10-Q

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2004

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number 0-3658

THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Incorporated in California	95-1068610
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1 First American Way, Santa Ana, California	92707-5913
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(714) 800-3000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).    Yes  x    No  ¨

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY

PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports to be filed by Section 12,13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

$1 par value – 88,584,921 shares as of August 3, 2004

INFORMATION INCLUDED IN REPORT

Part I:	Financial Information
	Item 1.	Financial Statements
		A. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
		B. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
		C. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
		D. Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
	Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures
Part II:	Other Information
	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings
	Item 2.	Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Securities
	Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
	Item 6.	Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
		Items 3 and 5 have been omitted because they are not applicable with respect to the current reporting period.

CERTAIN STATEMENTS MADE IN THIS QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO ANTICIPATED CASH REQUIREMENTS, ROUTINE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND THE NEW YORK CLASS ACTION ARE FORWARD LOOKING. RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES EXIST WHICH MAY CAUSE RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE SET FORTH IN THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE THE ANTICIPATED RESULTS TO DIFFER FROM THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INCLUDE: INTEREST RATE FLUCTUATIONS; CHANGES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REAL ESTATE MARKETS; GENERAL VOLATILITY IN THE CAPITAL MARKETS; CHANGES IN APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS; CONSOLIDATION AMONG THE COMPANY’S SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS AND COMPETITORS; THE COMPANY’S CONTINUED ABILITY TO IDENTIFY BUSINESSES TO BE ACQUIRED; CHANGES IN THE COMPANY’S ABILITY TO INTEGRATE BUSINESSES WHICH IT ACQUIRES; AND OTHER FACTORS DESCRIBED IN THE COMPANY’S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003, FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE THEY ARE MADE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT CIRCUMSTANCES OR EVENTS THAT OCCUR AFTER THE DATE THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE MADE.

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Part 1: Financial Information

Item 1: Financial Statements

THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except percentage and share data)

(unaudited)

	June 30, 2004			December 31, 2003
	($000)			($000)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,026,786		$	1,113,530
Accounts and accrued income receivable, net		444,771			347,035
Investments:
Deposits with savings and loan associations and banks		80,067			57,945
Debt securities		359,149			350,475
Equity securities		42,898			45,758
Other long-term investments		254,550			233,794
		736,664			687,972
Loans receivable, net		108,012			105,228
Property and equipment, at cost:
Land		45,636			43,327
Buildings		216,014			187,167
Furniture and equipment		326,080			286,337
Capitalized software		400,902			364,658
		988,632			881,489
Less-accumulated depreciation and amortization		(466,032	)		(403,473	)
		522,600			478,016
Title plants and other indexes		453,576			426,086
Deferred income taxes		123,407			141,622
Goodwill, net		1,465,318			1,253,080
Other assets		417,950			339,542
	$	5,299,084		$	4,892,111
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Demand deposits	$	69,292		$	76,580
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		748,834			819,015
Deferred revenue		763,365			719,503
Reserve for known and incurred but not reported claims		471,047			435,852
Income taxes payable		85,644			4,017
Notes and contracts payable		452,408			553,888
Mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of the Company’s subsidiary trust whose sole assets are the Company’s $100,000 8.5% deferrable interest subordinated notes due 2012		100,000			100,000
Minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries		318,402			303,736
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $1 par value Authorized - 500,000 shares; outstanding - none
Common stock, $1 par value Authorized - 180,000,000 shares Outstanding – 88,885,000 and 78,826,000 shares		88,885			78,826
Additional paid-in capital		726,782			463,610
Retained earnings		1,545,879			1,399,940
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(71,454	)		(62,856	)
		2,290,092			1,879,520
	$	5,299,084		$	4,892,111

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended June 30						For the Six Months Ended June 30
	2004			2003			2004			2003
Revenues
Operating revenues	$	1,685,098		$	1,503,352		$	3,130,631		$	2,798,310
Investment and other income		36,237			37,992			63,144			72,464
Net realized investment gains		2,718			1,587			4,049			14,132
		1,724,053			1,542,931			3,197,824			2,884,906
Expenses
Salaries and other personnel costs		534,622			439,769			1,008,397			846,986
Premiums retained by agents		458,502			408,784			882,736			774,493
Other operating expenses		372,438			327,804			713,277			621,191
Provision for policy losses and other claims		85,686			79,403			157,107			146,642
Depreciation and amortization		31,326			26,555			60,696			52,570
Premium taxes		13,090			12,010			25,630			22,466
Interest		9,198			8,853			19,660			17,312
		1,504,862			1,303,178			2,867,503			2,481,660
Income before income taxes and minority interests		219,191			239,753			330,321			403,246
Income taxes		79,300			83,100			116,700			139,100
Income before minority interests		139,891			156,653			213,621			264,146
Minority interests		23,365			29,177			42,139			49,090
Net income		116,526			127,476			171,482			215,056
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
Unrealized gain (loss) on securities		(7,585	)		3,653			(5,998	)		3,220
Minimum pension liability adjustment		(650	)		(1,950	)		(2,600	)		(5,050	)
		(8,235	)		1,703			(8,598	)		(1,830	)
Comprehensive income	$	108,291		$	129,179		$	162,884		$	213,226
Net income per share (Note 2):
Basic	$	1.32		$	1.67		$	2.05		$	2.86
Diluted	$	1.27		$	1.47		$	1.90		$	2.53
Cash dividends per share	$	.15		$	.10		$	.30		$	.20
Weighted average number of shares (Note 2):
Basic		88,071			76,420			83,697			75,289
Diluted		92,083			87,915			91,350			86,506

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

	For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2004			2003
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	171,482		$	215,056
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities-
Provision for policy losses and other claims		157,107			146,642
Depreciation and amortization		60,696			52,570
Minority interests in net income		42,139			49,090
Net realized investment gains		(4,049	)		(14,132	)
Other, net		(23,045	)		(30,047	)
Changes in assets and liabilities excluding effects of company acquisitions and noncash transactions-
Claims paid, net of recoveries		(130,072	)		(131,031	)
Net change in income tax accounts		99,692			56,154
Increase in accounts and accrued income receivable		(75,241	)		(93,124	)
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(40,800	)		85,654
Increase in deferred revenue		42,688			47,011
Other, net		(62,022	)		(21,631	)
Cash provided by operating activities		238,575			362,212
Cash flows from investing activities:
Net cash effect of company acquisitions/dispositions		(186,144	)		(74,974	)
Net decrease (increase) in deposits with banks		(1,915	)		(2,296	)
Net (increase) decrease in loans receivable		(2,784	)		505
Purchases of debt and equity securities		(88,149	)		(128,660	)
Proceeds from sales of debt and equity securities		56,599			69,711
Proceeds from maturities of debt securities		18,440			30,866
Net decrease in other investments		8,461			2,702
Capital expenditures		(76,603	)		(50,900	)
Purchases of capitalized data		(6,959	)		(9,771	)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		1,450			649
Cash used for investing activities		(277,604	)		(162,168	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net change in demand deposits		(7,288	)		(1,311	)
Proceeds from issuance of debt		22,399			7,748
Repayment of debt		(15,247	)		(21,635	)
Repurchase of company stock		(16,040	)		—
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		14,609			13,526
Proceeds from the issuance of stock to employee benefit plans		3,800			3,159
Distributions to minority shareholders		(24,405	)		(33,614	)
Cash dividends		(25,543	)		(14,962	)
Cash used for financing activities		(47,715	)		(47,089	)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(86,744	)		152,955
Cash and cash equivalents - Beginning of year		1,113,530			900,863
- End of the first half	$	1,026,786		$	1,053,818
Supplemental information:
Cash paid during the first half for:
Interest	$	22,828		$	17,152
Premium taxes	$	37,202		$	27,250
Income taxes	$	50,381		$	86,491
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Shares issued for employee benefit plans	$	50,484		$	42,376
Shares issued in repayment of convertible debt	$	205,728			—
Liabilities incurred in connection with company acquisitions	$	140,441		$	61,009
Company acquisitions in exchange for common stock	$	14,650		$	17,680

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 1 - Basis of Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The condensed consolidated financial information included in this report has been prepared in conformity with the accounting principles and practices reflected in the consolidated financial statements included in the annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the preceding calendar year. All adjustments are of a normal recurring nature and are, in the opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the consolidated results for the interim periods. This report should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

Note 2 – Earnings Per Share

(in thousands, except per share amounts)	For the Three Months Ended June 30				For the Six Months Ended June 30
	2004		2003		2004		2003
Numerator:
Net Income-numerator for basic net income per share	$	116,526	$	127,476	$	171,482	$	215,056
Effect of dilutive securities Convertible debt - interest expense (net of tax)		464		1,711		2,140		3,434
Net Income - numerator for dilutive net income per share	$	116,990	$	129,187	$	173,622	$	218,490
Denominator
Weighted average shares-denominator for basic net income per share		88,071		76,420		83,697		75,289
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options		2,097		3,089		2,565		2,792
Convertible debt		1,915		8,406		5,088		8,425
Denominator for diluted net income per share		92,083		87,915		91,350		86,506
Basic net income per share	$	1.32	$	1.67	$	2.05	$	2.86
Diluted net income per share	$	1.27	$	1.47	$	1.90	$	2.53

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, 0.8 million and 0.3 million, and 0.6 million and 1.8 million stock options were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share due to their antidilutive effect.

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Note 3 – Stock Options

Effective December 15, 2002, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure, which amends Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (SFAS 148). In accounting for its plans, the Company, as allowable under the provisions of SFAS 148, applies Accounting Principles Board Opinions No. 25, “Accounting for Stock issued to Employees.” As a result of this election, the Company does not recognize compensation expense for its stock option plans. Had the Company determined compensation cost based on the fair value for its stock options at grant date, net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended June 30				For the Six Months Ended June 30
(in thousands, except per share amounts)	2004		2003		2004		2003
Net income:
As reported	$	116,526	$	127,476	$	171,482	$	215,056
Pro forma	$	114,425	$	125,637	$	168,222	$	212,100
Earnings per share:
As reported
Basic	$	1.32	$	1.67	$	2.05	$	2.86
Diluted	$	1.27	$	1.47	$	1.90	$	2.53
Pro forma
Basic	$	1.30	$	1.64	$	2.01	$	2.82
Diluted	$	1.25	$	1.45	$	1.86	$	2.49

Note 4 – Business Combinations

During the six months ended June 30, 2004, the Company completed 35 acquisitions. These acquisitions were not material, individually or in the aggregate. Of these acquisitions, 22 have been included in the Company’s title insurance segment, 3 in the Company’s mortgage information segment and 10 in the Company’s screening information segment. The aggregate purchase price for the 25 acquisitions included in the Company’s title insurance and mortgage information segments was $103.8 million in cash, $61.0 million in notes payable and .5 million shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $12.9 million. The ten acquisitions included in the Company’s screening information segment were completed by the Company’s publicly-traded subsidiary, First Advantage Corporation. The aggregate purchase price for these acquisitions was $44.2 million in cash, $20.3 million in notes payable and .5 million shares, valued at $9.7 million, of First Advantage’s Class A common stock. The purchase price of each acquisition was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed using a variety of valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis. As a result of the 35 acquisitions, the Company recorded approximately $185.5 million of goodwill and $19.3 million of intangible assets with definite lives. The Company is awaiting information necessary to finalize the purchase accounting adjustments for these acquisitions and the final purchase price allocations could change the recorded intangible asset and goodwill amounts. In accounting for the First Advantage shares issued for the acquisitions in the screening information segment, the Company, whose ownership interest was reduced to approximately 75 percent, recorded a pretax gain of $2.2 million.

