-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Ms2oljTlg9EenJsh3QMJ4/POOG1MIvP4b2oaG+PmSoxGL02AvIY9yS59VPPJNVL5 jrFaYxjq3U1RvMOyOUmisw== 0000931763-99-003036.txt : 19991109 0000931763-99-003036.hdr.sgml : 19991109 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000931763-99-003036 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19991002 FILED AS OF DATE: 19991108 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000851968 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CARPETS AND RUGS [2273] IRS NUMBER: 521604305 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13697 FILM NUMBER: 99742759 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 160 S INDUSTRIAL BLVD STREET 2: PO BOX 12069 CITY: CALHOUN STATE: GA ZIP: 30701 BUSINESS PHONE: 7066297721 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 12069 CITY: CALHOUN STATE: GA ZIP: 30703 10-Q 1 FORM 10-Q QUARTERLY REPORT UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q [Mark One] [X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended October 2, 1999 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: 01-19826 MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 52-1604305 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Post Office Box 12069, 160 South Industrial Boulevard, Calhoun, Georgia 30703 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (706) 629-7721 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 -------- --------- The number of shares outstanding of the issuer's classes of capital stock as of November 1, 1999, the latest practicable date, is as follows: 60,624,947 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value. MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. INDEX
Page No. ------- Part I. Financial Information: Item 1. Financial Statements Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - October 2, 1999 and December 31, 1998 3 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings - Three months ended October 2, 1999 and September 26, 1998 5 Nine months ended October 2, 1999 and September 26, 1998 6 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Nine months ended October 2, 1999 and September 26, 1998 7 Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 8 Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 11 Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks 14 Part II. Other Information 14
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ITEM I. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS ASSETS (In thousands) (Unaudited)
October 2, 1999 December 31, 1998 --------------- ----------------- Current assets: Cash $ - 2,384 Receivables 385,344 331,928 Inventories 537,579 423,837 Prepaid expenses 13,444 19,322 Deferred income taxes 52,568 52,568 --------------- ----------------- Total current assets 988,935 830,039 --------------- ----------------- Property, plant and equipment, at cost 1,111,433 883,675 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization 491,440 428,808 --------------- ----------------- Net property, plant and equipment 619,993 454,867 --------------- ----------------- Other assets 107,310 103,684 --------------- ----------------- Total assets $ 1,716,238 1,388,590 =============== =================
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 3 MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS, CONTINUED LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited)
October 2, 1999 December 31, 1998 --------------- ----------------- Current liabilities: Current portion of long-term debt $ 197,013 44,424 Accounts payable and accrued expenses 401,869 364,037 --------------- ----------------- Total current liabilities 598,882 408,461 Deferred income taxes 31,025 31,025 Long-term debt 363,252 332,665 Other long-term liabilities 864 5,380 --------------- ----------------- Total liabilities 994,023 777,531 --------------- ----------------- Stockholders' equity: Preferred stock, $.01 par value; 60 shares authorized; no shares issued - - Common stock, $.01 par value; 150,000 shares authorized; 60,625 and 60,533 shares issued in 1999 and 1998, respectively 606 606 Additional paid-in capital 179,714 172,045 Retained earnings 555,757 438,408 --------------- ----------------- 736,077 611,059 Less treasury stock, at cost; 701 shares in 1999 13,862 - --------------- ----------------- Total stockholders' equity 722,215 611,059 --------------- ----------------- Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,716,238 1,388,590 =============== =================
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 4 MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited)
Three Months Ended ---------------------------------------------- October 2, 1999 September 26, 1998 --------------- ------------------ Net sales $ 809,933 718,772 Cost of sales 606,687 541,010 --------------- ------------------ Gross profit 203,246 177,762 Selling, general and administrative expenses 119,258 108,279 --------------- ------------------ Operating income 83,988 69,483 --------------- ------------------ Other expense: Interest expense 8,335 7,245 Other expense, net 1,142 805 --------------- ------------------ 9,477 8,050 --------------- ------------------ Earnings before income taxes 74,511 61,433 Income taxes 29,432 24,373 --------------- ------------------ Net earnings $ 45,079 37,060 =============== ================== Basic earnings per share $ 0.74 0.61 =============== ================== Weighted-average common shares outstanding 60,600 60,435 =============== ================== Diluted earnings per share $ 0.74 0.61 =============== ================== Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding 61,114 61,169 =============== ==================
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 5 MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended ---------------------------------------------- October 2, 1999 September 26, 1998 --------------- ------------------ Net sales $ 2,307,717 1,997,733 Cost of sales 1,725,231 1,505,976 --------------- ------------------ Gross profit 582,486 491,757 Selling, general and administrative expenses 361,920 316,102 --------------- ------------------ Operating income 220,566 175,655 --------------- ------------------ Other expense: Interest expense 23,942 23,336 Other expense, net 3,130 1,624 --------------- ------------------ 27,072 24,960 --------------- ------------------ Earnings before income taxes 193,494 150,695 Income taxes 76,430 60,553 --------------- ------------------ Net earnings $ 117,064 90,142 =============== ================== Basic earnings per share $ 1.93 1.49 =============== ================== Weighted-average common shares outstanding 60,586 60,359 =============== ================== Diluted earnings per share 1.91 1.48 =============== ================== Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding 61,218 61,107 =============== ==================
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 6 MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In thousands) (Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended ----------------------------------------------- October 2, 1999 September 26, 1998 --------------- ------------------ Cash flows from operating activities: Net earnings $ 117,064 90,142 Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 76,099 59,198 Deferred taxes - 5,951 Provision for doubtful accounts 11,599 8,057 Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment 2,184 17 Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions: Receivables (40,411) (66,906) Inventories (75,242) (52,683) Accounts payable and accrued expenses (21,775) 65,010 Other assets and prepaid expenses 15,939 7,353 Other liabilities (4,516) (1,427) --------------- ------------------ Net cash provided by operating activities 80,941 114,712 --------------- ------------------ Cash flows used in investing activities: Additions to property, plant and equipment, net (115,216) (100,403) Acquisition (162,463) 25 --------------- ------------------ Net cash used in investing activities (277,679) (100,378) --------------- ------------------ Cash flows from financing activities: Net change in revolving line of credit 214,282 15,785 Payments on term loans (26,503) (32,143) Redemption of acquisition indebtedness (20,917) (19,517) (Redemption)/Proceeds of IRBs and other, net of proceeds (8,057) 9,596 Change in outstanding checks in excess of cash 41,457 8,291 Acquisition of treasury stock (13,862) - Common stock transactions 7,954 3,526 --------------- ------------------ Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 194,354 (14,462) --------------- ------------------ Net change in cash (2,384) (128) Cash, beginning of period 2,384 200 --------------- ------------------ Cash, end of period $ - 72 =============== ================== Net cash paid during the period for: Interest $ 29,529 25,456 =============== ================== Income taxes $ 92,558 49,713 =============== ==================
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 7 MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (In thousands) (Unaudited) 1. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. These statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's 1998 Annual Report filed on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which includes consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998. The Company's basic earnings per share are computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted-average common shares outstanding, and diluted earnings per share are computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding. Dilutive common stock options are included in the diluted earnings per share calculation using the treasury stock method. Certain prior year financial statement balances have been reclassified to conform with the current year's presentation. 2. Acquisitions On January 29, 1999, the Company acquired certain assets of Image Industries, Inc. ("Image") for approximately $192,000, including acquisition costs and the assumption of $30,000 of tax exempt debt. The Image acquisition has been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The estimated fair values were $205,366 for assets acquired and $42,903 for the liabilities assumed. The operating results of Image are included in the Company's 1999 consolidated statement of earnings from the date of acquisition. The following unaudited pro forma information presents a summary of consolidated results of operations of the Company and Image as if the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of 1998. Nine Months Ended -------------------------------------- October 2, 1999 September 26,1998 --------------- ----------------- Net sales $ 2,323,566 2,146,137 Net earnings $ 116,702 92,422 Basic earnings per share $ 1.93 1.53 Diluted earnings per share $ 1.91 1.51 On March 9, 1999, the Company acquired all the outstanding capital stock of Durkan Patterned Carpets, Inc. ("Durkan") for approximately 3,150 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $116,500 based on the closing stock price the day the letter of intent was executed. The Durkan acquisition has been accounted for using the pooling-of-interests method of accounting and, accordingly, the Company's historical consolidated financial statements have been restated to include the accounts and results of operations of Durkan. 3. Treasury Stock In the third quarter of 1999, the Company began acquiring shares of its common stock in connection with a stock repurchase program announced in September 1999. That program authorizes the Company to purchase up to 5,000 common shares from time to time on the open market at such times and at such prices as the Company's management may determine is appropriate. The Company purchased approximately 701 shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of approximately $13,900 as of October 2, 1999. 8 MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED (In thousands) (Unaudited)
4. Receivables Receivables are as follows: October 2, 1999 December 31, 1998 --------------- ----------------- Customers, trade $ 447,775 385,783 Other 3,300 4,378 --------------- ----------------- 451,075 390,161 Less allowance for discounts, returns, claims doubtful accounts 65,731 58,233 --------------- ----------------- Net receivables $ 385,344 331,928 =============== ================= 5. Inventories The components of inventories are as follows: October 2, 1999 December 31, 1998 --------------- ----------------- Finished goods $ 274,755 219,776 Work in process 72,008 60,266 Raw materials 190,816 143,795 --------------- ----------------- Total inventories $ 537,579 423,837 =============== ================= 6. Other assets Other assets are as follows: October 2, 1999 December 31, 1998 --------------- ----------------- Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of $12,387 and $10,363, respectively $ 97,344 85,972 Other assets 9,966 17,712 --------------- ----------------- Total other assets $ 107,310 103,684 =============== =================
9 MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONTINUED (In thousands) (Unaudited)
7. Accounts payable and accrued expenses Accounts payable and accrued expenses are as follows: October 2, 1999 December 31, 1998 --------------- ----------------- Outstanding checks in excess of cash $ 68,351 26,897 Accounts payable, trade 171,739 159,966 Accrued expenses 99,334 126,023 Accrued compensation 62,445 51,151 --------------- ----------------- Total accounts payable and accrued $ 401,869 364,037 expenses =============== =================
10 Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations On January 29, 1999, the Company acquired certain assets of Image Industries, Inc. ("Image") for approximately $192 million, including acquisition costs and the assumption of $30 million of tax exempt debt. The Image acquisition has been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. On March 9, 1999, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Durkan Patterned Carpets, Inc. ("Durkan") for approximately 3.1 million shares of the Company's common stock valued at $116.5 million based on the closing stock price the day the letter of intent was executed. The Durkan acquisition has been accounted for using the pooling of interests method of accounting and, accordingly, the Company's historical consolidated financial statements have been restated to include the accounts and results of operations of Durkan. These acquisitions have created opportunities to enhance Mohawk's operations by (i) broadening price points,(ii) increasing vertical integration efforts, (iii) expanding distribution capabilities and (iv) facilitating entry into niche businesses. In the third quarter of 1999, the Company began acquiring shares of its common stock in connection with a stock purchase program announced in September 1999. That program authorized the Company to purchase up to 5 million common shares from time to time on the open market at such times and at such prices as the Company's management may determine is appropriate. As of October 2, 1999, the Company had purchased .7 million shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of $13.9 million Through the Company's restructuring efforts over the past three years, new information technology systems have been installed throughout all of the organization, most of which are Year 2000 compliant. In addition, the Company has concluded identification of all other significant information technology systems that are not Year 2000 compliant. The Company has completed its review of equipment and software with the respective vendors from whom the equipment and software was purchased to address any noncompliance issues. The Company has identified certain Year 2000 issues with respect to its business systems. The Company has formed a committee of employees familiar with its information technology systems to assess and prioritize the need to act, on the basis of each system's importance, to ensure that its business systems will be made Year 2000 compliant. The Company has also completed a review of all process control systems, both proprietary and non-proprietary. This review revealed that certain Year 2000 issues exist. Although the Company can provide no assurances, all upgrades have been substantially completed, and testing of these upgrades will continue into the fourth quarter of 1999. The Company has completed the review of its top suppliers and customers to determine its progress in becoming Year 2000 compliant. The review indicated that all of its major suppliers and customers appear to be in the process of resolving any of their Year 2000 compliance issues and that they do not foresee any material problems. The Company continues to follow-up with all of its suppliers and customers to insure that all potential problems, including those of its individual plant locations and local suppliers, are managed correctly. If the Company cannot successfully and timely resolve its Year 2000 issues, its business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected. The Company has not developed a contingency plan in the event of a Year 2000 problem, however, based upon the results of its internal review, the Company does not believe a contingency plan is necessary. The Company will, however, continue to evaluate the need for a contingency plan. Results of Operations Quarter Ended October 2, 1999 As Compared With Quarter Ended September 26, 1998 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net sales for the quarter ended October 2, 1999 were $809.9 million, which represented an increase of 13% from the $718.8 million reported for the third quarter of 1998. The Company believes the third quarter 1999 net sales increase was attributable to internal growth and the impact of the Image acquisition. Gross profit for the third quarter of the current year was $203.2 million (25.1% of net sales). In the third quarter of 1998, gross profit was $177.8 million (24.7% of net sales). 11 Selling, general and administrative expenses for the current quarter were $119.3 million (14.7% of net sales) compared to $108.3 million (15.1% of net sales) for the prior year's third quarter. The decrease was primarily due to better leveraging of these expenses against a higher sales volume in 1999. Interest expense for the current period was $8.3 million compared to $7.2 million in the third quarter of 1998. The primary factor for the increase was an increase in debt levels in the third quarter of 1999 compared to the third quarter of 1998 primarily due to the Image acquisition. In the current period, income tax expense was $29.4 million, or 39.5% of earnings before income taxes, compared to $24.4 million, or 39.7% of earnings before income taxes, in the third quarter of 1998. The higher income tax rate in 1998 is due to the impact of prior-year restatements related to the acquisitions of World Carpets, Inc. ("World") and Durkan. Nine Months Ended October 2, 1999 As Compared With Nine Months Ended September - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26, 1998 - -------- Net sales for the first nine months ended October 2, 1999 were $2,307.7 million, which represented an increase of 16% from the $1,997.7 million reported for the first nine months of 1998. This sales increase was attributable to favorable industry conditions, internal growth, the impact of the Image acquisition and four additional business days in the first nine months of fiscal 1999 when compared to the first nine months of fiscal 1998. Gross profit for the first nine months of the current year was $582.5 million (25.2% of net sales). In the first nine months of 1998, gross profit was $491.8 million (24.6% of net sales). Much of the increase in gross profit can be attributed to favorable product mix, improved productivity, and better leveraging of expenses with higher sales volume. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the current period were $361.9 million (15.7% of net sales) compared to $316.1 million (15.8% of net sales) for the prior year's first nine months. Interest expense for the current period was $23.9 million compared to $23.3 million in the prior year's first nine months. The primary factor for the increase was an increase in debt levels in the current period compared to the prior year. In the current period, income tax expense was $76.4 million, or 39.5% of earnings before income taxes, compared to $60.6 million, or 40.2% of earnings before income taxes, in the prior year's first nine months. The higher income tax rate in 1998 is due to the impact of prior-year restatements related to the acquisitions of World and Durkan. Liquidity and Capital Resources The Company's primary capital requirements are for working capital, capital expenditures and acquisitions. The Company's capital needs are met through a combination of internally generated funds, bank credit lines and credit terms from suppliers. The level of accounts receivable increased from $331.9 million at the beginning of 1999 to $385.3 million at October 2, 1999. The $53.4 million increase resulted primarily from seasonally higher sales volume in the third quarter as compared to December and the acquisition of Image. Inventories rose from $423.8 million at the beginning of 1999 to $537.6 million at October 2, 1999, due to requirements to meet seasonal customer demand and the acquisition of Image. Capital expenditures totaled $278 million for the first nine months of 1999 (including amounts paid for the Image acquisition) and were incurred primarily to modernize and expand manufacturing facilities and equipment. The Company's capital projects are primarily focused on increasing capacity, improving productivity and reducing costs. Capital spending for the remainder of 1999 is expected to range from $30 million to $40 million, the majority of which will be used to increase capacity and productivity. Impact of Inflation Inflation affects the Company's manufacturing costs and operating expenses. The carpet industry has experienced moderate inflation in the prices of certain raw materials and outside processing for the last three years. The Company has generally passed along nylon fiber cost increases to its customers. 12 Seasonality The carpet business is seasonal, with the Company's second, third and fourth quarters typically producing higher net sales and operating income. By comparison, results for the first quarter tend to be the weakest. This seasonality is primarily attributable to consumer residential spending patterns and higher installation levels during the spring and summer months. Certain factors affecting our performance In addition to the other information provided in this Form 10-Q, the following risk factors should be considered when evaluating an investment in shares of Mohawk common stock. Risks related to acquisitions. - ------------------------------ Management intends to pursue acquisitions of complementary businesses as part of its business and growth strategies. Although management regularly evaluates acquisition opportunities, it cannot offer assurance that it will be able to: . successfully identify suitable acquisition candidates; . obtain sufficient financing on acceptable terms to fund acquisitions; . complete acquisitions; . integrate acquired operations into Mohawk's existing operations; or . profitably manage acquired businesses. Acquired operations may not achieve levels of sales, operating income or productivity comparable to those of Mohawk's existing operations, or otherwise perform as expected. Acquisitions may also involve a number of special risks, some or all of which could have a material adverse effect on Mohawk's business, results of operations and financial condition, including, among others: . possible adverse effects on Mohawk's operating results; . diversion of Mohawk's management's attention and its resources; and . dependence on retaining and training acquired key personnel. The carpet industry is cyclical. - -------------------------------- The carpet industry is cyclical and is influenced by a number of general economic factors. Prevailing interest rates, consumer confidence in spending for durable goods and disposable income all have an impact on Mohawk's growth and profitability. In addition, sales of Mohawk's principal products are related to construction and renovation of commercial and residential buildings. Any adverse cycle could lessen the overall demand for Mohawk's products and could, in turn, impair Mohawk's growth and profitability. The carpet business is seasonal. - -------------------------------- Mohawk is a calendar year end company and its results of operations for the first quarter tend to be the weakest. Mohawk's second, third and fourth quarters typically produce higher net sales and operating income. These results are primarily due to consumer residential spending patterns and more carpet being installed in the summer months. Mohawk's business is competitive. - --------------------------------- Mohawk operates in a highly competitive industry. Mohawk and other manufacturers in the carpet industry compete on the basis of price, style, quality and service. Some of Mohawk's competitors may have greater financial resources at their disposal. Mohawk has one competitor whose size could allow it certain manufacturing cost advantages compared to other industry participants. If competitors substantially increase production and marketing of competing products, then Mohawk might be required to lower its prices or spend more on product development, marketing, and sales, which could adversely affect Mohawk's profitability. An increase in the costs of raw materials could negatively impact Mohawk's - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- profitability. - -------------- The cost of raw materials has a significant impact on the profitability of Mohawk. In particular, Mohawk's business requires it to purchase large volumes of nylon fiber and polypropylene resin, which is used to manufacture fiber. Mohawk does not have any long-term supply contracts for any of these products. 