required to be stated therein and the statements contained therein, although such counsel has not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts came to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that the Shelf Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement as of its date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and
 
  (3)   in the case of an underwriter, a customary comfort letter, dated as of the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement from the Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings;

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(B)   set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and procedures of Section 9 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and
 
(C)   deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company pursuant to this clause (x), if any.
     If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company contemplated in clause (A)(1) above cease to be true and correct, the Company shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriters, if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing;
     (k) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriters may request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however , that the Company shall not be required to (A) register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not then so qualified, (B) make any changes to its organizational documents or (C) take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to such Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;
     (l) shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Notes covered by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, Exchange Notes, having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Notes to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchasers of such Notes, as the case may be; in return, the Initial Notes held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation;
     (m) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or Piggy-Back Registration Statement, cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriters, if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such underwriters;
     (n) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in clause (viii) above;
     (o) except during a Suspension Period, if any fact or event contemplated by clause (c)(iii)(C) above shall exist or have occurred, (i) prepare a supplement or post-effective

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amendment to such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any documents incorporated therein by reference or (ii) file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, neither the Prospectus nor any document incorporated by reference therein will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading;
     (p) provide a CUSIP number for all registered Securities not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the registered Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary Trust Company;
     (q) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and approved by such governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the Holders selling Transfer Restricted Securities to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities;
     (r) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of such Registration Statement; and
     (s) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Notes to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.
     Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 7.3(c)(3) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 7.3(o) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “ Advice ”) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended (but not beyond the date on which all Broker-Dealers are no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading

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activities (in the case of Section 3) or the date when all the Notes covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement or are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) (in the case of Section 4)) by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 7.3(c)(3) hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 7.3(o) hereof or shall have received the Advice. Each Holder further agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that it will not, without, in each case, the prior written consent of the Company, use, authorize use of, refer to, participate in the planning for use of, any Free Writing Prospectus in connection with the offer or sale of any Notes.
     7.4. The Company will have the ability to withdraw, delay the filing of or suspend any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed and kept effective pursuant this Agreement (a “ Suspension Period ”), if the Company’s Board of Directors determines, in their reasonable business judgment, upon advice of counsel, that the filing, continued effectiveness or use of such Registration Statement would require the disclosure of confidential information or interfere with any financing, acquisition, reorganization or other material transaction involving the Company. A Suspension Period shall commence on and include the date that the Company gives notice that of the Board of Directors’ determination with respect to such Registration Statement would cause material is no longer effective or the Prospectus included therein is no longer usable for offers and sales of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement and continue until holders of such Transfer Restricted Securities either receive the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 7.3 above or are advised in writing by the Company that use of the Prospectus may be resumed. The Company will not be permitted to exercise its rights under this paragraph more than twice in any twelve-month period with respect to the Notes, and any such suspensions with respect to the Notes may not exceed 90 days in the aggregate during any twelve month period. If the Company shall so postpone the filing of a Registration Statement, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities to be registered shall have the right to withdraw the request for registration by giving written notice from the Holders of a majority of the Transfer Restricted Securities that were to be registered to the Company within 45 days after receipt of the notice of postponement or, if earlier, the termination of such Suspension Period (and, in the event of such withdrawal, such request shall not be counted for purposes of determining the number of requests for registration to which the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities are entitled pursuant to this Agreement). If such Registration Statement is withdrawn, upon receipt of any notice of a Suspension Period, the Holders shall forthwith discontinue use of the prospectus contained in such Registration Statement and, if so directed by the Company, such Holders shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies, of the prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
SECTION 8.
REGISTRATION EXPENSES
     8.1. All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser or Holder with the NASD (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of the NASD)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offers and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and, subject to Section 8.2 below, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Notes on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the

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requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance). Additionally, if the Company files an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement and does not pay the filing fee covering the Transfer Restricted Securities at the time the Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is filed, the Company agrees to pay such fee at such time or times as the Transfer Restricted Securities are to be sold.
     The Company will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company.
     8.2. In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being registered pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Shelf Registration Statement is being prepared. In connection with any Piggy Back Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the Company will pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Holders, which may be the same counsel as counsel for the Company.
SECTION 9.
INDEMNIFICATION
     9.1. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “ controlling person ”) and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder or any controlling person (any person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be referred to as an “ Indemnified Holder ”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including without limitation and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, directly or indirectly caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Free Writing Prospectus prepared by the Company and filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (x) are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein or (y) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Free Writing Prospectus used or distributed by any Holder, agent or underwriter without the prior written consent of the Company. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
     In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company in writing ( provided , that the

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failure to give such notice shall not relieve the Company of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement). Such Indemnified Holder shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid, as incurred, by the Company (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Holder is not entitled to indemnification hereunder). The Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be designated by the Holders. The Company shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected with the Company’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding.
     9.2. Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers of the Company who sign a Registration Statement, and any person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such person (each a “ Company Indemnified Person ”), to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to claims and actions based on information (i) relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement or (ii) contained in a Free Writing Prospectus used or distributed by such Holder without the prior written consent of the Company. If any action or proceeding shall be brought against a Company Indemnified Person for which such Company Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification from a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities under this paragraph 9.2 (i) such Holder shall have the same rights and duties given to the Company in paragraph 9.1 above and (ii) such Company Indemnified Party shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder in paragraph 9.1 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the liability of any Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of proceeds (net of payment of all expenses) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
     9.3. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company or such other Company Indemnified Party, as applicable, on the one hand, and of the Indemnified Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company or such other Company Indemnified Party, as applicable, on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or such other

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Company Indemnified Party or by the Indemnified Holder and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9.2 and the second paragraph of Section 9.1, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.
     The Company and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9.3 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9.3 are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Notes held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the liability of any Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of proceeds (net of payment of all expenses) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
SECTION 10.
PARTICIPATION IN UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS
     No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
SECTION 11.
SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS
     The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided , that such investment bankers and managers must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
SECTION 12.
MISCELLANEOUS
     12.1. Remedies
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Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
     12.2. No Inconsistent Agreements
     The Company will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
     12.3. Adjustments Affecting the Notes
     The Company will not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Notes that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer.
     12.4. Amendments and Waivers
     The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities affected thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to an Exchange Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective.
     12.5. Notices
     All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
  (i)   if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and
 
  (ii)   if to the Company:
 
      MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., 1550 Utica Avenue South
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Facsimile No.: (952) 591-3865
Attention: Chief Financial Officer

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      With a copy to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Citigroup Center
 
      153 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022-4611,
Facsimile No.: (212) 446-6600
Attention: Ashley Gregory, Esq.
     All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.
     Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.
     12.6. Successors and Assigns
     This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however , that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder and not in violation of the terms of this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement or the Indenture.
     12.7. Counterparts
     This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
     12.8. Headings
     The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
     12.9. Governing Law
     THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     12.10. Severability
     In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

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     12.11. Entire Agreement
     This Agreement together with the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
[Signature Page Follows]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
         
  MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS
WORLDWIDE, INC.

 
 
  By:  /s/  David J. Parrin    
           
      Name:  David J. Parrin    
      Title:  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
  MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
  By:  /s/  David J. Parrin    
           
      Name:  David J. Parrin    
      Title:  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
  MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
 
 
  By:  /s/  David J. Parrin    
           
      Name:  David J. Parrin    
      Title:  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
  MONEYGRAM INVESTMENTS, LLC
 
 
  By:  /s/  David J. Parrin    
         
      Name:  David J. Parrin    
      Title:  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
  FSMC, INC.
 
 
  By:  /s/  David J. Parrin    
         
          

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Name:
       
Title:
       
 
       
PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ David J. Parrin    
 
       
Name:
  David J. Parrin    
Title:
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
       
MONEYGRAM OF NEW YORK LLC    
 
       
By:
  /s/ David J. Parrin    
 
       
Name:
  David J. Parrin    
Title:
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
       
By:
  /s/ David J. Parrin    
 
       
Name:
  David J. Parrin    
Title:
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    

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     The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:
         
GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.    
 
       
By:
  /s/  Bradley Gross    
 
       
Name:
  Bradley Gross    
Title:
  Managing Director and Vice President    
 
       
GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.    
 
       
By:
  /s/  Bradley Gross    
 
       
Name:
  Bradley Gross    
Title:
  Managing Director and Vice President    
 
       
GSMP V INSTITUTIONAL US, LTD.    
 
       
By:
  /s/  Bradley Gross    
 
       
Name:
  Bradley Gross    
Title:
  Managing Director and Vice President    

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Exhibit 10.1
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
MANAGEMENT AND LINE OF BUSINESS INCENTIVE PLAN
As Amended and Restated March 24, 2008
     Section 1. Purpose . The purpose of the Plan is to provide key executives of the Corporation and its subsidiaries with an incentive to achieve goals as set forth under the Plan for each Plan Year for the Corporation and/or their respective line of business and to provide effective management and leadership to that end. The Plan will provide key executives incentive bonuses based upon performance measurements determined by the Committee. Awards to Executive Officers pursuant to the Plan are “Performance Awards” as defined in, and are granted under and subject to the terms of, the 2005 Omnibus Plan.
     Section 2. Definitions . The following definitions are applicable to the Plan:
     “2005 Omnibus Plan” shall mean the MoneyGram International, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.
     “Affiliate” shall mean any “Parent Corporation” or “Subsidiary Corporation” of the Corporation as such terms are defined in Section 425(e) and (f), or the successor provisions, if any, respectively, of the Code.
     “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
     “Change of Control” shall mean any of the following events:
  (a)   An acquisition by an individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either: (1) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation (the “Outstanding Corporation Common Stock”) or (2) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities”); excluding, however the following:
  (A)   any acquisition directly from the Corporation or any entity controlled by the Corporation other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired directly from the Corporation or any entity controlled by the Corporation,
  (B)   any acquisition by the Corporation, or any entity controlled by the Corporation,
  (C)   any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or any entity controlled by the Corporation or


 

  (D)   any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section (c) below; or
  (b)   A change in the composition of the Board such that the individuals who, as of the effective date of the Plan, constitute the Board (such Board shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided , however , for purposes of this Section (b) that any individual, who becomes a member of the Board subsequent to the effective date of the Plan, whose election, or nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board, (or deemed to be such pursuant to this proviso) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; but provided further , that any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board shall not be so considered as a member of the Incumbent Board, or
  (c)   Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (a “Corporate Transaction”) excluding, however, such a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock and Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction (the “Prior Stockholders”) beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of Common Stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the Corporation or other entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation or other entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Corporation or all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock and Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (other than the Corporation or any entity controlled by the Corporation, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation or any entity controlled by the Corporation or such corporation or other entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction) will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation or other entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation or such other entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Corporate Transaction and (3) individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; and further excluding any disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation pursuant to a spin-off, split-up or similar transaction (a


 

      “Spin-off”) if, immediately following the Spin-off, the Prior Stockholders beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 80% of the outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of both entities resulting from such transaction, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such transaction, of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock and Outstanding Corporation Voting Securities, respectively; provided , that if another Corporate Transaction involving the Corporation occurs in connection with or following a Spin-off, such Corporate Transaction shall be analyzed separately for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred;
  (d)   The approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.
     “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or its successor general income tax law of the United States.
     “Committee” shall mean the Human Resources Committee of the Board or any successor committee of the Board designated by the Board to administer the Plan. Each member of the Committee shall be an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
     “Common Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation.
     “Company” shall mean each line of business or corporate group listed below:
      Global Funds Transfer
Payment Systems
MoneyGram International, Inc. Corporate Staff
The Corporation may, by action of the Board or the Committee, add or remove lines of business or corporate groups included in the definition of “Company” from time to time.
     “Corporation” shall mean MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor corporation.
     “Disability” shall mean a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which: (i) renders the individual incapable of performing the essential functions of his or her job responsibilities at the Corporation or its Affiliates and incapable of holding any job at the Corporation or its Affiliates which qualifies him or her for participation in the Plan, (ii) can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, and (iii) is evidenced by a certification to this effect by a doctor of medicine approved by the Corporation.
     “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “Executive Officers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.


 

     “Participant” shall mean any employee of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates who is selected for participation in the Plan pursuant to Section 3.
     “Performance Goal” shall have the meaning given that term in the 2005 Omnibus Plan.
     “Plan” shall mean this Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Management and Line of Business Incentive Plan, as may be further amended from time to time.
     “Plan Year” shall mean a calendar year.
     “Retirement” shall mean a Participant’s voluntary termination of employment upon attaining age 55 or older and completion of at least ten (10) years of service with the Corporation or its Affiliates.
     Section 3. Participant Eligibility . The Committee will select the Executive Officers who shall be Participants for any Plan Year no later than 90 days after the beginning of the Plan Year. Other personnel will become Participants if and as selected by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. Individuals not qualifying under the criteria established for the Plan Year who were included in the previous Plan Year will be grandfathered (continue as qualified Participants until retirement, reassignment, or termination of employment) if designated and approved by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
     Section 4. Annual Funding Limit and Awards for Executive Officers . A funding limit for each Plan Year, based on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals, shall be established by the Committee for each Executive Officer no later than 90 days after the beginning of the Plan Year; provided that the funding limit for any Executive Officer may not exceed the limit on Performance Awards under the 2005 Omnibus Plan. Awards paid under this Plan to any Executive Officer for any Plan Year shall not exceed the funding limit for such Executive Officer. However, the Committee may in its discretion determine that the award paid under this Plan to any Executive Officer shall be less than the funding limit for such Executive Officer, based on the level of achievement of one or more Performance Goals established for such Executive Officer or any other factor deemed relevant by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided that any Performance Goals established pursuant to this sentence need not be established, and any other determination by the Committee pursuant to this sentence need not be made, within 90 days after the beginning of the Plan Year.
     Section 5. Awards for Other Participants . Participants who are not Executive Officers may earn awards based on the level of achievement of one or more Performance Goals established for such Participants or any other factor deemed relevant by the Committee in its sole discretion.
     Section 6. Repayment Provisions .
  (a)   Non-Compete . Unless a Change of Control shall have occurred after the date hereof:
  (1)   In order to better protect the goodwill of the Corporation and its Affiliates and to prevent the disclosure of the Corporation’s or its Affiliates’ trade secrets and confidential information and thereby help ensure the long-term success of their respective


 

      businesses, each Participant in the Plan, without prior written consent of the Corporation, will not engage in any activity or provide any services, whether as a director, manager, supervisor, employee, adviser, agent, consultant, owner of more than five percent of any enterprise or otherwise, for a period of two years following the date of such Participant’s termination of employment with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, in connection with the manufacture, development, advertising, promotion, design, or sale of any service or product which is the same as or similar to or competitive with any services or products of the Corporation or its Affiliates (including both existing services or products as well as services or products known to such Participant, as a consequence of such Participant’s employment with the Corporation or one of its Affiliates, to be in development):
  (A)   with respect to which such Participant’s work has been directly concerned at any time during the two years preceding termination of employment with the Corporation or one of its Affiliates, or
  (B)   with respect to which during that period of time such Participant, as a consequence of Participant’s job performance and duties, acquired knowledge of trade secrets or other confidential information of the Corporation or its Affiliates.
  (2)   For purposes of the provisions of Section 6(a), it shall be conclusively presumed that a Participant in the Plan has knowledge of information he or she was directly exposed to through actual receipt or review of memos or documents containing such information, or through actual attendance at meetings at which such information was discussed or disclosed.
  (3)   If, at any time within two years following the date of a Participant’s termination of employment with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, such Participant engages in any conduct agreed to be avoided in accordance with Section 6(a), then all bonuses paid under the Plan to such Participant during the last 12 months of employment shall be returned or otherwise repaid by such Participant to the Corporation. Participants in the Plan consent to the deduction from any amounts the Corporation or any of its Affiliates owes to such Participants to the extent of the amounts such Participants owe the Corporation hereunder.
  (b)   Misconduct . Unless a Change of Control shall have occurred after the date hereof, all bonuses paid for the 2003 Plan Year and thereafter under the Plan to any Participant shall be returned or otherwise repaid by such Participant to the Corporation if the Corporation reasonably determines that during a Participant’s employment with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates:
  (A)   such Participant knowingly participated in misconduct that causes a misstatement of the financial statements of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates or misconduct which represents a material violation of any code of ethics of the Corporation applicable to such Participant or of the compliance program or similar program of the Corporation; or


 

  (B)   such Participant was aware of and failed to report, as required by any code of ethics of the Corporation applicable to such Participant or by the Always Honest compliance program or similar program of the Corporation, misconduct that causes a misstatement of the financial statements of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates or misconduct which represents a material violation of any code of ethics of the Corporation applicable to such Participant or of the Always Honest compliance program or similar program of the Corporation.
         Participants in the Plan consent to the deduction from any amounts the Corporation or any of its Affiliates owes to such Participants to the extent of the amounts such Participants owe the Corporation hereunder.
  (c)   Acts Contrary to the Corporation . Unless a Change of Control shall have occurred after the date hereof, if the Corporation reasonably determines that at any time within two years after the award of any bonus under the Plan to a Participant that such Participant has acted significantly contrary to the best interests of the Corporation, including, but not limited to, any direct or indirect intentional disparagement of the Corporation, then any bonus paid under the Plan to such Participant during the prior two-year period shall be returned or otherwise repaid by the Participant to the Corporation. Participants in the Plan consent to the deduction from any amounts the Corporation or any of its Affiliates owes to such Participants to the extent of the amounts such Participants owe the Corporation hereunder.
  (d)   Reasonable Determination . The Corporation’s reasonable determination required under Sections 6(b) and 6(c) shall be made by the Committee, in the case of Executive Officers of the Corporation, and by the President and Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel of the Corporation, in the case of all other personnel.
     Section 7. Special Achievement Awards . Special bonuses of up to 15% of base salary for exceptional performance to employees (primarily exempt employees) who are not Participants in the Plan, including newly hired employees, may be recommended at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer to the Committee.
     Section 8. Approval and Distribution . The individual incentive bonus amounts and the terms of payment thereof will be fixed following the close of the Plan Year by the Committee, with such de minimis, administrative changes not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate per year, as the President and Chief Executive Officer may approve for amounts paid to participants who are not Executive Officers of the Corporation. All amounts payable to Participants under the Plan shall be paid following Committee approval within 75 days following the close of the Plan Year. The Committee shall certify in writing that the Performance Goals for each Participant have been met prior to payment of bonus awards to the extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code.


 

     Section 9. Compensation Advisory Committee . The Compensation Advisory Committee is appointed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation to assist the Committee in the implementation and administration of the Plan. The Compensation Advisory Committee shall propose administrative guidelines to the Committee to govern interpretations of the Plan and to resolve ambiguities, if any, but the Compensation Advisory Committee will not have the power to terminate, alter, amend, or modify the Plan or any actions hereunder in any way at any time.
     Section 10. Special Compensation Status . All bonuses paid under the Plan shall be deemed to be special compensation and, therefore, unless otherwise provided for in another plan or agreement, will not be included in determining the earnings of the recipients for the purposes of any pension, group insurance or other plan or agreement of the Corporation. Participants in the Plan shall not be eligible for any contractual or other short-term (sales, productivity, etc.) incentive plan except in those cases where participation is weighted between the Plan and any such other short-term incentive plan.
     Section 11. Deferrals . Amounts awarded under this Plan may be deferred pursuant to the MoneyGram International, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Deferred Compensation Plan”). The Board may, in its sole discretion, elect to amend, terminate or freeze the Deferred Compensation Plan or other plans at some point in the future.
     Section 12. Plan Termination . The Plan shall continue in effect until such time as it may be canceled or otherwise terminated by action of the Board and will not become effective with respect to any Company unless and until the Board or the Committee adopts a specific plan for such Company. The Board may terminate, amend, alter, or modify the Plan at any time and from time to time. Participation in the Plan for any Plan Year shall not create any right to participate in the Plan for any subsequent Plan Year.
     Section 13. Employee Rights . No Participant in the Plan shall be deemed to have a right to any part or share of the Plan, except as provided in Section 14. The Plan does not create for any employee or Participant any right to be retained in service by the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, nor affect the right of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates to discharge any employee or Participant from employment. Except as provided for in administrative guidelines and as otherwise provided in this Plan, a Participant who is not an employee of the Corporation or one of its Affiliates on the date awards under this Plan are paid will not receive such an award.
     Section 14. Effect of Change of Control . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, in the event of a Change of Control each Participant in the Plan shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus award calculated on the basis of achievement of Performance Goals through the date of the Change of Control.
     Section 15. Effect of Retirement, Death and Disability . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, in the event of a Participant’s termination of employment during a Plan Year due to Retirement, death or Disability, the Participant shall be eligible to receive a bonus award if bonus awards are paid by the Corporation, the amount of which shall be prorated for the period of time from the first day on which the Participant is eligible to participate in the Plan for the applicable Plan Year to the date of Retirement or termination of employment due to


 

death or Disability, as the case may be. Any bonus award paid pursuant to this Section shall be paid at the time all other bonus awards are paid. A deceased Participant’s bonus award shall be payable to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the Participant on forms furnished and filed with the Corporation. In the absence of a designation or if such designation fails, such benefit shall be payable in accordance with the rules for beneficiaries under the MoneyGram International, Inc. 401(k) Plan.
     Section 16. Relationship to 2005 Omnibus Plan . Bonus awards made under the Plan will be subject to and governed by the 2005 Omnibus Plan.
     Section 17. Effective Date . The Plan was originally effective June 30, 2004. The latest amendment and restatement of the Plan shall be effective March 24, 2008.
ADOPTED: JUNE 30, 2004
AMENDED: FEBRUARY 17, 2005
AMENDED NOVEMBER 17, 2005
AMENDED AND RESTATED: FEBRUARY 15, 2007
AMENDED AND RESTATED MAY 9, 2007
AMENDED AND RESTATED MARCH 24, 2008

 

Exhibit 10.2
 
 
$600,000,000
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF MARCH 25, 2008
AMONG
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.,
THE LENDERS,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
 
 
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
AS LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOK RUNNER

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page  
 
           
ARTICLE I
  DEFINITIONS     1  
Section 1.1
  Definitions     1  
Section 1.2
  Terms Generally     35  
Section 1.3
  Rounding     35  
Section 1.4
  Times of Day     35  
Section 1.5
  Timing of Payment or Performance     35  
Section 1.6
  Accounting     35  
Section 1.7
  Pro Forma Calculations     36  
 
           
ARTICLE II
  THE CREDITS     37  
Section 2.1
  Term Loans     37  
Section 2.2
  Term Loan Repayment     37  
Section 2.3
  Revolving Credit Commitments     38  
Section 2.4
  Other Required Payments     38  
Section 2.5
  Ratable Loans     38  
Section 2.6
  Types of Advances     38  
Section 2.7
  Swing Line Loans     38  
Section 2.8
  Commitment Fee; Reductions and Increases in Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment     40  
Section 2.9
  Minimum Amount of Each Advance     42  
Section 2.10
  Optional and Mandatory Principal Payments     42  
Section 2.11
  Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for New Advances     44  
Section 2.12
  Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances     45  
Section 2.13
  Changes in Interest Rate, etc.     45  
Section 2.14
  Rates Applicable After Default     46  
Section 2.15
  Method of Payment     46  
Section 2.16
  Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness     46  
Section 2.17
  Telephonic Notices     47  
Section 2.18
  Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis     47  
Section 2.19
  Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Revolving Credit Commitment Reductions     47  
Section 2.20
  Lending Installations     48  
Section 2.21
  Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent     48  
Section 2.22
  Letters of Credit     48  
Section 2.23
  Replacement of Lender     53  
Section 2.24
  Pro Rata Treatment; Intercreditor Agreements     54  
 
           
ARTICLE III
  YIELD PROTECTION; TAXES     56  
Section 3.1
  Yield Protection     56  
Section 3.2
  Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations     57  
Section 3.3
  Availability of Types of Advances     57  
Section 3.4
  Funding Indemnification     58  
Section 3.5
  Taxes     58  
Section 3.6
  Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity     61  

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ARTICLE IV
  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT     61  
Section 4.1
  Effectiveness and Closing Conditions     61  
Section 4.2
  Each Subsequent Credit Extension     65  
 
           
ARTICLE V
  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES     65  
Section 5.1
  Existence and Standing     65  
Section 5.2
  Authorization and Validity     65  
Section 5.3
  No Conflict; Government Consent     66  
Section 5.4
  Financial Statements     67  
Section 5.5
  Material Adverse Change     67  
Section 5.6
  Taxes     67  
Section 5.7
  Litigation     67  
Section 5.8
  Subsidiaries; Capitalization     67  
Section 5.9
  ERISA; Labor Matters     67  
Section 5.10
  Accuracy of Information     68  
Section 5.11
  Regulation U     69  
Section 5.12
  Compliance With Laws     69  
Section 5.13
  Ownership of Properties     69  
Section 5.14
  Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions     69  
Section 5.15
  Environmental Matters     69  
Section 5.16
  Investment Company Act     69  
Section 5.17
  Solvency     69  
Section 5.18
  Intellectual Property     70  
Section 5.19
  Collateral     70  
 
           
ARTICLE VI
  COVENANTS     71  
Section 6.1
  Financial Reporting     71  
Section 6.2
  Use of Proceeds     73  
Section 6.3
  Notice of Default     73  
Section 6.4
  Conduct of Business     73  
Section 6.5
  Taxes     73  
Section 6.6
  Insurance     73  
Section 6.7
  Compliance with Laws     74  
Section 6.8
  Maintenance of Properties     74  
Section 6.9
  Inspection     74  
Section 6.10
  Restricted Payments     74  
Section 6.11
  Indebtedness     78  
Section 6.12
  Merger     82  
Section 6.13
  Sale of Assets     84  
Section 6.14
  Investments and Acquisitions     85  
Section 6.15
  Liens     88  
Section 6.16
  Affiliates     91  
Section 6.17
  Amendments to Agreements; Prepayments of Second Lien Debt     92  
Section 6.18
  Inconsistent Agreements     93  
Section 6.19
  Financial Covenants     94  
Section 6.20
  Minimum Liquidity Ratio     96  
Section 6.21
  Subsidiary Guarantees     96  

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        Page  
 
           
Section 6.22
  Collateral     97  
Section 6.23
  Holdco Covenant     97  
 
           
ARTICLE VII
  DEFAULTS     98  
Section 7.1
  Representation or Warranty     98  
Section 7.2
  Non-Payment     98  
Section 7.3
  Specific Defaults     98  
Section 7.4
  Other Defaults     98  
Section 7.5
  Cross-Default     98  
Section 7.6
  Insolvency; Voluntary Proceedings     98  
Section 7.7
  Involuntary Proceedings     99  
Section 7.8
  Judgments     99  
Section 7.9
  Unfunded Liabilities; Reportable Event     99  
Section 7.10
  Change in Control     99  
Section 7.11
  Withdrawal Liability     99  
Section 7.12
  Guaranty     99  
Section 7.13
  Collateral Documents     99  
Section 7.14
  Events Not Constituting Default     99  
 
           
ARTICLE VIII
  ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES     101  
Section 8.1
  Acceleration     101  
Section 8.2
  Amendments     101  
Section 8.3
  Replacement Loans     102  
Section 8.4
  Errors     103  
Section 8.5
  Preservation of Rights     103  
 
           
ARTICLE IX
  GENERAL PROVISIONS     104  
Section 9.1
  Survival of Representations     104  
Section 9.2
  Governmental Regulation     104  
Section 9.3
  Headings     104  
Section 9.4
  Entire Agreement     104  
Section 9.5
  Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement     104  
Section 9.6
  Expenses; Indemnification     104  
Section 9.7
  Severability of Provisions     105  
Section 9.8
  Nonliability of Lenders     105  
Section 9.9
  Confidentiality     106  
Section 9.10
  Nonreliance     107  
Section 9.11
  Disclosure     107  
Section 9.12
  USA PATRIOT Act     107  
Section 9.13
  Amendment and Restatement; Prior Defaults     107  
 
           
ARTICLE X
  THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT     108  
Section 10.1
  Appointment; Nature of Relationship     108  
Section 10.2
  Powers     108  
Section 10.3
  General Immunity     108  
Section 10.4
  No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc     108  
Section 10.5
  Action on Instructions of Lenders     109  

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Section 10.6
  Employment of Administrative Agents and Counsel     109  
Section 10.7
  Reliance on Documents; Counsel     109  
Section 10.8
  Administrative Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification     109  
Section 10.9
  Notice of Default     110  
Section 10.10
  Rights as a Lender     110  
Section 10.11
  Lender Credit Decision     110  
Section 10.12
  Successor Administrative Agent     111  
Section 10.13
  Administrative Agent and Arranger Fees     111  
Section 10.14
  Delegation to Affiliates     112  
Section 10.15
  Co-Documentation Agents, Co-Syndication Agents, etc     112  
Section 10.16
  Appointment of Collateral Agent     112  
Section 10.17
  Certain Releases of Collateral and Guarantors     112  
Section 10.18
  Intercreditor Agreement     112  
 
           
ARTICLE XI
  SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS     113  
Section 11.1
  Setoff     113  
Section 11.2
  Ratable Payments     113  
 
           
ARTICLE XII
  BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS     113  
Section 12.1
  Successors and Assigns     113  
Section 12.2
  Dissemination of Information     118  
Section 12.3
  Tax Treatment     118  
 
           
ARTICLE XIII
  NOTICES     118  
Section 13.1
  Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication     118  
 
           
ARTICLE XIV
  COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC EXECUTION     120  
Section 14.1
  Counterparts; Effectiveness     120  
Section 14.2
  Electronic Execution of Assignments     120  
 
           
ARTICLE XV
  CHOICE OF LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL     120  
Section 15.1
  CHOICE OF LAW     120  
Section 15.2
  CONSENT TO JURISDICTION     120  
Section 15.3
  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL     121  

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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
         
Schedules
Commitment Schedule
       
Schedule 1
    Scheduled Restricted Investments (Section 1.1)/Specified Securities (Section 1.1)
Schedule 2.22
    Outstanding Letters of Credit (Section 2.22)
Schedule 5.8
    Subsidiaries (Section 5.8)
Schedule 5.13
    Ownership of Properties (Section 5.13)
Schedule 6.11
    Existing Indebtedness (Section 6.11)
Schedule 6.13
    Investment Writedowns (Section 6.13)
Schedule 6.14(viii)
    Existing Investments (Section 6.14(viii))
Schedule 6.14(xx)
    Certain Acquisitions (Section 6.14(xx))
Schedule 6.15
    Existing Liens (Section 6.15)
Schedule 6.16
    Existing Affiliate Transactions (Section 6.16)
 
       
Exhibits
Exhibit A
    Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit B-1
    Form of Term A Note
Exhibit B-2
    Form of Term B Note
Exhibit C
    Form of Swing Line Note
Exhibit D
    Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit E
    Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit F
    Form of Intercreditor Agreement

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
     This Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, is among MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdco ”), MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as LC Issuer, as the Swing Line Lender, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent.
R E C I T A L S
     A. Holdco, the Administrative Agent and the financial institutions so designated on the Commitment Schedule (the “ Existing Lenders ”) are party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 29, 2005 (as previously amended, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”).
     B. Holdco, the Administrative Agent and the Existing Lenders wish to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth below to extend the Facility Termination Date, to add a new tranche of term loans, and to make the other changes evidenced hereby.
     C. MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc. wishes to become a party to this Agreement as the “Borrower” hereunder and to accept and assume all of the rights and the obligations of the “Borrower”. Each financial institution so designated on the Commitment Schedule wishes to become a Lender party to this Agreement and to accept and assume all the rights and obligations of a “Lender” with a Term B Loan.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements made herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Holdco, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby agree, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, that the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
     Section 1.1 Definitions . As used in this Agreement:
     “ Accounts Receivable ” means net accounts receivable as reflected on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
     “ Acquisition ” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or limited liability company, or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of directors (other than

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securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited liability company.
     “ Act ” is defined in Section 9.12.
     “ Administrative Agent ” means JPMCB in its capacity as administrative agent of the Lenders pursuant to Article X, and not in its individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Article X.
     “ Administrative Questionnaire ” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
     “ Advance ” means an advance of funds hereunder, (i) made by the applicable Lenders on the same Borrowing Date, or (ii) converted or continued by the applicable Lenders on the same date of conversion or continuation, consisting, in either case, of the aggregate amount of the several Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, for the same Interest Period. The term “Advance” shall include Swing Line Loans unless otherwise expressly provided.
     “ Affected Lender ” is defined in Section 2.23.
     “ Affiliate ” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person owns 10% or more of any class of voting securities (or other ownership interests) of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise; provided , that, in no event shall any of GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd. and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd. (“ GSMP ”) and their Subsidiaries and other Persons engaged primarily in the investment of mezzanine securities that directly or indirectly are controlled by, or under common control with, the same investment adviser as GSMP (collectively, “ GS Mezzanine Entities ”) or THL Credit Partners, L.P. or its Affiliates (collectively, the “ THL Credit Entities ”), solely in the capacity of such GS Mezzanine Entity or THL Credit Entity as a holder of Second Lien Indebtedness, be deemed to control Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries for any purposes under this Credit Agreement.
     “ Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate of the Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure of all the Lenders.
     “ Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment ” means the aggregate of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders, as reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment as of the date hereof is $250,000,000.
     “ Aggregate Term B Loan Commitment ” means the aggregate of the Term B Loan Commitments of all the Lenders. The Aggregate Term B Loan Commitment is $250,000,000.

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     “ Agreement ” means this credit agreement, as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
     “ Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the higher of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (ii) the sum of the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day plus 1/2% per annum. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
     “ Applicable Margin ” means (i) with respect to any Revolving Credit Advance which is a Floating Rate Advance and any portion of the Term A Loan which bears interest at the Floating Rate, 2.50% per annum, (ii) with respect to any portion of the Term B Loan which bears interest at the Floating Rate, 4.00% per annum, (iii) with respect to any Revolving Credit Advance which is a Eurodollar Advance and any portion of the Term A Loan which bears interest at the Eurodollar Rate, 3.50% per annum, (iv) with respect to any portion of the Term B Loan which bears interest at the Eurodollar Rate, 5.00% per annum and (v) with respect to any Swing Line Loan, 2.50% per annum.
     “ Approved Fund ” is defined in Section 12.1(ii).
     “ Arranger ” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and its successors, in its capacities as Lead Arranger and Sole Book Runner.
     “ Assignee ” is defined in Section 12.1(ii)(A).
     “ Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 12.1) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
     “ Authorized Officer ” means any of the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of the Borrower, acting singly.
     “ Basket Amount ” means, at any time, the sum of:
     (i) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the first day of the first fiscal quarter following the Effective Date to the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at such time or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit (it being understood that gains from the sale or other disposition of Specified Securities are disregarded in the computation of Consolidated Net Income); plus
     (ii) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash contributed to the common equity capital of the Borrower following the Effective Date (other than by a Borrower Subsidiary); plus

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     (iii) to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, the lesser of (x) the aggregate amount received in cash by the Borrower after the Effective Date as a result of the sale or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary) of, or by way of dividend, distribution or loan repayments on, Investments made pursuant to Section 6.14(xiv) by the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries after the Effective Date or (y) the initial amount of such Investments made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement after the Effective Date.
     “ Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act. The terms “Beneficial Ownership” and “Beneficially Own” have a corresponding meaning.
     “ Borrower ” means MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.
     “ Borrower Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
     “ Borrowing Date ” means a date on which a Credit Extension is made hereunder.
     “ Borrowing Notice ” is defined in Section 2.11.
     “ Business Combination ” means (i) any reorganization, consolidation, merger, share exchange or similar business combination transaction involving Holdco with any Person or (ii) the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition by Holdco of all or substantially all of its assets.
     “ Business Day ” means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate selection of Eurodollar Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in Chicago and New York City for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities, interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire system and dealings in United States dollars are carried on in the London interbank market and (ii) for all other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in Chicago and New York for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities and interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire system.
     “ Capital Stock ” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person other than a corporation and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock). The Purchase Agreement Equity shall be Capital Stock, whether or not classified as indebtedness for purposes of GAAP.
     “ Capitalized Lease ” of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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     “ Capitalized Lease Obligations ” of a Person means the amount of the obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
     “ Cash and Cash Equivalents ” means:
     (i) U.S. dollars or Canadian dollars;
     (ii) (x) euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU or (y) such local currencies held from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
     (iii) Government Securities;
     (iv) securities issued by any agency of the United States or government-sponsored enterprise (such as debt securities or mortgage-backed securities issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Banks and other government-sponsored enterprises), which may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within three months or less and rated Aa1 or better by Moody’s and AA+ or better by S&P;
     (v) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, banker’s acceptances with maturities not exceeding 13 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 in the case of a domestic bank and $250,000,000 (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of a foreign bank;
     (vi) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iv) above;
     (vii) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moody’s or at least A-2 by S&P and in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of creation thereof;
     (viii) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (vi) above;
     (ix) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition; and
     (x) Scheduled Restricted Investments.
     “ Change ” is defined in Section 3.2.
     “ Change in Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

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     (i) any Person (other than the Sponsors) acquires Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of Holdco entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“ Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock ”);
     (ii) the consummation of a Business Combination pursuant to which either (A) the Persons that were the Beneficial Owners of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Stock immediately prior to such Business Combination Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, less than 50% of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a company that, as a result of such transaction, owns Holdco or all or substantially all of Holdco’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries), or (B) any Person (other than the Sponsors) Beneficially Owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination;
     (iii) the failure by Holdco to directly own 100% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower;
     (iv) the failure by the Borrower to own 100% of the Capital Stock of MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation; or
     (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation of Holdco or the Borrower.
     “ Class ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Advance, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Advance, are Revolving Loans, Term A Loans, Term B Loans or Swing Line Loans.
     “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time.
     “ Collateral ” means all property with respect to which any security interests have been granted (or purported to be granted) to the Collateral Agent pursuant to any Collateral Document.
     “ Collateral Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in the capacity of collateral agent for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties named in the Collateral Documents.
     “ Collateral Documents ” means each security agreement, pledge agreement, mortgage and other document or instrument pursuant to which security is granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Obligations, including without limitation that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement, Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, Amended and Restated Trademark Security Agreement and Amended and

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Restated Patent Security Agreement, in each case dated as of the date hereof and made between the Borrower, Holdco and one or more other Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent.
     “ Commitment ” means a Revolving Credit Commitment or Term B Loan Commitment.
     “ Commitment Schedule ” means the Schedule attached hereto identified as such.
     “ Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis.
     “ Consolidated EBITDA ” means with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
     (i) increased (without duplication) to the extent deducted in computing the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period by:
     (A) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital gains of such Person and its Subsidiaries (including any tax sharing arrangements); plus
     (B) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person (including costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, to the extent included in Consolidated Interest Expense); plus
     (C) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person; plus
     (D) any fees and expenses incurred, or any amortization thereof regardless of how characterized by GAAP, in connection with the Transactions, any acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, Investment, asset sale, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Capital Stock, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the date hereof and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred as a result of any such transaction; plus
     (E) other non-cash charges reducing the Consolidated Net Income of such Person, excluding any such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period; plus
     (F) the amount of any minority interest expense deducted in calculating the Consolidated Net Income of such Person (less the amount of any cash dividends or distributions paid to the holders of such minority interests); plus
     (G) non-recurring or unusual losses or expenses (including costs and expenses of litigation included in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income) and severance, legal settlement,

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relocation costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, the amount of any restructuring charges or reserves deducted, including any restructuring costs incurred in connection with acquisitions, costs related to the closure, opening and/or consolidation of facilities, retention charges, systems establishment costs, spin-off costs, transition costs associated with transferring operations offshore and other transition costs, signing, retention and completion bonuses, conversion costs and excess pension charges and consulting fees incurred in connection with any of the foregoing and amortization of signing bonuses; plus
     (H) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets in connection with a Receivables Transaction;
     (ii) to the extent deducted or added in computing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, increased or decreased by (without duplication) any non-cash net loss or gain resulting from currency remeasurements of indebtedness (including any non-cash net loss or gain resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk); and
     (iii) decreased (without duplication) to the extent included in computing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period by:
     (A) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries, excluding any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period; plus
     (B) non-recurring or unusual gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries.
     “ Consolidated Interest Expense ” means with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
     (i) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period (including (A) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees, expenses and original issue discount resulting from the issuance of indebtedness at less than par, (B) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances, (C) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark-to-market valuation of Rate Management Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133 — “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Rate Management Activities”), (D) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations and (E) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Rate Management Obligations with respect to Indebtedness); plus
     (ii) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued.

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     For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of clarity, no obligations in respect of Purchase Agreement Equity, whether or not classified as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP, shall constitute interest expense.
     “ Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period; provided , however , that:
     (i) to the extent included in Net Income for such period and without duplication:
     (A) there shall be excluded in computing Consolidated Net Income (x) all extraordinary gains and (y) all extraordinary losses;
     (B) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles or policies during such period, whether effected through a cumulative effect adjustment or a retroactive application in each case in accordance with GAAP;
     (C) any net after-tax income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;
     (D) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, shall be excluded;
     (E) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary thereof or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;
     (F) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 6.10(viii), the Net Income or loss for such period of any Subsidiary of such Person will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived or such income has been dividended or distributed to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries without such restriction (in which case the amount of such dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) to the

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referent Person in respect of such period shall be included in Net Income); provided , however , that for the avoidance of doubt, any restrictions based solely on (1) financial maintenance requirements imposed as a matter of state regulatory requirements or (2) the type of restriction set forth in Section 6.15 (xvii) or excluded from the definition of Liens pursuant to clause (ii) or (iv) of the definition thereof shall not result in the exclusion of Net Income (loss); and provided , further , that any net loss of any Subsidiary of such Person shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause (F);
     (G) any net after-tax income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Rate Management Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
     (H) any Net Income (loss) for such period will be excluded to the extent it relates to the impairment or appreciation of, or it is realized out of the income (or loss) generated by, or from the sale or disposition of, any assets included in the Scheduled Restricted Investments;
     (I) any Net Income (loss) for such period will be excluded to the extent it relates to the impairment or appreciation of, or it is realized out of the income (or loss) generated by, or from the sale or disposition of, any Specified Security or any asset included in the Restricted Investment Portfolio;
     (J) any impairment charge or asset write-off pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” or Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 141 “Business Combinations” will be excluded;
     (K) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights and any non-cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock by management of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in connection with Transactions shall be excluded; and
     (L) any non-cash items included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower as a result of an agreement of the Sponsors in respect of any equity participation shall be excluded; and
     (ii) to the extent not already deducted from Net Income for such period, any costs associated with any operational expenses or litigation costs or expenses (including any judgment or settlement) made by any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in respect of which the Borrower has made a Restricted Payment pursuant to Sections 6.10(iv) or (v) shall be deducted from Net Income.

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     For purposes of clarity, any impact in respect of Purchase Agreement Equity, whether or not classified as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 6.10 only and in order to avoid double counting, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Investments made by the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Investments from the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances that constitute Investments by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary, in each case to the extent such amounts increase clause (iii) of the definition of Basket Amount.
     “ Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness ” means, at any time, the sum of indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured by Liens and Capitalized Lease Obligations, in each case of any Person and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time. For purposes of clarity, (i) the Second Lien Indebtedness shall constitute Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness and (ii) no obligations in respect of Purchase Agreement Equity, whether or not classified as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP, shall constitute Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness.
     “ Contingent Obligation ” is defined in the definition of Indebtedness.
     “ Contract ” is defined in Section 5.3
     “ Controlled Group ” means all members of a controlled group of corporations or other business entities and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
     “ Conversion/Continuation Notice ” is defined in Section 2.12.
     “ Credit Extension ” means the making of an Advance or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit.
     “ Credit Extension Date ” means the Borrowing Date for an Advance or the date of the issuance, amendment (to the extent it increases the amount available for draw thereunder), renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit.
     “ D&T Deliverables ” means the Satisfactory Audit Opinion and Deloitte & Touche LLP’s consent to file the Satisfactory Audit Opinion in Holdco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
     “ Default ” means an event described in Article VII.
     “ Disgorged Recovery ” means the portion, if any, of any payment or other distribution received by a Lender in satisfaction of Obligations of a Loan Party to such Lender, that is required in any Insolvency Proceedings or otherwise to be disgorged, turned over or otherwise paid to such Loan Party, such Loan Party’s estate or creditors of such Loan Party, whether

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because the transfer of such payment or other property is avoided or otherwise, including, without limitation, because it was determined to be a fraudulent or preferential transfer.
     “ Disqualified Institutions ” means those banks, financial institutions and other Persons that are competitors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates of such competitors and are identified as such to the Administrative Agent on the date hereof and additional competitors or Affiliates thereof identified to the Administrative Agent from time to time; provided that if such identified Person is a commercial bank, the global funds transfer or payment services activities of which are merely incidental to its primary business (an “ Incidental Competitor ”) and which is not an Affiliate of a competitor of the Borrower (other than an Incidental Competitor), the inclusion of such Person as a Disqualified Institution shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
     “ Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale) in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the Facility Termination Date; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees, directors, managers or consultants of Holdco or its Subsidiaries (or their direct or indirect parent) or by any such plan to such employees, directors, managers, consultants (or their respective estates, heirs, beneficiaries, transferees, spouses or former spouses), such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdco or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations. For purposes hereof, the amount (or principal amount) of any Disqualified Stock shall be equal to its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference.
     “ Dollars ” means lawful currency of the United States of America.
     “ Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is (i) organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (ii) a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes the sole assets of which are Capital Stock of Subsidiaries that are not organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
     “ Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.1 have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 8.2) and the Term B Loan is funded, which is the date hereof.
     “ Effective Date MAE ” means any circumstance, event, change, development or effect that, (a) is material and adverse to the financial position, results of operations, business, assets or liabilities of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) would materially impair the ability of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) would materially impair the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents, taken as a whole, or (d) would materially impair the ability of Holdco to perform its obligations under the Equity Purchase Agreement or

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otherwise materially threaten or materially impede the consummation of the Purchase (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement) and the other transactions contemplated by the Equity Purchase Agreement; provided , however , that the impact of the following matters shall be disregarded: (i) changes in general economic, financial market, credit market, regulatory or political conditions (whether resulting from acts of war or terrorism, an escalation of hostilities or otherwise) generally affecting the U.S. economy, foreign economies or the industries in which Holdco or its Subsidiaries operate, (ii) changes in generally accepted accounting principles, (iii) changes in laws of general applicability or interpretations thereof by any Governmental Entities (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement), (iv) any change in Holdco’s stock price or trading volume, in and of itself, or any failure, in and of itself, by Holdco to meet revenue or earnings guidance published or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders ( provided that any fact, condition, circumstance, event, change, development or effect underlying any such failure or change, other than any of the foregoing that is otherwise excluded pursuant to clauses (i) through (viii) hereof, may be taken into account in determining whether an Effective Date MAE has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur), (v) losses resulting from any change in the valuations of Holdco’s portfolio of securities or sales of such securities and any effect resulting from such changes or sales, (vi) actions or omissions of Holdco or the Sponsors taken as required by the Equity Purchase Agreement or with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, (vii) public announcement, in and of itself, by a third party not affiliated with Holdco of any proposal to acquire the outstanding securities or all or substantially all of the assets of Holdco and (viii) the public announcement of the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby (provided that this clause (viii) shall not apply with respect to Sections 1.2(c)(v), 2.2(d), 2.2(h) and 2.2(k) of the Equity Purchase Agreement); provided further , however , that Effective Date MAE shall be deemed not to include the impact of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), in each case only insofar and to the extent that such circumstances, events, changes, developments or effects described in such clauses do not have a disproportionate effect on Holdco and its Subsidiaries (exclusive of its payments systems business) relative to other participants in the industry.
     “ EMU ” means the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
     “ Environmental Laws ” means any Laws relating to pollution, the environment or natural resources.
     “ Equity Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2008, among Holdco and the several “Investors” named therein, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, as in effect on the date hereof.
     “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any applicable rule or regulation issued thereunder.
     “ Eurodollar Advance ” means an Advance which, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.14, bears interest at the applicable Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
     “ Eurodollar Base Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Advance for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (or on any successor or substitute page of such

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service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurodollar Base Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Advance for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
     “ Eurodollar Loan ” means a Loan which, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.14, bears interest at the applicable Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
     “ Eurodollar Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Advance for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the greater of (x) the Eurodollar Base Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by the Statutory Reserve Rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) and (y) 2.5% per annum.
     “ Excess Cash Flow ” means, for any fiscal year of Holdco, the excess, if any, of:
     (i) the sum, without duplication, for such period of:
     (A) Consolidated EBITDA (it being understood, for avoidance of doubt, that any Specified Equity Contribution shall not increase Consolidated EBITDA for purposes of this definition);
     (B) foreign currency translation gains received in cash related to currency remeasurements of indebtedness (including any net cash gain resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk), to the extent not otherwise included in calculating Consolidated EBITDA;
     (C) net cash gains resulting in such period from Rate Management Obligations and the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and International Accounting Standards No. 39 and their respective pronouncements and interpretations, to the extent not otherwise included in calculating Consolidated EBITDA, including pursuant to clause (ii) of EBITDA;
     (D) extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring cash gains (other than gains on asset sales in the ordinary course of business, including Portfolio Securities), to the extent not otherwise included in calculating Consolidated EBITDA; and
     (E) to the extent not otherwise included in calculating Consolidated EBITDA, cash gains from any sale or disposition outside the ordinary course of business (excluding gains from Prepayment Events to the extent an amount equal

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to the Net Proceeds therefrom was applied to the prepayment of Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.10(ii));
minus
     (ii) the sum, without duplication, for such period of:
     (A) the amount of any taxes, including taxes based on income, profits or capital, state, franchise and similar taxes, foreign withholding taxes and foreign unreimbursed value added taxes (to the extent added in calculating Consolidated EBITDA), and including penalties and interest on any of the foregoing, in each case, payable in cash by Holdco and its Subsidiaries (to the extent not otherwise deducted in calculating Consolidated EBITDA), including payments made pursuant to any tax sharing agreements or arrangements among Holdco, its Subsidiaries and any direct or indirect parent of Holdco (so long as such tax sharing payments are attributable to the operations of Holdco and its Subsidiaries);
     (B) Consolidated Interest Expense, including costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities (to the extent included in Consolidated Interest Expense), to the extent payable in cash and not otherwise deducted in calculating Consolidated EBITDA;
     (C) foreign currency translation losses paid in cash related to currency remeasurements of indebtedness (including any net cash loss resulting from hedge agreements for currency risk), to the extent not otherwise deducted in calculating Consolidated EBITDA;
     (D) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to this clause (D) or clause (P) below in respect of a prior fiscal year, capital expenditures of Holdco and its Subsidiaries made in cash prior to the date the applicable Excess Cash Flow prepayment is required to be made pursuant to Section 2.10(iii);
     (E) repayments of long-term Indebtedness (including (i) payments of the principal component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (ii) the repayment of Loans pursuant to Section 2.10 (but excluding prepayments of Loans deducted pursuant to clause (B) of Section 2.10(iii)), (iii) the repayment of indebtedness with respect to any Receivables Transaction and (iv) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalties paid in connection with any such repayments of Indebtedness, made by Holdco and its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent that, in each case, such repayments (x) by their terms cannot be reborrowed or redrawn and (y) are not financed with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness)) and increases in Consolidated Net Income due to a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or condemnation or similar proceeding) but not in excess of the amount of such increase;

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     (F) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to this clause (F) or clause (P) below in respect of a prior fiscal year, the amount of Investments permitted by Section 6.14 (other than Investments in (x) Cash Equivalents and (y) Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries) made by Holdco and its Subsidiaries in cash prior to the date the applicable Excess Cash Flow prepayment is required to be made pursuant to Section 2.10(iii);
     (G) letter of credit fees paid in cash, to the extent not otherwise deducted in calculating Consolidated EBITDA;
     (H) extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring cash charges, to the extent not otherwise deducted in calculating Consolidated EBITDA;
     (I) cash fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions, any acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, Investment, asset sale, the issuance or repayment of any Indebtedness, issuance of Capital Stock, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the date hereof and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any cash charges or cash non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction or other early extinguishment of Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement (in each case, whether or not consummated);
     (J) cash charges or losses added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clauses (F), (G) and (H) and to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clauses (i) (B), (G), (H), (I), (J) or clause (ii);
     (K) the amount of Restricted Payments made by Holdco to the extent permitted by clause (iii), (iv), (v), (vii), (ix) or (x) of Section 6.10;
     (L) cash expenditures in respect of Rate Management Obligations (including net cash losses resulting in such period from Rate Management Obligations and the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and International Accounting Standards No. 39 and their respective pronouncements and interpretations), to the extent not otherwise deducted in calculating Consolidated EBITDA, including pursuant to clause (ii) or Consolidated EBITDA;
     (M) to the extent added to Consolidated Net Income, cash losses from any sale or disposition outside the ordinary course of business;
     (N) cash payments by Holdco and its Subsidiaries in respect of long-term liabilities (other than Indebtedness) of Holdco and its Subsidiaries;
     (O) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by Holdco and its Subsidiaries in cash (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed and signing bonus expenditures;

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     (P) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in respect of a prior fiscal year, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by Holdco and its Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “ Contract Consideration ”) entered into prior to or during such fiscal year relating to Investments permitted by Section 6.14 (other than Investments in (x) Cash Equivalents and (y) Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries) or capital expenditures to be consummated or made plus cash restructuring expenses to be incurred, in each case, during the period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdco following the end of such fiscal year; provided that to the extent the aggregate amount actually utilized to finance such capital expenditures or Investments during such period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters;
     (Q) interest which is accrued and paid in kind or as an addition to the outstanding principal amount of the Second Lien Indebtedness in lieu of the payment of interest in cash; and
     (R) to the extent added to Consolidated Net Income, Excess Specified Security Sale Proceeds.
     “ Excess Specified Security Sale Proceeds ” means, in the case of Specified Securities listed under “C-2” on Schedule 1, the excess, if any, of the aggregate Net Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary from the sale or other disposition of, or any payment of principal of, or return on investment in respect of, such Specified Securities listed under “C-2” after February 29, 2008 over $34,000,000 and, in the case of Specified Securities listed under “C-3” on Schedule 1, the aggregate Net Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary from the sale or other disposition of, or any payment of principal of, or return on investment in respect of, such Specified Securities listed under “C-3” after February 29, 2008.
     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
     “ Excluded Taxes ” means, in the case of each Lender, LC Issuer or applicable Lending Installation and the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes and branch profits taxes imposed on it, by (i) the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender, LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent is incorporated or organized or (ii) the jurisdiction in which the Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s or LC Issuer’s principal executive office or such Lender’s or LC Issuer’s applicable Lending Installation is located.
     “ Existing Credit Agreement ” is defined in the Recitals hereto.
     “ Existing Lenders ” is defined in the Recitals hereto.
     “ Facility Termination Date ” means the earlier of (i) March 25, 2013 and (ii) with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment only, any earlier date on which the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment is reduced to zero or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.

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     “ Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
     “ Final 10-K ” shall mean Holdco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, in a form identical to a form that shall have been provided to each of the Lenders and the Investors not less than one day prior to the Effective Date, which shall be in a form acceptable to each of the Lenders and the Investors in its respective sole judgment and discretion, in compliance with all applicable rules promulgated under the Exchange Act, excluding any rules related to filing deadlines, which such Final 10-K does not disclose or identify any material weakness in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect Holdco’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data.
     “ Final 10-K ” shall mean Holdco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, in a form identical to a form that shall have been provided to each of the Lenders and the Investors not less than one day prior to the Effective Date, which shall be in a form acceptable to each of the Lenders and the Investors in its respective sole judgment and discretion, in compliance with all applicable rules promulgated under the Exchange Act, excluding any rules related to filing deadlines, which such Final 10-K does not disclose or identify any material weakness in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect Holdco’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data.
     “ Financial Condition ” means, for any date, (i) prior to the Sell Down Date, the Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Indenture) for the Borrower’s most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date would be less than 3.50 to 1.00, and (ii) on or after the Sell Down Date, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Indenture) for the Borrower’s most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date would be at least 2.00 to 1.00, in each case determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred on such date, as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
     “ Financial Officer ” means the chief financial officer, the controller, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or any other officer with responsibilities customarily performed by such officers.
     “ Floating Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate for such day, in each case changing when and as the Alternate Base Rate changes.
     “ Floating Rate Advance ” means an Advance which, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the Floating Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
     “ Floating Rate Loan ” means a Loan which, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.14, bears interest at the Floating Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
     “ Foreign Plan ” is defined in Section 5.9(iv).
     “ Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

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     “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States.
     “ Government Securities ” means securities that are:
     (i)  direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or
     (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of the principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of the principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.
     “ Governmental Entity ” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, any regulatory agency, commission, court, body, entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank or stock exchange.
     “ Guarantors ” means Holdco, MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, FSMC, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, MoneyGram Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, PropertyBridge, Inc., a Delaware corporation, MoneyGram of New York LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, any Person which becomes a Guarantor pursuant to the last sentence of Section 6.21, and each other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary which, after the date hereof, becomes a Material Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower, and its successors and assigns, other than an SPE.
     “ Guaranty ” means that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of the date hereof executed by each Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Secured Parties, as it may be amended or modified (including by joinder agreement) and in effect from time to time.
     “ Hazardous Materials ” means (i) petroleum and petroleum by-products, asbestos that is friable, radioactive materials, medical or infectious wastes or polychlorinated biphenyls and (ii) any other material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by Environmental Law because of its hazardous, toxic or deleterious properties or characteristics.
     “ Holdco ” means MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the parent corporation of the Borrower.

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     “ Holdco Patents ” means all patents and patent applications currently owned by Holdco and its Subsidiaries that are material to the business of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as currently conducted.
     “ Indebtedness ” of a Person means, without duplication, such Person’s (i) obligations for borrowed money, (ii) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (iii) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Indebtedness of another Person whether or not assumed, secured by Liens or payable out of the proceeds or production from Property now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, (iv) obligations (or, without double counting, reimbursement obligations in respect thereof) which are evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other similar instruments to the extent not collateralized with Cash and Cash Equivalents or banker’s acceptances, (v) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (vi) letters of credit or similar instruments which are issued upon the application of such Person or upon which such Person is an account party to the extent not collateralized with Cash and Cash Equivalents or banker’s acceptances, (vii) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation (each, a “ Contingent Obligation ”) by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the Indebtedness of another Person, other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, (viii) Rate Management Obligations, (ix) Receivables Transaction Attributed Indebtedness and (x) any other obligation for borrowed money or other financial accommodation which in accordance with GAAP would be shown as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person. For the purposes hereof, the amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. In respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of the fair market value of such assets at the date of determination and the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person secured by such asset. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not constitute Indebtedness: (i) obligations under Repurchase Agreements, (ii) Payment Services Obligations, (iii) obligations to repay Payment Instruments Funding Amounts, (iv) Rate Management Obligations (to the extent incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes), (v) Purchase Agreement Equity, (vi) ordinary course contractual obligations with clearing banks relative to clearing accounts and (vii) Receivables Transactions Attributed Indebtedness so long as the aggregate outstanding amount thereof at the time of determination is not in excess of $300,000,000 (but any excess amount thereof over $300,000,000 shall constitute Indebtedness).
     “ Indenture ” means that certain Indenture, to be dated as of and effective as of the Effective Date, among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, in the form attached as an exhibit to the Note Purchase Agreement or as amended after the Effective Date from time to time in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
     “ Infringe ” means, in relation to Intellectual Property, infringing upon, misappropriating or violating the rights of any third party.

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     “ Insolvency Proceedings ” means, with respect to any Person, any case or proceeding with respect to such Person under U.S. federal bankruptcy laws or any other state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, receivership or other similar laws, or the appointment, whether at common law, in equity or otherwise, of any trustee, custodian, receiver, liquidator or the like for all or any material portion of the property of such Person.
     “ Intellectual Property ” means the following and all rights pertaining thereto: (i) patents, patent applications, provisional patent applications and statutory invention registrations (including all utility models and other patent rights under the Laws of all countries), (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, service names, corporate names, domain names and other brand identifiers, registrations and applications for registration thereof, (iii) copyrights, databases, and registrations and applications for registration thereof, (iv) confidential and proprietary information, trade secrets, and know-how and (v) all similar rights, however denominated, throughout the world.
     “ Intercreditor Agreement ” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, to be dated as of and effective as of the Effective Date, among the Collateral Agent, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Collateral Agent for the Second Priority Secured Parties (as defined therein), the Borrower, Holdco and the other Guarantors in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto.
     “ Interest Period ” means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance, a period of one, two, three or six months (or, if available to all relevant Lenders, nine or twelve months or a period shorter than one month) commencing on a Business Day selected by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. Such Interest Period shall end on the day which corresponds numerically to such date one, two, three or six months (or other applicable period) thereafter, provided , however , that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such next, second, third or sixth (or other corresponding) succeeding month, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such next, second, third or sixth (or other corresponding) succeeding month. If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, provided , however , that if said next succeeding Business Day falls in a new calendar month, such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day.
     “ Investment ” of a Person means all investments by such Person in any other Person in the form of any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the trade), contribution of capital by such Person or Capital Stock, bonds, mutual funds, notes, debentures or other securities of such other Person.
     “ Investors ” has the meaning set forth in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     “ JPMCB ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, in its individual capacity, and its successors.

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     “ Law ” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, code, order, injunction, arbitration award, writ, decree, agency requirement, license or permit of any Governmental Entity.
     “ LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by the LC Issuer pursuant to a Letter of Credit which has not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower.
     “ LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Pro Rata Share of the total LC Exposure at such time.
     “ LC Fee ” is defined in Section 2.22(xi).
     “ LC Issuer ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and each other Lender that agrees in writing with the Borrower to issue Letters of Credit (provided that notice of such agreement is given to the Administrative Agent), in each case, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.22(ix). Each LC Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such LC Issuer, in which case the term “LC Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. With respect to any Letter of Credit, “LC Issuer” shall mean the issuer thereof.
     “ Lenders ” means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages of this Agreement, any Person which becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.8(iii) and their respective successors and assigns. Unless otherwise specified, the term “Lenders” includes a Lender in its capacity as the Swing Line Lender.
     “ Lending Installation ” means, with respect to a Lender or the Administrative Agent, the office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender or the Administrative Agent listed on the signature pages hereof or on a Schedule or otherwise selected by such Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.20.
     “ Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement (including any Outstanding Letter of Credit).
     “ Letter of Credit Application ” means a letter of credit application or agreement entered into or submitted by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.22(ii).
     “ Lien ” means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, encumbrance or preference, priority or other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention agreement). For the purposes hereof, none of the following shall be deemed to be Liens: (i) setoff rights or statutory liens arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) restrictive contractual obligations with respect to assets comprising the Payment Instruments Funding Amounts or Payment Service Obligations, provided that such contractual obligations are no more restrictive in nature than those in effect on the Effective Date, (iii) Liens purported to be created under Repurchase Agreements, provided that such Liens

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do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such Repurchase Agreements, (iv) ordinary course of business contractual obligations with clearing banks relative to clearing accounts or (v) operating leases.
     “ Loan ” means a Revolving Loan, a Term A Loan, Term B Loan or a Swing Line Loan.
     “ Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, any amendment hereto, any Letter of Credit Application, any Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.16, the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents.
     “ Loan Parties ” means the Borrower, Holdco and each of the other Guarantors that is a party to a Loan Document.
     “ Material Adverse Effect ” means any event, condition or circumstance that has occurred since the Effective Date that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the business, financial condition, results of operations or assets of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents or (iii) the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents, taken as a whole (other than, in each case, as related to: (A) the valuation of the investment portfolio of Holdco and its Subsidiaries and (B) any shareholder or derivative litigation arising as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby and/or the disclosure of or failure to disclose information related to the valuation of the investment portfolio of Holdco and its Subsidiaries).
     “ Material Domestic Subsidiary ” means a Domestic Subsidiary (other than an SPE) which either (i) has 5% or more of the assets (valued at the greater of book or fair market value) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis as of the fiscal quarter end next preceding the date of determination, (ii) is responsible for 5% or more of Consolidated Net Income for the four quarter period ending on the fiscal quarter end next preceding the date of determination or (iii) has been designated as a Material Domestic Subsidiary by the Borrower.
     “ Material Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness and/or Rate Management Obligations in an outstanding principal or net payment amount of $15,000,000 or more in the aggregate (or the equivalent thereof in any currency other than U.S. dollars).
     “ Material Indebtedness Agreement ” means any agreement under which any Material Indebtedness was created or is governed or which provides for the incurrence of Indebtedness in an amount which would constitute Material Indebtedness (whether or not an amount of Indebtedness constituting Material Indebtedness is outstanding thereunder).
     “ Minimum Liquidity Ratio ” means the ratio of (i) the fair value of the Restricted Investment Portfolio (other than Scheduled Restricted Investments, which shall be valued at the lower of (x) fair value and (y) the actual par amount of each Scheduled Restricted Investment held by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary on the date of determination multiplied by (A) in respect of the Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-1 on Schedule 1, 0.98, (B) in respect of the Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-2 on Schedule 1, 0.049525, and (C) in respect of the Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-3 on Schedule 1, zero; provided , that any Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-1 on Schedule 1 shall be valued at fair value after June 30, 2008; and provided further, if any of such Scheduled Restricted Investments set forth under the heading C-2 or C-3 on Schedule 1 (the “ Specified SRIs ”) have been sold, the aggregate value of such remaining Specified SRIs shall be the lower of (x) fair value of such remaining Specified SRIs and (y) the

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aggregate value of all Specified SRIs (determined in accordance with the valuation methodology described above) less the net proceeds received for the Specified SRIs sold (not to be less than zero)) to (ii) all Payment Service Obligations.
     “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
     “ Multiemployer Plan ” is defined in Section 5.9(iii).
     “ Net Income ” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
     “ Net Proceeds ” means, with respect to any event, (i) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event, including (A) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment or earn-out, but excluding any reasonable interest payments), but only as and when received, (B) in the case of a casualty, cash insurance proceeds, and (C) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, cash condemnation awards and similar payments received in connection therewith, minus (ii) the sum of direct costs relating to such event and the sale or disposition of such non-cash proceeds, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements and, if such costs have not been incurred or invoiced, the Borrower’s good faith estimates thereof), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on Indebtedness required to be paid as a result of such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Borrower as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Borrower after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.
     “ Non-Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary of Holdco other than the Borrower or any Guarantor.
     “ Non-U.S. Lender ” is defined in Section 3.5(iv).
     “ Note ” means any one or more of a Revolving Credit Note, Term A Note, Term B Note or Swing Line Note.
     “ Note Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2008, among Holdco, the Borrower, GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd. an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability, GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability, GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability, and THL Credit Partners, L.P., as in effect on the date hereof.
     “ Obligations ” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all reimbursement obligations with respect to LC Disbursements, all accrued and unpaid

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fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents.
     “ Other Taxes ” is defined in Section 3.5(ii).
     “ Outstanding Letters of Credit ” is defined in Section 2.22(xii).
     “ Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of its Revolving Loans outstanding at such time, plus (ii) an amount equal to its LC Exposure at such time, plus (iii) an amount equal to its Swing Line Exposure at such time.
     “ Participants ” is defined in Section 12.1(iii)(A).
     “ Passive Holding Company Condition ” shall be satisfied so long as Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower and any of the Borrower Subsidiaries) does not:
     (i) directly incur any Indebtedness other than Permitted Holdco Indebtedness;
     (ii) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed by it (except Permitted Holdco Liens); or
     (iii) own any Capital Stock in any Person (other than the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries) and own any other material assets (excluding Capital Stock) other than (A) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (B) assets under any stock incentive plans (including related agreements), loan stock purchase programs or incentive compensation plans, (C) pre-paid assets (e.g. deferred financing costs) and (D) deferred tax assets;
provided nothing in this definition shall restrict Holdco from performing its obligations under the Equity Purchase Agreement and the securities issued thereunder and under the certificates of designation contemplated thereby.
     “ Payment Date ” means the last day of each calendar year quarter.
     “ Payment Instruments Funding Amounts ” means amounts advanced to and retained by Holdco and its Subsidiaries as advance funding for the payment instruments or obligations arising under an official check agreement or a customer agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.
     “ Payment Service Obligations ” means all liabilities of the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP for outstanding payment instruments (as classified and defined as Payment Service Obligations in Holdco’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act, and if Holdco is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, Holdco’s most recent audited financial statements).
     “ PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.