In April 2004, the Company’s subsidiary, First American Real Estate Solutions LLC, purchased from Transamerica Corporation its 20% interest in the Company’s property data business, First American Real Estate Solutions LP, for a purchase price of $42.7 million in cash. The Company and Transamerica formed this limited partnership in 2000. This acquisition increased goodwill by $21.3 million at the Company’s property information segment.

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Note 5 – Segment Information

In January 2004, the Company combined its Title Insurance and Services and Trust and Other Services segments into one segment to better reflect the interaction within these businesses. This presentation is consistent with the way the operations of these businesses are evaluated. The prior year results have been reclassified to reflect the combination of these businesses. After the change, the Company has six reporting segments that fall within two primary business groups, Financial Services and Information Technology. The Financial Services Group includes Title Insurance and Services and Specialty Insurance. The Information Technology Group includes Mortgage Information, Property Information, Credit Information and Screening Information. Selected financial information by reporting segment is as follows:

For the three months ended June 30, 2004

(in thousands)	Revenues		Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interests			Depreciation and amortization		Capital expenditures
Financial Services:
Title Insurance and Services	$	1,257,070	$	140,497		$	11,006	$	19,648
Specialty Insurance		54,992		11,653			537		299
		1,312,062		152,150			11,543		19,947
Information Technology:
Mortgage Information		170,081		47,992			6,650		5,047
Property Information		106,577		32,955			5,647		5,847
Credit Information		65,867		12,022			2,461		484
Screening Information		68,916		5,537			3,145		525
		411,441		98,506			17,903		11,903
		1,723,503		250,656			29,446		31,850
Corporate		550		(31,465	)		1,880		9,226
	$	1,724,053	$	219,191		$	31,326	$	41,046

For the three months ended June 30, 2003

(in thousands)	Revenues		Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interests			Depreciation and amortization		Capital expenditures
Financial Services:
Title Insurance and Services	$	1,111,186	$	143,037		$	9,485	$	12,924
Specialty Insurance		54,062		8,241			491		596
		1,165,248		151,278			9,976		13,520
Information Technology:
Mortgage Information		160,937		62,653			3,727		5,371
Property Information		105,156		32,390			5,497		1,875
Credit Information		71,781		17,971			2,865		3,257
Screening Information		37,374		3,218			1,785		1,253
		375,248		116,232			13,874		11,756
		1,540,496		267,510			23,850		25,276
Corporate		2,435		(27,757	)		2,705		3,692
	$	1,542,931	$	239,753		$	26,555	$	28,968

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For the six months ended June 30, 2004

(in thousands)	Revenues			Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interests			Depreciation and amortization		Capital expenditures
Financial Services:
Title Insurance and Services	$	2,304,992		$	199,074		$	21,073	$	35,617
Specialty Insurance		105,718			24,097			1,057		945
		2,410,710			223,171			22,130		36,562
Information Technology:
Mortgage Information		326,706			78,339			12,725		15,190
Property Information		203,870			60,473			11,477		9,320
Credit Information		130,259			27,020			5,075		893
Screening Information		126,359			6,639			5,785		1,600
		787,194			172,471			35,062		27,003
		3,197,904			395,642			57,192		63,565
Corporate		(80	)		(65,321	)		3,504		13,038
	$	3,197,824		$	330,321		$	60,696	$	76,603

For the six months ended June 30, 2003

(in thousands)	Revenues		Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interests			Depreciation and amortization		Capital expenditures
Financial Services:
Title Insurance and Services	$	2,065,428	$	232,244		$	19,026	$	22,543
Specialty Insurance		102,646		14,080			913		800
		2,168,074		246,324			19,939		23,343
Information Technology:
Mortgage Information		302,814		108,450			7,522		7,927
Property Information		192,597		55,833			10,979		4,916
Credit Information		149,827		44,578			6,010		4,500
Screening Information		68,992		3,733			3,570		2,757
		714,230		212,594			28,081		20,100
		2,882,304		458,918			48,020		43,443
Corporate		2,602		(55,672	)		4,550		7,457
	$	2,884,906	$	403,246		$	52,570	$	50,900

Note 6 – Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The Company’s reporting units for purposes of the annual testing for impairment of goodwill are title insurance, home warranty, property and casualty insurance, trust and other services, mortgage origination products and services, mortgage servicing products and services, property information services, conventional credit information, sub-prime credit information, pre-employment and drug screening, tenant screening and motor vehicle reporting.

A reconciliation of the changes in the carrying amount of net goodwill, by operating segment, for the six months ended June 30, 2004, is as follows:

(in thousands)	Balance as of December 31, 2003		Acquired (Disposed of) During the Period		Adjustments		Balance as of June 30, 2004
Financial Services:
Title Insurance and Services	$	260,152	$	98,207		—	$	359,342
Specialty Insurance		19,794		—		—		19,794
Information Technology:
Mortgage Information		545,612		27,455	$	6,524		579,591
Property Information		150,399		21,172		—		171,571
Credit Information		72,450		—		—		72,450
Screening Information		204,673		57,569		1,311		263,553
	$	1,253,080	$	204,403	$	7,835	$	1,465,318

There have been no impairments of goodwill during the six months ending June 30, 2004. The Company had $140.6 million of intangible assets included in “Other assets” at June 30, 2004, with definite lives ranging from three to seven years. These assets, comprised primarily of customer lists and noncompete agreements, are being amortized in a manner consistent with periods prior to the adoption of SFAS 142.

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Note 7 – Employee Benefit Plans

In December 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board revised Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 132, “Employers Disclosures About Pensions and Other Post Retirement Benefits” to require additional interim disclosures. The Company has implemented the revised disclosures in these financial statements.

Net periodic pension cost for the Company’s defined benefit pension and supplemental benefit plans includes the following components:

	For the Three Months Ended June 30						For the Six Months Ended June 30
(in thousands)	2004			2003			2004			2003
Expense:
Service Cost	$	3,364		$	3,553		$	8,034		$	7,287
Interest Cost		5,018			4,762			11,372			9,843
Expected return on plan assets		(3,492	)		(3,385	)		(7,884	)		(6,896	)
Amortization of net transition obligation		7			6			—			—
Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)		(993	)		(993	)		(2,182	)		(1,944	)
Amortization of net loss		4,826			961			6,799			2,539
	$	8,730		$	4,904		$	16,139		$	10,829

The Company has contributed $12.3 million to its pension plans for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and expects to contribute an additional $35.3 million during the remainder of 2004. These contributions are both those required by funding regulations as well as discretionary contributions necessary to provide benefit payments to participants of certain of the Company’s non-qualified supplemental benefit plans.

Note 8 – Notes Payable

On April 15, 2004, the Company redeemed for cash $1.2 million of the $210.0 million aggregate principal outstanding on its 4.5% Senior Convertible Debentures Due 2008. Prior to the redemption date, holders had converted an aggregate principal amount of $208.8 million of debentures into 7,457,938 common shares of the Company at the fixed conversion price of $28 per share.

Note 9 – Stockholders’ Equity

On May 18, 2004, the Company announced that its board of directors approved the repurchase of up to $100.0 million of the Company’s currently issued and outstanding common shares. For the period ended June 30, 2004, the Company repurchased and retired 625,700 shares of its common stock for a total purchase price of $16.0 million.

Note 10 – Subsequent Events

On July 26, 2004, the Company issued $150,000,000 of 5.70% senior debt. The senior debt matures August 1, 2014. The Company may redeem the senior notes, in whole or in part, from time to time. The Company intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including working capital, capital expenditures, stock repurchases and future acquisitions. On August 4, 2004, the Company entered into a credit agreement that provides for a $500.0 million line of credit. This agreement supercedes the Company’s prior credit agreement that was due to expire in October 2006. Under the terms of the credit agreement, the Company is required to maintain minimum levels of capital and meet predetermined debt-to-capitalization ratios. The line of credit will remain effective until August 2009.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Critical accounting policies are those policies used in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements that require management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of certain assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosure of contingencies. A summary of these policies can be found in Management’s Discussion and Analysis in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

OVERVIEW

Mortgage originations, particularly refinance transactions, decreased in the fourth quarter of 2003 as a result of higher interest rates. This, coupled with adverse weather conditions in December 2003, as well as in January and February 2004, provided a typical seasonal pattern of real estate activity for the first quarter of 2004 not seen in the past few years. However, as a result of an increase in the average revenues per order closed by the Company’s direct title operations, operating revenues for the first quarter of 2004 increased when compared with the same period of the prior year. March new order counts for the Company’s direct title operations improved significantly as a result of solid residential and commercial purchase transactions. This resulted in a 26% increase in closed title orders in the second quarter of 2004 when compared with the first quarter of 2004. The increase in closings, as well as continued increases in the average revenues per order closed by the Company’s direct title operations, resulted in strong revenues and profits for the current quarter. Net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, were $116.5 million, or $1.27 per diluted share, and $171.5 million, or $1.90 per diluted share, respectively. Net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, were $127.5 million, or $1.47 per diluted share, and $215.1 million, or $2.53 per diluted share, respectively.

OPERATING REVENUES

Set forth below is a summary of operating revenues for each of the Company’s segments.

			Three Months Ended June 30							Six Months Ended June 30
			($000)							($000)
	2004		%	2003		%	2004		%	2003		%
Financial Services:
Title Insurance:
Direct operations	$	659,945	39	$	581,965	39	$	1,175,451	38	$	1,066,273	38
Agency operations		574,338	34		508,758	34		1,091,148	35		957,754	34
		1,234,283	73		1,090,723	73		2,266,599	73		2,024,027	72
Specialty Insurance		51,847	3		50,889	3		98,339	3		97,033	4
		1,286,130	76		1,141,612	76		2,364,938	76		2,121,060	76
Information Technology:
Mortgage Information		167,649	10		157,256	10		322,584	10		296,364	11
Property Information		99,525	6		98,022	7		191,502	6		180,302	6
Credit Information		62,912	4		69,116	5		125,364	4		131,644	5
Screening Information		68,882	4		37,346	2		126,243	4		68,940	2
		398,968	24		361,740	24		765,693	24		677,250	24
Total	$	1,685,098	100	$	1,503,352	100	$	3,130,631	100	$	2,798,310	100

Financial Services. Operating revenues from direct title operations increased 13.4% and 10.2% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These increases were primarily due to an increase in the average revenues per order closed, offset in part by a decrease in the number of title orders closed by the Company’s

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direct operations. The average revenues per order closed were $1,273 and $1,266 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, increases of 16.6% and 17.4% when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These increases were primarily due to a decreased mix of lower-premium refinance transactions, an increase in higher-premium commercial activity and appreciating home values. The Company’s direct operations closed 518,500 and 928,800 title orders during the current three and six month periods, respectively, decreases of 2.7% and 6.1% when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These decreases were primarily due to the decline in refinance activity and the more typical seasonal pattern of real estate activity experienced during the respective periods. Operating revenues from agency operations increased 12.9% and 13.9% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These fluctuations were primarily due to the same factors affecting direct title operations as well as the timing of the reporting of agency remittances.

