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1 FORM 10-Q SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the Quarterly Period Ended October 1, 2000 Commission File Number 1-6714 ------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 53-0182885 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1150 15th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20071 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (202) 334-6000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X . No . ------ ----- Shares outstanding at November 1, 2000: Class A Common Stock 1,739,250 Shares Class B Common Stock 7,709,250 Shares

2 THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY INDEX TO FORM 10-Q PAGE PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION Item 1. Financial Statements Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) for the Thirteen and Thirty-nine Weeks Ended October 1, 2000 and October 3, 1999................................................................................3 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) for the Thirteen and Thirty-nine Weeks Ended October 1, 2000 and October 3, 1999................................................................................4 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at October 1, 2000 (Unaudited) and January 2, 2000.............................................5 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the Thirty-nine Weeks Ended October 1, 2000 and October 3, 1999............................................................6 Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)....................................................................................7 Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition............................................................12 PART II. OTHER INFORMATION Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K..........................................................................22 Signatures ..........................................................................................................24 Exhibit 11 Exhibit 27 (Electronic Filing Only)

3 PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION Item 1. Financial Statements The Washington Post Company Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) Thirteen Weeks Ended Thirty-nine Weeks Ended -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- October 1, October 3, October 1, October 3, (In thousands, except per share amounts) 2000 1999 2000 1999 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Operating revenues Advertising $ 338,428 $ 311,891 $ 1,010,807 $ 953,494 Circulation and subscriber 151,144 147,016 447,639 431,301 Education 99,428 67,522 240,261 174,824 Other 13,452 13,151 42,057 57,552 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 602,452 539,580 1,740,764 1,617,171 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Operating costs and expenses Operating 340,733 293,948 953,031 874,765 Selling, general and administrative 131,206 118,198 405,332 351,546 Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 30,019 26,265 87,043 76,687 Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles 15,937 14,813 45,430 43,857 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 517,895 453,224 1,490,836 1,346,855 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Income from operations 84,557 86,356 249,928 270,316 Other income (expense) Equity in losses of affiliates, net (8,890) (59) (29,666) (1,839) Interest income 228 186 726 646 Interest expense (14,617) (6,473) (39,757) (18,728) Other 238 8,279 (5,169) 23,893 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Income before income taxes 61,516 88,289 176,062 274,288 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Provision for income taxes 28,000 36,600 77,300 109,500 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Net income 33,516 51,689 98,762 164,788 Redeemable preferred stock dividends (263) (237) (1,026) (950) ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Net income available for common shares $ 33,253 $ 51,452 $ 97,736 $ 163,838 =========== =========== =========== =========== Basic earnings per common share $ 3.52 $ 5.12 $ 10.35 $ 16.25 =========== =========== =========== =========== Diluted earnings per common share $ 3.51 $ 5.10 $ 10.33 $ 16.18 =========== =========== =========== =========== Dividends declared per common share $ 1.35 $ 1.30 $ 5.40 $ 5.20 =========== =========== =========== =========== Basic average number of common shares outstanding 9,448 10,060 9,443 10,085 Diluted average number of common shares outstanding 9,463 10,101 9,459 10,127

4 The Washington Post Company Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) Thirteen Weeks Ended Thirty-nine Weeks Ended --------------------------- ---------------------------- October 1, October 3, October 1, October 3, (In thousands) 2000 1999 2000 1999 -------- -------- -------- -------- Net income $ 33,516 $ 51,689 $ 98,762 $ 164,788 --------- --------- --------- --------- Other comprehensive income (loss) Foreign currency translation adjustment (2,266) 811 (3,445) (2,536) Change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities 30,296 (42,480) 1,876 (60,167) Less: reclassification adjustment for realized gains included in net income - (11,430) (197) (11,996) --------- --------- --------- --------- 28,030 (53,099) (1,766) (74,699) Income tax (expense) benefit related to other comprehensive loss (11,757) 21,025 (564) 28,138 --------- --------- --------- --------- 16,273 (32,074) (2,330) (46,561) --------- --------- --------- --------- Comprehensive income $ 49,789 $ 19,615 $ 96,432 $ 118,227 ========= ========= ========= =========

5 The Washington Post Company Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets October 1, 2000 January 2, (unaudited) 2000 ----------- ---------- Assets Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 29,759 $ 75,479 Investments in marketable equity securities 19,441 37,228 Accounts receivable, net 315,449 270,264 Federal and state income taxes receivable 30,738 48,597 Inventories 33,074 13,890 Other current assets 33,603 30,701 ----------- ----------- 462,064 476,159 Property, plant and equipment Buildings 258,754 249,957 Machinery, equipment and fixtures 1,174,922 1,081,787 Leasehold improvements 63,362 53,048 ----------- ----------- 1,497,038 1,384,792 Less accumulated depreciation (716,450) (626,899) ----------- ----------- 780,588 757,893 Land 37,893 37,301 Construction in progress 77,050 59,712 ----------- ----------- 895,531 854,906 Investments in marketable equity securities 190,009 165,784 Investments in affiliates 125,636 140,669 Goodwill and other intangibles, less accumulated amortization 1,008,866 886,060 Prepaid pension cost 383,032 337,818 Deferred charges and other assets 160,476 125,548 ----------- ----------- $ 3,225,614 $ 2,986,944 =========== =========== Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity Current liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 287,348 $ 254,105 Deferred subscription revenue 82,798 80,766 Dividends declared 13,000 -- Short-term borrowings 125,000 487,677 ----------- ----------- 508,146 822,548 Other liabilities 314,388 273,110 Deferred income taxes 149,491 114,003 Long-term debt 811,018 397,620 ----------- ----------- 1,783,043 1,607,281 ----------- ----------- Redeemable preferred stock 13,148 11,873 ----------- ----------- Preferred stock -- -- ----------- ----------- Common shareholders' equity Common stock 20,000 20,000 Capital in excess of par value 124,883 108,867 Retained earnings 2,816,433 2,769,676 Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment (8,334) (4,889) Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities 6,384 5,269 Cost of Class B common stock held in treasury (1,529,943) (1,531,133) ----------- ----------- 1,429,423 1,367,790 ----------- ----------- $ 3,225,614 $ 2,986,944 =========== ===========

6 The Washington Post Company Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) Thirty-nine Weeks Ended ------------------------- October 1, October 3, (In thousands) 2000 1999 -------- -------- Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 98,762 $ 164,788 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 87,043 76,687 Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles 45,430 43,857 Net pension benefit (45,000) (63,000) Gain on sale of marketable equity securities (4,900) (36,174) Provision for deferred income taxes 26,222 9,335 Equity in losses of affiliates, net of distributions 29,666 1,839 Change in assets and liabilities: Increase in accounts receivable, net (31,263) (25,179) Increase in inventories (19,184) (2,196) Increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities 27,174 7,337 Decrease in income taxes receivable 20,037 16,487 Decrease (increase) in other assets and other liabilities, net 25,939 (18,247) Other (4,469) 11,830 --------- --------- Net cash provided by operating activities 255,457 187,364 --------- --------- Cash flows from investing activities: Net proceeds from sale of business 1,000 2,000 Purchases of property, plant and equipment (108,585) (92,198) Investments in certain businesses (197,061) (48,491) Proceeds from sale of marketable securities 6,287 51,820 Purchase of marketable securities -- (23,332) Other (14,879) (10,456) --------- --------- Net cash used in investing activities (313,238) (120,657) --------- --------- Cash flows from financing activities: Principal payments on debt -- (387,740) Issuance of debt 47,306 397,425 Dividends paid (39,006) (40,034) Common shares repurchased (253) (36,083) Proceeds from exercise of stock options 4,014 4,304 --------- --------- Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 12,061 (62,128) --------- --------- Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (45,720) 4,579 Beginning cash and cash equivalents 75,479 15,190 --------- --------- Ending cash and cash equivalents $ 29,759 $ 19,769 ========= =========

7 The Washington Post Company Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) Results of operations, when examined on a quarterly basis, reflect the seasonality of advertising that affects the newspaper, magazine and broadcasting operations. Advertising revenues in the second and fourth quarters are typically higher than first and third quarter revenues. All adjustments reflected in the interim financial statements are of a normal recurring nature. Note 1: Acquisitions and Dispositions Acquisitions. During the first nine months of 2000, the company acquired Quest Education Corporation (on August 2, 2000) for approximately $177.7 million, including assumed debt and related acquisition expenses, and two cable systems serving approximately 8,500 subscribers in South Sioux City, NE (in June 2000) and Diamondhead, MS (in August 2000) for approximately $16.2 million. The acquisition of Quest Education Corporation (Quest) was completed through an all cash tender offer in which the company purchased substantially all the outstanding stock of Quest for $18.35 per share. The acquisition was financed through the issuance of additional short-term borrowings. The operating results of Quest from the date of acquisition have been included in the Education segment. Quest, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., is a leading provider of post-secondary education, currently serving more than 13,400 students in 30 schools located in 11 states. Quest's schools offer bachelor degrees, associate degrees, and diploma programs designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to qualify them for entry-level employment, primarily in the fields of health care, business and information technology. During the first nine months of 1999, the company acquired various businesses for approximately $48.5 million, including an accredited distance education institute that offers degrees in paralegal studies and legal nurse consulting, a provider of test preparation services for the United States Medical Licensing Exam, and a leading producer of interactive testing and certification programs for information technology professionals. Dispositions. There were no business dispositions during the first nine months of 2000. In June 1999, the company sold the assets of Legi-Slate, Inc. No significant gain or loss arose from the sale. Note 2: Investments in Marketable Securities Investments in marketable equity securities at October 1, 2000 and January 2, 2000 consist of the following (in thousands): October 1, January 2, 2000 2000 -------- ---------- Total cost $199,123 $194,364 Gross unrealized gains 10,327 8,648 -------- -------- Total fair value $209,450 $203,012 ======== ======== During the third quarter and first nine months of 2000, proceeds from sales of marketable equity securities were $0.7 million and $6.3 million, respectively. Gross realized gains on such sales were $0.6 million and $4.9 million, respectively. During the third quarter and first nine months of 1999, proceeds from sales of marketable equity securities were $24.4 million and $51.8 million, respectively. Gross realized gains on such sales were $19.2 million and $36.2 million,

8 respectively. Gross realized gains upon the sale of marketable equity securities are included in "Other, net" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Note 3: Borrowings During the third quarter and first nine months of 2000, the company had average borrowings outstanding of approximately $883.2 million and $845.3 million, respectively, at average interest rates of approximately 6.4 percent and 6.0 percent, respectively. During the third quarter and first nine months of 1999, the company had average borrowings outstanding of approximately $446.4 million and $441.9 million, respectively, at average interest rates of approximately 5.7 percent and 5.6 percent, respectively. The company's borrowings outstanding at October 1, 2000 consist of $400.0 million 5.5 percent unsecured notes due February 15, 2009 and $536.0 million in commercial paper borrowings. At October 1, 2000, the company has classified $411.0 million of its commercial paper borrowings as long-term debt in its condensed consolidated balance sheet as the company has the ability and intent to finance such borrowings on a long-term basis under its credit agreements. During the first nine months of 2000 and 1999, the company incurred interest costs on borrowings of $38.4 million and $18.6 million, respectively, of which $1.7 million was capitalized in 1999. No significant interest costs were capitalized in 2000. Interest costs for construction and upgrade of qualifying assets are capitalized. On September 20, 2000, the company added to its existing $500 million revolving credit facility with a one-year $250 million revolving credit facility. The primary purpose of the company's revolving credit facilities is to support the issuance of commercial paper borrowings. Under the terms of the $250 million revolving credit facility, interest on borrowings are at floating rates, and the company is required to pay a variable facility fee, ranging from 0.03 percent to 0.05 percent per annum, on the used and unused portion of the facility. The credit facility also contains certain covenants, including a financial covenant that the company maintain at least $850.0 million of consolidated shareholder's equity.

9 Note 4: Business Segments. The following table summarizes financial information related to each of the company's business segments. The 2000 and 1999 asset information is as of October 1, 2000 and January 2, 2000. Third Quarter Period - -------------------- (in thousands) Other Businesses Newspaper Television Magazine Cable and Corporate Publishing Broadcasting Publishing Television Education Office Consolidated ---------- ------------ ---------- ---------- ------------- -------------- ------------ 2000 - ---- Operating revenues $227,634 $ 88,857 $ 95,911 $ 90,622 $ 99,428 $ - $ 602,452 Income (loss) from operations $ 34,994 $ 41,906 $ 4,577 $ 15,923 $ (6,668) $ (6,175) $ 84,557 Equity in losses of affiliates (8,890) Interest expense, net (14,389) Other income, net 238 ---------- Income before income taxes $ 61,516 ========== Depreciation expense $ 9,683 $ 3,335 $ 1,270 $ 11,945 $ 3,786 $ - $ 30,019 Amortization expense $ 389 $ 3,534 $ 1,697 $ 7,401 $ 2,916 $ - $ 15,937 Pension credit (expense) $ 4,572 $ 1,346 $ 9,001 $ (170) $ (172) $ - $ 14,577 Identifiable assets $714,847 $437,394 $438,543 $729,951 $466,895 $ 102,898 $2,890,528 Investments in marketable equity securities 209,450 Investments in affiliates 125,636 ---------- Total assets $3,225,614 ========== Other Businesses Newspaper Television Magazine Cable and Corporate Publishing Broadcasting Publishing Television Education Office Consolidated ---------- ------------ ---------- ---------- ------------- ----- ------------ 1999 - ---- Operating revenues $212,459 $ 76,677 $ 91,850 $ 84,799 $ 73,795 $ - $ 539,580 Income (loss) from operations $ 38,738 $ 34,166 $ 15,156 $ 17,584 $(13,674) $ (5,614) $ 86,356 Equity in losses of affiliates (59) Interest expense, net (6,287) Other expense, net 8,279 --------- Income before income taxes $ 88,289 ========= Depreciation expense $ 8,659 $ 2,958 $ 1,219 $ 10,816 $ 2,505 $ 108 $ 26,265 Amortization expense $ 388 $ 3,570 $ 1,478 $ 7,501 $ 1,876 $ - $ 14,813 Pension credit (expense) $ 7,200 $ 2,246 $ 12,212 $ (149) $ (151) $ (14) $ 21,344 Identifiable assets $672,609 $444,372 $409,404 $718,230 $265,960 $132,688 $2,643,263 Investments in marketable equity securities 203,012 Investments in affiliates 140,669 --------- Total assets $2,986,944 =========

10 Nine Month Period - ----------------- (in thousands) Other Businesses Newspaper Television Magazine Cable and Corporate Publishing Broadcasting Publishing Television Education Office Consolidated ---------- ------------ ---------- ---------- ------------- -------------- ------------ 2000 - ---- Operating revenues $680,448 $ 257,017 $ 296,225 $ 266,813 $ 240,261 $ - $ 1,740,764 Income (loss) from operations $108,456 $ 117,050 $ 28,012 $ 46,652 $ (32,650) $ (17,592) $ 249,928 Equity in losses of affiliates (29,666) Interest expense, net (39,031) Other expense, net (5,169) ----------- Income before income taxes $ 176,062 =========== Depreciation expense $ 28,739 $ 9,676 $ 3,847 $ 35,525 $ 9,256 $ - $ 87,043 Amortization expense $ 1,170 $ 10,601 $ 5,091 $ 22,204 $ 6,364 $ - $ 45,430 Pension credit (expense) $ 13,715 $ 4,037 $ 27,004 $ (510) $ (516) $ - $ 43,730 Other Businesses Newspaper Television Magazine Cable and Corporate Publishing Broadcasting Publishing Television Education Office Consolidated ---------- ------------ ---------- ---------- -------------- -------------- ------------ 1999 - ---- Operating revenues $ 641,211 $ 247,995 $ 283,152 $ 248,718 $ 192,252 $ 3,843 $ 1,617,171 Income (loss) from operations $ 114,729 $ 114,536 $ 41,845 $ 47,975 $ (28,010) $ (20,759) $ 270,316 Equity in losses of affiliates (1,839) Interest expense, net (18,082) Other income, net 23,893 ----------- Income before income taxes $ 274,288 =========== Depreciation expense $ 25,235 $ 8,571 $ 3,726 $ 32,325 $ 6,510 $ 320 $ 76,687 Amortization expense $ 1,147 $ 10,689 $ 4,434 $ 22,394 $ 5,193 $ - $ 43,857 Pension credit (expense) $ 21,600 $ 6,738 $ 36,636 $ (447) $ (453) $ (42) $ 64,032 Newspaper publishing includes the publication of newspapers in the Washington, D.C. area (The Washington Post and the Gazette community newspapers) and Everett, Washington (The Everett Herald). This business division also includes newsprint warehousing, recycling operations and the company's electronic media publishing business (primarily washingtonpost.com). Television broadcasting operations are conducted through six VHF, network-affiliated television stations serving the Detroit, Houston, Miami, San Antonio, Orlando and Jacksonville television markets. The magazine publishing division consists of the publication of a weekly news magazine, Newsweek, which has one domestic and three international editions, the publication of Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, and the publication of business periodicals for the computer services industry and the Washington-area technology community. Cable television operations consist of over 50 cable systems offering basic cable and pay television services to 735,700 subscribers in midwestern, western, and southern states. Educational products and services are provided through the company's wholly-owned subsidiary Kaplan, Inc. Kaplan's five major lines of businesses include Test Preparation and Admissions, providing test preparation services for college and graduate school entrance exams; Quest Education Corporation, a provider of post-secondary education offering bachelor degrees, associate degrees and diploma programs primarily in the fields of health care, business and information technology; Kaplan Professional, providing education services to business people and other professionals; SCORE!, offering multi-media learning and private tutoring to children in kindergarten through twelfth grade; and Kaplancollege.com, Kaplan's distance learning business, including Concord University School of Law, the country's first online law school.