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     “ Permits ” means all permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and filings, applications and registrations with, Governmental Entities.
     “ Permitted Holdco Indebtedness ” means:
     (i) Indebtedness arising from agreements of Holdco providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or any of its Subsidiaries; provided , however , that:
     (A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (A)); and
     (B) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by Holdco in connection with such disposition;
     (ii) obligations incurred under the Loan Documents or the Second Lien Documents;
     (iii) Indebtedness incurred by Holdco in respect of interest rate hedging obligations of Holdco in existence on the Effective Date; and
     (iv) guarantees of (x) other Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors permitted under Sections 6.11(i), (iii) (to the extent existing at the Effective Date), (iv), (v), (x) (to the extent the debt so extended, refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or defeased was guaranteed by Holdco in accordance with this Agreement), (xvii) or (xviii) and (y) Rate Management Obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors permitted under this Agreement.
     “ Permitted Holdco Liens ” means, any Permitted Liens other than Liens incurred pursuant to clauses (x), (xi), (xx), (xxiii) or (xxv) of Section 6.15.
     “ Permitted Liens ” means Liens permitted by Section 6.15.
     “ Person ” means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company, association, enterprise, trust or other entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
     “ Plan ” means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code as to which Holdco or any member of the Controlled Group may have any liability.

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     “ Portfolio Securities ” means, collectively, portfolio securities (i) designated as “trading investments” on Holdco’s consolidated financial statements, (ii) designated as “available for sale investments” on Holdco’s consolidated financial statements or (iii) otherwise designated as investments on Holdco’s consolidated financial statements, in each case valued at fair value in accordance with GAAP.
     “ Prepayment Event ” means:
     (i) any sale, transfer or other disposition pursuant to Section 6.13(x) or (xxi) other than dispositions resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding (1) $5,000,000 in the case of any single transaction or series of related transactions or (2) $10,000,000 for all such transactions during any fiscal year of Holdco; or
     (ii) the incurrence by Holdco, the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary after the Effective Date of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.11 or any Permitted Holdco Indebtedness.
     “ Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its office located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
     “ Property ” of a Person means any and all property, whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned, leased or operated by such Person.
     “ Pro Rata Share ” means, with respect to a Lender, a portion equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment (or, if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment has expired or been terminated, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment immediately prior to such expiration or termination, giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof and any subsequent repayments of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and reductions in such Lender’s participation exposure relative to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans) and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment has expired or been terminated, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment immediately prior to such expiration or termination, giving effect to any subsequent repayments of the Revolving Loans and reductions in the aggregate participation exposure relative to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans).
     “ Purchase Agreement Equity ” means Capital Stock of Holdco issued to the Sponsors pursuant to the terms of the Equity Purchase Agreement, including any Capital Stock into which such equity is converted or any additional Capital Stock issued after the Effective Date pursuant to the terms of the certificates of designation referred to in, and attached as exhibits to, the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     “ Rate Management Counterparties ” means Lenders and their Affiliates (or Persons which were Lenders or their Affiliates at the time the applicable Rate Management Transaction was entered into) which have entered into Rate Management Transactions with Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries.

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     “ Rate Management Obligations ” of a Person means any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (i) any and all Rate Management Transactions, and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Rate Management Transactions.
     “ Rate Management Transaction ” means any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into by Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries which is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial measures.
     “ Receivables Transaction ” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary pursuant to which the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to a Person accounts or notes receivable and rights related thereto.
     “ Receivables Transaction Attributed Indebtedness ” means, at any time, the amount of obligations outstanding at such time under the legal documents entered into as part of any Receivables Transaction that would be characterized as principal if such Receivables Transaction were structured as a secured lending transaction rather than as a purchase.
     “ Refinanced Commitment ”, “ Refinanced Term A Loans ” and “ Refinanced Term B Loans ” are each defined in Section 8.3.
     “ Refinancing Indebtedness ” is defined in Section 6.11(x).
     “ Register ” is defined in Section 12.1(ii)(D).
     “ Regulation D ” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
     “ Regulation U ” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
     “ Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

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     “ Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, emitting, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing or migrating into or through the environment in derogation of Environmental Law.
     “ Rentals ” of a Person means the aggregate fixed amounts payable by such Person under any Operating Lease.
     “ Replacement Commitments ”, “ Replacement Term A Loans ” and “ Replacement Term B Loans ” are each defined in Section 8.3.
     “ Reportable Event ” means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Single Employer Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC has by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event, provided , however , that a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such waiver of the notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section 412(d) of the Code.
     “ Repurchase Agreement ” means an agreement of a Person to purchase securities arising out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities.
     “ Required B Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders holding more than 50% of the Term B Balance at such time, but if there shall be more than one Lender with a Term B Balance, not less than two Lenders (which Lenders, unless all Lenders with a Term B Loan are Affiliates of one another, shall include not less than two Lenders which are not Affiliates of one another).
     “ Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having in the aggregate more than 50% of the sum of (i) the Term A Balance at such time plus (ii) the Aggregate Term B Loan Commitment or, after the Effective Date, the Term B Balance at such time plus (iii) the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure and the unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
     “ Required Specified Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having in the aggregate more than 50% of the sum of (i) the Term A Balance at such time plus (ii) the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure and the unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
     “ Restricted Investment Portfolio ” means assets of Holdco and its Subsidiaries which are restricted by state law, contract or otherwise designated by the Borrower for the payment of Payment Service Obligations.
     “ Restricted Payment ” means (i) any dividend or distribution in respect of the Capital Stock of the Borrower or Holdco, (ii) any redemption, repurchase, acquisition or other retirement of the Capital Stock of the Borrower or Holdco and (iii) any principal or other payment on, or any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or other retirement of any Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.11(xix)) in each case prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund or maturity.

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     “ Revolving Credit Advance ” means an Advance made by the Revolving Lenders pursuant to Section 2.3, including any Advance previously made by the Revolving Lenders to Holdco pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Existing Credit Agreement.
     “ Revolving Credit Commitment ” means, for each Revolving Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and participate in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not exceeding the amount set forth opposite its name under the heading “Revolving Credit Commitment” on the Commitment Schedule, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
     “ Revolving Credit Note ” means a promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, with appropriate insertions, and payable to the order of a Lender in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment, including any amendment, modification, renewal or replacement of such promissory note.
     “ Revolving Lender ” means a Lender having a Revolving Credit Commitment.
     “ Revolving Loan ” means, with respect to a Revolving Lender, such Lender’s loans made pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof and all “Revolving Loans” of such Lender outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date.
     “ S&P ” means Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
     “ Satisfactory Audit Opinion ” means either combined or separate unqualified reports on the audit of Holdco, and its Subsidiaries, financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007 as illustrated within paragraphs 87 and 88 of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Bylaws and Rules, Auditing Standard No. 5, “An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting That Is Integrated with An Audit of Financial Statements,” prepared in accordance with GAAP (neither the Deloitte & Touche LLP financial statement opinion as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007 nor the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements attached to the audited financial statements, nor Items 1 through 15 of Holdco’s December 31, 2007 Annual report on Form 10-K, shall include any reference to Holdco’s ability to operate as a going concern).
     “ Scheduled Restricted Investments ” means the securities listed on Schedule 1 hereto.
     “ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “ Second Lien Documents ” means the Note Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the notes issued thereunder and all documents delivered in connection therewith.
     “ Second Lien Indebtedness ” means the senior second lien indebtedness incurred by the Borrower pursuant to the Indenture.
     “ Secured Parties ” means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Rate Management Counterparties.

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     “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
     “ Sell Down Date ” means the “Sell Down Date” as defined in the Indenture.
     “ Senior Secured Debt Ratio ” means, at any time, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the then most-recently ended four fiscal quarters.
     “ Separation Agreements ” means one or more of the Separation and Distribution Agreement, the Tax Sharing Agreement, the Interim Services Agreement and the Employee Benefit Agreement each dated as of June 30, 2004 and entered into between Holdco and Viad.
     “ Similar Business ” means (i) the global funds transfer and payment services business conducted by Holdco and its Subsidiaries, (ii) any other business described under the heading “Business” in Holdco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, and (iii) any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto or any reasonable extension thereof.
     “ Single Employer Plan ” means a Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) maintained by Holdco or any member of the Controlled Group for employees of Holdco or any member of the Controlled Group.
     “ Specified Equity Contribution ” is defined in Section 6.19.2.
     “ Specified Securities ” means the securities set forth on Schedule 1 listed under “C-2” and “C-3”.
     “ SPEs ” means Ferrum Trust, a Delaware business trust, Tsavorite Trust, a Delaware business trust, Hematite Trust, a Delaware business trust, Monazite Trust, a Delaware business trust, and, to the extent the formation thereof is not prohibited hereunder, any Wholly-Owed Subsidiary of the Borrower or trust (which is consolidated with the Borrower for financial statement purposes), in each case formed for the limited organizational purpose of isolating and transferring a limited and specified pool of assets and related rights and obligations with respect to Payment Service Obligations, which assets shall consist solely of (i) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) Portfolio Securities (including, for purposes of clarity, Scheduled Restricted Investments), (iii) Accounts Receivable, (iv) Rate Management Obligations (with respect to interest rate hedging) that relate to Portfolio Securities and Payment Service Obligations.
     “ Sponsor Capital ” is defined in Section 4.1(xvi).
     “ Sponsors ” means the affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Goldman Sachs Mezzanine Partners.
     “ Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental

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reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Eurodollar Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “ Eurocurrency Liabilities ” in Regulation D). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
     “ Subordinated Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment or in respect of the proceeds of any collateral to the Obligations (other than the Second Lien Indebtedness).
     “ Subsidiary ” of a Person means:
     (i) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof;
     (ii) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which:
     (A) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and
     (B) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity; and
     (iii) with respect to Holdco, the Borrower and any Borrower Subsidiary which owns such SPE, any SPE.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
     “ Subsidiary Guarantor ” means each Guarantor other than Holdco.
     “ Substantial Portion ” means, with respect to the Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Property which represents more than 10% of the consolidated assets (excluding Portfolio Securities) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as would be shown in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the beginning of the twelve-month period ending with the month in which such determination is made (or if financial statements

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have not been delivered hereunder for that month which begins the twelve-month period, then the financial statements delivered hereunder for the quarter ending immediately prior to that month).
     “ Swing Line Borrowing Notice ” is defined in Section 2.7(ii).
     “ Swing Line Commitment ” means, with respect to the Swing Line Lender, its commitment to make Swing Line Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.7 in an aggregate outstanding amount at no time exceeding its Swing Line Commitment amount specified on the Commitment Schedule.
     “ Swing Line Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time. The Swing Line Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Pro Rata Share of the total Swing Line Exposure at such time.
     “ Swing Line Lender ” means JPMCB.
     “ Swing Line Loan ” means a Loan made available to the Borrower by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.7.
     “ Swing Line Note ” means a promissory note, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, with appropriate insertions, and payable to the order of the Swing Line Lender in the principal amount of its Swing Line Commitment, including any amendment, modification, renewal or replacement of such promissory note.
     “ Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities with respect to the foregoing, but excluding Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.
     “ Term A Balance ” means, at any time, the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term A Loans.
     “ Term A Loan ” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s “Term Loan” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) outstanding as of the Effective Date and, with respect to all Lenders, the aggregate of all such term loans. The aggregate amount of the Term A Loans of all Lenders as of the date hereof is $100,000,000.
     “ Term A Note ” means a promissory note, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, with appropriate insertions, and payable to the order of a Lender in the amount of such Lender’s Term A Loan, including any amendment, modification, renewal or replacement of such promissory note.
     “ Term B Balance ” means, at any time, the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term B Loans.
     “ Term B Loan ” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s pro-rata portion of any term Advance made by the Lenders on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.1(ii) and, with respect to all Lenders, the aggregate of all such pro-rata portions.

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     “ Term B Loan Commitment ” means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make a Term B Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(ii) in an amount not exceeding the amount set forth opposite its name under the heading “Term B Loan Commitment” on the Commitment Schedule.
     “ Term B Note ” means a promissory note, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, with appropriate insertions, and payable to the order of a Lender in the amount of such Lender’s Term B Loan, including any amendment, modification, renewal or replacement of such promissory note.
     “ Term Loan ” means each of the Term A Loan and the Term B Loan.
     “ Transactions ” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Second Lien Documents and the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     “ Transferee ” is defined in Section 12.2.
     “ Travelers ” means Travelers Express Company, Inc., a Minnesota corporation.
     “ Type ” means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as a Floating Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Advance and with respect to any Loan, its nature as a Floating Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
     “ Unfunded Liabilities ” means the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested and unvested accrued benefits under all Single Employer Plans exceeds the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plans based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87.
     “ Unmatured Default ” means an event which but for the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default.
     “ Viad ” means Viad Corp, a Delaware corporation.
     “ Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:
     (i) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by
     (ii) the sum of all such payments.
     “ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’

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qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
     Section 1.2 Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s permitted successors and permitted assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
     Section 1.3 Rounding . The calculation of any financial ratios under this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-down if there is no nearest number).
     Section 1.4 Times of Day . Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
     Section 1.5 Timing of Payment or Performance . When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that with respect to any payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Loans, if such extension would cause any such payment to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
     Section 1.6 Accounting . Except as provided to the contrary herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP, except that any calculation or determination which is to be made on a consolidated basis shall be made for the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries, including those Subsidiaries, if any, which are unconsolidated on the Borrower’s audited financial statements. If at any time any change in GAAP or application thereof would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the

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Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP or the application thereof (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders), provided that, until so amended, such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP or application thereof prior to such change therein and the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders reconciliation statements showing the difference in such calculation, together with the delivery of quarterly and annual financial statements required hereunder.
     Section 1.7 Pro Forma Calculations . For purposes of determining compliance with any ratio set forth herein, such ratio shall be calculated in each case on a pro forma basis as follows:
     (i) In the event that the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which such ratio is being calculated but on or prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of such ratio is made (the “ Calculation Date ”), then such ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee or redemption of Indebtedness, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable reference period.
     (ii) For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and consolidations that have been made by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary during the reference period or subsequent to the reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date shall be given pro forma effect as if all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and consolidations (and all related financing transactions) had occurred on the first day of the reference period. Additionally, if since the beginning of such reference period any Person that subsequently became a Borrower Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary since the beginning of such reference period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then such ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such reference period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation (and all related financing transactions) had occurred at the beginning of the reference period.
     (iii) For purposes of the calculations referred to herein, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations (including any cost savings associated therewith) shall be made in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. In addition, any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination of the Borrower, to reflect any operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies projected in good faith to result from any acquisition, amalgamation, merger or operational change (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions); provided that (x) such operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (y) with respect to operational changes (not resulting from an acquisition), such actions are taken or committed to be taken no later than 24 months after the Effective Date and (z) the aggregate amount of projected

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operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies in respect of operational changes (not resulting from an acquisition) included in any pro forma calculation shall not exceed $20,000,000 for any four consecutive fiscal quarter period unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent.
     (iv) If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Rate Management Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the reference period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate as the Borrower may designate.
     (v) Any Person that is a Borrower Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Borrower Subsidiary at all times during the reference period, and any Person that is not a Borrower Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Borrower Subsidiary at any time during the reference period.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
     Section 2.1 Term Loans .
     (i) Each Existing Lender has made a Term A Loan to Holdco in the aggregate amount set forth opposite its name on the Commitment Schedule. As of the Effective Date each such term loan shall be continued as a Term A Loan hereunder and the Borrower accepts, assumes and agrees to perform all obligations as the borrower and primary obligor in respect thereof. No amount of the Term A Loan which is repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may be reborrowed hereunder.
     (ii) Each Lender severally (and not jointly) agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make a Term B Loan to the Borrower on the Effective Date in the amount of its respective Term B Loan Commitment. No amount of the Term B Loan which is repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may be reborrowed hereunder. Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Effective Date, each Lender shall make available funds equal to its Term B Loan Commitment in immediately available funds in Chicago to the Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant to Article XIII.
     Section 2.2 Term Loan Repayment . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the principal amount of the Term A Loan shall be paid in full by the Borrower on the Facility

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Termination Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the principal amount of the Term B Loan shall be paid in full by the Borrower as follows:
     (i) on each Payment Date from and including June 30, 2008 to and including December 31, 2012, the Borrower shall make an aggregate payment of $625,000; and
     (ii) on the Facility Termination Date, the Borrower shall pay the entire remaining unpaid principal amount of the Term B Loan.
     Section 2.3 Revolving Credit Commitments . From and including the Effective Date and prior to the Facility Termination Date, each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to (i) make or continue Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time and (ii) participate in Letters of Credit issued upon the request of the Borrower, provided that, after giving effect to the making of each such Loan and the issuance of each such Letter of Credit, such Lender’s Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment and the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment. As of the Effective Date each revolving loan made under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be continued as a Revolving Loan hereunder and the Borrower accepts, assumes and agrees to perform all obligations as the borrower and primary obligor in respect thereof. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Loans, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the Facility Termination Date. The Revolving Credit Commitments to extend credit hereunder shall expire on the Facility Termination Date.
     Section 2.4 Other Required Payments . All outstanding Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans, unreimbursed LC Disbursements and all other unpaid Obligations shall be paid in full by the Borrower on the Facility Termination Date.
     Section 2.5 Ratable Loans . Each Revolving Credit Advance hereunder shall consist of Revolving Loans made from the several Revolving Lenders ratably according to their Pro Rata Shares.
     Section 2.6 Types of Advances . The Advances may be Floating Rate Advances or Eurodollar Advances, or a combination thereof, selected by the Borrower in accordance with Sections 2.11 and 2.12, or Swing Line Loans selected by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.7.
     Section 2.7 Swing Line Loans .
     (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees to make Swing Line Loans to the Borrower from time to time from and including the Effective Date and prior to the Facility Termination Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swing Line Loans exceeding $25,000,000, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Lender’s outstanding Swing Line Loans exceeding its Swing Line Commitment, or (iii) the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that

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the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to make a Swing Line Loan to refinance an outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swing Line Loans. The Borrower will repay in full each Swing Line Loan on or before the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after the Borrowing Date for such Swing Line Loan.
     (ii) To request a Swing Line Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone or electronic mail (to such electronic mail addresses as the Administrative Agent shall specify) (in each case confirmed by telecopy), not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swing Line Loan. Each such notice (a “ Swing Line Borrowing Notice ”) shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swing Line Loan, which shall be an amount not less than $1,000,000. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swing Line Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. The Swing Line Lender shall make each Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to a general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swing Line Lender or wire transfer to an account designated by the Borrower (or, in the case of a Swing Line Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.22(v), by remittance to the LC Issuer) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swing Line Loan.
     (iii) The Swing Line Lender may (and shall on the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after the Borrowing Date of each Swing Line Loan made by it that is then still outstanding) by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of its Swing Line Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swing Line Loans in which Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swing Line Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this paragraph is unconditional, continuing, irrevocable and absolute and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, (a) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender or any other Person, (b) the occurrence or continuance, prior to or after the funding of any Swing Line Loan, of a Default or Unmatured Default, (c) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or (d) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.11 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Sections 2.11 and 2.21 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the

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Swing Line Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swing Line Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph. Any amounts received by the Swing Line Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swing Line Loan after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swing Line Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swing Line Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swing Line Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
     Section 2.8 Commitment Fee; Reductions and Increases in Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment .
     (i) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the rate of .50% per annum on the daily amount of the difference between the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender and the Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding Swing Line Exposure) of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Credit Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
     (ii) The Borrower may permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment in whole, or in part ratably among the Revolving Lenders in minimum amounts of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, upon at least three Business Days’ written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice shall specify the amount of any such reduction, provided , however , that the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment may not be reduced below the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure and further provided that a notice of a reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. All accrued commitment fees shall be payable on the effective date of any termination of the obligations of the Lenders to make Credit Extensions hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not voluntarily reduce the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment unless at the time of such reduction the Term B Balance is zero.

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     (iii) The Borrower may, at its option, on up to three occasions, seek to increase the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment and/or the Aggregate Term B Loan Commitment or aggregate Term A Loans by up to an aggregate amount of $50,000,000 in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 and in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice shall specify the amount of any such increase and whether such increase is in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, the Aggregate Term B Loan Commitment, the Term A Loans or a combination of any thereof and shall be delivered at a time when no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Term B Loan shall be permitted to be borrowed pursuant to this clause (iii) if, after giving effect thereto, the Term B Balance would exceed $250,000,000. The Borrower may, after giving such notice, offer the increase (which may be declined by any Lender in its sole discretion) in the Commitments or Term A Loans on either a ratable basis to the Lenders or on a non pro-rata basis to one or more Lenders and/or to other Lenders or entities reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. No increase in the Commitments or Term A Loans shall become effective until the existing or new Lenders extending such incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, Term B Loan Commitment or Term A Loans and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a document in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which each such existing Lender states the amount of its Commitment or Loan increase, each such new Lender becomes a party hereto, states its Commitment or Loan amount and agrees to assume and accept the obligations and rights of a Lender hereunder and the Borrower accepts such incremental Commitments or Loans. In the event of an increase in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to this Section, the Revolving Lenders (new or existing) shall accept an assignment from the existing Revolving Lenders, and the existing Revolving Lenders shall make an assignment to the new or existing Revolving Lender accepting a new or increased Revolving Credit Commitment, of an interest in each then outstanding Revolving Credit Advance, Swing Line Loan, Letter of Credit and LC Disbursement such that, after giving effect thereto, all Revolving Credit Advances, Swing Line Loans, Letters of Credit and LC Disbursements are held ratably by the Revolving Lenders in proportion to their respective Revolving Credit Commitments. Assignments pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made in exchange for the principal amount assigned plus accrued and unpaid interest and shall not be subject to the assignment fee set forth in Section 12.1(ii)(B)(3). The Borrower shall make any payments under Section 3.4 resulting from such assignments. In the event of an increase in the Aggregate Term B Loan Commitment or Term A Loans pursuant to this Section, each Lender accepting a portion of such increased Aggregate Term B Loan Commitment or Term A Loans shall, on the effective date of the increase in such Aggregate Term B Loan Commitment or Term A Loans, make a loan to the Borrower (which shall be deemed to be, as applicable, a “Term A Loan” or a “Term B Loan” hereunder for all purposes hereof, including Section 2.24) in the amount of its portion of such increase. Any such increase of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, Aggregate Term B Loan Commitment or Term A Loans shall be subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower of such supplemental opinions, resolutions, certificates and other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

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     Section 2.9 Minimum Amount of Each Advance . Each Eurodollar Advance (other than an Advance to repay Swing Line Loans) shall be in the minimum amount of $5,000,000 (and in multiples of $1,000,000 if in excess thereof), and each Floating Rate Advance (other than a Swing Line Loan) shall be in the minimum amount of $5,000,000 (and in multiples of $1,000,000 if in excess thereof), provided , however , that any Revolving Credit Advance which is a Floating Rate Advance may be in the amount of the unused Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment.
     Section 2.10 Optional and Mandatory Principal Payments .
     (i) The Borrower may from time to time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding Floating Rate Advances (other than Swing Line Loans), or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding Floating Rate Advances (other than Swing Line Loans) upon one Business Day’s prior notice to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower may at any time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding Swing Line Loans, or, in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and increments of $500,000 in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding Swing Line Loans, with notice to the Administrative Agent and the Swing Line Lender by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of repayment. The Borrower may from time to time pay, subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4 but without penalty or premium, all outstanding Eurodollar Advances, or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding Eurodollar Advances upon three Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent. All voluntary principal payments in respect of the Term B Loan shall be applied to the principal installments thereof in such order as the Borrower may elect, or if not so specified on or prior to the date of such optional prepayment, in the direct order of maturity. All mandatory principal payments in respect of the Term B Loan shall be applied to the principal installments thereof under Section 2.2 in the direct order of maturity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not voluntarily prepay the Term A Loan unless at the time of such prepayment the Term B Balance is zero.
     (ii) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, within five Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received, prepay the Term B Loan until paid in full; provided that in the case of any such event described in clause (i) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” if the Borrower or any Subsidiary applies (or commits to apply) the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof) within fifteen months after receipt of such Net Proceeds to pay all or a portion of the purchase price in connection with an Acquisition permitted hereunder of a Similar Business or to acquire, restore, replace, rebuild, develop, maintain or upgrade real property, equipment or other capital assets useful or to be used in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (and, in each case, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received a certificate of its Financial Officer stating its intention to do so and certifying that no Default has occurred and is continuing), then, so long as no Default has occurred and is

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continuing at the time of the giving of such notice and at the time of the proposed reinvestment, no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds in respect of such event (or the portion of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, if applicable) except to the extent of any such Net Proceeds therefrom that have not been so applied (or committed to be so applied) by the end of such fifteen month period, (or if committed to be so applied within such fifteen month period, have not been so applied within 180 days after such fifteen month period has expired). The Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent any such evidence reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to any commitment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to apply Net Proceeds in accordance with this Section 2.10(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Business Day there exist “Net Proceeds” (as defined in the Indenture) which (assuming no investment or application thereof is made within the following five Business Days) would constitute “Excess Proceeds” (as defined in the Indenture) in an amount in excess of $25,000,000 on such fifth following Business Day, then prior to such fifth following Business Day the Borrower shall prepay the Term B Loan until paid in full in an aggregate amount equal to such “Excess Proceeds” amount in excess of $25,000,000. Upon making such prepayment, the Borrower shall be relieved of any further obligation under this Section 2.10(ii) to make any prepayment with respect to such Net Proceeds.
     (iii) Following the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, the Borrower shall prepay the Term B Loan in an aggregate amount equal to the Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year multiplied by 50%. Each prepayment pursuant to this clause shall be made on or before the date that is five Business Days after the date on which annual financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) with respect to the fiscal year for which Excess Cash Flow is being calculated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) no prepayment shall be required by this clause with respect to any fiscal year of the Borrower as to which the Senior Secured Debt Ratio is less than 3.0 to 1.0 as of the end of such fiscal year and (B) the amount required to be prepaid pursuant to this clause with respect to any fiscal year shall be reduced dollar for dollar by the amount of (1) voluntary prepayments of Revolving Loans which were accompanied by corresponding permanent reductions in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, (2) all optional prepayments of the Term A Loan or Term B Loan, (3) mandatory prepayments of the Term B Loan, in each case only to the extent that such prepayments, expenditures or investments (x) were made by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries after the start of the applicable fiscal year and prior to the due date for (or, if earlier, the actual payment date of) the prepayment under this clause with respect to such fiscal year and (y) have not resulted in a reduction of Excess Cash Flow or prepayments pursuant to this clause with respect to any prior fiscal year and (C) no prepayment shall be required with respect to the portion of Excess Cash Flow attributable to a Subsidiary that is required to maintain a minimum net worth or similar requirement under applicable law, rule or regulation or by order, decree or power of any Governmental Entity, to the extent (and only to the extent) that the payment of cash by such Subsidiary to the Borrower in respect of such portion of Excess Cash Flow (by way of dividend, intercompany loan or otherwise) would result in such Subsidiary’s failure to comply with such requirement.

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     (iv) In the event that the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary desires to make any Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 6.10(xi), the Borrower shall prepay the Term B Loan with any Excess Specified Security Sale Proceeds in the amount of $50,000,000, such prepayment to be made prior to any such Restricted Payment under Section 6.10(xi) (it being understood that after the Borrower has prepaid the Term B Loan in the amount of $50,000,000 with Excess Specified Security Sale Proceeds, it shall have no further obligation to prepay the Term B Loan under this clause (iv)).
     (v) In the event and on each occasion that the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary makes any Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 6.10(xi) in an amount which, when aggregated with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.10(xi) after the Effective Date, is greater than $62,500,000, the Borrower shall, on the date such Restricted Payment is made, prepay the Term Loans in an amount equal to the amount of such Restricted Payment or, if less, the portion thereof which resulted in such aggregate Restricted Payment amount exceeding $62,500,000, which prepayment shall be applied to the Term B Loan until paid in full and thereafter applied to the Term A Loan.
     (vi) In the event of any voluntary or mandatory prepayment (other than pursuant to Section 2.10(iv)) of the Term B Loan, on the date of prepayment the Borrower shall pay the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Term B Loan a prepayment premium in an amount equal to (A) 2% of the principal amount prepaid in the case of a prepayment on or prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, (B) 1% in the case of a prepayment after the first anniversary of the Effective Date but on or prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date and (C) 0% thereafter.
     Section 2.11 Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for New Advances . The Borrower shall select the Type of Advance and, in the case of each Eurodollar Advance, the Interest Period applicable thereto from time to time. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a “ Borrowing Notice ”) not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date of each Floating Rate Advance (other than a Swing Line Loan) and three Business Days before the Borrowing Date for each Eurodollar Advance. Each such notice shall specify:
     (i) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of such Advance,
     (ii) the aggregate amount of such Advance,
     (iii) the Type of Advance selected, and
     (iv) in the case of each Eurodollar Advance, the Interest Period applicable thereto.
Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Borrowing Date, each Lender shall make available its Revolving Loan or Revolving Loans in funds immediately available in Chicago to the Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant to Article XIII. The Administrative Agent will make the funds so received from the Lenders available to the Borrower in an account designated in writing by the Borrower.

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     Section 2.12 Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances . Floating Rate Advances (other than Swing Line Loans) shall continue as Floating Rate Advances unless and until such Floating Rate Advances are converted into Eurodollar Advances pursuant to this Section 2.12 or are repaid in accordance with Section 2.10. Each Eurodollar Advance shall continue as a Eurodollar Advance until the end of the then applicable Interest Period therefor, at which time such Eurodollar Advance shall be automatically converted into a Floating Rate Advance unless (x) such Eurodollar Advance is or was repaid in accordance with Section 2.10 or (y) the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice (as defined below) requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period, such Eurodollar Advance continue as a Eurodollar Advance for the same or another Interest Period. Subject to the terms of Section 2.9, the Borrower may elect from time to time to convert all or any part of a Floating Rate Advance (other than Swing Line Loans) into a Eurodollar Advance. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a “ Conversion/Continuation Notice ”) of each conversion of a Floating Rate Advance into a Eurodollar Advance or continuation of a Eurodollar Advance not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the date of the requested conversion or continuation, specifying:
     (i) the requested date, which shall be a Business Day, of such conversion or continuation,
     (ii) the aggregate amount and Type of the Advance which is to be converted or continued, and
     (iii) the amount of such Advance which is to be converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Advance and the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
     Section 2.13 Changes in Interest Rate, etc . Each Floating Rate Advance (other than Swing Line Loans) shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and including the date such Advance is made or is automatically converted from a Eurodollar Advance into a Floating Rate Advance pursuant to Section 2.12, to but excluding the date it is paid or is converted into a Eurodollar Advance pursuant to Section 2.12 hereof, at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate plus the Applicable Margin for such day. Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and including the day such Swing Line Loan is made to but excluding the date it is paid hereof, at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate plus the Applicable Margin for such day. Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Advance maintained as a Floating Rate Advance will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate Base Rate. Each Eurodollar Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from and including the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including) the last day of such Interest Period at the interest rate determined by the Administrative Agent as applicable to such Eurodollar Advance based upon the Borrower’s selections under Sections 2.11 and 2.12 and otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof, plus the Applicable Margin. No Interest Period may end after the Facility Termination Date. Interest on Loans outstanding on the Effective Date shall be calculated (x) for periods up to and including the Effective Date at the rates set forth on the Pricing Schedule in the Existing Credit Agreement and (y) for periods after the Effective Date at the rates set forth in this Agreement.

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     Section 2.14 Rates Applicable After Default . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.11, 2.12 or 2.13, during the continuance of a Default, the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates), declare that no Advance may be made as, converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Advance. During the continuance of a Default under Section 7.2, unless waived by the Required Lenders or until such defaulted amount shall have been paid in full, (i) each overdue Eurodollar Advance shall bear interest for the remainder of the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable hereunder to such Interest Period plus 2% per annum and (ii) each overdue Floating Rate Advance and all overdue fees and other overdue amounts payable hereunder shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin plus 2% per annum, in each case without any election or action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
     Section 2.15 Method of Payment . All payments of the Obligations hereunder shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s address specified pursuant to Article XIII, or at any other Lending Installation of the Administrative Agent specified in writing by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, by noon (local time) on the date when due and shall (except with respect to repayments of Swing Line Loans and except in the case of reimbursement obligations with respect to LC Disbursements for which the LC Issuer has not been fully indemnified by the Lenders, or as otherwise specifically required hereunder) be applied ratably by the Administrative Agent among the applicable Lenders. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds that the Administrative Agent received at its address specified pursuant to Article XIII or at any Lending Installation specified in a notice received by the Administrative Agent from such Lender. Each reference to the Administrative Agent in this Section 2.15 shall also be deemed to refer, and shall apply equally, to the LC Issuer, in the case of payments required to be made by the Borrower to the LC Issuer pursuant to Section 2.22(v).
     Section 2.16 Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness . (i) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
     (i) The Administrative Agent shall also maintain the Register as set forth in Section 12.1(ii)(D).
     (ii) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (i) and (ii) above shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the Obligations therein recorded absent manifest error; provided , however , that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Obligations in accordance with their terms.

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     (iii) Any Lender may request that its Loans be evidenced by a promissory note in substantially the form of a Revolving Credit Note, a Term A Note, a Term B Note or a Swing Line Note, in each case as applicable. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender such Note payable to the order of such Lender. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (prior to any assignment pursuant to Section 12.1) be represented by one or more Notes payable to the order of the payee named therein, except to the extent that any such Lender subsequently returns any such Note for cancellation and requests that such Loans once again be evidenced as described in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.
     Section 2.17 Telephonic Notices . The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect selections of Types of Advances and to transfer funds based on telephonic notices made by any person or persons the Administrative Agent or any Lender in good faith believes to be acting on behalf of the Borrower, it being understood that the foregoing authorization is specifically intended to allow Borrowing Notices and Conversion/Continuation Notices to be given telephonically. The Borrower agrees to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent a written confirmation, if such confirmation is requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, of each telephonic notice signed by an Authorized Officer. If the written confirmation differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall govern absent manifest error.
     Section 2.18 Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis . Interest accrued on each Floating Rate Advance shall be payable on each Payment Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after the date hereof, on any date on which the Floating Rate Advance is prepaid, whether due to acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Eurodollar Advance shall be payable on the last day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which the Eurodollar Advance is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Eurodollar Advance having an Interest Period longer than three months shall also be payable on the last day of each three-month interval during such Interest Period. Interest on Eurodollar Advances, commitment fees and LC Fees shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year. Interest on Floating Rate Advances shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 365/366-day year. Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is received prior to noon, New York City time, at the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or interest on an Advance or other amount hereunder shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing interest in connection with such payment.
     Section 2.19 Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Revolving Credit Commitment Reductions . Promptly after receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment reduction notice, Borrowing Notice, Swing Line Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice received by it hereunder. Promptly after notice from the LC Issuer, the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each request for issuance of a Letter of Credit hereunder. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the interest rate

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applicable to each Eurodollar Advance promptly upon determination of such interest rate and will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate Base Rate.
     Section 2.20 Lending Installations . Each Lender may book its Loans and its participation in any LC Exposure and the LC Issuer may book the Letters of Credit at any Lending Installation selected by such Lender or the LC Issuer, as the case may be, and may change its Lending Installation from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such Lending Installation and the Loans, Letters of Credit, participations in LC Exposure and any Notes issued hereunder shall be deemed held by each Lender or the LC Issuer, as the case may be, for the benefit of any such Lending Installation. Each Lender and the LC Issuer may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in accordance with Article XIII, designate replacement or additional Lending Installations through which Loans will be made by it or Letters of Credit will be issued by it and for whose account Loan payments or payments with respect to Letters of Credit are to be made.
     Section 2.21 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent . Unless the Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent of (i) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of payment by a Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day for the first three days and, thereafter, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan or (y) in the case of payment by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan.
     Section 2.22 Letters of Credit .
     (i) General . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the applicable LC Issuer, at any time and from time to time from and including the Effective Date and prior to the Facility Termination Date. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Letter of Credit Application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the LC Issuer relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
     (ii) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall mail, hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved

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by the LC Issuer) to the LC Issuer and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (iii) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the LC Issuer, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the LC Issuer’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (x) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $100,000,000 and (y) the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment.
     (iii) Expiration Date . Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (x) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit and (y) the Facility Termination Date; provided that any Letter of Credit with a one year period may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one year periods but in no event shall the date of such Letters of Credit extend beyond the period in clause (y) hereof.
     (iv) Participations . By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the LC Issuer or the Lenders, the LC Issuer hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from the LC Issuer, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the LC Issuer, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each LC Disbursement made by the LC Issuer and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (v) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
     (v) Reimbursement . If the LC Issuer shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day next following the date notice of such drawing is given to the Borrower (any such notice received after 1:00 p.m.,

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New York City time, shall be deemed received by the Borrower on the next Business Day); provided that, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.7 or 2.11 that such payment be financed with a Revolving Credit Advance which is a Floating Rate Advance or Swing Line Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Revolving Credit Advance or Swing Line Loan. If the Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.11 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Sections 2.11 and 2.21 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the LC Issuer the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the LC Issuer or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the LC Issuer, then to such Lenders and the LC Issuer as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the LC Issuer for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of a Revolving Credit Advance or a Swing Line Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
     (vi) Obligations Absolute . The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (v) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (A) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (B) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (C) payment by the LC Issuer under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (D) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the LC Issuer, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the LC Issuer; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the LC Issuer from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are

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hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the LC Issuer’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, in each case on the part of the LC Issuer, the LC Issuer shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the LC Issuer may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
     (vii) Disbursement Procedures . The LC Issuer shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The LC Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the LC Issuer has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the LC Issuer and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
     (viii) Interim Interest . If the LC Issuer shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made (or, if notice of such LC Disbursement is given later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of such LC Disbursement, then from and including the next Business Day) to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the Floating Rate plus the Applicable Margin; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement within five Business Days of the date when due pursuant to paragraph (v) of this Section, then the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date when due to and including the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the Floating Rate plus the Applicable Margin plus 2% per annum. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the LC Issuer with respect to the applicable Letter of Credit, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (v) of this Section to reimburse such LC Issuer shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
     (ix) Replacement of the LC Issuer . An LC Issuer may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the successor LC Issuer. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an LC Issuer. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced LC Issuer pursuant to paragraph (xi) of this Section. From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (x) the successor LC Issuer shall have all the rights and obligations of an LC Issuer under

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this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (y) references herein to the term “LC Issuer” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous LC Issuer, or to such successor and all previous LC Issuers, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an LC Issuer hereunder, the replaced LC Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an LC Issuer under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
     (x) Cash Collateralization . If any Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph (which notice shall be delivered no earlier than the earlier of the fifth Business Day of such Default continuing and the date of any acceleration of the Obligations with respect to such Default), the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Default with respect to the Borrower described in Section 7.6 or 7.7. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the LC Issuer for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of a Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Defaults have been cured or waived.
     (xi) Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay (A) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee (the “ LC Fee ”) with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Loans on the face amount of such Letters of Credit during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (B) to each LC Issuer a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate per

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annum separately agreed upon (but no more than 0.125% per annum) between the Borrower and such LC Issuer on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such LC Issuer (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as such LC Issuer’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. LC Fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the LC Issuers pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 30 days after demand. All LC Fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
     (xii) Outstanding Letters of Credit . The letters of credit set forth on Schedule 2.22 hereto (the “ Outstanding Letters of Credit ”) were issued or deemed issued pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and remain outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. The Borrower, the LC Issuer and each of the Revolving Lenders hereby agree with respect to the Outstanding Letters of Credit that effective upon the Effective Date (A) such Outstanding Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under and governed in all respects by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and (B) each Lender shall participate in each Outstanding Letter of Credit in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the face amount of such Outstanding Letter of Credit.
     Section 2.23 Replacement of Lender . If (i) the Borrower is required pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.5 to make any additional payment to any Lender, (ii) any Lender’s obligation to make or continue, or to convert Floating Rate Advances into, Eurodollar Advances shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.3, (iii) any Lender shall default in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, (iv) any Lender shall become insolvent or the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or (v) any Lender shall fail to consent to a departure or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents or fail to agree to any amendment thereto, which waiver, consent or amendment requires the consent of all Lenders or of all Lenders directly affected thereby and has been consented to by the Required Lenders (any Lender described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) being an “ Affected Lender ”), the Borrower may (a) elect to replace such Affected Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement; provided that the Borrower shall have such right only if (A) concurrently with such replacement, (1) another bank or other entity (other than a Disqualified Institution) which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Affected Lender pursuant to an assignment substantially in the form of Exhibit D and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Affected Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of Section 12.1 applicable to assignments, and (2) the Borrower shall pay to such

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Affected Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (x) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Affected Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Affected Lender under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5, and (y) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 3.4 had the Loans or other Obligations of such Affected Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender, (B) in the case of clause (i) or (ii) above, such additional payments continue to be required or such suspension is still effective and will be reduced or negated by such assignment and (C) in the case of clause (iv) above, the applicable Assignee shall have agreed to the applicable departure, waiver or amendment of the Loan Documents or (b) terminate all Commitments of such Affected Lender and repay all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Lender as of such termination date (including any amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.4 as a result of such repayment).
     Section 2.24 Pro Rata Treatment; Intercreditor Agreements .
     (i) Except as provided below in this Section 2.24 and as required under Section 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5 or 11.2, each Advance, each payment or prepayment of principal of any Advance, each payment of interest on the Loans, each payment of the commitment fee set forth in Section 2.8 and the LC Fee, each reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment and each conversion of any Advance to or continuation of any Advance as an Advance of any Type shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their respective applicable Commitments (or, if such Commitments shall have expired or been terminated, in accordance with the respective principal amounts of their respective applicable outstanding Loans).
     (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any payment or other distribution (whether from proceeds of Collateral or any other source, whether in the form of cash, securities or otherwise, and whether made by any Loan Party or in connection with any exercise of remedies by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender) made or applied in respect of any of the Obligations (a) following any acceleration of the Obligations, (b) during the existence of a Default under Section 7.2 or (c) during or in connection with Insolvency Proceedings involving any Loan Party (or any plan of liquidation, distribution or reorganization in connection therewith), shall be made or applied, as the case may be, in the following order of priority (with higher priority Obligations to be paid in full prior to any payment or other distribution in respect of lower priority Obligations): (i) first , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts, including attorney fees, payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such, the LC Issuer in its capacity as such and the Collateral Agent in its capacity as such (ratably among the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer and the Collateral Agent in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause first payable to them); (ii) second , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and fees) payable to the Lenders, including attorney fees (ratably among such Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause second payable to them); (iii) third , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest (including any default interest) on the Term B

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Loans and any Replacement Term B Loans (ratably among such Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause third payable to them), including interest accruing after the filing or commencement of any Insolvency Proceedings in respect of any Loan Party, whether or not any claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is or would be allowed, allowable or otherwise enforceable in any such Insolvency Proceedings; (iv) fourth , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Term B Loans and any Replacement Term B Loans (ratably among such Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause fourth held by them); (v) fifth , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid fees or interest (including any default interest) on or relating to the Revolving Loans, Term A Loans, Swing Line Loans and LC Exposure (ratably among such Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause fifth payable to them), including interest accruing after the filing or commencement of Insolvency Proceedings in respect of any Loan Party, whether or not any claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is or would be allowed, allowable or otherwise enforceable in any such Insolvency Proceedings; (vi) sixth , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Revolving Loans, Term A Loans, Swing Line Loans and LC Exposure (including any termination payments and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon) (ratably among such Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause sixth held by them) and amounts constituting Rate Management Obligations (but only to the extent such Rate Management Obligations are secured by the Collateral and the source of the applicable payment is Collateral proceeds); (vii) seventh on or after (A) the Facility Termination Date, (B) the occurrence of any Default with respect to any Loan Party described in Section 7.6 or 7.7 or (C) the declaration by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders that the Loans are due and payable pursuant to Article VII, to pay an amount to the Administrative Agent for the account of the LC Issuer equal to one hundred one percent (101%) of the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and the aggregate amount of any unpaid LC Disbursements to be held as cash collateral; (viii) eighth, to payment of any other Obligations due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by the Borrower, ratably; and (ix) last , in the case of proceeds of Collateral, the balance, if any, thereof, after all of the Obligations (including, without limitation, all Obligations in respect of LC Exposure but excluding any contingent obligations) have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Lender agrees that the provisions of this Section 2.24 (including, without limitation, the priority of the Obligations as set forth herein) constitute an intercreditor agreement among them for value received that is independent of any value received from the Loan Parties, and that such agreement shall be enforceable as against each Lender, including, without limitation, in any Insolvency Proceedings in respect of any Loan Party (including without limitation with respect to interests and costs regardless of whether or not such interest or costs are allowed as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceedings or enforceable or recoverable against the Loan Party or its bankruptcy estate), to the same extent that such agreement is enforceable under applicable non-bankruptcy law (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 510(a) of the U.S. federal Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of applicable insolvency law), and that, if any Lender receives any payment or distribution in respect of any Obligation (including, without limitation, in

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connection with any Insolvency Proceedings or any plan of liquidation, distribution or reorganization therein) to which such Lender is not entitled in accordance with the priorities set forth in this Section 2.24, such amount shall be held in trust by such Lender for the benefit of the Person or Persons entitled to such payment or distribution hereunder, and promptly shall be turned over by such Lender to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Person or Persons entitled to such payment or distribution in accordance with this Section 2.24.
     (iii) In the event there is any Disgorged Recovery in respect of any Lender’s Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Swing Line Loans or LC Exposure in any Insolvency Proceedings of any Loan Party, such Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Swing Line Loans and LC Exposure shall be deemed to be outstanding as if such Disgorged Recovery had never been received by such Lender, and each Lender agrees that the intercreditor agreements and priorities set forth in this Section 2.24 shall be enforced in accordance with their terms in respect of such Revolving Loans, Term Loans, Swing Line Loans or LC Exposure, including, without limitation, for purposes of the allocation of payments and distributions made or applied in respect of the Obligations (whether from proceeds of Collateral or otherwise), as well as for purposes of determining whether such other Lender must turn over all or any portion of any payment or other distribution received by such other Lender (whether before or after occurrence of such Disgorged Recovery) to the Administrative Agent for redistribution in accordance with the last sentence of Section 2.24(ii).
ARTICLE III
YIELD PROTECTION; TAXES
     Section 3.1 Yield Protection . If, after the date of this Agreement (or, in the case of any assignee, after the date it became a party to this Agreement), the adoption of any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law), or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental or quasi-governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender or applicable Lending Installation or any LC Issuer with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency:
     (i) imposes or increases or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation (other than reserves and assessments taken into account in determining the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Advances), or
     (ii) imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation or any LC Issuer of making, funding or maintaining its Eurodollar Loans, or of issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or reduces any amount receivable by any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation in connection with its Eurodollar Loans, Letters of Credit or participations therein, or

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requires any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation or any LC Issuer to make any payment calculated by reference to the amount of Eurodollar Loans, Letters of Credit or participations therein held or interest or LC Fees received by it, in each case by an amount deemed material by such Lender or such LC Issuer as the case may be,
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender or applicable Lending Installation or such LC Issuer, as the case may be, of making or maintaining its Eurodollar Loans or Commitment or of issuing or participating in Letters of Credit or to reduce the return received by such Lender or applicable Lending Installation or such LC Issuer, as the case may be, in connection with such Eurodollar Loans, Commitment, Letters of Credit or participations therein, then, within 30 days of written demand by such Lender or such LC Issuer, as the case may be, the Borrower shall pay such Lender or such LC Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such LC Issuer, as the case may be, for such increased cost or reduction in amount received. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3.1 shall not apply to any tax-related matters.
     Section 3.2 Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations . If a Lender or an LC Issuer determines the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender, any Lending Installation of such Lender or such LC Issuer, or any corporation controlling such Lender or such LC Issuer is increased as a result of a Change, then, within 30 days of written demand by such Lender or such LC Issuer, the Borrower shall pay such Lender or such LC Issuer the amount necessary to compensate for any shortfall in the rate of return on the portion of such increased capital which such Lender or such LC Issuer determines is attributable to this Agreement, its Outstanding Credit Exposure or its Commitment to make Loans and issue or participate in Letters of Credit, as the case may be, hereunder (after taking into account such Lender’s or such LC Issuer’s policies as to capital adequacy). “ Change ” means (i) any change after the date of this Agreement in the Risk-Based Capital Guidelines, or (ii) any adoption of or change in any other law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the force of law) after the date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or any LC Issuer or any Lending Installation or any corporation controlling any Lender or any LC Issuer. “Risk-Based Capital Guidelines” means (i) the risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United States on the date of this Agreement, including transition rules, and (ii) the corresponding capital regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside the United States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basel Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices Entitled “International Convergence of Capital Measurements and Capital Standards,” including transition rules, and any amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this Agreement.
     Section 3.3 Availability of Types of Advances . If any Lender determines that maintenance of its Eurodollar Loans at a suitable Lending Installation would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive, whether or not having the force of law, or if the Required Lenders determine that (i) deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund Eurodollar Advances are not available or (ii) the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Advances does not accurately reflect the cost of making or maintaining Eurodollar Advances, then the Administrative Agent shall suspend the availability of Eurodollar Advances and require any

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affected Eurodollar Advances to be repaid or converted to Floating Rate Advances, subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4.
     Section 3.4 Funding Indemnification . If any payment of a Eurodollar Advance occurs on a date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period, whether because of acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, or a Eurodollar Advance is not made on the date specified by the Borrower for any reason other than default by the Lenders, the Borrower will indemnify each Lender for any loss or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom, including, without limitation, any loss or cost in liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or maintain such Eurodollar Advance.
     Section 3.5 Taxes .
     (i) All payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any Lender, any LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any Note or Letter of Credit Application shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all Taxes. If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct or withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender, any LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent, (A) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions or withholdings (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.5) such Lender, such LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (B) the Borrower shall make such deductions or withholdings, (C) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law and (D) the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof within 30 days after such payment is made.
     (ii) In addition, the Borrower hereby agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under any Loan Document or from the execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Loan Document (“ Other Taxes ”).
     (iii) The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, such LC Issuer and each Lender for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed on amounts payable under this Section 3.5) paid by the Administrative Agent, such LC Issuer or such Lender as a result of its Commitment, any Loans made by it hereunder, or otherwise in connection with its participation in this Agreement and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. Payments due under this indemnification shall be made within 30 days of the date the Administrative Agent, such LC Issuer or such Lender makes written demand therefor pursuant to Section 3.6.
     (iv) Each Lender and LC Issuer that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, a state thereof or the District of Columbia (each a “ Non-U.S. Lender ”) agrees that it will, on or before the date that it becomes party to this Agreement,

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(A) deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two duly completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, certifying in either case that such Non-U.S. Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, and (B) deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a United States Internal Revenue Form W-8 and certify that it is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax. Each Non-U.S. Lender further undertakes to deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (x) renewals or additional copies of such form (or any successor form) on or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete or upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and (y) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent forms so delivered by it, such additional forms or amendments thereto. All forms or amendments described in the preceding sentence shall certify that such Non-U.S. Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless an event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Non-U.S. Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form or amendment with respect to it and such Non-U.S. Lender advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax.
     (v) Each Lender and LC Issuer that is incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, a state thereof or the District of Columbia (each a “U.S. Lender”) agrees that it will, on or before the date that it becomes a party to this Agreement, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two duly completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, certifying that it is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax. Each U.S. Lender further undertakes to deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (x) renewals or additional copies of such form (or any successor form) on or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete or upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and (y) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent forms so delivered by it, such additional forms or amendments thereto. All forms or amendments described in the preceding sentence shall certify that such U.S. Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless an event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such U.S. Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form or amendment with respect to it and such U.S. Lender advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax.
     (vi) For any period during which a Lender or LC Issuer has failed to provide the Borrower with an appropriate form pursuant to clause (iv) or (v) of this Section 3.5 (unless such failure is due to a change in treaty, law or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, occurring

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subsequent to the date on which a form originally was required to be provided), such Lender or LC Issuer shall not be entitled to indemnification or gross-up under this Section 3.5 with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States; provided that, should a Lender or LC Issuer that is otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced rate of withholding tax become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required under clause (iv) or (v) of this Section 3.5, the Borrower shall take such steps at such Lender’s or LC Issuer’s expense as such Lender or LC Issuer shall reasonably request to assist such Lender or LC Issuer to recover such Taxes.
     (vii) Any Lender or LC Issuer that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement or any Note pursuant to the law of any relevant jurisdiction or any treaty shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
     (viii) If the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental authority of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered or properly completed, because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered its exemption from withholding ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax, withholding therefor, or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this subsection, together with all costs and expenses related thereto (including attorneys fees and time charges of attorneys for the Administrative Agent, which attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent). The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 3.5(vii) shall survive the payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
     (ix) If a Lender or LC Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.5, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 3.5 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Lender or LC Issuer and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Entity with respect to such refund), provided that (i) the Borrower, upon the request of the Lender or LC Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Entity) to the Lender or LC Issuer in the event the Lender or LC Issuer is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Entity and (ii) nothing herein contained shall interfere with the right of a Lender or LC Issuer to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit nor oblige any Lender or LC Issuer to claim any tax refund or to make available its tax returns or disclose any information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect thereof or require any

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Lender or LC Issuer to do anything that would prejudice its ability to benefit from any other refunds, credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it may be entitled.
     Section 3.6 Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity . To the extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending Installation to reduce any liability of the Borrower to such Lender under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5 or to avoid the unavailability of Eurodollar Advances under Section 3.3, so long as such designation is not, in the commercially reasonable judgment of such Lender, materially disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Lender shall deliver a written statement of such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) as to the amount due, if any, under Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5. Such written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations upon which such Lender determined such amount and shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error. Determination of amounts payable under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5 in connection with a Eurodollar Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender funded its Eurodollar Loan through the purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the deposit used as a reference in determining the Eurodollar Rate applicable to such Loan, whether in fact that is the case or not. Unless otherwise provided herein, the amount specified in the written statement of any Lender shall be payable on demand after receipt by the Borrower of such written statement. The Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Lender pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5 for any amounts paid or losses incurred by such Lender as to which such Lender has not made demand hereunder within 120 days after the date such Lender has actual knowledge of such amounts or losses and their applicability to the lending transactions contemplated hereby. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
     Section 4.1 Effectiveness and Closing Conditions . The amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement embodied herein shall not become effective (in which case the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect) and the Lenders shall not be required to make the Term B Loan hereunder unless and until the following conditions precedent (other than clause (xi)) have been satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof) and, in the case of clause (xi), the Term B Loan proceeds shall be funded simultaneously with the satisfaction of such condition, in each case on or before March 27, 2008:
     (i) Each Loan Party, each Existing Lender, each Lender with a Term B Loan Commitment, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall each have executed and delivered each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
     (ii) All shareholder, governmental and third party approvals necessary in connection with the financing and other transactions contemplated hereby and the continuing operations of Holdco and its Subsidiaries shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect and all waiting periods applicable to the transactions contemplated hereby shall have expired or been terminated, in each case, to the extent required to be delivered under the Equity Purchase Agreement.

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     (iii) The Administrative Agent shall have received (x) satisfactory audited consolidated financial statements of Holdco for the two most recent fiscal years ended prior to the Effective Date as to which such financial statements are available and (y) satisfactory unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Holdco for each quarterly period ended subsequent to the date of the latest financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (x) of this paragraph as to which such financial statements are available.
     (iv) Liens creating a first (subject only to Permitted Liens) priority security interest in the Collateral shall have been perfected or documents required to perfect such security interest shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent or arrangements have been made with respect thereto satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
     (v) The Administrative Agent shall have received such corporate records, officer’s certificates and other instruments as are customary for transactions of this type or as it may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
     (vi) The Collateral Agent, the Trustee and Collateral Agent for the holders of the Second Lien Indebtedness and the other parties thereto shall have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement.
     (vii) The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that adequate bank clearing arrangements of MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. are in effect on the Effective Date.
     (viii) The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that adequate contractual arrangements pursuant to which surety bonds are made available to support the businesses of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries are in effect.
     (ix) The Lenders shall be satisfied with the investment policy adopted by the board of directors of Holdco with respect to the portfolio investments of its Subsidiaries and with the rate hedging and foreign exchange arrangements and outstanding amounts thereof of Holdco and its Subsidiaries.
     (x) Except as Previously Disclosed (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement), since September 30, 2007, no change or event shall have occurred and no circumstances shall exist which have had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Effective Date MAE. With respect to matters which have been Previously Disclosed, in determining whether this condition is satisfied, any circumstance, event or condition occurring after the date of the Equity Purchase Agreement shall be taken into account, including any deterioration, worsening or adverse consequence of such Previously Disclosed matters occurring after the date of the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     (xi) Holco’s receipt from Deloitte & Touche LLP of the D&T Deliverables, which shall be delivered if the amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement shall have been placed into an escrow account pursuant to an escrow

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agreement reasonably acceptable to each of the Investors, Holdco, Deloitte & Touche LLP, the parties hereto and the parties to the Note Purchase Agreement with irrevocable instructions to be released to Holdco on the Effective Date upon Holdco’s receipt of the D&T Deliverables, or (ii) if the amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement shall not have been placed into an escrow account with irrevocable instructions to be released to Holdco on the Effective Date upon Holdco’s receipt of the D&T Deliverables, then Holdco shall have committed to the Investors, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders on the Effective Date that, after both Holdco and Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have verified that the amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement have been credited to the bank account set forth across from such amount on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement, Holdco will receive from Deloitte & Touche LLP the D&T Deliverables and (B) Holdco’s financial printer Bowne shall have notified the Investors and the Administrative Agent (on the Effective Date) that Holdco has delivered the Final 10-K to Bowne with the irrevocable instruction that Bowne file the Final 10-K on behalf of Holdco, and that Bowne is prepared to file and will file the Final 10-K with the SEC, in each case, immediately upon notification from Holdco that the amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement have been successfully credited to Holdco bank account set forth across from such amount on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     (xii) On the Effective Date (A) all representations and warranties in the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the representation in Section 5.5(i) as to the absence of an Effective Date MAE) are true and correct in all material respects after giving effect to the substantially contemporaneous consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby on the Effective Date, (B) after giving effect to the Credit Extensions and other substantially contemporaneous transactions consummated on the Effective Date, no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing, and (C) the Administrative Agent shall have received a satisfactory certificate to such effect dated the Effective Date and signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of Holdco and the Borrower.
     (xiii) On the Effective Date, any waiver period under the Existing Credit Agreement shall no longer exist and each waived Default or Unmatured Default shall have been permanently waived.
     (xiv) The Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall have received all fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented, on or before the Effective Date.
     (xv) After giving effect to the making and application of the proceeds of the Effective Date transactions contemplated hereby, there shall exist unused Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of at least $100,000,000 and Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment shall be $250,000,000.
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Loans, (i) Holdco shall have received gross cash proceeds of at least $760,000,000 from the issuance by Holdco of common and preferred stock (the “ Sponsor Capital ”) to the Sponsors on the terms and conditions set forth in the Equity Purchase Agreement (giving effect to any waivers of closing conditions therein deemed immaterial by the Administrative Agent) and (ii) the Borrower shall have received gross cash proceeds of at least $500,000,000 from the incurrence by the Borrower of the Second Lien Indebtedness, in each case on the terms and conditions set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable (giving effect to any waivers of closing conditions therein deemed immaterial by the Administrative Agent), and in each case as such amounts may be reduced in accordance with the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     (xvii) That certain $150,000,000 364-day Credit Agreement dated as of November 15, 2007, as amended, by and among Holdco, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto shall have been terminated and on the Effective Date there shall be no amounts outstanding thereunder.
     (xviii) Substantially contemporaneously with the funding of the Term B Loan, (A) the proceeds to Holdco of the issuance of the Sponsor Capital (net of (1) transactional fees and expenses and (2) a reserve for general corporate purposes in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000) shall be contributed by Holdco to the common equity of the Borrower (such contribution being a material inducement to the Borrower to accept and assume existing obligations of Holdco as contemplated hereby) and (B) such contributed amount, together with an amount equal to the proceeds to the Borrower of the incurrence of the Second Lien Indebtedness (net of (1) transactional fees and expenses, (2) a reserve for general corporate purposes in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 and (3) a repayment of $100,000,000 of the Revolving Loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Facility) shall be contributed by the Borrower to the common equity of MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
     (xix) Neither Deloitte & Touche LLP nor any other accounting firm shall have issued to Holdco any opinion regarding the consolidated financial statements of Holdco and its Subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007 which is not a Satisfactory Audit Opinion.
     (xx) Any Notes requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 shall have been issued by the Borrower payable to the order of each such requesting Lender.
     (xxi) The Administrative Agent shall have received such legal opinions as are customary for transactions of this type or as it may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
     (xxii) Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. shall have confirmed in writing to Holdco (A) that the Money Services Agreement by and among MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (as amended through that certain Amendment 3 to Money Services Agreement dated as of February 11, 2008 but not amended by any subsequent amendments other than, if necessary, to make effective the extension of the term of the Money Services Agreement through January 31, 2013) will be in full force and effect after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (which shall include an effective extension of the term of the Money Services Agreement through January 31,

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2013) and (B) that the Equity Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby do not give Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. the right to terminate the Money Services Agreement.
     Section 4.2 Each Subsequent Credit Extension . The Lenders shall not be required to make any Credit Extension (except as otherwise set forth in Section 2.7 with respect to Revolving Loans for the purpose of repaying Swing Line Loans) after the Effective Date unless on the applicable Credit Extension Date:
     (i) There exists no Default or Unmatured Default; provided , however , that solely for purposes of this Section 4.2(i), no Default or Unmatured Default under Section 7.1 shall be deemed to exist with respect to the material falsity of any representation or warranty made on the Effective Date unless the same evidenced or had a Material Adverse Effect.
     (ii) The representations and warranties contained in Article V are true and correct as of such Credit Extension Date in all material respects except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall have been true and correct on and as of such earlier date.
     Each Borrowing Notice, Swing Line Borrowing Notice, or request for issuance of a Letter of Credit, as the case may be, with respect to each such Credit Extension shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions contained in Sections 4.2(i) and (ii) have been satisfied.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
     The Borrower and Holdco represent and warrant to the Lenders that:
     Section 5.1 Existence and Standing . Each of the Borrower, Holdco and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company duly and properly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, and validly existing, duly qualified or licensed to do business and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted in each case (other than as to the valid existence of the Borrower), except where, individually or in the aggregate, the failure to exist, qualify, be licensed or be in good standing or have such power and authority could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 5.2 Authorization and Validity . Each of the Borrower, Holdco and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries has the power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by each of the Borrower, Holdco and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate or other organizational proceedings, and the Loan

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Documents to which each of the Borrower, Holdco and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries is a party constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Borrower, Holdco and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries enforceable against each of the Borrower, Holdco and its Material Domestic Subsidiaries in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles. Except for the shareholder approval set forth in Section 4.1(g) of the Equity Purchase Agreement, no stockholder vote of the Borrower, Holdco or any Subsidiary is required to authorize, approve or consummate any of the Transactions.
     Section 5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent . Neither the execution and delivery by any Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate (i) any applicable law, rule, regulation, ruling, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries or any Property of such Person or (ii) Holdco’s or any Material Domestic Subsidiary’s articles or certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership, articles or certificate of organization, by-laws, or operating or other management agreement, or substantially equivalent governing document, as the case may be, or (iii) the provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, deed of trust, license, lease indenture, instrument, agreement or other obligation (each a “ Contract ”) to which Holdco or any Subsidiary is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict with, result in a breach of any provision thereof or constitute a default thereunder (or result in an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default thereunder), or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or (except for the Liens created by the Loan Documents and the Second Lien Documents, Permitted Liens and Permitted Holdco Liens) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any such note, bond, mortgage, deed of trust, license, lease indenture, instrument, agreement or other obligation, except with respect to clauses (i) or (iii), to the extent, individually or in the aggregate, that such violation, conflict, breach, default or creation or imposition of any lien could not reasonably be expect to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No order, consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or other action in respect of any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, which has not been obtained by Holdco or any of its Material Domestic Subsidiaries, is required to be obtained by Holdco or any Material Domestic Subsidiary in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the borrowings under this Agreement, the payment and performance by the Borrower of the Obligations or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.