Information Technology. Mortgage information operating revenues increased $10.4 million and $26.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, when compared with the same periods of the prior year. Excluding $48.2 million and $87.5 million of operating revenues contributed by new acquisitions for the respective periods, mortgage information operating revenues decreased $37.8 million, or 24.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2004, and $61.3 million, or 20.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2004, when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These decreases were primarily attributable to the decline in refinance transactions period over period and the re-emergence of seasonal patterns. Operating revenues for the property information segment increased $1.5 million, or 1.5% and $11.2 million, or 6.2%, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These increases were primarily due to $4.7 million and $10.9 million of operating revenues contributed by new acquisitions for the respective periods and the continued strength in this segment’s subscription-based information businesses, reduced by the affects of the slowdown in refinance activity. Operating revenues for the credit information segment decreased $6.2 million, or 9.0% and $6.3 million, or 4.8% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These decreases were primarily due to the decline in mortgage related credit products as a result of the decrease in refinance activity. Screening information operating revenues increased $31.5 million, or 84.4% and $57.3 million, or 83.1% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These increases were primarily due to $23.1 million and $40.3 million of operating revenues contributed by new acquisitions for the respective periods.

INVESTMENT AND OTHER INCOME

Investment and other income totaled $36.2 million and $63.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, representing decreases of $1.8 million, or 4.6%, and $9.3 million, or 12.9%, when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These decreases resulted primarily from a decrease in earnings from unconsolidated affiliates, which are accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

NET REALIZED INVESTMENT GAINS

Net realized investment gains totaled $2.7 million and $4.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, compared with gains totaling $1.6 million and $14.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003. The prior year six-month period included a $13.1 million realized investment gain associated with the merger of the Company’s Credit Online business with DealerTrack Holdings, Inc.

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

Financial Services. Salaries and other personnel costs for the Financial Services group, which primarily reflects the title insurance segment, were $388.0 million and $716.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, increases of $68.5 million, or 21.4%, and $102.7 million, or 16.7%, when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These increases were primarily due to $34.3 million and $59.2 million of personnel expenses associated with new acquisitions, as well as incremental costs incurred at the title insurance segment to service the more labor intensive higher mix of resale and commercial title orders processed during the respective periods.

Agents retained $458.5 million and $882.7 million of title premiums generated by agency operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, which compares with $408.8 million and $774.5 million for the same periods of the prior year. The percentage of title premiums retained by agents ranged from 79.8% to 80.9% due to regional variances (i.e., the agency share varies from region to region and thus the geographical mix of agency revenues causes this variation).

Other operating expenses for the Financial Services group, which primarily reflect the title insurance segment, were $209.3 million and $391.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, increases of $21.5 million, or 11.5%, and $42.3 million, or 12.1%, when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These increases were primarily due to $20.3 million and $35.9 million of other operating expenses associated with new acquisitions.

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The provision for policy losses and other claims primarily represents title insurance claims, home warranty claims and property and casualty insurance claims. For the title insurance segment, the claims provision as a percentage of title insurance operating revenues was 4.1% for the current six-month period and for the same period of the prior year. For the home warranty business, the claims provision as a percentage of home warranty operating revenues was 47.2% for the current six-month period and 45.8% for the same period of the prior year. This increase in rate was primarily due to a increase in the average cost per claim, which was primarily attributable to geographic expansion. For the property and casualty business, the claims provision as a percentage of property and casualty insurance operating revenues was 57.8% for the current six-month period and 73.7% for the same period of the prior year. This decrease in rate was due to high claims activity experienced primarily during the first quarter of 2003 resulting from insured property damaged in Southern California as a result of extraordinarily high wind conditions.

Premium taxes, which relate to the title insurance and specialty insurance segments, were $25.6 million and $22.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Premium taxes as a percentage of title insurance and specialty insurance operating revenues were 1.1% for both the current six-month period and for the same period of the prior year.

Information Technology. Information technology personnel and other operating expenses were $284.3 million and $562.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, increases of $44.6 million and $98.5 million when compared with the same periods of the prior year. Excluding acquisition activity, information technology personnel and other operating expenses decreased $9.0 million, or 3.8% for the current three-month period and $5.6 million, or 1.2% for the current six-month period. These decreases were primarily related to a decrease in incremental costs associated with the decline in business volume, offset in part by costs incurred at the Company’s tax service division to integrate new customers and costs incurred to integrate new acquisitions.

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND MINORITY INTERESTS

Set forth below is a summary of income before income taxes and minority interests for each of the Company’s segments (in thousands except percentages).

	Three Months Ended June 30								Six Months Ended June 30
	($000)								($000)
	2004			%	2003			%	2004			%	2003			%
Financial Services:
Title Insurance	$	140,497		56	$	143,037		54	$	199,074		50	$	232,244		51
Specialty Insurance		11,653		5		8,241		3		24,097		6		14,080		3
		152,150		61		151,278		57		223,171		56		246,324		54
Information Technology:
Mortgage Information		47,992		19		62,653		23		78,339		20		108,450		23
Property Information		32,955		13		32,390		12		60,473		15		55,833		12
Credit Information		12,022		5		17,971		7		27,020		7		44,578		10
Screening Information		5,537		2		3,218		1		6,639		2		3,733		1
		98,506		39		116,232		43		172,471		44		212,594		46
Total before corporate expenses		250,656		100		267,510		100		395,642		100		458,918		100
Corporate expenses		(31,465	)			(27,757	)			(65,321	)			(55,672	)
Total	$	219,191			$	239,753			$	330,321			$	403,246

In general, the title insurance business is a lower profit margin business when compared to the Company’s other segments. The lower profit margins reflect the high cost of producing title evidence whereas the corresponding revenues are subject to regulatory and competitive pricing restraints. Due to this relatively high proportion of fixed costs, title insurance profit margins generally improve as closed order volumes increase. In addition, title insurance profit margins are affected by the composition (residential or commercial) and type (resale, refinancing or new construction) of real estate activity. Profit margins from resale and new construction transactions are generally higher than from refinancing transactions because in many states there are premium discounts on, and cancellation rates are higher for, refinance transactions. Title insurance profit margins are also affected by the percentage of operating revenues generated by agency operations. Profit margins from direct operations are generally higher than from agency operations due primarily to the large portion of the premium that is retained by the agent. Most of the businesses included in the Information Technology group are database intensive, with a relatively high proportion of fixed costs. As such, profit margins generally improve as revenues increase. Revenues for the mortgage information segment, like the title insurance segment, are primarily dependent on the level of real estate activity and the cost and availability of mortgage funds. Revenues for the property information segment are, in part,

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dependent on real estate activity, but are less cyclical than title insurance and mortgage information revenues as a result of a significant subscription-based revenue stream. Revenues for the credit information segment are in part impacted by real estate activity, but also by the consumer and automobile sectors. Corporate expenses totaled $31.5 million and $65.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, increases of $3.7 million and $9.6 million when compared with the same periods of the prior year. A portion of these increases were due to the additional costs associated with the implementation of the provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act, with increased internal audit costs as well as increased costs associated with our outside independent accountants to comply with the act. Further increases reflect the costs of servicing our expanded revenue base from acquisitions.

INCOME TAXES

The effective income tax rate (income tax expense as a percentage of pretax income after minority interest expense) was 40.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2004, and 39.3% for the same period of the prior year. The increase in effective rate was primarily attributable to changes in the ratio of permanent differences to pretax profits. A large portion of the Company’s minority interest expense is attributable to a limited liability company subsidiary which, for tax purposes, is treated as a partnership. Accordingly, no income taxes have been provided for that portion of the minority interest expense.

MINORITY INTERESTS

Minority interest expense was $23.4 million and $42.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, decreases of $5.8 million and $7.0 million when compared with the same periods of the prior year. These decreases were primarily attributable to the decrease in operating results of the Company’s joint venture with Experian.

NET INCOME

Net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, was $116.5 million, or $1.27 per diluted share, and $171.5 million, or $1.90 per diluted share, respectively. Net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, was $127.5 million, or $1.47 per diluted share, and $215.1 million, or $2.53 per diluted share, respectively.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Total cash and cash equivalents decreased $86.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004, and increased $153.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003. The decrease for the current year period was primarily due to capital expenditures, cash paid for company acquisitions, cash dividends and payments to minority shareholders, offset in part by cash provided by operating activities and proceeds received from the exercise of stock options. The increase for the prior year period was due primarily to cash provided by operating activities, offset in part by capital expenditures, cash paid for company acquisitions, payments to minority shareholders and cash dividends.

Notes and contracts payable as a percentage of total capitalization declined to 17.5% at June 30, 2004 from 23.0% at December 31, 2003. This decline was primarily due to a decrease in notes payable as a result of the redemption of the Company’s senior convertible debentures (see Note 8), as well as an increase in equity attributable to net income for the current period.

On July 26, 2004, the Company issued $150,000,000 of 5.70% senior debt at an issue price of 99.720% of the maturity value. The senior debt matures August 1, 2014. The Company may redeem the senior notes, in whole or in part, from time to time. The Company intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including working capital, capital expenditures, stock repurchases and future acquisitions.

Management believes that all of its anticipated operating cash requirements for the immediate future will be met from internally generated funds and from the proceeds of the Company’s 5.70% senior debt issuance.

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Item 3 – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company’s primary exposure to market risk relates to interest rate risk associated with certain financial instruments. Although the Company monitors its risk associated with fluctuations in interest rates, it does not currently use derivative financial instruments to hedge these risks.

The Company is also subject to equity price risk as related to its equity securities. Although the Company has operations in certain foreign countries, these operations, in the aggregate, are not material to the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

There have been no material changes in the Company’s risk since filing its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

Item 4 – Controls and Procedures

The Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, have concluded that, as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered by this report on Form 10-Q, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted under such Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2004 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II: Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

The Company is involved in numerous routine legal proceedings related to its operations. While the ultimate disposition of each proceeding is not determinable, the Company does not believe that any of such proceedings will have a material adverse affect on its financial condition or results of operations.

A subsidiary of the Company is a defendant in a class action lawsuit that is pending in New York state court. The plaintiffs allege that our subsidiary charged improper rates for title insurance policies issued in connection with refinance transactions. The action seeks refunds of the premiums charged and punitive damages. The Company does not believe that the ultimate resolution of this action will have a material adverse affect on its financial condition or results of operations.

Item 2. Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Period	(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased	(b) Average Price Paid per Share		(c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	(d) Maximum Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
April 1 to April 30, 2004	0		n/a	n/a		n/a
May 1 to May 31, 2004	128,000	$	25.74	128,000	$	96,705,472
June 1 to June 30, 2004	497,700	$	25.61	497,700	$	83,960,460
Total	625,700	$	25.63	625,700	$	83,960,460

The foregoing table describes purchases of the Company’s Common shares which settled during each period set forth in the table. Prices in column (b) include commissions. Purchases described in column (c) were made pursuant to the share repurchase program announced by the Company on May 18, 2004. Under this plan, which has no expiration date, the Company may repurchase up to $100 million of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common shares.

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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) The annual meeting of shareholders of the Company was held on Thursday, May 13, 2004.

(b) The names of the persons who were nominated to serve as directors of the Company for the ensuing year are listed below, together with a tabulation of the results of the voting with respect to each nominee. All nominees were elected.