11 Other businesses and corporate office for 2000 includes the expenses of the company's corporate office. Through the first half of 1999, the other businesses and corporate office segment also includes the result of Legi-Slate, Inc., which was sold in June 1999.

12 ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION This analysis should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. Revenues and expenses in the first and third quarters are customarily lower than those in the second and fourth quarters because of significant seasonal fluctuations in advertising volume. For that reason, the results of operations for each quarter are compared with those of the corresponding quarter in the preceding year. THIRD QUARTER COMPARISONS Net income for the third quarter of 2000 was $33.5 million ($3.51 per share), a decrease of $18.2 million, or 35 percent, from net income of $51.7 million ($5.10 per share) in the third quarter last year. The decline in third quarter earnings was primarily caused by increased costs associated with the development of new businesses (impact of $4.0 million or $0.53 per share), higher interest expense (impact of $4.9 million or $0.54 per share), a reduced pension credit (impact of $3.6 million or $0.30 per share) and lower earnings at the magazine publishing division (impact of $4.5 million or $0.46 per share). These declines were offset in part by higher operating income at the company's television broadcasting operations. In addition, the third quarter of 1999 included gains from the sale of marketable equity securities which did not recur in 2000 (impact of $3.7 million or $0.35 per share). Revenue for the third quarter of 2000 was $602.5 million, up 12 percent from $539.6 million in 1999. Advertising and circulation and subscriber revenues increased 9 percent and 3 percent, respectively, as compared to last year. Education revenues increased 47 percent over 1999. The increase in advertising revenues is primarily attributable to the contribution of political and Olympic advertising at the company's television broadcasting subsidiary, as well as advertising gains at The Washington Post newspaper, Newsweek magazine and washingtonpost.com. The increase in circulation and subscriber revenues is primarily attributable to higher subscriber revenues at Cable One, mainly due to rate increases established to offset the rising cost of programming. Approximately 75 percent of the growth in education revenue is attributable to acquisitions (principally Quest -- acquired August 2, 2000). The remaining increase in education revenue is due to growth at Score! and higher sales at Kaplan, Inc.'s test preparation division. Costs and expenses for the third quarter of 2000 increased 14 percent to $517.9 million, from $453.2 million in the third quarter of 1999. The increase in costs and expenses is attributable to acquisitions completed after September 1999, increased spending for

13 new business initiatives, higher depreciation expense and a lower pension credit. The increased spending for new business initiatives occurred mainly at Kaplan, Inc., and Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. At Kaplan, new business spending was focused on the build-out of various distance learning websites (including kaptest.com and kaplancollege.com) and the marketing and expansion of Score! Educational Centers. In addition, Kaplan continued the development and marketing of eScore.com, an educational services website designed to help parents with the academic advancement of their children. At Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, increased spending was dedicated principally to marketing and sales initiatives. The increase in depreciation expense is mainly due to capital spending at Cable One, The Washington Post, and Kaplan. The company's operating expenses for the third quarter of 2000 were reduced by $15.0 million of pension credits, compared to $21.0 million during the third quarter of 1999. The decline in the 2000 pension credit is mostly attributable to lower investment returns generated by pension funds in 1999. Operating income declined 2 percent to $84.6 million from $86.4 million in 1999. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING. At the newspaper division, revenues increased 7 percent in the third quarter of 2000 to $227.6 million; division operating income for the third quarter declined 10 percent to $35.0 million. The overall decline in division operating income is attributable to increased spending for the marketing and advancement of washingtonpost.com, lower pension credits and higher newsprint expense, offset in part by higher print and on-line advertising revenues. Newsprint expense increased 21 percent in the third quarter of 2000 mostly due to price increases. Print advertising revenues at The Washington Post newspaper increased 6 percent for the third quarter of 2000, due principally to rate increases. Advertising volume at The Washington Post totaled 814,100 inches in the third quarter of 2000, up 1 percent from 806,900 inches in the third quarter of 1999. Online advertising revenues increased approximately 130 percent. For the third quarter of 2000, Post daily and Sunday circulation declined 1.5 percent as compared to the third quarter of 1999. TELEVISION BROADCASTING. Revenues at the broadcast division totaled $88.9 million for the third quarter of 2000, a 16 percent increase over the third quarter of 1999. Division operating income for the quarter totaled $41.9 million, an increase of 23 percent over the prior year. Political and Olympics advertising in the third quarter

14 of 2000 totaled approximately $16 million, accounting for most of the improvement in the 2000 operating results. MAGAZINE PUBLISHING. Revenues at the magazine division were $95.9 million for the third quarter of 2000, a 4 percent increase over the third quarter of 1999; division operating income for the third quarter of 2000 declined 70 percent to $4.6 million. The 70 percent decline in third quarter operating results occurred primarily at Newsweek, where reduced pension credits and higher subscription acquisition costs outpaced improvements in domestic and international edition advertising revenues. CABLE TELEVISION. At the cable division, third quarter 2000 revenues of $90.6 million were 7 percent higher than 1999; division cash flow (operating income excluding depreciation and amortization expense) for the quarter totaled $35.3 million, a 2 percent decline from the third quarter of last year. Cable division operating income decreased 9 percent in the third quarter. The decline in operating income is mostly due to an increase in programming expense, additional costs associated with the launch of new services, and higher depreciation expense. These factors were offset in part by higher subscriber revenues. The increase in depreciation expense is due to capital spending for system rebuilds and upgrades which will enable the cable division to offer new digital and high-speed cable modem services to its subscribers. The cable division began its roll-out plan for these services in the second and third quarters of this year. At the end of the third quarter of 2000, there were 735,700 basic subscribers, an increase of 1 percent compared to 730,200 basic subscribers at the end of the third quarter of 1999. EDUCATION. Educational products and services are provided through the company's wholly-owned subsidiary Kaplan, Inc. Kaplan's five major lines of business include: Test Preparation and Admissions, providing test preparation services for college and graduate school entrance exams; Quest Education Corporation (acquired August 2, 2000), a provider of post-secondary education offering bachelor degrees, associate degrees and diploma programs primarily in the fields of health care, business and information technology; Kaplan Professional, providing education services to business people and other professionals; SCORE!, offering multi-media learning and private tutoring to children in kindergarten through twelfth grade; and Kaplancollege.com, Kaplan's distance learning business, including Concord University School of Law, the country's first online law school.

15 Excluding the operating results of the career fair and HireSystems businesses from 1999 (these businesses were contributed to BrassRing in the third quarter of 1999), education division revenues increased 48 percent to $99.4 million from $67.3 million in 1999. Operating losses for the quarter totaled $6.7 million, compared to operating income of $7.1 million in the third quarter 1999. Approximately 75 percent of the increase in revenue is attributed to acquisitions (principally Quest -- acquired August 2, 2000). The remaining improvement in revenue is mostly due to growth at Score! and the test preparation business. The decline in operating income is primarily attributable to marketing and expansion activities at Score!, start-up costs associated with eScore.com and the development of various distance learning initiatives (primarily kaplancollege.com and kaptest.com). These factors were offset in part by operating income generated by acquisitions completed after the third quarter of 1999 and the test preparation business. At the end of September 2000, Score! operated 115 learning centers, compared to 81 centers at the end of September 1999. Including the results of the career fair businesses and HireSystems, division revenues totaled $99.4 million, a 35 percent increase in division revenues of $73.8 million last year. Division operating losses totaled $6.7 million in the third quarter of 2000 compared to operating losses of $13.7 million in 1999. OTHER BUSINESSES AND CORPORATE OFFICE. Operating losses for the third quarter of 2000 totaled $6.2 million, representing a 10 percent improvement as compared to the third quarter of last year. The reduction in 2000 losses is primarily attributable to reduced spending at the company's corporate office. EQUITY IN LOSSES OF AFFILIATES. The company's equity in losses of affiliates in the third quarter of 2000 was $8.9 million, compared to losses of $0.1 million for the third quarter of 1999. The company's affiliate investments consist of a 42 percent interest in BrassRing, Inc. (formed in late September 1999), a 50 percent interest in the International Herald Tribune (IHT) and a 49 percent interest in Bowater Mersey Paper Company Limited. The decline in 2000 affiliate results is primarily attributable to BrassRing, Inc., which is in the integration and marketing phase of its operations. BrassRing accounted for approximately $9.8 million of the total 2000 third quarter equity in losses of affiliates. NON-OPERATING ITEMS. The company recorded other non-operating income of $0.2 million for the third quarter of 2000, compared to $8.3 million in the third quarter of 1999. The company's 1999 other non-operating income consists principally of gains on the sale of marketable securities (mostly various Internet-related securities).

16 NET INTEREST EXPENSE. For the third quarter of 2000, the company incurred net interest expense of $14.4 million, compared to net interest expense of $6.3 million for the same period in the prior year. At October 1, 2000, the company had $936.0 million in borrowings outstanding. INCOME TAXES. The effective tax rate in the third quarter of 2000 was 45.5 percent, compared to 41.5 percent in 1999. The increase in the effective tax rate is principally due to the non-recognition of benefits from state net operating loss carryforwards generated by certain of the company's new business start-up activities. EARNINGS PER SHARE. The calculation of diluted earnings per share for the third quarter of 2000 was based on 9,463,000 weighted average shares outstanding, compared to 10,101,000 for the third quarter of 1999. The company made no significant repurchases of its stock during the third quarter of 2000. NINE MONTH COMPARISONS For the first nine months of 2000, net income totaled $98.8 million (10.33 per share), compared with net income of $164.8 million ($16.18 per share) for the same period of 1999. Consistent with the company's results for the third quarter of 2000, the decline in the company's nine-month earnings was primarily the result of new business development, the absence of non-recurring gains from the sale of marketable securities which occurred in 1999, higher interest expense, a reduced pension credit and lower earnings at the magazine publishing division. These factors were offset in part by increased operating income at The Washington Post newspaper and the company's broadcast operations. Revenues for the first nine months of 2000 were $1,740.8 million, up 8 percent over revenue of $1,617.2 million in the first nine months of 1999. Advertising revenues increased 6 percent and circulation and subscriber revenues increased 4 percent over the prior year. Education revenues increased 37 percent, while other operating revenues decreased 27 percent as compared to last year. The increase in advertising revenues is due principally to increased advertising at The Washington Post newspaper, washingtonpost.com and the company's broadcast television stations. The increase in circulation and subscriber revenues is attributable to higher cable subscriber revenues (mainly due to rate increases). Approximately one-half of the growth in education revenues arose from acquisitions completed after September 1999, with the remaining increase due mostly to growth at Score! and Kaplan's test preparation business. The decrease in other revenues is primarily due to the absence of revenue generated by Kaplan's career fair business (contributed to BrassRing in September 1999) and Legi-Slate (sold in June 1999).

17 Costs and expenses for the first nine months of 2000 increased 11 percent to $1,490.8 million, from $1,346.9 million in 1999. The increase in costs and expenses is attributable to acquisitions completed after September 1999 (principally Quest), increased spending for new business initiatives, higher depreciation expense and lower pension credits. The increased spending for new business initiatives occurred mainly at Kaplan, Inc., and Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. At Kaplan, new business spending was focused on the build-out of various distance learning websites (including kaptest.com and kaplancollege.com) and the marketing and expansion of Score! Educational Centers. In addition, Kaplan continued the development and marketing of eSCORE.com, an educational services website designed to help parents with the academic advancement of their children. At Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, increased spending was dedicated principally to marketing and sales initiatives. The increase in depreciation expense is mainly due to capital spending at Cable One, The Washington Post, and Kaplan. The company's expenses for the first nine months of 2000 were reduced by $45.0 million of pension credits, compared to $63.0 million during the first nine months of 1999. Management expects the 2000 annual pension credit will approximate $60.0 million, compared to $81.7 million in 1999. The decline in the 2000 pension credit is mostly attributable to lower investment returns generated by pension funds in 1999. Operating income of $249.9 million decreased 8 percent from operating income of $270.3 in 1999. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING. Newspaper division revenues of $680.4 million for the first nine months of 2000 were up 6 percent over the comparable period of 1999; division operating income for the first nine months of 2000 totaled $108.5 million, a 5 percent decrease from 1999. The decline in operating income for the first nine months of 2000 is due to increased spending for the marketing and advancement of washingtonpost.com, reduced pension credits and higher newsprint expense, offset in part by higher print and on-line advertising revenues. For the first nine months of 2000, newsprint expense increased 4 percent over 1999, due to increases in price and consumption. Print advertising revenues at The Washington Post newspaper increased 5 percent over the first nine months of 1999, due to higher rates and volume. Advertising volume at The Washington Post totaled 2,416,800 inches for the first nine months of 2000, up 2 percent from 2,366,300 inches in 1999. Online advertising revenues increased approximately 130 percent.