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     Section 5.4 Financial Statements . The consolidated financial statements of Holdco and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered to the Lenders as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and as of and for the fiscal quarter and portion of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the date such statements were prepared and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and operations of Holdco and its Subsidiaries at such date and the consolidated results of their operations for the period then ended.
     Section 5.5 Material Adverse Change . (i) As of the Effective Date, there exists no event or circumstance which constitutes or could reasonably be expected to result in an Effective Date MAE, and (ii) since the Effective Date, there has been no event or circumstance which constitutes or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 5.6 Taxes . Holdco and its Subsidiaries have filed or caused to be filed all United States federal tax returns and all other material tax returns and reports required to be filed and have paid or caused to be paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by such Persons, except such taxes, if any, which are not overdue by more than 30 days or which (i) are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (ii) the non-payment of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The United States federal income tax returns of MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. and its Subsidiaries have been audited by the Internal Revenue Service (or the statute of limitations applicable to audits of such tax returns has run) through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003. As of the Effective Date, neither Holdco nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any “listed transaction” as defined under Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code.
     Section 5.7 Litigation . There is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of any of their senior officers, threatened against or affecting Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Holdco nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, judgment or decree that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 5.8 Subsidiaries; Capitalization . Schedule 5.8 contains an accurate list of all Subsidiaries of Holdco and identifies all Material Domestic Subsidiaries all as of the date of this Agreement, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of organization and the percentage of their respective Capital Stock or other ownership interests owned by Holdco, the Borrower or other Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock or other ownership interests of such Subsidiaries have been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by Holdco, the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien, except for Permitted Liens.
     Section 5.9 ERISA; Labor Matters .
     (i) The Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans do not in the aggregate exceed $125,000,000. No Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any

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Single Employer Plan, neither Holdco, any of its Subsidiaries nor any other member of the Controlled Group has withdrawn from any Multiemployer Plan or initiated steps to do so, and no steps have been taken to reorganize or terminate any Single Employer Plan.
     (ii) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) Holdco and each of its Subsidiaries has made all required contributions to each Plan in accordance with its terms; (B) there is not now, nor do any circumstances exist that are likely to give rise to any requirement for the posting of security with respect to a Plan or the imposition of any material liability or material lien on the assets of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries under ERISA or the Code in respect of any Plan, and no liability (other than for premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation) under Title IV of ERISA or under Sections 412 or 4971 of the Code has been or is reasonably expected to be incurred by Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries; and (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of Holdco or Borrower, threatened claims (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course), lawsuits or arbitrations which have been asserted or instituted against the Plans or the assets of any of the trusts under any of the Plans.
     (iii) None of Holdco, any of its Subsidiaries or any other person or entity under common control with Holdco within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code participates in, or is required to contribute to, any “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA) (a “ Multiemployer Plan ”).
     (iv) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to employees employed outside the United States (a “ Foreign Plan ”), (A) each Foreign Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities; and (B) all Foreign Plans that are required to be funded are funded in accordance with applicable Laws, and with respect to all other Foreign Plans, adequate reserves therefore have been established on the accounting statements of Holdco or its applicable Subsidiary.
     Section 5.10 Accuracy of Information .
     (i) As of the Effective Date, no information, exhibit or report (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) furnished by Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (other than projections and other forward looking information and information of a general economic or industry specific nature) in connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, the Loan Documents contained any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
     (ii) As of the Effective Date, any projections and other financial estimates and forecasts furnished by Holdco to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender on or prior to the Effective Date in connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, this Agreement were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Holdco to be

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reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results.
     Section 5.11 Regulation U . Margin stock (as defined in Regulation U) constitutes less than 25% of the value of those assets of Holdco and its Subsidiaries which are subject to any limitation on sale, pledge, or other restriction hereunder.
     Section 5.12 Compliance With Laws . Holdco and its Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable Laws of any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership of their respective Property, except for any failure to comply with any of the foregoing which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 5.13 Ownership of Properties . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.13, Holdco and its Subsidiaries have good and indefeasible title to or valid leasehold interests in, free of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, to all of the Property and assets reflected in Holdco’s most recent consolidated financial statements provided to the Administrative Agent as owned by Holdco and its Subsidiaries.
     Section 5.14 Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions . Neither Holdco nor any of its Subsidiaries is an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 of an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is subject to Title I of ERISA or any plan (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code), and neither the execution of this Agreement nor the making of the Loans or Letters of Credit hereunder gives rise to a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
     Section 5.15 Environmental Matters . Except for those matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) each of Holdco and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and neither Holdco nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written communication alleging that Holdco is in violation of, or has any liability under, any Environmental Law, (b) each of Holdco and its Subsidiaries validly possesses and is in compliance with all Permits required under Environmental Laws to conduct its business as presently conducted, and all such Permits are valid and in good standing, (c) there are no claims relating to Environmental Laws pending or, to the knowledge of Holdco or the Borrower, threatened against Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries and (d) none of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries has Released any Hazardous Materials in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in any claim relating to Environmental Laws against Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries.
     Section 5.16 Investment Company Act . Neither Holdco nor any of its Subsidiaries 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 5.17 Solvency . On the Effective Date, after giving effect to any Credit Extensions made on such date, proceeds of the notes issued pursuant to the Second Lien

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Documents, the proceeds of the equity issued in accordance with the Equity Purchase Agreement, the sale of securities contemplated by the Equity Purchase Agreement and the other Transactions, and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of the foregoing, (A) the fair value of the assets of Holdco and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of Holdco and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (B) the present fair saleable value of the Property of Holdco and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of Holdco and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (C) Holdco and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (D) Holdco and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the Effective Date.
     Section 5.18 Intellectual Property . As of the date hereof:
     (i) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) to the knowledge of Holdco and the Borrower, Holdco and its Subsidiaries own, free of all encumbrances except Permitted Liens, or have the valid right to use all the Intellectual Property used in the conduct of the business of Holdco and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted and (B) to the knowledge of Holdco and the Borrower the conduct of the business of Holdco and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted does not Infringe any Intellectual Property rights of any third party. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no claim or demand has been given in writing to Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries to the effect that the conduct of the business of Holdco or such Subsidiary Infringes upon the Intellectual Property rights of any third party to the knowledge of Holdco and the Borrower. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of Holdco and the Borrower, no third parties are infringing the Intellectual Property rights of Holdco or the Borrower.
     (ii) To the knowledge of Holdco and the Borrower, all material registered trademarks and registered service marks, trademark and service mark applications and all Holdco Patents have been duly registered or application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or applicable foreign governmental authority. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) none of the Holdco Patents have been adjudged to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part and (B) there are no actual or, to the knowledge of Holdco or the Borrower, threatened opposition proceedings, cancellation proceedings, interference proceedings or other similar action challenging the validity or ownership of any Holdco Patents.
     Section 5.19 Collateral . As of the Effective Date, the Collateral Documents will be effective to create (to the extent described therein), in favor of and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein, except as may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,

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fraudulent transfer, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). When the actions specified in each Collateral Document have been duly taken, the security interests granted pursuant thereto shall constitute (to the extent described therein) a perfected security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) in all right, title and interest of each pledgor party thereto in the Collateral described therein with respect to such pledgor if and to the extent perfection can be achieved by taking such actions.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
     During the term of this Agreement, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:
     Section 6.1 Financial Reporting . Borrower will maintain, for itself and each Subsidiary, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the Borrower will furnish to the Lenders the following:
     (i) within 90 days after the close of Holdco’s fiscal year (in the case of the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2007) and the Borrower’s fiscal year in the case of each fiscal year ending on or after December 31, 2008, an audit report certified by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing (which in each case shall be without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit), prepared in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated and consolidating basis (consolidating statements need not be certified by such accountants) for Holdco and its Subsidiaries (in the case of fiscal year 2007 only) and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (in the case of each subsequent fiscal year), including balance sheets as of the end of such period, related profit and loss and reconciliation of surplus statements, and a statement of cash flows on a consolidated and consolidating basis, accompanied by any final management letter prepared by said accountants to Holdco or the Borrower, as applicable; provided, however, that such audit report with respect to Holdco’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2007 shall be furnished as soon as practicable, but in any event on or before the date required pursuant to this clause for delivery of the audited financial statements for the Borrower’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2008;
     (ii) within 45 days after the close of the first three quarterly periods of each of the Borrower’s fiscal years, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, consolidated and consolidating unaudited balance sheets as at the close of each such period, consolidated and consolidating profit and loss and reconciliation of surplus statements and a consolidated and consolidating statement of cash flows for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such quarter, and a balance sheet as at the close of such period and such profit and loss and reconciliation of surplus statements and statement of cash flows for the Borrower individually, certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as in each case fairly presenting, in all material respects, the consolidated financial

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condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or the Borrower individually, as applicable) (subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) and having been prepared in reasonable detail;
     (iii) so long as corresponding financial statements are required to be delivered under the Note Purchase Agreement or the Indenture, within 30 days after the end of each of the first two months of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, a company-prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and related company-prepared statements of income in a form customarily prepared by management for the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such monthly period, certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) and having been prepared in reasonable detail;
     (iv) together with the financial statements required under Sections 6.1(i) and (ii), a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit E signed by a Financial Officer showing the calculations necessary to determine compliance with this Agreement (including Sections 6.19.1, 6.19.2 and 6.20) and stating that no Default or Unmatured Default exists, or if any Default or Unmatured Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof;
     (v) within 60 days after the commencement of each fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008), a budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year in the form approved by the board of directors of the Borrower;
     (vi) within 270 days after the close of each fiscal year, a statement of the Unfunded Liabilities of each Single Employer Plan, certified as correct by an actuary enrolled under ERISA;
     (vii) within 10 Business Days after the Borrower knows that any Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Single Employer Plan, a statement, signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower describing said Reportable Event and the action which the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.
     (viii) promptly upon the filing thereof, electronic notice to the Administrative Agent of the filing of all proxy statements, registration statements and periodic and current reports on forms 10K, 10Q and 8K which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries files with the SEC;
     (ix) as soon as possible and in any event on the later of (i) 30 days following the occurrence of the following events or (ii) the first date required for delivery of the financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) after the occurrence of the following events, written notice of the creation, establishment or acquisition of any Subsidiary or the issuance by or to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Capital Stock; and

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     (x) such other information (including non-financial information) as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
     Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.1 shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information, or one or more annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or such reports shall be available on the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov or on the website of Holdco at http://www.moneygram.com and the Borrower has given notice that such reports are so available. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent. If any information which is required to be furnished to the Lenders under this Section 6.1 is required by law or regulation to be filed by Holdco or the Borrower with a government body on an earlier date (other than the December 31, 2007 financial statements and any filings required by the SEC for the fiscal year then ended), then the information required hereunder shall be furnished to the Lenders at such earlier date.
     Section 6.2 Use of Proceeds . The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions for general corporate purposes and acquisitions permitted hereunder. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, use any of the proceeds of the Advances to purchase or carry any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U).
     Section 6.3 Notice of Default . The Borrower will give prompt notice in writing to the Lenders of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default, the occurrence of any “Default” or “Event of Default” under the Second Lien Documents and of any other development, financial or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 6.4 Conduct of Business . The Borrower will, and will cause each Borrower Subsidiary to, carry on and conduct its business in the financial or payment services industry or the support thereof and do all things necessary to remain duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing as a domestic corporation, partnership or limited liability company in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted except as permitted by Sections 6.12 and 6.13 or where the failure to maintain such authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 6.5 Taxes . Holdco will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, timely file complete and correct United States federal and applicable foreign, state and local tax returns required by law (after giving effect to extensions thereof) and pay when due all taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or Property, except (i) those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP or (ii) those which the failure to pay or discharge could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 6.6 Insurance . Holdco will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance on all its Property as may customarily be

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carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses of similar sizes, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons. The Borrower will furnish to any Lender upon request full information as to the insurance carried (but no more often than once per year absent a Default).
     Section 6.7 Compliance with Laws . Holdco will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws, the noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 6.8 Maintenance of Properties . Holdco will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep its Property in good repair, working order and condition (other than wear and tear occurring in the ordinary course of business, routine obsolescence and casualty or condemnation), and from time to time make or cause to be made, all necessary and proper repairs, renewals and replacements so that its business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, in each case, except to the extent such non-compliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 6.9 Inspection . Holdco will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep adequate books of record and accounts to allow preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and permit the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, by their respective representatives and agents, to inspect any of the Property, books and financial records of Holdco and each of its Subsidiaries, to examine and make copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of Holdco and each of its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of Holdco and each of its Subsidiaries with, and to be advised as to the same by, their respective officers at such reasonable times and intervals as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may designate. The costs of such inspections shall be for the account of the Borrower, except in the case of (i) a Lender inspection in the absence of the occurrence and continuation of a Default, which shall be done at such Lender’s expense, or (ii) any Administrative Agent inspections in excess of one inspection during any 12-month period in the absence of the occurrence and continuation of a Default, each of which shall be done at Administrative Agent’s expense.
     Section 6.10 Restricted Payments . The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Borrower Subsidiary to, declare or pay any Restricted Payments except that, so long as (other than with respect to clauses (iv)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (I) below) no Default or Unmatured Default then exists or would result therefrom, the following shall be permitted:
     (i) the payment by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary of dividends payable in its own Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock);
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Borrower; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from clause (ii) of the definition of Basket Amount;
     (iii) repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
     (iv) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions by the Borrower, or the making of loans by the Borrower, to its direct or indirect parent, in amounts required for either of their respective direct or indirect parent to actually pay the following:
     (A) franchise and excise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence;
     (B) foreign, federal, state and local income or franchise taxes, to the extent such income or franchise taxes are attributable to the income of the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries;
     (C) general corporate expenses related to third party audit, insurance legal and similar administrative expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, including customary expenses for a public holding company;
     (D) customary salary, bonus, contributions to pension and 401(k) plans, deferred compensation and other benefits payable to directors, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to the extent such amounts are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to clause (vii) of this Section 6.10);
     (E) indemnification obligations of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons (including, without limitation, the Sponsors) under its charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with such Person, or obligations in respect of director and officer insurance (including any premiums therefor); provided, however, that any indemnities owing to the Sponsors pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement shall only be permitted under this clause (E) to the extent such indemnities are as a result of third party claims relating to the Transactions; and provided, further, that no Restricted Payment may be made pursuant to this clause (E) to the extent such Restricted Payments are covered by clause (v)(B) below;
     (F) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions;
     (G) amounts required to be paid by Holdco in connection with clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted Holdco Indebtedness;
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exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower; and
     (I) amounts paid to Borrower by or withheld by Borrower from Borrower employees’ and officers’ compensation to the minimum extent necessary to settle Borrower employees’ and officers’ (1) federal, state and income tax liabilities (if any) related to restricted stock units and similar stock based awards under Holdco’s stock incentive plan or (2) option price payments owed by employees and officers with respect thereto, and Holdco shall apply such amounts to make required federal, state and income tax payments or to settle option price payments owed by Borrower employees and officers with respect thereto;
     (v) a Restricted Payment with respect to the payment of (A) any litigation expenses, judgments or settlement of any litigation of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or (B) indemnification obligations of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower owing to directors, officers or employees under its charter or by-laws, in respect of a settlement to the extent such payments represent indirect payment obligations of the parent; provided , however , that after giving effect to each Restricted Payment under this clause (v) the Borrower would be in pro forma compliance with Sections 6.19.1 (or, prior to March 31, 2009, as if the ratio specified in such Section were at such time in effect and required to be no less than 1.50 to 1.0), 6.19.2 (or, prior to March 31, 2009, as if the Senior Secured Debt Ratio were at such time in effect and required to be no greater than 7.0 to 1.0) and 6.20;
     (vi) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Borrower, as the case may be, that is incurred in compliance with Section 6.11 so long as:
     (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and any fees and expenses incurred in the issuance of such new Indebtedness;
     (B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired for value;
     (C) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired; and

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     (D) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired;
     (vii) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower held by any current or former employee, director, manager or consultant of the Borrower, any Borrower Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (or their respective estates, heirs, beneficiaries, transferees, spouses or former spouses) pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or similar agreement; provided, that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (vii) in any four-fiscal quarter period shall not exceed $5,000,000 as of the last day of such four-fiscal quarter period;
     (viii) a Restricted Payment by the Borrower or the Borrower Subsidiaries which together with (A) the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries after the date hereof (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)(A), (vi), (vii), (x) and (xi) of this Section 6.10), (B) the aggregate amount of all Investments made by the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14(xiv) after the date hereof and (C) the aggregate amount of all payments of Second Lien Indebtedness made pursuant to Section 6.17(ii)(C) after the date hereof, is less than the Basket Amount at such time;
     (ix) other Restricted Payments which, when aggregated with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (ix) after the date hereof and all payments of Second Lien Indebtedness made pursuant to Section 6.17(ii)(D) after the date hereof, do not exceed $25,000,000;
     (x) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of preferred stock of any Borrower Subsidiary issued in accordance with Section 6.11; and
     (xi) so long as the Term B Balance is at such time no greater than $200,000,000, Restricted Payments which, when aggregated with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (xi) after the date hereof, do not exceed the sum of (A) the lesser of (1) the aggregate Excess Specified Security Sale Proceeds received by the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary after February 29, 2008 minus $50,000,000 and (2) $62,500,000 plus (B) 50% of the difference (if greater than zero) of (1) the aggregate Excess Specified Security Sale Proceeds received by the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary after February 29, 2008 minus (2) $112,500,000.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the making of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or distribution or giving of the redemption notice, as applicable, will not be prohibited if, at the date of declaration or notice such payment or redemption would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement.

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     In addition, Holdco will not make any Restricted Payment in excess of the sum of (A) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments received by Holdco from the Borrower in accordance with this Section 6.10 after the Effective Date, (B) the aggregate amount of capital contributions or proceeds from issuances of Capital Stock (valued in each case at fair market value at the time received in case of non-cash contributions) received by Holdco after the Effective Date and (C) the aggregate amount of interest or gains of Holdco on investments by Holdco of such Restricted Payments, contributions or proceeds permitted by the Passive Holding Company Condition; provided , however , that Holdco may also make Restricted Payments of the types permitted by the Borrower pursuant to Sections 6.10(i), (ii) and (iii).
     Section 6.11 Indebtedness . The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Borrower Subsidiary to, create, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, nor will it permit any Borrower Subsidiary to issue preferred stock (other than shares of preferred stock of a Borrower Subsidiary issued to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor), except:
     (i) Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents;
     (ii) Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and described in all material respects in Schedule 6.11;
     (iii) Indebtedness arising under the Second Lien Documents not exceeding (A) $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (or, if less, the initial aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness on the Effective Date) minus (B) the aggregate amount of all principal repayments of such Indebtedness after the Effective Date;
     (iv) after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, and provided the Financial Condition is satisfied at such time, the Borrower may incur Indebtedness and any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Non-Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (in respect of all Non-Guarantors in an aggregate amount of Indebtedness outstanding not to exceed at any time $10,000,000);
     (v) Indebtedness or preferred stock of (A) the Borrower or a Guarantor incurred to finance an acquisition permitted hereunder or (B) Persons that are acquired by the Borrower or a Guarantor or merged into the Borrower or a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that after giving effect to such acquisition or merger, the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the Senior Secured Debt Ratio set forth in Section 6.19.2 (or, prior to March 31, 2009, the Senior Secured Debt Ratio shall not exceed 7.0 to 1.0);
     (vi) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business in respect of workers’ compensation claims, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims; provided, however, that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;

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     (vii) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Borrower Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Borrower Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided, however, that:
     (A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (vii)(A)); and
     (B) the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary in connection with such disposition;
     (viii) (A) Indebtedness of the Borrower to a Guarantor or (B) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower or another Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that any such Indebtedness is made pursuant to an intercompany note; provided, further, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness that was not permitted by this clause (viii);
     (ix) the guarantee by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this covenant; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, then the guarantee shall be subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
     (x) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary of Indebtedness or issuance of preferred stock that serves to extend, refund, refinance, renew, replace or defease any Indebtedness or preferred stock incurred or issued as permitted under clause (ii) or (iv) above, this clause (x) or any Indebtedness or preferred stock incurred or issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness or preferred stock (the “ Refinancing Indebtedness ”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
     (A) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness or preferred stock being refunded or refinanced;

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     (B) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or refunded; or (ii) preferred stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be preferred stock;
     (C) shall not include:
     (1) Indebtedness or preferred stock of a Borrower Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness or preferred stock of the Borrower; or
     (2) Indebtedness or preferred stock of a Borrower Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness or preferred stock of a Guarantor; and
     (D) is in a principal amount not in excess of the principal amount of Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced (including additional Indebtedness incurred to pay premiums, fees and expenses in connection therewith);
     (xi) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its incurrence;
     (xii) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with health or other types of social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance or self-insurance obligations in the ordinary course of business;
     (xiii) Indebtedness that may be deemed to exist pursuant to any performance, completion or similar guarantees, performance, surety, statutory, appeal, bid, payment (other than payment of Indebtedness) or reclamation bonds, statutory obligations or similar obligations (including any bonds or letters of credit issued with respect thereto and all guarantee, reimbursement and indemnity agreements entered into in connection therewith) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
     (xiv) obligations incurred in connection with any management or director deferred compensation plan;
     (xv) Indebtedness in respect of (A) employee credit card programs and (B) netting services, cash pooling arrangements or similar arrangements in connection with cash management and deposit accounts; provided that, with respect to any such arrangements, the total amount of all deposits subject to such arrangement at all times equals or exceeds the total amount of overdrafts subject to such arrangement;
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     (xvii) Repurchase Agreements with maturities of less than 30 days (and excluding Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xvi) above) which at any one time outstanding do not exceed $100,000,000;
     (xviii) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) and preferred stock incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the proceeds of which are applied to finance the development, construction, purchase, lease, repairs, additions or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other fixed or capital assets that are used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets, in an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness and preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (xviii) and including all Indebtedness and preferred stock incurred to refund, refinance or replace any other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xviii), does not exceed $10,000,000;
     (xix) (A) Indebtedness or preferred stock in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $75,000,000 of the Borrower or of a Subsidiary Guarantor owing to a Non-Guarantor (other than an SPE) that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations of such Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor and (B) Indebtedness or preferred stock in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $75,000,000 of a Non-Guarantor (other than an SPE) owing to the Borrower or to a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided , that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness or preferred stock (except to the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness that was not permitted by this clause (xix); and
     (xx) Indebtedness or preferred stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness or preferred stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (xx), does not at any one time outstanding exceed $100,000,000.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Borrower nor any Borrower Subsidiary shall incur or have outstanding any Indebtedness to the SPEs.
     For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.11: (i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness or preferred stock described in clauses (i) through (xx) above, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, may classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness or preferred stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness or preferred stock in one of the above clauses; and (ii) at the time of incurrence or reclassification, the Borrower will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness or preferred stock in more than one of the types of Indebtedness or preferred stock described in clauses (i) through (xx) above.
     Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 6.11.

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     For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.
     The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
     Section 6.12 Merger .
     (i) The Borrower will not consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Borrower is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all the properties or assets of the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
     (A) either:
     (1) the Borrower is the surviving company; or
     (2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Borrower) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “ Successor Company ”);
     (B) the Successor Company, if other than the Borrower, expressly assumes all the Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents pursuant to documents in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
     (C) immediately before and after such transaction, no Default or Unmatured Default exists;
     (D) the Successor Company would be in pro forma compliance, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, with Sections 6.19.1 (or, prior to March 31, 2009, as if the ratio specified in such Section were at such time in effect and required to be no less than 1.50 to

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1.0) and 6.19.2 (or, prior to March 31, 2009, as if the Senior Secured Debt Ratio were at such time in effect and required to be no greater than 7.0 to 1.0);
     (E) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case clause (ii) below applies, shall have confirmed that its Obligations under the applicable Loan Documents to which it is a party remain outstanding pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
     (F) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer complies with the provisions described in this clause (i).
     The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for the Borrower under this Agreement and each other Loan Document.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing (but subject to clause (ii) below), any Borrower Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Borrower or to another Borrower Subsidiary.
     (ii) No Guarantor will, and the Borrower will not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
     (A) (1) such Guarantor is the surviving entity or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “ Successor Person ”); and
(2) the Successor Person, if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Loan Documents pursuant to documents in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(3) immediately before and after such transaction, no Default or Unmatured Default exists; or
     (B) such transaction is made in compliance with Section 6.13 (without regard to Section 6.13(xi)) or constitutes an Investment permitted by Section 6.14.
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     Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary Guarantor.
     Section 6.13 Sale of Assets . The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Borrower Subsidiary to, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of its Property to any other Person, except:
     (i) the disposition of (A) Cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business, (B) obsolete or worn out equipment or other tangible personal property or (C) inventory sales in the ordinary course of business;
     (ii) transfers of property subject to casualty, condemnation or similar events (including in lieu thereof) upon receipt of the Net Proceeds in respect thereof;
     (iii) (x) the disposition of Portfolio Securities (other than Specified Securities) for Cash and Cash Equivalents or securities contained in the Restricted Investment Portfolio and (y) the disposition of Portfolio Securities on or before the Effective Date contemplated by the Equity Purchase Agreement;
     (iv) the making of any Restricted Payment or Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 6.10 or 6.14, as applicable;
     (v) the unwinding of any Rate Management Transaction;
     (vi) any transfer to MoneyGram International Holdings Limited of the loan from MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. to MoneyGram International Holdings Limited in the amount of 92,500,000 pursuant to the Loan Agreement dated January 17, 2003 made to effectuate the forgiveness of such loan;
     (vii) sales of securities pursuant to Repurchase Agreements;
     (viii) sales, transfers or other dispositions of its Property to an SPE made in compliance with Section 6.14(v);
     (ix) transfers from a Subsidiary to the Borrower, from the Borrower to any Guarantor, from a Guarantor to any other Guarantor or from a Non-Guarantor to the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary;
     (x) sales or dispositions of the official check business or FSMC, Inc. (or any successor) by the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries;
     (xi) the disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 6.12;
     (xii) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

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     (xiii) surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims;
     (xiv) the lease, assignment or sub-lease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;
     (xv) foreclosures on assets;
     (xvi) sales of assets pursuant to any financing transaction otherwise permitted by this Agreement with respect to property built or acquired by the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary after the Effective Date, including sale and leaseback transactions;
     (xvii) the granting of Liens otherwise permitted by this Agreement;
     (xviii) sales of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
     (xix) the abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable good faith determination of the Borrower, are not material to the conduct of the business of Holdco and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
     (xx) sales of accounts or notes receivable, or participations therein, and related assets as part of a Receivables Transaction permitted hereunder which does not give rise to Indebtedness;
     (xxi) leases, sales or other dispositions of its Property that, together with all other Property of the Borrower and Borrower Subsidiaries previously leased, sold or disposed of as permitted by this clause (xxi) during the twelve-month period ending with the month in which any such lease, sale or other disposition occurs, do not constitute a Substantial Portion of the Property of the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries;
     (xxii) the abandonment of the Investments described on Schedule 6.13; and
     (xxiii) the sale or other disposition of Specified Securities so long as the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with this Agreement.
For purposes of this Section 6.13, Property of a Borrower Subsidiary shall be deemed to include Capital Stock (other than preferred stock) of such Borrower Subsidiary issued or sold to any Person other than (x) a Loan Party, (y) in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, or (z) any Capital Stock issued to an equity holder other than the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary to maintain its pro rata ownership.
     Section 6.14 Investments and Acquisitions . The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Borrower Subsidiary to, make any Acquisition of any Person or make any Investment in any Person, except:

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     (i) Acquisitions of (or all or substantially all of the assets of) entities engaged in a Similar Business, so long as (A) the acquired entity (x) becomes a Guarantor in compliance with Section 6.21 and complies with the requirement in Section 6.22 to pledge its assets as Collateral or (y) is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Guarantor; (B) after giving effect to such acquisition, the Borrower shall be in compliance with, and, on a pro forma basis, the Borrower would be in compliance therewith for the previous four fiscal quarters, its covenants in Sections 6.19.1 (or, prior to March 31, 2009, as if the ratio specified in such Section were at such time in effect and required to be no less than 1.50 to 1.0) and 6.19.2 (or, prior to March 31, 2009, as if the Senior Secured Debt Ratio were at such time in effect and required to be no greater than 7.0 to 1.0); (C) for any Acquisition with aggregate consideration in excess of $50,000,000, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate executed by an Authorized Officer setting forth the calculations demonstrating such compliance and (D) both before and after giving effect to such acquisition no Default or Unmatured Default exists;
     (ii) any Investment arising out of the forgiveness of the loan from MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. to MoneyGram International Holdings Limited in the amount of 92,500,000 Euros pursuant to the Loan Agreement dated January 17, 2003;
     (iii) any Investment in the Borrower or any Guarantor;
     (iv) any Investments in any Non-Guarantor (other than any SPE) that together with all Investments made pursuant to this clause (iv) after the date hereof shall not exceed $150,000,000;
     (v) any Investments (including Investments outstanding as of the date hereof) in SPEs provided that the total assets of all SPEs shall not exceed $2,000,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
     (vi) any Investment in Cash or Cash Equivalents;
     (vii) any Investment in the Restricted Investment Portfolio;
     (viii) any Investment existing on the date hereof (excluding assets held by any SPE) or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in existence on the date hereof which, in either case, is set forth in all material respects on Schedule 6.14(viii), and any Investment that replaces, refinances or refunds any such Investment; provided that such replacing, refinancing or refunding Investment is in an amount that does not exceed the amount replaced, refinanced or refunded, and is made in the same Person as the Investment replaced, refinanced or refunded;
     (ix) loans and advances to employees, directors, managers or consultants of Holdco, the Borrower or any of the Borrower Subsidiaries for reasonable and customary business related travel expenses, moving expenses and similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business whether or not consistent with past practice, and payroll advances;

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     (x) any Investment acquired by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary:
     (A) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of such other Investment or accounts receivable; or
     (B) as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
     (xi) Investments to the extent the payment for which consists of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower;
     (xii) Indebtedness (including Subordinated Indebtedness) permitted under Section 6.11 or any Restricted Payment permitted under Section 6.10, in each case to the extent it constitutes an Investment;
     (xiii) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;
     (xiv) any Investment by the Borrower or the Borrower Subsidiaries which together with (A) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made by the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries after the date hereof pursuant to Section 6.10 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by Sections 6.10 (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)(A), (vi), (vii), (x) and (xi)), (B) the aggregate amount of all other Investments made by the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries pursuant to this clause (xiv) after the date hereof and (C) the aggregate amount of all payments of Second Lien Indebtedness made pursuant to Section 6.17(ii)(C) after the date hereof, is less than the Basket Amount at such time;
     (xv) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash or Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an asset sale made pursuant to Section 6.13;
     (xvi) Rate Management Obligations permitted hereunder;
     (xvii) receivables owing to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;
     (xviii) Investments in the Second Lien Indebtedness to the extent not prohibited by Section 6.17(ii);

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     (xix) upfront payments, signing bonuses and similar payments paid to agents and guaranties of agent commissions, in each case in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;
     (xx) Acquisitions, for aggregate consideration not to exceed $28,000,000 in the aggregate, on terms substantially consistent with the terms set forth on Schedule 6.14(xx); and
     (xxi) additional Investments in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Investments previously made pursuant to this clause (xxi) not to exceed $25,000,000 (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).
     Section 6.15 Liens . The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Borrower Subsidiary to, create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Borrower or any of the Borrower Subsidiaries, except:
     (i) second-priority Liens securing obligations under the Second Lien Documents;
     (ii) Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents (which Liens shall equally and ratably secure Rate Management Obligations owing to Rate Management Counterparties);
     (iii) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges, claims or levies not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or subject to penalties for nonpayment, or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
     (iv) Liens imposed by law, such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure payment of obligations not more than 30 days past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding in good faith with an appeal or other proceeding for review so long as no such Lien secures claims constituting a Default under Section 7.8;
     (v) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation;
     (vi) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties;
     (vii) Liens in existence on the Effective Date and identified in all material respects on Schedule 6.15 hereto;

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     (viii) ordinary course pledges or deposits to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness for borrowed money) or leases to which such Person is a party or deposits as security for contested taxes, import duties or the payment of rent;
     (ix) Liens in favor of the issuer of stay, customs, appeal, performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or securing bonds required by applicable state regulatory licensing requirements or letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments in lieu of such items or to support the issuance thereof issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
     (x) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary and that such Liens are released within 30 days of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
     (xi) Liens on property at the time the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; and provided further that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary;
     (xii) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases entered into in the ordinary course of business that do not materially impair their use in the operation of the business of Holdco, the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
     (xiii) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;
     (xiv) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
     (xv) Liens (A) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection, (B) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (C) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
     (xvi) any attachment or judgment Lien against Holdco, the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary, or any property of Holdco, the Borrower or any Borrower

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Subsidiary, so long as such Lien secures claims not constituting a Default under Section 7.8;
     (xvii) the deposit or pre-funding of amounts in escrow pursuant to contractual obligations contained in customer agreements securing obligations not exceeding $50,000,000 in the aggregate;
     (xviii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.11(v)(B) or (xviii); provided , that Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.11(v)(B) or (xviii) are solely on the assets financed, purchased, constructed, improved or acquired or assets of the acquired entity as the case may be, and the proceeds and products thereof and accessions thereto;
     (xix) Liens securing Rate Management Obligations not exceeding $50,000,000 outstanding at any time;
     (xx) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
     (xxi) any Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien of the type referred to in clause (i), (ii), (vii), (x), (xi) or (xviii); provided , however , that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property and the proceeds and products thereof), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness permitted pursuant to such clause (i), (ii), (vii), (x), (xi) or (xviii) and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
     (xxii) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
     (xxiii) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits relating to asset sales or acquisitions not in the ordinary course in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement not prohibited by this Agreement;
     (xxiv) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
     (xxv) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Borrower Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 6.11;

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     (xxvi) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
     (xxvii) Liens securing not in excess of $300,000,000 of Receivables Transaction Attributed Indebtedness; and
     (xxviii) other Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.15 securing obligations not at any time exceeding $100,000,000 in the aggregate.
     Section 6.16 Affiliates . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Borrower Subsidiary to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Borrower, except:
     (i) on terms not materially less favorable to the Borrower or such Borrower Subsidiary as the Borrower or such Borrower Subsidiary would obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction, and in connection with such transaction or series of related transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $5,000,000 the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a resolution adopted by the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Borrower approving such transaction and set forth in an officer’s certificate certifying that such transaction complies with this clause (i);
     (ii) the forgiveness of Indebtedness referred to in Section 6.14(ii);
     (iii) reimbursement of the Sponsors or their Affiliates for expenses in accordance with the provisions of the Equity Purchase Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and payment of fees and indemnification obligations payable to the Sponsors or their Affiliates in connection with the consummation of the Transactions pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement or Note Purchase Agreement, each as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, neither Holdco nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, pay any management fees to the Sponsors or their Affiliates;
     (iv) reasonable and customary fees, expenses and indemnities provided in the ordinary course of business to officers, directors, managers, employees or consultants of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary;
     (v) customary tax sharing arrangements among Holdco and its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business;
     (vi) transactions among Holdco and its Subsidiaries not expressly prohibited under this Agreement;
     (vii) any transaction or series of transactions involving consideration of less than $1,000,000;

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     (viii) transactions in existence as of the Effective Date set forth in all material respects on Schedule 6.16;
     (ix) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees of the Borrower, employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or employees of any Borrower Subsidiary and employment agreements, severance agreements, stock option plans and other similar arrangements with such employees which, in each case are approved by the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith that are not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement;
     (x) the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions;
     (xi) the payment of reasonable charges for travel in the ordinary course of business by any officer, director, manager, employee, agent, consultant, Affiliate or advisor of the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary;
     (xii) any Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.10 (other than pursuant to Section 6.10(viii)); and
     (xiii) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Transaction permitted by this Agreement.
     Section 6.17 Amendments to Agreements; Prepayments of Second Lien Debt .
     (i) Holdco will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or terminate the Separation Agreements, the Equity Purchase Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the certificates of designation with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series B-1 Preferred Stock or the Series D Preferred Stock, in each case as defined in, and attached as an exhibit to, the Equity Purchase Agreement, the organizational documents of the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary or any documents with respect to Subordinated Debt which is Material Indebtedness, in each case in any manner which could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
     (ii) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Borrower Subsidiary to, make any optional prepayments of the Second Lien Indebtedness other than (A) any optional prepayment made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, any Refinancing Indebtedness; (B) any optional prepayment made out of the proceeds of sales of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower and/or any contributions received by them; (C) prepayments in an amount which, together with (1) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made by the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries after the date hereof (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)(A), (vi), (vii), (x) and (xi) of Section 6.10), (2) the aggregate amount of all Investments made by the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14(xiv) after the date hereof and (3) the aggregate amount of all other payments of Second Lien Indebtedness made pursuant to this Section 6.17(ii)(C) after the date hereof, is less than the Basket Amount at such time; (D) prepayments in an amount which, when

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aggregated with all Restricted Payments made after the date hereof pursuant to Section 6.10(ix) and all other payments of Second Lien Indebtedness made pursuant to this Section 6.17(ii)(D) after the date hereof, does not exceed $25,000,000; or (E) any conversion of the Second Lien Indebtedness into Capital Stock. For purposes hereof, any voluntary purchase, defeasance or acquisition of Second Lien Indebtedness shall constitute a voluntary prepayment thereof.
     Section 6.18 Inconsistent Agreements . The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Borrower Subsidiary to, enter into any indenture, agreement, instrument (or amendment thereto) or other arrangement which directly or indirectly prohibits or restrains, or has the effect of prohibiting or restraining (x) the incurrence or repayment of the Obligations or the ability of the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary to create or suffer to exist Liens on such Person’s Property securing the Obligations or (y) the ability of any Borrower Subsidiary to (1) pay dividends or make other distributions on its capital or (2) pay any Indebtedness owed to, or make loans or advances to, or sell, lease or transfer any of its Property to, the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary, except that the following are permitted:
     (i) contractual encumbrances or restrictions contained in any Loan Document, any Second Lien Document (including any related Rate Management Transaction and its related documentation) or otherwise in effect on the Effective Date;
     (ii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on disposition of the property so acquired;
     (iii) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order or similar restriction;
     (iv) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired;
     (v) contracts for the sale of assets, including, without limitation, customary restrictions with respect to a Borrower Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into relating to the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of that Borrower Subsidiary pursuant to a transaction otherwise permitted by this Agreement;
     (vi) restrictions imposed by the terms of secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 6.11 and 6.15 hereof that, in the case of a Loan Party, relate to the assets securing such Indebtedness;
     (vii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or portfolio securities or net worth imposed by customers or Governmental Entities under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

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     (viii) customary provisions in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-lease back agreements and other similar agreements;
     (ix) customary provisions contained in leases and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
     (x) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Borrower Subsidiary that restricts dividends, distributions, loans or advances by such Borrower Subsidiary pending such sale or other disposition;
     (xi) Permitted Liens;
     (xii) restrictions and conditions contained in documentation governing any Receivables Transaction permitted by this Agreement, which restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets that are the subject of such Receivables Transaction or otherwise customary for such facilities.
     (xiii) restrictions and conditions on the creation or existence of Liens imposed by the terms of the documentation governing any Indebtedness or preferred stock of a Non-Guarantor, which Indebtedness or preferred stock is permitted by Section 6.11;
     (xiv) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 6.14 and applicable solely to such joint venture entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
     (xv) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in the lead-in to this Section 6.18 imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xiv) above; provided, that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.
     Section 6.19 Financial Covenants .
     6.19.1 Interest Coverage Ratio . The Borrower will not permit the ratio, determined as of the end of each of the Borrower’s fiscal quarters for the then most-recently ended four fiscal quarters, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2009, of (i) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period to (ii) the sum of (x) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period paid or payable in cash less (y) (to the extent less than or equal to Consolidated Interest Expense) interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period attributable to Cash and Cash Equivalents (and not to Portfolio Securities) to be less than the applicable ratio set forth below for such fiscal quarter:

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    Interest Coverage
Fiscal Quarter Ending   Ratio
March 31, 2009
  1.50:1.00
June 30, 2009
September 30, 2009
   
December 31, 2009
  1.50:1.00
March 31, 2010
June 30, 2010
September 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2010
  1.75:1.00
March 31, 2011
June 30, 2011
September 30, 2011
   
December 31, 2011
  1.75:1.00
March 31, 2012
June 30, 2012
September 30, 2012
   
December 31, 2012 and thereafter
  2.00:1.00
     6.19.2 Senior Secured Debt Ratio . The Borrower will not permit the Senior Secured Debt Ratio, determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2009, to be greater than the applicable ratio set forth below for such fiscal quarter:
     
    Senior Secured
Fiscal Quarter Ending   Debt Ratio
March 31, 2009
  6.50:1.00
June 30, 2009
September 30, 2009
   
December 31, 2009
  6.00:1.00
March 31, 2010
June 30, 2010
September 30, 2010
   
December 31, 2010
  5.50:1.00
March 31, 2011
June 30, 2011
September 30, 2011
   
December 31, 2011
  5.00:1.00
March 31, 2012
June 30, 2012
September 30, 2012
   
December 31, 2012 and thereafter
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 6.19, if (i) the Borrower fails to comply with the requirements of Section 6.19.1 or 6.19.2 as of the end of any fiscal quarter and (ii) at any time during such fiscal quarter or thereafter until the date that is 20 days after the date the Borrower is required to deliver financial statements with respect to such period pursuant to Section 6.1, the Borrower receives a cash contribution to its equity capital in exchange for common shares of its Capital Stock and gives written notice to the Administrative Agent that such cash contribution has been received and is a Specified Equity Contribution (any amount so identified, a “ Specified Equity Contribution ”), then the amount of such Specified Equity Contribution will be deemed to be an increase to Consolidated EBITDA solely for the purposes of determining compliance with Sections 6.19.1 and 6.19.2 at the end of such fiscal quarter (and for purposes of determining compliance with future periods that include such fiscal quarter) (but such Specified Equity Contribution shall not be included for purposes of determining the Basket Amount or other purposes hereunder); provided that (1) in each four fiscal quarter period, there shall be a period of at least two fiscal quarters in respect of which no Specified Equity Contribution is made and (2) the amount of any Specified Equity Contribution shall be no greater than the amount required to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with Sections 6.19.1 and 6.19.2. If after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations the Borrower shall be in compliance with the requirements of Sections 6.19.1 and 6.19.2, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of such covenants as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable Default in respect of such covenant that had occurred shall be deemed cured for this purposes of this Agreement. From the date on which the Borrower gives the Administrative Agent written notice of a Specified Equity Contribution with respect to a fiscal period until the 20 th day after financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 for such fiscal period, none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any Secured Party shall exercise any rights or remedies with respect to a breach of Section 6.19.1 or 6.19.2 with respect to such fiscal period, but any such breach shall not be deemed waived for purposes of Section 4.2 until such Specified Equity Contribution is received by the Borrower.
     Section 6.20 Minimum Liquidity Ratio . The Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries shall maintain at all times on a consolidated basis a Minimum Liquidity Ratio of at least 1.00 to 1.00.
     Section 6.21 Subsidiary Guarantees . On or before the later of (i) 30 days following the occurrence of the following events or (ii) the first date required for delivery of the financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) after the occurrence of the following events (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree), the Borrower shall cause an Authorized Officer of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that has become a Material Domestic Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a guaranty of the Obligations pursuant to a guaranty substantially similar to the Guaranty (or a joinder agreement under the Guaranty), all pursuant to documentation (including related certificates, opinions) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent at which time any Authorized Officer becomes aware that a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary has become a Material Domestic Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, substantially contemporaneously with any Subsidiary becoming a “Guarantor” (as defined in the Indenture), the Borrower shall cause such Subsidiary to become a Guarantor hereunder pursuant to documentation as described above.

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     Section 6.22 Collateral . Effective upon any Subsidiary becoming a Guarantor after the date hereof, the Borrower shall cause such Guarantor within fifteen Business Days after becoming a Guarantor (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree) to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a first (subject to Permitted Liens) priority security interest in all assets (including real property and the Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries) of such Guarantor pursuant to documentation (including related certificates and opinions) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Guarantors to, at the expense of the Borrower, make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent from time to time such schedules, confirmatory assignments, conveyances, financing statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, reports and other assurances or instruments and take such further steps relating to the Collateral as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, (i) neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor shall be obligated hereby to grant a security interest in any asset if the granting of such security interest would result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation, (ii) the Collateral shall not include a security interest in any asset if the granting of such security interest would be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of contracts or applicable law (after giving effect to relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code), (iii) fee-owned real property having an individual fair market value of less than $2,500,000 or aggregate fair market value of less than $10,000,000 shall be excluded from the Collateral, (iv) the Collateral shall not include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable or Portfolio Securities, or deposit or security accounts (except to the extent that the foregoing are proceeds of Collateral; provided, that in no event shall any control agreements be required) containing any of the foregoing, other assets requiring perfection through control agreements, letter-of-credit rights, leasehold real property, motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title (other than any corporate aircraft), interests in certain joint ventures and non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries which cannot be pledged without the consent of one or more third parties and obligations the interest on which is wholly exempt from the taxes imposed by subtitle A of the Code, (v) the pledge of the Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries shall be limited to 65% of the Capital Stock of material first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries, (vi) the Administrative Agent shall have the discretion to exclude from the Collateral immaterial assets, assets as to which it and the Borrower determine that the cost of obtaining such security interest would outweigh the benefit to the Lenders and other assets in which it may determine that the taking of a security interest would not be advisable, and (vii) no foreign law security or pledge agreements shall be required.
     Section 6.23 Holdco Covenant . Holdco shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries) to, engage in any activity or suffer to have any condition outstanding that would violate the Passive Holding Company Condition.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS
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     Section 7.1 Representation or Warranty . Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of Holdco, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any Loan Document, any Credit Extension, or any certificate or information required to be delivered under any Loan Document shall be materially false on the date as of which made.
     Section 7.2 Non-Payment . Nonpayment of principal of any Loan when due, nonpayment of any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement within five Business Days after the same becomes due and the Borrower has received written notice of such fact, or nonpayment of interest upon any Loan or of any commitment fee, LC Fee or other obligations under any of the Loan Documents within five Business Days after the same becomes due.
     Section 7.3 Specific Defaults . The breach by any Loan Party of any of the terms or provisions of Section 6.3, Sections 6.10 through and including 6.19.
     Section 7.4 Other Defaults . The breach by any Loan Party (other than a breach which constitutes a Default under Section 7.2 or 7.3 of this Article VII) of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is not remedied within thirty days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower.
     Section 7.5 Cross-Default . Failure of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries to pay when due any Material Indebtedness; or the default by Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries in the performance (beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any, and provided that such default has not been cured or waived) of any term, provision or condition contained in any Material Indebtedness Agreement, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default, event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder(s) of such Material Indebtedness or the lender(s) under any Material Indebtedness Agreement to cause, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or any Material Indebtedness of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the stated maturity thereof.
     Section 7.6 Insolvency; Voluntary Proceedings . Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) have an order for relief entered with respect to it under the Federal or state bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) apply for, seek, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any Substantial Portion of its Property, (iv) institute any proceeding seeking an order for relief under the Federal or state bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or 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, (v) take any corporate or partnership action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing actions set forth in this Section 7.6, (vi) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 7.7 or (vii) not pay, or admit in writing its inability to pay, its debts generally as they become due.

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     Section 7.7 Involuntary Proceedings . Without the application, approval or consent of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries, a receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official shall be appointed for Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries or any Substantial Portion of its Property, or a proceeding described in Section 7.6(iv) shall be instituted against Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries and such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for a period of 45 consecutive days.
     Section 7.8 Judgments . Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail within 30 days to pay, bond or otherwise discharge one or more judgments or orders for the payment of money in excess of $15,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in currencies other than Dollars) in the aggregate.
     Section 7.9 Unfunded Liabilities; Reportable Event . The Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans shall exceed in the aggregate $125,000,000 or any Reportable Event shall occur in connection with any Single Employer Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 7.10 Change in Control . Any Change in Control shall occur.
     Section 7.11 Withdrawal Liability . Holdco or any other member of the Controlled Group shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred withdrawal liability to such Multiemployer Plan in an amount which, when aggregated with all other amounts required to be paid to Multiemployer Plans by Holdco or any other member of the Controlled Group as withdrawal liability (determined as of the date of such notification) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 7.12 Guaranty . The Guaranty shall fail to remain in full force or effect (other than by reason of a release of a Guarantor in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof) or any Guarantor shall assert in writing the invalidity or unenforceability of the Guaranty, or any Guarantor shall deny in writing that it has any further liability under any guaranty of the Obligations to which it is a party, or shall give notice to such effect.
     Section 7.13 Collateral Documents . Any Collateral Document shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof), or shall cease to give the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties the Liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to be created thereby, except to the extent such failure results from any act or omission of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
     Section 7.14 Events Not Constituting Default . Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7.1 and 7.4, (i) any breach of any representation and warranty made hereunder or under or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) any falsity of any certificate or information required to be delivered under any Loan Document or (iii) any breach under Section 7.4 (other than such a breach arising out of a breach of Section 6.20 after the Effective Date) of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iii) above, arises, directly or indirectly, out of the restatement of the consolidated financial statements of Holdco and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered or of Holdco and its Subsidiaries

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or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries required to be delivered to the Lenders under this Agreement (such financial statements so restated, the “ Restated Financial Statements ”) as a result of (x) the historical valuation, accounting and/or processes, in each case for fiscal periods ended prior to the Effective Date, related to the investment portfolio of Holdco and its Subsidiaries or (y) the February 11, 2008 SEC non-public inquiry to Holdco shall in no event constitute a Default or Unmatured Default under this Agreement; provided , however , that (A) the Borrower furnishes to the Lenders the Restated Financial Statements promptly after the public filing thereof (and in the case of Restated Financial Statements of the Borrower, promptly after public filing of the corresponding restated financial statements of Holdco) and (B) in the event of a breach described in clause (iii) of this Section 7.14 consisting of any failure to deliver financial statements required by Section 6.1(i) or (ii) to be delivered for periods ending after the earliest period for which financial statements are being restated (the “ Subsequent Financial Statements ”), (1) the Borrower furnishes to the Lenders the Subsequent Financial Statements as to which such a breach exists not later than the earlier of (x) the public filing of the corresponding financial statements of Holdco and (y) the date that is 45 days, in the case of any delivery of financial statements for the first three fiscal quarters of any fiscal year, or 60 days, in the case of financial statements for any fiscal year, after the public filing of any Restated Financial Statements (and in the case of Restated Financial Statements of the Borrower, promptly after public filing of the corresponding restated financial statements of Holdco), (2) during such period for which the Subsequent Financial Statements or related audit report, if applicable, required by Section 6.1(i) or (ii) were not available (which period shall in no event extend beyond the dates set forth in clause (1) above), the Borrower furnishes to the Lenders, in lieu thereof, internal unaudited annual financial statements and internal unaudited quarterly financial statements within the time periods set forth in Section 6.1(i) and (ii) respectively which are prepared on a consistent basis as internal unaudited financial statements prepared by Holdco and its Subsidiaries or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, which shall be certified by a Financial Officer as (subject to the effect of adjustments for any pending restatement, normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) fairly presenting, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition and operations at such date and the consolidated results of operations for the period then ended, in each case of Holdco and its Subsidiaries or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as applicable (it being understood that neither (x) the fact that such certification is subject to such adjustments for any pending restatement nor (y) any failure, as a result of such adjustments for any pending restatement, of such internal unaudited financial statements to fairly present, in all material respects, such consolidated financial condition and operations and consolidated results of operations shall constitute a Default or Unmatured Default under this Agreement or any other Loan Document), and (3) within one year of the date an audit report would be due under Section 6.1(i) with respect to Subsequent Financial Statements for any fiscal year, the Borrower delivers to the Lenders an audit report as required by Section 6.1(i) with respect to the applicable Subsequent Financial Statements (which audit report may include a qualification relating to any pending restatement described above and which qualified report shall not constitute a Default or Unmatured Default under this Agreement or any other Loan Document). Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, in no event will any Subsequent Financial Statements be delivered to the Lenders hereunder later than corresponding financial statements are delivered to the noteholders under the Note Purchase Agreement.

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ARTICLE VIII
ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
     Section 8.1 Acceleration . If any Default described in Section 7.6 or 7.7 occurs with respect to the Borrower, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and the obligation and power of the LC Issuer to issue Letters of Credit shall automatically terminate and the Obligations shall immediately become due and payable without any election or action on the part of the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer or any Lender. If any other Default occurs, the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) may terminate or suspend the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and the obligation and power of the LC Issuer to issue Letters of Credit, or declare the Obligations to be due and payable, or both, whereupon the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives.
     Section 8.2 Amendments . Subject to the provisions of this Section 8.2 and Sections 8.3 and 8.4 below, the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent in writing of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower may enter into agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding or modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Borrower hereunder or waiving any Default or Unmatured Default hereunder; provided , however, that no such supplemental agreement shall, without the consent of all of the Lenders adversely affected thereby (or in the case of subsections 8.2(ii), (iv), (v) and (vi), all of the Lenders):
     (i) Extend the final maturity of any Loan, or extend the expiry date of any Letter of Credit to a date after the Facility Termination Date or forgive all or any portion of the principal amount thereof or any LC Disbursements, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees hereunder or LC Disbursements (it being understood that the waiver of default interest pursuant to Section 2.14 shall only require the consent of Required Lenders), or amend Section 2.24(ii).
     (ii) Reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders.
     (iii) Increase any Commitment of any Lender hereunder (it being understood that any change to or waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Unmatured Defaults or of a mandatory prepayment shall not constitute an increase or extension of the Commitments of any Lender).
     (iv) Permit the Borrower to assign its rights under this Agreement (it being understood that any modification to Section 6.12 or 6.13 shall only require approval of the Required Lenders).
     (v) Amend this Section 8.2 or Section 11.2 (it being understood that with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.8(iii)) may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Commitments and

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extensions of credit thereunder on the Effective Date and this Section 8.2 may be amended by the Required Lenders to reflect such extensions of credit.
     (vi) Release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations under the Guaranty, except, in either case, as contemplated by Section 10.17.
Without limiting the foregoing and notwithstanding anything herein or in Section 2.8(iii) to the contrary: (A) any amendment having the effect of permitting the aggregate amount of Term B Loans allowed or incurred pursuant to Section 2.8(iii) after the date hereof to exceed $50,000,000 or permitting the Term B Balance at any time to exceed $250,000,000 shall require the consent of the Required Specified Lenders and the Required B Lenders; and (B) the consent of the Required B Lenders shall be required with respect to any amendment that (1) extends the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Term B Loan, (2) alters the amount or application of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10 in a manner adverse to the interests of Lenders with Term B Loans or (3) has the effect of providing Collateral to the Revolving Lenders or Lenders with Term A Loans on a basis inconsistent with Section 2.24(ii).
No amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to the Administrative Agent shall be effective without the written consent of the Administrative Agent, and no amendment of any provision relating to the LC Issuer shall be effective without the written consent of the LC Issuer. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to the Swing Line Lender or any Swing Line Loan made by such Swing Line Lender shall be effective without the written consent of the Swing Line Lender. The Administrative Agent may waive payment of the fee required under Section 12.1(ii)(B)(3) without obtaining the consent of any other party to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the execution and delivery of all documentation required by Section 2.8(iii) to be delivered in connection with an increase to the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the new or existing Lenders whose Commitments have been affected may and shall enter into an amendment hereof (which shall be binding on all parties hereto) solely for the purpose of reflecting any new Lenders and their new Revolving Credit Commitments and any increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment of any existing Lender.
     Section 8.3 Replacement Loans . In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans to permit the refinancing of all of the outstanding Term A Loans (the “ Refinanced Term A Loans ”) or all of the outstanding Term B Loans (the “ Refinanced Term B Loans ”) or the replacement of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment (the “ Refinanced Commitment ”) with one or more replacement term loan tranches hereunder which shall be Loans hereunder (“ Replacement Term A Loans ” or the “ Replacement Term B Loans ”, as applicable) or one or more new revolving commitments (the “ Replacement Commitments ”); provided , that (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term A Loans and Replacement Term B Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term A Loans and Refinanced Term B Loans, respectively, (ii) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term A Loans and Replacement Term B Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term A Loans and Refinanced Term B Loans,

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respectively, (iii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Replacement Term A Loans and Replacement Term B Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term A Loans and Refinanced Term B Loans, respectively, at the time of such refinancing, (iv) the aggregate amount of the Replacement Commitment shall not exceed the Refinanced Commitment, (v) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Commitment shall not exceed the Applicable Margin for the Refinanced Commitment, (vi) the borrower of such Replacement Term A Loans, Replacement Term B Loans or Replacement Commitment shall be the Borrower and (vii) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term A Loans, Replacement Term B Loans or Replacement Commitments shall be substantially identical to, or not materially more favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term A Loans, Replacement Term B Loans or Replacement Commitments than, those applicable to such Refinanced Term A Loans, Refinanced Term B Loans or Refinanced Commitments, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term A Loans or Term B Loans, as applicable, in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.
     Section 8.4 Errors . Further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 8.2, if following the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have agreed in their sole and absolute discretion that there is an ambiguity, inconsistency, manifest error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Documents if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within ten Business Days following receipt of notice thereof (it being understood that the Administrative Agent has no obligation to agree to any such amendment).
     Section 8.5 Preservation of Rights . No delay or omission of the Lenders, the LC Issuer or the Administrative Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and a Credit Extension notwithstanding the existence of a Default or the inability of the Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to such Credit Extension shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section 8.2 or as otherwise provided in Section 8.3 or 8.4, and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained in the Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer and the Lenders until the Obligations have been paid in full.

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ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
     Section 9.1 Survival of Representations . All representations and warranties of the Borrower and Holdco contained in this Agreement shall survive the making of the Credit Extensions herein contemplated.
     Section 9.2 Governmental Regulation . Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the LC Issuer nor any Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or regulation.
     Section 9.3 Headings . Section headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the provisions of the Loan Documents.
     Section 9.4 Entire Agreement . The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer and the Lenders and supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer and the Lenders relating to the subject matter thereof other than those contained in the fee letter described in Section 10.13 which shall survive and remain in full force and effect during the term of this Agreement.
     Section 9.5 Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement . The respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to which the Administrative Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns, provided , however, that the parties hereto expressly agree that the Arranger shall enjoy the benefits of the provisions of Sections 9.6, 9.8 and 10.11 to the extent specifically set forth therein and shall have the right to enforce such provisions on its own behalf and in its own name to the same extent as if it were a party to this Agreement.
     Section 9.6 Expenses; Indemnification .
     (i) The Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Arranger for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (limited to the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Arranger taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, of one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) paid or incurred by such parties in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, syndication, distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet), review, amendment (proposed or actual), modification, and administration of the Loan Documents. The Borrower also agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the LC Issuer and the Lenders for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (limited with respect to legal

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expenses to the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to all such Persons, and, if reasonably necessary, of one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the Collateral Agent, the LC Issuer or any Lender in connection with the collection and enforcement of the Loan Documents.
     (ii) The Borrower hereby further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, each Lender, their respective affiliates, and each of their directors, officers and employees against all losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (limited to the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to the indemnified Persons taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) which any of them may pay or incur arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated hereby or the direct or indirect application or proposed application of the proceeds of any Credit Extension hereunder except to the extent that they are determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of, or breach of the Loan Documents by, the indemnified party (or their Related Parties) or any dispute solely among the indemnified persons (or their Related Parties) and not involving Holdco, the Borrower, the Sponsors or their Affiliates. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 9.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
     Section 9.7 Severability of Provisions . Any provision in any Loan Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared to be severable.
     Section 9.8 Nonliability of Lenders . The relationship between the Borrower on the one hand and the Lenders, the LC Issuer and the Administrative Agent on the other hand shall be solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the LC Issuer nor any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrower. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Arranger nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility to the Borrower to review or inform the Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrower’s business or operations. The Borrower agrees that neither the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the LC Issuer nor any Lender shall have liability to the Borrower (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by the Borrower in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, the transactions contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, unless it is determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such losses resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of, or breach of the Loan Documents by, the party from which recovery is sought or any dispute solely between or among the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the LC Issuer and/or any Lender and not involving Holdco, the Borrower, the Sponsors or their respective Affiliates. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the LC Issuer nor any Lender shall have any liability with respect to, and the Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue for, any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages suffered by the Borrower in connection with,

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arising out of, or in any way related to the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
     Section 9.9 Confidentiality . The Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to hold any Information (as defined below) which it may receive from the Borrower in connection with this Agreement in confidence, except for disclosure (i) to its Affiliates and to the Administrative Agent and any other Lender and their respective Affiliates for use solely in connection with the performance of their respective obligations hereunder contemplated hereby, (ii) to legal counsel, accountants, and other professional advisors to such Lender or to a Transferee, (iii) to regulatory officials, (iv) to any Person as required by law, regulation, or legal process, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to the Loan Documents or the enforcement of rights thereunder, (vi) to its direct or indirect contractual counterparties in swap agreements or to legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors to such counterparties, (vii) permitted by Section 12.2, and (viii) to rating agencies if requested or required by such agencies in connection with a rating relating to the Advances hereunder. Without limiting Section 9.4, the Borrower agrees that the terms of this Section 9.9 shall set forth the entire agreement between the Borrower and each Lender (including the Administrative Agent) with respect to any Information previously or hereafter received by such Lender in connection with this Agreement, and this Section 9.9 shall supersede any and all prior confidentiality agreements entered into by such Lender with respect to such Information. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from Holdco, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their agents or representatives relating to Holdco, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their agents or other representatives or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdco or the Borrower. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
           EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION 9.9 FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING HOLDCO AND ITS AFFILIATES, THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
           ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT HOLDCO AND ITS AFFILIATES, THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR

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RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.
     Section 9.10 Nonreliance . Each Lender hereby represents that it is not relying on or looking to any margin stock (as defined in Regulation U) for the repayment of the Credit Extensions provided for herein.
     Section 9.11 Disclosure . The Borrower and each Lender hereby acknowledge and agree that JPMCB and/or its Affiliates from time to time may hold investments in, make other loans to or have other relationships with the Borrower and its Affiliates.
     Section 9.12 USA PATRIOT Act . Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Act ”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
     Section 9.13 Amendment and Restatement; Prior Defaults .
     (i) On the Effective Date the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended, restated and superseded in its entirety hereby. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) this Agreement, any Notes delivered pursuant to Section 2.16 and the other Loan Documents executed and delivered in connection herewith do not constitute a novation, payment and reborrowing, or termination of the “Obligations” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect prior to the Effective Date and (ii) such “Obligations” are in all respects continuing with only the terms thereof being modified (and, as applicable, the primary obligor being changed) as provided in this Agreement. Except in so far as the terms thereof are expressly modified hereby, nothing herein or in any Loan Document shall release any Loan Party from any payment obligation in respect of the Obligations under any Loan Document (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement). All indemnification obligations of the Borrower pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement are continued hereunder.
     (ii) The parties agree that as of the Effective Date the “Waiver Period” under the Existing Credit Agreement shall terminate and all Defaults and Unmatured Defaults arising under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be permanently waived; provided that such prior or permanent waiver shall not constitute a waiver of any Default or Unmatured Default arising under this Agreement upon or after the effectiveness of this Agreement.
     (iii) The Lenders hereby waive the prior notice required by Section 2.10 of the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to the repayment on the date hereof of $100,000,000 of Revolving Loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement.