Name of Nominee	Votes For	Votes Withheld
Gary J. Beban	74,259,730	471,041
J. David Chatham	71,248,507	3,482,264
William G. Davis	72,567,465	2,163,306
James L. Doti	72,007,896	2,722,874
Lewis W. Douglas, Jr.	72,576,849	2,153,922
Paul B. Fay, Jr.	71,902,334	2,828,436
D. P. Kennedy	72,432,491	2,298,280
Parker S. Kennedy	72,365,041	2,365,730
Frank O’Bryan	69,296,292	5,434,479
Roslyn B. Payne	72,581,760	2,149,011
D. Van Skilling	71,383,624	3,347,147
Herbert B. Tasker	72,376,054	2,354,717
Virginia Ueberroth	72,677,411	2,053,359

No other matters were voted upon at the meeting or during the quarter for which this report is filed.

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

(a) Exhibits

(4	)(a)	Form of Underwriting Agreement, incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 1.1 of Pre-effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No 333-116855 on Form S-3 dated July 19, 2004.
(4	)(b)	Form of First Supplemental Indenture, incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 4.2 of Registration Statement 333-116855 on Form S-3 dated June 25, 2004.
(4	)(c)	Form of Senior Note, incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 4.3 of Registration Statement 333-116855 on Form S-3 dated June 25, 2004.
(10	)	Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2004 between The First American Corporation, JP Morgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent, and certain other Lenders party thereto.
(31	)(a)	Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(31	)(b)	Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(32	)(a)	Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
(32	)(b)	Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

(b) Reports on Form 8-K

During the quarterly period covered by this report, the Company filed reports on Form 8-K dated April 15, 2004 (announcing that the holders of all but $1,176,000 of the $210,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 4.50% Senior Debenture Due 2008 had converted such debentures into Common shares of the Company and that the remainder of the debentures had been redeemed by the Company) and on May 18, 2004 (announcing the $100,000,000 stock repurchase program). The Company furnished a report on Form 8-K dated April 21, 2004 (reporting on first quarter 2004 earnings).

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
	/s/ Thomas A. Klemens
	Thomas A. Klemens
	Senior Executive Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer
	/s/ Max O. Valdes
	Max O. Valdes
	Vice President,
Date: August 9, 2004	Chief Accounting Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description	Sequentially Numbered Page
(4)(a)	Form of Underwriting Agreement, incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 1.1 of Pre-effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No 333-116855 on Form S-3 dated July 19, 2004.
(4)(b)	Form of First Supplemental Indenture, incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 4.2 of Registration Statement 333-116855 on Form S-3 dated June 25, 2004.
(4)(c)	Form of Senior Note, incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 4.3 of Registration Statement 333-116855 on Form S-3 dated June 25, 2004.
(10)	Credit Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2004 between The First American Corporation, JP Morgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent, and certain other Lenders party thereto.
(31)(a)	Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(31)(b)	Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(32)(a)	Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
(32)(b)	Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

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EX-10

EXECUTION COPY

Exhibit 10

$500,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

August 4, 2004

between

THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION

The Lenders Party Hereto

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

as Administrative Agent

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,

as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner

COMERICA BANK, UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., US BANK and

WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Syndication Agents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
ARTICLE I    DEFINITIONS		1
SECTION 1.01.	Defined Terms	1
SECTION 1.02.	Terms Generally	15
SECTION 1.03.	Accounting Terms and Determinations	15
ARTICLE II    THE CREDITS		16
SECTION 2.01.	The Commitments	17
SECTION 2.02.	Loans and Borrowings	17
SECTION 2.03.	Requests for Borrowings	17
SECTION 2.04.	Funding of Borrowings	18
SECTION 2.05.	Interest Elections	19
SECTION 2.06.	Termination and Reduction of the Commitments	20
SECTION 2.07.	Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt	20
SECTION 2.08.	Prepayment of Loans	21
SECTION 2.09.	Fees	22
SECTION 2.10.	Interest	22
SECTION 2.11.	Alternate Rate of Interest	23
SECTION 2.12.	Increased Costs	24
SECTION 2.13.	Break Funding Payments	24
SECTION 2.14.	Taxes	25
SECTION 2.15.	Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs	26
SECTION 2.16.	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders	28
ARTICLE III    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES		29
SECTION 3.01.	Organization; Powers	29
SECTION 3.02.	Authorization; Enforceability	29
SECTION 3.03.	Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts	29
SECTION 3.04.	Financial Condition, Etc.	29
SECTION 3.05.	Properties	30
SECTION 3.06.	Litigation and Environmental Matters	30
SECTION 3.07.	Compliance with Laws and Agreements	31
SECTION 3.08.	Investment and Holding Company Status	31
SECTION 3.09.	Taxes, Etc.	31
SECTION 3.10.	ERISA	31
SECTION 3.11.	Disclosure	31
SECTION 3.12.	Use of Credit	32
SECTION 3.13.	Indebtedness and Liens	32
ARTICLE IV    CONDITIONS		32
SECTION 4.01.	Closing Date	32
SECTION 4.02.	Each Credit Event	33

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ARTICLE V    AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS		34
SECTION 5.01.	Financial Statements and Other Information	34
SECTION 5.02.	Notices of Material Events	36
SECTION 5.03.	Existence; Conduct of Business	37
SECTION 5.04.	Payment of Obligations	37
SECTION 5.05.	Maintenance of Properties	37
SECTION 5.06.	Books and Records; Inspection Rights	37
SECTION 5.07.	Compliance with Laws and Agreements	37
SECTION 5.08.	Insurance	38
ARTICLE VI    NEGATIVE COVENANTS		38
SECTION 6.01.	Indebtedness	38
SECTION 6.02.	Liens	39
SECTION 6.03.	Fundamental Changes	40
SECTION 6.04.	Transactions with Affiliates	40
SECTION 6.05.	Financial Covenants	41
SECTION 6.06.	Foreclosure on Subject Property	41
SECTION 6.07.	Sale/Leaseback Transactions and Synthetic Leases	42
ARTICLE VII    EVENTS OF DEFAULT		42
ARTICLE VIII    THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT		45
ARTICLE IX    MISCELLANEOUS		47
SECTION 9.01.	Notices	47
SECTION 9.02.	Waivers; Amendments	47
SECTION 9.03.	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver	48
SECTION 9.04.	Successors and Assigns	49
SECTION 9.05.	Survival	52
SECTION 9.06.	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness	53
SECTION 9.07.	Severability	53
SECTION 9.08.	Right of Setoff	53
SECTION 9.09.	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.	53
SECTION 9.10.	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	54
SECTION 9.11.	Headings	54
SECTION 9.12.	Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality	54
SECTION 9.13.	USA PATRIOT Act	55

SCHEDULE I	-	Commitments
SCHEDULE II	-	Indebtedness and Liens
SCHEDULE III	-	Litigation and Environmental Matters

EXHIBIT A	-	Form of Assignment and Assumption
EXHIBIT B	-	Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower
EXHIBIT C	-	Form of Opinion of Special New York Counsel to JPMCB

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 4, 2004, between THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION, the LENDERS party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Administrative Agent.

The Borrower (as hereinafter defined) has requested that the Lenders (as so defined) make loans to it in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $500,000,000 at any one time outstanding. The Lenders are prepared to make such loans upon the terms and conditions hereof, and, accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

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

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

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

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

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

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the following Persons shall, at all times, be Affiliates of the Borrower: Donald P. Kennedy, Parker S. Kennedy, any member of their immediate families (including parents, spouses, children and siblings), any trust whose principal beneficiary is Donald P. Kennedy or Parker S. Kennedy or one of more members of their immediate families and any Person who is controlled by such member or trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) no individual (other than any Person specified in the preceding sentence) shall be an Affiliate solely by reason of his or her being a director, officer or employee of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) none of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower shall be Affiliates.

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“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, as the case may be.

“Applicable Additional Margin” means, for any Commitment Utilization Day, 0.125%.

“Applicable Bank Regulatory Authority” means, for any Bank Subsidiary, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and all other relevant bank or thrift regulatory authorities (including, without limitation, relevant state bank or thrift regulatory authorities) having jurisdiction over such Bank Subsidiary.

“Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority” means, when used with respect to any Insurance Company, the insurance department or similar administrative authority or agency of the State in which such Insurance Company is domiciled.

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan or ABR Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread”, “ABR Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, respectively, based upon the ratings by Moody’s and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date to the Index Debt:

Index Debt Ratings
Moody’s Rating	S&P Rating	Eurodollar Spread	ABR Spread	Commitment Fee Rate
A3 or above	A- or above	0.375%	0%	0.10%
Baa1	BBB+	0.50%	0%	0.125%
Baa2	BBB	0.625%	0%	0.15%
Baa3	BBB-	0.875%	0%	0.20%
Below Baa3	Below BBB-	1.25%	0.25%	0.325%

For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if either Moody’s or S&P shall not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then such rating agency shall be deemed to have established a rating equivalent to the rating provided by the rating agency then having a rating in effect; (ii) if the

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ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall fall within different rating categories, the Applicable Rate shall be based on the lower of the two ratings, provided that if one of the two ratings is two or more categories lower than the other, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the category next above that of the lower of the two ratings; and (iii) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s and S&P for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency. Each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.

“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Arbitrage Loans” means loans made by any financial institution (a “lender”) which is, at the time of the making of such loan, a depository of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, to the Borrower or any such Subsidiary in an amount not exceeding the amount of the deposits of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary held by such depository, the proceeds of which are invested in U.S. Government securities and/or certificates of deposit rated A-1 or P-1 and/or commercial paper rated not lower than A-1 or P-1 and having a term not exceeding the maturity date of such loan (but in no event longer than 92 days), provided that (i) the relevant borrower shall have a right of offset against such investment (in the case of certificates of deposit) and (ii) all such loans must be off the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the last day of any quarterly fiscal period.

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender as assignor and an assignee (with the consent of each Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Commitment Termination Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

“Bank Subsidiary” means First Security Thrift, First American Trust and any other Subsidiary of the Borrower which is a federally- or state-chartered thrift, bank or trust company.

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

“Borrower” means The First American Corporation, a California corporation.

“Borrowing” means (a) all ABR Loans made, converted or continued on the same date or (b) all Eurodollar Loans that have the same Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing comprising one or more Loans that have been converted or continued shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Loan or Loans.

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

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

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

“Capital Securities” means preferred securities issued by a Subsidiary of the Borrower organized as a Delaware business trust that are redeemable, at the option of such issuer, ten years or more after the issuance thereof, which securities are guaranteed by the Borrower and the proceeds of which are invested in junior subordinated securities of the Borrower.

“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.12(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.

“Change of Control” means that during any period of 25 consecutive calendar months, a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower shall no longer be composed of individuals (a) who were members of said board on the first day of such period, (b) whose election or nomination to said board was approved by individuals referred to in clause (a) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of said board or (c) whose election or nomination to said board was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of said board.

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

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

“Combined Earnings” means, for any period, the sum of the following: (a) consolidated earnings (calculated before income taxes, Interest Expense and minority interest expense) of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) for such period plus depreciation and amortization (to the extent deducted in determining such consolidated earnings) for such period plus (b) Deferred Revenues (or, in the case of a Deferred Revenue deficit, minus an amount equal to such deficit) for such period.

“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule I, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $500,000,000 as of the Closing Date.

“Commitment Termination Date” means August 4, 2009; provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Commitment Termination Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

“Commitment Utilization Day” means any day on which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans shall exceed 50% of the total Commitments.

“Consolidated Subsidiary” means, for any Person, each Subsidiary of such Person (whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired) the financial statements of which shall be (or should have been) consolidated with the financial statements of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

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

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

“Deferred Revenues” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, for any fiscal period, the amount of revenue received but not recognized (in accordance with GAAP) during such fiscal period minus the amount of revenue recognized (in accordance with GAAP) but not received during such fiscal period.