13 While Mohawk generally attempts to match cost increases with price increases, large increases in the cost of such raw materials could adversely affect its business, results of operations and financial condition if it is unable to pass these costs through to its customers. Mohawk may be responsible for environmental cleanup. - ---------------------------------------------------- Various federal, state and local environmental laws govern the use of Mohawk's facilities. Such laws govern: . discharge to air and water; . handling and disposal of solid and hazardous substances and waste; and . remediation of contamination from releases of hazardous substances in Mohawk's facilities and off-site disposal locations. Mohawk's operations are also governed by the laws relating to workplace safety and worker health, which, among other things, establish asbestos and noise standards and regulate the use of hazardous chemicals in the workplace. Mohawk has taken and will continue to take steps to comply with these laws. Based upon current available information, Mohawk believes that complying with environmental and safety and health requirements will not require material capital expenditures in the foreseeable future. However, Mohawk cannot provide assurance that complying with these environmental or health and safety laws and requirements will not adversely affect its business, results of operations and financial condition. Future laws, ordinances or regulations could give rise to additional compliance or remediation costs, which could have a material adverse affect on its business, results of operations and financial condition. Forward-Looking Information Certain of the matters discussed in the preceding pages, particularly regarding anticipating future financial performance, business prospects, growth and operating strategies, proposed acquisitions, new products, Year 2000 compliance and similar matters, and those preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "estimates," or similar expressions constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. For those statements, Mohawk claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The following important factors, in addition to those discussed elsewhere in this document, affect the future results of Mohawk and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements: materially adverse changes in economic conditions generally in the carpet, rug and floor-covering markets served by Mohawk; failure of our vendors, customers and suppliers to timely identify and adequately address Year 2000 compliance issues; competition from other carpet, rug and floor-covering manufacturers, raw material prices, timing and level of capital expenditures, the successful integration of acquisitions including the challenges inherent in diverting Mohawk's management attention and resources from other strategic matters and from operational matters for an extended period of time, the successful introduction of new products, the successful rationalization of existing operations, and other risks identified from time to time in the Company's SEC reports and public announcements. Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk The Company's market risk- sensitive instruments do not subject the Company to material risk exposure. PART II. OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings The Company is involved in routine litigation from time to time in the regular course of its business. Except as noted below, there are no material legal proceedings pending or known to be contemplated to which the Company is a party or to which any of its property is subject. In December 1995, the Company and four other carpet manufacturers were added as defendants in a purported class action lawsuit, In re Carpet Antitrust Litigation, pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Rome Division. The amended complaint alleges price fixing regarding polypropylene products in violation of Section One of the Sherman Act. In September 1997, the Court determined that the plaintiffs met their burden of establishing the requirements for class certification 14 and granted the plaintiffs' motion to certify the class. The Company is a party to two consolidated lawsuits captioned Gaehwiler v. Sunrise Carpet Industries, Inc. et. al. and Patco Enterprises, Inc. v. Sunrise Carpet Industries, Inc. et. al.; both of which were filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, City and County of San Francisco in 1996. Both complaints were brought on behalf of a purported class of indirect purchasers of carpet in the State of California and seek damages for alleged violations of California antitrust and unfair competition laws. The complaints filed do not specify any amount of damages but do request for any unlawful conduct to be enjoined and treble damages plus reimbursement for fees and costs. In October 1998, two plaintiffs, on behalf of an alleged class of purchasers of nylon carpet products, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against the Company and two of its subsidiaries as well as a competitor and one of its subsidiaries. The complaint alleges that the Company acted in concert with other carpet manufacturers to restrain competition in the sale of certain nylon carpet products. The Company has filed an answer and denied the allegations in the complaint and set forth its defenses. In February 1999, a similar complaint was filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, City and County of San Francisco, on behalf of a purported class based on indirect purchases of nylon carpet in the State of California and alleges violations of California antitrust and unfair competition laws. The complaints described above do not specify any specific amount of damages but do request injunctive relief and treble damages plus reimbursement for fees and costs. The Company believes it has meritorious defenses and intends to vigorously defend against these actions. Item 2. Changes in Securities None. Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities None. Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders None. Item 5. Other Information None. Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K (a) Exhibits 10.1 Amended and Restated Note Purchase agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 for $100 million 8.46% Senior Notes due September, 2004 among Mohawk Industries, Inc., The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Principal Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Company of America and The Franklin Life Insurance Company. 10.2 Amended and Restated Series Note Agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 for $85 million due September 1, 2005 among Mohawk Industries, Inc., John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, Investors Partner Life Insurance Company, Principal Life Insurance Company, The Franklin Life Insurance Company and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. 10.3 Second Consolidated, Amended and Restated Note Agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 for $50 million, among Mohawk Industries, Inc., and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. 15 No. Description - --- ----------- 11 Statement re: Computation of Per Share Earnings 27 Financial Data Schedule 27.1 1999 Financial Data Schedule (restated) 27.2 1998 Financial Data Schedule (restated) (b) Reports on Form 8-K None. 16 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. MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. Dated: November 8, 1999 By: /s/ David L. Kolb ----------------- DAVID L. KOLB, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) Dated: November 8, 1999 By: /s/ John D. Swift ----------------- JOHN D. SWIFT, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President-Finance and Assistant Secretary (principal financial and accounting officer) 17 EXHIBIT INDEX No. Description - --- ----------- (a) Exhibits 10.1 Amended and Restated Note Purchase agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 for $100 million 8.46% Senior Notes due September, 2004 among Mohawk Industries, Inc., The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Principal Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Company of America and The Franklin Life Insurance Company. 10.2 Amended and Restated Series Note Agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 for $85 million due September 1, 2005 among Mohawk Industries, Inc., John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, Investors Partner Life Insurance Company, Principal Life Insurance Company, The Franklin Life Insurance Company and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. 10.3 Second Consolidated, Amended and Restated Note Agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 for $50 million, among Mohawk Industries, Inc., and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. 11 Statement re: Computation of Per Share Earnings 27 Financial Data Schedule 27.1 1999 Financial Data Schedule (restated) 27.2 1998 Financial Data Schedule (restated) 18 EX-10.1 2 AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 10.1 [EXECUTION COPY] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. $100,000,000 8.46% SENIOR NOTES DUE SEPTEMBER 2004 AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT ------------- Dated as of August 31, 1999 ------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS (Not Part of Agreement)
Paragraph Page 1. THE NOTES 1 1A. Authorization and Issuance of the Notes 1 1B. Release of Guaranty Agreements 1 1C. Assumption of Obligations 1 2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES 2 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 2 3A. Related Documents 2 3B. Opinion of Counsel to Industries 2 3C. Representations and Warranties, No Default 2 3D. Transactions Permitted By Applicable Laws 3 3E. Proceedings 3 3F. Certificates of Good Standing/Qualification to Do Business 3 3G. No Material Adverse Change 3 3H. Private Placement Numbers 4 3I. Other Purchases 4 3J. Expenses 4 3K. Amendment and Restatement of Series Note Agreement and Consolidated Agreement 4 3L. Other Documents 4 4A PREPAYMENTS 4 4A. Required Prepayments 4 4B. Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount 4 4C. Notice of Optional Prepayment 5 4D. Partial Payments Pro Rata 5 4E. Retirement of Notes 5 5A AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 6 5A. Reporting Requirements 6 5B. Information Required by Rule 144A 8 5C. Inspection of Property 8 5D. Covenant to Secure Note Equally 8 5E. Guaranteed Obligations 8 5F. Maintenance of Insurance 9 5G. Maintenance of Corporate Existence/Compliance with Law/Preservation of Property 9 5H. Compliance with Environmental Laws 9 5I. No Integration 10
C-i 5J. Financial Reports 10 5K. Payment of Taxes and Claims 10 5L. Year 2000 Issues 11 6A NEGATIVE COVENANTS 11 6A. Certain Financial Limits 11 6B. Dividend Limitation 11 6C. Liens, Debt and Other Restrictions 12 6D. ERISA 15 6E. Fed Regulations, Etc. 16 6F. Environmental Matters 16 7A EVENTS OF DEFAULT 16 7A. Acceleration 16 7B. Rescission of Acceleration 19 7C. Notice of Acceleration or Rescission 20 7D. Other Remedies 20 8. REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES 20 8A. Organization 20 8B. Financial Statements 21 8C. Actions Pending 21 8D. Outstanding Debt 21 8E. Title to Properties 21 8F. Taxes 22 8G. Conflicting Agreement and Other Matters 22 8H. Offering of Notes 22 8I. Use of Proceeds 22 8J. ERISA 23 8K. Governmental Consent 23 8L. Disclosure 23 8M. Environmental Matters 24 8N. Solvency 24 8O. Absence of Foreign or Enemy Status 25 9. REPRESENTATION OF THE PURCHASERS 25 10. DEFINITIONS 25 10A. Yield-Maintenance Terms 25 10B. Other Terms 27 10C. Accounting Principles, Terms and Determinations 37 11. MISCELLANEOUS 38 11A. Note Payments 38 11B. Expenses 38 11C. Consent to Amendments 39 11D. Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Lost Notes 39 11E. Persons Deemed Owners, Participations 40
C-ii 11F. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement 40 11G. Successors and Assigns 40 11H. Disclosure to Other Persons 40 11I. Notices 41 11J. Payments Due on Non-Business Days 41 11K. Satisfaction Requirement 41 11L. Independence of Covenants 41 11M. Governing Law 41 11N. Severability 42 11O. Descriptive Headings 42 11P. Counterparts 42 11Q. No Novation 42
C-iii ANNEX I PURCHASERS PURCHASER SCHEDULE EXHIBIT A FORM OF NOTE EXHIBIT B FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO INDUSTRIES EXHIBIT C FORM OF SHARING AGREEMENT SCHEDULE 3F LIST OF GOOD STANDING CERTIFICATES SCHEDULE 5E LIST OF OUTSTANDING GUARANTEES SCHEDULE 6C(1) LIST OF LIENS SCHEDULE 8C LIST OF ACTIONS PENDING SCHEDULE 8G LIST OF AGREEMENTS RESTRICTING DEBT SCHEDULE 10B LIST OF PROHIBITED PARTICIPANTS AND TRANSFEREES C-iv Mohawk Industries, Inc. 160 South Industrial Boulevard Calhoun, Georgia 30703-7002 As of August 31, 1999 To Each Purchaser Listed on Annex I Attached Hereto Ladies and Gentlemen: Mohawk Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its permitted successors and assigns "Industries"), and Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, formerly known as Mohawk Carpet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with its permitted successors and assigns "Aladdin") are a party with you to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of September 16, 1994 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "1994 Agreement"). Industries desires to assume all of the obligations of Aladdin under the 1994 Agreement and to amend and restate the 1994 Agreement as set forth below. 1. THE NOTES 1A. Authorization and Issuance of the Notes. Industries will assume each of the senior promissory notes issued by Aladdin originally in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 (the "1994 Notes") and initially dated September 16, 1994, maturing September 16, 2004, and bearing interest on the unpaid balance thereof from the date thereof until the principal thereof shall have become due and payable at the rate of 8.46% per annum and on overdue principal premium and interest at the rate specified therein. The term "Notes" as used in this Agreement shall include each promissory note delivered pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and each promissory note delivered in substitution or exchange for any such promissory note pursuant to any such Provision, and the term "Note" shall refer to any of such Notes. 1B. Release of Guaranty Agreements. You shall terminate the Guaranty Agreements simultaneously with such termination by (i) the banks a party to the Bank Agreement; (ii) the holder of the Notes under the Consolidated Agreement; and (iii) the holder of the notes under the Series Note Agreement. 1C. Assumption of Obligations. Industries hereby assumes all of Aladdin's obligations under the 1994 Agreement and under the 1994 Notes and any other Related Documents (as defined in the 1994 Agreement) to which Aladdin was a 2 party, all pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Notes and the other Related Documents to which it is a party. 2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES. Aladdin has sold to each of you the 1994 Notes in the original aggregate principal amount set forth on the Purchaser Schedule hereto. Industries hereby agrees to issue to you and, subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, you agree to accept from Industries, in exchange for each 1994 Note, a Note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A, in the aggregate principal amount set forth on the Purchaser Schedule hereto, after taking into account the required prepayment made by Aladdin on September 16, 1998, to evidence the assumption of the 1994 Note by Industries. Each exchange shall occur at the offices of King & Spalding, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, on the date of closing, which shall be August 31, 1999 or any other date upon which Industries and you may mutually agree (herein called the "Closing" or the "Date of Closing"). 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. Your obligation to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and exchange the Notes as described in paragraph 2 is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Date of Closing, of the following conditions, as determined in the sole judgment of each Purchaser: 3A. Related Documents. You shall have received each of the following documents duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto: (i) a Termination Letter with respect to the Guaranty Agreements; and (ii) a Sharing Agreement. Each of the foregoing agreements shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date and each party thereto shall be in full compliance with its obligations thereunder. 3B. Opinion of Counsel to Industries. You shall have received from Alston & Bird LLP, special counsel to Industries, a favorable opinion in form and content satisfactory to you and in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto. 3C. Representations and Warranties, No Default. The representations and warranties contained in paragraph 8 shall be true on and as of the Date of Closing, except to the extent of changes caused by the transactions herein contemplated; there shall exist on the Date of Closing no Event of Default or Default; and Industries shall have delivered to you an Officer's Certificate, dated the Date of Closing, regarding the foregoing. 3 3D. Transactions Permitted By Applicable Laws. The exchange of the 1994 Notes on the Date of Closing on the terms and conditions herein provided shall not violate any applicable law or governmental regulation (including, without limitation, section 5 of the Securities Act or Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and shall not subject you to any tax (other than any tax on income earned), penalty, liability or other onerous condition under or pursuant to any applicable law or governmental regulation. The Notes shall on the Date of Closing qualify as a legal investment for you under applicable insurance law (without regard to any "basket" or "leeway provisions"), and such acquisition shall not subject you to any penalty or other onerous condition contained in or pursuant to any such law or regulation. You shall have received such certificates or other evidence as you may request to establish compliance with this condition. 3E. Proceedings. All corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incident thereto shall be satisfactory in substance and form to you, and you shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as you may reasonably request. In this connection, Industries shall deliver to you: (i) copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation (certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of the State of its incorporation) and its bylaws (certified by its Secretary) as in effect on the Date of Closing; (ii) certified copies (certified by its Secretary) of all corporate action taken by it to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of any Related Document to which it is a party; and (iii) certificates of incumbency and specimen signatures with respect to each of its officers who are authorized to execute and deliver any Related Document to which it is a party. 3F. Certificates of Good Standing/Qualification to Do Business. You shall have received a good standing certificate issued by the Secretary of State of the State of incorporation of Industries and certificates of qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in jurisdictions specified in Schedule 3F, each dated as of a recent date. 3G. No Material Adverse Change. You shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of Industries dated the Date of Closing to the effect that no material adverse change in the financial condition, business, operations or prospects of Industries and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole has occurred since December 31, 1998. 4 3H. Private Placement Numbers. Industries shall have obtained or caused to be obtained private placement numbers for the Notes from the CUSIP Service Bureau of Standard & Poor's and you shall have been informed of such private placement numbers. 3I. Other Purchases. No Purchaser shall have failed to execute and deliver this Agreement or to accept delivery of the Notes to be exchanged for its 1994 Notes on the Closing Date. 3J. Expenses. All fees and disbursements of the Purchasers (including without limitation special counsel to the Purchasers) shall have been paid in full. 3K. Amendment and Restatement of Series Note Agreement and Consolidated Agreement. Each Series Note Agreement and the Consolidated Amendment shall be amended and restated and each of you, to the extent you are a party thereto, shall have received duly executed copies of such amended and restated agreements and, otherwise, shall have received true, correct and duly executed copies thereof including all Schedules and Exhibits thereto and side letters, if any, affecting the terms thereof or otherwise delivered in connection therewith together with all amendments and waivers thereto and any documents, instruments or certificates executed in connection therewith accompanied by an Officer's Certificate dated the Date of Closing of Industries to such effect. 3L. Other Documents. You shall have received such other certificates, legal opinions and documents as you or your special counsel may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you. 4 PREPAYMENTS. The Notes shall be subject to prepayment with respect to the required prepayments specified in paragraph 4A and the optional prepayments permitted by paragraph 4B. 4A. Required Prepayments. Until the Notes shall be paid in full, Industries shall apply to the prepayment of the Notes, without premium, the aggregate principal amount of $14,285,714 on September 16, in each of the years 1999 to 2003, inclusive, and such principal amounts of the Notes, together with interest thereon to the prepayment dates, shall become due on such prepayment dates. The remaining principal amount of the Notes, together with interest accrued thereon, shall become due on September 16, 2004, the maturity date of the Notes. Any prepayment made by Industries pursuant to any other provision of this paragraph 4 shall not reduce or otherwise affect its obligations to make any prepayment required by this paragraph 4A until the Notes are paid in full. 4B. Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount. The Notes shall be subject to prepayment, in 5 whole or in part on any date on which interest is due and payable (in multiples of $5,000,000), at the option of Industries at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid plus interest thereon to the prepayment date and the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note. Any partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to this paragraph 4B shall be applied in satisfaction of required payments of principal in inverse order of their scheduled due dates. 4C. Notice of Optional Prepayment. Industries shall give the holder of each Note irrevocable written notice of any prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4B not less than 10 Business Days prior to the prepayment date, specifying (i) such prepayment date, (ii) the principal amount of the Notes, and of the Notes held by such holder, to be prepaid on such date, (iii) the accrued but unpaid interest, to be paid on such date, (iv) a reasonable estimate of the Yield- Maintenance Amount, if any, to be paid on such date, together, in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv), with reasonably detailed support for the calculations determining such interest and Yield-Maintenance Amount, and (v) stating that such prepayment is to be made pursuant to paragraph 4B. Notice of prepayment having been given as aforesaid, the principal amount of the Notes specified in such notice, together with interest thereon to the prepayment date and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect thereto, shall become due and payable on such prepayment date. Industries shall, on or before the day on which it gives written notice of any prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4B, give telephonic notice of the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid and the prepayment date to each holder of a Note which shall have designated a recipient of such notices in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto or by notice in writing to Industries. 4D. Partial Payments Pro Rata. Upon any partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B, the principal amount so prepaid shall be allocated to all Notes at the time outstanding (including, for the purpose of this paragraph 4D only, all Notes prepaid or otherwise retired or purchased or otherwise acquired by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates other than by prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B) in proportion, to the extent practicable, to the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof, with adjustments, to the extent practicable, to equalize for any prior prepayments not in such proportion. 4E. Retirement of Notes. Industries shall not, nor shall Industries permit any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to, prepay or otherwise retire in whole or in part prior to their stated final maturity (other than by prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B or upon acceleration of such final maturity pursuant to paragraph 7A), or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, Notes held by any holder. 6 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. 5A. Reporting Requirements. 5A(1). Financial Statements and Other Information. Industries covenants that it will deliver to each holder of a Note in triplicate (or such lesser number as directed by such holder): (i) as soon as practicable and in any event within 60 days after the end of each quarterly period (other than the last quarterly period) in each Fiscal Year, (1) its Consolidated statements of income and cash flows for Industries and its Subsidiaries for the period from the beginning of the current Fiscal Year to the end of such quarterly period, and (2) Consolidated balance sheet for Industries and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period, setting forth in each case in comparative form figures for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year and, for so long as Industries is a reporting company under the Exchange Act, all in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and, thereafter, in reasonable detail and satisfactory in form to each of you and, in either case, certified by an Officer's Certificate delivered on behalf of Industries, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments; (ii) as soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (1) Consolidated statements of income and cash flows and stockholders' equity of Industries and its Subsidiaries for such year, and (2) Consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form corresponding consolidated figures from the preceding annual audit and, for so long as Industries is a reporting company under the Exchange Act, all in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and, thereafter, in reasonable detail and satisfactory in scope to each of you or your Affiliates, in either case, reported on by independent public accountants of recognized standing selected by Industries whose report shall be without limitation as to the scope of the audit and satisfactory in substance to the Required Holders and certified by an Officer's Certificate; 7 (iii) promptly upon transmission thereof and in no event later than 15 days thereafter, copies of all such financial statements, proxy statements, notices and reports as it shall send to its public stockholders and copies of all registration statements (without exhibits and excluding registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and all reports, including, without limitation, Form 10-Ks, Form 10-Qs and Form 8-Ks, which it files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission); (iv) promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of each other report submitted to Industries or any Subsidiary after the Date of Closing by independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim or special audit made by them of the books of Industries or any such Subsidiary; (v) any other information provided under Sections 5.01(d) and (e) of the Bank Agreement; and (vi) with reasonable promptness, such other financial data as a holder of a Note may reasonably request. 