AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

Exhibit 99.6

$200,000,000

AMENDED AND RESTATED

REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

August 11, 2004

among

SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL
as Borrower,

The Lenders Party Hereto,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Administrative Agent,

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

CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH,

SOUTHWEST BANK OF TEXAS, N.A.,

and

MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,

and

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers

Andrews Kurth LLP
Counsel to the Administrative Agent

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SCHEDULES:

Schedule 1.01(a) — Non-Cash Recurring Charges
Schedule 1.01(b) — Material Subsidiaries
Schedule 2.01 — Commitments
Schedule 2.05 — Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.12 — Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.01 — Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 — Existing Liens
Schedule 6.05 — Existing Investments
Schedule 6.10 — Existing Restrictions

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A — Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B — Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

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AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of August 11, 2004, among
SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL;
the LENDERS party hereto;
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Administrative Agent;
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent; and
CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH,
SOUTHWEST BANK OF TEXAS, N.A., and
MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents.

     The Borrower has requested the Lenders to modify and amend that certain Credit Agreement dated as of July 24, 2002, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of December 6, 2002, as amended by Amendment No. 2 dated as of September 29, 2003 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent for the lenders and as collateral agent for the lenders, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent for the lenders and Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. and Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as co-documentation agents for the lenders. The Lenders and Agents have agreed to do so and all parties have agreed to execute this Agreement as evidence thereof. Following the execution hereof, this Agreement shall amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety.

     The proceeds of the Loans will be used to refinance outstanding amounts under the Existing Credit Agreement and for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. Letters of Credit will be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.

     The parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
Definitions

     SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

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

     “Accession Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(d).

     “Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

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

     “Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

     “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

     “Agents” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

     “Agreement” shall mean this Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.

     “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. 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 Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

     “Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Alternate Base Rate Loan or Eurodollar Loan or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “ABR Spread”, “Eurodollar Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, as of March 31, 2004):

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     For purposes of the foregoing, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided that the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1 (a) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (b) at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders if the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial statements are delivered.

     “Approved Fund” means (a) with respect to any Lender, a CLO managed by such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

     “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 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

     “Attributable Debt” means, with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the present value (computed in accordance with GAAP as if the obligations incurred in connection with such Sale and Leaseback Transaction were Capital Lease Obligations) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon payment of a penalty, the Attributable Debt shall be the lesser of (i) the Attributable Debt determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the Attributable Debt shall also include the amount of the penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) and (ii)

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the Attributable Debt determined assuming no such termination. Any determination of any rate implicit in the terms of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction made in accordance with generally accepted financial practices by the Borrower shall be binding and conclusive absent manifest error.

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

     “Borrower” means Service Corporation International, a Texas corporation.

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

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

     “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Houston, Texas are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

     “Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries that are (or would be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries during such period (other than any such Capital Lease Obligations that shall relate to assets acquired in transactions reflected in Capital Expenditures for any earlier period).

     “Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

     “Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing more than 25% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; (c) any event that gives holders of preferred Equity Interests or other securities issued pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan of the Borrower the right to purchase or to convert such securities into

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Equity Interests of the Borrower; or (d) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Borrower by any Person or group.

     “Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.14(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.

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

     “CLO” means any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender.

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

     “Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

     “Collateral Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Security Documents.

     “Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum permitted aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, in the Accession Agreement pursuant to which such Increasing Lender shall have extended or increased its Commitment or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $200,000,000.

     “Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period, (iv) any losses attributable to the prepayment or repurchase of publicly traded Indebtedness of the Borrower for such period, and (v) any extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash charges for such period, and any recurring non-cash charges of the sort described in Schedule 1.01(a) for such period; provided, however, that cash expenditures in respect of charges referred to in this clause (v) that are required to be paid shall be deducted in