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ARTICLE X
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
     Section 10.1 Appointment; Nature of Relationship . JPMCB is hereby appointed by each of the Lenders and the LC Issuer as its contractual representative (herein referred to as the “ Administrative Agent ”) hereunder and under each other Loan Document, and each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the contractual representative of such Lender with the rights and duties expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent agrees to act as such contractual representative upon the express conditions contained in this Article X. Notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Administrative Agent,” it is expressly understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall not have any fiduciary responsibilities to any Lender by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and that the Administrative Agent is merely acting as the contractual representative of the Lenders with only those duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In its capacity as the Lenders’ contractual representative, the Administrative Agent (i) does not hereby assume any fiduciary duties to any of the Lenders, (ii) is a “representative” of the Lenders within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and (iii) is acting as an independent contractor, the rights and duties of which are limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents together with such rights and powers as are reasonably incident thereto. Each of the Lenders hereby agrees to assert no claim against the Administrative Agent on any agency theory or any other theory of liability for breach of fiduciary duty, all of which claims each Lender hereby waives.
     Section 10.2 Powers . The Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent shall have no implied duties to the Lenders, or any obligation to the Lenders to take any action thereunder except any action specifically provided by the Loan Documents to be taken by the Administrative Agent.
     Section 10.3 General Immunity . Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Borrower, the Lenders or any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith except to the extent such action or inaction is determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Person.
     Section 10.4 No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc . 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 (a) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with any Loan Document or any borrowing hereunder; (b) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements of any obligor under any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any agreement by an obligor to furnish information directly to each Lender; (c) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article IV, except receipt of items required to be delivered solely to the Administrative Agent; (d) the existence or possible existence of any Default or Unmatured Default; (e) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness,

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sufficiency or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection therewith; (f) the value, sufficiency, creation, perfection or priority of any Lien in any collateral security; or (g) the financial condition of the Borrower or any guarantor of any of the Obligations or of any of the Borrower’s or any such guarantor’s respective Subsidiaries. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
     Section 10.5 Action on Instructions of Lenders . The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder and under any other Loan Document in accordance with written instructions signed by the Required Lenders, and such instructions and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Required Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder and under any other Loan Document unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders pro rata against any and all liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.
     Section 10.6 Employment of Administrative Agents and Counsel . The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties as Administrative Agent hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the Lenders, except as to money or securities received by it or its authorized agents, for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning the contractual arrangement between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and all matters pertaining to the Administrative Agent’s duties hereunder and under any other Loan Document.
     Section 10.7 Reliance on Documents; Counsel . The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any Note, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic mail message, statement, paper or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and, in respect to legal matters, upon the opinion of counsel selected by the Administrative Agent, which counsel may be employees of the Administrative Agent. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Sections 4.1 and 4.2, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to such Lender or the Administrative Agent unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the applicable date specifying its objection thereto.
     Section 10.8 Administrative Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification . The Lenders agree to reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments (or, if the Commitments have been terminated, in proportion to their Commitments immediately prior to such termination) (i) for any amounts not reimbursed by the Borrower for which the Administrative Agent is entitled to reimbursement by the Borrower

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under the Loan Documents, (ii) for any other expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration and enforcement of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, for any expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with any dispute between the Administrative Agent and any Lender or between two or more of the Lenders) and (iii) for any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or any other document delivered in connection therewith or the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, for any such amounts incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in connection with any dispute between the Administrative Agent and any Lender or between two or more of the Lenders), or the enforcement of any of the terms of the Loan Documents or of any such other documents, provided that (i) no Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent any of the foregoing is found in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent and (ii) any indemnification required pursuant to Section 3.5(vii) shall, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 10.8, be paid by the relevant Lender in accordance with the provisions thereof. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 10.8 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
     Section 10.9 Notice of Default . The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement describing such Default or Unmatured Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.
     Section 10.10 Rights as a Lender . In the event the Administrative Agent is a Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder and under any other Loan Document with respect to its Commitment and its Loans as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, at any time when the Administrative Agent is a Lender, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of trust, debt, equity or other transaction, in addition to those contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary is not restricted hereby from engaging with any other Person. The Administrative Agent, in its individual capacity, is not obligated to remain a Lender.
     Section 10.11 Lender Credit Decision . Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any other Lender and based on the financial statements prepared by the Borrower and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem

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appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
     Section 10.12 Successor Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower, such resignation to be effective upon the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent or, if no successor Administrative Agent has been appointed, sixty days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intention to resign. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower unless at the applicable time a Default under Section 7.2, 7.6 (in respect of bankruptcy only) or 7.7 (in respect of bankruptcy only) shall have occurred and be continuing) shall have the right to appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent, other than a Disqualified Institution. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders within forty-five days after the resigning Administrative Agent’s giving notice of its intention to resign, then the resigning Administrative Agent may appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent, other than a Disqualified Institution (with the consent of the Borrower unless at the applicable time a Default under Section 7.2, 7.6 (in respect of bankruptcy only) or 7.7 (in respect of bankruptcy only) shall have occurred and be continuing). Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Administrative Agent may at any time (with the consent of the Borrower, not to be unreasonably withheld but without the consent of any Lender) appoint any of its Affiliates which is a commercial bank as a successor Administrative Agent hereunder. If the Administrative Agent has resigned and no successor Administrative Agent has been appointed, the Lenders may perform all the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder and the Borrower shall make all payments in respect of the Obligations to the applicable Lender and for all other purposes shall deal directly with the Lenders. No successor Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be appointed hereunder until such successor Administrative Agent has accepted the appointment. Any such successor Administrative Agent shall be a commercial bank having capital and retained earnings of at least $250,000,000 and shall not be a Disqualified Institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Administrative Agent. Upon the effectiveness of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the resigning Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents. After the effectiveness of the resignation of an Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article X shall continue in effect for the benefit of such Administrative Agent in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. In the event that there is a successor to the Administrative Agent by merger, or the Administrative Agent assigns its duties and obligations to an Affiliate pursuant to this Section 10.12, then the term “Prime Rate” as used in this Agreement shall mean the prime rate, base rate or other analogous rate of the new Administrative Agent.
     Section 10.13 Administrative Agent and Arranger Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, for their respective accounts, the fees agreed to by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger pursuant to that certain fee letter agreement dated February 14, 2008, or as otherwise agreed from time to time.

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     Section 10.14 Delegation to Affiliates . The Borrower and the Lenders agree that the Administrative Agent may delegate any of its duties under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates. Any such Affiliate (and such Affiliate’s directors, officers, agents and employees) which performs duties in connection with this Agreement shall be entitled to the same benefits of the indemnification, waiver and other protective provisions to which the Administrative Agent is entitled under Articles IX and X.
     Section 10.15 Co-Documentation Agents, Co-Syndication Agents, etc . No Lender identified in this Agreement as a “Co-Documentation Agent” or a “Co-Syndication Agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to such Lenders as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in Section 10.11 mutatis mutandis .
     Section 10.16 Appointment of Collateral Agent . Each of the Lenders and the LC Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or of the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Such authorization shall include the authority to enter into the Collateral Documents (including amendments thereof to facilitate the securing of Rate Management Obligations) on such terms as it deems appropriate. All provisions of this Article X relating to the Administrative Agent (and all indemnities of the Administrative Agent by the Borrower and all provisions relating to reimbursement of expenses of the Administrative Agent by the Borrower) shall be equally applicable to the Collateral Agent mutatis mutandis .
     Section 10.17 Certain Releases of Collateral and Guarantors . Without limiting the foregoing, (i) if any of the Collateral under the Collateral Documents is sold in a transaction permitted hereunder (other than to a Loan Party), such Collateral (but not the proceeds thereof) shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Collateral Documents and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing and (ii) if any Guarantor is sold in a transaction permitted hereby, the Administrative Agent is authorized to release such Guarantor from the Guaranty upon consummation of such sale.
     Section 10.18 Intercreditor Agreement . Each Lender hereby authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement as attorney-in-fact on behalf of such Lender and agrees that in consideration of the benefits of the security being provided to such Lender in accordance with the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and by acceptance of those benefits, each Lender (including any Lender which becomes such by assignment pursuant to Section 12.1 after the date hereof) shall be bound by the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and shall comply (and shall cause any Affiliate thereof which is the holder of any First Priority Obligations (as defined therein) to comply) with such terms and provisions.

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ARTICLE XI
SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS
     Section 11.1 Setoff . If a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the Obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender or Affiliate, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such Obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section 11.1 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
     Section 11.2 Ratable Payments . If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swing Line Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swing Line Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swing Line Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swing Line Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any Assignee or Participant.
ARTICLE XII
BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
     Section 12.1 Successors and Assigns .
     (i) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the LC Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (A) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (B) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 12.1. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied,

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shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the LC Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (solely to the extent provided in paragraph (iii) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(ii) (A) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (ii)(B) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees other than any Disqualified Institution (each, an “ Assignee ”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
     (1) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if a Default under Section 7.2, 7.6 (in respect of bankruptcy only) or 7.7 (in respect of bankruptcy only) has occurred and is continuing, any other Assignee;
     (2) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of (x) any Revolving Credit Commitment to an Assignee that is a Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment or the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and (y) all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or the Borrower or any of its Affiliates; and
     (3) the LC Issuer, provided that no consent of the LC Issuer shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.
     (B) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
     (1) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 in the case of a Revolving Credit Commitment or, in the case of a Term Loan, $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent;
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prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
     (3) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and
     (4) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about Holdco and its Affiliates, the Loan Parties and their related parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
     For the purposes of this Section 12.1(ii), the term “ Approved Fund ” has the following meaning:
Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (1) a Lender, (2) an Affiliate of a Lender or (3) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
     (C) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (ii)(E) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee thereunder (except in the case of an assignment to the Borrower) shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5 and 9.6). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 12.1 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (iii) of this Section 12.1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Assignment and Assumption, all Commitments, Loans, and all other rights assigned to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 12.1 shall be deemed canceled for all purposes under this Agreement, including without limitation with respect to Section 8.2 and Section 6.19, and, without the consent of the Administrative Agent, neither the

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Borrower nor any Affiliate of the Borrower which is a Lender shall be entitled to receive information delivered to the Lenders or attend meetings of the Lenders.
     (D) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements and any interest thereon owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuers and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any LC Issuer and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
     (E) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder, the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (ii)(B)(3) of this Section 12.1 and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (ii) of this Section 12.1, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the Assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.21, 2.22(v), 10.8 or 11.2, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(iii) (A) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities other than a Disqualified Institution (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (1) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (2) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (3) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that (x) such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that any

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such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant (other than a Participant which is the Borrower), agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in Section 8.2(i) that affects such Participant, and (y) in the case of a Participant which is the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower, the selling Lender shall not (without the consent of the Administrative Agent), and shall not be obligated to, provide such Participant with information such Participant would not be entitled to receive in accordance with Section 12.1(ii)(C) were such participation an assignment. Subject to paragraph (iii)(B) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.1 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 11.2 as though it were a Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells a participation to the Borrower, all Commitments, Loans and all other rights subject to such participation to the Borrower shall be deemed canceled for all purposes under this Agreement, including without limitation with respect to Section 8.2 and Section 6.19, but, in the case of a participation of any Revolving Credit Commitment, such cancellation shall be subject to the making of cash collateralization arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the applicable LC Issuer and the Swing Line Lender with respect to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans outstanding at the time of such participation which are subject to such participation.
     (B) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant. A Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.5 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.5(iv) or (v), as applicable, as though it were a Lender.
     (C) Each Lender having sold a participation in its rights or Obligations under this Agreement, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of such Participants and the rights, interests or obligations of such Participants in any Obligation, in any Commitment and in any right to receive any payments hereunder.
     (iv) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

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     Section 12.2 Dissemination of Information . The Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant, actual or proposed assignee of an interest in the Obligations or Loan Documents (each a “ Transferee ”) and any prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lender’s possession concerning the creditworthiness of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, including without limitation any information contained in any financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof; provided that each Transferee and prospective Transferee agrees to be bound by Section 9.9 of this Agreement.
     Section 12.3 Tax Treatment . If any interest in any Loan Document is transferred to any Transferee, the transferor Lender shall cause such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, to comply with the provisions of Section 3.5(iv) or (v), as applicable.
ARTICLE XIII
NOTICES
     Section 13.1 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication .
     (i) Notices Generally . Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows:
     (A) if to the Borrower, to it at c/o MoneyGram International, Inc., 1550 Utica Avenue South, MS 2010, Minneapolis, MN 55416-5312, Attention of: Teresa H. Johnson (Facsimile Number (952) 591-3859);
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Mr. Scott Jaeckel
Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.
100 Federal Street, 35th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Fax No. (617) 227-3514)
Email: sjaeckel@thlee.com
and
Angela L. Fontana, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
200 Crescent Court, Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75201-6950
(Fax No. (214) 746-7777)
Email: angela.fontana@weil.com
     (B) if to the Administrative Agent, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 S. Dearborn Street, Floor 7, Chicago, IL 60603-2003, Mail Code: IL1-

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0010, Attention of: Claudia A. Kech (Facsimile Number (312) 385-7096), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 111 East Wisconsin Avenue, Floor 16, Milwaukee, WI 53202-4815, Mail Code: WI1-2042, Attention of: Brian L. Grossman (Facsimile Number (414) 977-6777);
     (C) if to the LC Issuer, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 S. Dearborn Street, Floor 7, Chicago, IL 60603-2003, Mail Code: IL1-0010, Attention of: Claudia A. Kech (Facsimile Number (312) 385-7096);
     (D) if to a Lender, to it at its address or telecopier number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire provided to the Administrative Agent.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (ii) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (ii).
     (ii) Electronic Communications . Notices and other communications to the Lenders may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent or as otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication and, in the case of notice of Default or Unmatured Default, shall permit notification only by Intralinks or a similar website. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its respective discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it or as it otherwise determines, provided that such determination or approval may be limited to particular notices or communications.
     Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not given during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

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     (iii) Change of Address, Etc . Any party hereto may change its address or telecopier number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
ARTICLE XIV
COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC EXECUTION
     Section 14.1 Counterparts; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Except as provided in Article IV, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
     Section 14.2 Electronic Execution of Assignments . The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any assignment and assumption agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or any other state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
ARTICLE XV
CHOICE OF LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
     Section 15.1 CHOICE OF LAW . THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINING A CONTRARY EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.
     Section 15.2 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION . THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS

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AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT, THE LC ISSUER OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY THE BORROWER AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
     Section 15.3 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE COLLATERAL AGENT, EACH LC ISSUER AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
         
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
       
         
    MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
  Its:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
       
Signature Page to MoneyGram Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
    individually, as Administrative Agent,
    Collateral Agent, LC Issuer and Swing Line
    Lender
 
       
 
  By:   /s/  Sabir Hashmy
 
       
 
  Its:   Vice President
 
       
Signature Page to MoneyGram Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 

 

Exhibit 10.3
THOMAS H. LEE EQUITY FUND VI, L.P.
c/o Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.
100 Federal Street, 35th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI FUND, L.P.
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
March 25, 2008
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
1500 Utica Avenue South, MS 8020
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Reference is hereby made to (i) that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2008 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), among MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the several parties set forth on Schedule A attached thereto and (ii) that certain engagement letter by and among Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“ GS&Co. ”), Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund VI, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P., dated March 25, 2008 (the “ Engagement Letter ”), pursuant to which GS&Co. was engaged as a financial advisor in connection with the possible acquisition of all or a portion of the Company.
     Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund VI, L.P. (“THL”) and GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P. (“GS Capital”) (collectively, the “ Investor Parties ”) hereby request that the Company issue to GS&Co. or its designee 7,500 shares of Series B-1 Participating Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Company Stock ”) at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “ Closing ”) as payment (the “Payment”) on behalf of the Investor Parties of the fee payable to GS&Co. by the Investor Parties pursuant to the Engagement Letter. The Investor Parties confirm that there is no agreement or understanding by which any of GS Capital, GS&Co., or The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or any of its affiliates is required to forward any part of the Payment to THL or any of its affiliates. Each of the parties set forth on Schedule A of the Purchase Agreement hereby (1) represents that a true and complete copy of the Engagement Letter has been delivered to the Company; (2) agrees that the Payment does not violate or affect the terms, conditions, representations, warranties or obligations set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (3) agrees that the Payment does not give rise to any adjustment pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Series B Participating Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate of Designations of the Company or the Series B-1 Participating Preferred Stock Certificate of Designations of the Company; and (4) waives any rights under Section 4.7 of the Purchase Agreement (“ Anti-Dilution Rights ”) with respect to the Payment. Each of the parties set forth on Schedule A of the Purchase Agreement hereby further agrees that the provisions of this letter agreement shall be binding on its permitted transferees, successors and assigns. The Company hereby agrees that the Payment does not violate or affect the terms, conditions, representations, warranties or obligations set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
     GS&Co. hereby directs the Company to issue the Company Stock to The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. at the Closing. It is agreed and understood that if the Closing does not occur, the Company will not make the Payment.

 


 

         
  Very truly yours,


THOMAS H. LEE EQUITY FUND VI, L.P.
 
 
  By:   THL EQUITY ADVISORS VI, LLC,    
    its general partner   
  By:   THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P.,    
    its sole member   
  By:   THOMAS H. LEE ADVISORS, LLC,    
    its general partner   
       
     
  By:   /s/ Seth Lawry    
    Name:   Seth Lawry   
    Title:   Managing Director   
 
  THOMAS H. LEE PARALLEL FUND VI, L.P.
 
 
  By:   THL EQUITY ADVISORS VI, LLC    
    its general partner   
  By:   THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P.,    
    its sole member   
  By:   THOMAS H. LEE ADVISORS, LLC,    
    its general partner   
       
     
  By:   /s/ Seth Lawry    
    Name:   Seth Lawry   
    Title:   Managing Director   
 
  THOMAS H. LEE PARALLEL (DT) FUND VI, L.P.
 
 
  By:   THL EQUITY ADVISORS VI, LLC    
    its general partner   
  By:   THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P.,    
    its sole member   
  By:   THOMAS H. LEE ADVISORS, LLC,    
    its general partner   
       
     
  By:   /s/ Seth Lawry    
    Name:   Seth Lawry   
    Title:   Managing Director   
 
[Signature Page to Advisory Fee Letter]

 


 

         
  GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Scott R. Norby    
    Name:   Scott R. Norby   
    Title:   Managing Director   
 
  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI FUND, L.P.
 
 
  By:   GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C., its General Partner    
       
     
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
    Name:   Bradley Gross   
    Title:   Managing Director and Vice President   
 
  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI OFFSHORE FUND, L.P.
 
 
  By:   GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C., its General Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
    Name:   Bradley Gross   
    Title:   Managing Director and Vice President   
 
  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI GmbH & Co. KG
 
 
  By:   GS Advisors VI, L.L.C., its Managing Limited Partner    
       
     
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
    Name:   Bradley Gross   
    Title:   Managing Director and Vice President   
 
  GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI PARALLEL, L.P.
 
 
  By:   GS Advisors VI, L.L.C., its General Partner    
       
     
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
    Name:   Bradley Gross   
    Title:   Managing Director and Vice President   
 
[Signature Page to Advisory Fee Letter]

 


 

         
  GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
    Name:   Bradley Gross   
    Title:   Managing Director and Vice President   
 
  GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
    Name:   Bradley Gross   
    Title:   Managing Director and Vice President   
 
     
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
    Name:   Bradley Gross   
    Title:   Managing Director and Vice President   
 
[Signature Page to Advisory Fee Letter]

 


 

Accepted and agreed as of
the date first written above:
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:   /s/ Philip W. Milne                    
Name: Philip W. Milne
Title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
[Signature Page to Advisory Fee Letter]

 

 

Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
          THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of March 25, 2008 by and between MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Subscriber ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
          WHEREAS, the Company is a party to that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2008 by which the Investors party thereto are purchasing Preferred Shares from the Company (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).
          WHEREAS, Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund VI, L.P. and GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P. (collectively, the “ Investor Parties ”) engaged, pursuant to that certain engagement letter by and among Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “ Advisor ”) and the Investor Parties, dated March 25, 2008 (the “ Engagement Letter ”), the Advisor as a financial advisor in connection with the possible acquisition of all or a portion of the Company.
          WHEREAS, the Investor Parties have requested that the Company pay in full the fee payable to the Advisor by such parties pursuant to the Engagement Letter through the issuance of 7,500 shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock to the Advisor (the “ Company Stock ”).
          WHEREAS, the Advisor has directed that the Company issue the Company Stock to the Subscriber.
          WHEREAS, the Company and the Subscriber desire to enter into an agreement pursuant to which the Company will issue to the Subscriber the Company Stock.
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:
          1. Issuance of Company Stock . At the Closing, the Company will issue to the Subscriber the Company Stock and the Subscriber shall become a party to the Registration Rights Agreement to be entered into by and among the Company and the Investors dated as of the Closing Date.
          2. Representations and Warranties of the Subscriber . The Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
          (a) Organization and Authority . The Subscriber is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite partnership, company or corporate, as applicable, power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted. The Subscriber is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law) in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing

 


 

necessary, other than where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Subscriber.
          (b) Authorization .
          (i) The Subscriber has the partnership, company or corporate, as applicable, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement by the Subscriber and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by the Subscriber and no further approval or authorization by the Subscriber is required. This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are valid and binding obligations of the Subscriber enforceable against the Subscriber in accordance with their respective terms.
          (ii) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Subscriber of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, nor compliance by the Subscriber with any of the provisions thereof, will (A) violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of, any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Subscriber under any of the material terms, conditions or provisions of (1) its certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, certificate of incorporation or bylaws, as applicable, or (2) any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Subscriber is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which the Subscriber or any of the properties or assets of the Subscriber may be subject, or (B) subject to compliance with the statutes and regulations referred to in the next paragraph, materially violate any statute, rule or regulation or, to the knowledge of the Subscriber, any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the Subscriber or any of its properties or assets, except in the case of clauses (A)(2) and (B) for such violations, conflicts and breaches as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Subscriber.
          (iii) Other than such consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations, filings and notices the failure of which to be obtained or made would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Subscriber, no notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity or any other person (nor expiration nor termination of any statutory waiting periods) is necessary for the consummation by the Subscriber of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

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          (c) Acquisition for Investment . The Subscriber acknowledges that the Company Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder or under any state securities Laws and that there is no public or other market for the Company Stock. The Subscriber (i) is acquiring the Company Stock for its own account pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act solely for investment and not with a view to distribution in violation of the securities Laws, (ii) will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Company Stock, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities Laws, (iii) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company Stock and of making an informed investment decision and (iv) is an Accredited Investor (as that term is defined by Rule 501 of the Securities Act).
          3. Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as Previously Disclosed, the Company represents and warrants to the Subscriber as follows:
          (a) Organization and Authority . The Company is duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate, company or partnership power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted. The Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law) in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (b) Capitalization . The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 7,000,000 shares of preferred stock, 2,000,000 shares of which have been designated as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock,” and of which no shares were outstanding as of the time of execution of this Agreement, and (ii) 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 82,598,034 shares were outstanding as of the date of the Purchase Agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The shares of Preferred Stock to be issued at the Closing in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or in respect of or upon conversion of such Preferred Stock (or upon the conversion of Preferred Stock received upon conversion of Preferred Stock to be issued at the Closing) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Certificate of Designations, upon such issuance or conversion, as the case may be, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable and not trigger any pre-emptive or similar rights of any other person.
          (c) Authorization; No Default .
          (i) The Company has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors. This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are valid and binding

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obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms. No stockholder vote of the Company is required to authorize, approve or consummate any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
          (ii) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and any documents ancillary thereto, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, nor compliance by the Company with any of the provisions thereof, will (A) violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under, any of the material terms, conditions or provisions of (1) its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or substantially equivalent governing documents or (2) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary may be subject, or (B) subject to compliance with the statutes and regulations and votes referred to in the next paragraph, violate any statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets; except, in the case of clauses (A)(2) and (B), as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
          (iii) Other than (A) the filing of the Certificates of Designations with the Delaware Secretary of State and (B) such consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations, filings and notices the failure of which to be obtained or made would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity or any other person (nor expiration nor termination of any statutory waiting periods) is necessary prior to the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
          4. Notices . Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally or by telecopy or facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, (b) on the first business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (c) on the third business day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice.

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          If to the Company:
MoneyGram International Inc.
1500 Utica Avenue South, MS 8020
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416
Fax No.: (952) 591-3859
Attn: Teresa H. Johnson, Esq.
          With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52 nd St.
New York, NY 10019
Fax No.: (212) 403-2000
Attn: David M. Silk, Esq.
          (ii) If to the Subscriber:
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Fax No.:
Attn:
          With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, New York 10004
Facsimile: (212) 859-4000
          Attn:   Robert Schwenkel, Esq.
David Shaw, Esq.
          5. Choice of Law . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.
          6. Transfer and Assignment . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Subscriber and the Company and their respective successors and assigns. No party may directly or indirectly assign any or all of its rights or delegate any or all of its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each other party to this Agreement (any attempted assignment in contravention hereof being null and void), except following the Closing as set forth in Section 7 hereof.
          7. Restrictions on Transfers .

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          (a) The Subscriber shall not be permitted to sell or otherwise transfer the Company Stock or other securities issued upon conversion thereof prior to January 1, 2009, except (x) to an Affiliate that agrees to become bound by the terms of this Agreement including the transfer restrictions set forth in this Section 7 , or (y) pursuant to a sale, merger or consolidation of the Company. After January 1, 2009, the Subscriber shall be permitted to sell all Company securities except that each Subscriber will agree not to sell in a private sale any Company Stock any person listed on Schedule 4.5 of the Purchase Agreement or any such person’s Affiliates (unless such sale is pursuant to a merger or consolidation of the Company).
          (b) If the Subscriber desires to transfer in a private transaction any securities to any person, who, to the Subscribers’ knowledge, after giving effect to such transfer, would beneficially own more than 9.9% or such other threshold as may be applicable as a result of applicable state regulations concerning money transfers (the “ Applicable Threshold ”) of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, the Subscriber shall notify the Company prior to effecting such transfer, and the Company will cooperate with the Subscriber so that the Subscriber may, as soon as practicable but in any event within two (2) business days of such notification, to the extent the amount of securities to be transferred is in excess of the Applicable Threshold and any applicable approvals have not yet been received, transfer non-voting securities to such person (in lieu of voting securities) such that prior notice and/or approval under the laws relating to money transmission or the sale of check of any State would not be required to effect such transfer.
          (c) For purposes of this Section 7 , “ transfer ” shall mean any sale, transfer, pledge, assignment or other disposition. The Subscriber shall not transfer any Securities in violation of Law.
          8. Miscellaneous . Except for that certain letter agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among the Investor Parties, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Company (the “GS Fee Letter”), this Agreement is a complete statement of the agreement between the parties with respect to the matters provided for and there are no agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and the GS Fee Letter. This Agreement and the GS Fee Letter supersede any previous agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to the matters provided for and cannot be changed or terminated except in writing signed by both parties. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning of any provision of this Agreement.
          9. Counterparts; Facsimile Signature . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be executed via facsimile transmission, and any executed facsimile copy or counterpart shall be treated as an original.
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Subscription Agreement on the date first written above.
         
  MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Philip W. Milne   
    Name:   Philip W. Milne   
    Title:   Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer   
 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]


 

         
  THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross   
    Name:   Bradley Gross   
    Title:   Attorney-in-Fact   
 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]

 

Exhibit 10.5
 
 
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
among
MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
And
GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.
GSMP V INSTITUTIONAL US, LTD.
Dated as of March 24, 2008
Relating to:
$500,000,000
13.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Due 2018
 
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page  
 
           
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS     2  
 
           
1.1.
  Definitions.     2  
1.2.
  Computation of Time Periods.     11  
1.3.
  Terms Generally.     11  
 
           
SECTION 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF NOTES     12  
 
           
2.1.
  Authorization of Issue.     12  
2.2.
  Sale and Purchase of the Notes.     12  
2.3.
  Closing.     12  
2.4.
  Effective Date Certificate.     13  
 
           
SECTION 3. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING     13  
 
           
3.1.
  No Violation; No Legal Constraints; Consents, Authorizations and Filings, Etc.     14  
3.2.
  Indebtedness.     14  
3.3.
  Material Adverse Change.     14  
3.4.
  Regulatory.     15  
3.5.
  Fees and Expenses.     15  
3.6.
  Holdco Audit/10-K/Absence of Restatement.     15  
3.7.
  Representations and Warranties.     16  
3.8.
  Performance; No Default.     16  
3.9.
  Equity Contribution.     16  
3.10.
  [Reserved].     17  
3.11.
  Compliance Certificates.     17  
3.12.
  Opinion of Counsel.     17  
3.13.
  Financial Information.     17  
3.14.
  Transaction Documents.     18  
3.15.
  Execution and Authentication of Indenture and Notes.     18  
3.16.
  Security Documents and Collateral.     18  
3.17.
  Bank Clearing Arrangements.     19  
3.18.
  Company Credit Facilities.     19  
3.19.
  New York Stock Exchange.     19  
3.20.
  Notice to Stockholders.     19  
3.21.
  Wal-Mart.     20  
3.22.
  Insurance.     20  
3.23.
  Financial Statements.     20  
3.24.
  Closing Certificate.     20  
 
           
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES     20  
 
           
4.1.
  Disclosure.     21  
4.2.
  Organization and Authority.     21  
4.3.
  Holdco Subsidiaries.     21  

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        Page  
 
           
4.4.
  Capitalization.     21  
4.5.
  Authorization; No Default.     22  
4.6.
  SEC Documents.     23  
4.7.
  Taxes.     24  
4.8.
  Ordinary Course.     24  
4.9.
  Commitments and Contracts.     24  
4.10.
  Litigation and Other Proceedings.     25  
4.11.
  Insurance.     25  
4.12.
  Compliance with Laws.     26  
4.13.
  Benefit Plans.     26  
4.14.
  Environmental Liability.     28  
4.15.
  Intellectual Property.     28  
4.16.
  Board Approvals.     29  
4.17.
  Brokers and Finders.     29  
4.18.
  Collateral.     29  
4.19.
  [Reserved].     29  
4.20.
  [Reserved].     29  
4.21.
  Disclosure.     29  
4.22.
  [Reserved].     30  
4.23.
  Properties.     30  
4.24.
  Solvency.     30  
4.25.
  No Registration Required.     30  
4.26.
  No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation.     30  
4.27.
  Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A.     31  
4.28.
  Margin Regulations.     31  
4.29.
  Investment Company Act.     31  
4.30.
  Opinions of Financial Advisors.     31  
4.31.
  CAG, Inc.     31  
4.32.
  Signing Date Representations and Warranties.     31  
 
           
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS OF PURCHASERS     32  
 
           
5.1.
  Representation and Warranties.     32  
5.2.
  Notice of Transfers of the Notes.     33  
 
           
SECTION 6. PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS     33  
 
           
6.1.
  Access.     33  
6.2.
  Investment Policy.     34  
6.3.
  Ordinary Course.     34  
 
           
SECTION 7. POST-CLOSING AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS     34  
 
           
7.1.
  Future Reports to Purchasers.     34  
7.2.
  Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering.     36  
7.3.
  U.S. Economic Sanctions.     37  
7.4.
  FCPA and Anti-Bribery Limitations.     37  
7.5.
  Export Control Limitations.     38  
7.6.
  Customs and Trade Remedy Laws.     38  

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7.7.
  Anti-Boycott Laws.     39  
7.8.
  Cross-Border Investment Restrictions.     39  
7.9.
  Information Related to Alternative Transactions.     39  
7.10.
  Board Observer Rights.     39  
7.11.
  Changes to Investment Policy.     40  
 
           
SECTION 8. PROVISIONS RELATING TO RESALES OF NOTES     40  
 
           
8.1.
  Private Offerings.     40  
8.2.
  Procedures and Management Cooperation in Private Offerings.     42  
8.3.
  No Integration.     43  
 
           
SECTION 9. EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION     43  
 
           
9.1.
  Expenses.     43  
9.2.
  Indemnification.     43  
9.3.
  Waiver of Punitive Damages.     43  
9.4.
  Survival.     44  
9.5.
  Tax Treatment of Indemnification Payments.     44  
 
           
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS     44  
 
           
10.1.
  Notices.     44  
10.2.
  Benefit of Agreement and Assignments.     44  
10.3.
  No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.     45  
10.4.
  Amendments, Waivers and Consents.     45  
10.5.
  Counterparts.     46  
10.6.
  Reproduction.     46  
10.7.
  Headings.     46  
10.8.
  Survival of Covenants and Indemnities; Representations.     46  
10.9.
  Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue.     46  
10.10.
  Severability.     47  
10.11.
  Entirety.     47  
10.12.
  Construction.     47  
10.13.
  Incorporation.     47  
10.14.
  Confidentiality.     48  
10.15.
  Termination; Survival.     48  
10.16.
  Maximum Rate.     48  
10.17.
  Patriot Act.     49  
10.18.
  Currency.     49  
10.19.
  Further Assurances.     49  
10.20.
  Sole Discretion.     49  
EXHIBITS:
     
Exhibit A
  Form of Indenture
Exhibit B
  Form of Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit 2.4
  Form of Effective Date Certificate
Exhibit 3.11(a)
  Form of Secretary’s Certificate

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Exhibit 3.11(b)
  Form of Officer’s Certificate
Exhibit 3.11(c)
  Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit 3.16(a)
  Form of Second Priority Security Agreement
Exhibit 3.16(b)
  Form of Second Priority Pledge Agreement
Exhibit 3.16(c)
  Form of Second Priority Patent Security Agreement
Exhibit 3.16(d)
  Form of Second Priority Patent Security Agreement
Exhibit 3.16(e)
  Form of Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement
Exhibit 3.16(f)
  Form of Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement
Exhibit 3.16(g)
  Form of Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit 4
  Financial information
SCHEDULES:
     
Schedule I
  Holdco Disclosure Schedules
Schedule 2.2
  Information Relating to the Purchasers

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
     SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of March 24, 2008, among MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (“ Holdco ”), GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Onshore ”), GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Offshore ”) and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Institutional ” and together with GSMP Onshore and GSMP Offshore, the “ Initial Purchasers ”).
RECITALS
     WHEREAS, the Company, Holdco and the Initial Purchasers entered into that certain note purchase agreement, dated as of the Signing Date (the “ Original Note Purchase Agreement ”).
     WHEREAS, the Company, Holdco, the Initial Purchasers and THL Credit Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“THL CP”) entered into that certain amended and restated note purchase agreement, dated as of the Effective Date (the “Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement”).
     WHEREAS, on March 8, 2008, Holdco acknowledged that certain of the closing conditions of that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Signing Date (as in effect on the Signing Date, the “ Original Equity Purchase Agreement ”) related to capital of Holdco, including but not limited to Section 1.2(c)(iii) and Section 1.2(c)(vii) of the Original Equity Purchase Agreement, had not been satisfied and would not be satisfied.
     WHEREAS, certain of the closing conditions of the Original Note Purchase Agreement related to capital of Holdco, including but not limited to Section 3.1(d), 3.9 and 3.13(b) of the Original Note Purchase Agreement, have not been satisfied and will not be satisfied and accordingly, the Initial Purchasers were not required to purchase the Notes under the terms of the Original Note Purchase Agreement.
     WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Signing Date, as amended on March 17, 2008 (such agreement, together with all of the exhibits and schedules thereto, in each case, as in effect on the Effective Date, the “ Equity Purchase Agreement ”), between Holdco and the parties named as “Investors” therein (the “ Equity Investors ”), Holdco has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to issue and sell to the Equity Investors, as applicable, on the Closing Date, for an aggregate cash purchase price as determined in the Equity Purchase Agreement (the “ Equity Contribution ”), the Series D participating convertible preferred stock of Holdco (the “ Series D Preferred Stock ”), Series B participating convertible preferred stock of Holdco (the “ Series B Preferred Stock ”) and shares of Series B-1 participating convertible preferred stock of Holdco (“ Series B-1 Preferred Stock ”), each as set forth in the Equity Purchase Agreement. The Equity Investors include investment funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. (the “ Lead Sponsor ”) and investment funds affiliated with GS Capital Partners VI, L.P. (“ GSCP ” and, together with the Lead Sponsor, the “ Sponsors ”) and also include the Initial Purchasers.
     WHEREAS, the consummation of the Equity Contribution in accordance with the Equity Purchase Agreement is subject to the consummation of certain concurrent transactions (such transactions, together with the Equity Contribution, the “ Transactions ”), including:

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(a) that the Company shall have amended and restated the existing $350 million Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2005, of Holdco, as amended through the Effective Date, in accordance with the form attached to the Equity Purchase Agreement as Schedule D, to provide the Company with amended and restated senior credit facilities consisting of $350 million (less any original issue discount otherwise permitted under this Agreement) of term loans , of which $100 million has been previously funded and $250 million (less any original issue discount otherwise permitted under this Agreement) of which shall be new term loans to be funded on the Closing Date contemplated hereby, and a $250 million revolving credit facility (of which no more than $150 million will be drawn on the Closing Date) (collectively, the “ Company Credit Facilities ”);
(b) that Holdco shall have received full proceeds from the sale of the securities listed on Schedule B-1 to the Equity Purchase Agreement in the amounts set forth on Schedule B-1 thereto; and
(c) that the Company shall have received the proceeds of the issuance of its 13.25% senior secured second lien notes due 2018 (the “ Notes ”) issued pursuant to the indenture substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ Indenture ”).
     WHEREAS, the proceeds from the purchase of the Notes will be used by the Company and its Subsidiaries for investments in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture to supplement the Company’s unrestricted assets, to repay existing indebtedness and to pay related transaction costs and expenses.
     WHEREAS, THL CP will not purchase any Notes pursuant to this Agreement.
     WHEREAS, THL CP, the Purchasers and the Company are simultaneously herewith entering into a letter agreement pursuant to which after the closing THL CP will purchase from the Purchasers Notes on the terms and conditions set forth in such letter agreement.
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.4 of the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement in its entirety as provided herein.
     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
     1.1. Definitions .
     As used herein, defined terms which are defined in the Indenture shall have, except where otherwise expressly set forth herein, the same respective meanings as such defined terms have in the Indenture, and, in addition, the following terms shall have the meanings specified herein unless the context otherwise requires (it being understood that defined terms shall include in the singular number the plural and in the plural the singular):
     “ Agreement ” is defined in Section 10.4.
     “ AML Laws ” means any anti-money laundering law or regulation applicable to Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary.
     “ Anti-boycott Laws ” means the Export Administration Act and the Internal Revenue Code and any other applicable law regarding boycotts issued by a foreign government and not endorsed by the United States.
      “Bank Secrecy Act” means the Currency and Foreign Transactions Report Act, as amended.

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      “Benefit Plan” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.13(a).
     “ Board of Directors ” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5(a).
     “ Board Observer ” has the meaning given to it in Section 7.10.
     “ Board Papers ” is defined in Section 7.10.
     “ Certificate of Designations ” has the definition given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     “ Closing ” is defined in Section 2.3(a).
     “ Closing Certificate ” is defined in Section 3.24.
     “ Closing Date ” is defined in Section 2.3(a).
     “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Section references to the Code are to the Code as in effect at the date of this Agreement, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
     “ Collateral ” means the collateral described in the Security Documents.
     “ Collateral Agent ” means the Trustee in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Indenture and under the Security Documents and any successor thereto in such capacity.
     “ Company Credit Facilities ” is defined in the recitals.
      “Contract” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.5(b).
     “ Credit Documents ” means the Company Credit Facilities and all agreements, guarantees, collateral documents, certificates, instruments, and other documents made or delivered in connection therewith.
     “ D&T Deliverables ” means the Satisfactory Audit Opinion and Deloitte & Touche LLP’s consent to file the Satisfactory Audit Opinion in Holdco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
     “ Default ” has the meaning given to it in the Indenture.
     “ DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.
     “ DTC Agreement ” means a letter of representations between the Company and DTC.
     “ Effective Date ” means March 17, 2008.
     “ Effective Date Certificate ” is defined in Section 2.4.
     “ Environmental Claims ” means any administrative or judicial actions, suits, orders, claims, proceedings or written notices of noncompliance by or from any person alleging liability arising out of the Release of Hazardous Materials or the failure to comply with Environmental Law.
     “ Environmental Law ” means any Law relating to pollution, the environment or natural resources.

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     “ Equity Contribution ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ Equity Documents ” means the Equity Purchase Agreement and all agreements, certificates, instruments, and other documents made or delivered in connection therewith.
     “ Equity Interest ” is defined in the Indenture.
     “ Equity Investors ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ Equity Purchase Agreement ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefore.
      “ERISA Event ” means (a) an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder with respect to any Benefit Plan, other than any event as to which the thirty day notice period has been waived; or (b) the failure of any Benefit Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any plan year or part thereof under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA or a waiver of such standard or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 or 304 of ERISA.
     “ Event of Default ” means “Event of Default”, as such term is defined in the Indenture.
     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations thereunder.
     “ Export Administration Act ” means The Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, and the executive orders, rules and regulations pursuant to the President’s invocation of emergency powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
     “ Fairness Opinions ” is defined in Section 4.30.
     “ Fee Letter ” means that certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter dated as of the Effective Date by and between the Sponsors, the Initial Purchasers, Holdco the Company and THL Managers VI, LLC.
     “ Final 10-K ” means Holdco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, in a form identical to a form that shall have been provided to the Initial Purchasers not less than one day prior to the Closing Date, which shall be in a form acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, in compliance with all applicable rules promulgated under the Exchange Act, excluding any rules related to filing deadlines, which such Final 10-K does not disclose or identify any material weakness in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect Holdco’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data.
     “ Financing Documents ” means collectively, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the Registration Rights Agreements, the Fee Letter, the Management Rights Agreement, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and all certificates, instruments, and other documents made or delivered in connection herewith and therewith.

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     “ Foreign Plan ” means any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to employees employed outside the United States.
      “GAAP” is defined in Section 4.6.
     “ German Antitrust Act ” means the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschrankungen).
     “ Governmental Authority ” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank or stock exchange.
     “ Governmental Entity ” means any United States or foreign governmental or regulatory agency, commission, court, body, entity or authority.
     “ GSCP ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ Guarantors ” has the definition given to it in the Indenture.
     “ Hazardous Materials ” means (x) petroleum and petroleum by-products, asbestos that is friable, radioactive materials, medical or infectious wastes or polychlorinated biphenyls and (y) any other material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated by Environmental Law because of its hazardous, toxic or deleterious properties or characteristics.
     “ Holdco Disclosure Schedule ” means a schedule attached hereto as Schedule I setting forth, among other things, items the disclosure of which is necessary or appropriate either in response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision hereof or as an exception to one or more of Holdco’s or the Company’s representations or warranties contained in Section 4.
     “ Holdco Intellectual Property ” means all patents and patent applications currently owned by Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries that are material to the business of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as currently conducted.
      “Holdco Subsidiary” is defined in Section 4.3.
     “ HSR Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
     “ Infringe ” means, in relation to Intellectual Property, infringing upon, misappropriating or violating the rights of any third party.
      “Indemnitee” has the meaning given to it in Section 9.2.
     “ Indenture ” has meaning given to it in the recitals.
     “ Initial Equity Securities ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ Initial Purchasers ” is defined in the preamble.

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     “ Intellectual Property ” means the following and all rights pertaining thereto: (A) patents, patent applications, provisional patent applications and statutory invention registrations (including all utility models and other patent rights under the Laws of all countries), (B) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, service names, corporate names, domain names and other brand identifiers, registrations and applications for registration thereof, (C) copyrights, proprietary designs, computer software, mask works, databases, and registrations and applications for registration thereof, (D) confidential and proprietary information, trade secrets, know-how and show-how, and (E) all similar rights, however denominated, throughout the world.
     “ Intercreditor Agreement ” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as First Priority Collateral Agent, Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(g).
     “ Investment Company Act ” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 as from time to time in effect and any successor act to all or a portion thereof.
     “ Investment Policy ” is defined in Section 6.2.
     “ Investors ” has the definition given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
      “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America.
     “ Law ” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, code, order, injunction, arbitration award, writ, decree, agency requirement, license or permit of any Governmental Entity.
     “ Lead Sponsor ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ Management Rights Agreement ” means the management rights agreement dated as of the Closing Date among Holdco, the Company and GS Mezzanine Partners V Institutional, L.P. (the indirect owner of GSMP Institutional).
     “ Material Adverse Effect ” means: (1) for any purpose under this Agreement other than Section 7, any circumstance, event, change, development or effect that, (a) is material and adverse to the financial position, results of operations, business, assets or liabilities of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) would materially impair the ability of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents, (c) would materially impair the rights and remedies of the Purchasers under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents, taken as a whole, or (d) would materially impair the ability of Holdco to perform its obligations under the Equity Purchase Agreement or otherwise materially threaten or materially impede the consummation of the Purchase (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement) and the other transactions contemplated by the Equity Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that the impact of the following matters shall be disregarded: (i) changes in general economic, financial market, credit market, regulatory or political conditions (whether resulting from acts of war or terrorism, an escalation of hostilities or otherwise) generally affecting the U.S. economy, foreign economies or the industries in which Holdco or its Subsidiaries operate, (ii) changes in generally accepted accounting principles, (iii) changes in laws of general applicability or interpretations thereof by any Governmental Authority, (iv) any change in Holdco’s stock price or trading volume, in and of itself, or any failure, in and of itself, by Holdco to meet revenue or earnings guidance published or otherwise provided to the Purchaser (provided that any fact, condition, circumstance, event, change, development or effect underlying any such failure or change, other than any of the foregoing that is otherwise excluded pursuant

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to clauses (i) through (viii) hereof, may be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur), (v) losses resulting from any change in the valuations of Holdco’s portfolio of securities or sales of such securities and any effect resulting from such changes or sales, (vi) actions or omissions of Holdco or the Sponsors taken as required by the Equity Purchase Agreement or with the prior written consent of the Purchaser, (vii) public announcement, in and of itself, by a third party not affiliated with Holdco of any proposal to acquire the outstanding securities or all or substantially all of the assets of Holdco and (viii) the public announcement of the Equity Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (provided that this clause (viii) shall not apply with respect to Sections 1.2(c)(v), 2.2(d), 2.2(h) and 2.2(k) of the Equity Purchase Agreement); provided further, however, that Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed not to include the impact of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), in each case only insofar and to the extent that such circumstances, events, changes, developments or effects described in such clauses do not have a disproportionate effect on Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries (exclusive of its payments systems business) relative to other participants in the industry; and (2) for any purpose under Section 7 of this Agreement, any circumstance, event, change, development or effect that, (a) is material and adverse to the financial position, results of operations, business, assets or liabilities of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) would materially impair the ability of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents, or (c) would materially impair the rights and remedies of the Purchasers under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents, taken as a whole.
      “MSPI” means MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
     “ Multiemployer Plan ” is defined in Section 4.13(e).
     “ Notes ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ OFAC ” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department.
     “ Officer’s Certificate ” is defined in Section 3.11(b).
     “ Original Equity Purchase Agreement ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ Originally Previously Disclosed ” means information: (i) set forth in the Holdco Disclosure Schedule (defined for purposes of this definition only as set forth in the Original Note Purchase Agreement), dated as of the Signing Date, corresponding to the provision of the Original Note Purchase Agreement to which such information relates (provided that any disclosure with respect to a particular paragraph or section of this Agreement or the Holdco Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be disclosed for other paragraphs and sections of the Original Note Purchase Agreement or the Holdco Disclosure Schedule to the extent that the relevance of such disclosure would be reasonably apparent to a reader of such disclosure); or (ii) otherwise disclosed on a SEC Document, prior to the Signing Date (excluding any risk factor disclosures contained in such documents and any disclosure of risks included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or other statements that are similarly non-specific, predictive or forward-looking in nature).
     “ Outside Receipt Date ” is defined in Section 3.6 (c).
     “ Patriot Act ” is defined in Section 10.17.
     “ Preferred Stock ” means the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series B-1 Preferred Stock and the Series D Preferred Stock.

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     “ Previously Disclosed ” means information: (i) set forth in the Holdco Disclosure Schedule corresponding to the provision of this Agreement to which such information relates (provided that any disclosure with respect to a particular paragraph or section of this Agreement or the Holdco Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be disclosed for other paragraphs and sections of this Agreement or the Holdco Disclosure Schedule to the extent that the relevance of such disclosure would be reasonably apparent to a reader of such disclosure); or (ii) otherwise disclosed on a SEC Document, prior to the Effective Date (excluding any risk factor disclosures contained in such documents and any disclosure of risks included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or other statements that are similarly non-specific, predictive or forward-looking in nature) (“ Filed SEC Documents ”).
     “ Private Offering ” means any offer and/or sale by one or more of the Purchasers of some or all of the Notes without registration under the Securities Act but in compliance with Rule 144A, Rule 144, Regulation S, Section 4(1) or any other applicable rule or provision under the Securities Act.
     “ Purchase Price ” is defined in Section 2.2(b).
     “ Purchasers ” means the Initial Purchasers.
     “ Qualified Institutional Buyer ” means any Person that is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A.
     “ Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement among the Company, Holdco and each Purchaser, to be dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
     “ Regulation D ” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
     “ Regulation T ” means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
     “ Regulation U ” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
     “ Regulation X ” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.
     “ Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, emitting, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing or migrating into or through the environment in derogation of Environmental Law.
     “ Responsible Officer ” means the chairman, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, the chief operating officer, the chief accounting officer or the treasurer.
     “ Rule 144 ” has the meaning given to it in the Indenture.
     “ Rule 144A ” has the meaning given to it in the Indenture.
     “ Rule 502 ” means Rule 502 of Regulation D under the Securities Act as from time to time in effect and any successor regulation to all or a portion thereof.

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      “Satisfactory Audit Opinion” means either combined or separate unqualified reports on the audit of Holdco, and its Subsidiaries, financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007 as illustrated within paragraphs 87 and 88 of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Bylaws and Rules, Auditing Standard No. 5, “An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting That Is Integrated with An Audit of Financial Statements,” prepared in accordance with GAAP (neither the Deloitte & Touche LLP financial statement opinion as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007 nor to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements attached to the audited financial statements, nor Items 1 through 15 of the Company’s December 31, 2007 Annual report on Form 10-K, shall include any reference to Holdco’s ability to operate as a going concern).
      “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “ SEC Documents ” is defined in Section 4.6(a).
     “ Securities ” has the meaning given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     “ Security Documents ” means: (i) that certain Second Priority Security Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(a), (ii) that certain Second Priority Pledge Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(b), (iii) that certain Second Priority Patent Security Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdco and the Collateral Agent, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(c), (iv) that certain Second Priority Patent Security Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among MPSI and the Collateral Agent, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(d), (v) that certain Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdco and the Collateral Agent, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(e), (vi) that certain Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, among PropertyBridge, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Collateral Agent, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(f) and (vii) collateral assignments and related agreements, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, creating the security interests in the Collateral as contemplated by the Indenture, which will be identical to the agreements for the First Priority Liens Obligations, but on a second priority lien basis.
     “ Series B Preferred Stock ” is defined in the recitals.
      “Series B-1 Preferred Stock” is defined in the recitals .
     “ Series D Preferred Stock ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ Signing Date ” means February 11, 2008.
     “ Signing Date Certificate ” is defined in Section 2.4.
     “ Solvency Certificate ” is defined in Section 3.11(c).
     “ Solvent ” means, with respect to any Person, that (a) the sum of such Person’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Person’s present assets; (b) such Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated; and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe that it will incur, debts including current obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise). For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed by

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Holdco and the Company as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that such Person reasonably expects to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under GAAP).
     “ Sponsors ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ State ” means any of the jurisdictions listed on Section 3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement).
     “ Subsequent Purchaser ” means a purchaser of any Note who acquired such Note in a Private Offering in accordance with Section 8.1.
     “ Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means any and all domestic or foreign, federal, state, local or other taxes of any kind (together with any and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and additional amounts imposed with respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental Entity, including taxes on or with respect to income, franchises, windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales, use, capital stock, payroll, employment, unemployment, social security, workers’ compensation or net worth, and taxes in the nature of excise, withholding, ad valorem or value added, and including any liability in respect of any items described above as a transferee or successor, pursuant to Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law), or as an indemnitor, guarantor, surety or in a similar capacity under any contract, arrangement, agreement, understanding or commitment (whether oral or written).
     “ Tax Return ” means any return, report or similar filing, (including attached schedules) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes (and any amendments thereto), including any information return, claim for refund or declaration of estimated Taxes.
     “ Termination Date ” is defined in Section 2.2(e).
     “ Termination Development ” means (i) any circumstance, event, change, development or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, is adverse to the financial position, results of operations, business, prospects, assets or liabilities of Holdco or its Subsidiaries as determined in the sole discretion of the Initial Purchasers, (ii) any negative development related to Holdco’s or its Subsidiaries’ agents, official check customers, clearing banks or regulators as determined in the sole discretion of the Initial Purchasers, and (iii) the Initial Purchasers becoming aware after the Effective Date of any matter in clauses (i) or (ii) above that occurred prior to the date hereof.
     “ Total First Lien Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination, funded Total Indebtedness that in each case is secured by First Priority Liens on property or assets of Holdco and its Subsidiaries.
      “Total Loss” has the meaning given to it in the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     “ Transaction Documents ” means the Credit Documents, the Equity Documents and the Financing Documents.
     “ Transactions ” is defined in the recitals.
     “ Trustee ” means Deutche Bank Trust Company Americas.

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     “ Unrestricted Assets ” has the meaning given to it in Schedule E to the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     “ U.S. Economic Sanction ” means any economic sanction imposed by any rule, regulation or statute of the United States, including without limitation, those administered by OFAC and any other applicable laws imposing economic sanctions.
      “U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act” is defined in Section 4.12(b)
     1.2. Computation of Time Periods .
     For purposes of computation of periods of time hereunder, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.”
     1.3. Terms Generally .
     Unless the context otherwise requires:
     (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
     (2) “or” is not exclusive;
     (3) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it, and shall be construed, in accordance with GAAP;
     (3) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
     (4) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
     (5) the word “including” means “including without limitation”;
     (6) any reference to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns;
     (7) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein);
     (8) for purposes of computation of periods of time hereunder, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and
     (9) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

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SECTION 2.
AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF NOTES
     2.1. Authorization of Issue .
     On or prior to the Closing, the Company will authorize the issuance and sale of the Notes. The Notes shall be substantially in the form specified in the Indenture.
     2.2. Sale and Purchase of the Notes .
     (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on or prior to the Termination Date, the Company will issue and sell to each of the Purchasers and each of the Purchasers will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 2.3, the Notes in the principal amounts and for the portion of the Purchase Price as set forth in Schedule 2.2 hereto.
     (b) The aggregate cash purchase price (the “ Purchase Price ”) for the Notes shall be equal to the principal face amount of the Notes being so purchased.
     (c) The parties agree to report the sale and purchase of the Notes for all federal, state, local and foreign Tax purposes in a manner consistent with the foregoing and agree to take no position inconsistent with the foregoing, except as required by applicable law.
     (d) The obligations hereunder of the Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Notes are several and not joint and no Purchaser will have any liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance by any other Purchaser.
     (e) The obligation of the Purchasers to purchase the Notes and the obligation of the Company to sell and issue the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall terminate on the date of the termination of the Equity Purchase Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “ Termination Date ”).
     2.3. Closing .
     (a) Subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof, the sale and purchase of the Notes shall occur at the offices of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz located at 51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York, commencing at 10 a.m. local time, at a closing (the “ Closing ”), but in any event the Closing shall be no later than March 25, 2008, or at such other date or time as mutually agreed by the Company and the Initial Purchasers. The date and time of the Closing is referred to herein as the “ Closing Date ”.
     (b) At the Closing, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser purchasing Notes, in such denominations as such Purchaser may request (subject to the terms of the Indenture), representing in the aggregate the full principal amount of Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser on the Closing Date, each such Note dated the Closing Date and registered in such Purchaser’s name, against payment by such Purchaser to the Company of the amount of the applicable portion of the Purchase Price (as provided in Section 2.2), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such bank account or accounts as the Company may request in writing at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.
     (c) If at the Closing the Company shall fail to deliver to the Purchasers the Notes as provided in Section 2.3(b), or any of the conditions specified in Section 3 shall not have been fulfilled to the Initial

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Purchasers’ reasonable satisfaction or waived, then each Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement.
     2.4. Effective Date Certificate .
     On the Signing Date, Holdco delivered to the Initial Purchasers the certificate (the “ Signing Date Certificate ”) as provided in Section 2.4 of the Original Note Purchase Agreement. On the Effective Date, Holdco delivered to the Purchasers a certificate (the “ Effective Date Certificate ”), substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.4 to this Agreement, from Holdco, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Holdco, certifying: (i) that each of the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.1 through 4.17, 4.23 and 4.29 through 4.31 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless qualified by “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” or similar references to materiality, in which case such representations and warranties must be true and correct in all respects) on or as of the Effective Date as if made on and as of the Effective Date (unless expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case each of such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless qualified by “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” or similar references to materiality, in which case the representation and warranties must be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date), (ii) to the knowledge of the applicable officer: (x) that none of the written factual information and written data (taken as a whole) furnished by or on behalf of Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives to the Purchasers on or before the Effective Date for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement contained, when furnished, any untrue statement of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of such certificate, such factual information and data shall not include projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and/or any other forward-looking information) and information of a general economic or general industry nature, and (y) that the projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information) contained in the information and data referred to in clause (ii)(x) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Purchasers that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results, (iii) that the financial information, data and performance information listed on Exhibit 4 hereto furnished by or on behalf of Holdco or the Company to the Purchasers on or before the Effective Date for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement was true, complete and accurate as and when furnished to the Purchasers, and (iv) all of the certifications set forth in the Signing Date Certificate are true and correct in all respects.
     2.5 Fees .
     On the Signing Date, Holdco paid the fees set forth, and otherwise satisfied the other terms and conditions set forth in, the Fee Letter. On The Effective Date the Initial Purchasers recieved the Fee (as defined in that certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated the Effective Date).
SECTION 3.
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
     Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be purchased by it at the Closing is subject to the reasonable satisfaction or waiver by the Initial Purchasers, prior to or at the Closing Date, of each of the conditions specified below in this Section 3:

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     3.1. No Violation; No Legal Constraints; Consents, Authorizations and Filings, Etc.
     (a) The expiration or termination of: (i) any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act and (ii) any applicable waiting period under the German Antitrust Act in each case, required to consummate the purchase from Holdco at the Closing, of the Securities as contemplated by the Equity Purchase Agreement and for the Investors to own, and fully vote and convert into common stock, all of the Securities;
     (b) no provision of any applicable Law or regulation and no judgment, injunction, order or decree shall prohibit the Closing or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or shall prohibit or restrict any Investor or its Affiliates from owning, or fully voting and converting, the Securities to be acquired by such Investor pursuant to the terms of such respective Securities, and no lawsuit shall have been commenced by a Governmental Entity seeking to effect any of the foregoing;
     (c) each Purchaser’s purchase of the Notes shall be permitted by all applicable laws of each jurisdiction to which it is subject; and
     (d) prior to the Closing, Holdco shall have received full proceeds from the sale of the securities listed on Schedule B-1 to the Equity Purchase Agreement in the amounts set forth on Schedule B-1 thereto.
     3.2. Indebtedness .
     On the Closing Date, the Company and Holdco shall have (i) (A) amended Holdco’s existing Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2005, in accordance with the form of Amended and Restated Credit Agreement attached to the Equity Purchase Agreement as Schedule D, (B) received an additional $250 million of term loans (less any original issue discount otherwise permitted under this Agreement) under its existing Amended and Restated Credit Agreement following such amendment described in clause (A) above; (C) never borrowed any funds under, and shall have terminated, its existing 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2007, as amended; and (ii) no Indebtedness (as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) shall remain outstanding immediately after giving effect to the Transaction other than: (x) the loans under the Company Credit Facilities and (y) the Notes and (z) indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed, individually or in the aggregate, $5 million. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, there shall not exist ( pro forma for such transactions and the financing thereof) any Default or Event of Default under the Indenture or the Notes.
     3.3. Material Adverse Change .
     Except as Previously Disclosed, (A) since September 30, 2007, no change or event shall have occurred and no circumstances shall exist which have had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Holdco or the Company, and (B) each of the Initial Purchasers in its respective sole judgment and discretion shall have determined that since the Effective Date, no change or event shall have occurred and no circumstances shall exist which constitute, or would reasonably be expected to constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a Termination Development. With respect to matters which have been Previously Disclosed, in determining whether this condition is satisfied, any circumstance, event or condition occurring after the Effective Date shall be taken into account, including any deterioration, worsening or adverse consequence of such Previously Disclosed matters occurring after the Effective Date.

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     3.4. Regulatory .
     (A) None of Holdco, the Company or MPSI, shall have received written or oral notice from any State to the effect that such State has determined that Holdco, the Company or MPSI can no longer conduct its money transfer or payment systems businesses in such State or has revoked, or intends to revoke, Holdco’s, the Company’s or MPSI’s license to conduct such businesses in such State, or imposed, or intends to impose, conditions on, or material fines with respect to, Holdco’s, the Company’s or MPSI’s license to conduct such businesses in such State (which conditions are adverse to Holdco, the Company or MPSI and are not generally applicable to other persons conducting money transfer or payments systems businesses in such State); (B) Holdco, the Company or MPSI shall have received assurances, in a form acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, from each State from which the Initial Purchasers determines is necessary, that such State will not (x) determine that Holdco, the Company or MPSI may not conduct its money transfer or payment systems businesses in such State, (y) revoke Holdco’s, the Company’s or MPSI’s license to conduct such businesses in such State, or (z) impose conditions on, or material fines with respect to, Holdco’s, the Company’s or MPSI’s license to conduct such businesses in such State (which conditions are adverse to Holdco, the Company or MPSI and are not generally applicable to other persons conducting money transfer or payments systems businesses in such State); (C) prior to and immediately following the Closing, Holdco and each of its Subsidiaries shall have all licenses required under applicable money transmitter, official check or similar Laws to conduct Holdco’s and its Subsidiaries’ business as presently conducted; and (D) immediately following the Closing, Holdco and each of its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with all applicable money transmitter, official check or similar Laws applicable to Holdco or its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, all net worth, tangible net worth, unrestricted assets and other financial ratios requirements applicable to Holdco or its Subsidiaries.
     3.5. Fees and Expenses .
     (a) All the fees and expenses payable by Holdco and the Company to the Purchasers pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including without limitation, the fees and expenses of each Purchaser and counsel for the Purchasers for which invoices have been presented (including the fees of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel to the Initial Purchasers), shall have been paid in full.
     3.6. Holdco Audit/10-K/Absence of Restatement .
     (a) (A) (i) Holdco’s receipt from Deloitte & Touche LLP of the D&T Deliverables, which shall be delivered if the amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement shall have been placed into an escrow account pursuant to an escrow agreement reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, Holdco and Deloitte & Touche LLP with irrevocable instructions to be released to Holdco on the Closing Date upon Holdco’s receipt of the D&T Deliverables, or (ii) if the amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement shall not have been placed into an escrow account with irrevocable instructions to be released to Holdco on the Closing Date upon Holdco’s receipt of the D&T Deliverables, then Holdco and Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have committed to the Initial Purchasers on the Closing Date that, after both Holdco and Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have verified that the amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement have been credited to the bank account set forth across from such amount on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement, Holdco will receive from Deloitte & Touche, the D&T Deliverables and (B) Holdco’s financial printer Bowne shall have notified the Initial Purchasers (on the Closing Date) that Holdco has delivered the Final 10-K to Bowne with the irrevocable instruction that Bowne file the Final 10-K on behalf of Holdco, and that Bowne is prepared to file and will file the Final 10-K with the SEC, in each case, immediately upon notification from Holdco that the amounts set forth on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement have been

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successfully credited to the Holdco bank account set forth across from such amount on Schedule F to the Equity Purchase Agreement;
     (b) each of the Initial Purchasers shall have had a full and complete opportunity to review Holdco’s books and records, internal controls and procedures, and to interview current and former Holdco personnel as determined to be necessary by each of the Initial Purchasers, and will have determined that Holdco’s books and records, internal controls and procedures, as well as Holdco’s prior disclosures, are acceptable to each Initial Purchaser in its respective sole judgment and discretion; and it is understood and agreed that such determination by each of the Initial Purchasers shall be based on, among other things, but not limited to, the subjective view of each of the Initial Purchasers of Holdco’s potential exposure, if any, to claims and investigations related in any to Holdco’s books and records, internal controls and procedures, and prior disclosures;
     (c) neither Deloitte & Touche LLP nor any other accounting firm shall have issued to Holdco any opinion regarding the consolidated financial statements of Holdco and its Subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007 which is not a Satisfactory Audit Opinion;
     (d) there shall not have been a restatement (nor shall any restatement be under consideration by Holdco, its external auditors or, to the knowledge of Holdco, the SEC) of any prior period financial statements of Holdco; and
     (e) Holdco shall have resolved to the satisfaction of the SEC (including having taken any and all corrective action requested by the Staff of the SEC, if any) all comments received by Holdco from the SEC on the SEC Documents.
     3.7. Representations and Warranties .
     Each of the representations and warranties contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless qualified by “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” or similar references to materiality, in which case the representation and warranties must be true and correct in all respects) on or as of the Closing Date (unless expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case each of such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless qualified by “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” or similar references to materiality, in which case the representation and warranties must be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date), in each case after giving pro forma effect to the consummation on the Closing Date of the Transactions, the issuance of the Notes to be issued on the Closing Date and the application of the proceeds thereof.
     3.8. Performance; No Default .
     The Company and Holdco shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants contained herein and therein required to be performed or complied with by them prior to or at the Closing (or such compliance shall have been waived on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers) and, after giving effect to the Transactions, the issuance of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
     3.9. Equity Contribution .
     At the Closing, the Equity Contribution shall have been made to Holdco in accordance with the Equity Purchase Agreement, and Holdco shall have received the Equity Contribution. All conditions precedent set forth in the Equity Documents shall have been satisfied or waived (with the prior consent of

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the Initial Purchasers if the Initial Purchasers reasonably determine such waiver is adverse to the Initial Purchasers).
     3.10. [Reserved] .
     3.11. Compliance Certificates .
     (a)  Secretary’s Certificate . The Company and each Guarantor shall have delivered to the Purchasers a Secretary’s Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date (the “ Secretary’s Certificate ”), in the form of Exhibit 3.11(a) hereto, certifying, among other things, as to (i) the Company’s and the Guarantors’ certificate or articles of incorporation or deed of incorporation (or, if an unlimited liability company, limited liability company or limited partnership, certificate of formation) and bylaws or articles of association (or, if an unlimited liability company or limited liability company, unlimited or limited liability company agreement, or, if a limited partnership, limited partnership agreement), (ii) the incumbency and signatures of certain officers of the Company and the Guarantors and (iii) the corporate proceedings of the Company and the Guarantors (including a Board consent in a form reasonably agreed to by the Initial Purchasers) relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes, this Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party.
     (b)  Officer’s Certificate . The Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers an Officer’s Certificate, each dated as of the Closing Date (the “ Officer’s Certificate ”), in the form of Exhibit 3.11(b) hereto, certifying, on and as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the representations and warranties of the Company, (ii) the performance and compliance in all material respects with all agreements and covenants contained herein, and (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Indenture or the Notes.
     (c)  Solvency Certificate and Solvency Opinion . On the Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date (the “ Solvency Certificate ”), in the form of Exhibit 3.11(c), and (if and to the extent delivered under the Company Credit Facilities) letters from a nationally recognized appraisal firm or valuation consultant satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, in each case certifying or attesting, as applicable, that the Company on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the issuance and sale of the Notes and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of Notes, will be Solvent.
     3.12. Opinion of Counsel .
     On the Closing Date, the Purchasers shall have received an opinion from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, special New York counsel for the Company, or another counsel for the Company acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers.
     3.13. Financial Information .
     (a) The Purchasers shall have received: (a) as soon as monthly and quarterly financial statements are available to Holdco and its Subsidiaries, unaudited consolidated financial statements for any interim period or periods of Holdco and its Subsidiaries ended after the date of the most recent audited financial statements; and (b) customary pro forma consolidated financial statements. The most recent financial statements will show on a pro forma basis on the Closing Date: (i) funded Total Indebtedness of no more than $1,000 million plus indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed, individually or in the aggregate, $5 million; (ii) Total First Lien Indebtedness of no more than $500 million; (iii) the Leverage Ratio (but excluding for purposes of the calculation thereof

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from the definition of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Indenture) any gains or losses associated with the sale of securities held in Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries investment portfolio listed on Schedule B-1 to the Equity Purchase Agreement for Holdco and its Subsidiaries, as at the Closing Date, after giving pro forma effect to the Transactions, for the last twelve-month period ended February, 2008, is not greater than: 3.85:1.00 and (iv)(A) the transaction volumes generated from the “Money Transfer” business segment shall be no less than $3,170,700 for the month ended January, 2008 and $3,238,200 for the month ended February, 2008, and (B) the net revenue generated from the “Money Transfer” and the “Express Payment” business segments on a combined basis shall be no less than $35,063,244 for the month ended January, 2008 and no less than $35,737,927 for the month ended February, 2008. For purposes of clause (iv)(A) and (iv)(B) of this Section 3.13, the internal monthly financial statements for the months ended January, 2008 and February, 2008 shall be prepared on the same basis in all material respects to the monthly budgets for January, 2008 and February, 2008 and the historical monthly results previously provided to the Purchasers and included on Exhibit 4 to this Agreement.
     (b) After giving effect to the Transactions and the payment of fees and expenses payable by Holdco at the Closing in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Equity Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by clause (iv) of Section 1.2(c) of the Equity Purchase Agreement, the expenses contemplated by Section 5.3 of the Equity Purchase Agreement and the Exclusivity Agreement (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement), the fees and expenses of Holdco’s advisors, and the fees and expenses of each Purchaser and counsel for the Purchasers, on a pro forma basis, Holdco shall have (x) at least $150 million in Unrestricted Assets and no more than $150 million will be drawn on the Closing Date, under Holdco’s revolving credit facility (which availability, for the purposes of this Section 3.13(b) shall take into account all letters of credit outstanding either through such facility or otherwise).
     3.14. Transaction Documents .
     On the Closing Date, the Purchasers shall have received true and correct copies of all Transaction Documents (including without limitation, the Indenture, the Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement, the other Financing Documents and (in respect of the Initial Purchasers only) the Management Rights Agreement, all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers) and such documents (i) shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by parties thereto; and (ii) shall be valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Purchasers shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents required to be delivered on the Closing Date.
     3.15. Execution and Authentication of Indenture and Notes .
     On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall have executed the Indenture and authenticated the Notes to be purchased by the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement.
     3.16. Security Documents and Collateral .
     The Collateral Agent shall have received all Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit 3.16(a) through Exhibit 3.16(g), duly executed by all parties thereto and the provisions of the Security Documents shall create legal, valid and continuing second-priority Liens (subject only to Permitted Liens) on all the Collateral described therein

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in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers securing the Obligations (as defined in the Security Documents), enforceable against Holdco, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, which Security Documents and Collateral shall be substantially similar to the Security Documents (as defined in the Company Credit Facilities) and Collateral (as defined in the Company Credit Facilities) provided to the Lenders (as defined in the Company Credit Facilities) under the Company Credit Facilities and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers in their reasonable discretion.
     3.17. Bank Clearing Arrangements .
     The Company and Holdco shall have demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Initial Purchasers that adequate bank clearing arrangements are in effect on the Closing Date.
     3.18. Company Credit Facilities .
     (a) Holdco shall not have incurred (or become obligated to incur) fees of more than $5,375,000 relating to the transactions described in Section 1.2(c)(iv) of the Equity Purchase Agreement (other than clauses (D) and (E)) of the Equity Purchase Agreement plus annual administrative agency fees in an amount not exceeding $150,000 per annum payable quarterly; and
     (b) the Applicable Margin (as defined in Schedule D to the Equity Purchase Agreement) on the Term B Loans (as defined in Schedule D to the Equity Purchase Agreement) shall not have been increased by more than 1.625% per annum (all of which may take the form of original issue discount over a four-year life to maturity (i.e. 6.5% or $16,250,000)); provided that any increase shall have been necessary in the reasonable discretion of the Lead Arranger (as defined in Schedule D to the Equity Purchase Agreement) to place the Term B Loans and the Lead Arranger shall first consider (in consultation with Holdco and the Investors) using increases in the margin prior to imposing original issue discount.
     3.19. New York Stock Exchange .
     Holdco shall have received confirmation from the New York Stock Exchange, and such confirmation shall not have been withdrawn, that the issuance of the Series B Preferred Shares and the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents are in compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s shareholder approval policy and that Holdco has properly, and without condition, obtained an exception under Para. 312.05 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual to issue the Series B Preferred Shares and the Series B-1 Preferred Shares without obtaining approval of the stockholders of Holdco.
     3.20. Notice to Stockholders .
     Holdco shall have properly provided notice to the stockholders of Holdco that Holdco will issue the Series B Preferred Shares and the Series B-1 Preferred Shares without obtaining stockholder approval as required by, and in compliance with, Para. 312.05 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, and the ten (10) day notice period set forth in Para. 312.05 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual shall have passed after such notice has been properly provided.