5A(2). Quarterly Officer's Certificate. Together with each delivery of financial statements required by clauses (i) and (ii) above, Industries will deliver to each holder of a Note an Officer's Certificate demonstrating (with computations in reasonable detail) compliance by Industries and its Subsidiaries with the provisions of paragraphs 6A, 6B and 6C(1) through 6C(6) and stating that there exists no Event of Default or Default, or, if any Event of Default or Default exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Industries proposes to take with respect thereto. 5A(3). Annual Accountant's Letter. Together with each delivery of financial statements required by clause (ii) above, Industries will deliver to each holder of a Note a certificate of such accountants stating that, in making the audit necessary for their report on such financial statements, they have obtained no knowledge of any Event of Default or Default, or, if they have obtained knowledge of any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof. Such accountant however, shall not be liable to anyone by reason of their failure to obtain knowledge of any Event of Default or Default which would not be disclosed in the course of an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. 5A(4). Special Information. Industries also covenants that forthwith upon a Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge of (i) an Event of Default or Default or (ii) at all times during which Industries is not a reporting company under the Exchange Act, the occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect or any event which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect including, without limitation, the institution or threat of legal proceedings, Environmental Proceedings and the existence of Environmental Liabilities, Industries will 8 deliver to each holder of a Note an Officer's Certificate specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Industries has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. 5B. Information Required by Rule 144A. Industries covenants that it will, upon the request of the holder of any Note, provide such holder, and any qualified institutional buyer designated by such holder, such financial and other information as such holder may reasonably determine to be necessary in order to permit compliance with the information requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in connection with the resale of Notes, except at such times as Industries is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. For the purpose of this paragraph 5B, the term "qualified institutional buyer" shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 5C. Inspection of Property. Industries covenants that it will permit any Person designated by any holder of a Note in writing, at such holder's expense (except upon the occurrence, and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default and then, at the expense of Industries), to visit and inspect any of the Properties of Industries and its Subsidiaries, to examine the corporate books and financial records of Industries and its Subsidiaries and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any of such corporations with the principal officers of Industries and its independent public accountants, and at such reasonable times and as often as such holder may reasonably request subject to paragraph 11H. 5D. Covenant to Secure Note Equally. Industries covenants that, if it or any Subsidiary shall create or assume any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Liens permitted by the provisions of paragraph 6C(1) (unless prior written consent to the creation or assumption thereof shall have been obtained pursuant to paragraph 11C), it will make or cause to be made effective provision whereby the Notes will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Debt thereby secured so long as any such other Debt shall be so secured. 5E. Guaranteed Obligations. Except as set forth on Schedule 5E, Industries covenants that if, at any time, after the date hereof it or any of its Subsidiaries incurs or permits to exist any Debt or other obligation (other than a performance bond or a guarantee of an operating lease or like financial accommodation issued by Industries or a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business) Guaranteed or collateralized in any other manner by any other Person, it will simultaneously cause such other Person to execute and deliver to each holder of any Note a guaranty agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such holder guaranteeing payment of the principal 9 amount of the Notes and any premium and interest thereon, which bears the same ratio to the total unpaid principal amount of the Notes as the amount of such other obligation which is guaranteed bears to the total unpaid principal amount of such other obligation, or if such other obligation is collateralized, to collateralize the Notes equally and ratably with such other obligation; provided, however, the preceding shall not apply to the extent (i) such other Person is not an Affiliate of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) such other Person has full recourse against Industries and/or such Subsidiary in connection with such other Person's Guarantee or collateralized obligation. 5F. Maintenance of Insurance. Industries covenants that it and each Subsidiary will maintain, with responsible insurers, insurance with respect to its Properties and business against such casualties and contingencies (including, but not limited to, public liability, larceny, embezzlement or other criminal misappropriation) and in such amounts as is customary in the case of similarly situated corporations engaged in the same or similar businesses and consistent with sound business practices. 5G. Maintenance of Corporate Existence/Compliance with Law/Preservation of Property. Except as allowed under paragraph 6C(4), Industries covenants that it and each Subsidiary will do or cause to be done all things necessary to: (i) preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of Industries and its Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary being dissolved or liquidated as permitted under paragraph 6C(5)(ii)) and any license, certificate, permit, franchise or governmental authorization necessary to the ownership of its Properties and assets or to the conduct of its business if the failure to do so could, individually, or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) comply in all respects with all laws and regulations (including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to equal employment opportunity and employee safety) applicable to it and its Subsidiaries, except where the failure to comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) maintain, preserve and protect all material intellectual property of Industries and its Subsidiaries, and (iv) preserve all the remainder of its material property used or useful in the conduct of its business and keep the same in good repair, working order and condition other than normal wear and tear, obsolescence and loss caused by a casualty for which Industries or such Subsidiary is insured and such property so damaged is replaced. 5H. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Industries will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply in a timely fashion with, or operate pursuant to valid waivers of the provisions of, all Environmental Requirements 10 including, without limitation, the emission of wastewater effluent, solid and hazardous waste and air pollution, and establishing general environmental conditions together with any other applicable requirements for conducting, on a timely basis, periodic tests and monitoring for contamination of ground water, surface water, air and land and for biological toxicity of the aforesaid, and diligently comply with the regulations (except to the extent such regulations are waived by appropriate governmental authorities) of the Environmental Protection Agency or other relevant federal, state or local governmental authority, except, individually or in the aggregate, with respect to each of the foregoing, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Industries shall not be deemed to have breached or violated this paragraph 5H if Industries or any Subsidiary of Industries is challenging in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued the application or enforcement of such Environmental Requirements for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 5I. No Integration. Industries covenants that it has taken and will continue to take all necessary steps so that the issuance of the Notes has not and will not require registration under the Securities Act. Industries covenants that no future offer and sale of debt securities of Industries of any class will be made if as a result of the doctrine of "integration", there is a reasonable possibility that such offer and sale would result in the loss of an entitlement of the Notes to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 5J. Financial Reports. Industries will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, proper books of record and account in which full and correct entries will be made of all dealings or transactions of or in relation to the business and affairs of Industries or such Subsidiary in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (except for changes disclosed in the financial statements furnished to you pursuant to paragraph 5A and concurred in by the independent public accountants referred to in paragraph 5A). 5K. Payment of Taxes and Claims5K. Payment of Taxes and Claims5K. Payment of Taxes and Claims5K. Payment of Taxes and Claims5K. Payment of Taxes and Claims. Industries will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, pay before they become delinquent: (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or any of its property; and (b) all claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, vendors, landlords and other like Persons that, if unpaid, might result in the creation of a Lien upon any of its property; provided, that items of the foregoing description need not be paid 11 (i) while being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings as long as adequate book reserves have been established and maintained and exist with respect thereto, and (ii) so long as the title to, and right to use, such property, is not materially adversely affected thereby. 5L. Year 2000 Issues. Industries shall take, and cause its Subsidiaries to take, all actions reasonably necessary to assure that the Year 2000 Issues, as such Year 2000 Issues pertain to the computer programs and systems of Industries and its Subsidiaries, will not have a Material Adverse Effect. Industries and its Subsidiaries will use commercially reasonable efforts to assure that their third-party customers, suppliers and vendors develop and implement programs to remediate, in all material respects, all Year 2000 Issues reasonably anticipated by Industries and its Subsidiaries to have a Material Adverse Effect. Upon written request by the Required Holders, Industries will provide the holders of the Notes a written description of its program for assessing Year 2000 Issues, including updates and progress reports. Industries will advise the holders of the Notes promptly of any reasonably anticipated Material Adverse Effect as a result of Year 2000 Issues. 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS. Unless the Required Holders otherwise agree in writing, Industries shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, take any of the following actions or permit the occurrence or existence of any of the following events or conditions: 6A. Certain Financial Limits. Industries covenants that it will not permit: (i) The Debt to Capitalization Ratio to be equal to or greater than 0.60 to 1.0 at the end of each Fiscal Quarter; and (ii) The ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt to (b) the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, (iii) taxes on Industries' consolidated pre-tax income, and (iv) Depreciation and Amortization to be greater than 3.5 to 1.0 at the end of each Fiscal Quarter. Subclause (b) of this clause (ii) shall be calculated on a trailing four quarter basis as at the end of each such Fiscal Quarter. 6B. Dividend Limitation. Industries covenants that, it shall not, (i) pay or declare any dividend on any class of its stock (except dividends payable solely in shares of its capital stock) or make any other distribution on account of any class of its stock; or 12 (ii) make any payment on account of the redemption, purchase or other acquisition, direct or indirect, of any shares of its stock; or (iii) make any optional payments on Subordinated Debt (all of the foregoing being herein called "Restricted Payments"); unless at the time of declaration, redemption, purchase or payment of such Restricted Payment and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist. 6C. Liens, Debt and Other Restrictions. Industries covenants that it will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to: 6C(1). Liens. Create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (whether or not provision is made for the equal and ratable securing of the Notes in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5D) except: (i) Liens for taxes (including ad valorem and property taxes) not yet due or which are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (ii) Liens on the property of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Date of Closing as set forth on Schedule 6C(1) attached hereto and any Lien renewing, extending or refunding any Lien permitted by this clause (ii) so long as the principal amount of Debt secured by such Lien immediately prior thereto is not increased or the term reduced and such Lien does not extend to other property; (iii) other Liens incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property and assets (including but not limited to pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation and social security taxes, assessments and charges and landlords, mechanics and materialmen Liens and survey exceptions or encumbrances, easements or reservations, rights-of-way or zoning restrictions), provided that (A) such liens were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property and (B) the existence of such Lien does not materially detract from the value of its property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business; (iv) Liens on property or assets of a Subsidiary of Industries to secure obligations of such Subsidiary to Industries or another Subsidiary, as the case may be; (v) Any common law right of setoff or banker's lien arising in connection with ordinary course of business deposit arrangements maintained by Industries or its Subsidiaries with its banks or other financial institutions so long as any such bank or 13 other financial institution (A) shall not at any time make loans or otherwise extend credit pursuant to any credit facility to Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) does not maintain accounts (for the deposit of cash or otherwise) for the benefit of Industries or any Subsidiary other than those which have in the aggregate monthly balances less than $100,000, (C) shall have delivered to each holder of a Note a Sharing Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto ("Sharing Agreement"); or (D) shall have waived in writing such common law right of setoff or banker's lien; (vi) Liens arising from judicial attachments and judgments; provided that (A) the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is not being pursued and the execution or other enforcement of such Liens has been effectively stayed within 30 days of such Liens' imposition, (B) the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, (C) adequate book reserves shall have been established and maintained and shall exist with respect thereto and (D) no Event of Default shall have occurred with respect to such Liens under clause (xii) of paragraph 7A; (vii) Other Liens on property of Industries or a Subsidiary not otherwise permitted pursuant to this paragraph 6C(1); (viii) Liens in connection with an Asset Securitization permitted under paragraph 6C(5); (ix) Liens against the assets of Aladdin (formerly owned by Galaxy) under the Catoosa Co. IRB solely to the extent existing as of the date hereof; and (x) Liens against the assets of Aladdin (formerly owned by Image Industries, Inc.) under the Summerville City IRB solely to the extent existing as of January 1, 1999; provided that Liens permitted by the foregoing subparagraphs (ii) through (v) and (vii) shall at no time secure Debt in an aggregate amount exceeding the greater of (1) $90,000,000 or (2) fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Net Worth at such time and prior to, and after giving effect to the incurrence, assumption or creation of any such Lien, and to any concurrent application of the proceeds of any Debt or other obligation secured thereby, no Default or Event of Default would exist; 6C(2). Subsidiary Indebtedness. Permit any Subsidiary to incur any Debt except for (i) Debt owed by a Subsidiary to Industries or another Subsidiary, (ii) Debt deemed incurred in connection with an Asset Securitization permitted under paragraph 6C(5); (iii) (A) Debt of Subsidiaries arising in connection with the Summerville City IRB and the Catoosa Co. IRB and incurrence of reimbursement obligations with respect to the Letters of Credit (as defined in the Bank Agreement) with respect to the Summerville City IRB and the Catoosa Co. IRB and (B) other Debt of Subsidiaries arising in connection with the issuance of bonds by governmental 14 authorities so long as such debt is supported by a letter of credit issued by a financial institution for the benefit of Industries is obligated to such financial institution under a reimbursement agreement for the reimbursement of amounts drawn under such Letter of Credit; and (iv) in addition to Debt incurred under clauses (i) through (iii) of this paragraph 6C(2), other Debt of Subsidiaries not exceeding in the aggregate amount outstanding at any time 15% of Consolidated Net Worth; 6C(3). Loans, Advances and Investments. Make or maintain any Investments except (a) Investments in Industries or any Subsidiary, including without limitation, advances or loans between or among Industries or any Subsidiary and loans and advances to officers and employees of Industries or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; (b) Investments in Persons engaged in a Permitted Line of Business (whether or not any such Person is, or after giving effect to any such Investment becomes, a Subsidiary); (c) Investments in Persons in connection with Permitted Acquisitions; and (d) Investments in Approved Investments; provided, however, during the existence of an Event of Default, neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries may make any new Investments without the prior written consent of the Required Holders; 6C(4). Merger or Consolidation. Merge with or into or consolidate or exchange shares with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge or consolidate with or into it, provided that (a) Industries may merge with another Person if (i) such Person is organized under the laws of the United States of America or one of its States, (ii) Industries is the corporation surviving such merger and (iii) immediately after giving effect to such merger, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) Subsidiaries of Industries may merge with and into Industries, any other Subsidiary, or any other Person if after giving effect thereto such other Person would be a Subsidiary; 6C(5). Sale of Assets. Dispose of any property or assets, except: (i) assets may be transferred from a Subsidiary to Industries or another Subsidiary; (ii) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary may dissolve or liquidate so long as the assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such dissolution or liquidation are transferred to such Subsidiary's shareholder and such shareholder assumes all of the liabilities of such Subsidiary at the time of such dissolution or liquidation; (iii) Industries and its Subsidiaries may factor receivables; (iv) Industries and its Subsidiaries may effect Asset Securitizations; and 15 (v) the foregoing limitation on the sale, lease or other transfer of assets shall not prohibit, during any Fiscal Quarter, a transfer of assets by Industries or any Subsidiary (in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions) unless (x) the proceeds thereof are not reinvested within 180 days thereafter in a Permitted Line of Business owned by Industries or such Subsidiary or (y) the aggregate assets to be so transferred or utilized in a business line or segment to be so discontinued, when combined with all other assets transferred, and all other assets utilized in all other business lines or segments discontinued, during such Fiscal Quarter and the immediately preceding three Fiscal Quarters, constituted more than 20% of Consolidated Total Assets at the end of the fourth Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Fiscal Quarter; 6C(6). Sale and Lease-Back. Enter into or permit to remain in effect any arrangement (a "Sale and Lease-Back") with any Person or to which such Person is a party providing for the leasing by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced on the security of such property or rental obligations of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, unless such arrangement relates solely to such real or personal property and is entered into within 180 days following the acquisition or construction (permitted pursuant to the proviso set forth in paragraph 6C(5)(v)) by Industries or such Subsidiary of the real or personal property; 6C(7). Maintenance of Existence. Other than as permitted by paragraphs 6C(4), 6C(5) and 6C(8), Industries shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain its corporate existence and carry on its business in a Permitted Line of Business; or 6C(8). Dissolution. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries shall suffer or permit dissolution or liquidation either in whole or in part or redeem or retire any shares of its own stock or that of any Subsidiary, except through corporate reorganization to the extent permitted by paragraph 6C(4) or 6C(5) or in connection with a Restricted Payment which is permitted pursuant to paragraph 6C. 6D. ERISA. Industries covenants that it will not, nor permit any Subsidiary to: (i) terminate or withdraw from any Plan so as to result in any material liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (ii) engage in or permit any Person to engage in any prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which would subject Industries or any Subsidiary to any material tax, penalty or other liability, 16 (iii) incur or suffer to exist any material accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in section 302 of ERISA and section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, involving any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan); or (iv) allow or suffer to exist any risk or condition, which presents a material risk of incurring a material liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. 6E. Fed Regulations, Etc. Industries covenants that it will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary or any agent acting on behalf of Industries or any Subsidiary to, take any action which might cause this Agreement or the Notes to violate or cause you to fail to comply with Regulation T or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect now or as the same may hereafter be in effect. 6F. Environmental Matters. Industries covenants that it will not, and will not permit, any Third Party to, except in compliance with all applicable Environmental Requirements (unless the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect), (i) use, produce, manufacture, process, generate, store, dispose of at, manage at, or ship or transport to (collectively "Handle") or transport from the Properties any Hazardous Materials (other than as provided for below) or (ii) Handle any Hazardous Materials except for Hazardous Materials used, produced, released or managed in the ordinary course of business; provided, that Industries may, and may permit Third Parties to release Hazardous Materials in amounts which do not require remediation pursuant to applicable law or regulation, and which do not present any potentially substantial danger to health, safety or the environment. 7 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. 