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“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits, proceedings and environmental matters disclosed in Schedule III.

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

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

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Equity Issuance” means (a) any issuance or sale by the Borrower of (i) any capital stock, (ii) any warrants or options exercisable in respect of capital stock (other than any warrants or options issued to directors, officers or employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in their capacity as such and any capital stock of the Borrower issued upon the exercise of such warrants) or (iii) any other security or instrument representing an equity interest (or the right to obtain any equity interest) in the Borrower or (b) the receipt by the Borrower of any contribution to its capital (whether or not evidenced by any equity security).

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

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

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

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respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

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

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

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.16(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability to comply with Section 2.14(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

“Existing Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of October 12, 2001 among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank (f/k/a The Chase Manhattan Bank), as administrative agent for such lenders, as amended and in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date.

“FAC” means First Advantage Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

“FAREISI” means First American Real Estate Information Services, Inc., a California corporation and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

“FATICO” means First American Title Insurance Company, a California corporation and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received

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by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

“First American Title & Trust Company” means First American Title & Trust Company, an Oklahoma corporation and a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

“First American Trust” means First American Trust FSB, a federal stock savings bank and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

“First Security Thrift” means First Security Thrift Company, a California corporation and an indirect Subsidiary of FATICO.

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

“Funded Debt” means, for any Person, (a) all Indebtedness for such Person that should be reflected on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (b) all Indebtedness of any other Person that should be reflected on a balance sheet of such other Person in accordance with GAAP and that is secured by a Lien on the Property of such Person, is supported by a letter of credit issued for account of, or is Guaranteed by, such Person and (c) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; provided that Funded Debt shall include (i) the aggregate liquidation preference of all preferred securities that are mandatorily redeemable, exchangeable or convertible into debt at the option of the holder or redeemable at the option of the holder, less than ten years after issue and (ii) the aggregate liquidation preference of all Capital Securities but only that portion of such aggregate liquidation preference that is on such date in excess of 15% of Total Capitalization on such date.

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

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

“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness

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or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind that in accordance with GAAP would be shown on the liability side of the balance sheet of such Person, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (including surplus debentures or notes whether or not characterized as liabilities for purposes of GAAP or SAP and non-perpetual preferred stock requiring redemption or repurchase and any option exercisable in respect thereof to the extent of such redemption or repurchase), (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person that in accordance with GAAP would be shown on the liability side of the balance sheet of such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business) that in accordance with GAAP would be shown on the liability side of the balance sheet of such Person, (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

“Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement; provided that if such indebtedness is not rated by Moody’s or S&P, “Index Debt” means indebtedness in respect of Capital Securities.

“Insurance Company” means, collectively, FATICO, First American Home Buyers Protection Corporation and any other Subsidiary of the Borrower which is a licensed insurance company or a licensed underwritten title company.

“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05.

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“Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum, for the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP), of the following: (a) all interest in respect of Indebtedness accrued during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) plus (b) the net amounts payable (or minus the net amounts receivable) under Swap Agreements accrued during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period).

“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, each Quarterly Date and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of each Interest Period therefor and, in the case of any Interest Period that is more than three months long, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months after the first day of such Interest Period.

“Interest Period” means (a) for any Borrowing (other than an ABR Borrowing), the Interest Period of the Loan or Loans constituting such Borrowing; and (b) for any Eurodollar Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Loan and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Loan initially shall be the date on which such Loan is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Loan.

“JPMCB” means JPMorgan Chase Bank.

“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule I and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

“LIBO Rate” means, for the Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for the offering of Dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period shall be the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) at which Dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in

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immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

“Licenses” means any licenses or certificates of authority from any Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority, or permits or authorizations to transact title insurance business.

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

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

“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X of the Board.

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

“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness, or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.

“Material Subsidiary” means, at any time, (a) FATICO, (b) FAREISI and (c) any other Subsidiary of the Borrower with a net book value that equals or exceeds 5% of the Borrower’s consolidated shareholders’ equity (determined as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available).

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

“Moody’s Rating” means the Moody’s rating in respect of the Index Debt, provided that if such rating is in respect of Index Debt consisting of Capital Securities, “Moody’s Rating” means the rating that is one grade higher than the rating of the Index Debt.

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

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“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.

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

“Permitted Encumbrances” means (a) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04; (b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04; (c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations; (d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business; (e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (j) of Article VII; and (f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.

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

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

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

“Quarterly Dates” means the 4^th day of January, April, July and October in each year, the first of which shall be the first such day after the date hereof; provided that if any such day is not a Business Day, then such Quarterly Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day (unless such succeeding Business Day falls in a subsequent calendar month, in which event such Quarterly Date shall be the next preceding Business Day).

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

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“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

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

“Reserves” means, for any Insurance Company, as at any date, the aggregate reserves for undetermined title losses of such Insurance Company (which amount is shown at the date hereof on the most recent annual Statutory Statement of such Insurance Company at page 3, line 2, column 1) as at the last day of the fiscal year of such Insurance Company ending on or most recently ended prior to such date.

“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans at such time.

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

“S&P Rating” means the S&P rating in respect of the Index Debt, provided that if such rating is in respect of Index Debt consisting of Capital Securities, “S&P Rating” means the rating that is one grade higher than the rating of the Index Debt.

“Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person whereby the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer any of its Property and thereafter rent or lease such Property or similar Property for substantially the same use or uses as the Property sold or transferred.

“SAP” means, for any Insurance Company, the statutory accounting procedures or practices required by the Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority applied on a basis consistent with those which, in accordance with the last sentence of Section 1.03(a), are to be used in making the calculations for purposes of determining compliance with certain terms of this Agreement.

“SEC” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(i).

“Statutory Reserve Rate” means, for the Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the arithmetic mean, taken over each day in such Interest Period, of the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall

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be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

“Statutory Statement” means, for any Insurance Company, for any fiscal year of such Insurance Company, the most recent annual statement required to be filed with the Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority and, for any fiscal quarter of such Insurance Company, the quarterly statement required to be filed with the Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority, which annual and quarterly statements shall be prepared in accordance with statutory accounting practices or generally accepted accounting principles as specified by the Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority.

“Subject Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06.

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

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

“Synthetic Lease” means a lease of property or assets designed to permit the lessee (a) to claim depreciation on such property or assets under U.S. tax law and (b) to treat such lease as an operating lease or not to reflect the leased property or assets on the lessee’s balance sheet under GAAP.

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

“Total Capitalization” means, as at any date, the sum of Total Debt plus Total Stockholders’ Equity.

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“Total Debt” means, as at any date, the sum for the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries of all Funded Debt.

“Total Stockholders’ Equity” means, as at any date, the aggregate stockholders’ equity (including minority interests in subsidiaries) for the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate liquidation preference of Capital Securities shall be included in the calculation of Total Stockholders’ Equity only with respect to that portion of such aggregate liquidation preference that is less than 15% of Total Capitalization on such date; provided further that, for purposes of determining compliance with Section 6.05(a), Total Stockholders’ Equity shall not include any amount with respect to Capital Securities.

“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof.

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

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

SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms and Determinations.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be delivered to the Lenders hereunder shall (unless otherwise disclosed to the Lenders in writing at the time of delivery thereof in the manner described in subsection (b) below) be prepared, in accordance with (in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a

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consolidated basis) GAAP or (in the case of certain of the Insurance Companies) statutory accounting practices, as the case may be, applied on a basis consistent with those used in the preparation of the latest financial statements furnished to the Lenders hereunder (which, prior to the delivery of the first financial statements (after the date hereof) under Section 5.01, shall mean the financial statements as at December 31, 2003 referred to in Section 3.04(a)). All calculations made for the purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement shall (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) be made by application of (in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) GAAP or (in the case of certain of the Insurance Companies) statutory accounting practices, as the case may be, applied on a basis consistent with those used in the preparation of the latest annual or quarterly financial statements furnished to the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01 (or, prior to the delivery of the first financial statements (after the date hereof) under Section 5.01, used in the preparation of the financial statements as at December 31, 2003 referred to in Section 3.04(a)) unless (i) the Borrower shall have objected to determining such compliance on such basis at the time of delivery of such financial statements or (ii) the Required Lenders shall so object within 30 days after delivery of such financial statements, in either of which events such calculations shall be made on a basis consistent with those used in the preparation of the latest financial statements as to which such objection shall not have been made (which, if objection is made in respect of the first financial statements delivered under Section 5.01, shall mean the financial statements referred to in Section 3.04(a)).

(b) The Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders at the same time as the delivery of any annual or quarterly financial statement under Section 5.01 (i) a description in reasonable detail of any material variation between the application of accounting principles or practices employed in the preparation of such statement and the application of accounting principles or practices employed in the preparation of the next preceding annual or quarterly financial statements as to which no objection has been made in accordance with the last sentence of subsection (a) above and (ii) reasonable estimates of the difference between such statements arising as a consequence thereof.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Borrower and the Lenders agree that, if after the date hereof, changes to GAAP become effective so as to require the reduction of the carrying amount of goodwill upon impairment (including, without limitation, as a result of the establishment of a benchmark), disposition of assets, discontinuance of operations or other similar events, then, for purposes of calculating compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.05, each such reduction shall be treated as an extraordinary non-cash item and shall be disregarded.

(d) The Borrower will not change the last day of its fiscal year from December 31 of each year, or the last days of the first three fiscal quarters in each of its fiscal years from March 31, June 30 and September 30 of each year, respectively.

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ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

SECTION 2.01. The Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Loans.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.

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

(b) Type of Loans. Subject to Section 2.11, each Borrowing shall be constituted entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Minimum Amounts; Limitation on Number of Borrowings. At the commencement of the Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount equal to $3,000,000 or a larger multiple of $500,000; provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of five Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.

(d) Limitations on Lengths of Interest Periods. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue as a Eurodollar Borrowing, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested therefor would end after the Commitment Termination Date.

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, two Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

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

(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

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

(v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04.

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

SECTION 2.04. Funding of Borrowings.

(a) Funding by Lenders. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.

(b) Presumption by the Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

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SECTION 2.05. Interest Elections.

(a) Elections by the Borrower for Borrowings. Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have the Interest Period specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such Borrowing as a Borrowing of the same Type and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect the Interest Period therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans constituting such Borrowing, and the Loans constituting each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

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

(c) Information in Interest Election Requests. Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) of this paragraph shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period therefor after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

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(d) Notice by the Administrative Agent to Lenders. Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) Failure to Elect; Events of Default. If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period therefor.

SECTION 2.06. Termination and Reduction of the Commitments.

(a) Scheduled Termination. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Commitment Termination Date.

(b) Voluntary Termination or Reduction. The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is $3,000,000 or a larger multiple of $500,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.08, the total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments.

(c) Notice of Voluntary Termination or Reduction. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.

(d) Effect of Termination or Reduction. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

(a) Repayment. The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for account of the Lenders the outstanding principal amount of the Loans on the Commitment Termination Date.

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(b) Manner of Payment. Prior to any repayment or prepayment of any Borrowings hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be paid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment; provided that each repayment of Borrowings shall be applied to repay any outstanding ABR Borrowings before any other Borrowings. If the Borrower fails to make a timely selection of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid or prepaid, such payment shall be applied, first, to pay any outstanding ABR Borrowings and, second, to other Borrowings in the order of the remaining duration of their respective Interest Periods (the Borrowing with the shortest remaining Interest Period to be repaid first). Each payment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in such Borrowing.