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     3.21. Wal-Mart .
     Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. shall have confirmed in writing to Holdco (A) that the Money Services Agreement by and among MPSI and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (as amended through that certain Amendment 3 to Money Services Agreement dated as of the Signing Date but not amended by any subsequent amendments other than, if necessary, to make effective the extension of the term of the Money Services Agreement through January 31, 2013) will be in full force and effect after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (which shall include an effective extension of the term of the Money Services Agreement through January 31, 2013) and (B) that the Original Equity Purchase Agreement, the Equity Purchase Agreement and this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby do not give Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. the right to terminate the Money Services Agreement.
     3.22. Insurance .
     Holdco shall have purchased, at its expense (A) directors and officers liability insurance, from reputable carriers to be agreed upon prior to Closing by Holdco and the Initial Purchasers and in at least the amounts as set forth on Schedule 4.1(b) to the Equity Purchase Agreement (or in a lesser amount agreed upon by the Initial Purchasers and Holdco) on behalf of and covering the individuals who at any time on or after the Closing Date are or become directors of Holdco, against expenses, liabilities or losses asserted against or incurred by such individual in such capacity or arising out of such individual’s status as such, subject to customary exclusions and (B) a fully-paid six-year “tail” insurance policy or policies with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (including excess A-side difference-in-conditions coverage and fiduciary liability coverage) of an amount no less, and with terms and conditions no less favorable, than those of the policies maintained by Holdco as of the Effective Date.
     3.23. Financial Statements .
     The Initial Purchasers shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Holdco’s consolidated unaudited interim financial statements as of and for the one-month period ended January 31, 2008 and the one-month period ended February 29, 2008, including (i) the unaudited balance sheet as January 31, 2008 and February 29, 2008 and (ii) related unaudited consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and detailed trial balances for the period from January 1, 2008 to January 31, 2008 and for the period from February 1, 2008 to February 29, 2008, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Initial Purchasers.
     3.24. Closing Certificate .
     On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to each of the Initial Purchasers a certificate (the “ Closing Certificate ”) signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer of the Company confirming that each of the conditions set forth in this Section 3 has been satisfied.
SECTION 4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
     Except as Previously Disclosed (but only with respect to Sections 4.2 through and including 4.17), each of Holdco and the Company represents and warrants to the Purchasers on and as of the Effective Date (after giving “ pro forma” effect to the consummation on the Closing Date of the Transactions, the issuance of the Notes to be issued on the Closing Date and the application of the proceeds thereof) and on the Closing Date, except as set forth in this Section 4, that:

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     4.1. Disclosure .
     On or prior to the Effective Date, Holdco delivered to the Purchasers the Holdco Disclosure Schedules.
     4.2. Organization and Authority .
     Each of Holdco and the Company is duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate, company or partnership power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted. Each of Holdco and the Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law) in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of Holdco and the Company has made available to the Purchasers prior to the execution of this Agreement, (i) a true and complete copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the bylaws of the Company, in each case as in effect on the Effective Date and (ii) a complete copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Holdco and the bylaws of Holdco, in each case as in effect on the Effective Date.
     4.3. Holdco Subsidiaries .
     (a) Holdco has Previously Disclosed a complete and correct list of all of its subsidiaries, and all shares of the outstanding capital stock of each of which are owned directly or indirectly by Holdco. The subsidiaries of Holdco are referred to herein individually as a “Holdco Subsidiary” and collectively as the “Holdco Subsidiaries . ” All of such shares so owned by Holdco (or its subsidiaries) are fully paid and non assessable and are owned by it free and clear of any lien, claim, charge, option, encumbrance or agreement with respect thereto, except for Permitted Liens. Other than as Previously Disclosed, none of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary beneficially owns (the concept of “beneficial ownership” having the meaning assigned thereto in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, more than 5% of any class of equity securities or similar interests of any corporation or other entity, and none is, directly or indirectly, a partner in any partnership or party to any joint venture.
     (b) Each Holdco Subsidiary is duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate, company or partnership power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted. Each Holdco Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law) in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     4.4. Capitalization .
     The authorized capital stock of Holdco consists of (i) 7,000,000 shares of preferred stock, 2,000,000 shares of which have been designated as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock”, and of which no shares were outstanding as of the time of execution of the Equity Purchase Agreement, and (ii) 250,000,000 shares of common Stock, of which 82,598,034 shares were outstanding as of the date of the Equity Purchase Agreement. There are outstanding options to purchase an aggregate of not more than 4,071,039 shares of common Stock, all of which options are outstanding under the Benefit Plans. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Holdco have been duly and validly authorized and issued and

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are fully paid and non assessable. The shares of Preferred Stock to be issued at the Closing in accordance with the terms of the Equity Purchase Agreement or in respect of or upon conversion of such Preferred Stock (or upon the conversion of Preferred Stock received upon conversion of Preferred Stock to be issued at Closing) in accordance with the terms of the Equity Purchase Agreement and the respective Certificate of Designations, upon such issuance or conversion, as the case may be, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and non assessable and not trigger any pre-emptive or similar rights of any other person. Except (A) as described above or Previously Disclosed, (B) for the rights granted pursuant to the Transaction Documents, or (C) under or pursuant to the Previously Disclosed Benefit Plans, there are no outstanding subscriptions, contracts, conversion privileges, options, warrants, calls, preemptive rights or other rights obligating Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary to issue, sell or otherwise dispose of, or to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any shares of capital stock of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary. Each of Holdco and any Holdco Subsidiary has Previously Disclosed all shares of Holdco capital stock that have been purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, by Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary since December 31, 2006 and all dividends or other distributions that have been declared, set aside, made or paid to stockholders of Holdco since that date.
     4.5. Authorization; No Default .
     (a) Each of Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary has the power and authority to enter into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by the board of directors of each of Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary (the “ Board of Directors ”). The Transaction Documents to which Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary are a party are valid and binding obligations of Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary enforceable against Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary in accordance with their respective terms. No stockholder vote of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary is required to authorize, approve or consummate any of the transactions contemplated hereby. The issuance of the Series B Preferred Shares and the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will be in compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s shareholder approval policy and the exception under Para. 312.05 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.
     (b) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and any documents ancillary thereto, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, nor compliance by Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary with any of the provisions thereof, will (A) violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of, any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary under any of the material terms, conditions or provisions of (1) its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or substantially equivalent governing documents or (2) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation (each a “ Contract ”) to which Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary or any of the properties or assets of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary may be subject (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents), or (B) subject to compliance with the statutes, and regulations and votes referred to in the next paragraph, violate any statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets; except, in the case of clauses (A)(2) and (B), as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

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     (c) Other than (A) the filing of the Certificates of Designations with the Delaware Secretary of State, (B) the filings in connection or in compliance with the HSR Act, (C) the filings in connection or in compliance with the German Antitrust Act, (D) any actions described in the Security Documents necessary to perfect the security interest granted pursuant thereto, (E) the passage of the applicable ten (10) day notice period in compliance with Para. 312.05 of the New York Stock Exchange’s Listed Company Manual and (F) such other consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations, filings and notices the failure of which to be obtained or made would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity or any other person (nor expiration nor termination of any statutory waiting periods) is necessary prior to the consummation by Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
     4.6. SEC Documents .
     (a) Except as Previously Disclosed, each of Holdco and the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents with the SEC required to be filed by Holdco or the Company or furnished by Holdco or the Company since December 31, 2005 (including any items incorporated by reference or attached as Exhibits thereto) (the “ SEC Documents ”). No Holdco Subsidiary is required to make any filings of SEC Documents. As of their respective dates of filing, the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable thereto, and none of the SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There are no outstanding comments from the SEC with respect to any SEC Document. The audited consolidated financial statements and the unaudited quarterly financial statements (including, in each case, the notes thereto) of Holdco included in the SEC Documents when filed complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) (except, in the case of unaudited quarterly statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC or other rules and regulations of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Holdco and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited quarterly statements, to normal year-end adjustments). Except as specifically reflected or reserved against in the audited consolidated balance sheet of Holdco as at September 30, 2007 included in the Filed SEC Documents, neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary has any liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise) of any nature that would be required under GAAP, as in effect on the Effective Date, to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdco (including the notes thereto), except liabilities and obligations that (A) were incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since September 30, 2007 or (B) have not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
     (b) Holdco (A) has implemented and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that material information relating to Holdco, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of Holdco by others within those entities, and (B) has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the Effective Date, to Holdco’s outside auditors and the audit committee of the Board of Directors (1) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act, Rule 13a-15(f)) that are reasonably likely

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to adversely affect Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (2) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Holdco or each Holdco Subsidiary’s internal controls over financial reporting. As of the date of this Agreement, Holdco has no knowledge of any reason that its outside auditors and its chief executive officer and chief financial officer will not be able to give the certifications and attestations required pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, without qualification, when next due. Since December 31, 2005, (x) neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of Holdco, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary, has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (y) no attorney representing Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary, whether or not employed by Holdco or any such subsidiary, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Holdco or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents to the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary.
     4.7. Taxes .
     Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) Holdco and each of Holdco’s Subsidiaries have prepared and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate, (B) Holdco and each of Holdco’s Subsidiaries have paid all Taxes that are required to be paid by any of them, (C) as of the Effective Date, there are no audits, examinations, investigations, actions, suits, claims or other proceedings in respect of Taxes pending or threatened in writing nor has any deficiency for any Tax been assessed by any Governmental Entity in writing against Holdco or any of Holdco’s Subsidiaries, and (D) all Taxes required to be withheld by Holdco and Holdco’s Subsidiaries have been withheld and paid over to the appropriate Tax authority (except, in the case of this clause (D) or clause (A) or (B) above, with respect to matters contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established on Holdco’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP). Holdco has not been a “controlled corporation” or a “distributing corporation” in any distribution occurring during the two-year period ending on the date of this Agreement that was intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code. Neither Holdco nor any Holdco’s Subsidiary has entered into any “listed transaction” as defined under Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code.
     4.8. Ordinary Course .
     Except as Previously Disclosed since September 30, 2007, Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary has conducted its respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course of business, consistent with prior practice (and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary has taken any action referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 3.3 of the Equity Purchase Agreement, assuming the said Section had been in effect at all times since September 30, 2007).
     4.9. Commitments and Contracts .
     (i) Except for the Benefit Plans, the Contracts filed as exhibits or incorporated by reference in or to the SEC Documents, and the Contracts Previously Disclosed, neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Contract that: (A) is a “material contract” (as such term is

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defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act) to be performed in full or in part after the Effective Date; (B) creates any material partnership, limited liability company agreement, joint venture or similar agreement entered into with any third party; (C) is a voting agreement or registration rights agreement; (D) relates to any indebtedness, or interest rate or currency hedging agreements, having an outstanding principal or notional amount in excess of $50,000,000, or any guarantees thereof, or the sale, securitization or servicing of loans or loan portfolios, in each case in connection with which the aggregate actual or contingent obligations of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries under such contract are greater than $50,000,000; (E) relates to the acquisition or disposition of any material assets other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, where such contract contains continuing material obligations or contains continuing indemnity obligations of Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries; or (F) is a commitment or agreement to enter into any of the foregoing. Except as set forth on Section 4.9 of the Holdco Disclosure Schedule, neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Contract (x) that contains provisions that purport to limit the ability of Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries, or any Affiliate, stockholder or director of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary in their capacities as such, to compete in any line of business or with any person or which involve any restriction of the geographical area in which, or method by which or with whom, Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries may carry on any business or (y) is a commitment or agreement to enter into any such Contract.
     (ii) The Contracts set forth in this Section 4.9(ii) (together with any and all amendments, disclosure schedules and side letters thereto) are collectively referred to herein as the “ Disclosed Contracts. ” Except as has not had and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary is in breach, default or violation of the terms of any Disclosed Contract, no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunder by Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries, and Holdco has no knowledge of (and has not received notice of) any breach, default or violation (or any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would cause such a breach, default or violation) by any party under any Disclosed Contract; and (B) each Disclosed Contract is a valid and binding obligation of Holdco (or the Subsidiaries of Holdco party thereto), is in full force and effect and is enforceable against Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of Holdco, the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, except that (1) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally and (2) equitable remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
     4.10. Litigation and Other Proceedings .
     There is no claim, suit, action, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Holdco, threatened, against Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor is Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary subject to any order, judgment or decree that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     4.11. Insurance .
     Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary are presently insured, and during each of the past five calendar years (or during such lesser period of time as Holdco has owned such Holdco Subsidiary) has been insured, for reasonable amounts with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks as companies engaged in a similar business would, in accordance with good business practice, customarily be insured.

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     4.12. Compliance with Laws .
     (a) Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary have all permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and have made all filings, applications and registrations with, Governmental Entities (collectively, the “ Permits ”) that are required in order to permit them to own or lease their properties and assets and to carry on their business as presently conducted and that are material to the business of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and all such Permits are in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of Holdco, no suspension or cancellation of any of them is threatened, and all such filings, applications and registrations are current. Except as would not individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the conduct by Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary of their business and the condition and use of their properties does not violate or Infringe any applicable domestic (federal, state or local) or foreign Law, statute, ordinance, license or regulation, (ii) neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary is in default under any order, license, regulation, demand, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Entity, and (iii) Holdco currently is complying with all, and, to the knowledge of the Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries, none of them is under investigation with respect to or has been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any material violation of any, applicable federal, state, local and foreign Law, statute, regulation, rule, license, judgment, injunction or decree.
     (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Holdco and each of the Holdco Subsidiaries have acted in conformity with all applicable Laws and regulations pertaining to export controls, economic sanctions, national security controls, and similar regulations of international commerce, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. pt. 730 et seq., the U.S. antiboycott rules, 15 C.F.R. pt. 760 et seq. and 26 U.S.C. § 908 & 999, the Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations, 31 C.F.R. pt. 500 et seq., U.S. anti-money laundering Laws (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956-57, 18 U.S.C. § 1960 and 31 U.S.C. §§5311-32), and all non-U.S. counterparts or equivalents of the foregoing, in each case, except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Also, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company, each of its Subsidiaries, and each of Holdco’s and its Subsidiaries’ employees and agents have acted in conformity with all applicable Laws and regulations pertaining to corrupt, illegal or unauthorized payments, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq., in each case, except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     4.13. Benefit Plans .
     (a) Holdco has Previously Disclosed or has previously filed as an exhibit to an SEC Document or made available to the Purchasers or its representative each of the following to which Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary is a party or subject: any plan, contract or understanding providing for any bonus, pension, option, deferred compensation, retirement payment, profit sharing welfare, severance, change in control, or fringe benefits or other compensation with respect to any present or former officer, director, employee or consultant of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary (each, other than a Multiemployer Plan, a “ Benefit Plan ”), in each case, requiring aggregate annual payments or contributions by Holdco and any Holdco Subsidiary in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,000,000 or which has aggregate unfunded liabilities in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 individually provided that the aggregate unfunded liabilities of the Benefit Plans not Previously Disclosed or filed as an SEC Document do not exceed $3,000,000. Section 4.13 of the Holdco Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of the Benefit Plans.
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complied, and are now in compliance with ERISA, the Code and all Laws and regulations applicable to such Benefit Plans and each Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS to the effect that such Benefit Plan is so qualified and exempt from federal income taxes under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code, and such determination letter has not been revoked and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification; (B) each Benefit Plan has been administered in accordance with its terms including all requirements to make contributions; (C) there is not now, nor do any circumstances exist that are likely to give rise to any requirement for the posting of security with respect to a Benefit Plan or the imposition of any material liability or material lien on the assets of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary under ERISA or the Code in respect of any Benefit Plan, and no liability (other than for premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation) under Title IV of ERISA or under Sections 412 or 4971 of the Code has been or is reasonably expected to be incurred by Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary; (D) there are no pending or, to Holdco’s knowledge, threatened claims (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course), lawsuits or arbitrations which have been asserted or instituted against the Benefit Plans or the assets of any of the trusts under any of the Benefit Plans; (E) to Holdco’s knowledge, there are no pending or threatened claims against any fiduciary of any of the Benefit Plans with respect to their duties to the Benefit Plans; (F) to Holdco’s knowledge, no set of circumstances exists which may reasonably give rise to a claim or lawsuit, against the Benefit Plans, any fiduciaries thereof with respect to their duties to the Benefit Plans or the assets of any of the trusts under any of the Benefit Plans; (G) Holdco and each Holdco Subsidiary has reserved the right to amend, terminate or modify at any time all plans or arrangements providing for retiree health or life insurance coverage, and there have been no communications to employees or former employees which could reasonably be interpreted to promise or guarantee such employees or former employees any retiree health or life insurance or other retiree death benefits on a permanent basis, other than those retirement benefits provided for under Holdco and any Holdco Subsidiary’s collective bargaining agreement;
     (c) None of Holdco, or any Holdco Subsidiary or any other person or entity under common control with Holdco within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code participates in, or is required to contribute to, any “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA) (a “ Multiemployer Plan ”).
     (d) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each individual who performs services for Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary (other than through a contract with an entity other than Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary) and who is not treated as an employee of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary has been properly characterized as not being an employee for such purposes.
     (e) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (alone or in conjunction with any termination of employment or other event) will (A) result in any material payment (including, without limitation, severance or “excess parachute payments” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), or forgiveness of indebtedness) or other material obligation becoming due to any current or former employee, officer or director of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary under any Benefit Plan or otherwise, (B) limit or restrict the right of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary to merge, amend or terminate any of the Benefit Plans, or (C) materially increase or accelerate or require the funding of any benefits otherwise payable under any Benefit Plan.
     (f) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) no work stoppage involving Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdco threatened; (B) neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary is involved in, or threatened with or affected by, any labor dispute, arbitration, lawsuit or administrative proceeding that

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could affect the business of Holdco or such Holdco Subsidiary; and (C) employees of Holdco and Holdco’s Subsidiaries are not represented by any labor union nor are any collective bargaining agreements otherwise in effect with respect to such employees.
     (g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each Foreign Plan, (i) each Foreign Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities; and (ii) all Foreign Plans that are required to be funded are funded in accordance with applicable Laws, and with respect to all other Foreign Plans, adequate reserves therefore have been established on the accounting statements of Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary.
     4.14. Environmental Liability .
     Except for those matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and neither Holdco nor any Holdco Subsidiary has received any written communication alleging that Holdco is in violation of, or has any liability under, any Environmental Law, (ii) each of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries validly possesses and is in compliance with all Permits required under Environmental Laws to conduct its business as presently conducted, and all such Permits are valid and in good standing, (iii) there are no Environmental Claims pending or, to the knowledge of Holdco, threatened against Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries and (iv) none of Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries has Released any Hazardous Materials in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in an Environmental Claim against Holdco or any of the Holdco Subsidiaries.
     4.15. Intellectual Property .
     (a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries own, free of all encumbrances except Permitted Liens, or have the valid right to use all the Intellectual Property used in the conduct of the business of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries and (B) the conduct of the business of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries as currently conducted does not Infringe any Intellectual Property rights of any third party. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no claim or demand has been given in writing to Holdco or any Holdco Subsidiary to the effect that the conduct of the business of Holdco or such Holdco Subsidiary Infringes upon the Intellectual Property rights of any third party. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries use the Intellectual Property of third parties only pursuant to valid, effective written license agreements . Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of Holdco and the Company, no third parties are infringing the Intellectual Property rights of Holdco or the Company.
     (b) All registered trademarks and registered service marks, trademark and service mark applications and, to the knowledge of Holdco, all Holdco Intellectual Property has been duly registered or application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or applicable foreign governmental authority. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) none of the Holdco Intellectual Property has been adjudged to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part and (B) there are no actual or, to the knowledge of Holdco or the Company, threatened opposition proceedings, cancellation proceedings, interference proceedings or other similar action challenging the validity, existence or ownership of any Holdco Intellectual Property.

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     4.16. Board Approvals .
     The transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including without limitation the issuance of the Securities and the compliance with the terms thereof and the compliance with the terms of the Equity Purchase Agreement, this Agreement and the other Financing Documents have been approved unanimously by the board of directors of each of Holdco, the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable. Each board of directors of Holdco and the Company have unanimously adopted, approved and declared advisable all of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has unanimously and expressly approved, and the Board of Directors has unanimously concurred with, Holdco’s reliance on the exception under Para. 312.05 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual to issue the Series B Preferred Shares and the Series B-1 Preferred Shares.
     4.17. Brokers and Finders .
     Neither Holdco, the Company nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees has incurred any liability for any financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees in connection with the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, other than JPMorgan Chase & Co., the fees and expenses of which will be paid by Holdco. Holdco has provided the Purchasers with a copy of the documentation pursuant to which JPMorgan Chase & Co. may receive a fee in connection with the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
     4.18. Collateral .
     As of the Closing Date, upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, the Security Documents will be effective to create (to the extent described therein), in favor of and for the ratable benefit of the applicable Holders of the Notes, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein, except as may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. When the actions specified in each Security Document have been duly taken, the security interests granted pursuant thereto shall constitute (to the extent described therein) a perfected security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) in all right, title and interest of each pledgor party thereto in the Collateral described therein with respect to such pledgor if and to the extent perfection can be achieved by taking such actions.
     4.19. [Reserved].
     4.20. [Reserved].
     4.21. Disclosure .
     (a) To the knowledge of the Company, none of the written factual information and written data (taken as a whole) furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives to the Purchasers on or before the Closing Date for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement contained, when furnished, any untrue statement of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section 4.21(a), such factual

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information and data shall not include projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and/or any other forward-looking information) and information of a general economic or general industry nature.
     (b) The projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information) contained in the information and data referred to in clause (a) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Purchasers that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results.
     4.22. [ Reserved ].
     4.23. Properties .
     Holdco and each of its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to or leasehold interests in all properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than any Permitted Liens), except where the failure to have such good title has not or is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     4.24. Solvency .
     As of the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the issuance and sale of the Notes and the consummation of the Transactions, and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of Notes and the Company Credit Facilities, Holdco and the Company on a consolidated basis with their Subsidiaries will be Solvent.
     4.25. No Registration Required .
     As of the Closing Date, subject to compliance by the Purchasers with the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4 and with the procedures set forth in Section 8 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Notes to the Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture and the other Financing Documents, (i) to register the Notes under the Securities Act or pursuant to any of the laws of the States or the United States, or (ii) to qualify the Indenture under the TIA.
     4.26. No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation .
     As of the Closing Date, none of Holdco, its Affiliates, or any person acting on any of their behalf (other than the Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) within the six-month period immediately prior to the Effective Date, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, sold, or issued and will not, for six months immediately following the Effective Date, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, sell, or issue in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the Notes to be registered under the Securities Act.
     As of the Closing Date, none of Holdco, its Affiliates, or any person acting on any of their behalf (other than the Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Notes, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act.

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     As of the Closing Date, with respect to those Notes sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i) none of Holdco, its respective Affiliates, or any person acting on any of their behalf (other than the Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the Company and its Affiliates and any person acting on any of their behalf (other than the Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.
     4.27. Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A .
     As of the Closing Date, the Notes will be eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system.
     4.28. Margin Regulations .
     As of the Closing Date, neither the issuance and sale of the Notes nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X.
     4.29. Investment Company Act .
     None of Holdco, the Company and the Guarantors is an “investment company” within the meaning of, and subject to registration under, the Investment Company Act or controlled by such a company.
     4.30. Opinions of Financial Advisors .
     The Board of Directors of Holdco has received the opinions of JPMorgan Chase & Co., dated as of the Signing Date, and March 10, 2008, which such March 10, 2008 opinion shall be updated as of the Effective Date, and the opinions of Duff & Phelps, LLC, dated as of the Signing Date, and March 10, 2008, which such March 10, 2008 opinion shall be updated as of the Effective Date, each to the effect that, as of such dates, and subject to the various assumptions and qualifications set forth therein, the consideration to be received by the Company and Holdco pursuant to this Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to the Company and Holdco (the “ Fairness Opinions ”). Correct and complete copies of the Fairness Opinions have been delivered to the Purchasers.
     4.31. CAG, Inc .
     At the Lead Sponsor’s written request, Holdco has formed MoneyGram Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco, and has merged CAG, Inc. into MoneyGram Investments, LLC, which will be treated as a disregarded entity for Tax purposes.
     4.32. Signing Date Representations and Warranties .
     All of the representations and warranties set forth in the Original Note Purchase Agreement were true and correct in all material respects (unless qualified by “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” or similar references to materiality, in which case the representation and warranties must be true and correct in all respects) as of the Signing Date; provided , that any such representations and warranties that are subject to matters “Previously Disclosed” are limited to matters Originally Previously Disclosed.

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SECTION 5.
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS OF PURCHASERS
     5.1. Representation and Warranties .
     Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company as of the Effective Date as follows:
     (a)  Purchase .
     (i) Such Purchaser is acquiring the Notes for its own account, for investment and not with a view to any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.
     (ii) Such Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been and, except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Notes, when issued, will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state or other securities law, that the Notes will be issued by the Company in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, that it must hold the Notes indefinitely and not offer or sell the Notes except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act and in compliance with applicable state laws and in compliance with Section 8.
     (iii) Such Purchaser further understands that the exemption from registration afforded by Rule 144 (the provisions of which are known to such Purchaser) promulgated under the Securities Act depends on the satisfaction of various conditions, and that, if applicable, Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales only in limited amounts.
     (iv) Such Purchaser is a Qualified Institutional Buyer or an “institutional accredited investor” (within the meaning of Regulation D).
     (v) Except as otherwise disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company and the investment banking advisory fee payable to Goldman Sachs & Co. or any of its Affiliates, such Purchaser did not employ any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and no fees or commissions are payable to the Purchasers except as otherwise provided for in the Agreement.
     (vi) Such Purchaser has been furnished with or has had access to the information it has requested from the Company and its Subsidiaries and has had an opportunity to discuss with the management of the Company and its Subsidiaries the business and financial affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and has generally such knowledge and experience in business and financial matters and with respect to investments in securities of privately held companies so as to enable it to understand and evaluate the risks of such investment and form an investment decision with respect thereto.
     (b)  Due Organization; Power and Authority .
     Each Purchaser is an: exempted company with limited liability, corporation, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, other than any failures to so qualify or to be in good standing which has not or is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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     (c)  Power; Authorization; Enforceability .
     The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which such Purchaser is a party are within its corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, power and authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary action of such Purchaser, and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements of such Purchaser enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity and except that no representation or warranty made with respect to any matter related to indemnification and contribution or exculpation contained herein.
     (d)  No Actions or Proceedings .
     There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to any Purchaser’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting such Purchaser, or any of their respective properties or assets which, if adversely determined, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of such Purchaser to consummate any of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents.
     (e)  No Violation .
     Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Purchaser of the Financing Documents to which it is a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) contravene any applicable provision of any material Law, or (b) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents of any Purchaser or any contract to which such Purchaser is a party except in each case as has not or is not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on such Purchaser’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
     5.2. Notice of Transfers of the Notes .
     The Initial Purchasers hereby covenant and agree to provide prompt written notice to the Company upon consummation of any transaction pursuant to which the Initial Purchasers cease to constitute the Required Holders.
SECTION 6.
PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
     6.1. Access .
     From and after the Signing Date until the Closing Date, Holdco and the Company have, will, and will cause their Subsidiaries to:
     (a) (i) provide the Purchasers, as soon as available, with (x) monthly and quarterly unaudited consolidated financial statements of Holdco and its Subsidiaries, audited consolidated annual financial statements of Holdco and its Subsidiaries and an annual budget of Holdco and its Subsidiaries; and (y) updates and “flash reports” of the same type and in the same frequency of delivery in all material respects as had been delivered to the Initial Purchasers by Holdco immediately prior to the Signing Date; (ii) permit access to, and make available to the Initial Purchasers’ representatives and their accounting and legal advisors for inspection and review, the properties, books, records, accounts and documents of or

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relating to Holdco and its Subsidiaries, and (b) make available at reasonable times and to a reasonable extent officers and employees of Holdco and its Subsidiaries to discuss with the Initial Purchasers and their accounting and legal advisors the business and affairs of Holdco and its Subsidiaries. In addition, Holdco and its Subsidiaries shall provide the Purchasers with substantially the same information as shall be provided to the lead arranger, the administrative agent and/or the lenders in respect of the Company Credit Facilities. Subject to Section 10.14, the Purchasers may share the foregoing information with their respective lenders and their respective consultants and advisors (including rating agencies), so long as such lenders or other parties have entered into a customary confidentiality agreement with the Purchasers.
     (b) subject to compliance with applicable laws and confidentiality obligations to third parties, promptly provide true and correct copies of all documents, reports, financial data, and such additional financial and other information with respect to Holdco, the Company and their Subsidiaries as each Purchaser (and any parent company of a Purchaser that is a venture capital operating company) may from time to time reasonably request.
     6.2. Investment Policy .
     Without the prior written consent of all of the Initial Purchasers, prior to the Closing, Holdco shall not and shall not permit the Holdco Subsidiaries to (i) make investments in a manner that is in contravention of the investment policy as set forth on Schedule H to the Equity Purchase Agreement (the “ Investment Policy ”); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any securities held or sold by Holdco set forth on Schedule B-1 or Schedule C to the Equity Purchase Agreement shall not be considered to be held or sold in contravention of the Investment Policy, or (ii) sell, unwind, assign, abandon or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of the securities listed on Schedule B-1 (other than those securities sold or otherwise transferred in accordance with Schedule B-1 to the Equity Purchase Agreement through March 7, 2008) or Schedule C to the Equity Purchase Agreement.
     6.3. Ordinary Course .
     Except as otherwise expressly permitted or required by the Transaction Documents, permitted by Section 4.9 of the Equity Purchase Agreement or as set forth on Section 3.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement), during the period from the Signing Date until the earlier of the Closing Date and the Termination Date, Holdco has and shall conduct its business, and has and shall cause its subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses, in all material respects in the ordinary course, including, without limitation, paying its obligations, including customer signing bonuses, capital expenditures, taxes and other accounts payable, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. Holdco shall not declare or pay any dividend or distribution on any securities of Holdco on or prior to the Closing.
SECTION 7.
POST-CLOSING AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
     The Company covenants and agrees with each Purchaser that so long as such Purchaser holds any Notes and until the principal amount of (and premium, if any, on) such Notes, and all interest, and other obligations hereunder in respect thereof (other than indemnity obligations that have not yet become due and payable), shall have been paid in full:
     7.1. Future Reports to Purchasers .
     The Company will deliver (x) to each Purchaser copies of all financial statements, reports certificates and notices that are provided to the lead arranger, the administrative agent, or the Lenders (as

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defined in the Company Credit Facilities) under the Company Credit Facilities concurrently with the delivery thereof under the Company Credit Facilities and (y) to each Purchaser (unless such Purchaser no longer holds any Notes) and any Holder that is an Affiliate of the Purchasers:
     (a)  Financial Statements . As soon as available, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each of the first two months of each fiscal quarter of Holdco, a company-prepared consolidated balance sheet of Holdco and its consolidated Subsidiaries, and the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and related company-prepared statements of income in a form customarily prepared by management for each of Holdco and its consolidated Subsidiaries and the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (such form having previously been provided to the Initial Purchasers) for such monthly period, to fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of Holdco and its consolidated Subsidiaries and the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) and to be prepared in reasonable detail, and such financial statements, shall be accompanied by a compliance certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer or other senior executive officer setting forth in reasonable details the calculations evidencing compliance with the Minimum Liquidity Ratio set forth in Section 4.27 of the Indenture.
     (b)  Adjusted EBITDA calculation . As soon as it is available, but in any event not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, and within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, a presentation of Adjusted EBITDA of Holdco and the Holdco Subsidiaries and the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
     (c)  Budget . Within 60 days after the commencement of each fiscal year of each of Holdco and its consolidated Subsidiaries (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008), a budget of Holdco and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such fiscal year in the form approved by the Board of Directors of Holdco.
     (d)  Auditors’ Reports . Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all final written reports submitted to Holdco, the Company or to any of their Subsidiaries by independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of Holdco, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries made by such accountants.
     (e)  Other Information . Promptly, copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices and reports that Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries will send to the holders of any publicly issued debt or equity of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries as a group and, with reasonable promptness, such other non-confidential relevant information (financial or otherwise) as any Purchaser may reasonably request in writing from time to time.
     (f)  Inspection . Upon the reasonable request of the Required Holders, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at the Company’s reasonable expense, permit any Holder to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers and independent public accountants (provided that such Company may, if it so chooses, be present and participate in any such discussion), in each case upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested.
     (g)  Notices . The Company will promptly furnish to the Purchasers written notice of the following (and in no event later than five (5) Business Days) after any Responsible Officer of the Company becomes aware thereof:

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     (i) any breach or non-performance of, or any default under, any contract of Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries, or any violation of, or non-compliance with, any Law, which has or is reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, including a description of such breach, non-performance, default, violation or non-compliance and the steps, if any, such Person has taken, is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof, or the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against Holdco any of its Subsidiaries which has or is reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
     (ii) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred and are continuing, has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
     (iii) (A) the receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any written notice of violation of or potential liability or similar notice under Environmental Law, (B)(x) unpermitted releases, (y) the existence of any condition that could reasonably be expected to result in violations of or liabilities under, any Environmental Law or (z) the commencement of, or any material change to, any action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, dispute alleging a violation of or liability under any Environmental Law, that, for each of clauses (x), (y) and (z) above (and, in the case of clause (z), if adversely determined), in the aggregate for each such clause, could reasonably be expected to result in liabilities in excess of $10,000,000, and (C) the receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of notification that any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, any liabilities from Environmental Matters;
     (iv) any labor controversy resulting in or threatening to result in any strike, work stoppage, boycott, shutdown or other labor disruption against or involving Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries if the same has or is reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
     (v) the creation, establishment or acquisition of any Subsidiary or the issuance by or to Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries of any Equity Interest; and
     (vi) any other development that results in, or has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          Each notice delivered under this Section 7.1(g) shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice (including a description with particularity of any and all clauses or provisions of this Agreement or any Financing Document that have been breached or violated) and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
     7.2. Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering .
     Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
     (a) will comply with the Patriot Act and all applicable regulations and executive orders issued thereto and any other applicable AML Laws,

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     (b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of the Patriot Act and all applicable regulations and executive orders issued thereto or any other applicable AML Laws, and
     (c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will:
     (i) establish and adhere to a program to ensure the filing of all required reports under the AML Laws, and
     (ii) establish and adhere to a program and all other requirements to perform due diligence as required by the Bank Secrecy Act,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     7.3. U.S. Economic Sanctions.
     Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
     (a) will comply with any U.S. Economic Sanction imposed by any rule, regulation or statute of the United States, including, without limitation, those administered by OFAC and any other applicable laws imposing economic sanctions,
     (b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of U.S. Economic Sanctions, and
     (c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will not approve, facilitate, or fund, directly or indirectly, any business activities with, or for the benefit of, a government, national, resident or legal entity of any country with respect to which U.S. persons, as defined in U.S. Economic Sanctions, are prohibited by U.S. Economic Sanctions from doing business, except to the extent otherwise permitted by the relevant Governmental Authority,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     7.4. FCPA and Anti-Bribery Limitations.
     Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
     (a) will comply with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and all other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws,
     (b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, and
     (c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Holdco nor any of its Subsidiaries, will offer, promise to pay, or authorize the payment of any money, or will offer, give, promise to give, or authorize the giving of anything of value, to any officer, employee or any other person acting in an official capacity for any Governmental Entity, to any Governmental Official or to any person under circumstances where such Affiliate knows or is aware of a high probability that all or a portion of such money or thing of value will be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any Government Official, for the purpose of:

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     (i) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his official capacity,
     (ii) inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his lawful duty,
     (iii) securing any improper advantage,
     (iv) inducing such Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity, or
     (v) in order to assist Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to any company or a Subsidiary thereof,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     7.5. Export Control Limitations.
     Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
     (a) will comply with the export controls administered by the United States Department of Commerce, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations administered by the United States Department of State and any other laws imposing export controls, and
     (b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of the export controls imposed by the United States Department of Commerce, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations administered by the United States Department of State or any other applicable laws imposing export controls,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     7.6. Customs and Trade Remedy Laws.
     Holdco and its Subsidiaries:
     (a) will comply with Title 19 of the United States Code and with any other applicable customs and trade remedy law,
     (b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of Title 19 of the United States Code or any other applicable customs or trade remedies law, and
     (c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will pay all tariffs and penalties lawfully imposed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce, or any other government agency on the importation of goods and will not import or attempt to import any goods prohibited by any applicable customs law,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     7.7. Anti-Boycott Laws.
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     (a) will comply with the Export Administration Act and the Code and with any other applicable Anti-boycott Laws,
     (b) will refrain from taking any action that would result in a violation by the Purchasers of the Export Administration Act and the Code or any other applicable law regarding boycotts issued by a foreign government and not endorsed by the United States, and
     (c) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will not refuse or agree to refuse to do business with Israel or any other nation or company subject to a boycott not endorsed by the United States, agree to discriminate or discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin, or nationality, nor implement letters of credit containing terms or conditions prohibited by the Anti-boycott Laws,
in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     7.8. Cross-Border Investment Restrictions.
     Holdco and its Subsidiaries will comply with any and all conditions imposed on Holdco and its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority as a result of obtaining the approval of or licensing from such Authority in order for the Transactions and this Agreement to have full legal effect under all applicable laws, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     7.9. Information Related to Alternative Transactions .
     Until the expiration of the Go-Shop Period (as defined in the Equity Purchase Agreement) and prior to the Termination Date, Holdco and the Company shall provide promptly to the Purchasers any bonafide bid which may replace or supplement the Transactions, subject to any ordinary or customary confidentiality obligations.
     7.10. Board Observer Rights .
     So long as the Initial Purchasers constitute the Required Holders, Holdco agrees to insure that the Initial Purchasers shall receive copies of all notices, reports, written presentations, board papers, minutes of meetings of the board of directors (or comparable policy-making bodies) and other written information distributed to members of the board of directors (or comparable policy-making bodies) of Holdco or to the members of the executive or similar committee of the board of Holdco (collectively, “ Board Papers ”) at the same time as such Board Papers are made available to the board for purposes of regular board meetings or to the members of the executive or similar committee of the board for purposes of such committee meetings. So long as the Initial Purchasers constitute the Required Holders, the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to designate a person to attend, and participate and furnish advice in, all meetings of the board of directors (or comparable policy-making bodies) of Holdco and the executive or similar committee of the board of Holdco in person or telephonically as a non-voting observer (the “ Board Observer ”), and such person shall be entitled to participate in discussions and consult with, and make proposals and furnish advice to, such board (or comparable policy-making bodies) and such committee without voting, it being understood that the Initial Purchasers may from time to time change the identity of such observer. The observer attending board or committee meetings shall be entitled to reimbursement from Holdco for reasonable and documented travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending such board and committee meetings (plus VAT or the overseas equivalent). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board Observer may be excluded from any such meeting (or portion of such meeting) or may not receive all or a portion of Board Papers relating to any such meeting where, in the good faith discretion of the board exercised on a case by case basis after consideration of all

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relevant factors, it would not be appropriate because of a conflict of interest for such Board Observer (as a representative of the Initial Purchasers) to participate in such meeting (or portion thereof) or to receive the Board Papers relating to any such meeting (or portion thereof).
     7.11. Changes to Investment Policy .
     So long as the Initial Purchasers constitute the Required Holders, the Initial Purchasers agree to consider in good faith such changes to the Investment Policy relating to Holdco’s and the Holdco Subsidiaries’ investment portfolio (and the related definitions of “Highly Rated Investments” contained in the Indenture) as Holdco and the Lead Sponsor may reasonably request, taking into account, without limitation, the objective of preservation of capital, risk mitigation and liquidity, as well as the composition of and risks related to Holdco’s and its Subsidiaries’ liabilities (and, with due regard to the opinions of such third party experts the Initial Purchasers may consult with regarding the same); provided that any decision by the Initial Purchasers to accept any changes proposed by Holdco or the Lead Sponsor to the Investment Policy shall be made in the sole discretion of the Initial Purchasers.
SECTION 8.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO RESALES OF NOTES
     8.1. Private Offerings .
     At any time after the Closing Date, the Notes may be sold, pledged or otherwise transferred in Private Offerings (in addition to resales under a registration statement which are registered under the Securities Act), provided that the following provisions shall apply:
     (a)  Offers and Sales . Offers and sales of the Notes will be made only by the Purchasers or Affiliates thereof who are qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are made. To the extent an offer or sale is intended to be made in compliance with Rule 144A, each such offer or sale shall only be made to persons who are Qualified Institutional Buyers and only in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act. To the extent an offer or sale is intended to be made in accordance with Regulation S, the offer or sale shall be made to a “non-U.S. Person” and otherwise in compliance with Regulation S. Offers and sales of the Notes may also be made in accordance with any other applicable exemption under the Securities Act.
     (b)  No General Solicitation . To the extent an offer or sale is intended to be made in accordance with Rule 144A, no general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502(c)) will be used in the United States and to the extent an offering is intended to be made in accordance with Regulation S, no directed selling efforts (as defined in Regulation S) will be made outside the United States in connection with the offering of the Notes.
     (c)  Purchases by Non-Bank Fiduciaries . In the case of a non-bank Subsequent Purchaser acting as a fiduciary for one or more third parties, in connection with an offer and sale to such purchaser pursuant to this Section 8.1, which is intended to be made in compliance with Rule 144A, such third parties shall be a Qualified Institutional Buyer, or a non- U.S. person outside the United States.
     (d)  Restrictive Legend . Upon original issuance by the Company, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Notes (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear such legends as are required under the Indenture and the Purchasers shall obtain such opinions or certificates required by the legend thereof in any sale or pledge or other transfer of the Notes.

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     (e)  Restrictions on Sale/Confidentiality . Each Subsequent Purchaser must agree to be bound, and cause their transferees to be bound, by Sections 8, 10.2(c) and 10.14 of this Agreement as if it was a Purchaser hereunder.
     (f)  Subsequent Purchaser . Each Subsequent Purchaser who does not purchase in an offering registered under the Securities Act shall be informed that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act are being sold to them on an unregistered basis under Rule 144A or another applicable exemption from registration and may only be sold in a registered offering pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S, or pursuant to any other available exemption.
     (g)  Rule 144A Information . The Company agrees that, in order to render the Notes eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, while any of the Notes remain outstanding, and to the extent constitute registrable securities under the Registration Rights Agreement, it will make available, upon request, to any holder of Notes or prospective purchasers of Notes the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4), unless the Company or Holdco is subject to the filing requirements of, and is in compliance with, Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
     (h)  Rule 144 Information . The Company agrees that, in order to render the Notes eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, while any of the Notes remain outstanding, it will make available “current public information” in a manner such that clause (c) of Rule 144 will be satisfied; provided such obligation does not require Holdco to file its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 during any specific time frame and for so long as Holdco is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is guarantor of the Notes this covenant shall be deemed satisfied by Holdco making current public information available.
     (i) [Reserved].
     (j)  European Economic Area . In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “ Relevant Member State ”), each Purchaser represents and agrees that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “ Relevant Implementation Date ”) it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Notes which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:
     (i) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
     (ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (A) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (B) a total balance sheet of more than 43,000,000 and (C) an annual net turnover of more than 50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; and
     (iii) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the Company of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

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For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of Notes to the public” in relation to any Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Notes, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
     (k) Each Purchaser represents and agrees that:
     (i) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) (the “ FSMA ”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company;
     (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and
     (iii) none of it and its Affiliates have entered nor will enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Notes except with the prior written consent of the Company.
     8.2. Procedures and Management Cooperation in Private Offerings .
     The Company agrees that, at the request of the Purchasers, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Notes to (i) be registered in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC pursuant to a customary form DTC Agreement, and (ii) be eligible for the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. PORTAL market. At the request of the Purchasers, management of Holdco will in connection with a transfer of the Notes, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Holders in any effort by the Holders to sell the Notes, including meeting with potential purchasers and providing due diligence information to potential purchasers; provided that (1) such efforts shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (2) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to provide any assistance at any time a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) is effective and not suspended; (3) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to provide any assistance at any time any event or development which would permit them to suspend a Shelf Registration Statement has occurred; (4) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be obligated to provide assistance more often than once in each 12 month period or more than three times during the term of the Notes; (5) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to incur any expense or cost other than those associated with attending meetings in its offices and producing diligence materials at such location; (6) so long as Holdco or the Company is subject to or complying with the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, any private placement memorandum provided by the Company and Subsidiaries shall not be more extensive than that customarily provided by such reporting companies in a private placement; (7) other than as required by Law or as the Company may otherwise agree, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have no indemnity obligations to the Purchasers or potential purchasers; and (8) each potential purchaser shall agree to be bound to confidentiality arrangements similar to those set for in Section 10.14 of this Agreement.

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     8.3. No Integration .
     The Company will not, and will not permit its Affiliates to, make any offer or sale of securities of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of “integration” referred to in Rule 502, such offer or sale would render invalid, for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Notes by the Company to the Purchasers or (ii) the resale of Notes, as the case may be, by the Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of Notes by any such Subsequent Purchaser to others any applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A thereunder or otherwise.
SECTION 9.
EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION
     9.1. Expenses .
     The Company will (whether or not the Closing occurs) reimburse the Purchasers for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and disbursements of one firm of outside counsel and any local counsel, if necessary) incurred by the Purchasers in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Financing Documents and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in enforcing, defending or declaring (or determining whether or how to enforce, defend or declare) any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Financing Documents or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement, or the other Financing Documents, including in connection with any insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Financing Documents or by the Notes.
     9.2. Indemnification .
     The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Purchasers and each of their respective Affiliates, partners, stockholders, members, officers, directors, agents, employees and controlling persons (each. an “ Indemnitee ”) from and against any and all actual losses, claims, damages or liabilities to any such Indemnitee in connection with or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Financing Document or the performance by the parties to the Financing Documents of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the issuance of Notes or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any liability with respect to Environmental Claims or (iv) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity will not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
     9.3. Waiver of Punitive Damages .
     To the extent permitted by applicable law, none of the parties hereto shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against the other parties (including their respective Affiliates, partners, stockholders, members, officers, directors, agents, employees and controlling persons), on any theory of liability for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out

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of, in connection with, or as a result of, the Transactions, this Agreement, the other Financing Documents, the Notes or the use of proceeds thereof.
     9.4. Survival .
     The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 will survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement.
     9.5. Tax Treatment of Indemnification Payments .
     Any indemnification payment pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated for all Tax purposes as an adjustment to the Purchase Price, except as otherwise required by applicable law.
SECTION 10.
MISCELLANEOUS
     10.1. Notices .
     Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications shall have been duly given and shall be effective (a) when delivered, (b) when transmitted via telecopy (or other facsimile device) to the number set out below if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), (c) the day following the day (except if not a Business Day then the next Business Day) on which the same has been delivered prepaid to a reputable national overnight air courier service or (d) the third Business Day following the day on which the same is sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid; in each case to the respective parties at the address set forth below, or at such other address as such party may specify by written notice to the other parties hereto:
     (i) if to an Initial Purchaser, to it at the address specified on Schedule 2.2 ; with a copy to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: F. William Reindel, Esq., or at such other address as the Initial Purchaser or its nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing;
     (ii) if to the Company or any Guarantor, to it at the address: 1550 Utica Avenue South, Suite 100, Minneapolis MN 55416, Attention: General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer; with a copy to: Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Citigroup Center, 153 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Ashley Gregory, Esq or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the Purchasers in writing.
     10.2. Benefit of Agreement and Assignments .
     (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all covenants, agreements and other provisions contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto shall bind, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent holder of a Note); provided, however , (i) that the Company may not assign and transfer any of its rights or obligations without the prior written consent of the Required Purchasers; (ii) for purposes of clarity, any assignee of a Purchaser who is not an affiliate of such Purchaser shall not be

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entitled to the benefits of the covenants contained in Sections 6.1, 7, the last sentence of Section 8.2, or 9 herein; and (iii) any assignee of a Purchaser who acquires Notes in an offering registered under the Securities Act shall not be entitled to the benefit of the covenants in this Agreement.
     (b) Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Financing Document, express or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto or thereto and their permitted successors and assigns any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement.
     (c) Prior to the Closing, no Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder provided the Purchasers may assign the rights to purchase all or any portion of the Notes allocated to such Purchaser pursuant to Schedule 2.2 to any, direct or indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of such Purchaser or any Affiliate of such Purchaser, subject to such subsidiary or Affiliate, as the case may be, making the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5, and each such Person shall be entitled to the full benefit and be subject to the obligations of this Agreement as if such Person were a Purchaser hereunder.
     (d) The parties hereto expressly acknowledge and agree that that upon execution of a counterpart signature page hereto, each Purchaser to whom the rights hereunder have been assigned shall become party to this Agreement for all purposes hereof.
     (e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Purchaser may assign any right to purchase all or any portion of the Notes or any Notes to any direct competitor of the Company and its Subsidiaries or Affiliate of such competitor.
     10.3. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative .
     No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto or any Purchaser in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Notes and no course of dealing between the Company and any other party or Purchaser shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Notes preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder. The rights and remedies provided herein and in the Notes are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies that the parties or Purchasers would otherwise have. No notice to or demand on the Company in any case shall entitle the Company to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the other parties hereto or the Purchasers to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.
     10.4. Amendments, Waivers and Consents .
     Subject to the second sentence of this Section 10.4, this Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with the written consent of the Company, provided, however , that no such amendment or waiver may, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes held by the Purchasers, as applicable, amend or waive the provisions of which the Purchasers are beneficiaries. No amendment or waiver of this Agreement will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant or agreement not expressly amended or waived or thereby impair any right consequent thereon.
     As used herein, the term “ Agreement ” and references thereto means this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or modified.

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     10.5. Counterparts .
     This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto. For the purposes of the Closing, signatures transmitted via telecopy (or other facsimile device) will be accepted as original signatures.
     10.6. Reproduction .
     This Agreement, the other Financing Documents and all documents relating hereto and thereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by the Purchasers at the Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished in connection herewith, may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other similar process and any original document so reproduced may be destroyed. Each of the Purchasers and the Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 10.6 shall not prohibit the Company, any other party hereto or any Purchaser from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.
     10.7. Headings .
     The headings of the sections and subsections hereof are provided for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.
     10.8. Survival of Covenants and Indemnities; Representations .
     (a) All covenants and indemnities set forth herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the issuance of the Notes and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein with respect to covenants, the payment of principal of the Notes and any other obligations hereunder.
     (b) All representations and warranties made by Holdco and the Company herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the issuance and transfer of all or any portion of the Notes, and the payment of principal of the Notes and the issuance and delivery of the Notes, and any other obligations hereunder, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of the Purchasers.
     10.9. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue .
     (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCLUDING CHOICE-OF-LAW PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF SUCH STATE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SUCH STATE.
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will submit, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to submit, to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court of competent jurisdiction sitting within the area comprising the Southern District of New York on the date of this Agreement. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, which they may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action, proceeding or litigation in such jurisdiction.
     (c) Each party hereto irrevocably consents to the service of process of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action, proceeding or litigation by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party at its address set forth in Section 10.1, such service to become effective thirty (30) days after such mailing.
     (d) Nothing herein shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the other party in any other jurisdiction. If service of process is made on a designated agent it should be made by either personal delivery or mailing a copy of summons and complaint to the agent via registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.
     (e) THE COMPANY, EACH PURCHASER HEREBY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE NOTES.
     10.10. Severability .
     If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be fully severable to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall be construed without giving effect to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision.
     10.11. Entirety .
     This Agreement together with the other Financing Documents represents the entire agreement of the parties hereto and thereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, if any, relating to the Financing Documents or the transactions contemplated herein or therein.
     10.12. Construction .
     Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person, whether or not expressly specified in such provision.
     10.13. Incorporation .
     All Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto or referred to herein are incorporated as part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.

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     10.14. Confidentiality .
     (a) Subject to the provisions of clause (b) of this Section 10.14, each Purchaser agrees that it will not disclose without the prior consent of the Company (other than to its employees, auditors, investors, partners, creditors, lenders, rating agencies, advisors or counsel, in each case, to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Notes and such person has entered into a customary confidentiality agreement obligating such person to keep such information confidential or is otherwise bound by an appropriate confidentiality obligation) any nonpublic information which has been furnished to such Purchaser in connection with its administration of the investment in the Notes or is now or in the future furnished pursuant to this Agreement or any other Financing Document (including Section 8.1 hereof); provided that any Purchaser may disclose any such information (i) as has become generally available to the public other than by virtue of a breach of this Section 10.14(a) by such Purchaser or any other Person to whom such Purchaser has provided such information as permitted by this Section 10.14(a), (ii) as may be required in any report, statement or testimony required to be submitted to any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser or to the SEC or similar organizations (whether in the United States of America or elsewhere), (iii) as may be required or appropriate in respect of any summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation, (iv) in order to comply with any applicable law and (v) to any prospective or actual Subsequent Purchaser in connection with any contemplated transfer of any of the Notes by such Purchaser; provided that any prospective Subsequent Purchaser expressly agrees in writing with or for the benefit of the Company to be bound by the confidentiality provisions contained in this Section 10.14 or a substantially similar confidentiality obligation. Each Purchaser agrees that in the event it intends to disclose confidential information in accordance with clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, it shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, provide the Company notice of such requirement prior to making any disclosure so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order or confidential treatment of the information being disclosed.
     (b) For the purposes set forth in Section 10.14(a), the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that each Purchaser may share with any of its Affiliates, and such Affiliates may share with such Purchaser any information related to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, any nonpublic information regarding the creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries); provided such Persons shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 10.14 to the same extent as such Purchaser.
     10.15. Termination; Survival .
     The obligations and representations of the parties hereto shall automatically terminate upon the Termination Date; provided , however, that Sections 9, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 10.18, 10.19 shall survive and shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement.
     10.16. Maximum Rate .
     In no event shall any interest or fee to be paid hereunder or under a Note exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. In the event any such interest rate or fee exceeds such maximum rate, such rate shall be adjusted downward to the highest rate (expressed as a percentage “ per annum” ) or fee that the parties could validly have agreed to by contract on the Effective Date under applicable law.

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     10.17. Patriot Act .
     The Purchasers hereby notify the Company that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Patriot Act ”), the Purchasers may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company and its Subsidiaries, including their respective names and addresses other information that will allow the Purchasers to identify the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with the Patriot Act.
     10.18. Currency .
     All dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in lawful money of the United States.
     10.19. Further Assurances.
     Each of the parties hereto shall, upon reasonable request of any other party hereto, do, make and execute all such documents, act, matters and things as may be reasonably required in order to give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby.
     10.20. Sole Discretion .
     Holdco and the Company agree that they shall not challenge or dispute any action or decision taken by any of the Purchasers that, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any of the Purchasers is entitled to take in its sole discretion.
     10.21. No Waivers .
     Except as specifically set forth in this Second Amended and Restated Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance of this Second Amended and Restated Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any party under, this Agreement or any of the exhibits or schedules thereto.
[ SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW ]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
             
    MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE,
    INC.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Philip Milne    
 
           
 
      Name:   Philip Milne    
 
      Title:     Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer    
 
           
 
           
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Philip Milne    
 
           
 
      Name:   Philip Milne    
 
      Title:     Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer    
[Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement Signature Page]

 


 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
             
    GSMP V ONSHORE US, LTD.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
 
      Name: Bradley Gross    
 
      Title: Managing Director and Vice President    
 
           
 
           
    GSMP V OFFSHORE US, LTD.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
 
      Name: Bradley Gross    
 
      Title: Managing Director and Vice President    
 
           
 
           
    GSMP V INSTITUTIONAL US, LTD.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Bradley Gross    
 
           
 
      Name: Bradley Gross    
 
      Title: Managing Director and Vice President    
[Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement Signature Page]

 


 

Acknowledged and Agreed by:
             
    THL Credit Partners, L.P.,
 
           
    By: THL Credit Partners GP, L.P., its general partner,
 
           
    By: THL Credit Group GP, LLC, its general partner,
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Sam Tillinghast    
 
           
 
      Name: Sam Tillinghast    
 
      Title: Vice President    
[Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement Signature Page]

 

 

Exhibit 10.6
AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT
     This AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 25, 2008, is among MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdco ”), MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Payment Systems ”), FSMC, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“ FSMC ”), MoneyGram Investments, LLC (formerly CAG Inc.), a Delaware limited liability company (“ Investments ”), PropertyBridge, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ PropertyBridge ”), MoneyGram of New York LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ MGI NY ”; Holdco, the Borrower, Payment Systems, FSMC, Investments, PropertyBridge, MGI NY and each Person who becomes a party to this Agreement by execution of a joinder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, are sometimes collectively referred to herein as “ Pledgors ” and each, individually, as a “ Pledgor ”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, Holdco, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”), and the financial institutions so designated on the commitment schedule attached thereto (the “ Existing Lenders ”) are party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 29, 2005 (as previously amended, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”);
     WHEREAS, each of the Pledgors and the Collateral Agent are each party to that certain Pledge Agreement dated as of January 25, 2008 (the “ Existing Pledge Agreement ”);
     WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among Holdco, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the financial institutions so designated on the Commitment Schedule (the “ Lenders ”) (the same, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, being herein referred to as the “ Credit Agreement ”), Holdco, the Administrative Agent and the Existing Lenders have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement and the Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrower certain credit facilities on the terms and conditions set forth therein;
     WHEREAS, one or more Pledgors may from time to time on or after the date hereof enter into, or guaranty the obligations of one or more other Pledgors or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with, one or more Rate Management Transactions permitted by the Credit Agreement with a Rate Management Counterparty;
     WHEREAS, each of the Pledgors has benefited or will benefit directly and indirectly from the credit facilities made available pursuant to the Credit Agreement and from the entering into of Rate Management Transactions by Pledgors or their Subsidiaries, and has entered into that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of the date hereof with respect to the Credit Agreement; and

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     WHEREAS, to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and make available the credit facilities thereunder and to induce the Lenders and their Affiliates to enter into Rate Management Transactions, the Pledgors have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Pledge Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein to amend the definition of Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Existing Pledge Agreement) and to make the other changes evidenced hereby.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     Section 1. Definitions . Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in the State of New York from time to time (the “ UCC ”), which are not otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Credit Agreement are used in this Agreement as defined in the UCC as in effect on the date hereof. In addition, as used herein:
     “ Event of Default ” means a Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
     “ Excluded Shares ” means any Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary in excess of 65% of such Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary.
     “ Foreign Issuer ” means each of Borrower’s material first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries.
     “ Issuer ” means Borrower, each of Borrower’s Material Domestic Subsidiaries and each Foreign Issuer.
     “ Obligations ” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the LC Issuer or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents, including without limitation all obligations of the Loan Parties under the Guaranty and all joinders and supplements thereto.
     “ Pledged Collateral ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2 below.
     “ Pledged Shares ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2 below.
     “ Proceeds ” means “proceeds”, as such term is defined in the UCC and, in any event, includes, without limitation, (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable with respect to any of the Pledged Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral by any governmental body, authority, bureau or agency (or any person acting under color of Governmental Entity), (c) all Stock Rights

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and (d) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under, in respect of or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral other than Excluded Assets (as defined in the Security Agreement).
     “ Rate Management Counterparties ” means Lenders and their Affiliates (or Persons which were Lenders or their Affiliates at the time the applicable Rate Management Transaction was entered into) which have entered into Rate Management Transactions with Holdco or any Subsidiary.
     “ Representative ” means any Person acting as agent, representative or trustee on behalf of the Collateral Agent from time to time.
     “ Required Secured Parties ” means (a) prior to the date upon which the Credit Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of the Obligations have been paid in full, the Required Lenders (or if so required by Section 8.2 of the Credit Agreement, all the Lenders) and (b) after the Credit Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of the Obligations have been paid in full, Secured Parties holding in the aggregate at least a majority of the aggregate due and unpaid Rate Management Obligations, as determined by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion.
     “ Secured Parties ” means, collectively, each Lender, the Rate Management Counterparties, the LC Issuer, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and all of their successors and assigns.
     “ Secured Obligations ” means all Obligations and all Rate Management Obligations owing to the Rate Management Counterparties.
     “ Security Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Collateral Agent, Holdco and certain of its Subsidiaries, as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented.
     “ Significant Acquired Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Holdco that on the date such Subsidiary is acquired, incorporated or formed (or in respect of a newly incorporated or formed Subsidiary, that acquires assets as part of one or more related transactions immediately thereafter) has total assets that exceed 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or has total revenues for the most recent 12 month period, if applicable, on a pro forma basis that exceed 10% of the total consolidated revenues for the most recent 12 month period of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
     “ Stock Rights ” means all dividends, instruments or other distributions and any stocks, shares, warrants, options or other securities rights or any other right or property which the Pledgors shall receive or shall become entitled to by way of dividend bonus, redemption, exchange, purchase, substitution, conversion, consolidation, subdivision, preference or otherwise to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution for or in exchange for, any Pledged Shares.