18 For the first nine months of 2000, Post daily circulation remained essentially unchanged, while Sunday circulation declined 1 percent. TELEVISION BROADCASTING. Revenues at the broadcast division totaled $257.0 million through the first nine months of 2000, a 4 percent increase over 1999. Division operating income totaled $117.0 million for the first nine months of 2000, a 2 percent improvement compared to the same period in 1999. The broadcast division's 2000 operating results benefited from approximately $16 million of political and Olympics advertising, which accounted for the improvement in operating results versus last year. MAGAZINE PUBLISHING. Magazine division revenues totaled $296.2 million for the first nine months of 2000, a 5 percent increase over 1999. Magazine division operating income for the first nine months of 2000 totaled $28.0 million, a 33 percent decrease from 1999. The decline in division operating results occurred at Newsweek, where reduced pension credits and higher subscription acquisition costs outpaced improvements in domestic and international edition advertising revenues. CABLE TELEVISION. Cable division revenues of $266.8 million increased 7 percent during the first nine months of 1999; division cash flow (operating income excluding depreciation and amortization expense) of $104.4 million increased 2 percent over last year. Cable division operating income declined 3 percent as compared to 1999. The decline in cable division operating income is mostly due to additional costs associated with the launch of new services, an increase in programming expenses and higher depreciation expense, offset in part by increased subscriber revenue. The increase in depreciation expense is due to capital spending for system rebuilds and upgrades which will enable the cable division to offer new digital and high-speed cable modem services to its subscribers. The cable division began its roll-out plan for these services in the second and third quarters of this year. EDUCATION. Excluding the operating results of the career fair and HireSystems businesses from 1999 (these businesses were contributed to BrassRing in the third quarter of 1999), education division revenue increased 37 percent to $240.3 million for the first nine months of 2000. Operating losses through the first nine months of 2000 totaled $32.6 million, compared to operating losses of $6.4 million for the same period in 1999. Approximately one-half of the increase in revenue is attributable to acquisitions (principally Quest). The remaining improvement in revenue is mostly due to growth at Score! and Kaplan's test preparation business. The decline in 2000 operating results is primarily attributable to marketing and expansion

19 activities at Score!, start-up costs associated with eScore.com and the development of various distance learning initiatives (primarily kaplancollege.com and kaptest.com), offset in part by operating income generated by acquisitions completed after the third quarter of 1999 and the test preparation business. Including the operating results of the career fair and HireSystems businesses, revenue for the first nine months of 2000 increased 25 percent to $240.3 million. Operating losses totaled $32.6 million for the first nine months of 2000, compared to losses of $28.0 million in 1999. OTHER BUSINESSES AND CORPORATE OFFICE. Operating losses for the first nine months of 2000 totaled $17.6 million, a 15 percent improvement compared to operating losses of $20.8 million during the same period in 1999. The reduction in 2000 losses is primarily attributable to the absence of losses generated by Legi-State (sold in June 1999) and reduced spending at the company's corporate office. EQUITY IN LOSSES OF AFFILIATES. For the first nine months of 2000, the company's equity in losses of affiliates totaled $29.7 million, compared to losses of $1.8 million in 1999. The decline in 2000 affiliate results is primarily attributable to BrassRing, Inc., which is in the integration and marketing phase of its operations. BrassRing accounted for approximately $28.1 million of the total equity in losses of affiliates during the first nine months of 2000. NON-OPERATING ITEMS. The company recorded other non-operating expense of $5.2 million through the first nine months of 2000, compared to non-operating income of $23.9 million for the same period of the prior year. The 1999 non-operating income was comprised mostly of non-recurring gains arising for the sale of marketable securities (mostly various Internet related securities). NET INTEREST EXPENSE. Through the first nine months of 2000, the company incurred net interest expense of $39.0 million, compared to $18.1 million for the same period in 1999. The increase in net interest expense is attributable to borrowings executed after the third quarter of 1999 to fund capital improvements, business acquisitions, and common stock repurchases (principally in December 1999). INCOME TAXES. The effective tax rate through the first nine months of 2000 increased to 43.9 percent from 39.9 percent through the first nine months of 1999. The increase in the effective tax rate is principally due to the non-recognition of benefits from state net operating loss carryforwards generated by certain of the company's new business start-up activities.

20 EARNINGS PER SHARE. The calculation of diluted earnings per share for the first nine months of 2000 was based on 9,459,000 weighted average shares outstanding, compared to 10,127,000 for the first nine months of 1999. The company made no significant repurchases of its stock during the first nine months of 2000. FINANCIAL CONDITION: CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY ACQUISITIONS. In the first nine months of 2000, the company acquired various businesses for approximately $197.1 million, principally consisting of Quest Education Corporation (on August 2, 2000) for approximately $177.7 million, including assumed debt and acquisition related expenses, and two cable systems serving approximately 8,500 subscribers in South Sioux City, NE (in June 2000) and Diamondhead, MS (in August 2000) for approximately $16.2 million. INVESTMENTS IN MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES. During the first nine months of 2000, the company received $6.3 million from the sale of certain marketable equity securities. At October 1, 2000, the fair value of the company's investments in marketable equity securities was $209.5 million, of which $190.0 million consists of the company's investment in the common stock of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. The remaining investment in marketable equity securities consist of common stock investments in various publicly traded companies, most of which have concentrations in Internet business activities. CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. During the first nine months of 2000, the company's capital expenditures totaled approximately $108.6 million, the most significant portion of which related to plant upgrades at the company's cable subsidiary. The company anticipates it will spend approximately $155.0 million throughout 2000 for property and equipment, primarily for various projects at the cable, newspaper and education divisions. LIQUIDITY. During the first nine months of 2000, the company's commercial paper borrowings, net of repayments, increased by $47.3 million. The net increase is principally due to the Quest acquisition previously discussed. During the first nine months of 2000, the company had average borrowings outstanding of approximately $845.3 million at an average annual interest rate of 6.0 percent. On September 20, 2000, the company added to its existing $500 million revolving credit facility with a one-year $250 million revolving credit facility. The purpose of the company's revolving credit facilities is to support the issuance of commercial paper borrowings.

21 The company expects to fund its estimated capital needs primarily through internally generated funds, and to a lesser extent, commercial paper borrowings. In management's opinion, the company will have ample liquidity to meet its various cash needs throughout 2000. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements ("SAB 101"). This bulletin summarizes certain of the Staff's views in the application of generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition in financial statements. The required implementation of SAB 101 has been deferred until the fourth quarter of 2000, although adoption would be as of January 1, 2000. The company is monitoring on-going interpretations of SAB 101, but at this time believes that there will be no material impact on the company's financial statements. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS All public statements made by the company and its representatives which are not statements of historical fact, including statements in this quarterly report, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and achievements to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include: changes in prevailing economic conditions, particularly in the specific geographic and other markets served by the company; actions of competitors; changes in customer preferences; changes in communications and broadcast technologies; and the effects of changing cost or availability of raw materials, including changes in the cost or availability of newsprint and magazine body paper. They also include other risks detailed from time to time in the company's publicly-filed documents, including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 2, 2000.

22 ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K. (a) The following documents are filed as exhibits to this report: EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION 3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of the company as amended through May 12, 1998, and the Certificate of Designation for the company's Series A Preferred Stock filed January 22, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995). 3.2 By-Laws of the company as amended through September 9, 1993 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 3, 1993). 4.1 Credit Agreement dated as of March 17, 1998 among the company, Citibank, N.A., Wachovia Bank of Georgia, N.A., and the other Lenders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 1997). 4.2 Form of the company's 5.50% Notes due February 15, 2009, issued under the Indenture dated as of February 17, 1999, between the company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (incorporate by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 1999). 4.3 Indenture dated as of February 17, 1999, between the company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 1999). 4.4 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 2000, among the company, Citibank, N.A., Suntrust Bank and the Chase Manhattan Bank. 11 Calculation of Earnings per Share of Common Stock. 27 Financial Data Schedule - October 1, 2000 (Electronic filing only).

23 (b) On June 27, 2000, the company filed a report on Form 8-K related to the announcement of its agreement to purchase all the outstanding shares of Quest Education Corporation in an all cash tender offer to be commenced by Kaplan, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company.

24 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY (Registrant) Date: November 8, 2000 /s/ Donald E. Graham ---------------- ---------------------------------------------- Donald E. Graham, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Date: November 8, 2000 /s/ John B. Morse, Jr. ---------------- ----------------------------------------------- John B. Morse, Jr., Vice President-Finance (Principal Financial Officer)

1 EXHIBIT 4.4 U.S. $250,000,000 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of September 20, 2000 Among THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY as Borrower and THE INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN as Initial Lenders and CITIBANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent and SUNTRUST BANK as Syndication Agent and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK as Documentation Agent -------------------------------------- SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC. Lead Arranger and Book Manager

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms......................................................................1 SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods...............................................................13 SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms..........................................................................13 ARTICLE II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES SECTION 2.01. The Revolving Credit Advances.............................................................13 SECTION 2.02. Making the Revolving Credit Advances......................................................14 SECTION 2.03. The Competitive Bid Advances..............................................................15 SECTION 2.04. Fees......................................................................................19 SECTION 2.05. Termination, Reduction or Increase of the Commitments.....................................19 SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Revolving Credit Advances; Term Loan Election................................21 SECTION 2.07. Interest on Revolving Credit Advances.....................................................22 SECTION 2.08. Interest Rate Determination...............................................................22 SECTION 2.09. Optional Conversion of Revolving Credit Advances..........................................23 SECTION 2.10. Optional Prepayments of Revolving Credit Advances.........................................24 SECTION 2.11. Increased Costs...........................................................................24 SECTION 2.12. Illegality................................................................................25 SECTION 2.13. Payments and Computations.................................................................26 SECTION 2.14. Taxes.....................................................................................27 SECTION 2.15. Sharing of Payments, Etc..................................................................29 SECTION 2.16. Use of Proceeds...........................................................................29 SECTION 2.17. Extension of Termination Date.............................................................29 ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Sections 2.01 and 2.03...........................32 SECTION 3.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Revolving Credit Borrowing, Increase Date and Extension Date.32 SECTION 3.03. Conditions Precedent to Each Competitive Bid Borrowing....................................33 SECTION 3.04. Determinations Under Section 3.01.........................................................33 i

3 ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower............................................34 ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants.....................................................................35 SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenants........................................................................37 SECTION 5.03. Financial Covenant........................................................................39 ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.........................................................................39 ARTICLE VII THE AGENT SECTION 7.01. Authorization and Action..................................................................41 SECTION 7.02. Agent's Reliance, Etc.....................................................................41 SECTION 7.03. Citibank and Affiliates...................................................................42 SECTION 7.04. Lender Credit Decision....................................................................42 SECTION 7.05. Indemnification...........................................................................42 SECTION 7.06. Successor Agent...........................................................................42 SECTION 7.07. Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent.................................................43 ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 8.01. Amendments, Etc...........................................................................43 SECTION 8.02. Notices, Etc..............................................................................43 SECTION 8.03. No Waiver; Remedies.......................................................................44 SECTION 8.04. Costs and Expenses........................................................................44 SECTION 8.05. Right of Set-off..........................................................................45 SECTION 8.06. Binding Effect............................................................................45 SECTION 8.07. Assignments and Participations............................................................45 SECTION 8.08. Confidentiality...........................................................................48 SECTION 8.09. Governing Law.............................................................................48 SECTION 8.10. Execution in Counterparts.................................................................48 ii

4 SECTION 8.11. Jurisdiction, Etc.........................................................................49 SECTION 8.12. Waiver of Jury Trial......................................................................49 iii

5 Schedules Schedule I - List of Applicable Lending Offices Schedule 5.02(a) - Existing Liens Exhibits - -------- Exhibit A-1 - Form of Revolving Credit Note Exhibit A-2 - Form of Competitive Bid Note Exhibit B-1 - Form of Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing Exhibit B-2 - Form of Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing Exhibit C - Form of Assignment and Acceptance Exhibit D - Form of Assumption Agreement Exhibit E - Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Borrower iv

6 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of September 20, 2000 The Washington Post Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders (the "Initial Lenders") listed on the signature pages hereof, Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), as administrative agent (the "Agent") for the Lenders (as hereinafter defined), SunTrust Bank ("SunTrust"), as syndication agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank ("Chase"), as documentation agent, agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined): "Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance or a Competitive Bid Advance. "Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or is a director or executive officer of such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term "control" (including the terms "controlling", "controlled by" and "under common control with") of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 10% or more of the Voting Stock of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise. "Agent's Account" means the account of the Agent maintained by the Agent at Citibank with its office at 399 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10043, Account No. 36852248, Attention: Bank Loans Syndications. "Applicable Lending Office" means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender's Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender's Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance and, in the case of a Competitive Bid Advance, the office of such Lender notified by such Lender to the Agent as its Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Competitive Bid Advance. "Applicable Margin" means as of any date, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Performance Level in effect on such date as set forth below:

7 =========================== ============================ ================================ Applicable Margin for Base Applicable Margin for Performance Level Rate Advances Eurodollar Rate Advances =========================== ============================ ================================ I 0% 0.12% --------------------------- ---------------------------- -------------------------------- II 0% 0.11% --------------------------- ---------------------------- -------------------------------- III 0% 0.175% =========================== ============================ ================================ "Applicable Percentage" means, as of any date, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Performance Level in effect on such date as set forth below: ================================ ============================= Performance Level Applicable Percentage ================================ ============================= I 0.03% -------------------------------- ----------------------------- II 0.04% -------------------------------- ----------------------------- III 0.05% ================================ ============================= "Assignment and Acceptance" means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, accepted and approved by the Agent and approved by the Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto. "Assuming Lender" means an Eligible Assignee not previously a Lender that becomes a Lender hereunder pursuant to either Section 2.05(b) or Section 2.17. "Assumption Agreement" means an agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto by which an Eligible Assignee agrees to become a Lender hereunder pursuant to either Section 2.05(b) or Section 2.17, in each case agreeing to be bound by all obligations of a Lender hereunder. "Base Rate" means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the higher of: (a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New York, New York, from time to time, as Citibank's base rate; and (b) 1/2 of one percent per annum above the Federal Funds Rate. "Base Rate Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance that bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(a)(i). "Borrowing" means a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Competitive Bid Borrowing. "Business Day" means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized by law to close in New York City and, if the applicable Business Day relates 2

8 to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market. "Commitment" means, with respect to any Lender at any time (i) the amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on the signature pages hereof, (ii) if such Lender has become a Lender hereunder pursuant to an Assumption Agreement, the amount set forth as its Commitment in such Assumption Agreement or (iii) if such Lender has entered into one or more Assignments and Acceptances, the amount set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 8.07(d), as such amount may be increased, terminated or reduced, as the case may be, at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.05. "Commitment Date" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(i). "Commitment Increase" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(i). "Competitive Bid Advance" means an advance by a Lender to the Borrower as part of a Competitive Bid Borrowing resulting from the competitive bidding procedure described in Section 2.03 and refers to a Fixed Rate Advance or a LIBO Rate Advance. "Competitive Bid Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Competitive Bid Advances from each of the Lenders whose offer to make one or more Competitive Bid Advances as part of such borrowing has been accepted under the competitive bidding procedure described in Section 2.03. "Competitive Bid Note" means a promissory note of the Borrower (bearing an original or facsimile signature) payable to the order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from a Competitive Bid Advance made by such Lender. "Confidential Information" means information that the Borrower furnishes to the Agent or any Lender in a writing designated as confidential, but does not include any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public or that is or becomes available to the Agent or such Lender from a source other than the Borrower that is not, to the best of the Agent's or such Lender's knowledge, acting in violation of a confidentiality agreement with or for the benefit of the Borrower. "Consenting Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(b). "Consolidated" refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP. "Continuing Directors" means individuals who at the date hereof are directors of the Borrower and any other director (a) whose election or nomination was approved by a majority of the then Continuing Directors or (b) who was nominated by management at a time when Continuing Directors constituted a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower. 3

9 "Convert", "Conversion" and "Converted" each refers to a conversion of Revolving Credit Advances of one Type into Revolving Credit Advances of the other Type pursuant to Section 2.08 or 2.09. "Debt" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables not overdue by more than 120 days incurred in the ordinary course of such Person's business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all obligations of such Person as lessee under leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of acceptances, letters of credit or similar extensions of credit, (g) all Debt of others referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above or clause (h) below guaranteed directly or indirectly in any manner by such Person, or in effect guaranteed directly or indirectly by such Person through an agreement (1) to pay or purchase such Debt or to advance or supply funds for the payment or purchase of such Debt, (2) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of such Debt or to assure the holder of such Debt against loss, (3) to supply funds to or in any other manner invest in the debtor (including any agreement to pay for property or services irrespective of whether such property is received or such services are rendered) or (4) otherwise to assure a creditor against loss, and (h) all Debt referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt. "Default" means any Event of Default or any event that would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both. "Domestic Lending Office" means, with respect to any Initial Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" opposite its name on Schedule I hereto and, with respect to any other Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" in the Assumption Agreement or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent. "Downgrade" means, with respect to any Lender, the lowest rating that has been most recently announced for any class of non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued by such Lender is lower than BBB- by S&P or Baa3 by Moody's. "Effective Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.01. 4