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determining Consolidated EBITDA for the period during which such expenditures are made, provided that those payments made in connection with (A) the earn-out provisions set forth in the Los Parques S.A. Stock Purchase and Transfer Agreement dated as of December 21, 1998 in an amount not to exceed $51,700,000, and (B) in connection with escrowed funds in an amount not to exceed $135,000,000 related to the Menorah Gardens litigation matter and the ECI shareholder litigation matter shall not be deducted, and minus (b) without duplication and to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, (i) any extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash gains for such period and (ii) any gains attributable to the prepayment or repurchase of publicly traded Indebtedness of the Borrower for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. Upon the consummation of any acquisition by any Person of the assets or Equity Interests of any other Person, or the Disposition by such Person of any of its assets or the Disposition of its Equity Interests of any other Person, in each case to the extent such acquisition or Disposition involves consideration having a value equal to or greater than $20,000,000, the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person shall be adjusted on a pro forma basis to include, in the case of an acquisition, or exclude, in the case of a Disposition, the historical financial results attributable to such Equity Interests or assets; such adjustment to be made in a manner consistent with the regulations and practices of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whether or not applicable).

     “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the interest expense (including imputed interest expense in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

     “Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income or loss of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

     “Consolidated Revenue” means, for any period, the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP.

     “Consolidated Total Assets” means, on any date, the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, as such amount would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.

     “Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, on any date, the sum of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of such date.

     “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

     “Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

     “Dispose” means with respect to any property, to sell, lease, engage in a sale and leaseback with respect thereto, assign, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose thereof. The term “Disposition” shall have a correlative meaning.

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

     “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

     “Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

     “Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the presence, the management, Release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.

     “Environmental Liability” means all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs, (including administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise, arising out of or relating to (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

     “Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust (other than a Pre-Need Trust or a Perpetual Care Trust) or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.

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

     “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

     “ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to any Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any

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Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

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

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

     “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.18(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.16(a).

     “Existing Issuing Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity as issuing bank in respect of an Existing Letter of Credit.

     “Existing Letters of Credit” means the outstanding letters of credit set forth on Schedule 2.05.

     “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.

     “Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.

     “Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

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     “Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any of its territories or possessions or any political subdivision thereof.

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

     “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

     “Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation (other than accounts payable of any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (ii) any guaranty or other contingent liability, direct or indirect, with respect to bonds, indemnity agreements and similar arrangements provided to assure that the Borrower and the Subsidiaries will fully perform their obligations in respect of prearranged funeral and cemetery services and goods and/or construction of burial facilities.

     “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among the Borrower, the Material Subsidiaries and the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

     “Guarantee and Collateral Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:

          (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received from each Loan Party either (i) a counterpart of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Loan Party or (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the Effective Date, a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Loan Party;

          (b) all outstanding Equity Interests of any Material Subsidiary directly owned by any Loan Party at such time shall have been pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, and the Collateral Agent shall have received certificates representing all such Equity

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Interests (other than any uncertificated Equity Interests), together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, however, that in no event shall more than sixty-six percent (66%) of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of an issuer entitled to vote of a Foreign Subsidiary be pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;

          (c) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing, registration or recording; and

          (d) each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of all Security Documents to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder.

     “Hazardous Materials” means (a) petroleum products and byproducts, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances; or (b) any chemical, material, substance, waste, pollutant or contaminant that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to any Environmental Law.

     “Highest Lawful Rate” means, as to any Lender, the maximum non-usurious rate of interest, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the aggregate principal amount of all Loans under the laws of the United States of America and/or the laws of the State of Texas as may be applicable thereto and as applied in accordance with Section 9.09 and that are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed under such applicable law, which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum non-usurious interest rate than applicable law now allows.

     “Increasing Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(d).

     “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (k) all obligations, contingent or

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otherwise, of such Person in respect of Securitization Transactions and (l) all Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person. The Indebtedness of any Person (i) shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor, but (ii) shall not include any guaranty or other contingent liability, direct or indirect, with respect to bonds, indemnity agreements and similar arrangements provided to assure that the Borrower and the Subsidiaries will fully perform their obligations in respect of prearranged funeral and cemetery services and goods and/or construction of burial facilities.

     “Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

     “Indenture Basket Amount” means, on any date, an amount equal to 10% of consolidated net worth (as such term is defined in the Indentures) on such date minus the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate amount of the Loans outstanding on such date, (b) the aggregate LC Exposure on such date and (c) the aggregate amount of all other indebtedness and other obligations (as such terms are defined in the Indentures) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries secured by Liens on assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary on such date (excluding, in the case of the foregoing clauses (b) and (c), indebtedness and other obligations permitted to be incurred under any carveout (other than any 10% consolidated net worth basket or 10% consolidated asset basket) set forth in the “limitation on liens” covenant (or any similar covenant) in each of the Indentures).