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     “ Termination Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 17 below.
     Section 2. Pledge .
     (a) As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, as of the Effective Date each Pledgor hereby grants, pledges, assigns, hypothecates, transfers, delivers and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first Lien on and first security interest in (i) to the extent the same do not constitute Excluded Shares, all of the Capital Stock of the Issuers now owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor (collectively, the “ Pledged Shares ”; when used with respect to any one Pledgor, “ Pledged Shares ” means the Pledged Shares in which such Pledgor has an interest), (ii) subject to Section 5, any Stock Rights, (iii) the certificates, if any, representing all such Pledged Shares and Stock Rights and (iv) all Proceeds of the collateral described in the preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) (the collateral described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 2 being collectively referred to as the “ Pledged Collateral ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pledged Collateral shall not be deemed to include (a) any General Intangibles or other rights arising under contracts, Instruments, licenses, license agreements or other documents, to the extent (and only to the extent) that the grant of a security interest would (i) be prohibited by an enforceable anti-assignment provision of such documents in favor of a third party on such grant, unless and until any required consents shall have been obtained, (ii) give any other party to such contract, Instrument, license, license agreement or other document the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, or (iii) violate any law, provided, however, that (1) any portion of any such General Intangible or other such right pursuant to this clause (a) shall constitute Pledged Collateral at the time and to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein does not result in any of the consequences specified in subclauses (i) through (iii) above and (2) the limitation set forth in this clause (a) above shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a Pledgor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such General Intangible or other such right, to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective by any applicable law, including the UCC; (b) any property as to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably determine (as specified in writing by such Persons) that the costs of obtaining a security interest (or perfecting the same) outweighs the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security afforded thereby; (c) any other assets that require perfection exclusively through control agreements under the applicable UCC; or (d) any direct Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any of the foregoing, but only to the extent such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute any of the items described in clauses (a) through (c) above.
     (b) All of the Pledged Shares now owned by each Pledgor which are presently represented by stock certificates are listed on Exhibit A hereto, which stock certificates, with undated stock powers duly executed in blank by such Pledgor and irrevocable proxies, have previously been or are simultaneously herewith being delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

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     Section 3. Representations and Warranties of Pledgors . Each Pledgor represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:
     (a) such Pledgor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has legal title to, the Pledged Shares which are listed on Exhibit A , and such shares are free and clear of all Liens whatsoever, except for Permitted Liens;
     (b) such Pledgor has the power, authority and legal right to execute this Agreement and to pledge the Pledged Shares and any additional Pledged Collateral to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
     (c) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Pledgor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Pledgor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles;
     (d) there are no outstanding options, warrants or other agreements with respect to the Pledged Shares;
     (e) the Pledged Shares have been duly and validly authorized and issued, and are or will be fully paid and non-assessable. The Pledged Shares listed on Exhibit A constitute the percentage of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of such class of the Issuers specified on Exhibit A ;
     (f) no consent, approval or authorization of or designation or filing with any Governmental Entity on the part of such Pledgor is required in connection with or as a condition to the pledge and security interest granted under this Agreement, or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting and other rights provided for in this Agreement except as may be required in connection with disposition of the Pledged Collateral by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally;
     (g) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Pledgor will not violate any provision of (i) any applicable law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, award or decree binding on such Pledgor, (ii) the charter or by-laws or Memorandum of Articles of Association of such Pledgor or any Issuer or of any securities issued by any Issuer or (iii) any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract, or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Pledgor or any Issuer is a party or to which such Pledgor or its assets is bound, and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien in any of the assets of such Pledgor or any Issuer except to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement and except with respect to clauses (i) or (iii), to the extent, individually or in the aggregate, that such violation, conflict, breach, default or creation or imposition of any Lien could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
     (h) the pledge, assignment and delivery to the Collateral Agent of the Pledged Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the filing of UCC financing statements pursuant to

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the terms of the Security Agreement create a valid first priority Lien on and a first perfected security interest in the Pledged Shares and the Proceeds thereof, to the extent that such Pledged Shares may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the UCC or by such pledge, assignment and delivery, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to no prior Lien. Such Pledgor covenants and agrees that it will defend the Collateral Agent’s right, title and security interest in and to the Pledged Shares and the Proceeds thereof against the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever;
     (i) with respect to any certificates delivered to the Collateral Agent representing Pledged Collateral, either such certificates are Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by the Issuer or otherwise, or, if such certificates are not Securities, such Pledgor has so informed the Collateral Agent so that the Collateral Agent may take steps to perfect its security interest therein as a General Intangible; and
     (j) none of the Pledged Collateral owned by such Pledgor has been issued or transferred in violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject, except to the extent, individually or in the aggregate, that such issuance or transfer could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 4. Covenants . If, prior to the Termination Date, any Pledgor shall receive any certificate representing Pledged Shares (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a stock dividend or a stock distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital, or issued in connection with any reorganization, merger or consolidation), or any options or rights, whether as an addition to, in substitution for, or in exchange for any of the Pledged Shares, or otherwise, such Pledgor agrees to accept the same as the Collateral Agent’s agent and to hold the same in trust for the Collateral Agent, and such Pledgor shall, on the earlier of (A) 30 days after the date written notice thereof has been given to such Pledgor by the Collateral Agent but only with respect to certificates representing Capital Stock of Significant Acquired Subsidiaries and (B) on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such receipt or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) of the Credit Agreement following such receipt (or such longer period as to which the Collateral Agent may agree), or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, within 30 days following written notice thereof given by the Collateral Agent to such Pledgor, deliver the same forthwith to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received, with the endorsement of such Pledgor when necessary and/or appropriate undated stock powers duly executed in blank, to be held by the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to the terms hereof, as additional Pledged Collateral. Upon the creation or acquisition by any Pledgor of any Capital Stock in any other Issuer or any additional Pledged Shares of any Issuer, such Pledgor shall, on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such creation or acquisition or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) of the Credit Agreement following such creation or acquisition (or such longer period as to which the Collateral Agent may agree), execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent an Addendum in the form of Exhibit B hereto (an “ Addendum ”); provided , that with respect to any Foreign Issuer whose Capital Stock is uncertificated, the applicable Pledgor shall, to the extent not prohibited

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by applicable law, cause to be issued one or more stock certificates representing 65% of the issued Capital Stock of such Foreign Issuer, together with undated instruments of transfer duly executed by such Pledgor to be delivered to the Collateral Agent within such time period. The Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall maintain possession and custody of any certificates delivered to it representing the Pledged Shares and any additional Pledged Collateral. Without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent each Pledgor agrees that it shall not, and not otherwise permit any Issuer, to opt-in to Article 8 of the UCC with respect to any uncertificated Pledged Collateral which will cause such Pledged Collateral to become a “security” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC.
     Section 5. Administration of Security .
     (a) Each Pledgor shall be entitled (subject to the other provisions hereof, including, without limitation, Section 8 below):
               (i) until receipt of notice to the contrary from the Collateral Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, to vote or consent, or refrain from voting or consenting, with respect to the Pledged Shares; provided however, that no vote or other right shall be exercised or action taken by any Pledgor which would have the effect of materially impairing the rights of the Collateral Agent in respect of such Pledged Collateral; and
               (ii) until receipt of notice to the contrary from the Collateral Agent delivered during the continuance of an Event of Default, to receive cash dividends or other distributions in the ordinary course made in respect of the Pledged Shares, to the extent payment is not prohibited pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
     (b) Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may act as each Pledgor’s proxy and attorney-in-fact pursuant to the terms of Section 21 below, subject to the limitations set forth in the last sentence of this clause (b), with respect to its Pledged Collateral, including the right to vote such Pledged Collateral, with full power of substitution to do so, and the right to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which a holder of such Pledged Collateral would be entitled (including giving or withholding written consents of shareholders, calling special meetings of shareholders and voting at such meetings). Such proxy shall be effective, automatically and without the necessity of any action (including any transfer of any such Pledged Collateral on the record books of the issuer thereof) by any person (including the issuer of such Pledged Collateral or any officer or agent thereof), upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default.
     (c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in the event that any Pledgor, as record and beneficial owner of its Pledged Shares, shall have received or shall have become entitled to receive, any cash dividends or other distributions on account of the Pledged Shares in the ordinary course or pursuant to the recapitalization of the capital of the Issuer thereof or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, such Pledgor shall, at the Collateral Agent’s written request, promptly deliver such cash or other distributions to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured

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Parties, and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be entitled to receive and retain, all such cash or other distributions as additional Pledged Collateral.
     Section 6. Reserved .
     Section 7. Certain Rights of the Collateral Agent . Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the other Secured Parties shall be liable for failure to collect or realize upon any of the Secured Obligations or any collateral security or guaranty therefor, or any part thereof, or for any delay in so doing, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any of the other Secured Parties be under any obligation to take any action whatsoever with regard thereto. Any or all of the Pledged Shares held by the Collateral Agent hereunder may, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee and the Collateral Agent or its nominee may thereafter (with prompt subsequent, but not prior, notice to the Pledgors) exercise all voting and corporate rights at any meeting with respect to any Issuer and exercise any and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to any of the Pledged Shares as if it were the absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, the right to vote in favor of, and to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Pledged Shares upon, the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other readjustment with respect to any Issuer or upon the exercise by any Pledgor or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to any of the Pledged Shares, and in connection therewith, to deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Shares with any depository, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may determine, all without liability except to account for property actually received by the Collateral Agent.
     Section 8. Remedies . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon any Pledgor or any other person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and/or notices are hereby expressly waived), may forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, assign, give an option or options to purchase, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of (including the disposition by merger) and deliver said Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, in one or more portions at public or private sale or sales or transactions, at any exchange, broker’s board or at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable and at such prices as it may deem best, for any combination of cash and/or securities or other property or on credit or for future delivery without assumption by any Secured Party of any credit risk, with the right to the Collateral Agent upon any such sale or sales, public or private, to purchase the whole or any part of said Pledged Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Pledgor, which right or equity is hereby expressly waived or released. Each Pledgor agrees that the Collateral Agent need not give more than ten (10) days’ notice (but shall give at least ten (10) days’ notice) of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale or other intended disposition is to take place and that such notice is reasonable notification of such matters. No notification need be given to any Pledgor if such Pledgor has signed after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default a statement renouncing or modifying any right to notification of sale or other intended disposition. In addition to the rights and remedies granted to the

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Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to any of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC and under any other applicable law.
     Section 9. Sale of Pledged Shares .
     (a) Each Pledgor recognizes that the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may be unable to effect a public sale or disposition (including, without limitation, any disposition in connection with a merger of any Subsidiary) of any or all the Pledged Collateral by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), and applicable state securities laws, but may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales or dispositions thereof to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale or disposition may result in prices and other terms (including the terms of any securities or other property received in connection therewith) less favorable to the seller than if such sale or disposition were a public sale or disposition and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale or disposition shall be deemed to be reasonable and affected in a commercially reasonable manner. The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale or disposition of any of the Pledged Collateral in order to permit any Pledgor or any Issuer to register such securities for public sale under the Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Pledgor or any Issuer would agree to do so. No Secured Party shall incur any liability as a result of the sale of any such Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, at any private sale provided for in this Agreement conducted in a commercially reasonable manner, and each Pledgor hereby waives any claims against the Secured Parties arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Pledged Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations, even if, acting in a commercially reasonable manner, the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer the Pledged Collateral to more than one offeree.
     (b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor agrees to do or cause to be done all such other acts and things as may be reasonably necessary to make such sale or sales or dispositions of any portion or all of the Pledged Collateral valid and binding and in compliance with any and all applicable laws, regulations, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees or awards of any and all courts, arbitrators or governmental instrumentalities, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over any such sale or sales or dispositions, all at such Pledgor’s expense.
     (c) Each Pledgor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Secured Parties, each of their respective successors and assigns, officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys, and any Person in control of any thereof, from and against any loss, liability, claim, damage and expense (limited with respect to legal expenses to the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to such indemnified

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Persons taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) (collectively called the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”), under federal and state securities laws or otherwise insofar as any such Indemnified Liability:
               (i) arises out of or is based upon any Pledgors’ untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or offering memorandum or in any preliminary prospectus or preliminary offering memorandum or in any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing or in any other writing prepared in connection with the offer, sale or resale of all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral prior to the termination of this Agreement unless such untrue statement of material fact was provided by the Collateral Agent specifically for inclusion therein; or
               (ii) arises out of or is based upon any Pledgors’ omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
such indemnification to remain operative regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent, any Secured Party or any successor thereof, or any Person in control of any thereof. In connection with a public sale or other distribution, each Pledgor will provide customary indemnification to any underwriters, their respective successors and assigns, their respective officers and directors and each Person who controls any such underwriter (within the meaning of the Act). If and to the extent that the foregoing undertakings in this Section 9(c) may be unenforceable for any reason, each Pledgor agrees to make maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. The obligations of each Pledgor under this Section 9(c) shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
     Section 10. Application of Proceeds . The proceeds of any collection, sale or other realization of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and any other cash at the time held by the Collateral Agent under this Agreement, shall, following an Event of Default, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.24(ii) of the Credit Agreement. Each Pledgor shall remain liable for any deficiency remaining after such application.
     Section 11. Further Assurances . Each Pledgor agrees that at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, such Pledgor will execute and deliver all stock powers, financing statements, proxies and such further documents and do such further reasonable acts and things as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request consistent with the provisions hereof in order to effect the purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, each Pledgor will take any and all actions reasonably required or requested by the Collateral Agent, from time to time, to cause the Collateral Agent to obtain exclusive control of any Pledged Collateral owned by such Pledgor in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent. For purposes of this Section 11 , the Collateral Agent shall have exclusive control of Pledged Collateral if (i) in the case of Pledged Collateral consisting of certificated securities, such Pledgor delivers such certificated securities to the Collateral Agent (with appropriate endorsements (in blank or otherwise) if such certificated securities are in registered

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form) and (ii) in the case of any other Pledged Collateral, the Collateral Agent has control thereof for all applicable purposes of the UCC.
     Section 12. Limitation on Duty of the Collateral Agent .
     (a) The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent under this Agreement are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers and neither the Collateral Agent nor its Representative nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Pledgors for any act or failure to act, except for bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Collateral Agent and any Representative shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Pledged Collateral in their possession if such Pledged Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Collateral Agent or any Representative, in its individual capacity, accords its own property consisting of the type of Pledged Collateral involved, it being understood and agreed that neither the Collateral Agent nor any Representative shall have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps (other than steps taken in accordance with the standard of care set forth above) to protect, preserve or exercise rights against any Person with respect to any Pledged Collateral and shall be relieved of all responsibility for the Pledged Collateral upon surrendering it to the applicable Pledgor.
     (b) Also without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Collateral Agent nor any Representative shall have any obligation or liability under any contract or license by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the granting to the Collateral Agent of a security interest therein or assignment thereof or the receipt by the Collateral Agent or any Representative of any payment relating to any contract or license pursuant hereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any Representative be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Pledgor under or pursuant to any contract or license, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any contract or license, or to present or file any claim, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
     Section 13. Severability . If any provision hereof is invalid and unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (a) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and (b) the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     Section 14. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies . No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Collateral Agent of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or

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further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the other Secured Parties shall be liable for any failure to collect or realize upon any of the Secured Obligations or any collateral security or guaranty therefor, or any part thereof, or for any delay in so doing, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any of the other Secured Parties be under any obligation to take any action whatsoever with regard thereto. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
     Section 15. Specific Performance . Each Pledgor agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 2(b) , 4 , 5(c) , 9 or 11 hereof will cause irreparable injury to the Secured Parties, that the Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, agrees that each and every covenant referenced above shall be specifically enforceable against such Pledgor in an action for specific performance.
     Section 16. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, the Secured Parties and the respective successors and assigns of the foregoing, provided , that no Pledgor shall assign or transfer its rights hereunder without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.
     Section 17. Termination . This Agreement and the Liens granted hereunder shall terminate upon the date of termination of the Credit Agreement, the full and complete performance and indefeasible satisfaction of all the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the termination of all commitments which could give rise to Secured Obligations (the “ Termination Date ”), whereupon each Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) and the Collateral Agent shall forthwith cause to be assigned, transferred and delivered, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, any remaining Collateral (including all certificates evidencing the Pledged Collateral in its possession or control) to or on the order of the Pledgors. The Collateral Agent, at the Pledgors’ expense, shall also execute and deliver to the Pledgors upon such termination such UCC termination statements and such other documentation as shall be reasonably requested by the Pledgors to effect the termination and release of the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent created hereby.
     Section 18. Possession of Pledged Collateral . Beyond the exercise of reasonable care to assure the safe custody of the Pledged Collateral in the physical possession of the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto, neither the Collateral Agent nor any nominee of the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or liability to collect any sums due in respect thereof or to protect, preserve or exercise any rights pertaining thereto, and shall be relieved of all responsibility for the Pledged Collateral upon surrendering them to the applicable Pledgor.
     Section 19. Survival of Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties of each Pledgor contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
     Section 20. Expenses . Any taxes (including income taxes) and stamp duties payable or ruled payable by any domestic or foreign Governmental Entity in respect of this Agreement

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shall be paid by the Pledgors, together with related interest, penalties, fines and expenses, if any. The Pledgors shall reimburse the Collateral Agent promptly following demand for any and all reasonable and documented costs and out-of-pocket expenses (limited with respect to legal expenses to the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to the Collateral Agent and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) relating to this Agreement as and to the extent required by Section 9.6(i) of the Credit Agreement (giving effect to the last sentence of Section 10.16 thereof). For purposes thereof, costs and expenses relating to the administration, collection, preservation or sale of the Pledged Collateral shall be deemed to be in connection with the administration of the Loan Documents. Any and all costs and expenses incurred by the Pledgors in the performance of actions required pursuant to the terms hereof shall be borne solely by the Pledgors.
     Section 21. Attorney-In-Fact . Until the Termination Date, each Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as such Pledgor’s attorney-in-fact, effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Collateral Agent deems reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to receive, endorse and collect all instruments made payable to such Pledgor representing any dividend, payment or other distribution in respect of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same, when and to the extent permitted by this Agreement.
     Section 22. Notices . All notices, demands and requests that any party is required or elects to give to any other party shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement, and if given (i) to the Collateral Agent, shall be given to it at 10 S. Dearborn Street, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois 60603-2003 or as otherwise specified by the Collateral Agent in writing, (ii) to a Pledgor other than the Borrower, shall be given to it c/o the Borrower at the address specified in the Credit Agreement and (iii) to the Borrower, shall be given to it at its address specified in the Credit Agreement.
     Section 23. Choice of Law, Submission to Jurisdiction, etc .
     (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
     (b) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

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     (c) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
     (d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in this Section 23 . Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
     Section 24. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
     Section 25. Amendments, Etc . The terms of this Agreement may be waived, altered or amended only by an instrument in writing duly executed by each Pledgor and the Collateral Agent with (other than in the case of amendments hereof solely for the purpose of adding Pledged Collateral as contemplated hereby) the concurrence or at the direction of the Required Secured Parties. Any such amendment or waiver shall be binding upon the Collateral Agent and each Pledgor and their respective successors and assigns.
     Section 26. Counterparts; Headings . This Agreement may be authenticated in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may authenticate this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This Agreement may be authenticated by manual signature, facsimile or electronic means, all of which shall be equally valid. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not alter or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
     Section 27. Entire Agreement . This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Pledgors and the Collateral Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements and understandings between any Pledgor and the Collateral Agent relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement supplements the other Loan Documents and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or supersede the rights granted to the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties in any other Loan Document. In the event of any inconsistencies between the provisions of this Agreement

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and the provisions of the Security Agreement relating to Pledged Collateral, the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Pledged Collateral shall govern.
     Section 28. Amendment and Restatement . This Agreement amends and restates the Existing Pledge Agreement in its entirety and, on the Effective Date, the terms and provisions of the Existing Pledge Agreement shall be superseded hereby and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by this Agreement rather than the Existing Pledge Agreement. This Agreement is given in substitution for the Existing Pledge Agreement, is in no way intended to constitute a novation of the Existing Pledge Agreement and the Liens granted in the Existing Pledge Agreement hereby are renewed and extended and shall be continuing. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any waivers, express or implied by course of conduct or otherwise, amendments or other actions (or failures to act) under the Existing Pledge Agreement shall not affect the rights and duties of the parties under this Agreement.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Pledge Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
         
  PLEDGORS :

MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
         
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS
WORLDWIDE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
         
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
         
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  FSMC, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
         
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  MONEYGRAM INVESTMENTS, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
         
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement]


 

         
  PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/  David J. Parrin  
         
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
  MONEYGRAM OF NEW YORK LLC,
 
 
  By:  MONEYGRAM PAYMENT
SYSTEMS, INC., its Sole Member

 
  By:   /s/  David J. Parrin  
         
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement]


 

         
  COLLATERAL AGENT :

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
 
 
  By:   /s/  Sabir Hashmy  
         
  Title:   Vice President  
 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement]


 

Exhibit A
to Pledge Agreement
                     
                    % of
                    Issued
                    Shares of
        Certificate   No.   Class of   such Class
Pledgor   Issuer   No.   of Shares   Shares   of Issuer
MoneyGram International, Inc.
  MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.   2   1   Common   100%
MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.
  MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.   2   1   Common   100%
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  FSMC, Inc.   1   1,000   Common   100%
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram Investments, LLC   Uncertificated   N/A   N/A   100%
MoneyGram Investments, LLC
  Long Lake Partners LLC   Uncertificated   N/A   N/A   100%
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  PropertyBridge, Inc.   C-18   1   Common   100%
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram of New York LLC   Uncertificated   N/A   N/A   100%
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  Travelers Express Company (P.R.), Inc.   7   32.5   Common   65%
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram Payment Systems Canada, Inc.   2   0.65   Common   65%
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram International Holdings Limited   3   65,000   Ordinary   65%

 


 

                     
                    % of
                    Issued
                    Shares of
        Certificate   No.   Class of   such Class
Pledgor   Issuer   No.   of Shares   Shares   of Issuer
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram France, S.A.   Uncertificated   N/A   N/A   100%
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram Payments Systems Italy S.r.l.   Uncertificated   N/A   N/A   100%
MoneyGram Payments Systems, Inc.
  GBP Holdings, Inc.   1   1   Common   100%
Please note that the stock certificate issued by FSMC, Inc. is actually issued to Travelers Express Company, Inc. which is now known as MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. (merger was effective December 31, 2005).

 


 

Exhibit B
to Pledge Agreement
Addendum to Pledge Agreement
     The undersigned, being a Pledgor pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of March 25, 2008 (the “ Pledge Agreement ”) in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent (“the Collateral Agent ”), by executing this Addendum, hereby acknowledges that such Pledgor legally and beneficially owns Capital Stock as set forth below of                      , a                      [corporation] (“ Corporation ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them in the Pledge Agreement. Such Pledgor hereby agrees and acknowledges that Corporation is an Issuer pursuant to the Pledge Agreement and the Shares (as hereinafter defined) shall be deemed Pledged Shares pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. Such Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that (i) all of the Capital Stock of Corporation now owned by such Pledgor (“ Shares ”), to the extent the same do not constitute Excluded Shares, is presently represented by the stock certificates listed below, which stock certificates, with undated stock powers duly executed in blank by such Pledgor, are being delivered to the Collateral Agent, simultaneously herewith, and (ii) after giving effect to this addendum, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of the Pledge Agreement are true, complete and correct as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties are stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been made on and as of such earlier date).
Pledged Shares
                             
                            % of Issued
          Certificate     No.     Class of     Shares of
Pledgor   Issuer     No.     of Shares     Shares     Class
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Pledgor has executed this Addendum this ___day of                      , 200___.
         
  PLEDGOR :
 
 
     
 
  By:      
       
  Its:     
 

 


 

Exhibit C
to Pledge Agreement
Joinder to Pledge Agreement
The undersigned,                      , a _____ ________, as of the ___day of _____, 20___, hereby joins in the execution of that certain Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of March 25, 2008 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “ Pledge Agreement ”) among MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., FSMC, Inc., MoneyGram Investments, LLC, PropertyBridge, Inc., MoneyGram of New York LLC and each other Person that becomes a Pledgor thereunder after the date and pursuant to the terms thereof, to and in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them in the Pledge Agreement. By executing this Joinder, the undersigned hereby agrees that it is a Pledgor thereunder and agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Pledge Agreement.
The undersigned represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that the undersigned is the record and beneficial owner of, and has legal title to, the Capital Stock set forth below.
                                         , a                                        
By:                                                                                 
Name:                                                                                
Title:                                                                                  
Pledged Shares
                             
                            % of Issued
          Certificate     No.     Class of     Shares of
Pledgor   Issuer     No.     of Shares     Shares     Class

 

 

Exhibit 10.7
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 25, 2008, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED OR REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “ INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ”), AMONG JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS FIRST PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, A NEW YORK BANKING CORPORATION, AS SECOND PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE AND MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
SECOND PRIORITY PLEDGE AGREEMENT
     This SECOND PRIORITY PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 25, 2008, is among MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdco ”), MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Payment Systems ”), FSMC, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“ FSMC ”), MoneyGram Investments, LLC (formerly CAG, Inc.), a Delaware limited liability company (“ Investments ”), PropertyBridge, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ PropertyBridge ”), MoneyGram of New York LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ MGI NY ”; Holdco, the Company, Payment Systems, FSMC, Investments, PropertyBridge, MGI NY and each Person who becomes a party to this Agreement by execution of a joinder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, are sometimes collectively referred to herein as “ Pledgors ” and each, individually, as a “ Pledgor ”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties (the “ Second Priority Collateral Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors listed on the signatures pages thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee and collateral agent, have entered into that certain Indenture dated as of March 25, 2008 (the “ Indenture ”);
     WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of March 24, 2008 by and among Holdco, the Company, GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Onshore ”), GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Offshore ”) and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Institutional ” and together with THL Credit Partners, GSMP Onshore and GSMP Offshore, the “ Purchasers ”) (the same, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, being herein referred to as the “ Note Purchase Agreement ”), the Purchasers

 


 

have agreed to purchase Notes issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture;
     WHEREAS, each of the Pledgors has benefited or will benefit directly and indirectly from the proceeds of the issuance of Notes pursuant to the Indenture, and has granted a Note Guarantee pursuant to the Indenture; and
     WHEREAS, to induce the Purchasers to enter into the Note Purchase Agreement and purchase the Notes, the Pledgors have agreed to pledge to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Collateral Agent and the Second Priority Secured Parties, the Pledged Collateral (as defined below) on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     Section 1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein without definition and defined in the Indenture are used herein as defined therein. In addition, as used herein:
     “ Event of Default ” means an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture).
     “ Excluded Shares ” means any Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary in excess of 65% of such Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary.
     “ First Priority Collateral Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and its successors and/or assigns in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
     “ First Priority Obligations Payment Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Intercreditor Agreement.
     “ Foreign Issuer ” means each of the Company’s material first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries.
     “ Issuer ” means the Company, each of the Company’s Material Domestic Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and each Foreign Issuer.
     “ Intercreditor Agreement ” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Company and the other parties thereto, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, or replaced in connection with any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal or replacement of Credit Facilities.
     “ Obligations ” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Company to the Holders or to the Trustee, the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any indemnified party arising under the Indenture and the Financing Documents (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), including without limitation all

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obligations of the Guarantors under the Note Guarantees and all joinders and supplements thereto.
     “ Pledged Collateral ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2 below.
     “ Pledged Shares ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2 below.
     “ Proceeds ” means “proceeds”, as such term is defined in the UCC and, in any event, includes, without limitation, (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable with respect to any of the Pledged Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral by any governmental body, authority, bureau or agency (or any person acting under color of Governmental Authority), (c) all Stock Rights and (d) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under, in respect of or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral other than Excluded Assets (as defined in the Second Priority Security Agreement).
     “ Representative ” means any Person acting as agent, representative or trustee on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent from time to time, including, without limitation, the First Priority Collateral Agent acting as agent and bailee on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent.
     “ Required Second Priority Secured Parties ” means, prior to the date upon which the Indenture has terminated by its terms and all of the Obligations have been paid in full, the Required Holders (as defined in the Indenture).
     “ Second Priority Secured Parties ” means, collectively, each Holder, the Trustee, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, as Representative and all of their successors and assigns.
     “ Second Priority Secured Obligations ” means all Obligations.
     “ Second Priority Security Agreement ” means that certain Second Priority Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Second Priority Collateral Agent, Holdco and certain of its Subsidiaries, as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented.
     “ Significant Acquired Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Holdco that on the date such Subsidiary is acquired, incorporated or formed (or in respect of a newly incorporated or formed Subsidiary, that acquires assets as part of one or more related transactions immediately thereafter) has total assets that exceed 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries or has total revenues for the most recent 12 month period, if applicable, on a pro forma basis that exceed 10% of the total consolidated revenues for the most recent 12 month period of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

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     “ Stock Rights ” means all dividends, instruments or other distributions and any stocks, shares, warrants, options or other securities rights or any other right or property which the Pledgors shall receive or shall become entitled to by way of dividend bonus, redemption, exchange, purchase, substitution, conversion, consolidation, subdivision, preference or otherwise to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution for or in exchange for, any Pledged Shares.
     “ Termination Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 18 below.
     “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, that to the extent that the UCC is used to define any term herein or in any Financing Document (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern.
     Section 2. Pledge .
     (a) As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Second Priority Secured Obligations, as of the Closing Date each Pledgor hereby grants, pledges, assigns, hypothecates, transfers, delivers and grants to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, a Lien on and security interest in (i) to the extent the same do not constitute Excluded Shares, all of the Capital Stock of the Issuers now owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor (collectively, the “ Pledged Shares ”; when used with respect to any one Pledgor, “ Pledged Shares ” means the Pledged Shares in which such Pledgor has an interest), (ii) subject to Section 5 , any Stock Rights, (iii) the certificates, if any, representing all such Pledged Shares and Stock Rights and (iv) all Proceeds of the collateral described in the preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) (the collateral described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 2 being collectively referred to as the “ Pledged Collateral ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pledged Collateral shall not be deemed to include (a) any General Intangibles or other rights arising under contracts, Instruments, licenses, license agreements or other documents, to the extent (and only to the extent) that the grant of a security interest would (i) be prohibited by an enforceable anti-assignment provision of such documents in favor of a third party on such grant, unless and until any required consents shall have been obtained, (ii) give any other party to such contract, Instrument, license, license agreement or other document the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, or (iii) violate any law, provided, however, that (1) any portion of any such General Intangible or other such right pursuant to this clause (a) shall constitute Pledged Collateral at the time and to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein does not result in any of the consequences specified in subclauses (i) through (iii) above and (2) the limitation set forth in this clause (a) above shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a Pledgor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such General Intangible or other such right, to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective by any applicable law, including the UCC; (b) any property as to which the Second Priority Collateral Agent and the Company reasonably determine (as specified in writing by such Persons) that the costs of obtaining a security interest (or perfecting the same) outweighs

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the benefit to the Second Priority Secured Parties of the security afforded thereby; (c) any other assets that require perfection exclusively through control agreements under the applicable UCC; or (d) any direct Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any of the foregoing, but only to the extent such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute any of the items described in clauses (a) through (c) above.
     (b) All of the Pledged Shares now owned by each Pledgor which are presently represented by certificates are listed on Exhibit A hereto, which certificates, with undated stock or other transfer powers duly executed in blank by such Pledgor and irrevocable proxies, have previously been or are simultaneously herewith being delivered to the Second Priority Collateral Agent (or prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Collateral Agent acting as bailee on its behalf), for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties.
     Section 3. Representations and Warranties of Pledgors . Each Pledgor represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, as follows:
     (a) such Pledgor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has legal title to, the Pledged Shares which are listed on Exhibit A , and such shares are free and clear of all Liens whatsoever, except for Permitted Liens;
     (b) such Pledgor has the power, authority and legal right to execute this Agreement and to pledge the Pledged Shares and any additional Pledged Collateral to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties;
     (c) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Pledgor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Pledgor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles;
     (d) there are no outstanding options, warrants or other agreements with respect to the Pledged Shares;
     (e) the Pledged Shares have been duly and validly authorized and issued, and are or will be fully paid and non-assessable. The Pledged Shares listed on Exhibit A constitute the percentage of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of such class of the Issuers specified on Exhibit A ;
     (f) no consent, approval or authorization of or designation or filing with any Governmental Authority on the part of such Pledgor is required in connection with or as a condition to the pledge and security interest granted under this Agreement, or the exercise by the Second Priority Collateral Agent of the voting and other rights provided for in this Agreement except as may be required in connection with disposition of the Pledged Collateral by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally;

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     (g) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Pledgor will not violate any provision of (i) any applicable law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, award or decree binding on such Pledgor, (ii) the charter or by-laws or Memorandum of Articles of Association of such Pledgor or any Issuer or of any securities issued by any Issuer or (iii) any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract, or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Pledgor or any Issuer is a party or to which such Pledgor or its assets is bound, and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien in any of the assets of such Pledgor or any Issuer except to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement or the Indenture and except with respect to clauses (i) or (iii), to the extent, individually or in the aggregate, that such violation, conflict, breach, default or creation or imposition of any Lien could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
     (h) the pledge, assignment and delivery to the Second Priority Collateral Agent (or its Representative) of the Pledged Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the filing of UCC financing statements pursuant to the terms of the Second Priority Security Agreement create a valid second priority Lien on and a perfected security interest in the Pledged Shares and the Proceeds thereof, to the extent that such Pledged Shares may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the UCC or by such pledge, assignment and delivery, in favor of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, subject to no prior Lien other than the Lien created in favor of the First Priority Collateral Agent. Such Pledgor covenants and agrees that it will defend the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s right, title and security interest in and to the Pledged Shares and the Proceeds thereof against the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever;
     (i) with respect to any certificates delivered to the Second Priority Collateral Agent (or prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Collateral Agent acting as bailee on its behalf) representing Pledged Collateral, either such certificates are “Securities” as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by the Issuer or otherwise, or, if such certificates are not Securities, such Pledgor has so informed the Second Priority Collateral Agent so that the Second Priority Collateral Agent may take steps to perfect its security interest therein as a General Intangible; and
     (j) none of the Pledged Collateral owned by such Pledgor has been issued or transferred in violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject, except to the extent, individually or in the aggregate, that such issuance or transfer could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 4. Covenants . If prior to the Termination Date, any Pledgor shall receive any certificate representing Pledged Shares (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in kind in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital, or issued in connection with any reorganization, merger or consolidation), or any options or rights, whether as an addition to, in substitution for, or in exchange for any of the Pledged Shares, or otherwise, such Pledgor agrees to accept the same as the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s Representative and to hold the same in trust for the Second Priority Collateral

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Agent, and such Pledgor shall on the earlier of (A) 30 days after the date written notice thereof has been given to the Pledgor by the Second Priority Collateral Agent but only with respect to certificates representing Capital Stock of Significant Acquired Subsidiaries and (B) on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such receipt or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(i) or (ii) of the Indenture following such receipt (or such longer period as to which the Second Priority Collateral Agent may agree), or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, within 30 days following written notice thereof given by the Second Priority Collateral Agent to such Pledgor, deliver the same forthwith to (prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date) the First Priority Collateral Agent or the Second Priority Collateral Agent, in the exact form received, with the endorsement of such Pledgor when necessary and/or appropriate undated stock or other transfer powers duly executed in blank, to be held (prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date) by the First Priority Collateral Agent (acting as bailee on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent) or the Second Priority Collateral Agent, as applicable, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, subject to the terms hereof, as additional Pledged Collateral. Upon the creation or acquisition by any Pledgor of any Capital Stock in any other Issuer or any additional Pledged Shares of any Issuer, such Pledgor shall, on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such creation or acquisition or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(i) or (ii) of the Indenture following such creation or acquisition (or such longer period as to which the Second Priority Collateral Agent may agree), execute and deliver to the Second Priority Collateral Agent an Addendum in the form of Exhibit B hereto (an “ Addendum ”); provided, that with respect to any Foreign Issuer whose Capital Stock is uncertificated, the applicable Pledgor shall, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, cause to be issued one or more stock certificates representing 65% of the issued Capital Stock of such Foreign Issuer, together with undated instruments of transfer duly executed by such Pledgor to be delivered (i) prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, to the First Priority Collateral Agent or (ii) on and after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, within such time period. (i) Prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Collateral Agent or (ii) on and after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, shall on behalf of the Second Priority Secured Parties, maintain possession and custody of any certificates delivered to it representing the Pledged Shares and any additional Pledged Collateral. Without the prior written consent of the Second Priority Collateral Agent each Pledgor agrees that it shall not, and not otherwise permit any Issuer, to opt-in to Article 8 of the UCC with respect to any uncertificated Pledged Collateral which will cause such Pledged Collateral to become a “Security” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC.
     Section 5. Administration of Security .
     (a) Each Pledgor shall be entitled (subject to the other provisions hereof, including, without limitation, Section 8 below):
          (i) until receipt of notice to the contrary from the Second Priority Collateral Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, to vote or consent, or refrain from voting or consenting, with respect to the Pledged Shares; provided however, that no vote or other right shall be exercised or action taken by any Pledgor which would

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have the effect of materially impairing the rights of the Second Priority Collateral Agent in respect of such Pledged Collateral; and
          (ii) until receipt of notice to the contrary from the Second Priority Collateral Agent delivered during the continuance of an Event of Default, to receive cash dividends or other distributions in the ordinary course made in respect of the Pledged Shares, to the extent payment is not prohibited pursuant to the Indenture.
     (b) Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, (i) prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Collateral Agent or (ii) on and after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date or the Second Priority Enforcement Date (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), the Second Priority Collateral Agent, may act as each Pledgor’s proxy and attorney-in-fact pursuant to the terms of Section 22 , subject to the limitations set forth in the last sentence of this clause (b), with respect to its Pledged Collateral, including the right to vote such Pledged Collateral, with full power of substitution to do so, and the right to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which a holder of such Pledged Collateral would be entitled (including giving or withholding written consents of shareholders, calling special meetings of shareholders and voting at such meetings). Such proxy shall be effective, automatically and without the necessity of any action (including any transfer of any such Pledged Collateral on the record books of the issuer thereof) by any person (including the issuer of such Pledged Collateral or any officer or agent thereof), upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default.
     (c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in the event that any Pledgor, as record and beneficial owner of its Pledged Shares, shall have received or shall have become entitled to receive, any cash dividends or other distributions on account of the Pledged Shares in the ordinary course or pursuant to the recapitalization of the capital of the Issuer thereof or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, such Pledgor shall, at the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s written request, promptly deliver such cash or other distributions to the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, and the Second Priority Collateral Agent, shall be entitled to receive and retain, all such cash or other distributions as additional Pledged Collateral.
     Section 6. [Reserved]
     Section 7. Certain Rights of the Second Priority Collateral Agent . Neither the Second Priority Collateral Agent nor any of the other Second Priority Secured Parties shall be liable for failure to collect or realize upon any of the Second Priority Secured Obligations or any collateral security or guaranty therefor, or any part thereof, or for any delay in so doing, nor shall the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any of the other Second Priority Secured Parties be under any obligation to take any action whatsoever with regard thereto. Any or all of the Pledged Shares held by the First Priority Collateral Agent or the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any Representative thereof hereunder may, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, be registered in the name of the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its nominee and the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its nominee may thereafter (with prompt subsequent, but not prior,

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notice to the Pledgors) exercise all voting and corporate rights at any meeting with respect to any Issuer and exercise any and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to any of the Pledged Shares as if it were the absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, the right to vote in favor of, and to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Pledged Shares upon, the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other readjustment with respect to any Issuer or upon the exercise by any Pledgor or the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any Representative thereof, of any right, privilege or option pertaining to any of the Pledged Shares, and in connection therewith, to deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Shares with any depository, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Second Priority Collateral Agent may determine, all without liability except to account for property actually received by the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any Representative thereof. For purposes of this Agreement, the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall act at the written direction of the Required Second Priority Secured Parties.
     Section 8. Remedies . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon any Pledgor or any other person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and/or notices are hereby expressly waived), may forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, assign, give an option or options to purchase, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of (including the disposition by merger) and deliver said Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, in one or more portions at public or private sale or sales or transactions, at any exchange, broker’s board or at the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as the Second Priority Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable and at such prices as it may deem best, for any combination of cash and/or securities or other property or on credit or for future delivery without assumption by any Second Priority Secured Party of any credit risk, with the right to the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative upon any such sale or sales, public or private, to purchase the whole or any part of said Pledged Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Pledgor, which right or equity is hereby expressly waived or released. Each Pledgor agrees that the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative need not give more than ten (10) days’ notice (but shall give at least ten (10) days’ notice) of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale or other intended disposition is to take place and that such notice is reasonable notification of such matters. No notification need be given to any Pledgor if such Pledgor has signed after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default a statement renouncing or modifying any right to notification of sale or other intended disposition. In addition to the rights and remedies granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to any of the Obligations, the Second Priority Collateral Agent and the other Second Priority Secured Parties shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC and under any other applicable law.
     Section 9. Sale of Pledged Shares .

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     (a) Each Pledgor recognizes that the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative, on behalf of the Second Priority Secured Parties may be unable to effect a public sale or disposition (including, without limitation, any disposition in connection with a merger of any Subsidiary) of any or all the Pledged Collateral by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), and applicable state securities laws, but may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales or dispositions thereof to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale or disposition may result in prices and other terms (including the terms of any securities or other property received in connection therewith) less favorable to the seller than if such sale or disposition were a public sale or disposition and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale or disposition shall be deemed to be reasonable and affected in a commercially reasonable manner. The Second Priority Collateral Agent, shall be under no obligation to delay a sale or disposition of any of the Pledged Collateral in order to permit any Pledgor or any Issuer to register such securities for public sale under the Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Pledgor or any Issuer would agree to do so. No Second Priority Secured Party shall incur any liability as a result of the sale of any such Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, at any private sale provided for in this Agreement conducted in a commercially reasonable manner, and each Pledgor hereby waives any claims against the Second Priority Secured Parties arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Pledged Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the aggregate amount of the Obligations, even if, acting in a commercially reasonable manner, the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative accepts the first offer received and does not offer the Pledged Collateral to more than one offeree.
     (b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor agrees to do or cause to be done all such other acts and things as may be reasonably necessary to make such sale or sales or dispositions of any portion or all of the Pledged Collateral valid and binding and in compliance with any and all applicable laws, regulations, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees or awards of any and all courts, arbitrators or governmental instrumentalities, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over any such sale or sales or dispositions, all at such Pledgor’s expense.
     (c) Each Pledgor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Second Priority Secured Parties, each of their respective successors and assigns, officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys, and any Person in control of any thereof, from and against any loss, liability, claim, damage and expense (limited with respect to legal expenses to the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to such indemnified Persons taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) (collectively called the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”), under federal and state securities laws or otherwise insofar as any such Indemnified Liability:

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          (i) arises out of or is based upon any Pledgors’ untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or offering memorandum or in any preliminary prospectus or preliminary offering memorandum or in any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing or in any other writing prepared in connection with the offer, sale or resale of all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral prior to the termination of this Agreement unless such untrue statement of material fact was provided by the Second Priority Collateral Agent specifically for inclusion therein; or
          (ii) arises out of or is based upon any Pledgors’ omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
such indemnification to remain operative regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, any Representative, any Second Priority Secured Party or any successor thereof, or any Person in control of any thereof. In connection with a public sale or other distribution, each Pledgor will provide customary indemnification to any underwriters, their respective successors and assigns, their respective officers and directors and each Person who controls any such underwriter (within the meaning of the Act). If and to the extent that the foregoing undertakings in this Section 9(c) may be unenforceable for any reason, each Pledgor agrees to make maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. The obligations of each Pledgor under this Section 9(c) shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
     Section 10. Application of Proceeds . The proceeds of any collection, sale or other realization of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and any other cash at the time held by the First Priority Collateral Agent (acting as bailee on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent) or the Second Priority Collateral Agent, as applicable under this Agreement, shall (subject to the Intercreditor Agreement), following an Event of Default, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 7.06 of the Indenture. Each Pledgor shall remain liable for any deficiency remaining after such application.
     Section 11. Further Assurances . Each Pledgor agrees that at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, such Pledgor will execute and deliver all stock powers, financing statements, proxies and such further documents and do such further reasonable acts and things as the Second Priority Collateral Agent may reasonably request consistent with the provisions hereof in order to effect the purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, each Pledgor will take any and all actions reasonably required or requested by the Second Priority Collateral Agent, from time to time, to cause the Second Priority Collateral Agent to obtain exclusive control of any Pledged Collateral owned by such Pledgor in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Second Priority Collateral Agent. For purposes of this Section 11 , the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall have control of Pledged Collateral if (i) in the case of Pledged Collateral consisting of certificated securities, such Pledgor delivers such certificated securities (prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date) to the First Priority Collateral Agent (acting as bailee on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent) or thereafter to the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative (in each case with appropriate endorsements (in blank or otherwise) if such certificated securities are

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in registered form), as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of any other Pledged Collateral, (prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date) the First Priority Collateral Agent (acting as bailee on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent) or thereafter to the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative, has control thereof for all applicable purposes of the UCC, in each case subject only to the Lien of the First Priority Collateral Agent.
     Section 12. Limitation on Duty of the Second Priority Collateral Agent .
     (a) The powers conferred on the Second Priority Collateral Agent under this Agreement are solely to protect the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. The Second Priority Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers and neither the Second Priority Collateral Agent nor its Representative nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Pledgors for any act or failure to act, except for bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Second Priority Collateral Agent and any Representative shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Pledged Collateral in their possession if such Pledged Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any Representative, in its individual capacity, accords its own property consisting of the type of Pledged Collateral involved, it being understood and agreed that neither the Second Priority Collateral Agent nor any Representative shall have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps (other than steps taken in accordance with the standard of care set forth above) to protect, preserve or exercise rights against any Person with respect to any Pledged Collateral and shall be relieved of all responsibility for the Pledged Collateral upon surrendering it to the applicable Pledgor.
     (b) Also without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Second Priority Collateral Agent nor any Representative shall have any obligation or liability under any contract or license by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the granting to the Second Priority Collateral Agent of a security interest therein or assignment thereof or the receipt by the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any Representative of any payment relating to any contract or license pursuant hereto, nor shall the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any Representative be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Pledgor under or pursuant to any contract or license, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any contract or license, or to present or file any claim, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
     Section 13. Second Priority Collateral Agent’s Actions . Whenever reference is made in this Agreement to any action by, consent, designation, specification, requirement or approval of, notice, request or other communication from, or other direction given or action to be undertaken or to be (or not to be) suffered or omitted by the Second Priority Collateral Agent or to any election, decision, opinion, acceptance, use of judgment, expression of satisfaction or

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other exercise of discretion, rights or remedies to be made (or not to be made) by the Second Priority Collateral Agent, it is understood that in all cases the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any such action under this Agreement if it shall not have received such advice or concurrence of the Required Second Priority Secured Parties, as it deems appropriate. This provision is intended solely for the benefit of the Second Priority Collateral Agent and its successors and permitted assigns and is not intended to and will not entitle the other parties hereto to any defense, claim or counterclaim, or confer any rights or benefits on any party hereto.
     Section 14. Severability . If any provision hereof is invalid and unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (a) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and (b) the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     Section 15. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies . No failure on the part of the Second Priority Collateral Agent to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Second Priority Collateral Agent of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Neither the Second Priority Collateral Agent nor any of the other Second Priority Secured Parties shall be liable for any failure to collect or realize upon any of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Second Priority Security Agreement) or any collateral security or guaranty therefor, or any part thereof, or for any delay in so doing, nor shall the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any of the other Second Priority Secured Parties be under any obligation to take any action whatsoever with regard thereto. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
     Section 16. Specific Performance . Each Pledgor agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 2(b) , 4 , 5(c) , 9 or 11 hereof will cause irreparable injury to the Second Priority Secured Parties, that the Second Priority Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, agrees that each and every covenant referenced above shall be specifically enforceable against such Pledgor in an action for specific performance.
     Section 17. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, the Second Priority Secured Parties and the respective successors and assigns of the foregoing, provided , that no Pledgor shall assign or transfer its rights hereunder without the prior written consent of the Second Priority Collateral Agent.
     Section 18. Termination . This Agreement and the Liens granted hereunder shall terminate upon the date of the termination of the Indenture, the full and complete performance and indefeasible satisfaction of all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the termination of all commitments which could give rise to Obligations (the “ Termination Date ”), whereupon each Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) and the

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Second Priority Collateral Agent shall forthwith cause to be assigned, transferred and delivered, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, any remaining Collateral (including all certificates evidencing the Pledged Collateral in its possession or control) to or on the order of the Pledgors. The Second Priority Collateral Agent, at the Pledgors’ expense, shall also execute and deliver to the Pledgors upon such termination such UCC termination statements and such other documentation as shall be reasonably requested by the Pledgors to effect the termination and release of the Liens in favor of the Second Priority Collateral Agent created hereby.
     Section 19. Possession of Pledged Collateral . Beyond the exercise of reasonable care to assure the safe custody of the Pledged Collateral in the physical possession of the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative pursuant hereto, neither the Second Priority Collateral Agent nor any nominee or Representative of the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall have any duty or liability to collect any sums due in respect thereof or to protect, preserve or exercise any rights pertaining thereto, and shall be relieved of all responsibility for the Pledged Collateral upon surrendering them to the applicable Pledgor.
     Section 20. Survival of Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties of each Pledgor contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
     Section 21. Expenses . Any taxes (including income taxes) and stamp duties payable or ruled payable by any domestic or foreign Governmental Entity in respect of this Agreement shall be paid by the Pledgors, together with related interest, penalties, fines and expenses, if any. The Pledgors shall reimburse the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative promptly following demand for any and all reasonable and documented costs and out-of-pocket expenses (limited with respect to legal expenses to the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to the Second Priority Collateral Agent and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) relating to this Agreement. For purposes thereof, costs and expenses relating to the collection, preservation or sale of the Pledged Collateral shall be deemed to be in connection with the administration of this Agreement. Any and all costs and expenses incurred by the Pledgors in the performance of actions required pursuant to the terms hereof shall be borne solely by the Pledgors.
     Section 22. Attorney-In-Fact . Until the Termination Date, each Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints (i) prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Collateral Agent or (ii) on and after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date or the Second Priority Enforcement Date, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, as such Pledgor’s attorney-in-fact, effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor or otherwise, from time to time in the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Second Priority Collateral Agent deems reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to receive, endorse and collect all instruments made payable to such Pledgor representing any dividend, payment or other distribution in respect of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same, when and to the extent permitted by this Agreement.

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     Section 23. Notices . All notices, demands and requests that any party is required or elects to give to any other party shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.01 of the Indenture, and if given (i) to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, shall be given to it at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Trust & Securities Services, 60 Wall Street, MS 2710, New York, New York 10005, Attn: Deal Manager — Corporates Team, Facsimile No. (732) 578-4635; with a copy to: Deutsche Bank Trust Company America c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Trust & Securities Services, 25 DeForest Avenue, MS SUM01-0105, Summit, New Jersey 07901, Attn: Deal Manager — Corporates Team, Facsimile No. (732) 578-4635; or as otherwise specified by the Collateral Agent in writing, (ii) to a Pledgor other than the Company, shall be given to it c/o the Company at the address specified in the Indenture and (iii) to the Company, shall be given to it at its address specified in the Indenture.
     Section 24. Choice of Law, Submission to Jurisdiction, etc .
     (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
     (b) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
     (c) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
     (d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 23 . Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
     Section 25. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT,

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TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
     Section 26. Amendments, Etc . The terms of this Agreement may be waived, altered or amended only by an instrument in writing duly executed by each Pledgor and the Second Priority Collateral Agent with (other than in the case of amendments hereof solely for the purpose of adding Pledged Collateral as contemplated hereby) the concurrence or at the direction of the Required Second Priority Secured Parties. Any such amendment or waiver shall be binding upon the Second Priority Collateral Agent and each Pledgor and their respective successors and assigns.
     Section 27. Counterparts; Headings . This Agreement may be authenticated in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may authenticate this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This Agreement may be authenticated by manual signature, facsimile or electronic means, all of which shall be equally valid. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not alter or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
     Section 28. Entire Agreement . This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Pledgors and the Second Priority Collateral Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements and understandings between any Pledgor and the Second Priority Collateral Agent relating to the subject matter hereof. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or supersede the rights granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent or the other Second Priority Secured Parties in the Indenture. In the event of any inconsistencies between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Second Priority Security Agreement relating to Pledged Collateral, the provisions of this Agreement relating to the Pledged Collateral shall govern.
     Section 29. Patriot Act . The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account. The parties to this agreement agree that they will provide Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas with such information as it may request in order for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.
[Signature Page Follows]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Priority Pledge Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
             
    PLEDGORS :    
 
           
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
   
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
   
 
           
 
           
    MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin    
 
           
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
   
 
           
 
           
    MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin    
 
           
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
   
 
           
 
           
    FSMC, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
    
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
   
 
           
 
           
    MONEYGRAM INVESTMENTS, LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
   
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
   
 
           
[Signature Page to Amended and restated Pledge Agreement]

 


 

             
 
  PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC.        
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
   
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
   
 
           
 
           
    MONEYGRAM OF NEW YORK LLC,    
 
           
    By: MONEYGRAM PAYMENT    
    SYSTEMS, INC., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin    
 
           
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
   
 
           
[Signature Page to Amended and restated Pledge Agreement]

 


 

             
    SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT :    
 
           
    DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY    
    AMERICAS, as Second Priority Collateral    
    Agent for the benefit of the Second Priority    
    Secured Parties    
 
           
    By: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Cynthia J. Powell    
 
     
 
   
 
           
 
  Title:    Vice President    
 
           
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David Contino    
 
           
 
           
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement]

 


 

Exhibit A
to Pledge Agreement
                                 
                            % of
                            Issued
                            Shares of
        Certificate   No.   Class of   such Class
Pledgor   Issuer   No.   of Shares   Shares   of Issuer
MoneyGram International, Inc.
  MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.     2       1     Common     100 %
MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc.
  MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.     2       1     Common     100 %
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  FSMC, Inc.     1       1,000     Common     100 %
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram
Investments, LLC
  Uncertificated     N/A     N/A     100 %
MoneyGram
Investments, LLC
  Long Lake Partners,
LLC
  Uncertificated     N/A     N/A     100 %
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  PropertyBridge, Inc.   C-18     1     Commnon     100 %
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram of New York LLC   Uncertificated     N/A     N/A     100 %
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  Travelers Express Company (P.R.), Inc.     7       32.5     Common     65 %
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram Payment Systems Canada, Inc.     2       0.65     Common     65 %
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram
International
Holdings Limited
    3       65,000     Ordinary     65 %

 


 

                                 
                            % of
                            Issued
                            Shares of
        Certificate   No.   Class of   such Class
Pledgor   Issuer   No.   of Shares   Shares   of Issuer
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram France, S.A.   Uncertificated     N/A     N/A     100 %
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.
  MoneyGram Payments Systems Italy S.r.l.   Uncertificated     N/A     N/A     100 %
MoneyGram Payments Systems, Inc.
  GBP Holdings, Inc.     1       1     Common     100 %
Please note that the stock certificate issued by FSMC, Inc. is actually issued to Travelers Express Company, Inc. which is now known as MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. (merger was effective December 31, 2005).

 


 

Exhibit B
to Second Priority Pledge Agreement
Addendum to Second Priority Pledge Agreement
     The undersigned, being a Pledgor pursuant to that certain Second Priority Pledge Agreement dated as of March [___], 2008 (the “ Pledge Agreement ”) in favor of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Collateral Agent (the “ Second Priority Collateral Agent ”), by executing this Addendum, hereby acknowledges that such Pledgor legally and beneficially owns Capital Stock as set forth below of ______, a ______ [corporation] (“ Corporation ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them in the Second Priority Pledge Agreement. Such Pledgor hereby agrees and acknowledges that Corporation is an Issuer pursuant to the Pledge Agreement and the Shares (as hereinafter defined) shall be deemed Pledged Shares pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. Such Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Second Priority Secured Parties that (i) all of the Capital Stock of Corporation now owned by such Pledgor (“ Shares ”), to the extent the same do not constitute Excluded Shares, is presently represented by the stock certificates listed below, which stock certificates, with undated stock powers duly executed in blank by such Pledgor, are being delivered (i) prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, to the First Priority Collateral Agent or (ii) on and after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, simultaneously herewith, and (ii) after giving effect to this addendum, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of the Second Priority Pledge Agreement are true, complete and correct as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties are stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been made on and as of such earlier date).
Pledged Shares
                                         
                                        % of Issued
                Certificate   No.   Class of   Shares of
Pledgor   Issuer   No.   of Shares   Shares   Class
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Pledgor has executed this Addendum this                      day of                      , 200___.
             
    PLEDGOR :
 
           
         
 
           
 
  By:          
 
     
 
   
 
  Its:           
 
     
 
   

 


 

ACKNOWLEDGED
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Second Priority Collateral Agent
         
     
 
       
By: 
       
 
 
 
   
Its:   
       
 
 
 
   

 


 

Exhibit C
to Second Priority Pledge Agreement
Joinder to Second Priority Pledge Agreement
The undersigned,                                           , a                                           , as of the ___ day of ___, 20___, hereby joins in the execution of that certain Pledge Agreement dated as of March ___, 2008 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “ Second Priority Pledge Agreement ”) among MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., FSMC, Inc., MoneyGram Investments, LLC, PropertyBridge, Inc., MoneyGram of New York LLC and each other Person that becomes a Pledgor thereunder after the date and pursuant to the terms thereof, to and in favor of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as the Second Priority Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them in the Second Priority Pledge Agreement. By executing this Joinder, the undersigned hereby agrees that it is a Pledgor thereunder and agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Second Priority Pledge Agreement.
The undersigned represents and warrants to the Second Priority Collateral Agent and the other Second Priority Secured Parties that the undersigned is the record and beneficial owner of, and has legal title to, the Capital Stock set forth below.
                                           , a                                           
         
By:  
       
Name:
 
 
   
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ACKNOWLEDGED
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Second Priority Collateral Agent
         
     
 
       
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Exhibit 10.8
AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of March 25, 2008 among MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdco ”), MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Payment Systems ”), FSMC, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“ FSMC ”), MoneyGram Investments, LLC (formerly CAG Inc.), a Delaware limited liability company (“ Investments ”), PropertyBridge, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ PropertyBridge ”), MoneyGram of New York LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ MGI NY ”; Holdco, the Borrower, Payment Systems, FSMC, Investments, PropertyBridge, MGI NY and each Person who becomes a party to this Agreement by execution of a joinder in the form of Exhibit A hereto, are sometimes collectively referred to herein as “ Grantors ” and each, individually, as a “ Grantor ”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, Holdco, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”), and the financial institutions so designated on the commitment schedule attached thereto (the “ Existing Lenders ”) are party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 29, 2005 (as previously amended, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”);
     WHEREAS, Holdco, the Borrower, Payment Systems, FSMC, Investments, PropertyBridge, MGI NY and the Collateral Agent are each party to that certain Security Agreement dated as of January 25, 2008 (the “ Existing Security Agreement ”);
     WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among Holdco, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the financial institutions so designated on the Commitment Schedule (the “ Lenders ”) (the same, as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, being herein referred to as the “ Credit Agreement ”), Holdco, the Administrative Agent and the Existing Lenders have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement and the Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrower certain credit facilities on the terms and conditions set forth therein;
     WHEREAS, one or more Grantors may from time to time on or after the date hereof enter into, or guaranty the obligations of one or more other Grantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with, one or more Rate Management Transactions permitted by the Credit Agreement with a Rate Management Counterparty;
     WHEREAS, each of the Grantors has benefited or will benefit directly and indirectly from the credit facilities made available pursuant to the Credit Agreement and from the entering into of Rate Management Transactions by Grantors or their Subsidiaries, and has entered into that certain Amended & Restated Guaranty dated as of the date hereof with respect to the Credit Agreement; and

 


 

     WHEREAS, to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and make available the credit facilities thereunder and to induce the Lenders and their Affiliates to enter into Rate Management Transactions, the Grantors have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Security Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein to amend the definition of Collateral (as defined in the Existing Security Agreement) and to make the other changes evidenced hereby.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     Section 1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein without definition and defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein. In addition, as used herein:
     “ Chattel Paper ” means any “chattel paper”, as such term is defined in the UCC.
     “ Collateral ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3 hereof; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Collateral” shall not include any property of any Grantor constituting Pledged Collateral under the Pledge Agreement or any Excluded Assets.
     “ Commercial Tort Claims ” means “commercial tort claims”, as such term is defined in the UCC.
     “ Contracts ” means all contracts, undertakings, or other agreements (other than rights evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments) in or under which any Grantor may now or hereafter have any right, title or interest, including, without limitation, with respect to an account receivable, any agreement relating to the terms of payment or the terms of performance thereof, in all cases other than Excluded Assets and other than any contract, undertaking or other agreement if the granting of a security interest therein would be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of contracts or applicable law (after giving effect to relevant provisions of the UCC).
     “ Copyrights ” means any copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, copyright registrations and copyright applications, including, without limitation, the copyright registrations and applications listed on Schedule III attached hereto, and all renewals of any of the foregoing, all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable under or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing and the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing.
     “ Documents ” means any “documents”, as such term is defined in the UCC, and shall include, without limitation, all documents of title (as defined in the UCC) bills of lading or other receipts evidencing or representing Inventory or Equipment.
     “ Equipment ” means any “equipment”, as such term is defined in the UCC.
     “ Event of Default ” means a Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

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     “ Excluded Assets ” means any or all of the following with respect to any Grantor:
(a) cash and cash equivalents (other than proceeds of the Collateral);
(b) accounts receivable;
(c) Portfolio Securities;
(d) deposit or securities accounts containing any of the foregoing;
(e) other assets that require perfection exclusively through control agreements under the applicable UCC;
(f) Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(g) leasehold real property;
(h) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(i) interest in joint ventures and non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries which cannot be pledged without the consent of one or more third parties;
(j) tax-exempt bonds;
(k) General Intangibles or other rights arising under contracts, Instruments, licenses, license agreements or other documents, to the extent (and only to the extent) that the grant of a security interest would (i) be prohibited by an enforceable anti-assignment provision of such documents in favor of a third party on such grant, unless and until any required consents shall have been obtained, (ii) give any other party to such contract, Instrument, license, license agreement or other document the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, or (iii) violate any law, provided, however, that (1) any portion of any such General Intangible or other such right shall cease to constitute Excluded Property pursuant to this clause (k) at the time and to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein does not result in any of the consequences specified above and (2) the limitation set forth in this clause (k) above shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such General Intangible or other such right, to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective by any applicable law, including the UCC;
(l) property as to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably determine (as specified in writing by such Persons) that the costs of obtaining a security interest (or perfecting the same) outweighs the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security afforded thereby;
(m) Capital Stock representing more than 65% of the total combined voting power of a Foreign Subsidiary;

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(n) obligations the interest on which is wholly exempt from the taxes imposed by subtitle A of the Code; and
(o) direct Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any of the foregoing, but only to the extent such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property.
     “ General Intangibles ” means any “general intangibles”, as such term is defined in the UCC, and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all right, title and interest in or under any Contract, models, drawings, materials and records, claims, literary rights, goodwill, rights of performance, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, warranties, rights under insurance policies and rights of indemnification.
     “ Goods ” means any “goods”, as such term is defined in the UCC, including, without limitation, fixtures and embedded Software to the extent included in “goods” as defined in the UCC.
     “ Instruments ” means any “instrument”, as such term is defined in the UCC, and shall include, without limitation, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, trade acceptances, letters of credit, letter of credit rights (as defined in the UCC) and Chattel Paper, in each case other than Excluded Assets.
     “ Inventory ” means any “inventory”, as such term is defined in the UCC.
     “ Investment Property ” means any “investment property”, as such term is defined in the UCC, other than Excluded Assets.
     “ Obligations ” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the LC Issuer or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents, including without limitation all obligations of the Loan Parties under the Guaranty and all joinders and supplements thereto.
     “ Patents ” means any patents and patent applications, including, without limitation, the inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, and those patents and patent applications listed on Schedule IV attached hereto, and the reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part of any of the foregoing, and all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing and the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing.
     “ Pledge Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Collateral Agent, Holdco, the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries, as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.