10 "Eligible Assignee" means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, and having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000; (d) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, and having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000; (e) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or has concluded special lending arrangements with the International Monetary Fund associated with its General Arrangements to Borrow or of the Cayman Islands, or a political subdivision of any such country, and having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000 so long as such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States or in the country in which it is organized or another country that is described in this clause (e); (f) the central bank of any country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and (g) any other Person approved by the Agent and the Borrower, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor an Affiliate of the Borrower shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee. "Environmental Action" means any action, suit, demand, demand letter, claim, notice of non-compliance or violation, notice of liability or potential liability, consent order or consent agreement relating in any way to any Environmental Law, Environmental Permit or Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the environment, including, without limitation, (a) by any governmental or regulatory authority for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages and (b) by any governmental or regulatory authority or any third party for damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief. "Environmental Law" means any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, judgment or decree relating to pollution or protection of the environment, health, safety or natural resources, including, without limitation, those relating to the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous Materials. "Environmental Permit" means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law. "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. "ERISA Affiliate" means any Person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of the Borrower's controlled group, or under common control with the Borrower, within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code or, solely for purposes of Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code. 5

11 "ERISA Event" means (a) (i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any Plan unless the 30-day notice requirement with respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC, or (ii) the requirements of subsection (1) of Section 4043(b) of ERISA (without regard to subsection (2) of such Section) are met with a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (b) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions for the imposition of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; (g) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (h) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, a Plan. "Eurocurrency Liabilities" has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time. "Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements" means the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any other banking authority to which any Lender is subject and applicable to Eurocurrency Liabilities, or any similar category of assets or liabilities relating to eurocurrency fundings. Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage. "Eurodollar Lending Office" means, with respect to any Initial Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its "Eurodollar Lending Office" opposite its name on Schedule I hereto and, with respect to any other Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its "Eurodollar Lending Office" in the Assumption Agreement or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent. "Eurodollar Rate" means, for any Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing, an interest rate per annum equal to the average (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such average is not such a multiple) of the rate per annum at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered to the principal office of each of the Reference Banks in 6

12 London, England by prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank's Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period. The Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be determined by the Agent on the basis of applicable rates furnished to and received by the Agent from the Reference Banks two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 2.08. "Eurodollar Rate Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance that bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(a)(ii). "Events of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 6.01. "Extension Date" has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(b). "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding 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 of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it with the consent of the Borrower. "Fixed Rate Advances" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a)(i). "GAAP" has the meaning specified in Section 1.03. "Graham Interests" shall mean Katharine Graham and her siblings, their descendants and any relative by marriage of the foregoing, and any trust for the benefit of any of the foregoing whether as an income or residual beneficiary. "Hazardous Materials" means (a) petroleum and petroleum products, byproducts or breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls and radon gas and (b) any other chemicals, materials or substances designated, classified or regulated as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law and any pollutant or contaminant regulated under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sections 1251 et seq., or the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 7401 et seq. "Increase Date" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(i). "Increasing Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(i). "Interest Period" means, for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing and each LIBO Rate Advance comprising part of the 7

13 same Competitive Bid Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Eurodollar Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance or the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such Eurodollar Rate Advance and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and, thereafter, with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be one, two, three or six months or, if available to all the Lenders, nine or twelve months, as the Borrower may, upon notice received by the Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period, select; provided, however, that: (i) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period that ends after the Termination Date in effect at the time of such selection or, if the Revolving Credit Advances have been converted to a term loan pursuant to Section 2.06 prior to such selection, that ends after the Maturity Date; (ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing or for LIBO Rate Advances comprising part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be of the same duration; (iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that, if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day; and (iv) whenever the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial calendar month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of months equal to the number of months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such succeeding calendar month. "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. "Lenders" means the Initial Lenders, each Assuming Lender that shall become a party hereto pursuant to either Section 2.05(b) or Section 2.17 and each Person that shall become a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.07. "LIBO Rate" means, for any Interest Period for all LIBO Rate Advances comprising part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing, an interest rate per annum equal to the average (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such average is not such a multiple) of the rate per annum at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered to the principal office of each of the Reference Banks in London, 8

14 England by prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to the amount that would be the Reference Banks' respective ratable shares of such Borrowing if such Borrowing were to be a Revolving Credit Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period. The LIBO Rate for any Interest Period for each LIBO Rate Advance comprising part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be determined by the Agent on the basis of applicable rates furnished to and received by the Agent from the Reference Banks two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 2.08. "LIBO Rate Advances" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a)(i). "Lien" means any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement, including, without limitation, the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property. "Margin Stock" has the meaning assigned to such term under Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof. "Material Adverse Change" means any material adverse change in the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of the Agent or any Lender under this Agreement or any Note or (c) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any Note. "Maturity Date" means the earlier of (a) the first anniversary of the Termination Date and (b) the date of termination in whole of the aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.01. "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. "Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions. "Multiple Employer Plan" means a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person other than the Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA 9

15 Affiliate could have liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated. "Non-Consenting Lender" has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(b). "Non-Recourse Debt" shall mean Debt of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries incurred (a) as to which neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) provides credit support (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument which would constitute Debt) or has given or made other written assurances regarding repayment or the maintenance of capital or liquidity except such assurances as may be approved by the Required Lenders (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) is directly or indirectly liable or (iii) constitutes the lender and (b) the obligees of which will have recourse solely to certain identified assets (the loss of which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) for repayment of the principal of and interest on such Debt and any fees, indemnities, expenses, reimbursements or other amounts of whatever nature accrued or payable in connection with such Debt. "Note" means a Revolving Credit Note or a Competitive Bid Note. "Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a). "Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing" has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a). "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor). "Performance Level" means, as of any date of the determination, the level set forth below as then in effect, as determined in accordance with the following provisions of this definition: Level I: Public Debt Rating of not lower than AA+ by S&P or not lower than Aa1 by Moody's. Level II: Public Debt Rating of lower than Level I but not lower than AA- by S&P or Aa3 by Moody's. Level III: Public Debt Rating of A+ by S&P or A1 by Moody's or lower. For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if only one of S&P and Moody's shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Performance Level shall be determined by reference to the available rating and (b) if the Public Debt Ratings established by S&P and Moody's shall fall within different Performance Levels, the Performance Level shall be based upon the higher rating, provided that if the lower of such ratings is more than one level below the higher of such ratings, the Performance Level shall be based on the level immediately above such lower rating. "Permitted Liens" means any of the following: 10

16 (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies to the extent not required to be paid under Section 5.01(b) hereof; (b) Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen's, mechanics', carriers', workmen's and repairmen's Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations (other than Debt) that (i) are not overdue for a period of more than 120 days or (ii) are being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and as to which appropriate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP; (c) Pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workers' compensation laws or similar legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations; (d) Liens securing the performance of or payment in respect of, bids, tenders, government contracts (other than for the repayment of Debt), surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of a similar nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (e) Easements, rights of way and other encumbrances on title to real property that do not materially adversely affect the use of such property for its present purposes. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof. "Plan" means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA. "Pro Rata Share" of any amount means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the product of such amount times a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of such Lender's Commitment at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate of the Commitments of the Lenders at such time. "Public Debt Rating" means, as of any date, the lowest rating that has been most recently announced by either S&P or Moody's, as the case may be, for any class of non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued by the Borrower. For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if any rating established by S&P or Moody's shall be changed, such change shall be effective as of the date on which such change is first announced publicly by the rating agency making such change; and (b) if S&P or Moody's shall change the basis on which ratings are established, each reference to the Public Debt Rating announced by S&P or Moody's, as the case may be, shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P or Moody's, as the case may be. "Reference Banks" means Citibank, SunTrust and Chase. "Register" has the meaning specified in Section 8.07(d). 11

17 "Required Lenders" means at any time Lenders having at least a majority in interest of the Commitments or, if all of the Commitments have been terminated, Lenders owed at least a majority in interest of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances. "Revolving Credit Advance" means an advance by a Lender to the Borrower as part of a Revolving Credit Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance (each of which shall be a "Type" of Revolving Credit Advance). "Revolving Credit Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Advances of the same Type made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01. "Revolving Credit Note" means a promissory note of the Borrower (bearing an original or facsimile signature) payable to the order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Advances made by such Lender. "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. "Shareholders' Equity" means "shareholders' equity" as such term is construed in accordance with GAAP and as reported in the Borrower's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange. "Significant Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary that would be a "significant subsidiary" within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of the SEC's Regulation S-X. "Single Employer Plan" means a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person other than the Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated. "Subsidiary" of any Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of (a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the interest in the capital or profits of such limited liability company, partnership or joint venture or (c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person's other Subsidiaries. 12

18 "Term Loan Conversion Date" means the Termination Date on which all Revolving Credit Advances outstanding on such date are converted into a term loan pursuant to Section 2.06. "Term Loan Election" has the meaning specified in Section 2.06. "Termination Date" means the earlier of (a) September 19, 2001, subject to the extension thereof pursuant to Section 2.17 and (b) the date of termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.01; provided, however, that the Termination Date of any Lender that is a Non-Consenting Lender to any requested extension pursuant to Section 2.17 shall be the Termination Date in effect immediately prior to the applicable Extension Date for all purposes of this Agreement. "Unused Commitment" means, with respect to any Lender at any time, (a) such Lender's Commitment at such time minus (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances made by such Lender and outstanding at such time, plus (ii) such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Bid Advances then outstanding. "Voting Stock" means capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of not less than a majority of the directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency. SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding". SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms. All terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend any covenant in Article V or any related definition to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP occurring after the date of this Agreement on the operation of such covenant, or if the Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to amend Article V or any related definition for such purpose, then the Borrower's compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders. ARTICLE II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES SECTION 2.01. The Revolving Credit Advances. Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Revolving Credit Advances to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date until 13

19 the Termination Date in an amount for each such Advance not to exceed such Lender's Unused Commitment. Each Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the aggregate amount of a proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing requested by the Borrower exceeds the aggregate amount of Competitive Bid Advances offered to be made by the Lenders and accepted by the Borrower in respect of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, if such Competitive Bid Borrowing is made on the same date as such Revolving Credit Borrowing) and shall consist of Revolving Credit Advances of the same Type made on the same day by the Lenders ratably according to their respective Commitments. Within the limits of each Lender's Unused Commitment in effect from time to time, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay pursuant to Section 2.10 and reborrow under this Section 2.01. SECTION 2.02. Making the Revolving Credit Advances. (a) Each Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances, or the date of the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, by the Borrower to the Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier or telex. Each such notice of a Revolving Credit Borrowing (a "Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing") shall be by telephone, confirmed at once in writing, or telecopier or telex in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (ii) Type of Advances comprising such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, and (iv) in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances, initial Interest Period for each such Revolving Credit Advance. Each Lender shall, before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Agent's Account, in same day funds, such Lender's ratable portion of such Revolving Credit Borrowing. After the Agent's receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower at the Agent's address referred to in Section 8.02. (b) Anything in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the Borrower may not select Eurodollar Rate Advances for any Revolving Credit Borrowing if the aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Borrowing is less than $10,000,000 or if the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Advances shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 2.08 or 2.12 and (ii) the Eurodollar Rate Advances may not be outstanding as part of more than fifteen separate Revolving Credit Borrowings. (c) Each Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. In the case of any Revolving Credit Borrowing that the related Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing for such Revolving Credit Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds 14

20 acquired by such Lender to fund the Revolving Credit Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing when such Revolving Credit Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date. (d) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Revolving Credit Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Lender's ratable portion of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Agent on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.02 and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Advances comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender's Revolving Credit Advance as part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement. (e) The failure of any Lender to make the Revolving Credit Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Revolving Credit Advance on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Revolving Credit Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Revolving Credit Borrowing. SECTION 2.03. The Competitive Bid Advances. (a) Each Lender severally agrees that the Borrower may make Competitive Bid Borrowings under this Section 2.03 from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the date hereof until the date occurring 30 days prior to the Termination Date in the manner set forth below; provided that the amount of each Competitive Bid Borrowing shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Unused Commitments of the Lenders on such Business Day. (i) The Borrower may request a Competitive Bid Borrowing under this Section 2.03 by delivering to the Agent, by telecopier or telex, a notice of a Competitive Bid Borrowing (a "Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing"), in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, specifying therein the requested (u) date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, (v) aggregate amount of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, (w) maturity date for repayment of each Advance to be made as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing (which maturity date may not be earlier than the date occurring 30 days after the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing or later than the earlier of (I) 360 days after the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing and (II) the Termination Date), (x) in the case of a Competitive Bid Advance consisting of LIBO Rate Advances, Interest Period thereof, (y) interest payment date or dates relating thereto, and (z) other terms (if any) to be applicable to such Competitive Bid Borrowing, not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) (A) at least one Business Day prior to the date of 15

21 the proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, if the Borrower shall specify in the Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing that the rates of interest to be offered by the Lenders shall be fixed rates per annum (the Advances comprising any such Competitive Bid Borrowing being referred to herein as "Fixed Rate Advances") and (B) at least four Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, if the Borrower shall instead specify in the Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing that the rates of interest be offered by the Lenders are to be based on the LIBO Rate (the Advances comprising such Competitive Bid Borrowing being referred to herein as "LIBO Rate Advances"). Each Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. The Agent shall in turn promptly notify each Lender of each request for a Competitive Bid Borrowing received by it from the Borrower by sending such Lender a copy of the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing. (ii) Each Lender may, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to do so, irrevocably offer to make one or more Competitive Bid Advances to the Borrower as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing at a rate or rates of interest specified by such Lender in its sole discretion, by notifying the Agent (which shall give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower), before 9:30 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Advances and before 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) three Business Days before the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of LIBO Rate Advances, of the minimum amount and maximum amount of each Competitive Bid Advance which such Lender would be willing to make as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing (which amounts may, subject to the proviso to the first sentence of this Section 2.03(a), exceed such Lender's Commitment), the rate or rates of interest therefor and such Lender's Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Competitive Bid Advance; provided that if the Agent in its capacity as a Lender shall, in its sole discretion, elect to make any such offer, it shall notify the Borrower of such offer at least 30 minutes before the time and on the date on which notice of such election is to be given to the Agent by the other Lenders. If any Lender shall elect not to make such an offer, such Lender shall so notify the Agent, before 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date on which notice of such election is to be given to the Agent by the other Lenders, and such Lender shall not be obligated to, and shall not, make any Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing; provided that the failure by any Lender to give such notice shall not cause such Lender to be obligated to make any Competitive Bid Advance as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing. (iii) The Borrower shall, in turn, before 10:30 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Advances and before 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) three Business Days before the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of LIBO Rate Advances, either: (x) cancel such Competitive Bid Borrowing by giving the Agent notice to that effect, or 16