7A. Acceleration. If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing for any reason whatsoever (and whether such occurrence shall be voluntary or involuntary or come about or be effected by operation of law or otherwise): (i) Industries defaults in the payment of any principal of or Yield-Maintenance Amount or any other amount payable with respect to any Note (other than interest) when the same shall become due, either by the terms thereof or otherwise as herein provided; or (ii) Industries defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the date due; or (iii) Industries or any of its Significant Subsidiaries defaults (whether as primary obligor or as guarantor or other surety) in any payment of principal of or interest on any other obligation for money borrowed (or any Capitalized Lease Obligation, any 17 obligation under a conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any obligation issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property whether or not secured by a purchase money mortgage or any obligation under notes payable or drafts accepted representing extensions of credit) beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto; or Industries or any such Significant Subsidiary fails to perform or observe any other agreement, term or condition contained in any agreement under which any such obligation is created (or if any other event thereunder or under any such agreement shall occur and be continuing) and the effect of such failure or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such obligation (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, such obligation to become due (or to be repurchased by Industries or any such Significant Subsidiary) prior to any stated maturity, provided that the aggregate amount of all obligations as to which such a default shall occur and be continuing or such a failure or other event permitting acceleration (or resale to Industries or any such Significant Subsidiary) shall occur and be continuing exceeds $25,000,000; or (iv) any representation or warranty made by Industries herein or by Industries or any of its officers in any writing furnished in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made; or (v) Industries or any Subsidiary fails to perform or observe any agreement contained in paragraph 6; or (vi) Industries or any Subsidiary fails to perform or observe any other agreement, term or condition contained herein and such failure shall not be remedied within 30 days after a Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge thereof; or (vii) Industries or any Significant Subsidiary makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (viii) any decree or order for relief in respect of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary is entered under any bankruptcy, reorganization, compromise, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law, whether now or hereafter in effect (herein called the "Bankruptcy Law"), of any jurisdiction; or (ix) Industries or any Significant Subsidiary petitions or applies to any tribunal for, or consents to, the appointment of, or taking possession by, a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or similar official of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary, or of any substantial part of the assets of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary, or commences a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Law of the United States or any proceedings (other than proceedings for the voluntary liquidation and dissolution of a Significant Subsidiary) relating to Industries or any Significant Subsidiary under the Bankruptcy Law of any other jurisdiction; or 18 (x) any such petition or application is filed, or any such proceedings are commenced, against Industries or any Significant Subsidiary and Industries or such Significant Subsidiary by any act indicates its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein, or an order, judgment or decree is entered appointing any such trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or similar official, or approving the petition in any such proceedings, and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 60 days; or (xi) any order, judgment or decree is entered in any proceedings against Industries or any Significant Subsidiary decreeing the dissolution of Industries or Significant Subsidiary and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 60 days; or (xii) a final judgment or final judgments, in the aggregate, in excess of $25,000,000 (exclusive of any insurance coverage for which the insurance company issuing such coverage shall have acknowledged (in writing) coverage with respect thereto) shall be rendered against Industries or any Significant Subsidiary and, within 60 days after entry thereof, such judgment is not discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay, such judgment is not discharged; or (xiii) Industries or any ERISA Affiliate, in its capacity as an employer under a Multiemployer Plan, makes a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan resulting in the occurrence by such withdrawing employer of a withdrawal liability in an amount exceeding $25,000,000 and, within 30 days after such occurrence, such withdrawal liability is not discharged; or (xiv) so long as any Related Document shall be in effect pursuant to the terms hereof Industries shall fail to comply with the terms of any Related Document to which it is a party beyond applicable grace periods, if any, specified in such Related Document; or (xv) a Material Adverse Effect shall occur as a result of any Environmental Liability, whether or not disclosed to you (solely for the purposes hereof such Environmental Liability, individually or in the aggregate, to be in excess of $25,000,000) and, to the extent such Environmental Liability is contingent, Industries and/or its Significant Subsidiaries fail to diligently pursue any action required to be taken by any governmental or regulatory authority, or diligently, in compliance with applicable laws, avoid taking any such action or fail to diligently pursue the avoidance of, or reduction of, the final, non-appealable assessment, judgment or other charge related thereto on Industries and/or its Significant Subsidiaries, and, to the extent such Environmental Liability is not contingent and is a final, non-appealable assessment, judgment or other 19 charge, within 30 days after the final assessment, adjudication or charge related thereto, such Environmental Liability is not discharged, remedied or otherwise cured; or (xvi) any exercise of rights under paragraph 4D of a Series Note Agreement; then: (a) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph 7A, the holder of any Note (other than Industries or any Subsidiary or Affiliate) may at its option, by notice in writing to Industries, declare such Note to be, and such Note shall thereupon be and become, immediately due and payable at par together with interest accrued thereon and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Industries, (b) if such event is an Event of Default specified in any of clauses (viii), (ix) or (x) of this paragraph 7A, all of the Notes at the time outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable at par together with interest accrued thereon and together with the Yield- Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Industries, and (c) if such event is not an Event of Default specified in clause (viii), (ix) or (x) of this paragraph 7A, the holder or holders of at least 15% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes from time to time outstanding may at its or their option, by notice in writing to Industries, declare all of the Notes to be, and all of the Notes shall thereupon be and become, immediately due and payable together with interest accrued thereon and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Industries. 7B. Rescission of Acceleration7B. At any time after any or all of the Notes shall have been declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, the holder or holders of at least 76% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes from time to time outstanding may, by notice in writing to Industries, rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) all overdue interest on the Notes, the principal of and Yield- Maintenance Amount, if any, payable with respect to any Notes which have become due otherwise than by reason of such declaration, and interest on such overdue interest and overdue principal and Yield-Maintenance Amount at the rate specified in the Notes shall have been paid, 20 (ii) any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration shall not have been paid, (iii) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than nonpayment of amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to paragraph 11C, and (iv) no judgment or decree shall have been entered for the payment of any amounts due pursuant to the Notes or this Agreement. No such rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right arising therefrom. 7C. Notice of Acceleration or Rescission. Whenever any Note shall be declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A or any such declaration shall be rescinded and annulled pursuant to paragraph 7B, Industries shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the holder of each Note at the time outstanding. 7D. Other Remedies. If any Event of Default or Default shall occur and be continuing, the holder of any Note may proceed to protect and enforce its rights under this Agreement and such Note by exercising such remedies as are available to such holder in respect thereof under applicable law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both, whether for specific performance of any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement. No remedy conferred in this Agreement upon the holder of any Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy conferred herein or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise. 8. REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES. Industries represents, covenants and warrants as follows: 8A. Organization. Industries is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or formed and each of its Subsidiaries is duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or formed. Industries has and each of its Subsidiaries has the corporate power to own its respective property and to carry on its respective business as now being conducted and each is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its Properties or the nature of its business requires such 21 qualification or authorization except where the failure to be so qualified or authorized could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 8B. Financial Statements. Industries has furnished you with the following financial statements, identified by a principal financial officer of Industries: (A) a Consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at December 31 in each of the years 1996 to 1998, inclusive, and Consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of Industries and its Subsidiaries for each such year, all reported on by KPMG LLP, and (B) a Consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at March 31, 1999 and Consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the three-month period ended on each such date, prepared by Industries. Such financial statements (including any related schedules and/or notes) are true and correct in all material respects (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from audits and normal year-end adjustments), have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently followed throughout the periods involved and show all liabilities, direct and contingent, of Industries and its Subsidiaries required to be shown in accordance with such principles. The balance sheets fairly present the condition of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof, and the statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows fairly present the results of the operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries and their cash flows for the periods indicated. There has been no material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole since December 31, 1998. 8C. Actions Pending. Except as set forth in Schedule 8C there is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or to the knowledge of Industries, threatened against Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Properties or rights of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, by or before any court, arbitrator or administrative or governmental body which might, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. 8D. Outstanding Debt. None of Industries or its Subsidiaries has outstanding any Debt except as permitted by paragraph 6C(2). There exists no default under the provisions of any instrument evidencing Debt in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 or of any agreement relating thereto. 8E. Title to Properties. Industries has and each of its Subsidiaries has good and indefeasible title to its material real Properties (other than Properties which it leases) and good title to all of its other material Properties and assets, including the material Properties and assets reflected in the balance sheet as at December 31, 1998 referred to in paragraph 8B (other than Properties and assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business), subject to no Lien of any kind except Liens permitted by paragraph 6C(1). All leases necessary in any material respect for the conduct of the respective businesses of Industries and its Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect. 22 8F. Taxes. Industries has and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all federal, state and other income tax returns which, to the best knowledge of the officers of Industries are required to be filed giving due regard to any extensions granted, and each has paid all taxes as shown on such returns and on all assessments received by it to the extent that such taxes have become due giving due regard to any extensions granted, except such taxes as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 8G. Conflicting Agreement and Other Matters. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction which materially and adversely affects its business, property or assets, or financial condition. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement or any other Related Document to which it is a party, nor the exchange of the Notes, nor fulfillment of nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and of the Notes will conflict with, or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in any violation of, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the Properties or assets of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, the charter or by-laws of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, any award of any arbitrator or any agreement (including any agreement with stockholders), instrument, order, judgment, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation to which Industries or any of its Subsidiaries is subject. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Debt of Industries or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other contract or agreement (including its charter) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Debt of Industries of the type to be evidenced by the Notes except as set forth in the agreements listed in Schedule 8G attached hereto. 8H. Offering of Notes. Neither Industries nor any agent acting on the behalf of Industries has, directly or indirectly, offered the Notes or any similar security for sale to, or solicited any offers to buy the Notes or any similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect thereto with, any Person other than institutional investors, and neither Industries nor any agent acting on the behalf of Industries has taken or will take any action which would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the provisions of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the provisions of any securities or Blue Sky law of any applicable jurisdiction. 8I. Use of Proceeds. Neither Industries nor any Subsidiary owns or has any present intention of acquiring any "margin stock" as defined in Regulation U (12 CFR Part 207) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (herein called "margin stock"). The proceeds of sale of the Notes were used to repay certain Debt identified on Schedule 8I to the 1994 Agreement. None of such proceeds were used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any margin stock or for the purpose of maintaining, reducing or retiring any Debt which was originally 23 incurred to purchase or carry any stock that was, at the time, a margin stock or for any other purpose which would have constituted the transaction contemplated by the 1994 Agreement a "purpose credit" within the meaning of such Regulation U. Neither Industries nor any agent acting on its behalf has taken or will take any action which might cause this Agreement or the Notes to violate Regulation T or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect now or as the same may hereafter be in effect. 8J. ERISA. No accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in section 302 of ERISA and section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, exists with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan). No liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has been or is expected by Industries or any ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan and other than routine payment of premiums that are timely paid) by Industries, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate which is or would be materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Neither Industries nor any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or presently expects to incur any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan which is or would be materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other Related Document will be, and the initial issuance and sale of the Notes to the purchasers was, exempt from, or will not (or did not) involve any transaction which is subject to, the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA and will not (or did not) involve any transaction in connection with which a penalty could be imposed under section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975 of the Code. 8K. Governmental Consent. Assuming the accuracy of the representations in paragraph 9 below, neither the nature of Industries or of any Subsidiary, nor any of their respective businesses or Properties, nor any relationship between Industries or any Subsidiary and any other Person, nor any circumstance in connection with the exchange of the Notes is such as to require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to or filing with any court or administrative or governmental body (other than such of the foregoing as shall have been obtained or filed at the Date of Closing and routine filings after the Date of Closing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or state Blue Sky authorities) in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the exchange of the Notes or fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or of the Notes. 8L. Disclosure. Neither this Agreement nor any other Related Document nor any other document, certificate or statement furnished to you by or on behalf of Industries in connection herewith contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading. There is no fact peculiar to Industries or any Subsidiary which materially adversely affects or in the future may (so far as Industries can now reasonably foresee) materially adversely 24 affect the business, property or assets, or financial condition of Industries or any Subsidiaries and which has not been set forth in this Agreement or in any other Related Document or in the other documents, certificates and statements furnished to you by or on behalf of Industries prior to the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The financial projections given to you are reasonable based on the assumptions stated therein and the best information available to the officers of Industries. 8M. Environmental Matters. (i Subject to the discussion regarding underground storage tanks in those certain Reports identified in clauses (xii), (xiv), (xv), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi) and (xxii) in the definition of the term "Environmental Reports", neither Industries nor any Subsidiary is subject to any Environmental Liability or Environmental Requirement which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. (ii) Neither Industries nor any Subsidiary has been designated as a potentially responsible party under CERCLA or under any state statute similar to CERCLA. None of the Properties has been identified on any current or proposed National Priorities List under 40 C.F.R. (S) 300 or any list arising from a state statute similar to CERCLA. None of the Properties has been identified on any CERCLIS list. (iii) No Hazardous Materials have been or are being used, produced, manufactured, processed, generated, stored, disposed of, released, managed at or shipped or transported to or from the Properties or are otherwise present at, on, in or under the Properties or, to the best knowledge of Industries, at or from any adjacent site or facility, except for Hazardous Materials used, produced, manufactured, processed, generated, stored, disposed of, released and managed in the ordinary course of business in compliance with all applicable Environmental Requirements where the failure to so comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except for Hazardous Materials present in amounts which have not required and do not require remediation, pursuant to applicable law or regulation, and which have not presented and do not present a potentially substantial danger to health, safety or the environment. (iv) Industries and each of its Subsidiaries have procured all permits necessary under Environmental Requirements for the conduct of its respective businesses except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 8N. Solvency. As of the Date of Closing and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder (a) the amount of the "present fair salable value" of the assets of Industries will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all "liabilities of Industries, contingent or otherwise," as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the solvency of debtors, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of Industries will, as of the Date of Closing, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of Industries on its debts as such debts 25 become absolute and matured, (c) Industries will not have, as of the Date of Closing, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) Industries will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this paragraph 8N "debt" means "liability or a claim", and "claim" means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured; or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. 8O. Absence of Foreign or Enemy Status. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is an "enemy" or an "ally of the enemy" within the meaning of section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. ss.ss. 1 et seq.), as amended. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of, and neither the issuance and exchange of the Notes by Industries nor the use of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by this Agreement will violate, the Trading with the Enemy Act. as amended, or any executive orders, proclamations or regulations issued pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V). 9. REPRESENTATION OF THE PURCHASERS. You represent that you are not acquiring the Notes with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act, provided that the disposition of your property at all times has been and shall be and remain within your control. You are an "Accredited Investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act. 10. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Agreement, the terms defined in the introductory sentence and in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall have the respective meanings specified therein, and the following terms shall have the meanings specified with respect thereto below: 10A. Yield-Maintenance Terms. "Called Principal" shall mean, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be repaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires. "Discounted Value" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied 26 on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the Note is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal. "Reinvestment Yield" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported, as of 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Y-M Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as "Page 678" on the Telerate (or such other display as may replace page 678 on the Telerate) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or if such yields shall not be reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time shall not be ascertainable, (ii) the Treasury Constant Maturity Series yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields shall have been so reported as of the Y-M Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. Such implied yield shall be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between yields reported for various maturities. "Remaining Average Life" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) each Remaining Scheduled Payment of such Called Principal (but not of interest thereon) by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) which will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment. "Remaining Scheduled Payments" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due on or after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date. "Settlement Date" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be repaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires. "Telerate" shall mean Telerate Services, Inc. or if no longer available such other comparable service as the Required Holders may select as a substitute therefor. "Yield-Maintenance Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Called principal of such Note over the sum of (i) such Called principal plus (ii) interest accrued thereon as of (including, without duplication, 27 interest due on) the Settlement Date with respect to such Called principal. The Yield-Maintenance Amount shall in no event be less than zero. "Y-M Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to close. 10B. Other Terms. "Affiliate" shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) (i) which directly or indirectly controls another Person; (ii) which beneficially owns 5% or more of the voting stock of another Person, (iii) of which 5% or more of the voting stock is owned by such Person; or (iv) that is an officer or director of such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control a corporation if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such corporation, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. "Aladdin" shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. "American Rug" shall mean American Rug Craftsmen, Inc., a Tennessee corporation. "Amortization" shall mean for any period the sum of all amortization expenses of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. "Approved Investment" shall mean an Investment in compliance with the Investment Guidelines. "Asset Securitization" shall mean the sale of accounts receivable and related assets of a Person in connection with a bona fide asset securitization program. "Bankruptcy Law" shall have the meaning specified in clause (viii) of paragraph 7A. "Bank Agreement" shall mean that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 28, 1999 among Industries and the Banks, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time. "Banks" shall mean each of First Union National Bank and Wachovia Bank, N.A. or other financial institutions a party to the Bank Agreement. "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City and Atlanta, Georgia are required or authorized to be closed. 