(c) Maintenance of Loan Accounts by Lenders. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(d) Maintenance of Loan Accounts by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest Period therefor, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(e) Effect of Entries. The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(f) Promissory Notes. Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.08. Prepayment of Loans.

(a) Optional Prepayments Right to Prepay Borrowings. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section.

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prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, two Business Days before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.06, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.06. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.10 and shall be made in the manner specified in Section 2.07(b).

SECTION 2.09. Fees.

(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate on the average daily unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the earlier of the date such Commitment terminates and the Commitment Termination Date. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable on each Quarterly Date and on the earlier of the date the Commitment terminates and the Commitment Termination Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(b) Administrative Agent Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(c) Payment of Fees. All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.10. Interest.

(a) ABR Loans. The Loans constituting each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate plus the Applicable Additional Margin (if any).

(b) Eurodollar Loans. The Loans constituting each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate plus the Applicable Additional Margin (if any).

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(c) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided above or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(d) Payment of Interest. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the Commitment Termination Date), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Borrowing shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e) Computation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of the Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.

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SECTION 2.12. Increased Costs.

(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or

(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates from Lenders. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.13. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period therefor (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period therefor, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or

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prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice is permitted to be revocable under Section 2.08(b) and is revoked in accordance herewith), or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, the loss to any Lender attributable to any such event shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that such Lender would pay for a deposit equal to the principal amount of such Loan for the period from the date of such payment, conversion, failure or assignment to the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the duration of the Interest Period that would have resulted from such borrowing, conversion or continuation) if the interest rate payable on such deposit were equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period, over (ii) the amount of interest that such Lender would earn on such principal amount for such period if such Lender were to invest such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that would be bid by such Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender) for Dollar deposits from other banks in the eurodollar market at the commencement of such period. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.14. Taxes.

(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or Lender (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 Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to

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the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(e) Foreign Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.

SECTION 2.15. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

(a) Payments by the Borrower. The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or under Section 2.12, 2.13 or 2.14, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim; provided that if a new Loan is to be made by any Lender on a date the Borrower is to repay any principal of an outstanding Loan of such Lender, such Lender shall apply the proceeds of such new Loan to the payment of the principal to be repaid and only an amount equal to the difference between the principal to be borrowed and the principal to be repaid shall be made available by such Lender to the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 2.04 or paid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph, as the case may be. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.

(b) Application of Insufficient Payments. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, to pay interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

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(c) Pro Rata Treatment. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (i) each Borrowing shall be made from the Lenders, each payment of commitment fees under Section 2.09 shall be made for account of the Lenders, and each termination or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under Section 2.06 shall be applied to the respective Commitments of the Lenders, pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (ii) each Borrowing shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their respective Commitments (in the case of the making of Loans) or their respective Loans (in the case of conversions and continuations of Loans); (iii) each payment or prepayment of principal of Loans by the Borrower shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held by them; and (iv) each payment of interest on Loans by the Borrower shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders.

(d) Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon then due than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(e) Presumptions of Payment. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.

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(f) Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent. If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b) or 2.15(e), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

SECTION 2.16. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.14, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) Replacement of Lenders. If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, (iii) any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder or (iv) any Lender is subject to a conservatorship or a receivership with, or is otherwise directly or indirectly under the control of, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor thereto) or the Resolution Trust Company (or any successor thereto), then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (x) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (y) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (z) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Each of the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within the Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, by all necessary shareholder action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and (b) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries or assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any such Person, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition, Etc.

(a) Financial Condition. The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders each of the following:

(i) its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (a) as of and for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2003, reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, and (b) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, certified by its chief financial officer. Such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such

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date and for such period in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (b) above;

(ii) the Statutory Statements for the year ended December 31, 2003 of each Insurance Company that is a Material Subsidiary and that is required by any Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority to file such Statutory Statements, and such Statutory Statements have been prepared in accordance with statutory accounting practices and filed with the Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authorities, and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of such Insurance Company as at said date and its results of operations for the fiscal year ended on said date in accordance with statutory accounting practices; and

(iii) consolidated balance sheets of each Material Subsidiary which is not an Insurance Company described in paragraph (ii) above and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of such Material Subsidiary and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for its fiscal year ended on said date, and all such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of such Material Subsidiary and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the applicable date and the consolidated results of their operations for the fiscal year ended on said date, all in accordance with GAAP and practices applied on a consistent basis.

(b) No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2003, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

SECTION 3.05. Properties.

(a) Property Generally. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, subject only to Liens permitted by Section 6.02 and except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.

(b) Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters.

(a) Actions, Suits and Proceedings. There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority now pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.

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(b) Environmental Matters. Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

(c) Disclosed Matters. Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.08. Investment and Holding Company Status. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is (a) an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a “holding company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

SECTION 3.09. Taxes, Etc. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have timely filed or caused to be filed all Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns and reports required to have been filed and have paid or caused to be paid all taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Person has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.10. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.11. Disclosure. The Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the date made; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

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SECTION 3.12. Use of Credit. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder will be used to buy or carry any Margin Stock.

SECTION 3.13. Indebtedness and Liens.

(a) Indebtedness. Part A of Schedule II is a list of all Material Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created pursuant to this Agreement) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof. Material Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof does not exceed an aggregate principal or face amount of $750,000,000.

(b) Liens. Part B of Schedule II is a list of all Liens of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof, to the extent any such Lien secures Material Indebtedness. Liens of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof and not set forth on Schedule II secure Indebtedness in an aggregate principal or face amount not exceeding $250,000,000.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS

SECTION 4.01. Closing Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which the Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following documents, each of which shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and to the extent specified below, to each Lender) in form and substance (or such condition shall have been waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

(a) Executed Counterparts. From each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page to this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

(b) Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower. A favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Closing Date) of the Borrower’s general counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, and covering such other matters relating to the Borrower, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request (and the Borrower hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinion to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent).

(c) Opinion of Special New York Counsel to JPMCB. An opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, special New York counsel to JPMCB, substantially in the form of Exhibit C (and JPMCB hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinion to the Lenders).

(d) Corporate Documents. Such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal

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matters relating to the Borrower, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(e) Officer’s Certificate. A certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a senior financial officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in the lettered clauses of the first sentence of Section 4.02.

(f) Existing Credit Agreement. Evidence of the termination of the commitments of the lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement and the payment in full of all principal, interest and other amounts payable by the Borrower thereunder.

(g) Other Documents. Such other documents as the Administrative Agent or any Lender or special New York counsel to JPMCB may reasonably request.

The obligation of any Lender to make its initial Loan hereunder is also subject to the payment by the Borrower of such fees as the Borrower shall have agreed to pay to any Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, including the reasonable fees and expenses of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, special New York counsel to JPMCB, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Loans hereunder (to the extent that statements for such fees and expenses have been delivered to the Borrower).

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) on or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 5, 2004 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specified date, as of such specified date); and

(b) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in the preceding sentence.

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ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a) within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the audited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

(b) within 40 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or within 35 days after the end of any such fiscal quarter ending on or after March 31, 2005), the consolidated balance sheets and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the corresponding period or periods of the previous fiscal year, all certified by a senior financial officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) of this Section, a certificate of a senior financial officer of the Borrower (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.05;

(d) upon request of any Lender, a copy of any final financial examination report (including, without limitation, any report in respect of any tri-annual examination conducted by any Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority) or market conduct examination report issued by or prepared for any Governmental Authority (including any Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority) with respect to any Insurance Company that is a Material Subsidiary; and to the extent disclosure to the Lenders is permitted by law, a

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copy of any financial examination report issued by or prepared for any Governmental Authority (including any Applicable Bank Regulatory Authority) with respect to the Borrower, First American Trust or First Security Thrift;

(e) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly fiscal periods of each fiscal year of FATICO, Statutory Statements of FATICO (prepared in accordance with statutory accounting practices required or permitted by the Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority) for such fiscal period, accompanied by a certificate of a senior financial officer of FATICO which certificate shall state that such financial statements present the financial condition of FATICO in accordance with statutory accounting practices required or permitted by the Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority;

(f) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of FATICO, the annual Statutory Statement of FATICO (prepared in accordance with statutory accounting practices required or permitted by the Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority) for such year and as filed with the Insurance Department of the State of California, accompanied by (i) a certificate of a senior financial officer of FATICO stating that said Statutory Statement presents the financial condition of FATICO in accordance with the statutory accounting practices required or permitted by the Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority, (ii) a certificate of a senior financial officer of FATICO, affirming the adequacy of Reserves of FATICO as at the end of such fiscal year and (iii) a report by Milliman & Robertson, Inc., or such other actuarial firm of nationally recognized professional standing, affirming the adequacy of Reserves of FATICO as at the end of such fiscal year;

(g) within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year of FAC, the audited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of FAC and its Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of FAC and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

(h) within 40 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of FAC (or within 35 days after the end of any such fiscal quarter ending on or after March 31, 2005), the consolidated balance sheets and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of FAC and its Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the corresponding period or periods of the previous fiscal year, all certified by a senior financial officer of FAC as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of FAC and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

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(i) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be, provided that if any such report, statement or other material is electronically filed by the Company with the SEC and is publicly available through the internet or other electronic means, the Company will notify the Lenders promptly following such filing and, only upon the request of any Lender, furnish a copy of such report, statement or other material to such Lender; and

(j) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request (including accountants’ letters).

SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:

(a) the occurrence of any Default;

(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $25,000,000;

(d) the assertion of any environmental matter by any Person against, or with respect to the activities of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any alleged violation of or non-compliance with any Environmental Laws or any permits, licenses or authorizations, other than any environmental matter or alleged violation that, if adversely determined, would not (either individually or in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect;

(e) immediately, notice of actual (or threatened action that could reasonably be expected to lead to the) suspension, termination or revocation of any License of any Insurance Company which is a Material Subsidiary by any Governmental Authority (including any Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority), including any notice by any Governmental Authority of the commencement of any proceeding, hearing or administrative action to suspend, terminate or revoke any such License as a result of the failure by any such Insurance Company to take or refrain from taking, any action which could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the authority of such Insurance Company to conduct its business after notice thereof by such Governmental Authority (including any such Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority);

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(f) promptly after the Borrower knows or has reason to believe that any insurance, banking or other regulator having jurisdiction over the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries has commenced any proceeding, issued any order, given notice of a formal hearing, sought relief from any court or taken any similar action with respect to the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries that seeks to, or would, result in the revocation of any license or authorization of the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries or materially restrict the ability of the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries to do business in any jurisdiction, a notice describing in reasonable detail such proceeding, order, hearing or similar action; and

(g) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a senior financial officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.

SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.

SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and

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orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.08. Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep insured by financially sound and reputable insurers all Property of a character usually insured by corporations engaged in the same or similar business similarly situated against loss or damage of the kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against by such corporations and carry such other insurance as is usually carried by such corporations.