     “Indentures” means each indenture (including any supplemental indentures entered into pursuant to the terms thereof) to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party governing the terms of any outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

     “Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated July 2004 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.

     “Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.

     “Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any Alternate Base Rate Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.

     “Interest Period” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or seven or fourteen days thereafter if deposits of such maturity are available to all the Lenders), as the Borrower may elect; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such

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Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

     “Issuing Bank Agreement” means an agreement in form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent pursuant to which a Lender agrees to act as an Issuing Bank.

     “Issuing Banks” means JPMorgan Chase Bank and each other Lender that has entered into an Issuing Bank Agreement, each in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.05(i). The term “Issuing Banks” shall also mean the Existing Issuing Bank solely as such term is used in reference to the Existing Letters of Credit. Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

     “Last Determined Minimum Net Worth” means the amount of the minimum Net Worth as required pursuant to Section 6.15 and determined from the most recently delivered compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c). For purposes of the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2004, the amount of the Last Determined Minimum Net Worth shall be $1,400,000,000.

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

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

     “Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Accession Agreement or an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.

     “Letter of Credit” means the Existing Letters of Credit and any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

     “Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of such date (net of all unencumbered cash and Permitted Investments set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of such date in excess of

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$25,000,000) to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on such date.

     “LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow Jones Market Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) 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.

     “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

     “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any letter of credit applications referred to in Section 2.05(a) or (b), any promissory notes delivered pursuant to Section 2.09(e) and the Security Documents.

     “Loan Parties” means the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries.

     “Loans” means the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

     “Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as defined in Regulation U of the Board.

     “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, properties, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their material obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

     “Material Foreign Subsidiary” (collectively, “Material Foreign Subsidiaries”) means, at any time, a Foreign Subsidiary the aggregate revenues of which (determined on a consolidated basis) equal or exceed 10% of Consolidated Revenues, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, as of March 31, 2004) and for the period of four fiscal quarters then ended.

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     “Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.

     “Material Subsidiaries” means all Domestic Subsidiaries and Material Foreign Subsidiaries.

     “Maturity Date” means August 31, 2007.

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

     “Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds, and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to Persons other than Affiliates in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) and other obligations secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, and the amount of any reserves established by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case in respect of the year that such event occurred and that are directly attributable to such event (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts referred to in subclauses (ii) and (iii) of clause (a) of the preceding sentence will be deemed to constitute Net Proceeds received by the Borrower or a Subsidiary only if such amounts shall not have been applied within 180 days to repair or replace the assets in respect of which such amounts shall have been paid or for related purposes.

     “Net Worth” means, in relation to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower less total liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

     “Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

     “Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, documentary, excise, recording, transfer, sales, property or similar taxes, charges or levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.

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

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

     “Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition (by merger or otherwise) by the Borrower or a Material Subsidiary of all or substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person, if (a) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) the business of such acquired Person, or such acquired business, is reasonably related to the business of the Borrower on the date hereof and ninety percent (90%) of such acquired Person’s revenues are derived from the United States of America or Canada (except that acquisitions outside the United States and Canada may constitute Permitted Acquisitions to the extent that the aggregate consideration paid by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in all such acquisitions does not exceed $10,000,000), (c) the Guarantee and Collateral Requirement shall be satisfied within 30 days (or such longer period as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent) after such acquisition with respect to each such Material Subsidiary (with the Material Subsidiaries being determined giving pro forma effect to such acquisition), (d) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition, with Sections 6.12, 6.13, 6.14 and 6.15, to the extent then applicable, as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of the relevant period for testing compliance with such Section, (e) such acquisition has been approved by all necessary corporate and other action by the Person so acquired or the Person selling the assets or other property so acquired by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary and (f) in the case of any acquisition in which the aggregate consideration paid by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries exceeds $10,000,000, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate to the effect set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, together with all financial information requested by the Administrative Agent relating to the Person or assets acquired and reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating satisfaction of the requirement set forth in clause (d) above.