28 "Capitalized Lease Obligation" shall mean any rental obligation which, under generally accepted accounting principles, would be required to be capitalized on the books of Industries or any Subsidiary, taken at the amount thereof accounted for as indebtedness (net of interest expense) in accordance with such principles. "Capital Stock" shall mean any nonredeemable capital stock of Industries or any Consolidated Subsidiary (to the extent issued to a Person other than Industries), whether common or preferred. "Catoosa Co. IRB" shall mean that issuance of certain bonds by The Development Authority of Catoosa County, Georgia, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Indenture of Trust dated as of November 1, 1991. "CERCLA" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act. "CERCLIS" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Inventory System established pursuant to CERCLA. "Closing" shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 2 hereof. "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. "Confidential Information" shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 11H. "Consolidated" shall mean the consolidated financial information of Industries and each of its Subsidiaries under generally accepted accounting principles. "Consolidated Agreement" shall mean that certain Second Consolidated, Amended and Restated Note Agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 among Industries and Prudential, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "Consolidated Debt" shall mean at any date the Debt of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis as of such date. "Consolidated Interest Expense" for any period shall mean interest, whether expensed or capitalized, in respect of Debt of Industries or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries outstanding during such period. "Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, for any period, the Net Income of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis, but excluding 29 (i) extraordinary items and (ii) any equity interests of Industries or any Subsidiary in the unremitted earnings of any Person that is not a Subsidiary. "Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean at any time Stockholder's Equity. Each Purchaser hereby agrees that: (i) the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121 ("FAS 121") relating to, among other things, the accounting for the impairment of long-lived assets, and its effect upon the consolidated financial statements of Industries as of and for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1996, shall be disregarded for the purposes of determining Stockholders' Equity, provided that any charge against income for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1996, resulting from the impairment of long-lived assets does not exceed $2,000,000; and (ii) the effect of that certain non-recurring $4,000,000 charge, incurred by Industries during the fourth Fiscal Quarter of 1995 as a result of income tax reimbursements made to certain executives of Industries relating to their exercise of certain stock options, shall be disregarded when determining Stockholders' Equity. "Consolidated Note Holder" shall mean Prudential Insurance Company of America, the holder of the Series A and Series B Notes under the Consolidated Agreement. "Consolidated Operating Profits" shall mean, for any period, the Operating Profits of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such period. "Consolidated Subsidiary" shall mean at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, would be consolidated with those of Industries in its consolidated financial statements as of such date. "Consolidated Total Assets" shall mean, at any time, (x) the total assets of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis, as set forth or reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, plus (y) the accounts receivable balance reported as of the last day of the calendar month most recently ended by Industries or a Subsidiary with respect to an Asset Securitization. "Consolidated Total Capital" shall mean, at any time, the sum of the following as of such time (i) Consolidated Net Worth, and (ii) Consolidated Debt. "Date of Closing" shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 2 hereof. 30 "Debt" of any Person shall mean at any date, without duplication, all of the following as of such date (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under capital leases, (v) all obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts payable under a banker's acceptance, (vi) all Redeemable Preferred Stock of such Person (in the event such Person is a corporation), (vii) all obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit or similar instrument, (viii) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person, (ix) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person, and (x) the total accounts receivable reported as sold as of the last day of the calendar month most recently ended by Industries or a Subsidiary with respect to an Asset Securitization. For all purposes of this Agreement, the amount of a Person's Debt under a loan or lease agreement between such Person and a governmental agency that has issued industrial development bonds or similar instruments, the repayment of which is secured by the payment obligations of such Person under such loan or lease agreement, shall be equal to the aggregate principal amount of such bonds or instruments outstanding at the time of determination less the amount of proceeds of such bonds or instruments which at such time are on deposit with a trustee or other fiduciary in a "construction" fund, or other similar fund which would be available to such trustee or other fiduciary to repay the bonds or other instruments if then due and payable. "Debt to Capitalization Ratio" shall mean the ratio of Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capital. "Depreciation" shall mean for any period the sum of all depreciation expenses of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. "Environmental Liabilities" shall mean any liabilities, whether accrued or contingent, arising from or relating in any way to any Environmental Requirements. "Environmental Proceedings" shall mean any judicial or administrative proceedings arising from or in any way associated with any Environmental Requirement. "Environmental Reports" shall mean, collectively, each of the following reports prepared by various consultants for Industries: (i) Final Report Phase II UST Assessment Beck Dye Plant, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (ii) Final Report, Phase I Environmental Survey Tifton Spinning Mill, Tifton, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (iii) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc., The Harbinger Company, Inc., Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (iv) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc. Central Distribution Center, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (v) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc. Main Facility South Industrial Boulevard, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (vi) Final Report Phase I 31 Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc., Beck Dye Plant, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (vii) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey LIBCO Mill Liberty, South Carolina, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (viii) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Oak River NM Bennettsville, South Carolina, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (ix) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Dixiana Mill, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (x) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Laurens Park Mill, East Dublin, Georgia, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (xi) Phase I Environmental Audit Report, Brumlow Mills, Gordon County, Georgia, dated March 2, 1993, Environmental Science & Engineering, Inc., (xii) Report of Results from Environmental Audit of American Rug Craftsmen Facilities, dated April, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xiii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment of Delaware Valley Wool Scouring Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated July 23, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xiv) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment of Karastan Eden Rug Mill, Eden, North Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xv) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment of Karastan Eden Service Center, Eden, North Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xvi) Phase I Environmental Assessment of Karastan Worsted Mill, Greenville, North Carolina, dated July 20, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xvii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Spinning Mill, Greenville, North Carolina, dated July 20, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management Inc., (xviii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Laurel Hill Yarn Mill, Laurel Hill, North Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xix) Phase I and Phase 11 Environmental Assessment Karastan Rocky River Yarn Mill, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xx) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Lyerly Carpet Mill, Lyerly, Georgia, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xxi) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Summerville Mill, Summerville, Georgia, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xxii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Karastan Belton Yarn Mill, Belton, South Carolina, July 20, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., and (xxiii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Landrum Woven Mill, Landrum, South Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc. "Environmental Requirements" shall mean any applicable local, state or federal law, rule, regulation, permit, order, decision, determination or requirement relating in any way to Hazardous Materials or to health, safety or the environment. "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. "ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations as Industries within the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code, or any 32 trade or business which is under common control with Industries within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code. "Event of Default" shall mean any of the events specified in paragraph 7A, provided that there has been satisfied any requirement in connection with such event for the giving of notice, or the lapse of time, or the happening of any further condition, event or act, and "Default" shall mean any of such events, whether or not any such requirement has been satisfied. "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. "Fiscal Quarter" shall mean any Fiscal Quarter of Industries. "Fiscal Year" shall mean any Fiscal Year of Industries. "Galaxy" shall mean Galaxy Carpet Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation. "Guarantee" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another, including, without limitation, any such obligation directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) or discounted or sold with recourse by such Person, or in respect of which such Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable, including, without limitation, any such obligation in effect guaranteed by such Person through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), or to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet or other financial condition of the obligor of such obligation, or to make payment for any products, materials or supplies or for any transportation or services regardless of the non-delivery or non-furnishing thereof, in any such case if the purpose or intent of such agreement is to provide assurance that such obligation will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guarantee shall be equal to the outstanding principal amount of the obligation guaranteed or such lesser amount to which the maximum exposure of the guarantor shall have been specifically limited. "Guaranty Agreements" shall mean (a) the Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement dated as of September 16, 1994, executed and delivered by Industries, (b) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of September 16, 1994, executed and delivered by Aladdin, (c) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of September 16, 1994, executed and delivered by Marketing, (d) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of January 13, 1995, executed and delivered by Galaxy, (e) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of May 1, 1995, executed and delivered by Mills, (f) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of July 19, 1995, executed and delivered by Limited, (g) Guaranty 33 Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1998, executed and delivered by World Carpets, Inc., (h) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1998, executed and delivered by World Commercial Carpets, Inc., (i) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Mohawk Servicing, Inc., (j) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Mohawk Factoring, Inc. (k) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Mohawk Commercial, Inc., (l) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by American Weavers LLC, (m) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Newmark & James, Inc., (n) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 11, 1999, executed and delivered by Durkan Patterned Carpets, Inc. and (o) each other Guaranty Agreement executed and delivered by any current or former direct or indirect Subsidiary of Industries pursuant to the 1994 Agreement. "Hazardous Materials" shall mean (a) hazardous waste as defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, (b) hazardous substances, as defined in CERCLA, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, (c) gasoline, or any other petroleum product or by-product or constituent, (d) toxic substances, as defined in the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation and (e) insecticides, fungicides, or rodenticides, as defined in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1975, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, as each such Act statute or regulation may be amended from time to time. "Industries" shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. "Investment" shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (other than the creation of receivables in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by such Person (by means of transfers of property to others or payments for property or services for the account or use of others, or otherwise) to any other Person, or any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition or beneficial ownership by such Person of, or of a beneficial interest in capital stock, partnership interests, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities issued by any other Person. "Investment Guidelines" shall mean the guidelines for investment of funds of Industries and the Subsidiaries as approved by the Board of Directors of Industries or an authorized executive committee thereof and in effect on the Date of Closing, as modified or supplemented from time to time with the approval of the Board of Directors of Industries or an authorized executive committee. "Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), any common law right of set off or banker's lien or charge of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and the filing of or agreement to give any financing 34 statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction) or any other type of preferential arrangement for the purpose, or having the effect, of protecting a creditor against loss or securing the payment or performance of an obligation, including without limitation any Lien granted by a Person in connection with an Asset Securitization. "Limited" shall mean Mohawk Limited, a Delaware corporation. "Marketing" shall mean Mohawk Marketing, Inc., a Georgia corporation. "Material Adverse Effect" shall mean, with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences, whether or not related, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, any of (a) the financial condition, operations, business, Properties or prospects of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of the Purchasers under the Related Documents, or the ability of Industries to perform its obligations under the Related Documents to which it is a party, as applicable, or (c) the legality, validity or enforceability of any Related Document. "Mills" shall mean Mohawk Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation. "Moody's" shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc. "Multiemployer Plan" shall mean any Plan which is a "Multiemployer Plan" (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). "Net Income" shall mean, as applied to any Person for any period, the aggregate amount of net income of such Person, after taxes, for such period, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. "Officer's Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed in the name of Industries by its President, one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or its Corporate Controller. "Operating Profits" shall mean, as applied to any Person for any period, the operating income of such Person for such period, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. "Permitted Acquisitions" means a non-hostile acquisition, however structured, of all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of all the issued and outstanding capital stock of, a Person in a Permitted Line of Business. 35 "Permitted Line of Business" shall mean the manufacturing, marketing and/or distribution of commercial or home furnishings and floor coverings and other reasonably related products and any "vertical integration" with respect thereto. "Person" shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof. "Plan" shall mean any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is defined in section 3 of ERISA) which is or has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have been made, by Industries or any ERISA Affiliate. "Properties" shall mean all real property owned, leased or otherwise used or occupied by Industries or any Subsidiary, wherever located. "Prudential" shall mean The Prudential Insurance Company of America or any of its affiliates and any successors and assigns. "Purchasers" shall mean, collectively, each Person specified on Annex I. "Redeemable Preferred Stock" of any Person shall mean any preferred stock issued by such Person which is at any time prior to September 16, 2004 either (i) mandatorily redeemable (by sinking fund or similar payments or otherwise) or (ii) redeemable at the option of the holder thereof. "Related Documents" shall mean this Agreement (and each modification thereof), any Note, each Sharing Agreement and any document or instrument executed in connection with any of the foregoing. "Required Holder(s)" shall mean the holder or holders of at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes from time to time outstanding. "Responsible Officer" shall mean the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of Industries. "S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Corporation. "Sale and Leaseback" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 6C(6) hereof "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 36 "Series Note Agreement" shall mean the Amended and Restated Series Agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 among Industries and the Series Note Holders, as any may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time. "Series Note Holder" shall mean a holder of a promissory note issued under the Series Note Agreement. "Sharing Agreement" shall mean that certain Sharing Agreement dated as of the date hereof, between Industries, the Banks, each Series Note Holder, the Consolidated Note Holder and you. "Significant Subsidiary" shall mean, as determined with reference to the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraph 5A(1), a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that either (a) individually or in the aggregate, shall have net sales equaling or exceeding 3% of the net sales of Industries and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis or (b) individually or in the aggregate, shall have total assets equaling or exceeding 31% of the total assets of Industries and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis. "Stockholders' Equity" shall mean, at any time, the stockholders' equity of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as set forth or reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding any Redeemable Preferred Stock of Industries or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries. Shareholders' equity generally would include, but not be limited to, (i) the par or stated value of all outstanding Capital Stock, (ii) capital surplus, (iii) retained earnings, and (iv) various deductions such as (A) purchases of treasury stock, (B) valuation allowances, (C) receivables due from an employee stock ownership plan, (D) employee stock ownership plan debt guarantees, and (E) foreign currency translation adjustments. "Subordinated Debt" shall mean the Debt of Industries and the Subsidiaries which (i) is validly and expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and (ii) has, when issued, a Weighted Average Life to Maturity greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Notes. "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation or other legal entity of which at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by Industries. "Summerville City IRB" shall mean that issuance of certain bonds by The Development Authority of the City of Summerville, Georgia, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Trust Indenture dated as of September 1, 1997. 37 "Termination Letter" shall mean that certain Termination Letter, dated as of the date hereof, between Industries, the Banks, each Series Note Holder, the Consolidated Note Holder and you. "Third Party" shall mean all lessees, sublessees, licensees and other users of the Properties. "Transferee" shall mean any direct or indirect transferee of all or any part of any Note purchased by you under this Agreement; provided, however, in no event shall any such transferee be a Person identified on Schedule 10B. "Voting Stock" shall mean, with respect to any corporation, any shares of stock of such corporation whose holders are entitled under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). "Weighted Average Life to Maturity" shall mean as applied to any indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding principal amount of such indebtedness into (b) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (x) the amount of each then remaining installment sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof by (y) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) which will elapse between such date and the date as of which such payment is to be made. "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary all of the shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of which (except directors' qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by Industries or a Consolidated Subsidiary. "Year 2000 Issues" shall mean the actual and reasonably anticipated costs, claims, losses, and liabilities associated with the inability of certain computer applications to handle effectively data that includes dates on and after January 1, 2000, as such inability in respect of Industries or any Subsidiary and in respect of their respective material customers, suppliers and vendors affects the business, operations, and financial condition of Industries or any Subsidiary. 10C. Accounting Principles, Terms and Determinations. All references in this Agreement to "generally accepted accounting principles" shall be deemed to refer to generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States at the time of application thereof. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made and all unaudited financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a basis 38 consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Industries and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph 5A or, if no such statements have been so delivered, the most recent audited financial statements referred to in clause (i) of paragraph 8B. 11. MISCELLANEOUS. 