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. The Borrower will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof;

(b) Indebtedness of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof, provided that (i) such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted under this clause (b) shall not exceed $500,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(c) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or to any other Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(d) Arbitrage Loans;

(e) Indebtedness of FAREISI and FATICO to the Borrower representing intercompany loans made by the Borrower from net proceeds received by the Borrower from its Equity Issuances;

(f) additional Indebtedness of the Insurance Companies in respect of letters of credit (or similar instruments) and Guarantees issued in the ordinary course of the title insurance business, so long as the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness does not exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(g) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit (or similar instruments) and guarantees issued in connection with settlement or administration of claims made against any of its Subsidiaries under insurance policies of the type usually

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carried by corporations engaged in businesses or activities that are the same as or similar to those of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

(h) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary secured by a Lien upon real Property and/or related fixtures and personal property including insurance and condemnation proceeds, if any, and assignment of leases and rents, with respect thereto (which Indebtedness may be guaranteed by the Borrower), provided that (i) the holder of such Indebtedness has recourse only to such real Property (and/or such fixtures and other property) or (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted under this clause (h) shall not exceed $100,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(i) additional Indebtedness of Subsidiaries not exceeding 20% of Total Stockholders’ Equity;

(j) obligations under Sale/Leaseback Transactions and Synthetic Leases permitted by Section 6.07;

(k) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and

(l) any extension, renewal or refinancing of the foregoing.

SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:

(a) Liens in existence on the date hereof;

(b) Permitted Encumbrances;

(c) Liens upon Property of any Person which becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower after the date hereof, provided that such Liens are in existence at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower and were not created in anticipation thereof;

(d) Liens upon tangible personal Property used primarily in the ordinary course of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and acquired after the date hereof;

(e) Liens upon real Property securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h);

(f) Liens upon the Property of First American Trust and First American Title & Trust Company which are created in the ordinary course of their respective financial services businesses as such businesses are conducted as of the date hereof;

(g) Liens upon Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary which are created pursuant to real estate exchange transactions (benefiting from the tax treatment of Section

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1031 of the Code) in the ordinary course of their respective financial services businesses as such businesses are conducted as of the date hereof;

(h) Liens upon Property of any Subsidiary of the Borrower securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Borrower that is the direct or indirect parent entity of such Subsidiary permitted by Section 6.01;

(i) Liens upon Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries securing Arbitrage Loans; provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any such Property other than the securities and/or other investments in which the proceeds of such Arbitrage Loans have been invested;

(j) Liens under Sale/Leaseback Transactions and Synthetic Leases permitted by Section 6.07; provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any Property other than the Property subject to such Sale/Leaseback Transactions and/or Synthetic Leases;

(k) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $175,000,000 at any time outstanding; and

(l) any extension, renewal or replacement of the foregoing, provided that the Liens permitted under this clause (l) shall not be spread to cover any additional Indebtedness or obligations or Property (other than a substitution of like Property).

SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes.

(a) Mergers, Consolidations, Disposal of Assets, Etc. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets, or all or substantially all of the stock of any of its Material Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any Material Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Material Subsidiary may merge into any Person in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary and (iii) any Material Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary.

(b) Lines of Business. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than the businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.

SECTION 6.04. Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) transactions in the ordinary course of

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business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate and (c) customary fees paid to members of the board of directors of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 6.05. Financial Covenants.

(a) Total Stockholders’ Equity. The Borrower will not permit Total Stockholders’ Equity at any time to be less than the sum of (i) $1,000,000,000 plus (ii) 100% of the net cash proceeds from the issuance of any capital stock of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries after the date hereof, excluding any proceeds received from the exercise of stock options held by officers, directors, employees, or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) Total Debt to Total Capitalization. The Borrower will not permit Total Debt at any time to exceed 40% of Total Capitalization.

(c) Combined Earnings. The Borrower will not permit Combined Earnings for any period of eight consecutive rolling fiscal quarters to be less than $225,000,000 at any time.

(d) Aggregate Funded Debt. The Borrower will not permit the aggregate amount of Funded Debt of all of its Subsidiaries at any time to exceed 25% of Total Stockholders’ Equity.

SECTION 6.06. Foreclosure on Subject Property.

The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, acquire ownership or control of any commercial real property with a fair market value of $2,000,000 or more and which is used for commercial purposes by means of the exercise of any right of foreclosure, power of sale or similar remedy it may avail itself of by way of any indenture of mortgage or similar instrument relating to such commercial real property (the “Subject Property”), or accept a deed to the Subject Property in lieu of foreclosure or in settlement of any title insurance claim against it, unless the Borrower shall have theretofore caused a Phase I Environmental Review (as defined below) with respect to the Subject Property to be conducted. The Borrower agrees to provide to any Lender a copy of such Environmental Review within 60 days of any request by such Lender therefor. As used herein, “Phase I Environmental Review” means an environmental survey and assessment prepared by an independent engineer selected by the Borrower expert in the identification and analysis of environmental risks (such engineer and his agents being referred to as the “Environmental Consultant”), such survey and assessment to (a) estimate current liabilities and assess potential sources of future liabilities of any owner or operator of, or any other Person having control of, the Subject Property arising under the Comprehensive Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, in each case as amended, and any other act or regulation of any Federal, state or local environmental authority having authority in respect of the Subject Property and (b) be based upon (i) a physical on-site inspection by the Environmental Consultant of the Subject Property (without any excavation of the Subject Property), (ii) interviews by the Environmental Consultant of individuals who have direct managerial

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responsibility for operations on the Subject Property, (iii) a review by the Environmental Consultant of records relating to current and historical operations conducted at the Subject Property and (iv) as deemed appropriate by the Environmental Consultant, interviews by the Environmental Consultant of individuals in the area in which the Subject Property is located who may have knowledge of current and historical operations conducted at the Subject Property.

SECTION 6.07. Sale/Leaseback Transactions and Synthetic Leases. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction or Synthetic Lease, if, as a result thereof, the aggregate amount of rent and lease payments payable in any fiscal year by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under all such arrangements would exceed $50,000,000.

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three or more Business Days;

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower in or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a), Section 5.02(g) or in Article VI (other than Section 6.07);

(e) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 or more days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent (given at the request of any Lender) to the Borrower;

(f) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (beyond any

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applicable grace period expressly set forth in the governing documents); or any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (after taking into account any applicable grace period) the holder or holders of any such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity;

(g) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for a period of 60 or more days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(h) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (g) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(i) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(j) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to enforce any such judgment;

(k) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(l) a reasonable basis shall exist for the assertion against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any predecessor in interest of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, of (or there shall have been asserted against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) any

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claims or liabilities, whether accrued, absolute or contingent, based on or arising from the generation, storage, transport, handling or disposal of Hazardous Materials by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or predecessors that, in the judgment of the Required Lenders, are reasonably likely to be determined adversely to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and the amount thereof (either individually or in the aggregate) is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (insofar as such amount is payable by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries but after deducting any portion thereof that is reasonably expected to be paid by other creditworthy Persons jointly and severally liable therefor);

(m) a Change of Control shall occur; or

(n) the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall be required by any Applicable Bank Regulatory Authority, any Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority or any other similar governmental regulatory authority to enter into, after the date hereof, any indenture, agreement, instrument or other arrangement (including, without limitation, any capital maintenance agreement) that, (x) directly or indirectly, prohibits or restrains, or has the effect of prohibiting or restraining, or imposes materially adverse conditions upon, the incurrence or payment of Indebtedness, the granting of Liens, the declaration or payment of dividends, the making of loans or advances or the sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of Property or (y) requires the making of capital contributions to any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount exceeding $100,000,000;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

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ARTICLE VIII

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability

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for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless become effective and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and (2) the Required Lenders shall perform the duties of the Administrative Agent (and all payments and communications provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly) until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent.

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such 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 Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner and the Syndication Agents named on the cover page of this

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Agreement shall not have any duties or liabilities under this Agreement, except in their capacity, if any, as Lenders.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01. Notices.

Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

(a) if to the Borrower, to it at The First American Corporation, 1 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707, Attention of Thomas A. Klemens (Telecopier No.: (714) 800-3325; Telephone No.: (714) 800-3000);

(b) if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, 1111 Fannin Street, 10^th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002-8069, Attention of Eleanor Fiore, Loan and Agency Services (Telephone No. (713) 750-3523; Telecopy No. (713) 750-2223), JPMorgan Chase Bank, 270 Park Avenue, New York 10017, Attention of Lawrence Palumbo (Telecopy No. (212) 270-1511; Telephone No. (212) 270-7525); and

(c) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case of any such change by a Lender, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent). All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments.

(a) No Deemed Waivers; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of

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the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b) Amendments. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) alter the manner in which payments or prepayments of principal, interest or other amounts hereunder shall be applied as among the Lenders or Types of Loans, without the written consent of each Lender, or (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; and provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including in connection with any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect thereof.

(b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees,

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charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such.

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.

(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns.

(a) Assignments Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its

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Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent must give their prior written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (iii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, (iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and (v) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; provided further that any consent of the Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (g) or (h) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing. Upon acceptance and recording pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose vehicle (an “SPV”) of, or administered by, such Granting Lender, identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPV to make any Loan, (ii) if an SPV elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to timely provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) the Borrower may bring any proceeding against either or both of the Granting Lender and the SPV in order to enforce any rights of the Borrower hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by the Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that nothing contained in this paragraph shall relieve any Granting Lender of its obligations under this Agreement and that no SPV shall be liable for any payment under this Agreement for which a Lender would otherwise be liable, for so long as, and to the extent, the related Granting Lender makes such payment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year

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and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPV, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or similar proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof arising out of any claim against such SPV under this Agreement. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, any SPV may with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to its Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld) providing liquidity and/or credit support (if any) with respect to commercial paper issued by such SPV to fund such Loans and such SPV may disclose, on a confidential basis in accordance with Section 9.12, confidential information with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of a surety, guarantee or credit liquidity enhancement to such SPV. Each Granting Lender shall provide the Borrower with notice of each grant made by it under this paragraph to an SPV. Except for its obligation to make payments directly to an SPV in respect of any Loan (or any part thereof) made by such SPV, the Borrower shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Granting Lender. This paragraph may not be amended without the consent of any SPV at the time holding Loans under this Agreement.

(c) Maintenance of Register by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in New York City a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Effectiveness of Assignments. Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(e) Participations. Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the

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Borrower, the Administrative 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. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.14 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.

(f) Limitations on Rights of Participants. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.12 or 2.14 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.14 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.14(e) as though it were a Lender.

(g) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any such pledge or assignment to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(h) No Assignments to the Borrower or Affiliates. Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender may assign or participate any interest in any Loan held by it hereunder to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries without the prior consent of each Lender.

SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

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SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract between and among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender 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 to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the

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Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Waiver of Venue. The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Service of Process. Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.12. Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.