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     “ Portfolio Securities ” means, collectively, portfolio securities (i) designated as “trading investments” on Holdco’s consolidated financial statements, (ii) designated as “available for sale investments” on Holdco’s consolidated financial statements or (iii) otherwise designated as investments on Holdco’s consolidated financial statements, in each case valued at fair value in accordance with GAAP.
     “ Proceeds ” means “proceeds”, as such term is defined in the UCC and, in any event, includes, without limitation, (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable with respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any governmental body, authority, bureau or agency (or any person acting under color of governmental authority), and (c) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under, in respect of or in connection with any of the Collateral other than Excluded Assets.
     “ Rate Management Counterparties ” means Lenders and their Affiliates (or Persons which were Lenders or their Affiliates at the time the applicable Rate Management Transaction was entered into) which have entered into Rate Management Transactions with Holdco or any Subsidiary.
     “ Representative ” means any Person acting as agent, representative or trustee on behalf of the Collateral Agent from time to time.
     “ Required Secured Parties ” means (a) prior to the date upon which the Credit Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of the Obligations have been paid in full, the Required Lenders (or if so required by Section 8.2 of the Credit Agreement, all the Lenders) and (b) after the Credit Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of the Obligations have been paid in full, Secured Parties holding in the aggregate at least a majority of the aggregate due and unpaid Rate Management Obligations, as determined by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion.
     “ Secured Parties ” means, collectively, each Lender, the Rate Management Counterparties, the LC Issuer, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and all of their successors and assigns.
     “ Secured Obligations ” means all Obligations and all Rate Management Obligations owing to the Rate Management Counterparties.
     “ Significant Acquired Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Holdco that on the date such Subsidiary is acquired, incorporated or formed (or in respect of a newly incorporated or formed Subsidiary, that acquires assets as part of one or more related transactions immediately thereafter) has total assets that exceed 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or has total revenues for the most recent 12 month period, if applicable, on a pro forma basis that exceed 10% of the total consolidated revenues for the most recent 12 month period of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
     “ Software ” means all “software”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, other than software embedded in any category of Goods,

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including, without limitation, all computer programs and all supporting information provided in connection with a transaction related to any program.
     “ Termination Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.10 below.
     “ Trademarks ” means any trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other business identifiers, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, the trademarks and applications listed in Schedule V attached hereto and renewals thereof, and all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing and the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing.
     “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided , that to the extent that the UCC is used to define any term herein or in any Loan Document and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern.
     Section 2. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Grantors . Each Grantor represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:
     (a) each Grantor has rights in and the power to transfer the Collateral in which it purports to grant a security interest pursuant to Section 3 hereof (subject, with respect to after acquired Collateral, to such Grantor acquiring the same) and no Lien other than Permitted Liens exists upon such Collateral;
     (b) such Grantor has the power, authority and legal right to execute this Agreement and to grant a security interest in the Collateral to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
     (c) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Grantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles;
     (d) no consent, approval or authorization of or designation or filing with any Governmental Entity on the part of such Grantor is required in connection with or as a condition to the security interest granted under this Agreement, or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the rights provided for in this Agreement except as may be required in connection with disposition of the Collateral by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;
     (e) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Grantor will not violate any provision of (i) any applicable law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, award or decree binding on such Grantor, (ii) the charter or by-laws or

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Memorandum of Articles of Association of such Grantor or (iii) any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract, or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Grantor is a party or to which such Grantor or its assets is bound, and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien in any of the assets of such Grantor except to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement and except with respect to clauses (i) or (iii), to the extent, individually or in the aggregate, that such violation, conflict, breach, default or creation or imposition of any Lien could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
     (f) this Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid security interest in and Lien upon all of the Grantors’ right, title and interest in and to the Collateral, and, upon the filing of appropriate UCC financing statements in the jurisdictions listed on Schedule I attached hereto, such security interest will be duly perfected in all the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing of a UCC financing statement in the appropriate filing office and jurisdiction pursuant to the UCC, and upon delivery of the Instruments to the Collateral Agent or its Representative, duly endorsed by the applicable Grantor or accompanied by appropriate undated instruments of transfer duly executed by such Grantor, the security interest in the Instruments will be duly perfected;
     (g) all of the Equipment, Inventory and Goods shall be located on the date hereof at the places as specified on Schedule I attached hereto. Except as disclosed on Schedule I , as of the date hereof none of the Collateral is in the possession of any bailee, warehouseman, processor or consignee. Schedule I discloses each Grantor’s name as of the date hereof as it appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation, formation or organization, the type of entity of each Grantor (including corporation, partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company), organizational identification number issued by each Grantor’s state of incorporation, formation or organization (or a statement that no such number has been issued), each Grantor’s state of incorporation, formation or organization and the chief place of business, chief executive office and the office where each Grantor keeps its books and records. Each Grantor has only one state of incorporation, formation or organization. No Grantor (including any Person acquired by any Grantor) does business or has done business during the one (1) year preceding the date hereof under any trade name or fictitious business name except as disclosed on Schedule II attached hereto;
     (h) the Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks listed on Schedules III , IV and V , respectively, constitute all of the registered or pending Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks owned as of such date by such Grantor which are registered or pending with any Governmental Entity;
     (i) no Copyrights, Patents or Trademark which is material to the business of such Grantor or the invalidity, unenforceability or termination of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (each a “ Material IP Item ”) has been adjudged invalid or unenforceable or has been canceled, in whole or in part, or, to such Grantor’s knowledge, is not presently subsisting. Each of such Material IP Items is valid and enforceable. Each Grantor is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire and

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unencumbered right, title and interest in and to each of such Material IP Items free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens. Each Grantor has adopted, used and is currently using, or has a current bona fide intention to use, all of such Material IP Items and such Grantor has no knowledge of any suits or actions commenced or threatened with respect thereto; and
     (j) as of the date hereof, such Grantor does not own any Commercial Tort Claim in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, except for those disclosed on Schedule VI hereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, no representation, warranty or covenant is made with respect to the creation or perfection of a security interest in Collateral to the extent such creation or perfection would require (i) any filing other than a filing in the United States of America, any State thereof and the District of Columbia, (ii) other action under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof and the District of Columbia or (iii) that any control agreements be obtained in respect thereof.
     Section 3. Collateral . As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, as of the Effective Date each Grantor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a Lien on and security interest in and to all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in the following personal property, whether now owned by such Grantor or hereafter acquired and whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence and wherever located (all being collectively referred to herein as “ Collateral ”):
     (a) the Instruments of such Grantor, together with all payments thereon or thereunder:
     (b) all Inventory of such Grantor;
     (c) all General Intangibles (including payment intangibles (as defined in the UCC) and Software) of such Grantor;
     (d) all Equipment (including any corporate aircraft) of such Grantor;
     (e) all Documents of such Grantor;
     (f) all Contracts of such Grantor;
     (g) all Goods of such Grantor;
     (h) all Investment Property of such Grantor;
     (i) Commercial Tort Claims of such Grantor; specified on Schedule VI , as from time to time updated; and

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     (j) all other tangible and intangible personal property of such Grantor, including, without limitation, all Proceeds, products, accessions, rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions, additions and replacements of and to any of the property of such Grantor described in the preceding clauses of this Section 3 (including, without limitation, any proceeds of insurance thereon, insurance claims and all rights, claims and benefits against any Person relating thereto), other rights to payments not otherwise included in the foregoing and all books, correspondence, files, records, invoices and other papers, including without limitation all tapes, cards, computer runs, computer programs, computer files and other papers, documents and records in the possession or under the control of such Grantor or any computer bureau or service company from time to time acting for such Grantor;
provided , however , that “Collateral” shall not include the Excluded Assets.
     Section 4. Covenants; Remedies . In furtherance of the grant of the pledge and security interest pursuant to Section 3 hereof, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:
     4.1. Delivery and Other Perfection; Maintenance, etc.
     (a) Delivery of Instruments, Documents, Etc. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire (1) any Instrument in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, (2) any Chattel Paper in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate or (3) any negotiable Document in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, such Grantor shall, on the earlier of (A) 30 days after the date written notice thereof has been given to such Grantor by the Collateral Agent but only with respect to Instruments, Chattel Paper and negotiable Documents of Significant Acquired Subsidiaries and (B) on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such acquisition or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) of the Credit Agreement following such acquisition (or such longer period as to which the Collateral Agent may agree), or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, within 30 days following written notice thereof given by the Collateral Agent to such Grantor, deliver and pledge to the Collateral Agent or its Representative any and all (to the extent constituting Collateral) Instruments, negotiable Documents and Chattel Paper duly endorsed and/or accompanied by such instruments of assignment and transfer executed by such Grantor in such form and substance as the Collateral Agent or its Representative may reasonably request; provided , that so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Grantor may retain for collection in the ordinary course of business any such Instruments, negotiable Documents and Chattel Paper received by such Grantor in the ordinary course of business, and the Collateral Agent or its Representative shall, promptly upon request of such Grantor, make appropriate arrangements for making any other Instruments, negotiable Documents and Chattel Paper pledged by such Grantor available to such Grantor for purposes of presentation, collection or renewal (any such arrangement to be effected, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent or its Representative, against trust receipt or like document).

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     (b) Other Documents and Actions . Each Grantor shall, upon written request by the Collateral Agent, promptly execute, deliver, file and/or record any financing statement, notice, instrument, document, agreement or other papers that may be reasonably necessary (in the reasonable judgment of the Collateral Agent or its Representative) to create, preserve, perfect or validate the security interest granted pursuant hereto or to enable the Collateral Agent or its Representative to exercise and enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder with respect to such pledge and security interest; provided , that in no event shall any control agreements be required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any filing office in any relevant UCC jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (a) indicate the Collateral (i) as all assets (other than Excluded Assets) of such Grantor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC of the State of New York or such jurisdiction, or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (b) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC of the State of New York for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to such Grantor, and (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon written request. Each Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Collateral Agent to have filed in any UCC jurisdiction any like initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
     (c) Reserved .
     (d) Reserved .
     (e) Intellectual Property . If any Grantor shall (i) obtain registered rights to any new patentable inventions, any registered Copyrights or any Patents or Trademarks, or (ii) become the owner of any registered Copyrights or any Patents or Trademarks or any improvement on any Patent, the provisions of this Agreement above shall automatically apply thereto and such Grantor shall, on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such obtainment or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) of the Credit Agreement following such obtainment, give to the Collateral Agent written notice thereof. Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to modify this Agreement by amending Schedules III , IV and V , as applicable, to include any such registered or pending Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks. Each Grantor shall have the duty (but no Secured Party shall have any duty), subject to the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, (i) to prosecute diligently any patent, trademark, or service mark applications material to the business of such Grantor pending as of the date hereof or hereafter, (ii) to make application on unpatented but patentable inventions and on trademarks, copyrights and service marks material to the business of such Grantor, as appropriate, (iii) to preserve and maintain all rights in the Material IP Items and (iv) to ensure that the Material IP Items are and remain enforceable; provided ,

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that such Grantor may abandon or otherwise cease to maintain any Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks that, in the ordinary course of business, are reasonably determined by such Grantor not to merit continuing maintenance. Any expenses incurred in connection with any Grantor’s obligations under this Section 4.1(e) shall be borne by Grantors. No Grantor shall abandon any right to file a patent, trademark or service mark application, or abandon any pending patent, application or any other Copyright, Patent or Trademark (in each case which is or would constitute a Material IP Item) without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided , that such Grantor may abandon or otherwise cease to maintain any Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks that, in the ordinary course of business, are reasonably determined by such Grantor not to merit continuing maintenance.
     (f) Further Identification of Collateral . Each Grantor will, within 30 days following a written request and as often as reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent or its Representative (but no more frequently than twice per year except during the continuance of an Event of Default), furnish to the Collateral Agent or such Representative, updated schedules to this Agreement and such other information further identifying and describing the Collateral as the Collateral Agent or its Representative may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
     (g) Investment Property . If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Certificated Securities, such Grantor shall, on the earlier of (A) 30 days after the date written notice thereof has been given to such Grantor by the Collateral Agent but only with respect to Certificated Securities representing Capital Stock of Significant Acquired Subsidiaries and (B) on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such acquisition or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) of the Credit Agreement following such acquisition (or such longer period as to which the Collateral Agent may agree), or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, within 30 days following written notice thereof given by the Collateral Agent to such Grantor, deliver such Certificated Securities to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by such undated instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably specify.
     (h) Commercial Tort Claims . If at any time any Grantor shall hold or acquire any Commercial Tort Claim in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, such Grantor shall, on the earlier of (A) 30 days after the date written notice thereof has been given to such Grantor by the Collateral Agent but only with respect to Commercial Tort Claims of Significant Acquired Subsidiaries and (B) on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such acquisition or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) of the Credit Agreement following such acquisition (or such longer period as to which the Collateral Agent may agree), or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, within 30 days following written notice thereof given by the Collateral Agent to such Grantor, enter into a supplement to this Agreement, granting to the Collateral Agent a Lien on and security interest in such Commercial Tort Claim.

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     4.2. Other Liens . Grantors will not create, permit or suffer to exist, and will defend the Collateral against and take such other action as is reasonably necessary to remove, any Lien on the Collateral except Permitted Liens, and will defend the right, title and interest of the Collateral Agent in and to the Collateral and in and to all Proceeds thereof against the claims and demands of all Persons not holding a Permitted Lien.
     4.3. Preservation of Rights . If an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, the Collateral Agent and its Representative may, but shall not be required to, but only following 5 Business Days’ written notice to any Grantor of its intent to do so, take any steps the Collateral Agent or its Representative reasonably deems necessary to preserve any Collateral or any rights against third parties to any of the Collateral, including obtaining insurance of Collateral at any time when a Grantor has failed to do so, and any applicable Grantor jointly and severally agrees to promptly pay, or reimburse the Collateral Agent within 10 days after demand for, all reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith.
     4.4. Name Change; Location .
     (a) Without limiting the restrictions on mergers involving the Grantors contained in the Credit Agreement, if any Grantor shall (i) reincorporate or reorganize itself under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized as of the date hereof, (ii) otherwise change its name, identity or corporate structure or (iii) change the proposed use by such Grantor of any tradename or fictitious business name other than any such name set forth on Schedule II attached hereto, such Grantor shall, on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such change or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) of the Credit Agreement following such change, give to the Collateral Agent written notice thereof.
     (b) Except for the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor will keep the Collateral at the locations specified in Schedule I or such other locations as to which notice has been given to the Collateral Agent by such Grantor pursuant to this Section and with respect to which such Grantor has taken such action as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested to protect and preserve its interests in the Collateral to be located at such location (including using commercially reasonable efforts to secure a landlord waiver or similar document with respect to any current or future chief executive office of the Grantors). If any Grantor shall change its chief place of business or form any new location at which Collateral having an aggregate value in excess of $5,000,000 is or is reasonably expected to be located, such Grantor shall, on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such change or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) of the Credit Agreement following such change, give to the Collateral Agent written notice thereof.
     4.5. Insurance . All insurance policies required under Section 6.6 of the Credit Agreement shall name the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) as an additional insured or as lender loss payee, as applicable, and shall contain loss payable clauses or mortgagee

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clauses, through endorsements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
     4.6. Events of Default, Etc. During the period during which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
     (a) Each Grantor shall, at the request of the Collateral Agent or its Representative, assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent or its Representative at a place or places designated by the Collateral Agent or its Representative which are reasonably convenient to the Collateral Agent or its Representative, as applicable, and such Grantor;
     (b) the Collateral Agent or its Representative may make any reasonable compromise or settlement deemed desirable with respect to any of the Collateral and may extend the time of payment, arrange for payment in installments, or otherwise modify the terms of, any of the Collateral;
     (c) the Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not said UCC is in effect in the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted) and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and remedies hereunder may be asserted, including, without limitation, the right, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to exercise all voting, consensual and other powers of ownership pertaining to the Collateral as if the Collateral Agent were the sole and absolute owner thereof (and each Grantor agrees to take all such action as may be appropriate to give effect to such right);
     (d) the Collateral Agent or its Representative in their discretion may, in the name of the Collateral Agent or in the name of any Grantor or otherwise, demand, sue for, collect or receive any money or property at any time payable or receivable on account of or in exchange for any of the Collateral, but shall be under no obligation to do so;
     (e) the Collateral Agent, or its Representative, may take immediate possession and occupancy of any premises owned, used or leased by any Grantor and exercise all other rights and remedies of an assignee which may be available to the Collateral Agent; and
     (f) the Collateral Agent may, upon ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Grantors of the time and place (which notice each Grantor hereby agrees is commercially reasonable notification for purposes hereof), with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof which shall then be or shall thereafter come into the possession, custody or control of the Collateral Agent or its Representative, sell, lease, license, assign or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Collateral, at such place or places as the Collateral Agent deems appropriate, and for cash or for credit or for future delivery (without any Secured Party thereby assuming any credit risk), at public or private sale, without demand of performance or notice of intention to effect any such disposition or of the time or place thereof (except such notice as is required above or by applicable statute

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and cannot be waived), and the Collateral Agent or anyone else may be the purchaser, lessee, licensee, assignee or recipient of any or all of the Collateral so disposed of at any public sale (or, to the extent permitted by law, at any private sale) and thereafter hold the same absolutely, free from any claim or right of whatsoever kind, including any right or equity of redemption (statutory or otherwise), of Grantors, any such demand, notice and right or equity being hereby expressly waived and released. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for the sale, and such sale may be made at any time or place to which the sale may be so adjourned.
The proceeds of each collection, sale or other disposition under this Section 4.6 shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.7 hereof. If such proceeds are insufficient to cover the costs and expenses of such realization and the payment in full of the Secured Obligations, the Grantors shall remain liable for any deficiency.
     4.7. Application of Proceeds . The proceeds of any collection, sale or other realization of all or any part of the Collateral, and any other cash at the time held by the Collateral Agent under this Agreement, shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.24(ii) of the Credit Agreement.
     4.8. Attorney in Fact . Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent until the Termination Date, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney in fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, from time to time in the discretion of the Collateral Agent, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby gives the Collateral Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do the following upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default:
     (a) to ask, demand, collect, receive and give acquittance and receipts for any and all moneys due and to become due under any Collateral and, in the name of such Grantor or its own name or otherwise, to take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other Instruments, unless constituting Excluded Assets, for the payment of moneys due under any Collateral and to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Collateral whenever payable and to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Collateral whenever payable;
     (b) to pay or discharge charges or Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral (other than Permitted Liens), to effect any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and to pay all or any part of the premiums therefor;

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     (c) to direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due, and to become due thereunder, directly to the Collateral Agent or as the Collateral Agent shall direct, and to receive payment of and receipt for any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due, and to become due at any time, in respect of or arising out of any Collateral;
     (d) to sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts and other Documents constituting Collateral;
     (e) to commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any part thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral, unless being diligently pursued by the applicable Grantor;
     (f) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral, unless being diligently defended by such Grantor;
     (g) after giving notice to the applicable Grantor, to settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described above and, in connection therewith, to give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate;
     (h) to the extent that such Grantor’s authorization given in Section 4.1(b) of this Agreement is not sufficient, to file such financing statements with respect to this Agreement, with or without such Grantor’s signature, or to file a photocopy of this Agreement in substitution for a financing statement, as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate, and to execute in such Grantor’s name such financing statements and amendments thereto and continuation statements which may require the such Grantor’s signature; and
     (i) generally to sell, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the Collateral Agent’s option and at such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Collateral Agent reasonably deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agent’s Lien therein, in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.
     Each Grantor hereby ratifies, to the extent permitted by law, all that such attorneys lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The power of attorney granted hereunder is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until the Termination Date.
     Each Grantor also authorizes the Collateral Agent, at any time from and after the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, (x) to communicate in its own name with any party to any Contract constituting Collateral with regard to the assignment of the right, title and interest of such Grantor in and under the Contracts constituting Collateral hereunder and other matters relating thereto and (y) to execute, in connection with any sale of

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Collateral provided for in Section 4.6 hereof, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral.
     4.9. Perfection . Except as provided in the second paragraph of Section 4.11 , prior to or concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent such financing statements, assignments for security, Instruments (accompanied by appropriate undated instruments of transfer duly executed by such Grantor) and other documents as may be necessary or as the Collateral Agent or the Representative may reasonably request to perfect the security interests granted by Section 3 of this Agreement.
     4.10. Termination . This Agreement and the Liens granted hereunder shall terminate upon the date of the termination of the Credit Agreement, the full and complete performance and indefeasible satisfaction of all the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the termination of all commitments which could give rise to Secured Obligations (the “ Termination Date ”), whereupon each Grantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) and the Collateral Agent shall forthwith cause to be assigned, transferred and delivered, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, any remaining Collateral to or on the order of the Grantors. The Collateral Agent, at the Grantors’ expense, shall also execute and deliver to the Grantors upon such termination such UCC termination statements and such other documentation as shall be reasonably requested by the Grantors to effect the termination and release of the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent created hereby.
     4.11. Further Assurances . At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent or its Representative, and at the sole expense of Grantors, Grantors will promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments, documents and agreements and take such further reasonable actions as the Collateral Agent or its Representative may reasonably require in order for the Collateral Agent to obtain the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted in favor of the Collateral Agent, including, without limitation, using the Grantors’ best efforts to secure all consents and approvals necessary or appropriate for the assignment to the Collateral Agent of any Collateral held by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has any rights not heretofore assigned, the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the UCC with respect to the liens and security interests granted hereby or transferring Collateral to the Collateral Agent’s possession (if a security interest in such Collateral can be only perfected by possession; provided , that in no event shall any control agreement be required) and obtaining waivers of liens from landlords and mortgagees solely with respect to any current or future chief executive office of the Grantors. Each Grantor also hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent and its Representative to file any such financing or continuation statement without the signature of such Grantor to the extent permitted by applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, each Grantor agrees to promptly upon the request of the Collateral Agent execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such supplemental security instruments with respect to Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
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reasonable efforts to deliver) to the Collateral Agent the following, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent:
     (a) an aircraft mortgage and security agreement and an opinion of counsel relating to the Collateral Agent’s first priority perfected security interest in Holdco’s corporate aircraft; and
     (b) a fully-executed landlord waiver or similar agreement with respect to the Grantors’ chief executive office located at 1550 Utica Avenue South, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416.
     4.12. Limitation on Duty of the Collateral Agent . The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent under this Agreement are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers and neither the Collateral Agent nor its Representative nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Grantors for any act or failure to act, except for bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Collateral Agent and any Representative shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in their possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Collateral Agent or any Representative, in its individual capacity, accords its own property consisting of the type of Collateral involved, it being understood and agreed that neither any Secured Party nor any Representative shall have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps (other than steps taken in accordance with the standard of care set forth above) to protect, preserve or exercise rights against any Person with respect to any Collateral and the Collateral Agent shall be relieved of all responsibility for the Collateral upon surrendering same to the applicable Grantor.
     Also without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither any Secured Party nor any Representative shall have any obligation or liability under any Contract or license by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the granting to the Collateral Agent of a security interest therein or assignment thereof or the receipt by any Secured Party or any Representative of any payment relating to any Contract or license pursuant hereto, nor shall any Secured Party or any Representative be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Contract or license, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any Contract or license, or to present or file any claim, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
     Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to subject the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to liability as an owner of any Collateral, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under any agreement or instrument included as Collateral, unless and until in each case the Collateral Agent enforces its rights hereunder after an Event of Default in such a manner as to actually take ownership of such Collateral pursuant to a foreclosure or similar action.

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     Section 5. Miscellaneous .
     5.1. No Waiver . No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent or any of its Representatives to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Collateral Agent or any of its Representatives of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights and remedies hereunder provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law.
     5.2. Notices . All notices, demands and requests that any party is required or elects to give to any other party shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement, and if given (i) to the Collateral Agent, shall be given to it at 10 S. Dearborn Street, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois 60603-2003 or as otherwise specified by the Collateral Agent in writing, (ii) to a Grantor other than the Borrower, shall be given to it c/o the Borrower at the address specified in the Credit Agreement and (iii) to the Borrower, shall be given to it at its address specified in the Credit Agreement.
     5.3. Amendments, etc. The terms of this Agreement may be waived, altered or amended only by an instrument in writing duly executed by each Grantor and the Collateral Agent with (other than in the case of amendments hereof solely for the purpose of adding Collateral as contemplated hereby) the concurrence or at the direction of the Required Secured Parties. Any such amendment or waiver shall be binding upon the Collateral Agent and each Grantor and their respective successors and assigns.
     5.4. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, the Secured Parties and the respective successors and assigns of each of the foregoing, provided , that no Grantor shall assign or transfer its rights hereunder, except as permitted by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement.
     5.5. Counterparts; Headings . This Agreement may be authenticated in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may authenticate this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This Agreement may be authenticated by manual signature, facsimile or, if approved in writing by the Collateral Agent, electronic means, all of which shall be equally valid. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not alter or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
     5.6. Severability . If any provision hereof is invalid and unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (a) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and (b) the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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paid by the Grantors, together with related interest, penalties, fines and expenses, if any. The Grantors shall reimburse the Collateral Agent promptly following demand for any and all reasonable and documented costs and out-of-pocket expenses (limited with respect to legal expenses to the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to the Collateral Agent and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) relating to this Agreement as and to the extent required by Section 9.6(i) of the Credit Agreement (giving effect to the last sentence of Section 10.16 thereof). For purposes thereof, costs and expenses relating to the collection, preservation or sale of the Collateral shall be deemed to be in connection with the administration of the Loan Documents. Any and all costs and expenses incurred by the Grantors in the performance of actions required pursuant to the terms hereof shall be borne solely by the Grantors.
     5.8. Entire Agreement . This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Grantors and the Collateral Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements and understandings between any Grantor and the Collateral Agent relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement supplements the other Loan Documents and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or supersede the rights granted to the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties in any other Loan Document. In the event of any inconsistencies between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Pledge Agreement relating to Pledged Collateral, the provisions of the Pledge Agreement relating to the Pledged Collateral shall govern.
     5.9. Choice of Law, Submission to Jurisdiction, etc.
     (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
     (b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
     (c) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

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     (d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in this Section. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
     5.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
     5.11. Amendment and Restatement . This Agreement amends and restates the Existing Security Agreement in its entirety and, on the Effective Date, the terms and provisions of the Existing Security Agreement shall be superseded hereby and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by this Agreement rather than the Existing Security Agreement. This Agreement is given in substitution for the Existing Security Agreement, is in no way intended to constitute a novation of the Existing Security Agreement and the Liens granted in the Existing Security Agreement hereby are renewed and extended and shall be continuing. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any waivers, express or implied by course of conduct or otherwise, amendments or other actions (or failures to act) under the Existing Security Agreement shall not affect the rights and duties of the parties under this Agreement.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
         
    GRANTORS :
 
       
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
       
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
       
 
       
 
       
    MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
       
 
       
    MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
 
       
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
       
 
       
 
       
    FSMC, INC.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
       
 
       
    MONEYGRAM INVESTMENTS, LLC
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
       
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    PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC.
 
       
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
       
 
       
 
       
    MONEYGRAM OF NEW YORK LLC,
 
       
 
       
    By: MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., its Sole Member
 
       
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
       
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    COLLATERAL AGENT :
 
       
    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Sabir Hashmy
 
       
 
       
 
  Title:   Vice President
 
       
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Joinder
Joinder to Security Agreement
The undersigned,                      , a             , as of the       day of                      , 20       , hereby joins in the execution of that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of March 25, 2008 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”) among MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., FSMC, Inc., MoneyGram Investments, LLC, PropertyBridge, Inc., MoneyGram of New York LLC and each other Person that becomes a Grantor thereunder after the date and pursuant to the terms thereof, to and in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them in the Security Agreement. By executing this Joinder, the undersigned hereby agrees that it is a Grantor thereunder and agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement.
The undersigned represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that:
(a) all of the Equipment, Inventory and Goods owned by such Grantor is located at the places as specified on Schedule I attached hereto;
(b) except as disclosed on Schedule I , none of such Collateral is in the possession of any bailee, warehousemen, processor or consignee;
(c) the chief place of business, chief executive office and the office where such Grantor keeps its books and records are located at the place specified on Schedule I ;
(d) such Grantor (including any Person acquired by such Grantor) does not do business or has not done business during the past five years under any tradename or fictitious business name, except as disclosed on Schedule II ;
(e) all registered or pending Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks owned by the undersigned are listed in Schedules III , IV and V , respectively; and
(f) all Commercial Tort Claims, in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate of such Grantor are listed in Schedule VI .
                     , a                     
         
By:
       
 
       
Name:
       
 
       
Title:
       
 
       
FEIN:
       
 
       

 

 

Exhibit 10.9
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 25, 2008, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED OR REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “ INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ”), AMONG JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS FIRST PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, A NEW YORK BANKING CORPORATION, AS SECOND PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE AND MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
SECOND PRIORITY SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This SECOND PRIORITY SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of March 25, 2008 among MoneyGram International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdco ”), MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Payment Systems ”), FSMC, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“ FSMC ”), MoneyGram Investments, LLC (formerly CAG, Inc.), a Delaware limited liability company (“ Investments ”), PropertyBridge, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ PropertyBridge ”), MoneyGram of New York LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ MGI NY ”), Holdco, the Company, Payment Systems, FSMC, Investments, PropertyBridge, MGI NY and each Person who becomes a party to this Agreement by execution of a joinder in the form of Exhibit A hereto, are sometimes collectively referred to herein as “ Grantors ” and each, individually, as a “ Grantor ”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties (the “ Second Priority Collateral Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors listed on the signatures pages thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee and Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Indenture dated as of March 25, 2008 (the “ Indenture ”);
     WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of March 24, 2008 by and among Holdco, the Company, GSMP V Onshore US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Onshore ”), GSMP V Offshore US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Offshore ”) and GSMP V Institutional US, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“ GSMP Institutional ” and together with GSMP Onshore and GSMP Offshore, the “ Purchasers ”) (the same, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, being herein referred to as the “ Note Purchase Agreement ”), the Purchasers have agreed to purchase Notes issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture;

 


 

     WHEREAS, each of the Grantors has benefited or will benefit directly and indirectly from the proceeds of the issuance of Notes pursuant to the Indenture, and has granted a Note Guarantee pursuant to the Indenture dated as of the date hereof; and
     WHEREAS, to induce the Purchasers to enter into the Note Purchase Agreement and purchase the Notes, the Grantors have agreed to pledge and grant a continuing security interest in the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) to the Second Priority Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     Section 1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein without definition and defined in the Indenture are used herein as defined therein. In addition, as used herein:
     “ Chattel Paper ” means any “chattel paper”, as such term is defined in the UCC.
     “ Collateral ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3 hereof; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Collateral” shall not include any property of any Grantor constituting Pledged Collateral under the Second Priority Pledge Agreement or any Excluded Assets.
     “ Commercial Tort Claims ” means “commercial tort claims”, as such term is defined in the UCC.
     “ Contracts ” means all contracts, undertakings, or other agreements (other than rights evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments) in or under which any Grantor may now or hereafter have any right, title or interest, including, without limitation, with respect to an account receivable, any agreement relating to the terms of payment or the terms of performance thereof, in all cases other than Excluded Assets and other than any contract, undertaking or other agreement if the granting of a security interest therein would be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of contracts or applicable law (after giving effect to relevant provisions of the UCC).
     “ Copyrights ” means any copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, copyright registrations and copyright applications, including, without limitation, the copyright registrations and applications listed on Schedule III attached hereto, and all renewals of any of the foregoing, all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable under or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing and the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing.
     “ Documents ” means any “documents”, as such term is defined in the UCC, and shall include, without limitation, all documents of title (as defined in the UCC) bills of lading or other receipts evidencing or representing Inventory or Equipment.
     “ Equipment ” means any “equipment”, as such term is defined in the UCC.

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     “ Event of Default ” means an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture).
     “ Excluded Assets ” means any or all of the following with respect to any Grantor:
(a) cash and cash equivalents (other than proceeds of the Collateral);
(b) accounts receivable;
(c) Portfolio Securities;
(d) deposit or securities accounts containing any of the foregoing;
(e) other assets that require perfection exclusively through control agreements under the applicable UCC;
(f) Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(g) leasehold real property;
(h) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(i) interest in joint ventures and non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries which cannot be pledged without the consent of one or more third parties;
(j) tax-exempt bonds;
(k) General Intangibles or other rights arising under contracts, Instruments, licenses, license agreements or other documents, to the extent (and only to the extent) that the grant of a security interest would (i) be prohibited by an enforceable anti-assignment provision of such documents in favor of a third party on such grant, unless and until any required consents shall have been obtained, (ii) give any other party to such contract, Instrument, license, license agreement or other document the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, or (iii) violate any law, provided, however, that (1) any portion of any such General Intangible or other such right shall cease to constitute Excluded Property pursuant to this clause (k) at the time and to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein does not result in any of the consequences specified above and (2) the limitation set forth in this clause (k) above shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such General Intangible or other such right, to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective by any applicable law, including the UCC;
(l) property as to which the Second Priority Collateral Agent and the Company reasonably determine (as specified in writing by such Persons) that the costs of obtaining a security interest (or perfecting the same) outweighs the benefit to the Second Priority Secured Parties of the security afforded thereby;

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(m) Capital Stock representing more than 65% of the total combined voting power of a Foreign Subsidiary;
(n) obligations the interest on which is wholly exempt from the taxes imposed by subtitle A of the Code; and
(o) direct Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any of the foregoing, but only to the extent such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property.
     “ First Priority Collateral Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its successors or assigns in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
     “ First Priority Obligations Payment Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Intercreditor Agreement.
     “ General Intangibles ” means any “general intangibles”, as such term is defined in the UCC, and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all right, title and interest in or under any Contract, models, drawings, materials and records, claims, literary rights, goodwill, rights of performance, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, warranties, rights under insurance policies and rights of indemnification.
     “ Goods ” means any “goods”, as such term is defined in the UCC, including, without limitation, fixtures and embedded Software to the extent included in “goods” as defined in the UCC.
     “ Instruments ” means any “instrument”, as such term is defined in the UCC, and shall include, without limitation, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, trade acceptances, letters of credit, letter of credit rights (as defined in the UCC) and Chattel Paper, in each case other than Excluded Assets.
     “ Intercreditor Agreement ” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2008, by and among JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Company and the other parties thereto, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, or replaced in connection with any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal or replacement of Credit Facilities.
     “ Inventory ” means any “inventory”, as such term is defined in the UCC.
     “ Investment Property ” means any “investment property”, as such term is defined in the UCC, other than Excluded Assets.
     “ Material IP Item ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2(i).
     “ Obligations ” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Grantors to the Holders or to the Trustee, the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any

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indemnified party arising under the Indenture and the Financing Documents (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), including without limitation all obligations of the Guarantors under the Note Guarantees and all joinders and supplements thereto.
     “ Patents ” means any patents and patent applications, including, without limitation, the inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, and those patents and patent applications listed on Schedule IV attached hereto, and the reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part of any of the foregoing, and all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing and the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing.
     “ Portfolio Securities ” means, collectively, portfolio securities (i) designated as “trading investments” on Holdco’s consolidated financial statements, (ii) designated as “available for sale investments” on Holdco’s consolidated financial statements or (iii) otherwise designated as investments on Holdco’s consolidated financial statements, in each case valued at fair value in accordance with GAAP.
     “ Proceeds ” means “proceeds”, as such term is defined in the UCC and, in any event, includes, without limitation, (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable with respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any governmental body, authority, bureau or agency (or any person acting under color of governmental authority), and (c) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under, in respect of or in connection with any of the Collateral other than Excluded Assets.
     “ Representative ” means any Person acting as agent, representative or trustee on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent from time to time, including, without limitation, the First Priority Collateral Agent acting as agent and bailee on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent.
     “ Required Second Priority Secured Parties ” means, prior to the date upon which the Indenture has terminated by its terms and all of the Obligations have been paid in full, the Required Holders (as defined in the Indenture).
     “ Second Priority Collateral Agent ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Preamble.
     “ Second Priority Pledge Agreement ” means that certain Second Priority Pledge Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Second Priority Collateral Agent, Holdco, the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries, as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
     “ Second Priority Secured Parties ” means, collectively, means, collectively, each Holder, the Trustee, the Second Priority Collateral Agent and all of their successors and assigns.

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     “ Secured Obligations ” means all Obligations.
     “ Significant Acquired Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Holdco that on the date such Subsidiary is acquired, incorporated or formed (or in respect of a newly incorporated or formed Subsidiary, that acquires assets as part of one or more related transactions immediately thereafter) has total assets that exceed 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries or has total revenues for the most recent 12 month period, if applicable, on a pro forma basis that exceed 10% of the total consolidated revenues for the most recent 12 month period of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
     “ Software ” means all “software”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, other than software embedded in any category of Goods, including, without limitation, all computer programs and all supporting information provided in connection with a transaction related to any program.
     “ Termination Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.10 below.
     “ Trademarks ” means any trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other business identifiers, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, the trademarks and applications listed in Schedule V attached hereto and renewals thereof, and all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing and the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing.
     “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided , that to the extent that the UCC is used to define any term herein or in any Financing Document (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern.
     Section 2. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Grantors . Each Grantor represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, as follows:
     (a) each Grantor has rights in and the power to transfer the Collateral in which it purports to grant a security interest pursuant to Section 3 hereof (subject, with respect to after acquired Collateral, to such Grantor acquiring the same) and no Lien other than Permitted Liens exists upon such Collateral;
     (b) such Grantor has the power, authority and legal right to execute this Agreement and to grant a security interest in the Collateral to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties;
     (c) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Grantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable

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bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles;
     (d) no consent, approval or authorization of or designation or filing with any Governmental Authority on the part of such Grantor is required in connection with or as a condition to the security interest granted under this Agreement, or the exercise by the Second Priority Collateral Agent of the rights provided for in this Agreement except as may be required in connection with disposition of the Collateral by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;
     (e) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Grantor will not violate any provision of (i) any applicable law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, award or decree binding on such Grantor, (ii) the charter or by-laws or Memorandum or Articles of Association of such Grantor or (iii) any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract, or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Grantor is a party to which such Grantor or its assets is bound, and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien in any of the assets of such Grantor except to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement or the Indenture and except with respect to clauses (i) or (iii), to the extent, individually or in the aggregate, that such violation, conflict, breach, default or creation or imposition of any Lien could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
     (f) this Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Second Priority Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties a valid security interest in and Lien upon all of the Grantors’ right, title and interest in and to the Collateral, and, upon the filing of appropriate UCC financing statements in the jurisdictions listed on Schedule I attached hereto, such security interest will be duly perfected in all the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing of a UCC financing statement in the appropriate filing office and jurisdiction pursuant to the UCC, and upon delivery of the Instruments to (prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date) the First Priority Collateral Agent (acting as bailee for the Second Priority Collateral Agent) or the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative, duly endorsed by the applicable Grantor or accompanied by appropriate undated instruments of transfer duly executed by such Grantor, the security interest in the Instruments will be duly perfected;
     (g) all of the Equipment, Inventory and Goods shall be located on the date hereof at the places as specified on Schedule I attached hereto. Except as disclosed on Schedule I , as of the date hereof none of the Collateral is in the possession of any bailee, warehouseman, processor or consignee. Schedule I discloses each Grantor’s name as of the date hereof as it appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation, formation or organization, the type of entity of each Grantor (including corporation, partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company), organizational identification number issued by each Grantor’s state of incorporation, formation or organization (or a statement that no such number has been issued), each Grantor’s state of incorporation, formation or organization and the chief place of business, chief executive office and the office where each Grantor keeps its books and records. Each Grantor has only one state of incorporation, formation or organization. No Grantor (including any Person acquired by

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any Grantor) does business or has done business during the one (1) year preceding the date hereof under any trade name or fictitious business name except as disclosed on Schedule II attached hereto;
     (h) the Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks listed on Schedules III , IV and V , respectively, constitute all of the registered or pending Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks owned as of such date by such Grantor which are registered or pending with any Governmental Entity;
     (i) no Copyrights, Patents or Trademark which is material to the business of such Grantor or the invalidity, unenforceability or termination of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (each a “ Material IP Item ”) has been adjudged invalid or unenforceable or has been canceled, in whole or in part, or, to such Grantor’s knowledge, is not presently subsisting. Each of such Material IP Items is valid and enforceable. Each Grantor is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to each of such Material IP Items free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens. Each Grantor has adopted, used and is currently using, or has a current bona fide intention to use, all of such Material IP Items and such Grantor has no knowledge of any suits or actions commenced or threatened with respect thereto; and
     (j) as of the date hereof, such Grantor does not own any Commercial Tort Claim in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, except for those disclosed on Schedule VI hereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, no representation, warranty or covenant is made with respect to the creation or perfection of a security interest in Collateral to the extent such creation or perfection would require (i) any filing other than a filing in the United States of America, any State thereof and the District of Columbia, (ii) other action under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof and the District of Columbia or (iii) that any control agreements be obtained in respect thereof.
     Section 3. Collateral . As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, as of the Closing Date each Grantor hereby pledges and grants to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, a Lien on and security interest in and to all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in the following personal property, whether now owned by such Grantor or hereafter acquired and whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence and wherever located (all being collectively referred to herein as “ Collateral ”):
     (a) the Instruments of such Grantor, together with all payments thereon or thereunder:
     (b) all Inventory of such Grantor;
     (c) all General Intangibles (including payment intangibles (as defined in the UCC) and Software) of such Grantor;

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     (d) all Equipment (including any corporate aircraft) of such Grantor;
     (e) all Documents of such Grantor;
     (f) all Contracts of such Grantor;
     (g) all Goods of such Grantor;
     (h) all Investment Property of such Grantor;
     (i) Commercial Tort Claims of such Grantor; specified on Schedule VI , as from time to time updated; and
     (j) all other tangible and intangible personal property of such Grantor; including, without limitation, all Proceeds, products, accessions, rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions, additions and replacements of and to any of the property of such Grantor described in the preceding clauses of this Section 3 (including, without limitation, any proceeds of insurance thereon, insurance claims and all rights, claims and benefits against any Person relating thereto), other rights to payments not otherwise included in the foregoing and all books, correspondence, files, records, invoices and other papers, including without limitation all tapes, cards, computer runs, computer programs, computer files and other papers, documents and records in the possession or under the control of such Grantor or any computer bureau or service company from time to time acting for such Grantor;
provided , however , that “Collateral” shall not include the Excluded Assets.
     Section 4. Covenants; Remedies . In furtherance of the grant of the pledge and security interest pursuant to Section 3 hereof, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, as follows:
     4.1. Delivery and Other Perfection; Maintenance, etc.
     (a) Delivery of Instruments, Documents, Etc. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire (1) any Instrument in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, (2) any Chattel Paper in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate or (3) any negotiable Document in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, such Grantor shall, on the earlier of (A) 30 days after the date written notice thereof has been given to the Grantor by the Second Priority Collateral Agent but only with respect to Instruments, Chattel Paper and negotiable Documents of Significant Acquired Subsidiaries and (B) on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such acquisition or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(i) or (ii) of the Indenture following such acquisition (or such longer period as to which the Second Priority Collateral Agent may agree) or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, within 30 days following written notice thereof given by the Second Priority Collateral Agent to such Grantor, deliver and pledge to the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative (or prior to the First Priority Obligation Payment

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Date to the First Priority Collateral Agent acting as bailee on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent) any and all (to the extent constituting Collateral) Instruments, negotiable Documents and Chattel Paper duly endorsed and/or accompanied by such instruments of assignment and transfer executed by such Grantor in such form and substance as the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative may reasonably request; provided , that so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Grantor may retain for collection in the ordinary course of business any such Instruments, negotiable Documents and Chattel Paper received by such Grantor in the ordinary course of business, and the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative shall, promptly upon written request and at the expense of such Grantor, make appropriate arrangements for making any other Instruments, negotiable Documents and Chattel Paper pledged by such Grantor available to such Grantor for purposes of presentation, collection or renewal (any such arrangement to be effected, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative, against trust receipt or like document).
     (b) Other Documents and Actions . Each Grantor shall (subject to the Intercreditor Agreement), upon written request by the Second Priority Collateral Agent, promptly execute, deliver, file and/or record any financing statement, notice, instrument, document, agreement or other papers that may be reasonably necessary (in the reasonable judgment of the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative) to create, preserve, perfect or validate the security interest granted pursuant hereto or to enable the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative to exercise and enforce the rights of the Second Priority Collateral Agent hereunder with respect to such pledge and security interest; provided, that in no event shall any control agreements be required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Second Priority Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any filing office in any relevant UCC jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (a) indicate the Collateral (i) as all assets (other than Excluded Assets) of such Grantor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC of the State of New York or such jurisdiction, or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (b) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC of the State of New York for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to such Grantor, and (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to furnish any such information to the Second Priority Collateral Agent promptly upon written request. Each Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Second Priority Collateral Agent to have filed in any UCC jurisdiction any like initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, it is the obligation of each Grantor to obtain, protect and preserve the perfection of lien on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent and the Second Priority Collateral Agent has no obligation whatsoever to take such acts or make any filings in connection therewith.

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     (c) Intellectual Property . If any Grantor shall (i) obtain registered rights to any new patentable inventions, any registered Copyrights or any Patents or Trademarks, or (ii) become the owner of any registered Copyrights or any Patents or Trademarks or any improvement on any Patent, the provisions of this Agreement above shall automatically apply thereto and such Grantor shall, on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such obtainment or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(i) or (ii) of the Indenture following such obtainment, give to the Second Priority Collateral Agent written notice thereof. Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Second Priority Collateral Agent to modify this Agreement (subject to the Intercreditor Agreement) by amending Schedules III , IV and V , as applicable, to include any such registered or pending Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks. Each Grantor shall have the duty (but no Second Priority Secured Party shall have any duty), subject to the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, (i) to prosecute diligently any patent, trademark, or service mark applications material to the business of such Grantor pending as of the date hereof or hereafter, (ii) to make application on unpatented but patentable inventions and on trademarks, copyrights and service marks material to the business of such Grantor, as appropriate, (iii) to preserve and maintain all rights in the Material IP Items and (iv) to ensure that the Material IP Items are and remain enforceable; provided , that such Grantor may abandon or otherwise cease to maintain any Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks that, in the ordinary course of business, are reasonably determined by such Grantor not to merit continuing maintenance. Any expenses incurred in connection with any Grantor’s obligations under this Section 4.1(c) shall be borne by the Grantors. No Grantor shall abandon any right to file a patent, trademark or service mark application, or abandon any pending patent, application or any other Copyright, Patent or Trademark (in each case which is or would constitute a Material IP Item) without the written consent of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided , that such Grantor may abandon or otherwise cease to maintain any Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks that, in the ordinary course of business, are reasonably determined by such Grantor not to merit continuing maintenance.
     (d) Further Identification of Collateral . Each Grantor will, within 30 days following a written request and as often as reasonably requested by the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative (but no more frequently than twice per year except during the continuance of an Event of Default), furnish to the Second Priority Collateral Agent or such Representative, updated schedules to this Agreement and such other information further identifying and describing the Collateral as the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
     (e) Investment Property . If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities, such Grantor shall, on the earlier of (A) 30 days after the date written notice thereof has been given to the Grantor by the Second Priority Collateral Agent but only with respect to Certificated Securities representing Capital Stock of Significant Acquired Subsidiaries and (B) on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such acquisition or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(1) or (2) of the Indenture following such acquisition (or such longer period as to which the Second Priority Collateral Agent may agree), or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, within 30 days following written notice thereof

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given by the Second Priority Collateral Agent to such Grantor, deliver such Certificated Securities to the First Priority Collateral Agent (acting as bailee on behalf of the Second Priority Collateral Agent), accompanied by such undated instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the First Priority Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably specify.
     (f) Commercial Tort Claims . If at any time any Grantor shall hold or acquire any Commercial Tort Claim in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, such Grantor shall, on the earlier of (A) 30 days after the date written notice thereof has been given to the Grantor by the Second Priority Collateral Agent but only with respect to Commercial Tort Claims of Significant Acquired Subsidiaries and (B) on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such acquisition or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(1) or (2) of the Indenture following such acquisition (or such longer period as to which the Second Priority Collateral Agent may agree), or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, within 30 days following written notice thereof given by the Second Priority Collateral Agent to such Grantor, enter into a supplement to this Agreement (subject to the Intercreditor Agreement), granting to the Second Priority Collateral Agent a Lien on and security interest in such Commercial Tort Claim.
     4.2. Other Liens . Grantors will not create, permit or suffer to exist, and will defend the Collateral against and take such other action as is reasonably necessary to remove, any Lien on the Collateral except Permitted Liens, and will defend the right, title and interest of the Second Priority Collateral Agent in and to the Collateral and in and to all Proceeds thereof against the claims and demands of all Persons not holding a Permitted Lien.
     4.3. Preservation of Rights . If an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, the Second Priority Collateral Agent and its Representative may, but shall not be required to, but only following 5 Business Days’ written notice to any Grantor of its intent to do so, take any steps the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative reasonably deems necessary to preserve any Collateral or any rights against third parties to any of the Collateral, including obtaining insurance of Collateral at any time when a Grantor has failed to do so, and any applicable Grantor jointly and severally agrees to promptly pay, or reimburse the Second Priority Collateral Agent within 10 days after demand for, all reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith.
     4.4. Name Change; Location .
     (a) Without limiting the restrictions on mergers involving the Grantors contained in the Indenture, if any Grantor shall (i) reincorporate or reorganize itself under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized as of the date hereof, (ii) otherwise change its name, identity or corporate structure or (iii) change the proposed use by such Grantor of any tradename or fictitious business name other than any such name set forth on Schedule II attached hereto, such Grantor shall on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such change or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(1) or (2) of the Indenture following such change, give the Second Priority Collateral Agent written notice thereof.

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     (b) Except for the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and except as not prohibited by the Indenture, each Grantor will keep the Collateral at the locations specified in Schedule I or such other locations as to which notice has been given to the Second Priority Collateral Agent by such Grantor pursuant to this Section and with respect to which such Grantor has taken such action as the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested to protect and preserve its interests in the Collateral to be located at such location (including using commercially reasonable efforts to secure a landlord waiver at the corporate headquarters of the Company). If any Grantor shall change its chief place of business or form any new location at which Collateral having an aggregate value in excess of $5,000,000 is or is reasonably expected to be located, such Grantor shall, on or before the later of (i) 30 days following such change or (ii) the first date required for delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(1) or (2) of the Indenture following such change, give to the Second Priority Collateral Agent written notice thereof.
     4.5. Insurance . All insurance policies required under Section 4.22 of the Indenture shall name the Second Priority Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties) as an additional insured or as lender loss payee, as applicable, and shall contain loss payable clauses or mortgagee clauses, through endorsements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Second Priority Collateral Agent.
     4.6. Events of Default, Etc. During the period during which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
     (a) Each Grantor shall, at the request of the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative, assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent or its Representative at a place or places designated by the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative which are reasonably convenient to the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative, as applicable, and such Grantor;
     (b) the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative may make any reasonable compromise or settlement deemed desirable with respect to any of the Collateral and may extend the time of payment, arrange for payment in installments, or otherwise modify the terms of, any of the Collateral;
     (c) the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not said UCC is in effect in the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted) and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and remedies hereunder may be asserted, including, without limitation, the right, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to exercise all voting, consensual and other powers of ownership pertaining to the Collateral as if the Second Priority Collateral Agent were the sole and absolute owner thereof (and each Grantor agrees to take all such action as may be appropriate to give effect to such right);
     (d) the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative in their discretion may, in the name of the Second Priority Collateral Agent or in the name of any Grantor

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or otherwise, demand, sue for, collect or receive any money or property at any time payable or receivable on account of or in exchange for any of the Collateral, but shall be under no obligation to do so;
     (e) On or after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, upon the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s receipt of any proceeds from the insurance policies required under Section 4.22 of the Indenture (which insurance policies shall comply with Section 4.5 hereof) and prior to application as set forth in the Indenture (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement), the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall deposit such proceeds into a segregated deposit account pending such disposition. Such proceeds shall be disbursed by the Second Priority Collateral Agent only at the written direction of the Required Second Priority Secured Parties. The Second Priority Collateral Agent shall invest the amounts held in the deposit account described in this Section 4.6 at the specific written direction of the Required Second Priority Secured Parties;
     (f) the Second Priority Collateral Agent, or its Representative, may take immediate possession and occupancy of any premises owned, used or leased by any Grantor and exercise all other rights and remedies of an assignee which may be available to the Second Priority Collateral Agent; and
     (g) the Second Priority Collateral Agent may, upon ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Grantors of the time and place (which notice each Grantor hereby agrees is commercially reasonable notification for purposes hereof), with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof which shall then be or shall thereafter come into the possession, custody or control of the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative, sell, lease, license, assign or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Collateral, at such place or places as the Second Priority Collateral Agent deems appropriate, and for cash or for credit or for future delivery (without any Second Priority Secured Party thereby assuming any credit risk), at public or private sale, without demand of performance or notice of intention to effect any such disposition or of the time or place thereof (except such notice as is required above or by applicable statute and cannot be waived), and the Second Priority Collateral Agent or anyone else may be the purchaser, lessee, licensee, assignee or recipient of any or all of the Collateral so disposed of at any public sale (or, to the extent permitted by law, at any private sale) and thereafter hold the same absolutely, free from any claim or right of whatsoever kind, including any right or equity of redemption (statutory or otherwise), of Grantors, any such demand, notice and right or equity being hereby expressly waived and released. The Second Priority Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for the sale, and such sale may be made at any time or place to which the sale may be so adjourned.
The proceeds of each collection, sale or other disposition under this Section 4.6 shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.7 hereof. If such proceeds are insufficient to cover the costs and expenses of such realization and the payment in full of the Second Priority Obligations, the Grantors shall remain liable for any deficiency.

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     4.7. Application of Proceeds . Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the proceeds of any collection, sale or other realization of all or any part of the Collateral, and any other cash at the time held by the Second Priority Collateral Agent under this Agreement, shall be applied in accordance with Section 7.06 of the Indenture.
     4.8. Attorney in Fact . Until the Termination Date, each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints (i) prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Collateral Agent or (ii) on and after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date or the Second Priority Enforcement Date, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney in fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, from time to time in the discretion of the Collateral Agent, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby gives (i) prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Collateral Agent or (ii) on and after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date or the Second Priority Enforcement Date, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do the following upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default:
     (a) to ask, demand, collect, receive and give acquittance and receipts for any and all moneys due and to become due under any Collateral and, in the name of such Grantor or its own name or otherwise, to take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other Instruments, unless constituting Excluded Assets, for the payment of moneys due under any Collateral and to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Second Priority Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Collateral whenever payable and to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Second Priority Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Collateral whenever payable;
     (b) to pay or discharge charges or Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral (other than Permitted Liens), to effect any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and to pay all or any part of the premiums therefor;
     (c) to direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due, and to become due thereunder, directly to the Second Priority Collateral Agent or as the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall direct, and to receive payment of and receipt for any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due, and to become due at any time, in respect of or arising out of any Collateral;
     (d) to sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts and other Documents constituting Collateral;

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     (e) to commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any part thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral, unless being diligently pursued by the applicable Grantor;
     (f) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral, unless being diligently defended by such Grantor;
     (g) after giving notice to the applicable Grantor, to settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described above and, in connection therewith, to give such discharges or releases as the Second Priority Collateral Agent may deem appropriate;
     (h) to the extent that such Grantor’s authorization given in Section 4.1(b) of this Agreement is not sufficient, to file such financing statements with respect to this Agreement, with or without such Grantor’s signature, or to file a photocopy of this Agreement in substitution for a financing statement, as the Second Priority Collateral Agent may deem appropriate, and to execute in such Grantor’s name such financing statements and amendments thereto and continuation statements which may require the such Grantor’s signature; and
     (i) generally to sell, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the Collateral Agent’s option and at such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Second Priority Collateral Agent reasonably deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s Lien therein, in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.
     Each Grantor hereby ratifies, to the extent permitted by law, all that such attorneys lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The power of attorney granted hereunder is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until the Termination Date.
     Each Grantor also authorizes the Second Priority Collateral Agent, at any time from and after the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, (x) to communicate in its own name with any party to any Contract constituting Collateral with regard to the assignment of the right, title and interest of such Grantor in and under the Contracts constituting Collateral hereunder and other matters relating thereto and (y) to execute, in connection with any sale of Collateral provided for in Section 4.6 hereof, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral.
     4.9. Perfection . Except as provided in the second paragraph of Section 4.11 , prior to or concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Grantor shall furnish to the Second Priority Collateral Agent such financing statements, assignments for security, Instruments (accompanied by appropriate undated instruments of transfer duly executed by such Grantor) and other documents as may be necessary or as the Second Priority Collateral Agent or

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the Representative may reasonably request to perfect the security interests granted by Section 3 of this Agreement.
     4.10. Termination . This Agreement and the Liens granted hereunder shall terminate upon the date of termination of the Indenture, the full and complete performance and indefeasible satisfaction of all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the termination of all commitments which could give rise to Secured Obligations (the “ Termination Date ”), whereupon each Grantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) and the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall forthwith cause to be assigned, transferred and delivered, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, any remaining Collateral to or on the written order of the Grantors. The Second Priority Collateral Agent, at the Grantors’ written request and expense, shall also execute and deliver to the Grantors upon such termination such UCC termination statements and such other documentation as shall be reasonably requested by the Grantors to effect the termination and release of the Liens in favor of the Second Priority Collateral Agent created hereby.
     4.11. Further Assurances . At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative, and at the sole expense of Grantors, Grantors will promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments, documents and agreements and take such further reasonable actions as the Second Priority Collateral Agent or its Representative may reasonably require in order for the Second Priority Collateral Agent to obtain the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted in favor of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, including, without limitation, using the Grantors’ best efforts to secure all consents and approvals necessary or appropriate for the assignment to the Second Priority Collateral Agent of any Collateral held by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has any rights not heretofore assigned, the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the UCC with respect to the liens and security interests granted hereby, or transferring Collateral to the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s or its Representative’s possession (if a security interest in such Collateral can be perfected by only possession; provided, that in no event shall any control agreement be required). Each Grantor also hereby authorizes the Second Priority Collateral Agent and its Representative to file any such financing or continuation statement without the signature of such Grantor to the extent permitted by applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, each Grantor agrees to promptly upon the request of the Second Priority Collateral Agent execute and deliver to the Second Priority Collateral Agent such supplemental security instruments with respect to Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks as the Second Priority Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
     Within 30 days after the date hereof (or such longer period as to which the Second Priority Collateral Agent may agree), Grantors shall deliver to the Second Priority Collateral Agent the following, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Second Priority Collateral Agent:
     (a) an aircraft mortgage and security agreement and an opinion of counsel relating to the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s perfected security interest in Holdco’s corporate aircraft; and

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     (b) a fully-executed landlord waiver or similar agreement with respect to the Grantor’s chief executive located at 1550 Utica Avenue South, St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
     4.12. Limitation on Duty of the Second Priority Collateral Agent . The powers conferred on the Second Priority Collateral Agent under this Agreement are solely to protect the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. The Second Priority Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers and neither the Second Priority Collateral Agent nor its Representative nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Grantors for any act or failure to act, except for bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the foregoing, the Second Priority Collateral Agent and any Representative shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in their possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Collateral Agent or any Representative, in its individual capacity, accords its own property consisting of the type of Collateral involved, it being understood and agreed that neither any Second Priority Secured Party nor any Representative shall have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps (other than steps taken in accordance with the standard of care set forth above) to protect, preserve or exercise rights against any Person with respect to any Collateral and the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall be relieved of all responsibility for the Collateral upon surrendering same to the applicable Grantor.
     Also without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither any Second Priority Secured Party nor any Representative shall have any obligation or liability under any Contract or license by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the granting to the Second Priority Collateral Agent of a security interest therein or assignment thereof or the receipt by any Second Priority Secured Party or any Representative of any payment relating to any Contract or license pursuant hereto, nor shall any Second Priority Secured Party or any Representative be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Contract or license, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any Contract or license, or to present or file any claim, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
     Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to subject the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party to liability as an owner of any Collateral, nor shall the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under any agreement or instrument included as Collateral, unless and until in each case the Second Priority Collateral Agent enforces its rights hereunder after an Event of Default in such a manner as to actually take ownership of such Collateral pursuant to a foreclosure or similar action.
     4.13. Second Priority Collateral Agent’s Actions . Whenever reference is made in this Agreement to any action by, consent, designation, specification, requirement or approval of, notice, request or other communication from, or other direction given or action to be undertaken

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or to be (or not to be) suffered or omitted by the Second Priority Collateral Agent or to any election, decision, opinion, acceptance, use of judgment, expression of satisfaction or other exercise of discretion, rights or remedies to be made (or not to be made) by the Second Priority Collateral Agent, it is understood that in all cases the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any such action under this Agreement if it shall not have received such advice or concurrence of the Required Second Priority Secured Parties, as it deems appropriate. This provision is intended solely for the benefit of the Second Priority Collateral Agent and its successors and permitted assigns and is not intended to and will not entitle the other parties hereto to any defense, claim or counterclaim, or confer any rights or benefits on any party hereto.
     Section 5. Miscellaneous .
     5.1. No Waiver . No failure on the part of the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any of its Representatives to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any of its Representatives of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights and remedies hereunder provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law.
     5.2. Notices . All notices, demands and requests that any party is required or elects to give to any other party shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1 of the Indenture, and if given (i) to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, shall be given to it at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Trust & Securities Services, 60 Wall Street, MS 2710, New York, New York 10005, Attn: Deal Manager — Corporates Team, Facsimile No. (732) 578-4635; with a copy to: Deutsche Bank Trust Company America c/o Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Trust & Securities Services, 25 DeForest Avenue, MS SUM01-0105, Summit, New Jersey 07901, Attn: Deal Manager — Corporates Team, Facsimile No. (732) 578-4635; or as otherwise specified by the Second Priority Collateral Agent in writing, (ii) to a Grantor other than the Company, shall be given to it c/o the Company at the address specified in the Indenture and (iii) to the Company, shall be given to it at its address specified in the Indenture.
     5.3. Amendments, etc. The terms of this Agreement may be waived, altered or amended only by an instrument in writing duly executed by each Grantor and the Second Priority Collateral Agent with (other than in the case of amendments hereof solely for the purpose of adding Collateral as contemplated hereby) the concurrence or at the direction of the Required Second Priority Secured Parties. Any such amendment or waiver shall be binding upon the Second Priority Collateral Agent and each Grantor and their respective successors and assigns.
     5.4. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, the Second Priority Secured Parties and the respective successors and assigns of each of the foregoing, provided , that no Grantor shall assign or transfer its rights hereunder, except as permitted by this Agreement or the Indenture.

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     5.5. Counterparts; Headings . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This Agreement may be executed by manual signature or facsimile or, if approved in writing by the Second Priority Collateral Agent, all of which shall be equally valid. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not alter or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
     5.6. Severability . If any provision hereof is invalid and unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (a) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and (b) the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     5.7. Expenses . Any taxes (including income taxes) and stamp duties payable or ruled payable by any domestic or foreign Governmental Entity in respect of this Agreement shall be paid by the Grantors, together with related interest, penalties, fines and expenses, if any. The Grantors shall reimburse the Second Priority Collateral Agent promptly following demand for any and all reasonable and documented costs and out-of-pocket expenses (limited with respect to legal expenses to the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to the Second Priority Collateral Agent and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) relating to this Agreement. For purposes thereof, costs and expenses relating to the collection, preservation or sale of the Collateral shall be deemed to be in connection with the administration of this Agreement. Any and all costs and expenses incurred by the Grantors in the performance of actions required pursuant to the terms hereof shall be borne solely by the Grantors.
     5.8. Entire Agreement . This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Grantors and the Second Priority Collateral Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements and understandings between any Grantor and the Second Priority Collateral Agent relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement supplements the other Financing Documents and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or supersede the rights granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties in any other Financing Document. In the event of any inconsistencies between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Second Priority Pledge Agreement relating to Pledged Collateral, the provisions of the Second Priority Pledge Agreement relating to the Pledged Collateral shall govern.
     5.9. Choice of Law, Submission to Jurisdiction, etc.
     (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
     (b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement

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of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
     (c) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
     (d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in this Section. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
     5.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
     5.11. Patriot Act . The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account. The parties to this agreement agree that they will provide Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas with such information as it may request in order for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
             
    GRANTORS :    
 
           
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/  David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
   
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
           
 
           
    MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/  David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
   
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
           
 
           
    MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/  David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
   
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
           
 
           
    FSMC, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/  David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
   
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
           
 
           
    MONEYGRAM INVESTMENTS, LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/  David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
   
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
           
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    PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/  David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
   
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
           
 
           
    MONEYGRAM OF NEW YORK LLC,    
 
           
    By: MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/  David J. Parrin    
 
     
 
   
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
           
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    SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT :    
 
           
    DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Second Priority Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties
by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
   
 
           
 
  By:   /s/  Cynthia J. Powell    
 
     
 
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
 
           
 
 
  By:   /s/  David Contino    
 
     
 
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
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EXHIBIT A

Form of Joinder
Joinder to Second Priority Security Agreement
The undersigned,                      , a                                            , as of the                        day of                      , 20        , hereby joins in the execution of that certain Second Priority Security Agreement dated as of March 25, 2008 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “ Second Priority Security Agreement ”) among MoneyGram International, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems Worldwide, Inc., MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., FSMC, Inc., Moneygram Investments, LLC, PropertyBridge, Inc., MoneyGram of New York LLC and each other Person that becomes a Grantor thereunder after the date and pursuant to the terms thereof, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Second Priority Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them in the Second Priority Security Agreement. By executing this Joinder, the undersigned hereby agrees that it is a Grantor thereunder and agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Second Priority Security Agreement.
The undersigned represents and warrants to the Second Priority Collateral Agent and the other Second Priority Secured Parties that:
(a) all of the Equipment, Inventory and Goods owned by such Grantor is located at the places as specified on Schedule I attached hereto;
(b) except as disclosed on Schedule I , none of such Collateral is in the possession of any bailee, warehousemen, processor or consignee;
(c) the chief place of business, chief executive office and the office where such Grantor keeps its books and records are located at the place specified on Schedule I ;
(d) such Grantor (including any Person acquired by such Grantor) does not do business or has not done business during the past five years under any tradename or fictitious business name, except as disclosed on Schedule II ;
(e) all registered or pending Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks owned by the undersigned are listed in Schedules III , IV and V , respectively; and
(f) all Commercial Tort Claims, in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate of such Grantor are listed in Schedule VI .
                     , a                     
         
By:
       
 
 
 
   
Name:
       
 
 
 
   
Title:
       
 
 
 
   
FEIN:
       
 
 
 
   

 


 

Acknowledged
Deutsche Bank Company Americas, as Second Priority Collateral Agent
by: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
         
By:
       
Name:
       
Title:
       

 

 

Exhibit 10.10
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This AMENDED AND RESTATED TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 25, 2008 between MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Grantor ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”), amends and restates in its entirety that certain Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2008 (the “ Existing Trademark Security Agreement ”), which continues in effect as so amended and restated as set forth herein.
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, Grantor has entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of even date herewith by and among Grantor, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the financial institutions so designated on the Commitment Schedule thereto (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”);
     WHEREAS, Grantor has entered into that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”) with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to which Grantor has granted to the Collateral Agent a security interest in substantially all the assets of Grantor, including all right, title and interest of Grantor in, to and under all now owned and hereafter acquired Trademarks, together with the goodwill of the business symbolized by Grantor’s Trademarks, and all proceeds thereof, to secure the payment of the Secured Obligations;
     WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used in the manner provided in the Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement, as applicable;
     WHEREAS, Grantor owns the registered and pending Trademarks listed on Schedule 1 annexed hereto; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantor does hereby grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types of property being herein collectively referred to as the “ Trademark Collateral ”), whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired:
  (1)   each Trademark, including without limitation, each registered and pending Trademark referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, together with any reissues,

 


 

      continuations or extensions thereof, and all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each Trademark; and
 
  (2)   all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present or future (a) infringement of any Trademark, including, without limitation, any registered and pending Trademark referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, or (b) injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark.
The security interests are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation, of the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
     This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Existing Trademark Security Agreement which continues in effect as so amended and restated as set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, the Liens granted under the Existing Trademark Security Agreement (other than Permitted Liens), as so amended and restated as set forth in this Agreement, shall in all respects be and remain continuing, securing the payment of all of the Secured Obligations. The Grantor hereby reaffirms the security interests and Liens granted to the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Existing Trademark Security Agreement as so amended and restated herein.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be duly executed by its duly authorized officer thereunto as of the date first written above.
         
  MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Philip W. Milne  
  Name:   Philip W. Milne  
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer  
 
         
Acknowledged:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
 
   
By:   /s/ Sabir Hashmy    
Name:   Sabir Hashmy    
Title:   Vice President    
 

Signature Page to Trademark
Security Agreement

 

Exhibit 10.11
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 25, 2008 is between PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Grantor ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of even date herewith by and among Holdco, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the financial institutions so designated on the Commitment Schedule thereto (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”);
     WHEREAS, Grantor has entered into that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”) with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to which Grantor has granted to the Collateral Agent a security interest in substantially all the assets of Grantor, including all right, title and interest of Grantor in, to and under all now owned and hereafter acquired Trademarks, together with the goodwill of the business symbolized by Grantor’s Trademarks, and all proceeds thereof, to secure the payment of the Secured Obligations;
     WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used in the manner provided in the Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement, as applicable;
     WHEREAS, Grantor owns the registered and pending Trademarks listed on Schedule 1 annexed hereto; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantor does hereby grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types of property being herein collectively referred to as the “ Trademark Collateral ”), whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired:
  (1)   each Trademark, including without limitation, each registered and pending Trademark referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, together with any reissues, continuations or extensions thereof, and all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each Trademark; and
 
  (2)   all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present or future (a) infringement of any Trademark, including, without limitation, any registered and pending Trademark referred to in

 


 

      Schedule 1 annexed hereto, or (b) injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark.
The security interests are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation, of the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be duly executed by its duly authorized officer thereunto as of the date first written above.
             
        PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC.
 
           
 
      By:   /s/ Philip W. Milne
 
           
 
      Name:   Philip W. Milne
 
 
           
 
      Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
           
 
           
Acknowledged:        
 
           
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
       
 
           
By:
  /s/ Sabir Hashmy
 
       
 
           
Name:
  Sabir Hashmy
 
       
 
           
Title:
  Vice President
 
       
Signature Page to Trademark
Security Agreement

 

 

Exhibit 10.12
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 25, 2008, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED OR REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS FIRST PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, A NEW YORK BANKING CORPORATION, AS SECOND PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE AND MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
SECOND PRIORITY TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This SECOND PRIORITY TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 25, 2008 between PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Grantor ”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Second Priority Collateral Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, Grantor has entered into a Second Priority Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Second Priority Security Agreement ”) with the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to which Grantor has granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent a security interest in substantially all the assets of Grantor, including all right, title and interest of Grantor in, to and under all now owned and hereafter acquired Trademarks, together with the goodwill of the business symbolized by Grantor’s Trademarks, and all proceeds thereof, to secure the payment of the Second Priority Secured Obligations;
     WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used in the manner provided in the Second Priority Security Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable;
     WHEREAS, Grantor owns the registered and pending Trademarks listed on Schedule 1 annexed hereto; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantor does hereby grant to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types of property being herein collectively referred to as the “ Trademark Collateral ”), whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired:

 


 

  (1)   each Trademark, including without limitation, each registered and pending Trademark referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, together with any reissues, continuations or extensions thereof, and all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each Trademark; and
 
  (2)   all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present or future (a) infringement of any Trademark, including, without limitation, any registered and pending Trademark referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, or (b) injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark.
The security interests are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation, of the security interests granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, pursuant to the Second Priority Security Agreement. Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Second Priority Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Second Priority Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Second Priority Security Agreement, the terms of the Second Priority Security Agreement shall govern.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement to be duly executed by its duly authorized officer thereunto as of the date first written above.
PROPERTYBRIDGE, INC.
           
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
 
     
 
 
 
  Name:   David J. Parrin  
 
     
 
 
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief  
 
     
 
 
Acknowledged:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
by DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
         
By:
  /s/ Cynthia J. Powell    
 
 
 
     
Name:
  Cynthia J. Powell    
 
 
 
     
Title:
  Vice President    
 
 
 
   
 
         
By:
  /s/ David Contino    
 
 
 
     
Name:
  David Contino    
 
 
 
     
Title:
  Vice President    
 
 
 
   
Signature Page to Second Priority
Trademark Security Agreement

 

 

Exhibit 10.13
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 25, 2008, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED OR REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS FIRST PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, A NEW YORK BANKING CORPORATION, AS SECOND PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE AND MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
SECOND PRIORITY TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
          This SECOND PRIORITY TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 25, 2008 between MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Grantor ”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Second Priority Collateral Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, Grantor has entered into a Second Priority Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Second Priority Security Agreement ”) with the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to which Grantor has granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent a security interest in substantially all the assets of Grantor, including all right, title and interest of Grantor in, to and under all now owned and hereafter acquired Trademarks, together with the goodwill of the business symbolized by Grantor’s Trademarks, and all proceeds thereof, to secure the payment of the Second Priority Secured Obligations;
     WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used in the manner provided in the Second Priority Security Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable;
     WHEREAS, Grantor owns the registered and pending Trademarks listed on Schedule 1 annexed hereto; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantor does hereby grant to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types of property being herein collectively referred to as the “ Trademark Collateral ”), whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired:

 


 

  (1)   each Trademark, including without limitation, each registered and pending Trademark referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, together with any reissues, continuations or extensions thereof, and all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each Trademark; and
 
  (2)   all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present or future (a) infringement of any Trademark, including, without limitation, any registered and pending Trademark referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, or (b) injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark.
The security interests are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation, of the security interests granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, pursuant to the Second Priority Security Agreement. Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Second Priority Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Second Priority Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Second Priority Security Agreement, the terms of the Second Priority Security Agreement shall govern.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Second Priority Trademark Security Agreement to be duly executed by its duly authorized officer thereunto as of the date first written above.
         
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.  
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
  Name:   David J. Parrin
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
     
 
                                        
         
Acknowledged:    
 
       
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties by DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Cynthia J. Powell    
 
       
Name:
  Cynthia J. Powell    
 
       
Title:
  Vice President    
 
       
 
       
By:
  /s/ David Contino    
 
       
Name:
  David Contino    
 
       
Title:
  Vice President    
 
       
Signature Page to Second Priority
Trademark Security Agreement

 

Exhibit 10.14
AMENDED AND RESTATED PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This AMENDED AND RESTATED PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 25, 2008 between MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Grantor ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”), amends and restates in its entirety that certain Patent Security Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2008 (the “ Existing Patent Security Agreement ”), which continues in effect as so amended and restated as set forth herein.
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, Grantor has entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of even date herewith by and among Grantor, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the financial institutions so designated on the Commitment Schedule thereto (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”);
     WHEREAS, Grantor has entered into that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”) with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to which Grantor has granted to the Collateral Agent a security interest in substantially all the assets of Grantor, including all right, title and interest of Grantor in, to and under all now owned and hereafter acquired Patents, and all proceeds thereof, to secure the payment of the Secured Obligations;
     WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used in the manner provided in the Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement, as applicable;
     WHEREAS, Grantor owns the registered and pending Patents listed on Schedule 1 annexed hereto; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantor does hereby grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types of property being herein collectively referred to as the “ Patent Collateral ”), whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired:
  (1)   each Patent, including without limitation, each registered and pending Patent referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, together with any reissues, continuations or extensions thereof; and

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  (2)   all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Patent, including, without limitation, any registered and pending Patent referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto.
The security interests are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation, of the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
     This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Existing Patent Security Agreement which continues in effect as so amended and restated as set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, the Liens granted under the Existing Patent Security Agreement (other than Permitted Liens), as so amended and restated as set forth in this Agreement, shall in all respects be and remain continuing, securing the payment of all of the Secured Obligations. The Grantor hereby reaffirms the security interests and Liens granted to the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the Existing Patent Security Agreement as so amended and restated herein.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Patent Security Agreement to be duly executed by its duly authorized officer thereunto as of the date first written above.
         
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
  Name:   David J. Parrin
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
       
         
Acknowledged:    
 
       
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral    
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Sabir Hashmy    
 
 
 
 
   
Name:
  Sabir Hashmy    
 
 
 
 
   
Title:
  Vice President    
 
 
 
 
   
Signature Page to Patent Security
Agreement

 

 

Exhibit 10.15
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 25, 2008, is between MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Grantor ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of even date herewith by and among Holdco, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the financial institutions so designated on the Commitment Schedule thereto (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”);
     WHEREAS, Grantor has entered into that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”) with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to which Grantor has granted to the Collateral Agent a security interest in substantially all the assets of Grantor, including all right, title and interest of Grantor in, to and under all now owned and hereafter acquired Patents, and all proceeds thereof, to secure the payment of the Secured Obligations;
     WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used in the manner provided in the Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement, as applicable;
     WHEREAS, Grantor owns the registered and pending Patents listed on Schedule 1 annexed hereto; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantor does hereby grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types of property being herein collectively referred to as the “ Patent Collateral ”), whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired:
  (1)   each Patent, including without limitation, each registered and pending Patent referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, together with any reissues, continuations or extensions thereof; and
  (2)   all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Patent,

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      including, without limitation, any registered and pending Patent referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto.
     The security interests are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation, of the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Patent Security Agreement to be duly executed by its duly authorized officer thereunto as of the date first written above.
             
        MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
 
      By:   /s/ David J. Darrin
 
 
      Name:   David J. Darrin
 
 
      Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
           
 
           
Acknowledged:        
 
           
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
       
 
           
By:
  /s/ Sabir Hashmy
 
       
Name:
  Sabir Hashmy
 
       
Title:
  Vice President
 
       
Signature Page to Trademark
Security Agreement

 

 

Exhibit 10.16
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 25, 2008, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED OR REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS FIRST PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, A NEW YORK BANKING CORPORATION, AS SECOND PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE AND MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
SECOND PRIORITY PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
          This SECOND PRIORITY PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 25, 2008 between MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Grantor ”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Second Priority Collateral Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, Grantor has entered into a Second Priority Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Second Priority Security Agreement ”) with the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to which Grantor has granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent a security interest in substantially all the assets of Grantor, including all right, title and interest of Grantor in, to and under all now owned and hereafter acquired Patents, and all proceeds thereof, to secure the payment of the Second Priority Secured Obligations;
     WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used in the manner provided in the Second Priority Security Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable;
     WHEREAS, Grantor owns the registered and pending Patents listed on Schedule 1 annexed hereto; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantor does hereby grant to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types of property being herein collectively referred to as the “ Patent Collateral ”), whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired:

 


 

  (1)   each Patent, including without limitation, each registered and pending Patent referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, together with any reissues, continuations or extensions thereof; and
 
  (2)   all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Patent, including, without limitation, any registered and pending Patent referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto.
The security interests are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, pursuant to the Second Priority Security Agreement. Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Second Priority Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Second Priority Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Second Priority Security Agreement, the terms of the Second Priority Security Agreement shall govern.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Second Priority Patent Security Agreement to be duly executed by its duly authorized officer thereunto as of the date first written above.
           
    MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.  
 
         
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin  
 
         
 
  Name:   David J. Parrin  
 
         
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
     
 
 
         
Acknowledged:    
 
       
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties by DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Cynthia J. Powell    
 
       
Name:
  Cynthia J. Powell    
 
       
Title:
  Vice President    
 
       
 
       
By:
  /s/ David Contino    
 
       
Name:
  David Contino    
 
       
Title:
  Vice President    
 
       
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Exhibit 10.17
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE SECOND PRIORITY COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 25, 2008, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED OR REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS FIRST PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, A NEW YORK BANKING CORPORATION, AS SECOND PRIORITY REPRESENTATIVE AND MONEYGRAM PAYMENT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
SECOND PRIORITY PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
          This SECOND PRIORITY PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 25, 2008 between MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Grantor ”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Second Priority Collateral Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, Grantor has entered into a Second Priority Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Second Priority Security Agreement ”) with the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to which Grantor has granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent a security interest in substantially all the assets of Grantor, including all right, title and interest of Grantor in, to and under all now owned and hereafter acquired Patents, and all proceeds thereof, to secure the payment of the Second Priority Secured Obligations;
     WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used in the manner provided in the Second Priority Security Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable;
     WHEREAS, Grantor owns the registered and pending Patents listed on Schedule 1 annexed hereto; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantor does hereby grant to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types of property being herein collectively referred to as the “ Patent Collateral ”), whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired:

 


 

  (1)   each Patent, including without limitation, each registered and pending Patent referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto, together with any reissues, continuations or extensions thereof; and
 
  (2)   all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Patent, including, without limitation, any registered and pending Patent referred to in Schedule 1 annexed hereto.
The security interests are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, pursuant to the Second Priority Security Agreement. Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Second Priority Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Second Priority Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Second Priority Security Agreement, the terms of the Second Priority Security Agreement shall govern.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Second Priority Patent Security Agreement to be duly executed by its duly authorized officer thereunto as of the date first written above.
           
    MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.  
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ David J. Parrin
 
       
 
  Name:   David J. Parrin
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
     
 
                                        
Acknowledged:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
by DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
         
 
       
By:
  /s/ Cynthia J. Powell    
 
       
Name:
  Cynthia J. Powell    
 
       
Title:
  Vice President    
 
       
 
       
By:
  /s/ David Contino    
 
       
Name:
  David Contino    
 
       
Title:
  Vice President    
 
       
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Exhibit 10.18
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN (TIER I)
     1.  PURPOSE: To provide management continuity by inducing selected executives to remain in the employ of MoneyGram International, Inc. (the “Corporation”) or one of its subsidiaries following the consummation of the transactions described in the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement dated March 16 (the “Purchase Agreement”) (the “Purchase”), among the Corporation and certain “Investors” (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). This Special Executive Severance Plan (Tier I) (this “Plan”) shall be effective on and following the date of the “Closing” (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) (the “Effective Date”).
     2.  OBJECTIVES: To ensure that, following the Purchase, certain executives may be available to be called upon to assist and advise management and the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Corporation, and to take such other actions as management or the Board might determine reasonably appropriate and in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders.
     3.  PARTICIPATION: Participation in this Plan will be limited to those persons (each referred to herein as a “Participant”) who are, as of the Effective Date, included as participants in the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier I) (the “Tier I Plan”) by virtue of being designated as “Executives” (as defined in the Tier I Plan), except for the person who, as of the Effective Date, holds the position of Chief Investment Officer, who shall not be a Participant in this Plan. Each such Participant’s participation shall be evidenced by a certificate (“Certificate”) issued by the Corporation, each of which is incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in its entirety. In the event a Participant shall become ineligible hereunder, his or her Certificate shall be surrendered promptly to the Corporation.
     4.  DEFINITIONS:
          (a) For purposes of this Plan, “Cause” with respect to a Participant shall mean:
     (i) The willful and continued failure of the Participant to perform substantially the Participant’s duties with the Corporation or one of its affiliates (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial performance improvement is delivered to the Participant by the Board of the Company (the “Board”) or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board or Chief Executive Officer believes that the Participant has not substantially performed the Participant’s duties, or
     (ii) The willful engaging by the Participant in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 4(a), no act or failure to act, on the part of the Participant, shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Participant’s

 


 

action or omission was in the best interests of the Corporation. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or a senior officer of the Corporation or based upon the advice of counsel for the Corporation shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in good faith and in the best interests of the Corporation. The cessation of employment of the Participant shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Participant a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board (excluding the Participant, if he or she is a member of the Board) at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Participant and the Participant is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good-faith opinion of the Board, the Participant is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraph (i) or (ii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
          (b) For purposes of this Plan, “Good Reason” with respect to a Participant shall mean:
     (i) The assignment to the Participant of any duties inconsistent in any respect with the Participant’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities immediately prior to the Effective Date, or any other action by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Corporation or the applicable subsidiary promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Participant;
     (ii) Any reduction of the Participant’s base salary, annual bonus, incentive opportunities, retirement benefits, welfare or fringe benefits below the highest level enjoyed by the Participant during the 120-day period prior to the Effective Date;
     (iii) The Corporation’s or one of its subsidiaries’ requiring the Participant to be based at any office or location other than that at which he or she was based immediately prior to the Effective Date or the Corporation’s or one of its subsidiaries’ requiring the Participant to travel to a substantially greater extent than required immediately prior to the Effective Date;
     (iv) Any purported termination by the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries of the Participant’s employment otherwise than as expressly permitted by this Plan; or
     (v) Any failure by the Corporation to comply with and satisfy Section 11(c) of this Plan. For purposes of this Plan, any good-faith determination of

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“Good Reason” made by a Participant shall be conclusive with respect to that Participant.
          (c) For purposes of this Plan, “Separation from Service” with respect to a Participant shall mean a “separation from service” as such term is defined under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and rules, regulations, and guidance thereunder.
          (d) For purposes of this Plan, “Specified Employee” with respect to a Participant shall mean a “Specified Employee” as defined under the MoneyGram International, Inc. Policy Defining Specified Employees.
     5.  ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS: Benefits as described in Section 6 shall be provided in the event that the Participant incurs a Separation from Service with the Corporation and its subsidiaries:
          (a) Involuntarily by the Corporation or the applicable subsidiaries without Cause (a “Without Cause Separation”); or
          (b) By the Participant for Good Reason (a “Good Reason Separation”);
provided that either such separation occurs within twenty-four months after the Effective Date; and provided, further, that in no event shall a separation as a consequence of a Participant’s death, disability, or Retirement (as defined in the next sentence) entitle a Participant to benefits under this Plan. “Retirement” shall mean the Participant’s voluntary retirement at or after his normal retirement date under the Corporation’s or a subsidiary’s retirement plan or, if the Participant does not participate in any such plan that provides for a normal retirement date, at or after age 65.
     6.  BENEFIT ENTITLEMENTS:
          (a) Lump Sum Payment: Upon the Participant’s Separation from Service (or, in the case of a Specified Employee, upon the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation from Service), the Corporation or the applicable subsidiary will pay to the Participant as compensation for services rendered a lump sum cash amount (subject to any applicable payroll or other taxes required to be withheld) equal to (i) the sum of (x) Participant’s highest annual salary fixed during the period Participant was an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, plus (y) the greater of (A) the largest amount awarded to the Participant in a year as cash bonus (whether or not deferred and regardless of deferral election) under the Corporation’s Management Incentive Plan during the four fiscal years preceding the Participant’s last day of employment or, if the Participant has not been employed for at least four full fiscal years, all of the completed full fiscal years during which the Participant has been employed or (B) the target bonus under the Corporation’s Management Incentive Plan for the fiscal year in which the Effective Date occurs, plus (z) the greater of (I) the largest amount awarded to the Participant in a year as cash bonus (whether or not deferred and regardless of deferral election) under the Corporation’s Performance Unit Incentive Plan during the four fiscal years preceding the Participant’s last day of employment or, if the Participant has not been employed for at least four full fiscal years, all of the completed full fiscal years during which the

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Participant has been employed, (II) the aggregate value of shares when earned during a performance period under any performance-related restricted stock award during the four fiscal years preceding the Participant’s last day of employment or, if the Executive has not been employed for at least four full fiscal years, all of the completed full fiscal years during which the Participant has been employed or (III) the aggregate value at the time of grant of the target shares awarded under the Corporation’s performance-related restricted stock programs for the fiscal year in which the Effective Date occurs, multiplied by (ii) three times a fraction, the numerator of which is 36 minus the number of full months from the Effective Date through the last day of the Participant’s employment, and the denominator of which is 36.
          (b) Employee Plans: The Participant’s participation in the following employee plans of the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, if any, immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be continued by the Corporation or the applicable subsidiary in accordance with the following:
     (i) Severance Period . For purposes of this Section, “Severance Period” means three years times a fraction, the numerator of which is 36 minus the number of full months from the Effective Date through the last day of the Participant’s employment, and the denominator of which is 36, from the date of separation (or until his death or normal retirement date, whichever is sooner).
     (ii) Group Medical and Dental Insurance . During the Severance Period, the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, shall continue to provide group medical and dental insurance coverage under one or more of its group medical and dental insurance plans as if the Participant were still employed, and the Participant shall be required to pay no more for such coverage than the Participant would have been required to pay had the Participant continued in active employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Severance Period extends beyond any post-separation continuation period required under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 or applicable state law (“COBRA”), then from the expiration of the COBRA period until the expiration of the Severance Period, the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, shall use its reasonable best efforts to continue group coverage on the same terms; provided, however, that if it determines that such continued coverage under a group plan would jeopardize the tax-qualified status of the plan, it shall have the right to discontinue such coverage and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain for the Participant comparable individual coverage, and the Participant shall be required to pay no more for such coverage than the Participant would have been required to pay had the Participant continued in active employment.
     (iii) Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance . During the Severance Period, the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, shall continue to provide basic and supplemental life insurance coverage on the same terms as if the Participant were still employed, and the Participant shall be required to pay no more for such coverage than the Participant would have been required to pay had the Participant continued in active employment.

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     (iv) Automobile, Club Membership and Financial Counseling . During the Severance Period, the Participant shall be permitted to participate in the Corporation’s, or the applicable subsidiary’s, automobile, club membership and financial counseling benefits, subject to a dollar limit applicable for each taxable year of the Participant that overlaps, either in whole or in part, with the Severance Period. The dollar limit shall equal the product of (1) the annualized value of the automobile, club membership and financial counseling benefits being used by the Participant as of the Effective Date (or, if greater, the value of such benefits being used as of the Separation from Service), as then determined by the Corporation in good faith, times (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the taxable year that overlap with the Severance Period, and the denominator of which is 365.
     (v) Reimbursements in Lieu of Benefits in Kind . The Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, may require the Participant to pay the full premiums or costs with respect to the foregoing benefits provided under this paragraph (b), and the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, shall reimburse the Participant for the amount in excess of what the Participant would be required to pay had he continued in active employment. Such reimbursements shall be paid from time to time in accordance with applicable company practices, but in all events no later than the end of the Participant’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred.
     (vi) Tax Gross-Ups . In addition to the foregoing, the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, shall reimburse the Participant for the tax cost arising from income imputed to the Participant due to the provision of medical, dental and life insurance coverage under this paragraph (b) (or income arising from the reimbursement of premiums paid by the Participant with respect to such insurance), but not for the perquisites under subparagraph (iv) except to the extent that the Participant would be entitled to reimbursement for taxes if he had continued in active employment. All reimbursements for taxes provided under this subparagraph shall be paid from time to time in accordance with applicable company practices, but in all events no later than the end of the Participant’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Participant remits the related taxes.
     (vii) Delay for Specified Employees . If the Participant is a Specified Employee, to the extent that the Participant’s right to (1) life insurance coverage under subparagraph (iii) (or reimbursements for the cost of such coverage, as applicable) or (2) taxable perquisites under subparagraph (iv) (or reimbursements for expenses incurred, as applicable) is taxable to the Participant, he or she shall pay for such coverage or benefits for the first six months following his or her Separation from Service and shall be reimbursed for such payments on the first day of the seventh month following his or her Separation from Service to the extent required under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. If the Participant is a Specified Employee, any tax gross-up payable under subparagraph (vi) within the first six months following the Participant’s Separation from

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Service shall be delayed to the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation from Service to the extent required under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
          (c) Special Retirement Benefits under the Supplemental Pension Plan: If the Participant is, immediately prior to his or her Separation from Service, an active participant accruing benefits under the MoneyGram Supplemental Pension Plan (“SERP”), then the Participant or his or her beneficiaries shall be paid special retirement benefits under the SERP as and when the Participant or such beneficiaries become entitled to receive benefits under the SERP, equal to the excess of (i) the retirement benefits that would be payable to the Participant or such beneficiaries under the SERP if the Participant’s employment had continued during the Severance Period, assuming all of his accrued benefits under the SERP (including those attributable to the Severance Period) were fully vested, and his final average compensation was equal to the Deemed Final Average Compensation, as defined below, over (ii) the total benefits actually payable to the Participant or his or her beneficiaries under the SERP. “Deemed Final Average Compensation” means the Participant’s final average compensation computed in accordance with the SERP, except that the amount specified in Section 6(a) shall be considered as having been paid to the Participant as “compensation” in equal monthly installments during the Severance Period. All special retirement benefits under the SERP shall be unfunded and payable solely from the general assets of the Corporation or its appropriate subsidiary, and are not intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code. The amount of the special retirement benefits under the SERP shall be determined using actuarial assumptions no less favorable to the Participant than those used in the Corporation’s qualified Retirement Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date.
          (d) Outplacement: The Participant shall be provided with reasonable outplacement benefits in accordance with those offered to Participants immediately prior to the Effective Date, but in no event extending beyond the Participant’s second taxable year following the taxable year in which his or her Separation from Service occurs.
          (e) Minimum Benefit Entitlement: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, and except as provided in Section 7(a), in no event shall a Participant’s severance benefits under this Plan be less than the benefits (if any) such Participant would have received in accordance with the severance policy of the Corporation or applicable subsidiary in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date.
     7.  TAXES: (a) Anything in this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, and except as set forth below, in the event that it shall be determined that any of a Participant’s Payments hereunder would be subject to the Excise Tax, then the Participant shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (the “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that, after payment by the Participant of all taxes (and any interest and penalties imposed with respect thereto) and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Participant retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon such Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7(a), if it shall be determined that the Participant is entitled to the Gross-Up Payment, but that the Parachute Value of all Payments does not exceed 110% of the Participant’s Safe Harbor Amount, then no Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Participant and the amounts payable under this Plan shall be reduced so that the Parachute Value of all of

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such Participant’s Payments, in the aggregate, equals the Participant’s Safe Harbor Amount. The reduction of the amounts payable hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by first reducing the Participant’s Payments under Section 6(a), unless an alternative method of reduction is elected by the Participant, and in any event shall be made in such a manner as to maximize the Value of all Payments actually made to the Participant. For purposes of reducing the Payments to the Safe Harbor Amount, only amounts payable under this Plan (and no other Payments) shall be reduced. If the reduction of the amounts payable under this Plan would not result in a reduction of the Parachute Value of all Payments to the Participant’s Safe Harbor Amount, no amounts payable to such Participant under this Plan shall be reduced pursuant to this Section 7(a), and the Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Participant. The Corporation’s obligation to make Gross-Up Payments under this Section 7 shall not be conditioned upon the Participant’s Separation from Service.
          (b) Determination By Accountant. Subject to the provisions of Section 7(c)(ii), all determinations required to be made under this Section 7, including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment to any Participant is required, the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by the Corporation’s auditor or another nationally recognized accounting firm appointed by the Corporation (the “Accounting Firm”). In the event that the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the transaction which results in the application of the Excise Tax, the Participant may appoint another nationally recognized accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). The Accounting Firm shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Corporation and the Participant within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from the Participant that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Corporation. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Corporation. Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 7, shall be paid by the Corporation to the applicable Participant within five days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm’s determination. If the Participant is a Specified Employee, any tax gross-up payable pursuant to this Section 7 shall be delayed to the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation from Service to the extent required under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Corporation and the applicable Participant. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments that will not have been made by the Corporation should have been made (the “Underpayments”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event the Corporation exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 7(c) and the Participant thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayments that have occurred and any such Underpayments shall be promptly paid by the Corporation to or for the benefit of the Participant.
          (c) Notification Required. The Participant shall notify the Corporation in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Corporation of the Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than 10 business days after the Participant is informed in writing of such claim. The Participant shall apprise the Corporation of the nature of such claim and the

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date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The Participant shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which the Executive gives such notice to the Corporation (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Corporation notifies the Participant in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, the Participant shall:
     (i) Give the Corporation any information reasonably requested by the Corporation relating to such claim,
     (ii) Take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Corporation shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Corporation,
     (iii) Cooperate with the Corporation in good faith in order to effectively contest such claim, and
     (iv) Permit the Corporation to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim; provided, however, that the Corporation shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold the Participant harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax, (including interest and penalties) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this Section 7(c), the Corporation shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole discretion, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the applicable taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole discretion, either direct the Participant to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund, or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Participant agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Corporation shall determine; provided, however, that if the Corporation directs the Participant to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Corporation shall pay the amount of such payment to the Participant, and shall indemnify and hold the Participant harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or penalties) imposed with respect to such payment or with respect to any imputed income in connection with such payment; and provided, further, that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of the Participant with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore, the Corporation’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which the Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder, and the Participant shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority.

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          (d) Repayment. If, after the receipt by the Participant of a Gross-Up Payment or an amount paid by the Corporation pursuant to Section 7(c), the Participant becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to the Excise Tax to which such Gross-Up Payment relates or with respect to such claim, the Participant shall (subject to the Corporation’s compliance with the requirements of Section 7(c), if applicable) promptly pay to the Corporation the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by the Participant of an amount paid by the Corporation pursuant to Section 7(c), a determination is made that the Participant shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Corporation does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after such determination, then the Participant shall not be required to repay such amount to the Corporation, but the amount of such payment shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment required to be paid.
          (e) Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 7, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service or any other applicable taxing authority, for the benefit of each Participant, all or any portion of any Gross-Up Payment.
          (f) Definitions: The following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this Section 7:
     (i) “Excise Tax” shall mean the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, together with any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such excise tax.
     (ii) “Parachute Value” of a Payment shall mean the present value as of the date of the transaction which results in the application of the Excise Tax for purposes of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of the portion of such Payment that constitutes a “parachute payment” under Section 280G(b)(2), as determined by the Accounting Firm for purposes of determining whether and to what extent the Excise Tax will apply to such Payment.
     (iii) A “Payment” shall mean any payment or distribution in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code) to or for the benefit of a Participant, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Plan or otherwise.
     (iv) The “Safe Harbor Amount” of a Participant shall mean 2.99 times the Participant’s “base amount,” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
     (v) “Value” of a Payment shall mean the economic present value of a Payment as of the date of the transaction which results in the application of the Excise Tax for purposes of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, as determined by the Accounting Firm using the discount rate required by Section 280G(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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     8.  INDEMNIFICATION: If litigation is brought to enforce or interpret any provision contained herein, the Corporation or applicable subsidiary, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the Corporation’s or subsidiary’s Articles of Incorporation, as the case may be, shall indemnify each Participant who is a party thereto for his reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements incurred in such litigation, regardless of the outcome thereof, and shall pay interest on any money judgment obtained by the Participant calculated at the Citibank, N.A. prime interest rate in effect from time to time from the date that payment to such Participant should have been made under this Plan until the date the payment is made. Such attorneys’ fees and disbursements shall be paid promptly as incurred by the Participant.
     9.  PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE: Except as expressly provided in Sections 13 and 14, the Corporation’s or subsidiary’s obligation to pay the Participant the benefits hereunder and to make the arrangements provided herein shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any set-off, counter-claim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries may have against the Participant or anyone else. All amounts paid or payable by the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries hereunder shall be paid without notice or demand. Each and every payment made hereunder by the Corporation or subsidiary shall be final and the Corporation or subsidiary will not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from the Participant or from whosoever may be entitled thereto, for any reason whatsoever. No Participant shall be obligated to seek other employment in mitigation of the amounts payable or arrangements made under any provision of this Plan, and the obtaining of any such other employment shall in no event effect any reduction of the Corporation’s or subsidiary’s obligations to make the payments and arrangements required to be made under this Plan. The Corporation or applicable subsidiary may at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation enter into an irrevocable, third-party guarantee or similar agreement with a bank or other institution with respect to the benefits payable to an Participant hereunder, which would provide for the unconditional payment of such benefits by such third party upon presentment by a Participant of his Certificate (and on such other conditions deemed necessary or desirable by the Corporation or such subsidiary) at some specified time after Separation from Service. Such third-party guarantor shall have no liability for improper payment if it follows the instructions of the Corporation or such subsidiary as provided in such Certificate and other documents required to be presented under the agreement, unless the Corporation or such subsidiary, in a written notice, has previously advised such third-party guarantor of the determination by its Board of Directors of ineligibility of the Participant in accordance with Section 14.
     10.  CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS: It shall be a condition to the entitlement of a Participant to any benefits under this Plan that he agree to retain in confidence any confidential information known to him concerning the Corporation and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses as long as such information is not publicly disclosed, except as required by law.
     11.  SUCCESSORS:
          (a) The benefits provided under this Plan are personal to the Participants and, without the prior written consent of the Corporation, shall not be assignable by any Participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Participant’s legal representatives.

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          (b) This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Corporation and its successors and assigns.
          (c) The Corporation will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation to assume expressly and agree to perform this Plan in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Plan, “Corporation” shall mean the Corporation as hereinbefore defined and any other person or entity which assumes or agrees to perform this Plan by operation of law, or otherwise.
     12.  SEVERABILITY: Any provision in this Plan which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating or affecting the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     13.  OTHER PLANS AND AGREEMENTS: Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, in the event the Participant’s employment with the Corporation or applicable subsidiary terminates and the Participant is entitled to receive termination, separation or other like amounts from the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any contract of employment, generally prevailing separation pay policy, or other program of the Corporation or applicable subsidiary (including, without limitation, the Tier I Plan or the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier II)), all such amounts shall be applied to and set off against the Corporation’s or applicable subsidiary’s obligations as set forth in Sections 6 and 7 of this Plan. Nothing in this Section 13 is intended to result in set-off of pension benefits, supplemental executive retirement benefits, disability benefits, retiree benefits or any other plan benefits not directly provided as termination or separation benefits.
     14.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION: This Plan may be amended or terminated by action of the Board. This Plan shall terminate with respect to a Participant if the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation determines that the Participant is no longer a key executive to be provided a severance agreement and so notifies the Participant by certified mail at least 30 days before participation in this Plan shall cease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment, termination or determination adverse in any manner to any Participant in this Plan may be made (and if made, shall have no effect) on or following the Effective Date without the express written consent of such Participant.
     15.  GOVERNING LAW: This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Plan are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.
     16.  ACCEPTANCE: By acceptance of participation in this Plan, a Participant agrees to give a minimum of 4 weeks’ notice to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries in the event of his voluntary resignation.

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Exhibit 10.19
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN (TIER II)
     1.  PURPOSE: To provide management continuity by inducing selected executives to remain in the employ of MoneyGram International, Inc. (the “Corporation”) or one of its subsidiaries following the consummation of the transactions described in the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement dated March 16 (the “Purchase Agreement”) (the “Purchase”), among the Corporation and certain “Investors” (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). This Special Executive Severance Plan (Tier II) (this “Plan”) shall be effective on and following the date of the “Closing” (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) (the “Effective Date”).
     2.  OBJECTIVES: To ensure that, following the Purchase, certain executives may be available to be called upon to assist and advise management and the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Corporation, and to take such other actions as management or the Board might determine reasonably appropriate and in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders.
     3.  PARTICIPATION: Participation in this Plan will be limited to those persons (each referred to herein as a “Participant”) who are, as of the Effective Date, included as participants in the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier II) (the “Tier II Plan”) by virtue of being designated as “Executives” (as defined in the Tier II Plan), except for the person who, as of the Effective Date, holds the position of Chief Investment Officer, who shall not be a Participant in this Plan. Each such Participant’s participation shall be evidenced by a certificate (“Certificate”) issued by the Corporation, each of which is incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in its entirety. In the event a Participant shall become ineligible hereunder, his or her Certificate shall be surrendered promptly to the Corporation.
     4.  DEFINITIONS:
          (a) For purposes of this Plan, “Cause” with respect to a Participant shall mean:
     (i) The willful and continued failure of the Participant to perform substantially the Participant’s duties with the Corporation or one of its affiliates (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial performance improvement is delivered to the Participant by the Board of the Company (the “Board”) or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board or Chief Executive Officer believes that the Participant has not substantially performed the Participant’s duties, or
     (ii) The willful engaging by the Participant in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 4(a), no act or failure to act, on the part of the Participant, shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Participant’s

 


 

action or omission was in the best interests of the Corporation. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or a senior officer of the Corporation or based upon the advice of counsel for the Corporation shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in good faith and in the best interests of the Corporation. The cessation of employment of the Participant shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Participant a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board (excluding the Participant, if he or she is a member of the Board) at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Participant and the Participant is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good-faith opinion of the Board, the Participant is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraph (i) or (ii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
          (b) For purposes of this Plan, “Good Reason” with respect to a Participant shall mean:
     (i) The assignment to the Participant of any duties inconsistent in any respect with the Participant’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities immediately prior to the Effective Date, or any other action by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Corporation or the applicable subsidiary promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Participant;
     (ii) Any reduction of the Participant’s base salary, annual bonus, incentive opportunities, retirement benefits, welfare or fringe benefits below the highest level enjoyed by the Participant during the 120-day period prior to the Effective Date;
     (iii) The Corporation’s or one of its subsidiaries’ requiring the Participant to be based at any office or location other than that at which he or she was based immediately prior to the Effective Date or the Corporation’s or one of its subsidiaries’ requiring the Participant to travel to a substantially greater extent than required immediately prior to the Effective Date;
     (iv) Any purported termination by the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries of the Participant’s employment otherwise than as expressly permitted by this Plan; or
     (v) Any failure by the Corporation to comply with and satisfy Section 11(c) of this Plan. For purposes of this Plan, any good-faith determination of

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“Good Reason” made by a Participant shall be conclusive with respect to that Participant.
          (c) For purposes of this Plan, “Separation from Service” with respect to a Participant shall mean a “separation from service” as such term is defined under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and rules, regulations, and guidance thereunder.
          (d) For purposes of this Plan, “Specified Employee” with respect to a Participant shall mean a “Specified Employee” as defined under the MoneyGram International, Inc. Policy Defining Specified Employees.
     5.  ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS: Benefits as described in Section 6 shall be provided in the event that the Participant incurs a Separation from Service with the Corporation and its subsidiaries:
          (a) Involuntarily by the Corporation or the applicable subsidiaries without Cause (a “Without Cause Separation”); or
          (b) By the Participant for Good Reason (a “Good Reason Separation”);
provided that either such separation occurs within twenty-four months after the Effective Date; and provided, further, that in no event shall a separation as a consequence of a Participant’s death, disability, or Retirement (as defined in the next sentence) entitle a Participant to benefits under this Plan. “Retirement” shall mean the Participant’s voluntary retirement at or after his normal retirement date under the Corporation’s or a subsidiary’s retirement plan or, if the Participant does not participate in any such plan that provides for a normal retirement date, at or after age 65.
     6.  BENEFIT ENTITLEMENTS:
          (a) Lump Sum Payment: Upon the Participant’s Separation from Service (or, in the case of a Specified Employee, upon the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation from Service), the Corporation or the applicable subsidiary will pay to the Participant as compensation for services rendered a lump sum cash amount (subject to any applicable payroll or other taxes required to be withheld) equal to (i) two times the sum of (x) Participant’s highest annual salary fixed during the period Participant was an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, plus (y) the greater of (A) the largest amount awarded to the Participant in a year as cash bonus (whether or not deferred and regardless of deferral election) under the Corporation’s Management Incentive Plan during the four fiscal years preceding the Participant’s last day of employment or, if the Participant has not been employed for at least four full fiscal years, all of the completed full fiscal years during which the Participant has been employed or (B) the target bonus under the Corporation’s Management Incentive Plan for the fiscal year in which the Effective Date occurs, plus (z) the greater of (I) the largest amount awarded to the Participant in a year as cash bonus (whether or not deferred and regardless of deferral election) under the Corporation’s Performance Unit Incentive Plan during the four fiscal years preceding the Participant’s last day of employment or, if the Participant has not been employed for at least four full fiscal years, all of the completed full fiscal years during

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which the Participant has been employed, (II) the aggregate value of shares when earned during a performance period under any performance-related restricted stock award during the four fiscal years preceding the Participant’s last day of employment or, if the Executive has not been employed for at least four full fiscal years, all of the completed full fiscal years during which the Participant has been employed or (III) the aggregate value at the time of grant of the target shares awarded under the Corporation’s performance-related restricted stock programs for the fiscal year in which the Effective Date occurs, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 24 minus the number of full months from the Effective Date through the last day of the Participant’s employment, and the denominator of which is 24.
          (b) Employee Plans: The Participant’s participation in the following employee plans of the Corporation or the applicable subsidiary, if any, immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be continued by the Corporation or the applicable subsidiary in accordance with the following:
     (i) Severance Period . For purposes of this Section, “Severance Period” means two years times a fraction, the numerator of which is 24 minus the number of full months from the Effective Date through the last day of the Participant’s employment, and the denominator of which is 24, from the date of separation (or until his death or normal retirement date, whichever is sooner).
     (ii) Group Medical and Dental Insurance . During the Severance Period, the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, shall continue to provide group medical and dental insurance coverage under one or more of its group medical and dental insurance plans as if the Participant were still employed, and the Participant shall be required to pay no more for such coverage than the Participant would have been required to pay had the Participant continued in active employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Severance Period extends beyond any post-separation continuation period required under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 or applicable state law (“COBRA”), then from the expiration of the COBRA period until the expiration of the Severance Period, the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, shall use its reasonable best efforts to continue group coverage on the same terms; provided, however, that if it determines that such continued coverage under a group plan would jeopardize the tax-qualified status of the plan, it shall have the right to discontinue such coverage and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain for the Participant comparable individual coverage, and the Participant shall be required to pay no more for such coverage than the Participant would have been required to pay had the Participant continued in active employment.
     (iii) Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance . During the Severance Period, the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, shall continue to provide basic and supplemental life insurance coverage on the same terms as if the Participant were still employed, and the Participant shall be required to pay no more for such coverage than the Participant would have been required to pay had the Participant continued in active employment.

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     (iv) Automobile, Club Membership and Financial Counseling . During the Severance Period, the Participant shall be permitted to participate in the Corporation’s, or the applicable subsidiary’s, automobile, club membership and financial counseling benefits, subject to a dollar limit applicable for each taxable year of the Participant that overlaps, either in whole or in part, with the Severance Period. The dollar limit shall equal the product of (1) the annualized value of the automobile, club membership and financial counseling benefits being used by the Participant as of the Effective Date (or, if greater, the value of such benefits being used as of the Separation from Service), as then determined by the Corporation in good faith, times (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the taxable year that overlap with the Severance Period, and the denominator of which is 365.
     (v) Reimbursements in Lieu of Benefits in Kind . The Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, may require the Participant to pay the full premiums or costs with respect to the foregoing benefits provided under this paragraph (b), and the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, shall reimburse the Participant for the amount in excess of what the Participant would be required to pay had he continued in active employment. Such reimbursements shall be paid from time to time in accordance with applicable company practices, but in all events no later than the end of the Participant’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred.
     (vi) Tax Gross-Ups . In addition to the foregoing, the Corporation, or the applicable subsidiary, shall reimburse the Participant for the tax cost arising from income imputed to the Participant due to the provision of medical, dental and life insurance coverage under this paragraph (b) (or income arising from the reimbursement of premiums paid by the Participant with respect to such insurance), but not for the perquisites under subparagraph (iv) except to the extent that the Participant would be entitled to reimbursement for taxes if he had continued in active employment. All reimbursements for taxes provided under this subparagraph shall be paid from time to time in accordance with applicable company practices, but in all events no later than the end of the Participant’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Participant remits the related taxes.
     (vii) Delay for Specified Employees . If the Participant is a Specified Employee, to the extent that the Participant’s right to (1) life insurance coverage under subparagraph (iii) (or reimbursements for the cost of such coverage, as applicable) or (2) taxable perquisites under subparagraph (iv) (or reimbursements for expenses incurred, as applicable) is taxable to the Participant, he or she shall pay for such coverage or benefits for the first six months following his or her Separation from Service and shall be reimbursed for such payments on the first day of the seventh month following his or her Separation from Service to the extent required under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. If the Participant is a Specified Employee, any tax gross-up payable under subparagraph (vi) within the first six months following the Participant’s Separation from

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Service shall be delayed to the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation from Service to the extent required under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
          (c) Special Retirement Benefits under the Supplemental Pension Plan: If the Participant is, immediately prior to his or her Separation from Service, an active participant accruing benefits under the MoneyGram Supplemental Pension Plan (“SERP”), then the Participant or his or her beneficiaries shall be paid special retirement benefits under the SERP as and when the Participant or such beneficiaries become entitled to receive benefits under the SERP, equal to the excess of (i) the retirement benefits that would be payable to the Participant or such beneficiaries under the SERP if the Participant’s employment had continued during the Severance Period, assuming all of his accrued benefits under the SERP (including those attributable to the Severance Period) were fully vested, and his final average compensation was equal to the Deemed Final Average Compensation, as defined below, over (ii) the total benefits actually payable to the Participant or his or her beneficiaries under the SERP. “Deemed Final Average Compensation” means the Participant’s final average compensation computed in accordance with the SERP, except that the amount specified in Section 6(a) shall be considered as having been paid to the Participant as “compensation” in equal monthly installments during the Severance Period. All special retirement benefits under the SERP shall be unfunded and payable solely from the general assets of the Corporation or its appropriate subsidiary, and are not intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code. The amount of the special retirement benefits under the SERP shall be determined using actuarial assumptions no less favorable to the Participant than those used in the Corporation’s qualified Retirement Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date.
          (d) Outplacement: The Participant shall be provided with reasonable outplacement benefits in accordance with those offered to Participants immediately prior to the Effective Date, but in no event extending beyond the Participant’s second taxable year following the taxable year in which his or her Separation from Service occurs.
          (e) Minimum Benefit Entitlement: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, and except as provided in Section 7(a), in no event shall a Participant’s severance benefits under this Plan be less than the benefits (if any) such Participant would have received in accordance with the severance policy of the Corporation or applicable subsidiary in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date.
     7.  TAXES: (a) Anything in this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, and except as set forth below, in the event that it shall be determined that any of a Participant’s Payments hereunder would be subject to the Excise Tax, then the Participant shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (the “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that, after payment by the Participant of all taxes (and any interest and penalties imposed with respect thereto) and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Participant retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon such Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7(a), if it shall be determined that the Participant is entitled to the Gross-Up Payment, but that the Parachute Value of all Payments does not exceed 110% of the Participant’s Safe Harbor Amount, then no Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Participant and the amounts payable under this Plan shall be reduced so that the Parachute Value of all of

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such Participant’s Payments, in the aggregate, equals the Participant’s Safe Harbor Amount. The reduction of the amounts payable hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by first reducing the Participant’s Payments under Section 6(a), unless an alternative method of reduction is elected by the Participant, and in any event shall be made in such a manner as to maximize the Value of all Payments actually made to the Participant. For purposes of reducing the Payments to the Safe Harbor Amount, only amounts payable under this Plan (and no other Payments) shall be reduced. If the reduction of the amounts payable under this Plan would not result in a reduction of the Parachute Value of all Payments to the Participant’s Safe Harbor Amount, no amounts payable to such Participant under this Plan shall be reduced pursuant to this Section 7(a), and the Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Participant. The Corporation’s obligation to make Gross-Up Payments under this Section 7 shall not be conditioned upon the Participant’s Separation from Service.
          (b) Determination By Accountant. Subject to the provisions of Section 7(c)(ii), all determinations required to be made under this Section 7, including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment to any Participant is required, the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by the Corporation’s auditor or another nationally recognized accounting firm appointed by the Corporation (the “Accounting Firm”). In the event that the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the transaction which results in the application of the Excise Tax, the Participant may appoint another nationally recognized accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). The Accounting Firm shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Corporation and the Participant within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from the Participant that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Corporation. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Corporation. Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 7, shall be paid by the Corporation to the applicable Participant within five days of the receipt of the Accounting Firm’s determination. If the Participant is a Specified Employee, any tax gross-up payable pursuant to this Section 7 shall be delayed to the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation from Service to the extent required under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Corporation and the applicable Participant. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments that will not have been made by the Corporation should have been made (the “Underpayments”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event the Corporation exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 7(c) and the Participant thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayments that have occurred and any such Underpayments shall be promptly paid by the Corporation to or for the benefit of the Participant.
          (c) Notification Required. The Participant shall notify the Corporation in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Corporation of the Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than 10 business days after the Participant is informed in writing of such claim. The Participant shall apprise the Corporation of the nature of such claim and the

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date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The Participant shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period following the date on which the Executive gives such notice to the Corporation (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Corporation notifies the Participant in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, the Participant shall:
     (i) Give the Corporation any information reasonably requested by the Corporation relating to such claim,
     (ii) Take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Corporation shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Corporation,
     (iii) Cooperate with the Corporation in good faith in order to effectively contest such claim, and
     (iv) Permit the Corporation to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim; provided, however, that the Corporation shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold the Participant harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax, (including interest and penalties) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this Section 7(c), the Corporation shall control all proceedings taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole discretion, may pursue or forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the applicable taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole discretion, either direct the Participant to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund, or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and the Participant agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Corporation shall determine; provided, however, that if the Corporation directs the Participant to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Corporation shall pay the amount of such payment to the Participant, and shall indemnify and hold the Participant harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or penalties) imposed with respect to such payment or with respect to any imputed income in connection with such payment; and provided, further, that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of the Participant with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore, the Corporation’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which the Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder, and the Participant shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority.

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          (d) Repayment. If, after the receipt by the Participant of a Gross-Up Payment or an amount paid by the Corporation pursuant to Section 7(c), the Participant becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect to the Excise Tax to which such Gross-Up Payment relates or with respect to such claim, the Participant shall (subject to the Corporation’s compliance with the requirements of Section 7(c), if applicable) promptly pay to the Corporation the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by the Participant of an amount paid by the Corporation pursuant to Section 7(c), a determination is made that the Participant shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Corporation does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after such determination, then the Participant shall not be required to repay such amount to the Corporation, but the amount of such payment shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment required to be paid.
          (e) Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 7, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service or any other applicable taxing authority, for the benefit of each Participant, all or any portion of any Gross-Up Payment.
          (f) Definitions: The following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this Section 7:
     (i) “Excise Tax” shall mean the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, together with any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such excise tax.
     (ii) “Parachute Value” of a Payment shall mean the present value as of the date of the transaction which results in the application of the Excise Tax for purposes of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of the portion of such Payment that constitutes a “parachute payment” under Section 280G(b)(2), as determined by the Accounting Firm for purposes of determining whether and to what extent the Excise Tax will apply to such Payment.
     (iii) A “Payment” shall mean any payment or distribution in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code) to or for the benefit of a Participant, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Plan or otherwise.
     (iv) The “Safe Harbor Amount” of a Participant shall mean 2.99 times the Participant’s “base amount,” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
     (v) “Value” of a Payment shall mean the economic present value of a Payment as of the date of the transaction which results in the application of the Excise Tax for purposes of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, as determined by the Accounting Firm using the discount rate required by Section 280G(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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     8.  PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE: Except as expressly provided in Sections 12 and 13, the Corporation’s or subsidiary’s obligation to pay the Participant the benefits hereunder and to make the arrangements provided herein shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any set-off, counter-claim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries may have against the Participant or anyone else. All amounts paid or payable by the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries hereunder shall be paid without notice or demand. Each and every payment made hereunder by the Corporation or subsidiary shall be final and the Corporation or subsidiary will not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from the Participant or from whosoever may be entitled thereto, for any reason whatsoever. No Participant shall be obligated to seek other employment in mitigation of the amounts payable or arrangements made under any provision of this Plan, and the obtaining of any such other employment shall in no event effect any reduction of the Corporation’s or subsidiary’s obligations to make the payments and arrangements required to be made under this Plan. The Corporation or applicable subsidiary may at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation enter into an irrevocable, third-party guarantee or similar agreement with a bank or other institution with respect to the benefits payable to an Participant hereunder, which would provide for the unconditional payment of such benefits by such third party upon presentment by a Participant of his Certificate (and on such other conditions deemed necessary or desirable by the Corporation or such subsidiary) at some specified time after Separation from Service. Such third-party guarantor shall have no liability for improper payment if it follows the instructions of the Corporation or such subsidiary as provided in such Certificate and other documents required to be presented under the agreement, unless the Corporation or such subsidiary, in a written notice, has previously advised such third-party guarantor of the determination by its Board of Directors of ineligibility of the Participant in accordance with Section 13.
     9.  CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS: It shall be a condition to the entitlement of a Participant to any benefits under this Plan that he agree to retain in confidence any confidential information known to him concerning the Corporation and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses as long as such information is not publicly disclosed, except as required by law.
     10.  SUCCESSORS:
          (a) The benefits provided under this Plan are personal to the Participants and, without the prior written consent of the Corporation, shall not be assignable by any Participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Participant’s legal representatives.
          (b) This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Corporation and its successors and assigns.
          (c) The Corporation will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation to assume expressly and agree to perform this Plan in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Plan, “Corporation” shall mean the Corporation as hereinbefore

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defined and any other person or entity which assumes or agrees to perform this Plan by operation of law, or otherwise.
     11.  SEVERABILITY: Any provision in this Plan which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating or affecting the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     12.  OTHER PLANS AND AGREEMENTS: Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, in the event the Participant’s employment with the Corporation or applicable subsidiary terminates and the Participant is entitled to receive termination, separation or other like amounts from the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any contract of employment, generally prevailing separation pay policy, or other program of the Corporation or applicable subsidiary (including, without limitation, the Tier II Plan or the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier I)), all such amounts shall be applied to and set off against the Corporation’s or applicable subsidiary’s obligations as set forth in Section 6 of this Plan. Nothing in this Section 12 is intended to result in set-off of pension benefits, supplemental executive retirement benefits, disability benefits, retiree benefits or any other plan benefits not directly provided as termination or separation benefits.
     13.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION: This Plan may be amended or terminated by action of the Board. This Plan shall terminate with respect to a Participant if the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation determines that the Participant is no longer a key executive to be provided a severance agreement and so notifies the Participant by certified mail at least 30 days before participation in this Plan shall cease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment, termination or determination adverse in any manner to any Participant in this Plan may be made (and if made, shall have no effect) on or following the Effective Date without the express written consent of such Participant.
     14.  GOVERNING LAW: This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Plan are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.
     15.  ACCEPTANCE: By acceptance of participation in this Plan, a Participant agrees to give a minimum of 4 weeks’ notice to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries in the event of his voluntary resignation.

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Exhibit 10.20
FIRST AMENDMENT
OF THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN (TIER I)
1. Section 5(e) of the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier I) (the “Tier I Plan”) is hereby deleted and shall have no further force or effect.
2. Section 6 of the Tier I Plan is hereby amended and restated, in its entirety, as follows:
     6.  ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS: Benefits as described in Section 7 shall be provided in the event the Executive incurs a Separation from Service with the Corporation and its subsidiaries:
     (a) Involuntarily by the Corporation or the applicable subsidiaries without Cause (a “Without Cause Separation”); or
     (b) By the Executive for Good Reason (a “Good Reason Separation”);
provided that either such termination occurs within twenty-four months after a Change of Control; and provided, further, that in no event shall a separation as a consequence of an Executive’s death, disability, or Retirement (as defined in the next sentence) entitle the Executive to benefits under this Plan. “Retirement” shall mean the Executive’s voluntary retirement at or after his normal retirement date under the Corporation’s or a subsidiary’s retirement plan or, if the Executive does not participate in any such plan that provides for a normal retirement date, at or after age 65.
3. Section 7(a)(i) of the Tier I Plan, following the phrase “multiplied by”, is hereby amended and restated, in its entirety, as follows:
     (i) Three times a fraction, the numerator of which is 36 minus the number of full months from the date of the Change of Control through the last day of the Executive’s employment, and the denominator of which is 36.
5. Section 7(a)(ii) of the Tier I Plan, following the phrase “Separation, or”, is hereby deleted and shall have no further force or effect.
6. Section 7(b)(i) of the Tier I Plan is hereby amended and restated, in its entirety, as follows:
     (i)  Severance Period . For purposes of this Section, “Severance Period” means three years times a fraction, the numerator of which is 36 minus the number of full months from the date of the Change of Control through the last day of the Executive’s employment, and the denominator of which is 36, from the date of separation (or until his death or normal retirement date, whichever is sooner).

 


 

7. Section 15 of the Tier I Plan is hereby amended and restated, in its entirety, as follows:
     15.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION: This Plan may be amended or terminated by action of the Board. This Plan shall terminate with respect to an Executive if the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation determines that the Executive is no longer a key executive to be provided a severance agreement and so notifies the Executive by certified mail at least 30 days before participation in this Plan shall cease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment, termination or determination adverse in any manner to any Executive may be made (and if made, shall have no effect) on or following the “Closing Date”, as that term is defined in the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement among the Corporation and certain Investors dated March 16, 2008, without the express written consent of such Executive.
8. Except as herein expressly amended, the Tier I Plan shall continue in full force and effect.

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Exhibit 10.21
FIRST AMENDMENT
OF THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN (TIER II)
1. Section 14 of the Amended and Restated MoneyGram International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (Tier II) (the “Tier II Plan”) is hereby amended and restated, in its entirety, as follows:
     14.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION: This Plan may be amended or terminated by action of the Board. This Plan shall terminate with respect to an Executive if the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation determines that the Executive is no longer a key executive to be provided a severance agreement and so notifies the Executive by certified mail at least 30 days before participation in this Plan shall cease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment, termination or determination adverse in any manner to any Executive may be made (and if made, shall have no effect) on or following the “Closing Date”, as that term is defined in the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement among the Corporation and certain Investors dated March 16, 2008, without the express written consent of such Executive.
2. Except as herein expressly amended, the Tier II Plan shall continue in full force and effect.

 

Exhibit 99.1
(MONEYGRAM INTL LOGO)  
MoneyGram Completes Comprehensive Recapitalization with Investor Group
Led By Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. and Goldman Sachs
MINNEAPOLIS March 25, 2008 — MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE:MGI) today announced that it has successfully completed the transaction with an investment group (the “Investors”) led by Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (THL) and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Goldman Sachs), to provide for a comprehensive recapitalization of the Company. Components of the recapitalization include the following:
    The Investors, which include affiliates of THL and affiliates of Goldman Sachs, have purchased $760 million of Series B and Series B-1 Preferred Stock, convertible into 79% of the common equity of the Company at an initial conversion price of $2.50 per share.
    The Company has also received $500 million in debt financing from affiliates of Goldman Sachs.
    The Company has obtained an additional $250 million in senior debt financing and following completion of the transaction, has $100 million of revolving credit available under its previously existing $350 million credit agreement, which has been modified to provide for an extended term.
Philip W. Milne, President and Chief Executive Officer of MoneyGram, stated, “With the completion of this important transaction, MoneyGram now has the financial resources to support our customers and their growth plans. I want to thank our dedicated employees as well as our customers and agents for their confidence in MoneyGram during this difficult period.”
Mr. Milne continued, “The extension of our agreements with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and ACE Cash Express are very important developments for MoneyGram, underscoring the tremendous work of our team members to provide outstanding customer service and support. Our money transfer business continues to enjoy excellent growth and last month we surpassed a significant milestone by adding our 150,000 th agent location. Through our recently launched global branding and bilingual national advertising campaign, we continue to invest in our brand to deliver growth into the future.”
Also as a result of the completed transaction, the investors have appointed Scott L. Jaeckel and Seth W. Lawry, principals of THL, as members of the Company’s Board of Directors. Jess Hay, Albert M. Teplin and Othon Ruiz-Montemayor will continue as members of the Board, as will Mr. Milne, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Upon receipt of regulatory approval, THL is expected to appoint a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors.
Abou t MoneyGram International, Inc.
MoneyGram International, Inc. is a leading global payment services company. The company’s major products and services include global money transfers, money orders and payment processing solutions for financial institutions and retail customers. MoneyGram is a New York Stock Exchange listed company with approximately 150,000 global money transfer agent locations in 180 countries and territories. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.moneygram.com .

 


 

     
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Forward Looking Statements
The statements contained in this press release regarding MoneyGram International, Inc. that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements and are made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to: (a) our ability to satisfy our substantial dividend and debt service obligations, as well as covenant requirements in our new debt agreements; (b) our ability to obtain new material retail agent customer contracts and retain business from our existing significant agents and customers; (c) our ability to operate our Payment Systems segment profitably pursuant to our new official check strategy and portfolio realignment; (d) risks related to stockholder lawsuits and other litigation and governmental investigations of us or our agents which could result in material settlements, fines or penalties; (e) our ability to maintain existing or establish new banking relationships including our clearing bank relationships; (f) our ability to continue to compete effectively; (g) our ability to retain and attract key employees; (h) our ability to maintain sufficient capital and assets in order to pursue our growth strategy and fund key strategic initiatives, such as product development and acquisitions; (i) our ability to successfully and timely implement new or enhanced technology and infrastructure, delivery, methods and product and service offerings and to successfully scale our technology to match our growth; (j) our ability to manage credit and fraud risks risk related to our agents and third parties; (k) our ability to secure or enforce intellectual property protection and successfully defend against an intellectual property infringement action; (l) our ability and that of our agents to comply with the laws and regulations in the U.S. and abroad; (m) conducting money transfers in regions that are politically volatile and/or in a limited number of cases, subject to certain OFAC restrictions; (n) our ability to manage security risks related to our electronic processing and transmission of confidential customer information; (o) our ability to process and settle transactions accurately and efficiently without interruption of our network; (p) our ability to manage reputational damage to our brand due to the events leading to the recapitalization; (q) ability to manage risks related to opening of new retail locations and acquisition of businesses; (r) material slowdown or complete disruption in international migration patterns; (s) ability to maintain effective internal controls; (t) our significant recapitalization expenses and related expenses; (u) other factors more fully discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Actual results may differ materially from historical and anticipated results. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made, and MoneyGram undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date.
Contacts
For MoneyGram:
Media: Michael Fox, 203-682-8218 or Investors: Don Duffy, 203-682-8200
For Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.:
Kekst and Company, Jeffrey Taufield or Kimberly Kriger, 212-521-4800
For Goldman Sachs:
Andrea Raphael, 212-357-0025

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Exhibit 99.2
(MONEYGRAM INTL LOGO)  
MoneyGram International Announces Full Year 2007 Results
Files 2007 10-K Completes Comprehensive Recapitalization Agreement
MINNEAPOLIS, Mar 25, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE:MGI), today announced full year 2007 financial results and filed its 2007 Form 10-K. As previously announced, the Company successfully completed the transaction with an investment group (the “Investors”) led by Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (THL) and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Goldman Sachs), to provide for a comprehensive recapitalization of the Company.
The recapitalization included the purchase of $760 million of Series B and Series B-1 Preferred Stock, convertible into 79% of the common equity of the Company at an initial conversion price of $2.50 per share, by the Investors. The Company also received $500 million in debt financing from affiliates of Goldman Sachs and the Company obtained an additional $250 million in senior debt financing. Following completion of the transaction, the Company has $100 million of revolving credit available under its $350 million credit agreement.
Investors are urged to carefully read MoneyGram’s 2007 Form 10-K, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is posted on the Company’s website at www.moneygram.com, for a detailed description of the recapitalization and an analysis of Company’s 2007 financial performance. The limited information that follows in this press release is inadequate for making an informed investment judgment or for an evaluation of MoneyGram’s 2007 financial performance due to a number of significant items that have impacted the Company’s business.
The Company’s loss from continuing operations of ($1.07) billion, or loss per diluted share from continuing operations of ($12.94) compared to net income of $124 million, or $1.45 for the full year 2006. The fourth quarter 2007 loss from continuing operations was ($1.17) billion, or ($14.18) per diluted share, compared to net income of $26.4 million, or $0.31 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2006. Financial results from continuing operations include $1.2 billion of net securities losses resulting from the decline in the value of the Company’s investment portfolio.
Operating results from continuing operations for the fourth quarter and full year 2007 were affected by several significant items:
— During the fourth quarter of 2007 the Company recorded $1.2 billion of other-than-temporary impairments in its investment portfolio.
— Fee and other revenue increased 24 percent in the fourth quarter and 24 percent in the full year 2007, driven primarily by continued growth in money transfer transaction volume. Global Fund Transfer segment fee and other revenue grew 25 percent in the fourth quarter and 25 percent in 2007. Growth in money transfer fee and other revenue (including bill payment services) increased 28 percent over the prior year and continued to be in line with growth in money transfer transaction volume, which increased 27 percent during the year as a result of network expansion and targeted pricing initiatives.
— Expenses increased by 12 percent in the fourth quarter and 16 percent in full year 2007 driven primarily by increased transaction and operations support costs, increased headcount and increased infrastructure costs to support the growth of the money transfer business and increases in depreciation and amortization.
About MoneyGram International, Inc.
MoneyGram International, Inc. is a leading global payment services company. The company’s major products and services include global money transfers, money orders and payment processing solutions for financial institutions and retail customers. MoneyGram is a New York Stock Exchange listed company with approximately 150,000 global money transfer agent locations in 180 countries and territories. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.moneygram.com.

 


 

Forward Looking Statements
The statements contained in this press release regarding MoneyGram International, Inc. that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements and are made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to: (a) our ability to satisfy our substantial dividend and debt service obligations, as well as covenant requirements in our new debt agreements; (b) our ability to obtain new material retail agent customer contracts and retain business from our existing significant agents and customers; (c) our ability to operate our Payment Systems segment profitably pursuant to our new official check strategy and portfolio realignment; (d) risks related to stockholder lawsuits and other litigation and governmental investigations of us or our agents which could result in material settlements, fines or penalties; (e) our ability to maintain existing or establish new banking relationships including our clearing bank relationships; (f) our ability to continue to compete effectively; (g) our ability to retain and attract key employees; (h) our ability to maintain sufficient capital and assets in order to pursue our growth strategy and fund key strategic initiatives, such as product development and acquisitions; (i) our ability to successfully and timely implement new or enhanced technology and infrastructure, delivery, methods and product and service offerings and to successfully scale our technology to match our growth; (j) our ability to manage credit and fraud risks risk related to our agents and third parties; (k) our ability to secure or enforce intellectual property protection and successfully defend against an intellectual property infringement action; (l) our ability and that of our agents to comply with the laws and regulations in the U.S. and abroad; (m) conducting money transfers in regions that are politically volatile and/or in a limited number of cases, subject to certain OFAC restrictions; (n) our ability to manage security risks related to our electronic processing and transmission of confidential customer information; (o) our ability to process and settle transactions accurately and efficiently without interruption of our network; (p) our ability to manage reputational damage to our brand due to the events leading to the recapitalization; (q) ability to manage risks related to opening of new retail locations and acquisition of businesses; (r) material slowdown or complete disruption in international migration patterns; (s) ability to maintain effective internal controls; (t) our significant recapitalization expenses and related expenses; (u) other factors more fully discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Actual results may differ materially from historical and anticipated results. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made, and MoneyGram undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date.
SOURCE: MoneyGram International, Inc.
For MoneyGram International, Inc. Investor Relations:
Don Duffy, 203-682-8215
ir@moneygram.com