11A. Note Payments. Industries agrees that so long as you shall hold any Note, it will make payments of principal of, interest on and any Yield- Maintenance Amount payable with respect to such Note, which comply with the terms of this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit (not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date due) to your account or accounts as specified in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto, or such other account or accounts in the United States as you may designate in writing, notwithstanding any contrary provision herein or in any Note with respect to the place of payment. You agree that, before disposing of any Note, you will make a notation thereon (or on a schedule attached thereto) of all principal payments previously made thereon and of the date to which interest thereon has been paid. Industries agrees to afford the benefits of this paragraph 11A to any Transferee which shall have made the same agreement as you have made in this paragraph 11A. 11B. Expenses. Industries agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, to pay, and save you and any Transferee harmless against liability for the payment of, all out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation legal fees) arising in connection with such transactions, including (i) all expenses incurred by you and any Transferee in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement or any other Related Document, including without limitation all stamp, intangibles, recording and other taxes, if any, payable by you and/or any Transferee with respect to this Agreement or any other Related Document and any subsequent proposed modification or waiver of, or proposed consent under, this Agreement, whether or not such proposed modification or waiver shall be effected or proposed consent granted, and (ii) the costs and expenses, including without limitation attorneys' fees and financial advisor fees, actually incurred by you or such Transferee in connection with the restructuring, refinancing or "work out" of this Agreement or any other Related Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in enforcing (or determining whether or how to enforce) any rights under this Agreement or the Notes or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by reason of your or any Transferee's having acquired any Note, including without limitation costs and expenses incurred in any bankruptcy case. The obligations of Industries under this paragraph 11B shall survive the transfer of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein by you or any Transferee and the payment of any Note. 39 11C. Consent to Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, and Industries may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, if Industries shall obtain the written consent to such amendment action or omission to act of the Required Holder(s) except that, without the written consent of the holder or holders of all Notes at the time outstanding, no amendment to this Agreement shall change the maturity of any Note, or change the principal of, or the rate or time of payment of interest on or any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to any Note, or affect the time, amount or allocation of any repayments, or change the proportion of the principal amount of the Notes required with respect to any consent, amendment, waiver or declaration. Each holder of any Note at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent authorized by this paragraph 11C, whether or not such Note shall have been marked to indicate such consent, but any Notes issued thereafter may bear a notation referring to any such consent. No course of dealing between Industries and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note. As used herein and in the Notes, the term "this Agreement" and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended, restated, modified or supplemented. 11D. Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Lost Notes. The Notes are issuable as registered notes without coupons in denominations of at least $1,000,000, except as may be necessary to reflect any principal amount not evenly divisible by $1,000,000. Industries shall keep at its principal office a register in which it shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the principal office of Industries, it shall at its expense, execute and deliver one or more new Notes of like tenor and of a like aggregate principal amount, registered in the name of such Transferee or Transferees. At the option of the holder of any Note, such Note may be exchanged for other Notes of like tenor and of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Note to be exchanged at the principal office of Industries. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, Industries shall, at its expense, execute and deliver the Notes which the holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Note surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the holder of such Note or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Any Note or Notes issued in exchange for any Note or upon transfer thereof shall carry the rights to unpaid interest and interest to accrue which were carried by the Note so exchanged or transferred, so that neither gain nor loss of interest shall result from any such transfer or exchange. Upon receipt of written notice from the holder of any Note of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Note and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of such holder's unsecured indemnity agreement, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, Industries will make and deliver a new Note, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note. 40 11E. Persons Deemed Owners, Participations. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, Industries may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner and holder of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, interest on and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note shall be overdue, and Industries, shall not be affected by notice to the contrary. Subject to the preceding sentence, the holder of any Note may from time to time grant participations in such Note to any Person (other than any Person identified on Schedule 10B) on such terms and conditions as may be determined by such holder in its sole and absolute discretion, provided that any such participation shall be in a principal amount of at least $1,000,000. 11F. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement. All representations and warranties contained herein or made in writing by or on behalf of Industries in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the transfer by you of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any Transferee, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of you or any Transferee. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the other Related Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between you and Industries and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 11G. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements in this Agreement contained by or on behalf of either of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto (including, without limitation, any Transferee) whether so expressed or not. 11H. Disclosure to Other Persons. Industries acknowledges that the holder of any Note may deliver copies of any financial statements and other documents delivered to such holder, and disclose any other information disclosed to such holder, by or on behalf of Industries or any Subsidiary in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement to (i) such holder's directors, officers, employees, agents and professional consultants, (ii) any other holder of any Note, (iii) any Person to which such holder offers to sell such Note or any part thereof, (iv) any Person to which such holder sells or offers to sell a participation in all or any part of such Note, (v) any Person from which such holder offers to purchase any security of Industries, (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such holder, (vii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (a) in compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such holder, (b) in response to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand or (c) in connection with any litigation to which such holder is a party. Except as provided above, each holder of a Note agrees to exercise its best efforts to hold in confidence and not to disclose Confidential Information (as defined below). The term "Confidential 41 Information" shall mean any information delivered or made available by Industries to a holder which is either financial or clearly indicated to be Confidential Information and does not include information which (x) was publicly known, or otherwise known to such holder, at the time of disclosure, (y) subsequently becomes publicly known other than through the act of or omission by such holder, or (z) otherwise becomes known to such holder, other than through disclosure by Industries. 11I. Notices. All written communications provided for hereunder shall be sent by first class mail or nationwide overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid) and (i) if to you, addressed to you at the address specified for such communications in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto, or at such other address as you shall have specified to Industries in writing, (ii) if to any other holder of any Note, addressed to such other holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to Industries in writing or, if any such other holder shall not have so specified an address to Industries, then addressed to such other holder in care of the last holder of such Note which shall have so specified an address to Industries, and (iii) if to Industries, addressed to it at 160 South Industrial Boulevard, Calhoun, Georgia 30703-7002, Attention: Treasurer, or at such other address as Industries shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing; provided however, that any such communication to Industries may also, at the option of the holder of any Note, be delivered by any other means either to Industries at its address specified above or to any officer of Industries. 11J. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day. If the date for any payment is extended to the next succeeding Business Day by reason of the preceding sentence, the period of such extension shall be included in the computation of the interest payable on such Business Day. 11K. Satisfaction Requirement. If any agreement, certificate or other writing, or any action taken or to be taken, is by the terms of this Agreement required to be satisfactory to you or to the Required Holder(s), the determination of such satisfaction shall be made by you or the Required Holder(s), as the case may be, in the judgment (exercised in good faith) of the Person or Persons making such determination. 11L. Independence of Covenants. All covenants of Industries hereunder shall be of independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any one of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise be within the other limitations of, another covenant, shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default if such action is taken or condition exists. 11M. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the 42 State of New York. INDUSTRIES HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, SUBJECT TO THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE ELECTION OF THE REQUIRED HOLDERS, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENT SHALL BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS, AND INDUSTRIES WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE BASED ON IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS TO THE CONDUCT OF ANY PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURTS. 11N. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 11O. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the several paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. 11P. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. 11Q. No Novation. The parties hereto have entered into this Agreement and the other Related Documents solely to amend and restate and restructure the terms of, and obligations owing under and in connection with, the 1994 Agreement and any document executed in connection with such Agreement (the "Prior Documents"). The parties do not intend this Agreement, the other Related Documents or the transaction contemplated hereby to be, and this Agreement, the other Related Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby shall not be construed to be, a novation of any of the obligations owing by Aladdin under or in connection with any of the Prior Documents. If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of acceptance on the enclosed counterpart of this letter and return the same to Industries, whereupon this letter shall become a binding agreement among Industries and you. [Signatures commence on next page.] S-1 Very truly yours, MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. By: ______________________ Title: [Signatures continued on next page.] S-2 The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted as of the date first above written. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA By: ____________________________ Vice President [Signatures continued on next page.] S-3 PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: PRINCIPAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC a Delaware limited liability company, its authorized signatory By: ____________________________ Title: By: ____________________________ Title: [Signatures continued on next page.] S-4 JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: ____________________________ Title: [Signatures continued on next page.] S-5 MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: ____________________________ Title: [Signatures continued on next page.] S-6 ALEXANDER HAMILTON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA By: ____________________________ Title: S-7 THE FRANKLIN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: ____________________________ Title: By: ____________________________ Title: EX-10.2 3 AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES NOTE AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 10.2 [EXECUTION COPY] =========================================================================== MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. $85,000,000 $60,000,000 7.23% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 $10,000,000 7.17% SERIES B SENIOR NOTES DUE SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 $15,000,000 7.14% SERIES C SENIOR NOTES DUE SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 ----------------------- AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES NOTE AGREEMENT ----------------------- Dated as of August 31, 1999 =========================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS (Not Part of Agreement)
Page 1. AUTHORIZATION OF ISSUE OF NOTES 1 1A. Authorization and Issuance of the Series A Notes 1 1B. Authorization and Issuance of the Series B Notes 1 1C. Authorization and Issuance of the Series C Notes 2 1D. Release of Guaranty Agreements 2 1E. Assumption of Obligations 2 2. PURCHASE, SALE AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES 2 2A. Purchase, Sale and Exchange of Notes 2 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 3 3A. Conditions of Closing 3 4. PREPAYMENTS 5 4A. Required Prepayments 5 4B. Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount 6 4C. Notice of Optional Prepayment 6 4D. Offer to Prepay upon Change in Control 6 4E. Partial Payments Pro Rata 8 4F. Retirement of Notes 8 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 9 5A(1) Financial Statements and Other Information 9 5A(2) Quarterly Officer's Certificate 10 5A(3) Annual Accountant's Letter 10 5A(4) Special Information 11 5B. Information Required by Rule 144A 11 5C. Inspection of Property 11
-i- 5D. Covenant to Secure Note Equally 11 5E. Guaranteed Obligations 11 5F. Maintenance of Insurance 12 5G. Maintenance of Corporate Existence/Compliance with Law/Preservation of Property 12 5H. Compliance with Environmental Laws 13 5I. No Integration 13 5J. Financial Reports 13 5K. Payment of Taxes and Claims 13 5L. Year 2000 Issues 14 6A NEGATIVE COVENANTS 14 6A. Certain Financial Limits 14 6B. Dividend Limitation 14 6C. Liens, Debt and Other Restrictions 15 6D. ERISA 18 6E. Fed Regulations, Etc. 19 6F. Environmental Matters 19 7A EVENTS OF DEFAULT 19 7A. Acceleration 19 7B. Rescission of Acceleration 22 7C. Notice of Acceleration or Rescission 22 7D. Other Remedies 22 8A REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES 23
-ii- 8A. Organization 23 8B. Financial Statements 23 8C. Actions Pending 24 8D. Outstanding Debt 24 8E. Title to Properties 24 8F. Taxes 24 8G. Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters 24 8H. Offering of Notes 25 8I. Use of Proceeds 25 8J. ERISA 25 8K. Governmental Consent 26 8L. Disclosure 26 8M. Environmental Matters 26 8N. Solvency 27 8O. Absence of Foreign or Enemy Status 27 9A REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER 27 10. DEFINITIONS 28 10A. Yield-Maintenance Terms 28 10B. Other Terms 29 10C. Accounting Principles, Terms and Determinations 43 11. MISCELLANEOUS 43 11A. Note Payments 43 11B. Expenses 44 11C. Consent to Amendments 44 11D. Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Lost Notes 44 11E. Persons Deemed Owners; Participations 45 11F. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement 45 11G. Successors and Assigns 46
-iii- 11H. Disclosure to Other Persons 46 11I. Notices 46 11J. Payments Due on Non-Business Days 47 11K. Satisfaction Requirement 47 11L. Independence of Covenants 47 11M. Governing Law 47 11N. Severability 47 11O. Descriptive Headings 47 11P. Counterparts 48 11Q. No Novation 48
-iv- ANNEX I PURCHASER SCHEDULE EXHIBIT A-1 -- FORM OF SERIES A NOTE EXHIBIT A-2 -- FORM OF SERIES B NOTE EXHIBIT A-3 -- FORM OF SERIES C NOTE EXHIBIT B -- FORM OF SHARING AGREEMENT SCHEDULE 3A(6) LIST OF GOOD STANDING CERTIFICATES SCHEDULE 5E LIST OF OUTSTANDING GUARANTEES SCHEDULE 6C(1) LIST OF LIENS SCHEDULE 8C LIST OF ACTIONS PENDING SCHEDULE 8G LIST OF AGREEMENTS RESTRICTING DEBT SCHEDULE 10B LIST OF PROHIBITED PARTICIPANTS AND TRANSFEREES -v- Mohawk Industries, Inc. 160 South Industrial Boulevard Calhoun, Georgia 30703-7002 As of August 31, 1999 To Each Purchaser Listed on Annex I Attached Hereto Ladies and Gentlemen: ALADDIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, formerly known as Mohawk Carpet Corporation (together with its successors and assigns, "Aladdin"), a Delaware corporation, MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. (together with its successors and assigns, "Industries"), a Delaware corporation, HORIZON INDUSTRIES, INC. (together with its successors and assigns, "Horizon"), a Georgia corporation, AMERICAN RUG CRAFTSMEN, INC. (together with its successors and assigns, "American Rug"), a Tennessee corporation, BURTON CARPETS & RUGS, INC. (together with its successors and assigns, "Burton"), a Georgia corporation, and THE HARBINGER COMPANY, INC. (together with its successors and assigns, "Harbinger"), a Georgia corporation, each a party with you to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 15, 1993 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "1993 Agreement"). Industries desires to assume all of the obligations of Aladdin under the 1993 Agreement and to amend and restate the 1993 Agreement as set forth below. Industries hereby agrees with you as follows: 1. AUTHORIZATION OF ISSUE OF NOTES. 1A. Authorization and Issuance of the Series A Notes. On August 15, 1993 Aladdin issued its senior promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $60,000,000 dated August 15, 1993 which will mature September 1, 2005 (the "1993 Series A Notes"), each bearing interest on the unpaid balance thereof from the date thereof until the principal thereof shall become due and payable at the rate of 7.14% per annum and on overdue payments at the rate specified therein. 1B. Authorization and Issuance of the Series B Notes. On August 15, 1993, Aladdin issued senior promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 dated August 15, 1993 which will each mature on September 1, 2005 (the "Series B Notes"), each bearing interest on the unpaid balance thereof from the date thereof until the principal thereof shall become due and payable at the rate of 7.17% per annum and on overdue payments at the rate specified therein. 1C. Authorization and Issuance of the Series C Notes. On August 15, 1993 Aladdin issued its senior promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $15,000,000 dated August 15, 1993 which will mature September 1, 2005 (the "1993 Series C Notes"), each bearing interest on the unpaid balance thereof from the date thereof until the principal thereof shall become due and payable at the rate of 7.14% per annum and on overdue payments at the rate specified therein. 1D. Release of Guaranty Agreements. You shall terminate the Guaranty Agreements simultaneously with such termination by (i) the banks a party to the Bank Agreement; (ii) the holder of the Notes under the 8.46% Note Agreement; and (iii) the holders of the Notes under the Consolidated Agreement. 1E. Assumption of Obligations. Industries hereby assumes all of Aladdin's obligations under the 1993 Agreement and under the 1993 Series A, Series B and Series C Notes and any other Related Documents. The term "Notes" as used in this Agreement shall include each promissory note exchanged pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (including the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes, as hereinafter defined) and each promissory note delivered in substitution or exchange for any such promissory note pursuant to any such provision, and the term "Note" shall refer to any of such Notes. 2. PURCHASE, SALE AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES. 2A. Purchase, Sale and Exchange of Notes. (i) On August 15, 1993, Aladdin sold to you the 1993 Series A Notes, in the aggregate principal amount of $60,000,000, at 100% of such aggregate principal amount. Industries hereby agrees to issue to you, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, you agree to accept from Industries in exchange for the 1993 Series A Notes, a Note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 (the "Series A Notes"), in the aggregate principal amount of $60,000,000, after taking into account the required prepayment of $6,666,666.67 made by Aladdin on September 1, 1998, to evidence the assumption of the of the 1993 Series A Notes by Industries. Each exchange shall occur at the offices of King & Spalding, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, on the date of closing, which shall be August 31, 1999 or any other date upon which Industries and you may mutually agree (herein called the "Closing" or the "Date of Closing"); and 3 (ii) On August 15, 1993, Aladdin sold to issue to you, the 1993 Series B Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000, at 100% of such aggregate principal amount. Industries hereby agrees to issue to you, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, you agree to accept from Industries in exchange for the 1993 Series B Notes, a Note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 (the "Series B Notes"), in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000, after taking into account the required prepayment of $1,111,111.11 made by Aladdin on September 1, 1998, to evidence the assumption of the 1993 Series B Notes. Each exchange shall occur at the offices of King & Spalding, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, on the Date of Closing. (iii) On August 15, 1993 Aladdin sold to you the 1993 Series C Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $15,000,000, at 100% of such aggregate principal amount. Industries hereby agrees to issue to you, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, you agree to accept from Industries in exchange for the 1993 Series C Notes, a Note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-3 (the "Series C Notes"), in the aggregate principal amount of $15,000,000, after taking into account the required prepayment of $1,666,666.67 made by Aladdin on September 1, 1998, to evidence the assumption of the 1993 Series C Notes. Each exchange shall occur at the offices of King & Spalding, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, on the Date of Closing. 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. 3A. Conditions of Closing. Your obligation to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and exchange the Notes as described in paragraph 2A is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Date of Closing, of the following conditions: 3A(1) Related Documents. You shall have received each of the following documents duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto: (i) Termination Letter with respect to the Guaranty Agreements; and (ii) a Sharing Agreement. 3A(2) Opinion of Counsel to Industries. You shall have received from Alston & Bird LLP, special counsel to Industries, a favorable opinion satisfactory to you as to such matters incident to the matters herein contemplated as you may reasonably request. 3A(3) Representations and Warranties; No Default. The representations and warranties contained in paragraph 8 shall be true on and as of the Date of Closing, except to the extent of changes caused by the transactions herein contemplated; there shall exist on the Date of 4 Closing no Event of Default or Default; and Industries shall have delivered to you an Officer's Certificate, dated the Date of Closing, regarding the foregoing. 3A(4) Transactions Permitted By Applicable Laws. The exchange of the 1993 Series A, Series B and Series C Notes for the Series A, Series B and Series C Notes on the Date of Closing on the terms and conditions herein provided shall not violate any applicable law or governmental regulation (including, without limitation, section 5 of the Securities Act or Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and shall not subject you to any tax (other than any tax on income earned), penalty, liability or other onerous condition under or pursuant to any applicable law or governmental regulation. The Notes shall on the Date of Closing qualify as a legal investment for you under applicable insurance law (without regard to any "basket" or "leeway provisions"), and such acquisition shall not subject you to any penalty or other onerous condition contained in or pursuant to any such law or regulation. You shall have received such certificates or other evidence as you may request to establish compliance with this condition. 3A(5) Proceedings. All corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incident thereto shall be satisfactory in substance and form to you, and you shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as you may reasonably request. In this connection, Industries shall deliver to you: (i) copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation (certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of the State of its incorporation) and its by-laws (certified by its Secretary) as in effect on the Date of Closing; (ii) certified copies (certified by its Secretary) of all corporate action taken by Industries to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Notes and the issuance of the Notes; and (iii) certificates of incumbency and specimen signatures with respect to each of the officers of Industries who are authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes. 3A(6) Certificates of Good Standing/Qualification to Do Business. You shall have received a good standing certificate issued by the Secretary of State of the State of incorporation of Industries and certificates of qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in jurisdictions specified in Schedule 3A(6) in which Industries is required by law to be qualified to do business, each dated as of a date not more than twenty days prior to Closing. 3A(7) No Material Adverse Change. You shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer of Industries dated the Date of Closing to the effect that no material 5 adverse change in the financial condition, business, operations or prospects of Industries or its Subsidiaries has occurred since December 31, 1998. 