(a) Treatment of Certain Information. The Borrower acknowledges that from time to time financial advisory, investment banking and other services may be offered or provided to the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries (in connection with this Agreement or otherwise) by any Lender or by one or more subsidiaries or affiliates of such Lender and the Borrower hereby authorizes each Lender to share any information delivered to such Lender by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement, or in connection with the decision of such Lender to enter into this Agreement, to any such subsidiary or affiliate, it being understood that any such subsidiary or affiliate receiving such information shall be bound by the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section as if it were a Lender hereunder. Such authorization shall survive the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

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(b) Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each SPV agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement in writing containing provisions substantially the same as those of this paragraph and for the benefit of the Borrower, to (a) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (b) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Borrower or (viii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this paragraph or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this paragraph, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at or prior to the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), such Lender may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with said Act.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION
By	/s/ Thomas A. Klemens
Name:	Thomas A. Klemens
Title:	Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
By	/s/ Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
Name:	Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
Title:	Senior Vice President General Counsel
U.S. Federal Tax Identification No.: 95-1068610

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LENDERS
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually and as Administrative Agent
By	/s/ Lawrence Palumbo, Jr
	Name: Lawrence Palumbo, Jr.
	Title: Vice President

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COMERICA BANK
By	/s/ Fernando Loza
	Name: Fernando Loza
	Title: AVP

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UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
By	/s/ Joseph M Argabrite
	Name: Joseph M. Argabrite
	Title: Vice President

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US BANK
By	/s/ Lori Soren
	Name: Lori Soren
	Title: SVP

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WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By	/s/ Roger J Fleischmann
	Name: Roger Fleischmann
	Title: Senior Vice President & Manager

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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
By	/s/ Leo Pagarigan
	Name: Leo E. Pagarigan
	Title: Senior Vice President

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BANK OF THE WEST
By	/s/ Dale Paterson
	Name: Dale Paterson
	Title: Vice President

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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By	/s/ Matt Hill
	Name: Matthew Hill
	Title: Vice President

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By	/s/ Renee Sampson
	Name: Renee Sampson
	Title: Vice President

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LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By	/s/ Brad J Kronland
	Name: Brad J. Kronland
	Title: Assistant Vice President

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SCHEDULE I

Commitments

Name of Lender	Commitment ($)
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK	$	65,000,000
COMERICA BANK	$	60,000,000
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.	$	60,000,000
US BANK	$	60,000,000
WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION	$	60,000,000
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION	$	50,000,000
BANK OF THE WEST	$	45,000,000
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION	$	45,000,000
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.	$	30,000,000
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION	$	25,000,000
TOTAL	$	500,000,000

Schedule I to Credit Agreement

SCHEDULE II

Indebtedness and Liens

Part A – Indebtedness

	Principal Due
Principal Group First Trust Deed on the corporate office of the Company, monthly principal and interest payments with an interest rate of 5.26%, final payment due November 2023.	$	54,079,093
7.55% Senior Debentures Senior debt due April 2028	$	100,000,000
8.50% Trust Preferred Securities Mandatorily redeemable preferred securities due 2012	$	100,000,000
5.70% Senior Notes Due 2014	$	150,000,000
FAC guarantees of Fleet operating leases Operating leases entered into by the Company and its subsidiaries. New leases are entered into each month with varying interest rates, payments and are due at various dates	$	96,869,951
Joint venture agreement with Experian Information Solutions, Inc. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Experian has the right to sell to the Company its interest in FARES LLC at a purchase price based on after-tax earnings of FARES. Experian may only exercise this right if the purchase price is greater than $80.0 million and less than $160.0 million.	$	160,000,000

Schedule II to Credit Agreement

Part B – Liens

Principal Group First Trust Deed on the corporate office of the Company, monthly principal and interest payments with an interest rate of 5.26%, final payment due November 2023.	$	54,079,093
FAC guarantees of Fleet operating leases Operating leases entered into by the Company and its subsidiaries. New leases are entered into each month with varying interest rates, payments and are due at various dates	$	96,869,951

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SCHEDULE III

Litigation and Environmental Matters

None.

Schedule III to Credit Agreement

EXHIBIT A

[Form of Assignment and Assumption]

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

1.	Assignor:	__________________________________
2.	Assignee:	__________________________________
		[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]
3.	Borrower(s):	The First American Corporation
4.	Administrative Agent:	JPMorgan Chase Bank, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement

¹ Select as applicable.

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5.	Credit Agreement:	The $500,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of August 4, 2004 among The First American Corporation, the Lenders parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent
6.	Assigned Interest:

Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders	Amount of Commitment/Loans Assigned	Percentage Assigned of Commitment/Loans2
$	$	%
$	$	%
$	$	%

Effective Date:                              , 20         [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:
	Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:
	Title:

² Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder

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[Consented to and]3 Accepted:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Administrative Agent
By
	Title:
[Consented to:]4
THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION
By
	Title:

³ To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

⁴ To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

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ANNEX 1

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of the Credit Agreement or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement.

1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, 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 Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) 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.

2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

Annex 1

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

Annex 1

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EXHIBIT B

[Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower]

                    , 2004

To the Lenders party to the

Credit Agreement referred to

Below and JPMorgan Chase

Bank, as Administrative Agent

Re: $500,000,000 Credit Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am general counsel of The First American Corporation, a California corporation (the “Borrower”), and have acted in such capacity in connection with the Credit Agreement dated as of August 4, 2004 between the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent (the “Credit Agreement”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings given thereto in the Credit Agreement.

In rendering the opinions expressed below, I have examined the Credit Agreement, and the originals or conformed copies of such resolutions, corporate records, agreements and instruments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, certificates of public officials and of officers of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and such other documents and records, and such matters of law, as I have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In such examination and investigation, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures (other than those of officers of the Borrower), the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted as originals and the conformity to original documents of documents submitted as certified or photostatic copies. I have also assumed that the Credit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto other than the Borrower and constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of all such other parties.

In rendering this opinion, I do not express any opinion concerning any law other than the law of the State of California and the federal law of the United States.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth below, I am of the opinion that:

1. The Borrower is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California and has the necessary corporate power to make and perform the Credit Agreement and to borrow under the Credit Agreement.

2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the borrowings by the Borrower thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not and will not violate any provision of law or regulation or

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any provision of the Borrower’s charter or by-laws or result in the breach of, or constitute a default or require any consent (other than consents which have been obtained) under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties, revenues or assets of the Borrower pursuant to, any indenture or other agreement or instrument of which I have knowledge (after due inquiry) to which the Borrower is a party or by which the Borrower or its properties may be bound.

3. The Credit Agreement constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and (b) that the enforceability of the Credit Agreement is subject to the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including, without limitation, (i) the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy and (ii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.

4. Except as disclosed to the Lenders in Schedule III to the Credit Agreement, there are no legal or arbitral proceedings, and no proceedings by or before any governmental or regulatory authority or agency, pending or (to my knowledge after due inquiry) threatened against or affecting the Borrower, or any properties or rights of the Borrower, which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

5. No authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses, filings or registrations with, any Governmental Authority are required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement.

6. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is (a) an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a “holding company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

The foregoing opinions are also subject to the following additional limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions:

a. In rendering my opinion in paragraph 3 above, I have assumed that the Credit Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California.

b. I express no opinion as to whether or not the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any covenant, restriction or provision with respect to financial ratios or tests or any aspect of the financial ratios or tests or any aspect of the financial condition or results of operation of the Borrower (other than covenants or restrictions that relate to the incurrence of indebtedness and the incurrence of liens) under any indenture or other agreement or instruments.

c. I express no opinion as whether a federal or state court would give effect to the choice of New York law provided for in the Credit Agreement.

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d. In rendering my opinion set forth in paragraph 4 above, I advise you that I have not conducted any search of any court docket.

e. I express no opinion as to (i) the last sentence of Section 2.15(d) of the Credit Agreement or (ii) the first sentence of Section 9.09(b) of the Credit Agreement insofar as such sentence relates to the subject matter jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to adjudicate any controversy related to the Credit Agreement.

f. The enforceability of Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement may be limited by laws rendering unenforceable indemnification contrary to federal or state securities laws and the public policy underlying such laws.

g. The enforceability of provisions in the Credit Agreement to the effect that terms may not be waived or modified except in writing may be limited under certain circumstances.

h. I express no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any jurisdiction in which any Lender is located (other than California) that limits the interest, fees or other charges it may impose.

i. To the extent that my opinions set forth above involve factual determinations as to what may, or may not, constitute a Material Adverse Effect, I have relied with your approval upon certifications of the Borrower.

j. I am a member of the Bar of the State of California and do not hold myself out as being conversant with, and express no opinion as to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the United States of America and the State of California.

The opinions expressed herein are solely for your benefit (and for the benefit of your successors and assigns) and may not be relied upon in any manner for any purpose by any other person without my prior written consent in each instance.

Very truly yours,

[                            ]

General Counsel

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EXHIBIT C

[Form of Opinion of Special New York Counsel to JPMCB]

                    , 2004

To the Lenders party to the

Credit Agreement referred to

below and JPMorgan Chase

Bank, as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special New York counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank (“JPMCB”) in connection with the Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) dated as of August 4, 2004, between The First American Corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders party thereto and JPMCB, as Administrative Agent, providing for loans to be made by said lenders to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $500,000,000. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein. This opinion letter is being delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(c) of the Credit Agreement.

In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined an executed counterpart of the Credit Agreement. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. When relevant facts were not independently established, we have relied upon representations made in or pursuant to the Credit Agreement. We have assumed that the Credit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and (except, to the extent set forth below, as to the Borrower) constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of, all of the parties thereto, that all signatories thereto have been duly authorized and that all such parties are duly organized and validly existing and have the power and authority (corporate or other) to execute, deliver and perform the same.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subject also to the comments and qualifications set forth below, and having considered such questions of law as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below, we are of the opinion that the Credit Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as the enforceability of the Credit Agreement is subject to the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including (a) the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy and (b) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.

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The foregoing opinions are subject to the following comments and qualifications:

(A) The enforceability of Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement may be limited by laws limiting the enforceability of provisions exculpating or exempting a party from, or requiring indemnification of a party for, liability for its own action or inaction, to the extent the action or inaction involves gross negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct.

(B) The enforceability of provisions in the Credit Agreement to the effect that terms may not be waived or modified except in writing may be limited under certain circumstances.

(C) We express no opinion as to (i) the effect of the laws of any jurisdiction in which any Lender is located (other than the State of New York) that limit the interest, fees or other charges it may impose for the loan or use of money or other credit, (ii) the last sentence of Section 2.15(d) of the Credit Agreement, (iii) Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, (iv) the first sentence of Section 9.09(b) of the Credit Agreement, insofar as such sentence relates to the subject-matter jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to adjudicate any controversy related to the Credit Agreement or (v) the waiver of inconvenient forum set forth in Section 9.09(c) of the Credit Agreement with respect to proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The foregoing opinions are limited to matters involving the Federal laws of the United States of America and the law of the State of New York, and we do not express any opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction.

At the request of our client, this opinion letter is, pursuant to Section 4.01(c) of the Credit Agreement, provided to you by us in our capacity as special New York counsel to JPMCB and may not be relied upon by any Person for any purpose other than in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement without, in each instance, our prior written consent.

Very truly yours,

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EX-31.(A)

Exhibit 31(a)

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Parker S. Kennedy, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of The First American Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and

b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 9, 2004

/s/ Parker S. Kennedy

Parker S. Kennedy

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.(B)

Exhibit 31(b)

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Thomas A. Klemens, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of The First American Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and

b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 9, 2004

/s/ Thomas A. Klemens

Thomas A. Klemens

Senior Executive Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.(A)

Exhibit (32)(a)

Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Form 10-Q of The First American Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ended June 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Parker S. Kennedy, chief executive officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

A signed original of this statement has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

/s/ Parker S. Kennedy

Parker S. Kennedy

President, Chief Executive Officer

and Chairman

August 9, 2004

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

EX-32.(B)

Exhibit (32)(b)

Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Form 10-Q of The First American Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ended June 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Thomas A. Klemens, chief financial officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

A signed original of this statement has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

/s/ Thomas A. Klemens

Thomas A. Klemens

Senior Executive Vice President

Chief Financial Officer

August 9, 2004

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.