     “Permitted Asset Disposition” means any Disposition (including any loss, destruction or condemnation) of any property or asset of the Borrower, other than Dispositions permitted under paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Section 6.06.

     “Permitted Encumbrances” means:

          (a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

          (b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

          (c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;

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          (d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

          (e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII; and

          (f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.

     “Permitted Investments” means:

          (a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America or Canada (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America or Canada), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

          (b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a rating of A2 or better by S&P, P2 or better by Moody’s, or R1 “mid” or better by The Dominion Bond Rating Service;

          (c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits (including eurodollar deposits) maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any Lender or any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or Canada or any State or Province thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

          (d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;

          (e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P or Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000;

          (f) investments in corporate debt securities (including loan participations) that (i) mature within 60 days from the date of acquisition, and (ii) are rated BBB or better by S&P or Baa2 or better by Moody’s at the date of acquisition;

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          (g) investments in municipal securities or auction rate securities that are rated AA or better by S&P or Aa or better by Moody’s, provided that the Borrower has the right to put such securities back to the issuer or seller thereof at least once every 60 days; and

          (h) other investments in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time by Foreign Subsidiaries in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits (or other substantially similar investments) maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts (or other substantially similar deposit accounts) issued or offered by, any foreign commercial bank that does not meet the capital, surplus and profit requirements set forth in clause (c) of this definition.

     “Perpetual Care Trust” means a trust established to provide perpetual care or maintenance for any cemetery, mausoleum or columbarium.

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

     “Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, and in respect of which the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

     “Pre-Need Trust” means a trust established to hold funds related to the purchase of funeral or cemetery goods or services on a pre-need basis.

     “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank (or any successor Administrative Agent appointed or chosen pursuant to Article VIII hereof) as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

     “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.

     “Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture.

     “Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time.

     “Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking

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fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests.

     “Revolving Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) the Maturity Date and (b) the date of termination of the Commitments.

     “Revolving Borrowing” means a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans.

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

     “Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.

     “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement whereby the Borrower or a Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease from the buyer or transferee of the sold or transferred property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred; provided that any such sale of any fixed or capital assets that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the cost of such fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 90 days after the acquisition or completion of the fixed or capital asset shall not be deemed to be a Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

     “Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

     “Securitization Transaction” means any transfer by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of accounts receivable or interests therein (a) to a trust, partnership, corporation or other entity, which transfer is funded in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by the incurrence or issuance by the transferee or any successor transferee of Indebtedness or securities that are to receive payments from, or that represent interests in, the cash flow derived from such accounts receivable or interests, or (b) directly to one or more investors or other purchasers. The amount of any Securitization Transaction shall be deemed at any time to be the aggregate principal or stated amount of the Indebtedness or securities referred to in the preceding sentence or, if there shall be no such principal or stated amount, the uncollected amount of the accounts receivable transferred pursuant to such Securitization Transaction net of any such accounts receivable that have been written off as uncollectible.

     “Security Documents” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other instrument or document delivered pursuant to Section 5.08, 5.10 or 5.11 to secure any of the Obligations.

     “Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is

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subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. 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.

     “subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, cooperative or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

     “Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that no Person shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary if such Person is a subsidiary of the Borrower only because such Person’s accounts are consolidated with those of the Borrower in the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements because such Person is considered to be a “variable interest entity” (as such term is defined in Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46) with respect to the Borrower.

     “Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates or prices for one or more currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

     “Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.

     “Swingline Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

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

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

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     “Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product where the transaction is considered indebtedness for borrowed money for Federal income tax reporting purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP for financial reporting purposes.

     “Synthetic Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any Synthetic Lease, at any time, an amount equal to the present value (computed in accordance with GAAP as if such Synthetic Lease Obligations were Capital Lease Obligations) of the sum of (a) all remaining rental or other payment obligations of the lessee or party obtaining financing under such Synthetic Lease and, without duplication, (b) all rental and purchase price payment obligations under such Synthetic Lease assuming the lessee or party obtaining financing exercises the option to purchase the leased property at the end of the lease term.

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

     “Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of the Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof, the obtaining and use of the Letters of Credit, the creation of the Liens provided for in the Security Documents and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

     “Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

     “Uncertificated Subsidiaries” is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

     “Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

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

     SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s

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successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

     SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

ARTICLE II
The Credits

     SECTION 2.01 Commitments. Each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (ii) the Indenture Basket Amount being less than zero. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

     SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings.