22 (y) accept one or more of the offers made by any Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, in its sole discretion, by giving notice to the Agent of the amount of each Competitive Bid Advance (which amount shall be equal to or greater than the minimum amount, and equal to or less than the maximum amount, notified to the Borrower by the Agent on behalf of such Lender for such Competitive Bid Advance pursuant to paragraph (ii) above) to be made by each Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, and reject any remaining offers made by Lenders pursuant to paragraph (ii) above by giving the Agent notice to that effect. The Borrower shall accept the offers made by any Lender or Lenders to make Competitive Bid Advances in order of the lowest to the highest rates of interest offered by such Lenders. If two or more Lenders have offered the same interest rate, the amount to be borrowed at such interest rate will be allocated among such Lenders in proportion to the amount that each such Lender offered at such interest rate. (iv) If the Borrower notifies the Agent that such Competitive Bid Borrowing is cancelled pursuant to paragraph (iii)(x) above, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders and such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall not be made. (v) If the Borrower accepts one or more of the offers made by any Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (iii)(y) above, the Agent shall in turn promptly notify (A) each Lender that has made an offer as described in paragraph (ii) above, of the date and aggregate amount of such Competitive Bid Borrowing and whether or not any offer or offers made by such Lender pursuant to paragraph (ii) above have been accepted by the Borrower, (B) each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, of the amount of each Competitive Bid Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, and (C) each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, upon receipt, that the Agent has received forms of documents appearing to fulfill the applicable conditions set forth in Article III. Each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall, before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing specified in the notice received from the Agent pursuant to clause (A) of the preceding sentence or any later time when such Lender shall have received notice from the Agent pursuant to clause (C) of the preceding sentence, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Agent's Account, in same day funds, such Lender's portion of such Competitive Bid Borrowing. Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III and after receipt by the Agent of such funds, the Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower at the Agent's address referred to in Section 8.02. Promptly after each Competitive Bid Borrowing the Agent will notify each Lender of the amount of the Competitive Bid Borrowing. (vi) If the Borrower notifies the Agent that it accepts one or more of the offers made by any Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (iii)(y) above, such notice of acceptance shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in the related Notice of 17

23 Competitive Bid Borrowing for such Competitive Bid Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Competitive Bid Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing when such Competitive Bid Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date. (b) Each Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and, following the making of each Competitive Bid Borrowing, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the limitation set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of subsection (a) above. (c) Within the limits and on the conditions set forth in this Section 2.03, the Borrower may from time to time borrow under this Section 2.03, repay or prepay pursuant to subsection (d) below, and reborrow under this Section 2.03, provided that a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall not be made within one Business Day of the date of any other Competitive Bid Borrowing. (d) The Borrower shall repay to the Agent for the account of each Lender that has made a Competitive Bid Advance, on the maturity date of each Competitive Bid Advance (such maturity date being that specified by the Borrower for repayment of such Competitive Bid Advance in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) above and provided in the Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance), the then unpaid principal amount of such Competitive Bid Advance. The Borrower shall have no right to prepay any principal amount of any Competitive Bid Advance unless, and then only on the terms, specified by the Borrower for such Competitive Bid Advance in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) above and set forth in the Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance. (e) The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Competitive Bid Advance from the date of such Competitive Bid Advance to the date the principal amount of such Competitive Bid Advance is repaid in full, at the rate of interest for such Competitive Bid Advance specified by the Lender making such Competitive Bid Advance in its notice with respect thereto delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) above, payable on the interest payment date or dates specified by the Borrower for such Competitive Bid Advance in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) above, as provided in the Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance. The Borrower shall pay interest on the amount of overdue principal and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, interest in respect of each Competitive Bid Advance owing to a Lender, payable in arrears on the date or dates interest is payable thereon, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on such Competitive Bid Advance under the terms of the Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance unless otherwise agreed in such Competitive Bid Note. (f) The indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each Competitive Bid Advance made to the Borrower as part of a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be evidenced by a 18

24 separate Competitive Bid Note of the Borrower payable to the order of the Lender making such Competitive Bid Advance. SECTION 2.04. Fees. (a) Facility Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee on the aggregate amount of such Lender's Commitment in effect from time to time from the Effective Date in the case of each Initial Lender and from the later of the Effective Date and the effective date specified in the Assumption Agreement or in the Assignment and Acceptance, as the case may be, pursuant to which it became a Lender in the case of each other Lender until the Termination Date at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Percentage in effect from time to time, payable in arrears quarterly on the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing September 30, 2000, and on the Termination Date. (b) Agent's Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for its own account such fees as may from time to time be agreed between the Borrower and the Agent. SECTION 2.05. Termination, Reduction or Increase of the Commitments. (a) Termination or Reduction. (i) Optional. The Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days' notice to the Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the respective Unused Commitments of the Lenders, provided that each partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. The aggregate amount of the Commitments once reduced as provided in this Section 2.05(a)(i), may not be reinstated, except as provided in Section 2.05(b) below. (ii) Mandatory. On the Termination Date, if the Borrower has made the Term Loan Election in accordance with Section 2.06 prior to such date, and from time to time thereafter upon each prepayment of the Revolving Credit Advances, the Commitments of the Lenders shall be automatically and permanently reduced on a pro rata basis by an amount equal to the amount by which (A) the aggregate Commitments immediately prior to such reduction exceed (B) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances outstanding at such time. (b) Increase in Aggregate of the Commitments. (i) The Borrower may at any time, by notice to the Agent, propose that the aggregate amount of the Commitments be increased (such aggregate amount being, a "Commitment Increase"), effective as at a date prior to the Termination Date (an "Increase Date") as to which agreement is to be reached by an earlier date specified in such notice (a "Commitment Date"); provided, however, that (A) the Borrower may not propose more than two Commitment Increases in any calendar year, (B) the minimum proposed Commitment Increase per notice shall be $25,000,000, (C) in no event shall the aggregate amount of the Commitments at any time exceed $350,000,000, (D) the applicable Performance Level on such Increase Date shall be Level I, Level II or Level III and (E) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such Increase Date. The Agent shall notify the Lenders thereof promptly upon its receipt of any such notice. The Agent agrees that it will cooperate with the Borrower in discussions with the Lenders and other Eligible Assignees with a view to arranging the proposed Commitment Increase through the increase of the Commitments of one or more of the Lenders (each such Lender that is willing to increase its Commitment hereunder being an "Increasing Lender") and the addition of one or more other Eligible 19

25 Assignees as Assuming Lenders and as parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that it shall be in each Lender's sole discretion whether to increase its Commitment hereunder in connection with the proposed Commitment Increase; and provided further that the minimum Commitment of each such Assuming Lender that becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to this Section 2.05(b), shall be at least equal to $10,000,000. If any of the Lenders agree to increase their respective Commitments by an aggregate amount in excess of the proposed Commitment Increase, the proposed Commitment Increase shall be allocated among such Lenders in proportion to their respective Commitments immediately prior to the Increase Date. If agreement is reached on or prior to the applicable Commitment Date with any Increasing Lenders and Assuming Lenders as to a Commitment Increase (which may be less than but not greater than specified in the applicable notice from the Borrower), such agreement to be evidenced by a notice in reasonable detail from the Borrower to the Agent on or prior to the applicable Commitment Date, such Assuming Lenders, if any, shall become Lenders hereunder as of the applicable Increase Date and the Commitments of such Increasing Lenders and such Assuming Lenders shall become or be, as the case may be, as of the Increase Date, the amounts specified in such notice; provided that: (x) the Agent shall have received (with copies for each Lender, including each such Assuming Lender) by no later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the applicable Increase Date (1) certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower approving the Commitment Increase and (2) an opinion of counsel for the Borrower (which may be in-house counsel), in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto; (y) each such Assuming Lender shall have delivered to the Agent, by no later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on such Increase Date, an appropriate Assumption Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto, duly executed by such Assuming Lender and the Borrower; and (z) each such Increasing Lender shall have delivered to the Agent by, no later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on such Increase Date, (A) its existing Revolving Credit Note and (B) confirmation in writing satisfactory to the Agent as to its increased Commitment. (ii) In the event that the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower as to its agreement to a Commitment Increase on or prior to the applicable Commitment Date and each of the actions provided for in clauses (x) through (z) above shall have occurred prior to 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the applicable Increase Date to the satisfaction of the Agent, the Agent shall notify the Lenders (including any Assuming Lenders) and the Borrower of the occurrence of such Commitment Increase by telephone, confirmed at once in writing, telecopier, telex or cable and in any event no later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on such Increase Date and shall record in the Register the relevant information with respect to each Increasing Lender and Assuming Lender. Each Increasing Lender and each Assuming Lender shall, before 2:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the applicable Increase Date, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Agent's Account, in same day funds, in the case of such Assuming Lender, an amount equal to such Assuming Lender's ratable portion of the Revolving Credit Borrowings then outstanding (calculated based on its Commitment 20

26 as a percentage of the aggregate Commitments outstanding after giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase) and, in the case of such Increasing Lender, an amount equal to the excess of (i) such Increasing Lender's ratable portion of the Revolving Credit Borrowings then outstanding (calculated based on its Commitment as a percentage of the aggregate Commitments outstanding after giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase) over (ii) such Increasing Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Borrowings then outstanding (calculated based on its Commitment (without giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase) as a percentage of the aggregate Commitments (without giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase). After the Agent's receipt of such funds from each such Increasing Lender and each such Assuming Lender, the Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds to the other Lenders for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices in an amount to each other Lender such that the aggregate amount of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances owing to each Lender after giving effect to such distribution equals such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Borrowings then outstanding (calculated based on its Commitment as a percentage of the aggregate Commitments outstanding after giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase). Within five Business Days after the Borrower receives notice from the Agent, the Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Agent, Revolving Credit Notes payable to the order of each Assuming Lender, if any, and, each Increasing Lender, dated as of the applicable Increase Date, in a principal amount equal to such Lender's Commitment after giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase, and substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto. The Agent, upon receipt of such Revolving Credit Notes, shall promptly deliver such Revolving Credit Notes to the respective Assuming Lenders and Increasing Lenders. (iii) In the event that the Agent shall not have received notice from the Borrower as to such agreement on or prior to the applicable Commitment Date or the Borrower shall, by notice to the Agent prior to the applicable Increase Date, withdraw its proposal for a Commitment Increase or any of the actions provided for above in clauses (i)(x) through (i)(z) shall not have occurred by 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the such Increase Date, such proposal by the Borrower shall be deemed not to have been made. In such event, any actions theretofore taken under clauses (i)(x) through (i)(z) above shall be deemed to be of no effect and all the rights and obligations of the parties shall continue as if no such proposal had been made. SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Revolving Credit Advances; Term Loan Election. The Borrower shall, subject to the next succeeding sentence, repay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders on the Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances then outstanding. The Borrower may, upon not less than 15 days' notice to the Agent, elect (the "Term Loan Election") to convert a portion or all of the Revolving Credit Advances outstanding on the Termination Date in effect at such time into a term loan which the Borrower shall repay in full ratably to the Lenders on the Maturity Date; provided that (i) the Term Loan Election may not be exercised if a Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of notice of the Term Loan Election or on the date on which the Term Loan Election is to be effected and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of any portion of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances not converted pursuant to the Term Loan Election shall be repaid on the Termination Date. All Revolving Credit Advances converted into a term loan pursuant to this 21

27 Section 2.06 shall continue to constitute Revolving Credit Advances except that the Borrower may not reborrow pursuant to Section 2.01 after all or any portion of such Revolving Credit Advances have been prepaid pursuant to Section 2.10. SECTION 2.07. Interest on Revolving Credit Advances. (a) Scheduled Interest. The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Advance owing to each Lender from the date of such Revolving Credit Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per annum: (i) Base Rate Advances. During such periods as such Revolving Credit Advance is a Base Rate Advance a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of (x) the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus (y) the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, payable in arrears quarterly on the last day of each March, June, September and December during such periods and on the date such Base Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full. (ii) Eurodollar Rate Advances. During such periods as such Revolving Credit Advance is a Eurodollar Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for such Revolving Credit Advance to the sum of (x) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period for such Revolving Credit Advance plus (y) the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period and, if such Interest Period has a duration of more than three months, on each day that occurs during such Interest Period every three months from the first day of such Interest Period and on the date such Eurodollar Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full. (b) Default Interest. The Borrower shall pay interest on (i) overdue principal of each Revolving Credit Advance owing to each Lender, payable in arrears on the dates referred to in clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on such Revolving Credit Advance pursuant to clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the amount of any overdue interest, fee or other amount payable hereunder, from the date such amount shall be due until such amount shall be paid in full, payable in arrears on the date such amount shall be paid in full and on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on Base Rate Advances pursuant to clause (a)(i) above. SECTION 2.08. Interest Rate Determination. (a) Each Reference Bank agrees to furnish to the Agent timely information for the purpose of determining each Eurodollar Rate and each LIBO Rate. If any one or more of the Reference Banks shall not furnish such timely information to the Agent for the purpose of determining any such interest rate, the Agent shall determine such interest rate on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining Reference Banks. The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by the Agent for purposes of Section 2.07(a)(i) or (ii), and the rate, if any, furnished by each Reference Bank for the purpose of determining the interest rate under Section 2.07(a)(ii). 22

28 (b) If, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Required Lenders notify the Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for such Advances will not adequately reflect the cost to such Required Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their respective Eurodollar Rate Advances for such Interest Period, the Agent shall forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Lenders, whereupon (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance, and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Revolving Credit Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist. (c) If the Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Advances in accordance with the provisions contained in the definition of "Interest Period" in Section 1.01, the Agent will forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Lenders and the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. (d) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended. (e) If fewer than two Reference Banks furnish timely information to the Agent for determining the Eurodollar Rate or LIBO Rate for any Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances, as the case may be, the Eurodollar Rate or the LIBO Rate for such Eurodollar Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance, as the case may be, shall be an interest rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the offered rate per annum at which deposits in U.S. dollars appears on the Dow Jones Markets Page 3750 (or any successor page) as of 11:00 A.M. (London time), or in the event such offered rate is not available from the Dow Jones Markets Page 3750, (i) the Agent shall forthwith notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the interest rate cannot be determined for such Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances, as the case may be, (ii) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances, each such Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance (or if such Advance is then a Base Rate Advance, will continue as a Base Rate Advance), and (iii) the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances or to Convert Revolving Credit Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist. SECTION 2.09. Optional Conversion of Revolving Credit Advances. The Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion 23

29 and subject to the provisions of Sections 2.08 and 2.12, Convert all Revolving Credit Advances of one Type comprising the same Borrowing into Revolving Credit Advances of the other Type; provided, however, that any Conversion of Base Rate Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be in an amount not less than the minimum amount specified in Section 2.02(b) and no Conversion of any Revolving Credit Advances shall result in more separate Revolving Credit Borrowings than permitted under Section 2.02(b). Each such notice of a Conversion shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such Conversion, (ii) the Revolving Credit Advances to be Converted, and (iii) if such Conversion is into Eurodollar Rate Advances, the duration of the initial Interest Period for each such Advance. Each notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. SECTION 2.10. Optional Prepayments of Revolving Credit Advances. The Borrower may, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, upon at least two Business Days' notice to the Agent, and in the case of Base Rate Advances, upon notice to the Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. on the date of such proposed prepayment, stating in each case the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given the Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid; provided, however, that (x) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 for any Base Rate Advance or $10,000,000 for any Eurodollar Rate Advance or, in each case, an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (y) in the event of any such prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Advance, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to Section 8.04(c). SECTION 2.11. Increased Costs. (a) If, after the date hereof, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender (other than in respect of Eurocurrency Liabilities) of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar Rate Advances (excluding for purposes of this Section 2.11 any such increased costs resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 2.14 shall govern) and (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis therefor and the computation thereof, submitted to the Borrower and the Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Lenders shall deliver the notice and certificate described in this Section 2.11(a) to the Borrower in respect of any increased costs except in accordance with the internal policy of such Lender as to the exercise of similar rights and remedies in similar circumstances. (b) If any Lender determines that compliance with any law or regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not 24