3A(8) Amendment and Restatement of Consolidated Agreement and 8.46% Note Agreement. Each Consolidated Agreement and 8.46% Note Agreement shall be amended and restated and you shall have received duly executed copies of such amended and restated agreements including all Schedules and Exhibits thereto and side letters, if any, affecting the terms thereof or otherwise delivered in connection therewith, together with all amendments and waivers thereto and any certificates executed in connection therewith accompanied by an Officer's Certificate, dated the Date of Closing. 3A(9) Expenses. All fees and disbursements of the Purchaser (including without limitation special counsel to the Purchaser) shall have been paid in full. 4. PREPAYMENTS. The Notes shall be subject to prepayment with respect to the required prepayments specified in paragraph 4A and the optional prepayments permitted by paragraph 4B. 4A. Required Prepayments. (i) Series A Notes. Until the Series A Notes shall be paid in full, Industries shall apply to the prepayment of the Series A Notes, without premium, the sum of $6,666,666.67 on September 1 in each of the years 1999 to 2005, inclusive, and such principal amounts of the Series A Notes, together with interest thereon to the prepayment dates, shall become due on such prepayment dates. The remaining principal amount of the Series A Notes, together with interest accrued thereon, shall become due on the maturity date of the Series A Notes. (ii) Series B Notes. Until the Series B Notes shall be paid in full, Industries shall apply to the prepayment of the Series B Notes, without premium, the sum of $1,111,111.11 on September 1 in each of the years 1999 to 2005, inclusive, and such principal amounts of the Series B Notes, together with interest thereon to the prepayment dates, shall become due on such prepayment dates. The remaining principal amount of the Series B Notes, together with interest accrued thereon, shall become due on the maturity date of the Series B Notes. (iii) Series C Notes. Until the Series C Notes shall be paid in full, Industries shall apply to the prepayment of the Series A Notes, without premium, the sum of $1,666,666.67 on September 1 in each of the years 1999 to 2005, inclusive, and such principal amounts of the Series C Notes, together with interest thereon to the prepayment dates, shall become due on such prepayment dates. The remaining principal amount of the Series C Notes, together with interest accrued thereon, shall become due on the maturity date of the Series C Notes. 6 (iv) All Notes. Any prepayment made by Industries pursuant to any other provision of this paragraph 4 shall not reduce or otherwise affect its obligations to make any prepayment required by this paragraph 4A until the Notes are paid in full. 4B. Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount. The Notes shall be subject to prepayment, in whole at any time or from time to time in part (in multiples of $5,000,000), at the option of Industries at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid plus interest thereon to the prepayment date and the Yield- Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note. Any partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to this paragraph 4B shall be applied in satisfaction of required payments of principal in inverse order of their scheduled due dates. 4C. Notice of Optional Prepayment. Industries shall give the holder of each Note irrevocable written notice of any prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4B not less than 10 Business Days prior to the prepayment date, specifying such prepayment date and the principal amount of the Notes, and of the Notes held by such holder, to be prepaid on such date and stating that such prepayment is to be made pursuant to paragraph 4B. Notice of prepayment having been given as aforesaid, the principal amount of the Notes specified in such notice, together with interest thereon to the prepayment date and together with the Yield- Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect thereto, shall become due and payable on such prepayment date. Industries shall, on or before the day on which it gives written notice of any prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4B, give telephonic notice of the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid and the prepayment date to each Significant Holder which shall have designated a recipient of such notices in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto or by notice in writing to Industries. 4D. Offer to Prepay upon Change in Control. (a) Notice and Offer. In the event of either (1) a Change in Control, or (2) the obtaining of knowledge of a Control Event by any officer of Industries or any other Subsidiary (including, without limitation, by the receipt of notice of a Control Event from any holder of Notes), Industries will, within three (3) Business Days of the occurrence of either of such events, give written notice of such Change in Control or Control Event to each holder of Notes by certified mail (with a copy thereof sent by an overnight courier of national reputation) and, simultaneously with the sending of such written notice, give telephonic advice of such Change in Control or Control Event to an investment officer or other similar representative or agent of each such 7 holder specified on the Purchaser Schedule at the telephone number specified thereon, or to such other Person at such other telephone number as any holder of a Note may specify to Industries in writing. In the event of a Change in Control, such written notice shall contain, and such written notice shall constitute, an irrevocable offer to prepay all, but not less than all, the Notes held by such holder on a date specified in such notice (the "Control Prepayment Date") that is not less than thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days after the date of such notice. If the Control Prepayment Date shall not be specified in such notice, the Control Prepayment Date shall be the thirtieth (30th) day after the date of posting of such notice. If Industries shall not have received a written response to such notice from each holder of Notes within ten (10) days after the date of posting of such notice to such holder of Notes, then Industries shall immediately send a second written notice by an overnight courier of national reputation to each such holder of Notes who shall have not previously responded to Industries, which notice shall also specify the Control Prepayment Date. (b) Acceptance and Payment. To accept or reject such offered prepayment, a holder of Notes shall cause a notice of such acceptance or rejection to be delivered to Industries on or prior to the fifteenth (15th) day after the date of receipt by such holder of the latest written offer of such prepayment (the "Offer Determination Date"). If so accepted, such offered prepayment shall be due and payable on the Control Prepayment Date. Such offered prepayment shall be made at one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount of such Notes, together with any Yield-Maintenance as of the Control Prepayment Date with respect thereto and interest on the Notes then being prepaid accrued to the Control Prepayment Date. If a holder of Notes shall not have responded to such offered prepayment on or prior to the Offer Determination Date, such holder shall be deemed to have accepted or rejected such offered prepayment, as such holder shall have elected and as shall be indicated on the Purchaser Schedule below such holder's name (or as such holder shall have notified Industries subsequent to the Date of Closing). (c) Officer's Certificate. Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this paragraph 4D shall be accompanied by a certificate, executed by a Responsible Officer of Industries and dated the date of such offer, specifying: (i) the Control Prepayment Date; (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to paragraph 4D of this Agreement; (iii) the principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid; 8 (iv) the interest that would be due on each such Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to the date fixed for payment; (v) the calculation of an estimated Yield-Maintenance, if any (calculated as if the date of such notice was the date of prepayment), that would be due in connection with such offered prepayment, accompanied by a copy of any applicable documentation used in connection with determining the Reinvestment Yield in respect of such prepayment; and (vi) in reasonable detail, the nature and date or proposed date of the Change in Control. Each such notice shall also contain a legend specifying that such holder shall be deemed to have accepted or rejected such offered prepayment (as such holder shall have elected as provided in paragraph 4D(ii) hereof) if such holder shall not have responded to such offer on or prior to the fifteenth (15th) day following such holder's receipt of such notice. (d) Effect of Prepayment. Each prepayment of the Notes pursuant to this paragraph 4D shall be applied ratably to reduce the corresponding Required Payments remaining after the date of such prepayment. (e) Notice Concerning Status of Holders of Notes. Promptly after each Control Prepayment Date and the making of all prepayments contemplated on such Control Prepayment Date under this paragraph 4D (and, in any event, within thirty (30) days thereafter), Industries shall deliver to each remaining holder of Notes a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Industries containing a list of the then current holders of Notes (together with their addresses) and setting forth as to each such holder the outstanding principal amount of Notes of each Series held by each such holder at such time. 4E. Partial Payments Pro Rata. Upon any partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B, the principal amount so prepaid shall be allocated to all Notes at the time outstanding (including, for the purpose of this paragraph 4D only, all Notes prepaid or otherwise retired or purchased or otherwise acquired by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates other than by prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B) in proportion to the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof. 4F. Retirement of Notes. Industries shall not, nor shall Industries permit any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to, prepay or otherwise retire in whole or in part prior to their stated final maturity (other than by prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B or upon acceleration of such final maturity pursuant to paragraph 7A), or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, Notes held by any holder unless Industries or such Subsidiary or 9 Affiliate shall have offered to prepay or otherwise retire or purchase or otherwise acquire, as the case may be, the same proportion of the aggregate principal amount of Notes held by each other holder of Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions. Any Notes so prepaid or otherwise retired or purchased or otherwise acquired by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose under this Agreement, except as provided in paragraph 4D. 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. 5(1) Financial Statements and Other Information. Industries covenants that it will deliver to each Significant Holder in quadruplicate: (i) as soon as practicable and in any event within 60 days after the end of each quarterly period (other than the last quarterly period) in each Fiscal Year, (1) its Consolidated statements of income and cash flows for Industries and its Subsidiaries for the period from the beginning of the current Fiscal Year to the end of such quarterly period, and (2) Consolidated balance sheet for Industries and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period, setting forth in each case in comparative form figures for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year, for so long as Industries is a reporting company under the Exchange Act, all in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and, thereafter, all in reasonable detail and satisfactory in form to you or your Affiliates, and, in either case, certified by an Officer's Certificate delivered on behalf of Industries, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments; (ii) as soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (1) Consolidated statements of income and cash flows and Stockholders' Equity of Industries and its Subsidiaries for such year, (2) Consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form corresponding consolidated figures from the preceding annual audit, for so long as Industries is a reporting company under the Exchange Act, all in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the reporting requirements of the Securities 10 and Exchange Commission, and, thereafter, all in reasonable detail and satisfactory in scope to you or your Affiliates, in either case, reported on by independent public accountants of recognized standing selected by Industries whose report shall be without limitation as to the scope of the audit and satisfactory in substance to you or your Affiliates and certified by an Officer's Certificate delivered on behalf of Industries; (iii) promptly upon transmission thereof and in no event later than 15 days thereafter, copies of all such financial statements, proxy statements, notices and reports as it shall send to its public stockholders and copies of all registration statements (without exhibits excluding registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and all reports including, without limitation, Form 10-K's, Form 10-Q's and Form 8-K's which it files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission); (iv) promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of each other report submitted to Industries or any Subsidiary after the Date of Closing by independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim or special audit made by them of the books of Industries or any such Subsidiary; (v) any other information provided under Sections 5.01(d) and (e) of the Bank Agreement; and (vi) with reasonable promptness, such other financial data as such Significant Holder may reasonably request. 5(2) Quarterly Officer's Certificate. Together with each delivery of financial statements required by clauses (i) and (ii) above, Industries will deliver to each holder of a Note an Officer's Certificate demonstrating (with computations in reasonable detail) compliance by Industries and its Subsidiaries with the provisions of paragraphs 6A, 6B and 6C(1) through 6C(6) and stating that there exists no Event of Default or Default, or, if any Event of Default or Default exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Industries proposes to take with respect thereto. 5(3) Annual Accountant's Letter. Together with each delivery of financial statements required by clause (ii) above, Industries will deliver to each holder of a Note a certificate of such accountants stating that, in making the audit necessary for their report on such financial statements, they have obtained no knowledge of any Event of Default or Default, or, if they have obtained knowledge of any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof. Such accountant however, shall not be liable to anyone by reason of their failure to obtain knowledge of any Event of Default or Default which would not be disclosed in the course of an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. 11 5(4) Special Information. Industries also covenants that forthwith upon a Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge of (i) an Event of Default or Default or (ii) at all times during which Industries is not a reporting company under the Exchange Act, the occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect or any event which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect including, without limitation, the institution or threat of legal proceedings, Environmental Proceedings and the existence of Environmental Liabilities, Industries will deliver to each Significant Holder an Officer's Certificate specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Industries has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. 5B. Information Required by Rule 144A. Industries covenants that it will, upon the request of the holder of any Note, provide such holder, and any qualified institutional buyer designated by such holder, such financial and other information as such holder may reasonably determine to be necessary in order to permit compliance with the information requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in connection with the resale of Notes, except at such times as such Company is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. For the purpose of this paragraph 5B, the term "qualified institutional buyer" shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 5C. Inspection of Property. Industries covenants that it will permit any Person designated by any Significant Holder in writing, at such Significant Holder's expense (except upon the occurrence, and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default and then, at the expense of Industries), to visit and inspect any of the Properties of Industries and its Subsidiaries, to examine the corporate books and financial records of Industries and its Subsidiaries and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any of such corporations with the principal officers of Industries and its independent public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as such Significant Holder may reasonably request subject to paragraph 11H. 5D. Covenant to Secure Note Equally. Industries covenants that, if it or any Subsidiary shall create or assume any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Liens permitted by the provisions of paragraph 6C(1) (unless prior written consent to the creation or assumption thereof shall have been obtained pursuant to paragraph 11C), it will make or cause to be made effective provision whereby the Notes will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Debt thereby secured so long as any such other Debt shall be so secured. 5E. Guaranteed Obligations. Except as set forth on Schedule 5E, Industries covenants that if, at any time, after the date hereof, it or any of its Subsidiaries incurs or permits to exist any Debt or other obligation (other than a performance bond or a guarantee of an Operating Lease or like financial accommodation issued by Industries 12 or a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business) Guaranteed or collateralized in any other manner by any other Person, it will simultaneously cause such other Person to execute and deliver to each holder of any Note a guaranty agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such holder guaranteeing payment of the principal amount of the Notes and any premium and interest thereon, which bears the same ratio to the total unpaid principal amount of the Notes as the amount of such other obligation which is guaranteed bears to the total unpaid principal amount of such other obligation, or if such other obligation is collateralized, to collateralize the Notes equally and ratably with such other obligation; provided, however, the preceding shall not apply to the extent (i) such other Person is not an Affiliate of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) such other Person has full recourse against Industries and/or such Subsidiary in connection with such other Person's Guarantee or collateralized obligation. 5F. Maintenance of Insurance. Industries covenants that it and each Subsidiary will maintain, with responsible insurers, insurance with respect to its properties and business against such casualties and contingencies (including, but not limited to, public liability, larceny, embezzlement or other criminal misappropriation) and in such amounts as is customary in the case of similarly situated corporations engaged in the same or similar businesses. 5G. Maintenance of Corporate Existence/Compliance with Law/Preservation of Property. Except as allowed under paragraph 6C(4), Industries covenants that it and each Subsidiary will do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of Industries and its Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary being dissolved or liquidated as permitted under paragraph 6C(5)(ii) and any license, certificate, permit, franchise or governmental authorization necessary to the ownership of its Properties and assets or to the conduct of its business if the failure to do so could, individually, or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) comply in all respects with all laws and regulations (including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to equal employment opportunity and employee safety) applicable to it and its Subsidiaries, except where the failure to comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) maintain, preserve and protect all material intellectual property of Industries and its Subsidiaries, and (iv) preserve all the remainder of its material property used or useful in the conduct of its business and keep the same in good repair, working order and condition other than normal wear and tear, obsolescence and loss caused by a casualty for which Industries or such Subsidiary is insured and such property so damaged is replaced. 13 5H. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Industries will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply in a timely fashion with, or operate pursuant to valid waivers of the provisions of, all Environmental Requirements including, without limitation, the emission of wastewater effluent, solid and hazardous waste and air pollution, and establishing general environmental conditions together with any other applicable requirements for conducting, on a timely basis, periodic tests and monitoring for contamination of ground water, surface water, air and land and for biological toxicity of the aforesaid, and diligently comply with the regulations (except to the extent such regulations are waived by appropriate governmental authorities) of the Environmental Protection Agency or other relevant federal, state or local governmental authority, except, with respect to each of the foregoing, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Industries shall not be deemed to have breached or violated this paragraph 5H if Industries or any Subsidiary of Industries is challenging in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued the application or enforcement of such Environmental Requirements for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 5I. No Integration. Industries covenants that it has taken and will continue to take all necessary steps so that the issuance of the Notes has not and will not require registration under the Securities Act. Industries covenants that no future offer and sale of debt securities of Industries of any class will be made if, as a result of the doctrine of "integration", there is a reasonable possibility that such offer and sale would result in the loss of an entitlement of the Notes to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 5J. Financial Reports. Industries will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, proper books of record and account in which full and correct entries will be made of all dealings or transactions of or in relation to the business and affairs of Industries or such Subsidiary in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (except for changes disclosed in the financial statements furnished to you pursuant to paragraph 5A and concurred in by the independent public accountants referred to in paragraph 5A). 5K. Payment of Taxes and Claims. Industries will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, pay before they become delinquent: (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or any of its property; and (b) all claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, vendors, landlords and other like Persons that, if unpaid, might result in the creation of a Lien upon any of its property; 14 provided, that items of the foregoing description need not be paid (i) while being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings as long as adequate book reserves have been established and maintained and exist with respect thereto, and (ii) so long as the title to, and right to use, such property, is not materially adversely affected thereby. 5L. Year 2000 Issues. Industries shall take, and cause its Subsidiaries to take, all actions reasonably necessary to assure that the Year 2000 Issues, as such Year 2000 Issues pertain to the computer programs and systems of Industries and its Subsidiaries, will not have a Material Adverse Effect. Industries and its Subsidiaries will use commercially reasonable efforts to assure that their third-party customers, suppliers and vendors develop and implement programs to remediate, in all material respects, all Year 2000 Issues reasonably anticipated by Industries and its Subsidiaries to have a Material Adverse Effect. Upon written request by the Required Holders, Industries will provide the holders of the Notes a written description of its program for assessing Year 2000 Issues, including updates and progress reports. Industries will advise the holders of the Notes promptly of any reasonably anticipated Material Adverse Effect as a result of Year 2000 Issues. 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. Unless the Required Holders otherwise agree in writing, Industries shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, take any of the following actions or permit the occurrence or existence of any of the following events or conditions: 6A. Certain Financial Limits. Industries covenants that it will not permit: (i) The Debt to Capitalization Ratio to be equal to or greater than 0.60 to 1.0 at the end of each Fiscal Quarter; and (ii) The ratio of (f) Consolidated Debt to (g) the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, (iii) taxes on Industries' Consolidated pre-tax income, (iv) Depreciation and Amortization to be greater than 3.5 to 1.0 at the end of each Fiscal Quarter. Subclause (b) of this clause (ii) shall be calculated on a trailing four quarter basis as at the end of each such Fiscal Quarter. 