          (a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

          (b) Subject to Section 2.13, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Alternate Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided that all Borrowings made on the Effective Date must be made as Alternate Base Rate Borrowings. Each Swingline Loan shall be an Alternate Base Rate Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

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          (c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000. At the time that each Alternate Base Rate Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Alternate Base Rate Revolving Borrowing or a Swingline Loan Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total applicable Commitments and, if in an amount not less than the applicable minimum amount specified above, may be in the amount that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e), notwithstanding that such amount is not an integral multiple of $1,000,000 or $500,000, as applicable. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.

          (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

     SECTION 2.03 Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an Alternate Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an Alternate Base Rate Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

     (i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

     (ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

     (iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an Alternate Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

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

     (v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account maintained with the Administrative Agent to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.

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If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an Alternate Base Rate Borrowing. If no election as to the Class of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be a Revolving Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

     SECTION 2.04 Swingline Loans .

          (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $25,000,000; (ii) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the aggregate Commitments; or (iii) the Indenture Basket Amount being less than zero; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

          (b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 1:00 p.m., Houston, Texas time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., Houston, Texas time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

          (c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including 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. Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds,

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in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline 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 Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline 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 Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.

     SECTION 2.05 Letters of Credit .

          (a) 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 form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Banks, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. The Existing Letters of Credit will, for all purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to have been issued hereunder on the Effective Date and will, for all purposes of this Agreement, constitute Letters of Credit. On the Effective Date, (i) any fronting fees provided for in the agreements under which the Existing Letters of Credit were issued shall cease to accrue and shall be replaced by the fronting fee provided for in Section 2.11(b) (it being understood that any other fees referred to in Section 2.11(b) that shall have been agreed upon by the Borrower or a Subsidiary and the Existing Issuing Bank shall continue to apply, but that no new issuance fee will be charged in connection with the deemed issuance of any Existing Letter of Credit on the Effective Date), and (ii) any collateral that prior to the Effective Date shall have secured the obligations of the Borrower in connection with any Existing Letter of Credit (but not any Collateral securing such obligations under the Security Documents) shall be automatically released.

          (b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Banks) to the Issuing Banks 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

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Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by any Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit; provided that any provisions in any such letter of credit application that create Liens securing the obligations of the Borrower thereunder or that are inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement shall be of no force or effect. 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 (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $175,000,000, (ii) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the aggregate Commitments, and (iii) the Indenture Basket Amount shall not be less than zero. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Existing Letter of Credit may be amended, renewed or extended.

          (c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.

          (d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, each Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage 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 each Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) 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.

          (e) Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank 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 11:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 9:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 9:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such

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notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than the applicable minimum borrowing amount, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04 that such payment be financed with an Alternate Base Rate Revolving Borrowing or Swingline 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 Alternate Base Rate Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Borrower fails to make such payment 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 Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank 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 such Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse any Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of Alternate Base Rate Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

          (f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) 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 (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, or 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 Issuing Banks; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Banks from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by any Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when

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determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), each Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, each Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

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

          (h) Interim Interest. If any Issuing Bank 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 to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to Alternate Base Rate Revolving Loans; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.12(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of such Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

          (i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. Each Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of such Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.11(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of any Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

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          (j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the earlier of (i) the third Business Day after the Borrower shall receive notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph and (ii) the date on which the maturity of the Loans shall be accelerated, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the 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 Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. 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 investment shall be in Permitted Investments and shall be made in the 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 each Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the 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 Exposures 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 under this paragraph, then (i) if the maturity of the Loans has not been accelerated and the LC Exposure shall be reduced to an amount below the amount so deposited, the Administrative Agent will return to the Borrower any excess of the amount so deposited over the LC Exposure and (ii) such amount (to the extent not applied as provided above in this paragraph) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

     SECTION 2.06 Funding of Borrowings.

          (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 11:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that Alternate Base Rate Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.

          (b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with

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paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Alternate Base Rate Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. It is agreed that no payment by the Borrower under this paragraph will be subject to any break-funding payment under Section 2.15.

     SECTION 2.07 Interest Elections .

          (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Loan Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

          (b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.

          (c) Each telephonic and written Interest Elec