30 having the force of law) in either case enacted, adopted or made after the date hereof, affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender's commitment to lend hereunder and other commitments of this type, then, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or such corporation for the reduction of the rate of return on such Lender's capital or on the capital of such corporation, to the extent that such Lender reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Lender's commitment to lend hereunder. A certificate as to such amounts, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis therefor and the computation thereof, submitted to the Borrower and the Agent by such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Lenders shall deliver the notice and certificate described in this Section 2.11(b) to the Borrower in respect of any requirements of additional capital except in accordance with the internal policy of such Lender as to the exercise of similar rights and remedies in similar circumstances. (c) If any Lender shall give notice to the Agent and the Borrower at any time to the effect that Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements are, or are scheduled to become, effective and that such Lender is or will be generally subject to such Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements (without regard to whether such Lender will be able to benefit from proration or offsets that may be available from time to time under Regulation D) as a result of which such Lender will incur additional costs, then such Lender shall, for each day from the later of the date of such notice and the date on which such Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements become effective, be entitled to additional interest on each Eurodollar Rate Advance made by it at a rate per annum determined for such day (rounded upward to the nearest 100th of 1%) equal to the remainder obtained by subtracting (i) the Eurodollar Rate for such Eurodollar Rate Advance from (ii) the rate obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to 100% minus the then applicable Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements. Such additional interest will be payable in arrears to the Agent, for the account of such Lender, on each date that interest is payable on such Eurodollar Rate Advance. Any Lender which gives a notice under this paragraph (c) shall promptly withdraw such notice (by written notice of withdrawal given to the Agent and the Borrower) in the event Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements cease to apply to it or the circumstances giving rise to such notice otherwise cease to exist. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, no Lender shall be entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.11 arising with respect to any period of time prior to the date that is 60 days prior to the date on which notice of such claim and the basis therefor is first given to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.11. SECTION 2.12. Illegality. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall notify the Agent that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances or to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances hereunder, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance, as the case may be, of such Lender 25

31 will automatically, upon such demand, Convert into a Base Rate Advance or an Advance that bears interest at the rate set forth in Section 2.07(a)(i), as the case may be, and (ii) the obligation of such Lender to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances or to Convert Revolving Credit Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist. If any Lender shall exercise its rights under this Section 2.12(a), all payments and prepayments of principal which would otherwise have been applied to repay the Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances that would have been made by such Lender or the converted Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances of such Lender shall instead be applied to repay the Base Rate Advances or Advances bearing interest at the rate set forth in Section 2.07(a)(i), as the case may be, made by such Lender in lieu of, or resulting from the conversion of, such Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances, and all distributions of payments in respect of interest shall be made to the Lenders ratably based on the interest rates applicable to their respective Advances. (b) For purposes of this Section 2.12, a notice to the Borrower by any Lender shall be effective as to each Eurodollar Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance, if lawful, on the last day of the Interest Period currently applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance; in all other cases such notice shall be effective on the date of receipt by the Borrower. SECTION 2.13. Payments and Computations. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment hereunder and under the Notes not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the day when due in U.S. dollars to the Agent at the Agent's Account in same day funds. The Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or facility fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.03, 2.11, 2.14 or 8.04(c)) to the Lenders for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance and recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 8.07(c), from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under the Notes in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves. Upon any Assuming Lender becoming a Lender hereunder as a result of the effectiveness of a Commitment Increase pursuant to Section 2.05(b) or an extension of the Termination Date pursuant to Section 2.17 and upon the Agent's receipt of such Lender's Assumption Agreement and recording of the information contained therein in the Register, from and after the applicable Increase Date or Extension Date, as the case may be, the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under any Notes issued in connection therewith in respect of the interest assumed thereby to the Assuming Lender. (b) All computations of interest based on Citibank's base rate shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and all computations of interest based on the Eurodollar Rate or the Federal Funds Rate and of facility fees shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days 26

32 (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or facility fees are payable. Each determination by the Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. (c) Whenever any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or facility fee, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day. (d) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on such date and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate. SECTION 2.14. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by the Borrower hereunder or under the Notes shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.13, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Lender and the Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Lender, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction of such Lender's Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof, and further excluding, if any Lender is found as the result of a determination (as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to be a conduit entity participating in a conduit financing arrangement as defined in Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 7701(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, the excess of the United States taxes imposed with respect to such Lender over the amount of United States taxes that would have been imposed with respect to such Lender if such determination had not been made with respect to such Lender (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities in respect of payments hereunder or under the Notes being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any Note to any Lender or the Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.14) such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law. 27

33 (b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or under the Notes or from the execution, delivery or registration of, performing under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or the Notes (hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes"). (c) The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender and the Agent for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.14) imposed on or paid by such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor. (d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the Borrower shall furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to in Section 8.02, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof. In the case of any payment hereunder or under the Notes by or on behalf of the Borrower through an account or branch outside the United States or by or on behalf of the Borrower by a payor that is not a United States person, if the Borrower determines that no Taxes are payable in respect thereof, the Borrower shall furnish, or shall cause such payor to furnish, to the Agent, at such address, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Agent stating that such payment is exempt from Taxes. For purposes of this subsection (d) and subsection (e), the terms "United States" and "United States person" shall have the meanings specified in Section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code. (e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement in the case of each Initial Lender and on the date of the Assumption Agreement or the Assignment and Acceptance, as the case may be, pursuant to which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and from time to time thereafter as requested in writing by the Borrower (but only so long as such Lender remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide each of the Agent and the Borrower with two original Internal Revenue Service forms W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as appropriate, or any successor or other form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Lender is exempt from or entitled to a reduced rate of United States withholding tax on payments pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes. If the forms provided by a Lender at the time such Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement indicate a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from Taxes unless and until such Lender provides the appropriate forms certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon withholding tax at such lesser rate only shall be considered excluded from Taxes for periods governed by such forms; provided, however, that, if at the date of the Assumption Agreement or the Assignment and Acceptance, as the case may be, pursuant to which a Lender assignee becomes a party to this Agreement, the Lender assignor was entitled to payments under subsection (a) in respect of United States withholding tax with respect to interest paid at such date, then, to such extent, the term Taxes shall include (in addition to withholding taxes that may be imposed in the future or other amounts otherwise includable in Taxes) United States withholding tax, if any, applicable with respect to the Lender assignee on such date. If any form or document referred to in this subsection (e) requires the disclosure of information, other than information necessary to compute the tax payable and information required on the date hereof by 28

34 Internal Revenue Service form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, that the Lender reasonably considers to be confidential, the Lender shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and shall not be obligated to include in such form or document such confidential information. (f) For any period with respect to which a Lender has failed to provide the Borrower with the appropriate form described in Section 2.14(e) (other than if such failure is due to a change in law occurring subsequent to the date on which a form originally was required to be provided, or if such form otherwise is not required under the first sentence of subsection (e) above), such Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under Section 2.14(a) or (c) with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States by reason of such failure; provided, however, that should a Lender become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder, the Borrower shall take such steps as the Lender shall reasonably request to assist the Lender to recover such Taxes. (g) Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.14 agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Eurodollar Lending Office if the making of such a change would avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, any additional amounts that may thereafter accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. SECTION 2.15. Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Revolving Credit Advances owing to it (other than pursuant to Section 2.11, 2.14 or 8.04(c)) in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of the Revolving Credit Advances obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Revolving Credit Advances owing to them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender's ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender's required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.15 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. SECTION 2.16. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Advances shall be available (and the Borrower agrees that it shall use such proceeds) for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including acquisitions, stock repurchases and commercial paper backstop. SECTION 2.17. Extension of Termination Date. (a) At least 30 days but not more than 45 days prior to the Termination Date, the Borrower, by written notice to the Agent, 29

35 may request an extension of the Termination Date in effect at such time by 364 days from its then scheduled expiration. The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of such request, and each Lender shall in turn, in its sole discretion, not later than 20 days prior to the Termination Date, notify the Borrower and the Agent in writing as to whether such Lender will consent to such extension. If any Lender shall fail to notify the Agent and the Borrower in writing of its consent to any such request for extension of the Termination Date at least 20 days prior to the Termination Date, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Non-Consenting Lender with respect to such request. The Agent shall notify the Borrower not later than 15 days prior to the Termination Date of the decision of the Lenders regarding the Borrower's request for an extension of the Termination Date. (b) If all the Lenders consent in writing to any such request in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.17, the Termination Date in effect at such time shall, effective as at the Termination Date (the "Extension Date"), be extended for 364 days; provided that on each Extension Date the applicable conditions set forth in Article III shall be satisfied. If less than all of the Lenders consent in writing to any such request in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.17, the Termination Date in effect at such time shall, effective as at the applicable Extension Date and subject to subsection (d) of this Section 2.17, be extended as to those Lenders that so consented (each a "Consenting Lender") but shall not be extended as to any other Lender (each a "Non-Consenting Lender"). To the extent that the Termination Date is not extended as to any Lender pursuant to this Section 2.17 and the Commitment of such Lender is not assumed in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section 2.17 on or prior to the applicable Extension Date, the Commitment of such Non-Consenting Lender shall automatically terminate in whole on such unextended Termination Date without any further notice or other action by the Borrower, such Lender or any other Person; provided that such Non-Consenting Lender's rights under Sections 2.11, 2.14 and 8.04, and its obligations under Section 7.05, shall survive the Termination Date for such Lender as to matters occurring prior to such date. It is understood and agreed that no Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to any request made by the Borrower for any requested extension of the Termination Date. (c) If less than all of the Lenders consent to any such request pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 2.17, the Agent shall promptly so notify the Consenting Lenders, and each Consenting Lender may, in its sole discretion, give written notice to the Agent not later than 10 days prior to the Termination Date of the amount of the Non-Consenting Lenders' Commitments for which it is willing to accept an assignment. If the Consenting Lenders notify the Agent that they are willing to accept assignments of Commitments in an aggregate amount that exceeds the amount of the Commitments of the Non-Consenting Lenders, such Commitments shall be allocated among the Consenting Lenders willing to accept such assignments in such amounts as are agreed between the Borrower and the Agent. If after giving effect to the assignments of Commitments described above there remains any Commitments of Non-Consenting Lenders, the Borrower may arrange for one or more Consenting Lenders or other Eligible Assignees as Assuming Lenders to assume, effective as of the Extension Date, any Non-Consenting Lender's Commitment and all of the obligations of such Non-Consenting Lender under this Agreement thereafter arising, without recourse to or warranty by, or expense to, such Non-Consenting Lender; provided, however, that the amount of the Commitment of any such Assuming Lender as a result of such substitution shall in no event be less than $10,000,000 unless the amount of the Commitment of such Non-Consenting Lender is less than $10,000,000, 30

36 in which case such Assuming Lender shall assume all of such lesser amount; and provided further that: (i) any such Consenting Lender or Assuming Lender shall have paid to such Non-Consenting Lender (A) the aggregate principal amount of, and any interest accrued and unpaid to the effective date of the assignment on, the outstanding Advances, if any, of such Non-Consenting Lender plus (B) any accrued but unpaid facility fees owing to such Non-Consenting Lender as of the effective date of such assignment; (ii) all additional costs reimbursements, expense reimbursements and indemnities payable to such Non-Consenting Lender, and all other accrued and unpaid amounts owing to such Non-Consenting Lender hereunder, as of the effective date of such assignment shall have been paid to such Non-Consenting Lender; and (iii) with respect to any such Assuming Lender, the applicable processing and recordation fee required under Section 8.07(a) for such assignment shall have been paid; provided further that such Non-Consenting Lender's rights under Sections 2.11, 2.14 and 8.04, and its obligations under Section 7.05, shall survive such substitution as to matters occurring prior to the date of substitution. At least three Business Days prior to any Extension Date, (A) each such Assuming Lender, if any, shall have delivered to the Borrower and the Agent an Assumption Agreement, duly executed by such Assuming Lender, such Non-Consenting Lender, the Borrower and the Agent, (B) any such Consenting Lender shall have delivered confirmation in writing satisfactory to the Borrower and the Agent as to the increase in the amount of its Commitment and (C) each Non-Consenting Lender being replaced pursuant to this Section 2.17 shall have delivered to the Agent any Note or Notes held by such Non-Consenting Lender. Upon the payment or prepayment of all amounts referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence, each such Consenting Lender or Assuming Lender, as of the Extension Date, will be substituted for such Non-Consenting Lender under this Agreement and shall be a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement, without any further acknowledgment by or the consent of the other Lenders, and the obligations of each such Non-Consenting Lender hereunder shall, by the provisions hereof, be released and discharged. (d) If (after giving effect to any assignments or assumptions pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 2.17) Lenders having Commitments equal to at least 50% of the Commitments in effect immediately prior to the Extension Date consent in writing to a requested extension (whether by execution or delivery of an Assumption Agreement or otherwise) not later than one Business Day prior to such Extension Date, the Agent shall so notify the Borrower, and, subject to the satisfaction to the applicable conditions in Article III, the Termination Date then in effect shall be extended for the additional 364-day period as described in subsection (a) of this Section 2.17, and all references in this Agreement, and in the Notes, if any, to the "Termination Date" shall, with respect to each Consenting Lender and each Assuming Lender for such Extension Date, refer to the Termination Date as so extended. Promptly following each Extension Date, the Agent shall notify the Lenders (including, without limitation, each Assuming Lender) of the extension of the scheduled Termination Date in effect immediately prior thereto and shall thereupon record in the Register the relevant information with respect to each such Consenting Lender and each such Assuming Lender. 31

37 ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Sections 2.01 and 2.03. Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the "Effective Date") on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied: (a) The Borrower shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders (including the accrued fees and expenses of counsel to the Agent). (b) On the Effective Date, the following statements shall be true and the Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower, dated the Effective Date, stating that: (i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date, and (ii) No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default. (c) The Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date the following, each dated such day, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and (except for the Revolving Credit Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender: (i) The Revolving Credit Notes to the order of the Lenders, respectively. (ii) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower approving this Agreement and the Notes, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the Notes. (iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder. (iv) A favorable opinion of Diana M. Daniels, general counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto and as to such other matters as any Lender through the Agent may reasonably request. (v) A favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling, counsel for the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. SECTION 3.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Revolving Credit Borrowing, Increase Date and Extension Date. The obligation of each Lender to make a Revolving Credit Advance on the occasion of each Revolving Credit Borrowing (other than a Competitive Bid Advance), each Commitment Increase and each extension of Commitments pursuant to Section 32

38 2.17 shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Effective Date shall have occurred and on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, such Increase Date or such Extension Date the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing, request for Commitment Increase, request for Commitment Extension and the acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, such Increase Date or such Extension Date such statements are true): (a) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct in all material respects on and as of date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, such Increase Date or such Extension Date, before and after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Borrowing, such Increase Date or such Extension Date and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Revolving Credit Borrowing, such Increase Date or such Extension Date or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default. SECTION 3.03. Conditions Precedent to Each Competitive Bid Borrowing. The obligation of each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance on the occasion of a Competitive Bid Borrowing to make such Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing is subject to the conditions precedent that (i) the Agent shall have received the written confirmatory Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing with respect thereto, (ii) on or before the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, but prior to such Competitive Bid Borrowing, the Agent shall have received a Competitive Bid Note payable to the order of such Lender for each of the one or more Competitive Bid Advances to be made by such Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Advance to be evidenced thereby and otherwise on such terms as were agreed to for such Competitive Bid Advance in accordance with Section 2.03, and (iii) on the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing and the acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds of such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing such statements are true): (a) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such Competitive Bid Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Competitive Bid Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default. SECTION 3.04. Determinations Under Section 3.01. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.01, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or 33

39 other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer of the Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the date that the Borrower, by notice to the Lenders, designates as the proposed Effective Date, specifying its objection thereto. The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower of the occurrence of the Effective Date. ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. The Borrower represents and warrants as follows: (a) The Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the Notes, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, are within the Borrower's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not contravene (i) the Borrower's charter or by-laws or (ii) law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Borrower. (c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement or the Notes. (d) This Agreement has been, and each of the Notes when delivered hereunder will have been, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower. This Agreement is, and each of the Notes when delivered hereunder will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms. (e) The Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at January 2, 2000, and the related Consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, accompanied by an opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, and the Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at April 2, 2000, and the related Consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the three months then ended, duly certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, copies of which have been furnished to each Lender, fairly present, subject in the case of said balance sheet as at April 2, 2000, and said statements of income and cash flows for the three months then ended, to year-end audit adjustments, the Consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates and the Consolidated results of the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the periods 34

40 ended on such dates, all in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. Between January 2, 2000 and the date hereof, there has been no Material Adverse Change. (f) There is no pending or threatened action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding, including, without limitation, any Environmental Action, affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that (i) is pending or threatened on the date hereof and is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. (g) The Borrower is not, and immediately after the application by the Borrower of the proceeds of each Advance will not be an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. (h) After giving effect to the application of the proceeds of each Advance, not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) subject to the provisions of Section 5.02(a) or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Debt and within the scope of Section 6.01(d) will consist of or be represented by Margin Stock. ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will: (a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, such compliance to include, without limitation, compliance with ERISA and Environmental Laws, except to the extent that any failures to so comply, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to comply with any law, rule, regulation or order to the extent it is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and as to which appropriate reserves are being maintained. (b) Payment of Taxes, Etc. Pay and discharge, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its property; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge any such tax, assessment, charge or claim that is being 35

41 contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and as to which appropriate reserves are being maintained. (c) Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain, and cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same general areas in which the Borrower or such Significant Subsidiary operates. (d) Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc. Preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises if the loss or failure to maintain the same could, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower may consummate any merger or consolidation permitted under Section 5.02(b). (e) Visitation Rights. At any reasonable time and from time to time on reasonable notice and at reasonable intervals, permit the Agent or any of the Lenders, or any agents or representatives thereof, to visit the properties of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries with any of their officers or directors and, during the continuance of any Default, to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries with their independent certified public accountants. (f) Keeping of Books. Keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, proper books of record and account, in which entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Borrower and each such Subsidiary in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time. (g) Maintenance of Properties, Etc. Maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties that are used or useful in the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the extent that any failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. (h) Primary Business. The Borrower shall continue to be engaged primarily in lines of business as carried on at the date hereof or lines of business related thereto. (i) Reporting Requirements. Furnish to the Lenders: (i) as soon as available and in any event within 55 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and Consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, duly certified (subject to year-end audit adjustments) by the chief financial officer of the 36

42 Borrower as having been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and certificates of the chief financial officer of the Borrower as to compliance with the terms of this Agreement, provided that in the event of any change in GAAP used in the preparation of such financial statements, the Borrower shall also provide, if necessary for the determination of compliance with Section 5.03, a statement of reconciliation conforming such financial statements to GAAP; (ii) as soon as available and in any event within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the annual audit report for such year for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, containing the Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and Consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, in each case accompanied by an opinion by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing, provided that in the event of any change in GAAP used in the preparation of such financial statements, the Borrower shall also provide, if necessary for the determination of compliance with Section 5.03, a statement of reconciliation conforming such financial statements to GAAP; (iii) as soon as possible and in any event within seven days after the occurrence of each Default continuing on the date of such statement, a statement of the chief financial officer of the Borrower setting forth details of such Default and the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto; (iv) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all quarterly and annual reports and proxy solicitations that the Borrower sends to its public securityholders generally, and copies of all reports on Form 8-K and registration statements for the public offering (other than pursuant to employee Plans) of securities that the Borrower files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange; (v) promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of all actions and proceedings before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the type described in Section 4.01(f); and (vi) such other information respecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as any Lender through the Agent may from time to time reasonably request. SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenants. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will not: (a) Liens, Etc. Create or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its properties (which for purposes of this subsection (a) shall be deemed not to include shares of the Borrower's 37

43 capital stock), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to assign, any right to receive income, other than: (i) Permitted Liens, (ii) purchase money Liens upon or in any real property or equipment acquired or held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business to secure the purchase price of such property or equipment or to secure Debt incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such property or equipment, or Liens existing on such property or equipment at the time of its acquisition (other than any such Liens created in contemplation of such acquisition that were not incurred to finance the acquisition of such property) or extensions, renewals or replacements of any of the foregoing for the same or a lesser amount, provided, however, that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any properties of any character other than the real property or equipment being acquired (or, in the case of improvements to real property, the real property being improved), and no such extension, renewal or replacement shall extend to or cover any properties not theretofore subject to the Lien being extended, renewed or replaced, (iii) the Liens existing on the Effective Date and described on Schedule 5.02(a) hereto, (iv) Liens securing Debt payable to the Borrower, (v) other Liens securing Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding an amount equal to 20% of Consolidated Shareholders' Equity, and (vi) the replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by clause (iii) above upon or in the same property theretofore subject thereto or the replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount) of the Debt secured thereby. (b) Mergers, Etc. Merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, any Person, provided that the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any other Person so long as the Borrower is the surviving corporation and provided further that no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such proposed transaction or would result therefrom. (c) Accounting Changes. Make or permit, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make or permit, any change in accounting policies or reporting practices, except as permitted by generally accepted accounting principles and, in the case of any significant change, concurred with by the Borrower's independent public accountants. 38

44 SECTION 5.03. Financial Covenant. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will maintain Consolidated Shareholders' Equity of not less than $850,000,000. ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events ("Events of Default") shall occur and be continuing: (a) The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Advance when the same becomes due and payable (or, if any such failure is due solely to technical or administrative difficulties relating to the transfer of such principal payment, within two Business Days after the same becomes due and payable); or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Advance or make any other payment of fees or other amounts payable under this Agreement or any Note within three Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or (b) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower herein or by the Borrower (or any of its officers) in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made; or (c) (i) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(d) or (i)(iii), 5.02 or 5.03, or (ii) the Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on its part to be performed or observed if such failure shall remain unremedied for 20 days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Agent or any Lender; or (d) The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on any Debt (other than Non-Recourse Debt) that is outstanding in a principal amount of at least $40,000,000 in the aggregate (but excluding Debt outstanding hereunder) of the Borrower or such Subsidiary (as the case may be), when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt; or (e) The Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Borrower or any of its Significant 39

45 Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days, or in such proceeding the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or for any substantial part of its property shall occur; or the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this subsection (e); or (f) Any judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction for the payment of money in excess of $20,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been legally commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect provided, however, that any such judgment or order shall not be an Event of Default under this Section 6.01(f) if and for so long as (x) the amount of such judgment or order is covered by a valid and binding policy of insurance between the defendant and the insurer covering payment thereof and (y) such insurer, which shall be rated at least "A-" by A.M. Best Company, has been notified of, and has not disputed the claim made for payment of, the amount of such judgment or order; or (g) (i) Any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (other than the Graham Interests) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Voting Stock) representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of all Voting Stock of the Borrower and such combined voting power exceeds the then current voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Voting Stock) controlled by the Graham Interests; or (ii) Continuing Directors of the Borrower shall cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower; or (h) The Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall incur liability as a result of one or more of the following: (i) the occurrence of any ERISA Event; (ii) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan; or (iii) the reorganization or termination of a Multiemployer Plan; and, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, such incurrence would be likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, provided that any such liability in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be deemed not to be likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; then, and in any such event, the Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the obligation of each Lender to make 40

46 Advances to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Notes, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Notes, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; provided, however, that in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, (A) the obligation of each Lender to make Advances shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Notes, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower. ARTICLE VII THE AGENT SECTION 7.01. Authorization and Action. Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Notes), the Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or applicable law. The Agent agrees to give to each Lender prompt notice of each notice given to it by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. SECTION 7.02. Agent's Reliance, Etc. Neither the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Agent: (i) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until the Agent receives and accepts an Assumption Agreement entered into by an Assuming Lender as provided in Section 2.05(b) or 2.17, as the case may be, or an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by the Lender that is the payee of such Note, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided in Section 8.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (iii) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the part of the Borrower or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of the Borrower; (v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due 41

47 execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (vi) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopier, telegram or telex) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties. SECTION 7.03. Citibank and Affiliates. With respect to its Commitment, the Advances made by it and the Note issued to it, Citibank shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and the term "Lender" or "Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Citibank in its individual capacity. Citibank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment banking engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries and any Person who may do business with or own securities of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, all as if Citibank were not the Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. SECTION 7.04. Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement. SECTION 7.05. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), ratably according to the respective principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Notes then held by each of them (or if no Revolving Credit Notes are at the time outstanding or if any Revolving Credit Notes are held by Persons that are not Lenders, ratably according to the respective amounts of their Commitments), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under this Agreement, provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower. SECTION 7.06. Successor Agent. The Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have been 42

48 so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation or the Required Lenders' removal of the retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article VII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement. SECTION 7.07. Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent. SunTrust has been designated as syndication agent and Chase has been designated as documentation agent in recognition of their respective Commitments, and the use of such title does not impose on such Lender any duties or obligations greater than those of any other Lender. ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 8.01. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Revolving Credit Notes, nor consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Lenders, do any of the following: (a) waive any of the conditions specified in Section 3.01, (b) increase the Commitments of the Lenders other than as provided in Section 2.05(b), (c) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Revolving Credit Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (d) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Revolving Credit Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (e) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Notes that shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder or (f) amend this Section 8.01; provided further that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any Note. SECTION 8.02. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier, telegraphic or telex communication) and telecopied, telegraphed, telexed or delivered, if to the Borrower, at its address at 1150 15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20071, Attention: Treasurer; if to any Initial Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office specified opposite its name on Schedule I hereto; if to any other Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office specified in the Assumption Agreement or the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender; and if to the Agent, at its address at Two Penns Way, Suite 200, New Castle, Delaware 19720, Attention: Brian Maxwell; 43

49 or, as to the Borrower or the Agent, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties and, as to each other party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrower and the Agent. All such notices and communications shall, when hand delivered, telecopied, telegraphed or telexed, be effective when received. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes or of any Exhibit hereto to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. SECTION 8.03. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Lender or the Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. SECTION 8.04. Costs and Expenses. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification and amendment of this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, (A) all due diligence, syndication (including printing, distribution and bank meetings), transportation and duplication expenses, and (B) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agent as to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement. The Borrower further agrees to pay on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders, if any (including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses), in connection with the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent and each Lender in connection with the enforcement of rights under this Section 8.04(a). (b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Lender and each of their Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an "Indemnified Party") from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of, or in connection with the preparation for a defense of, any investigation, litigation or proceeding arising out of, related to or in connection with the Notes, this Agreement, any of the transactions contemplated herein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances, whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrower, its directors, shareholders or creditors or an Indemnified Party or any other Person or any Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, except to the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party's gross negligence or willful misconduct or breach of its obligations under this Agreement. (c) If any payment of principal of, or Conversion of, any Eurodollar Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other 44

50 than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advance, as a result of a payment or Conversion pursuant to Section 2.08(d) or (e), 2.09, 2.10 or 2.12, acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 6.01 or for any other reason, or by an Eligible Assignee to a Lender other than on the last day of an Interest Period for such Advance upon an assignment of rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.07 as a result of a demand by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.07(a), the Borrower shall, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment or Conversion, including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such Advance. (d) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in Sections 2.11, 2.14 and 8.04 shall survive the payment in full of principal, interest and all other amounts payable hereunder and under the Notes. SECTION 8.05. Right of Set-off. Upon (i) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (ii) the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Agent to declare the Notes due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and the Note held by such Lender, whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such Note and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender and its Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) that such Lender and its Affiliates may have. SECTION 8.06. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective (other than Sections 2.01 and 2.03, which shall only become effective upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.01) when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Agent and when the Agent shall have been notified by each Initial Lender that such Initial Lender has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders. SECTION 8.07. Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may with the consent of the Agent and the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and, if demanded by the Borrower (following a demand by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.11 or 2.14 or following such Lender's Downgrade) at a time when no Default has 45

51 occurred and is continuing upon at least five Business Days' notice to such Lender and the Agent, will assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Revolving Credit Advances owing to it and the Revolving Credit Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under this Agreement (other than any right to make Competitive Bid Advances, Competitive Bid Advances owing to it and Competitive Bid Notes), (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and the amount of the Commitment of such Lender remaining after such assignment shall not be less than $10,000,000 or shall be zero, (iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, (iv) each such assignment made as a result of a demand by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 8.07(a) shall be arranged by the Borrower after consultation with the Agent and shall be either an assignment of all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement or an assignment of a portion of such rights and obligations made concurrently with another such assignment or other such assignments that together cover all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement, (v) no Lender shall be obligated to make any such assignment as a result of a demand by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 8.07(a) unless and until such Lender shall have received one or more payments from either the Borrower or one or more Eligible Assignees in an aggregate amount at least equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances owing to such Lender, together with accrued interest thereon to the date of payment of such principal amount and all other amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement, and (vi) unless such assignment is demanded by the Borrower, the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any Revolving Credit Note subject to such assignment and a processing and recordation fee of $3,500. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). (b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with 46

52 respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (v) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender. (c) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, together with any Revolving Credit Note or Notes subject to such assignment, the Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower. Within five Business Days after its receipt of such notice, the Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Agent in exchange for the surrendered Revolving Credit Note a new Note to the order of such Eligible Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning Lender has retained a Commitment hereunder, a new Revolving Credit Note to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Commitment retained by it hereunder. Such new Revolving Credit Note or Notes shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such surrendered Revolving Credit Note or Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto. (d) The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 8.02 a copy of each Assumption Agreement and each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Advances owing to, each Lender from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. (e) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates) in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, 47

53 that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment to the Borrower hereunder) shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes of this Agreement, (iv) the Borrower, the Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and (v) no participant under any such participation shall have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Note, or any consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or consent would reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject to such participation, or postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject to such participation. (f) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 8.07, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant, any information relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that, prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall agree to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information relating to the Borrower received by it from such Lender. (g) Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. SECTION 8.08. Confidentiality. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall disclose any Confidential Information to any other Person without the consent of the Borrower, other than (a) to the Agent's or such Lender's Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, accountants, auditors, counsel, agents and advisors and, as contemplated by Section 8.07(f), to actual or prospective assignees and participants, and then only on a confidential basis, (b) as required by any law, rule or regulation or judicial process, (c) to any rating agency when required by it, provided that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information relating to the Borrower received by it from such Lender and (d) as requested or required by any state, federal or foreign authority or examiner regulating banks or banking. SECTION 8.09. Governing Law. This Agreement and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. SECTION 8.10. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page 48

54 to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. SECTION 8.11. Jurisdiction, Etc. (a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the Notes in the courts of any jurisdiction. (b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. SECTION 8.12. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders hereby irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes or the actions of the Agent or any Lender in the negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement thereof. 49

55 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written. THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY By /s/ John B. Morse, Jr. --------------------------------------------- Title: Vice President CITIBANK, N.A. as Agent By /s/ Carolyn A. Kee --------------------------------------------- Title: Vice President 50

56 Initial Lenders Commitment Agent $100,000,000 CITIBANK, N.A. By /s/ Carolyn A. Kee --------------------------------------------- Title: Vice President Syndication Agent $75,000,000 SUNTRUST BANK By /s/ Nancy R. Petrash --------------------------------------------- Title: Director Documentation Agent $75,000,000 THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK By /s/ Charles Swarns, Jr. --------------------------------------------- Title: Vice President $250,000,000 Total of the Commitments 51

57 SCHEDULE I The Washington Post Company 364-Day Credit Agreement APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES Name of Initial Lender Domestic Lending Office Eurodollar Lending Office - ---------------------- ----------------------- ------------------------- The Chase Manhattan Bank 270 Park Avenue 270 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 New York, NY 10017 Attn: Charles Swarns Attn: Charles Swarns T: 718 242-3792 T: 718 242-3792 F: 718 242-3846 F: 718 242-3846 Citibank, N.A. Two Penns Way Two Penns Way New Castle, DE 19720 New Castle, DE 19720 SunTrust Bank 1445 New York Avenue, NW 1445 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Washington, DC 20005 Attn: Nancy Petrash Attn: Nancy Petrash T: 202 879-6432 T: 202 879-6432 F: 202 879-6137 F: 202 879-6137

58 SCHEDULE 5.02(a) EXISTING LIENS [None]

59 EXHIBIT A-1 - FORM OF REVOLVING CREDIT PROMISSORY NOTE U.S.$_______________ Dated: _____________, 200_ FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of _________________________ (the "Lender") for the account of its Applicable Lending Office on the later of the Termination Date and the date designated pursuant to Section 2.06 of the Credit Agreement (each as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) the principal sum of U.S.$[amount of the Lender's Commitment in figures] or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 2000 among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, Citibank, N.A., as Agent for the Lender and such other lenders, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as lead arranger and book manager, SunTrust Bank, as syndication agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as documentation agent (as amended or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), outstanding on such date. The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Advance from the date of such Revolving Credit Advance until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and payable at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement. Both principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United States of America to Citibank, N.A., as Agent, at 399 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10043, in same day funds. Each Revolving Credit Advance owing to the Lender by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and all payments made on account of principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and, prior to any transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto which is part of this Promissory Note.

60 This Promissory Note is one of the Revolving Credit Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of Revolving Credit Advances by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the U.S. dollar amount first above mentioned, the indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each such Revolving Credit Advance being evidenced by this Promissory Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified. THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY By ------------------------------------------------ Title: 2

61 ADVANCES AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ AMOUNT OF UNPAID AMOUNT OF PRINCIPAL PAID PRINCIPAL DATE ADVANCE OR PREPAID BALANCE NOTATION MADE BY - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ - --------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------ 3

62 EXHIBIT A-2 - FORM OF COMPETITIVE BID PROMISSORY NOTE U.S.$_______________ Dated: ______________, 200_ FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of _________________________ (the "Lender") for the account of its Applicable Lending Office (as defined in the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 2000 among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, Citibank, N.A., as Agent for the Lender and such other lenders, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as lead arranger and book manager, SunTrust Bank, as syndication agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as documentation agent (as amended or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined)), on _______________, 200_, the principal amount of U.S.$_______________. The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from the date hereof until such principal amount is paid in full, at the interest rate and payable on the interest payment date or dates provided below: [Interest Rate: _____% per annum (calculated on the basis of a year of _____ days for the actual number of days elapsed).] Both principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United States of America to Citibank, N.A. for the account of the Lender at the office of Citibank, N.A., at 399 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10043 in same day funds. This Promissory Note is one of the Competitive Bid Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other things, contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events. The Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate as a waiver of such rights.

63 This Promissory Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY By ------------------------------------------------- Title 2

64 EXHIBIT B-1 - FORM OF NOTICE OF REVOLVING CREDIT BORROWING Citibank, N.A., as Agent for the Lenders parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below Two Penns Way New Castle, Delaware 19720 [Date] Attention: Brian Maxwell Ladies and Gentlemen: The undersigned, The Washington Post Company, refers to the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2000 (as amended or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement", the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the undersigned, certain Lenders parties thereto, Citibank, N.A., as Agent for said Lenders, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as lead arranger and book manager, SunTrust Bank, as syndication agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as documentation agent, and hereby gives you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement that the undersigned hereby requests a Revolving Credit Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information relating to such Revolving Credit Borrowing (the "Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing") as required by Section 2.02(a) of the Credit Agreement: (i) The Business Day of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is _______________, 200_. (ii) The Type of Advances comprising the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is [Base Rate Advances] [Eurodollar Rate Advances]. (iii) The aggregate amount of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is $_______________. (iv) [The initial Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance made as part of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is _____ month[s].] The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing: (A) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement are correct in all material respects, before and after giving effect to the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent they expressly relate to an earlier date; and

65 (B) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default. Very truly yours, THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY By ------------------------------------------ Title: 2

66 EXHIBIT B-2 - FORM OF NOTICE OF COMPETITIVE BID BORROWING Citibank, N.A., as Agent for the Lenders parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below Two Penns Way New Castle, Delaware 19720 [Date] Attention: Brian Maxwell Ladies and Gentlemen: The undersigned, The Washington Post Company, refers to the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2000 (as amended or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement", the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the undersigned, certain Lenders parties thereto, Citibank, N.A., as Agent for said Lenders, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as lead arranger and book manager, SunTrust Bank, as syndication agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as documentation agent, and hereby gives you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement that the undersigned hereby requests a Competitive Bid Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth the terms on which such Competitive Bid Borrowing (the "Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing") is requested to be made: (A) Date of Competitive Bid Borrowing ------------------------ (B) Amount of Competitive Bid Borrowing ------------------------ (C) [Maturity Date] [Interest Period] ------------------------ (D) Interest Rate Basis ------------------------ (E) Interest Payment Date(s) ------------------------ (F) ------------------------ ------------------------ (G) ------------------------ ------------------------ (H) ------------------------ ------------------------ The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing: (a) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement are correct in all material respects, before and after giving effect to the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent they expressly relate to an earlier date;

67 (b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default; and (c) the aggregate amount of the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing and all other Borrowings to be made on the same day under the Credit Agreement is within the aggregate amount of the Unused Commitments of the Lenders. The undersigned hereby confirms that the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing is to be made available to it in accordance with Section 2.03(a)(v) of the Credit Agreement. Very truly yours, THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY By ------------------------------------------ Title: 2

68 EXHIBIT C - FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE Reference is made to the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 2000 (as amended or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among The Washington Post Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), Citibank, N.A., as agent for the Lenders (the "Agent"), Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as lead arranger and book manager, SunTrust Bank, as syndication agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as documentation agent. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning. The "Assignor" and the "Assignee" referred to on Schedule 1 hereto agree as follows: 1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, an interest in and to the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof (other than in respect of Competitive Bid Advances and Competitive Bid Notes) equal to the percentage interest specified on Schedule 1 hereto of all outstanding rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (other than in respect of Competitive Bid Advances and Competitive Bid Notes). After giving effect to such sale and assignment, the Assignee's Commitment and the amount of the Revolving Credit Advances owing to the Assignee will be as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto. 2. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; and (iv) attaches the Revolving Credit Note held by the Assignor and requests that the Agent exchange such Revolving Credit Note for a new Revolving Credit Note payable to the order of the Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by the Assignee pursuant hereto or new Revolving Credit Notes payable to the order of the Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by the Assignee pursuant hereto and the Assignor in an amount equal to the Commitment retained by the Assignor under the Credit Agreement, respectively, as specified on Schedule 1 hereto. 3. The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its 1

69 own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (iv) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; (v) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (vi) attaches any U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms required under Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement. 4. Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be delivered to the Agent for acceptance and recording by the Agent. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance (the "Effective Date") shall be the date of acceptance hereof by the Agent, unless otherwise specified on Schedule 1 hereto. 5. Upon such acceptance and recording by the Agent, as of the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement. 6. Upon such acceptance and recording by the Agent, from and after the Effective Date, the Agent shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes in respect of the interest assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and facility fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes for periods prior to the Effective Date directly between themselves. 7. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 8. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Acceptance. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date specified thereon. 2

70 Schedule 1 to Assignment and Acceptance Percentage interest assigned: % ----- Assignee's Commitment: $ ---------- Aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit Advances assigned: $ ---------- Principal amount of Revolving Credit Note payable to Assignee: $ ---------- Principal amount of Revolving Credit Note payable to Assignor: $ ---------- Effective Date:* , 200 --------------- - [NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor By ------------------------------------ Title: Dated: , 200 --------------- -- [NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee By ------------------------------------ Title: Dated: , 200 --------------- -- - ----------------- * This date should be no earlier than five Business Days after the delivery of this Assignment and Acceptance to the Agent. 3

71 Domestic Lending Office: [Address] Eurodollar Lending Office: [Address] Accepted and Approved this day of , 200 - ---------- --------------- -- CITIBANK, N.A., as Agent By --------------------------------------- Title: Approved this day ---------- of , 200 --------------- -- THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY By --------------------------------------- Title: 4

72 EXHIBIT D - FORM OF ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT Dated: -------- The Washington Post Company 1150 15th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20071 Citibank, N.A., as Agent Two Penns Way New Castle, Delaware 19720 Attention: Brian Maxwell Ladies and Gentlemen: Reference is made to the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 2000 among The Washington Post Company (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto, Citibank, N.A., as Agent, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as lead arranger and book manager, SunTrust Bank, as syndication agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as documentation agent (the "Credit Agreement"; terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), for such Lenders. The undersigned (the "Assuming Lender") proposes to become an Assuming Lender pursuant to Section [2.05(b)] [2.17] of the Credit Agreement and, in that connection, hereby agrees that it shall become a Lender for purposes of the Credit Agreement on [applicable Increase Date/Extension Date] and that its Commitment shall as of such date be $__________. The undersigned (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) thereof, the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 5.01(i) thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assumption Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; (v) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) specifies as its Lending Office (and address for notices) the offices set forth beneath its name on the signature pages hereof; and (vii) attaches the forms prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States required under Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement. The Assuming Lender requests that the Borrower deliver to the Agent (to be promptly delivered to the Assuming Lender) a Revolving Credit Note payable to the order of the

73 Assuming Lender, dated as of the [applicable Increase Date/Extension Date] and substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Credit Agreement. The effective date for this Assumption Agreement shall be [applicable Increase Date/Extension Date]. Upon delivery of this Assumption Agreement to the Borrower and the Agent, and satisfaction of all conditions imposed under Section 2.05(b) as of [date specified above], the undersigned shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder. As of [date specified above], the Agent shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement in respect of the interest assumed hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and commitment fees) to the Assuming Lender. This Assumption Agreement may be executed in counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assumption Agreement. This Assumption Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. Very truly yours, [NAME OF ASSUMING LENDER] By ------------------------ Name: Title: Domestic Lending Office (and address for notices): [Address] Eurodollar Lending Office: [Address] 2

74 Acknowledged and Agreed to: THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY By ----------------------------------------------------- Name: Title 3

75 EXHIBIT E - FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE BORROWER September 20, 2000 To each of the Lenders parties to the Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 2000 among The Washington Post Company, said Lenders, Citibank, N.A., as Agent for said Lenders, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as lead arranger and book manager, SunTrust Bank, as syndication agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as documentation agent The Washington Post Company Ladies and Gentlemen: This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section 3.01(c)(iv) of the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2000 (the "Credit Agreement"), among The Washington Post Company (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto, Citibank, N.A., as Agent for said Lenders, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as lead arranger and book manager, SunTrust Bank, as syndication agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as documentation agent. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined. I am the General Counsel of the Borrower and as such I am familiar with the Credit Agreement and the corporate proceedings taken by the Borrower to authorize the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement. For purposes of this opinion, I have examined: (1) The Credit Agreement. (2) The documents furnished by the Borrower pursuant to Article III of the Credit Agreement. (3) The Certificate of Incorporation of the Borrower and all amendments thereto (the "Charter"). (4) The by-laws of the Borrower and all amendments thereto (the "By-laws").

76 (5) A certificate of the Secretary of State of Delaware, dated September __, 2000, attesting to the continued corporate existence and good standing of the Borrower in that State. In addition, I have examined the originals, or copies certified to my satisfaction, of such other corporate records of the Borrower, certificates of public officials and of officers of the Borrower, and agreements, instruments and other documents, as I have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below. As to questions of fact material to such opinions, I have, when relevant facts were not independently established by me, relied upon certificates of the Borrower or its officers or of public officials. I have assumed the due execution and delivery, pursuant to due authorization, of the Credit Agreement by the Initial Lenders and the Agent. My opinions expressed below are limited to the law of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Federal law of the United States of America. Based upon the foregoing and upon such investigation as I have deemed necessary, I am of the following opinion: 1. The Borrower is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. 2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the Notes, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, are within the Borrower's corporate powers, and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not contravene (i) the Charter or the By-laws or (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Borrower (including, without limitation, Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or (iii) to the best of my knowledge after appropriate inquiry, (x) any contractual restriction or (y) any legal restriction contained in orders, writs, judgments, awards, injunctions or decrees applicable to the Borrower or its assets, in each case that affects or purports to affect the Borrower's right to borrow money or the Borrower's obligations under the Credit Agreement or Notes. The Credit Agreement and the Notes delivered on the date hereof have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower. 3. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any United States Federal, New York or, to the extent required under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, Delaware governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the Notes. 4. The Credit Agreement is, and when executed and delivered in connection with Borrowings, the Notes will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms. 5. To the best of my knowledge after appropriate inquiry, there are no pending or overtly threatened actions or proceedings against the Borrower or any of its 2

77 Subsidiaries before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that purport to affect the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any of the Notes or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby or that are likely to have a materially adverse effect upon the financial condition or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications: (a) My opinion in paragraph 4 above as to enforceability is subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors' rights generally. (b) My opinion in paragraph 4 above as to enforceability is subject to the effect of general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). (c) Insofar as provisions contained in the Credit Agreement provide for indemnification, the enforceability thereof may be limited by public policy considerations. (d) I express no opinion as to (i) Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement insofar as it provides that any Lender purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant thereto may exercise set-off of similar rights with respect to such participation and (ii) the effect of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York wherein any Lender may be located or wherein enforcement of the Credit Agreement or the Notes may be sought that limits the rates of interest legally chargeable or collectible. Very truly yours, 3

1 Exhibit 11 CALCULATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK (In thousands of shares) Thirteen Weeks Ended Thirty-nine Weeks Ended ------------------------------- --------------------------------- October 1, October 3, October 1, October 3, 2000 1999 2000 1999 ------------------------------- --------------------------------- Number of shares of Class A and Class B Common stock outstanding at beginning of period 9,446 10,091 9,439 10,093 Issuance of shares of Class B common stock (weighted), net of forfeiture of re- stricted stock awards 2 2 4 10 Repurchase of Class B common stock (weighted) - (33) - (18) --------- --------- --------- -------- Shares used in the computation of basic earnings per share 9,448 10,060 9,443 10,085 Adjustment to reflect dilution from common stock equivalents 15 41 16 42 --------- --------- --------- -------- Shares used in the computation of diluted earnings per share 9,463 10,101 9,459 10,127 --------- --------- --------- -------- Net income available for common shares $33,253 $51,452 $97,736 $163,838 --------- --------- --------- -------- Basic earnings per common share $3.52 $5.12 $10.35 $16.25 --------- --------- --------- -------- Diluted earnings per common share $3.51 $5.10 $10.33 $16.18 --------- --------- --------- --------

5 This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 1, 2000 and the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of October, 1 2000 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements. 1,000 9-MOS DEC-31-2000 OCT-01-2000 29,759 209,450 390,556 75,107 33,074 462,064 1,611,981 716,450 3,225,614 508,146 397,816 13,148 0 20,000 1,409,423 3,225,614 0 1,740,764 0 953,031 0 77,696 39,757 176,062 77,300 98,762 0 0 0 98,762 10.35 10.33