6B. Dividend Limitation. Industries covenants that, it shall not, 15 (i) pay or declare any dividend on any class of its stock or make any other distribution on account of any class of its stock; or (ii) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its stock; or (iii) make any optional payments on Subordinated Debt (all of the foregoing being herein called "Restricted Payments"); unless at the time of declaration, redemption, purchase or payment of such Restricted Payment, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist. 6C. Liens, Debt and Other Restrictions. Industries covenants that it will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to: 6C(1). Liens. Create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (whether or not provision is made for the equal and ratable securing of the Notes in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5D) except: (i) Liens for taxes (including ad valorem and property taxes) not yet due or which are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (ii) Liens on the property of Industries and its Subsidiaries as of the Date of Closing as set forth on Schedule 6C(1) attached hereto and any Lien renewing, extending or refunding any Lien permitted by this clause (ii) so long as the principal amount of Debt secured by such Lien immediately prior thereto is not increased or the term reduced and such Lien does not extend to other property; (iii) other Liens incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property and assets (including but not limited to pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation and social security taxes, assessments and charges and landlords, mechanics and materialmen Liens and survey exceptions or encumbrances, easements or reservations, rights-of-way or zoning restrictions), provided that (A) such liens were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property and (B) the existence of such Lien does not materially detract from the value of its property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business; (iv) Liens on property or assets of a Subsidiary of Industries to secure obligations of such Subsidiary to Industries or another Subsidiary, as the case may be; 16 (v) Any common law right of setoff or banker's lien arising in connection with ordinary course of business deposit arrangements maintained by Industries or its Subsidiaries with its banks or other financial institutions so long as any such bank or other financial institution (A) shall not at any time make loans or otherwise extend credit pursuant to any credit facility to Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) does not maintain accounts (for the deposit of cash or otherwise) for the benefit of any Industries or its Subsidiaries other than those which have in the aggregate monthly balances less than $100,000, (C) shall have delivered to each holder of a Note a Sharing Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B; or (D) shall have waived in writing such common law right of setoff or banker's lien; (vi) Liens arising from judicial attachments and judgments; provided that (A) the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is not being pursued and the execution or other enforcement of such Liens has been effectively stayed within 30 days of such Liens' imposition, (B) the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, (C) adequate book reserves shall have been established and maintained and shall exist with respect thereto and (D) no Event of Default shall have occurred with respect to such Liens under clause (xii) of paragraph 7A; (vii) Other Liens on property of Industries or a Subsidiary not otherwise permitted pursuant to this paragraph 6C(l), (viii) Liens in connection with an Asset Securitization permitted under paragraph 6C(5); (ix) Liens against the assets of Aladdin (formerly owned by Galaxy) under the Catoosa Co. IRB solely to the extent existing as of the date hereof; and (x) Liens against the assets of Aladdin (formerly owned by Image Industries, Inc.) under the Summerville City IRB solely to the extent existing as of January 1, 1999; provided that Liens permitted by the foregoing subparagraphs (ii) through (v) and (vii) shall at no time secure Debt in an aggregate amount exceeding the greater of (1) $90,000,000 or (2) fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Net Worth at such time and prior to, and after giving effect to the incurrence, assumption or creation of any such Lien, and to any concurrent application of the proceeds of any Debt or other obligation secured thereby, no Default or Event of Default would exist; 6C(2). Subsidiary Debt. Permit any Subsidiary to incur any Debt except for (i) Debt owed by a Subsidiary to Industries or another Subsidiary, (ii) Debt deemed incurred in connection with an Asset Securitization permitted under paragraph 6C(5); (iii) (A) Debt of Subsidiaries arising in connection with the Summerville City IRB and the Catoosa Co. IRB and incurrence of reimbursement obligations with respect to the Letters of Credit (as defined in the 17 Bank Agreement) with respect to the Summerville City IRB and the Catoosa Co. IRB and (B) other Debt of Subsidiaries arising in connection with the issuance of bonds by governmental authorities so long as such Debt is supported by a letter of credit issued by a financial institution for the benefit of Industries and Industries is obligated to such financial institution under a reimbursement agreement for the reimbursement of amounts drawn under such letter of credit; and (iv) in addition to Debt incurred under clauses (i) through (iii) of this paragraph 6C(2), other Debt of Subsidiaries not exceeding in the aggregate amount outstanding at any time 15% of Consolidated Net Worth; 6C(3). Loans, Advances and Investments. Make or maintain any Investments except (a) Investments in Industries or any Subsidiary, including without limitation, advances or loans between or among Industries or any Subsidiary and loans and advances to officers and employees of Industries or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; (b) Investments in Persons engaged in a Permitted Line of Business (whether or not any such Person is, or after giving effect to any such Investment becomes, a Subsidiary); (c) Investments in Persons in connection with Permitted Acquisitions; and (d) Investments in Approved Investments; provided, however, during the existence of an Event of Default, neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries may make any new Investments without the prior written consent of the Required Holders; 6C(4). Merger or Consolidation. Merge with or into or consolidate or exchange shares with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge or consolidate with or into it, provided that (a) Industries may merge with another Person if (i) such Person is organized under the laws of the United States of America or one of its States, (ii) Industries is the corporation surviving such merger and (iii) immediately after giving effect to such merger, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) Subsidiaries of Industries may merge with and into Industries, any other Subsidiaries, or any other Person if after giving effect thereto such Person would be a Subsidiary. 6C(5). Sale of Assets. Dispose of any property or assets, except: (i) assets may be transferred from a Subsidiary to Industries or another Subsidiary; (ii) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary may dissolve or liquidate so long as the assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such dissolution or liquidation are transferred to such Subsidiary's shareholder and such shareholder assumes all of the liabilities of such Subsidiary at the time of such dissolution or liquidation; (iii) Industries and its Subsidiaries may factor receivables; (iv) Industries and its Subsidiaries may effect Asset Securitizations; and 18 (v) the foregoing limitation on the sale, lease or other transfer of assets shall not prohibit, during any Fiscal Quarter, a transfer of assets by Industries or any Subsidiary (in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions) unless (x) the proceeds thereof are not reinvested within 180 days thereafter in a Permitted Line of Business owned by Industries or such Subsidiary or (y) the aggregate assets to be so transferred or utilized in a business line or segment to be so discontinued, when combined with all other assets transferred, and all other assets utilized in all other business lines or segments discontinued, during such Fiscal Quarter and the immediately preceding three Fiscal Quarters, constituted more than 20% of Consolidated Total Assets at the end of the fourth Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Fiscal Quarter; 6C(6). Sale and Lease-Back. Enter into or permit to remain in effect any arrangement (a "Sale and Lease-Back") with any Person or to which such Person is a party providing for the leasing by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced on the security of such property or rental obligations of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, unless such arrangement relates solely to such real or personal property and is entered into within 180 days following the acquisition or construction (permitted pursuant to the proviso set forth in paragraph 6C(5)(v)) by Industries or such Subsidiary of the real or personal property; 6C(7). Maintenance of Existence. Other than as permitted by paragraphs 6C(4), 6C(5) and 6C(8), Industries shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain its corporate existence and carry on its business in a Permitted Line of Business; or 6C(8). Dissolution. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries shall suffer or permit dissolution or liquidation either in whole or in part or redeem or retire any shares of its own stock or that of any Subsidiary, except through corporate reorganization to the extent permitted by paragraph 6C(4) or 6C(5) or in connection with a Restricted Payment which is permitted pursuant to paragraph 6C. 6D. ERISA. Industries covenants that it will not, nor permit any Subsidiary to: (i) terminate or withdraw from any Plan so as to result in any material liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (ii) engage in or permit any Person to engage in any -prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which would subject Industries or any Subsidiary to any material tax, penalty or other liability; 19 (iii) incur or suffer to exist any material accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in section 302 of ERISA and section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, involving any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan); or (iv) allow or suffer to exist any risk or condition, which presents a material risk of incurring a material liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. 6E. Fed Regulations, Etc. Industries covenants that it will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary or any agent acting on behalf of Industries or any Subsidiary to, take any action which might cause this Agreement or the Notes to violate or cause you to fail to comply with Regulation T or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect now or as the same may hereafter be in effect. 6F. Environmental Matters. Industries covenants that it will not, and will not permit, any Third Party to, except in compliance with all applicable Environmental Requirements (unless the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect), (i) use, produce, manufacture, process, generate, store, dispose of at, manage at, or ship or transport to (collectively "Handle") or transport from the Properties any Hazardous Materials (other than as provided for below) or (ii) Handle any Hazardous Materials except for Hazardous Materials used, produced, released or managed in the ordinary course of business; provided, that Industries may, and may permit Third Parties to release Hazardous Materials in amounts which do not require remediation pursuant to applicable law or regulation, and which do not present any potentially substantial danger to health, safety or the environment. 7 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. 7A. Acceleration. If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing for any reason whatsoever (and whether such occurrence shall be voluntary or involuntary or come about or be effected by operation of law or otherwise): (i) Industries defaults in the payment of any principal of or Yield-Maintenance Amount or any other amount payable with respect to any Note (other than interest) when the same shall become due, either by the terms thereof or otherwise as herein provided; or (ii) Industries defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the date due; or (iii) Industries or any of its Significant Subsidiaries defaults (whether as primary obligor or as guarantor or other surety) in any payment of principal of or interest on any 20 other obligation for money borrowed (or any Capitalized Lease Obligation, any obligation under a conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any obligation issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property whether or not secured by a purchase money mortgage or any obligation under notes payable or drafts accepted representing extensions of credit) beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, Industries or any such Significant Subsidiary fails to perform or observe any other agreement, term or condition contained in any agreement under which any such obligation is created (or if any other event thereunder or under any such agreement shall occur and be continuing) and the effect of such failure or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such obligation (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, such obligation to become due (or to be repurchased by Industries or any such Significant Subsidiary) prior to any stated maturity, provided that the aggregate amount of all obligations as to which such a payment default shall occur and be continuing or such a failure or other event causing or permitting acceleration (or resale to Industries or any such Significant Subsidiary) shall occur and be continuing exceeds $25,000,000; or (iv) any representation or warranty made by Industries herein or by Industries or any of its officers in any writing furnished in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made; or (v) Industries fails to perform or observe any agreement contained in paragraph 6; or (vi) Industries fails to perform or observe any other agreement, term or condition contained herein and such failure shall not be remedied within 30 days after the Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge thereof; or (vii) Industries or any Significant Subsidiary makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or is generally not paying its debts as such debts become due; or (viii) any decree or order for relief in respect of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary is entered under any bankruptcy, reorganization, compromise, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law, whether now or hereafter in effect (herein called the "Bankruptcy Law"), of any jurisdiction; or (ix) Industries or any Significant Subsidiary petitions or applies to any tribunal for, or consents to, the appointment of, or taking possession by, a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or similar official of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary, or of any substantial part of the assets of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary, or commences a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Law of the United States or any proceedings (other than proceedings for the voluntary liquidation and dissolution of a Significant Subsidiary) relating to Industries or any Significant Subsidiary under the Bankruptcy Law of any other jurisdiction; or 21 (x) any such petition or application is filed, or any such proceedings are commenced, against Industries or any Significant Subsidiary and Industries or such Significant Subsidiary by any act indicates its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein, or an order, judgment or decree is entered appointing any such trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or similar official, or approving the petition in any such proceedings, and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 60 days; or (xi) any order, judgment or decree is entered in any proceedings against Industries or any Significant Subsidiary decreeing the dissolution of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 60 days; or (xii) a final judgment or final judgments, in the aggregate, in excess of $25,000,000 (exclusive of any insurance coverage for which the insurance company issuing such coverage shall have acknowledged (in writing) coverage with respect thereto) shall be rendered against Industries or any Significant Subsidiary and, within 60 days after entry thereof, such judgment is not discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay, such judgment is not discharged; or (xiii) Industries or any ERISA Affiliate, in its capacity as an employer under Multiemployer Plan, makes a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan resulting in the occurrence by such withdrawing employer of a withdrawal liability in an amount exceeding $25,000,000 and, within 30 days after such occurrence such withdrawal liability is discharged; or (xiv) so long as any Related Document shall be in effect pursuant to the terms hereof Industries shall fail to comply with the terms of any Related Document to which it is a party beyond applicable grace periods, if any, specified in such Related Document; or (xv) a Material Adverse Effect shall occur as a result of any Environmental Liability, whether or not disclosed to you (solely for the purposes hereof such Environmental Liability, individually or in the aggregate, to be in excess of $25,000,000) and, to the extent such Environmental Liability is contingent, Industries and/or its Significant Subsidiaries fail to diligently pursue any action required to be taken by any governmental or regulatory authority, or diligently, in compliance with applicable laws, avoid taking any such action or fail to diligently pursue the avoidance of, or reduction of, the final, non-appealable assessment, judgment or other charge related thereto on Industries and/or its Significant Subsidiaries, and, to the extent such Environmental Liability is not contingent and is a final, non-appealable assessment, judgment or other charge, within 30 days after the final assessment, adjudication or charge related thereto, such Environmental Liability is not discharged, remedied or otherwise cured; or (xvi) any exercise of rights under paragraph 4D of this Series Note Agreement; 22 then (a) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph 7A, the holder of any Note (other than Industries or any Subsidiary or Affiliate) may at its option, by notice in writing to Industries, declare such Note to be, and such Note shall thereupon be and become, immediately due and payable at par together with interest accrued thereon, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Industries, (b) if such event is an Event of Default specified in any of clauses (viii), (ix) or (x) of this paragraph 7A with respect to Industries, all of the Notes at the time outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable at par together with interest accrued thereon, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Industries, and (c) if such event is not an Event of Default specified in clause (viii), (ix) or (x) of this paragraph 7A with respect to Industries, the Required Holder(s) may at its or their option, by notice in writing to Industries, declare all of the Notes to be, and all of the Notes shall thereupon be and become, immediately due and payable together with interest accrued thereon and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Industries. 7B. Rescission of Acceleration. At any time after any or all of the Notes shall have been declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, the Required Holder(s) may, by notice in writing to Industries, rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if (i) all overdue interest on the Notes, the principal of and Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, payable with respect to any Notes which have become due otherwise than by reason of such declaration, and interest on such overdue interest and overdue principal and Yield-Maintenance Amount at the rate specified in the Notes shall have been paid, (ii) any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration shall not have been paid, (iii) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to paragraph 11C, and (iv) no judgment or decree shall have been entered for the payment of any amounts due pursuant to the Notes or this Agreement. No such rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right arising therefrom. 7C. Notice of Acceleration or Rescission. Whenever any Note shall be declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A or any such declaration shall be rescinded and annulled pursuant to paragraph 7B, Industries shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the holder of each Note at the time outstanding. 7D. Other Remedies. If any Event of Default or Default shall occur and be continuing, the holder of any Note may proceed to protect and enforce its rights under this Agreement and such Note by exercising such remedies as are available to such holder in respect thereof under applicable law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both, 23 whether for specific performance of any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement. No remedy conferred in this Agreement upon the holder of any Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy conferred herein or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise. 8 REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES. Industries represents, covenants and warrants as follows: 8A. Organization. Industries is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or formed and each of its Subsidiaries is duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or formed. Industries has and each of its Subsidiaries has the corporate power to own its respective property to carry on its respective business as now being conducted and each is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction which the character of its Properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification or authorization except for the failure to be so qualified or authorized would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Industries and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. 8B. Financial Statements. Industries has furnished you with the following financial statements, identified by a principal financial officer of Industries: (A) a Consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at December 31 in each of the years 1996 to 1998, inclusive, and Consolidated statements of income, Stockholders' Equity and cash flows of Industries and its Subsidiaries for each such year, all reported on by KPMG LLP, and (B) a Consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at March 31, 1999 and Consolidated statements of income, Stockholders' Equity and cash flows for the three-month period ended on each such date, prepared by Industries. Such financial statements (including any related schedules and/or notes) are true and correct in all material respects (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from audits and normal year-end adjustments), have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently followed throughout the periods involved and show all liabilities, direct and contingent, of Industries and its Subsidiaries required to be shown in accordance with such principles. The balance sheets fairly present the condition of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof, and the statements of income, Stockholders' Equity and cash flows fairly present the results of the operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries and their cash flows for the periods indicated. There has been no material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole since December 31, 1998. 24 8C. Actions Pending. Except as set forth in Schedule 8C there is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Industries, threatened against Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Properties or rights of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, by or before any court, arbitrator or administrative or governmental body which might, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. 8D. Outstanding Debt. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries has outstanding any Debt except as permitted by paragraph 6C(2). There exists no default under the provisions of any instrument evidencing Debt in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 or of any agreement relating thereto. 8E. Title to Properties. Industries has and each of its Subsidiaries has good and indefeasible title to its respective real Properties (other than Properties which it leases) and good title to all of its other respective Properties and assets, including the Properties and assets reflected in the balance sheet as at December 31, 1998 referred to in paragraph 8B (other than Properties and assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business), subject to no Lien of any kind except Liens permitted by paragraph 6C(1). All leases necessary in any material respect for the conduct of the respective businesses of Industries and its Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect. 8F. Taxes. Industries has and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all federal, state and other income tax returns which, to the best knowledge of the officers of Industries are required to be filed giving due regard to any extensions granted, and each has paid all taxes as shown on such returns and on all assessments received by it to the extent that such taxes have become due giving due regard to any extensions granted, except such taxes as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 8G. Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction which materially and adversely affects its business, property or assets, or financial condition. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement or any other Related Document to which it is a party, nor the exchange of the Notes, nor fulfillment of nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and of the Notes will conflict with, or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in any violation of, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the Properties or assets of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, the charter or by-laws of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, any award of any arbitrator or any agreement (including any agreement with stockholders), instrument, order, judgment, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation to which Industries or any of its Subsidiaries is subject. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Debt of Industries or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other 25 contract or agreement (including its charter) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Debt of Industries of the type to be evidenced by the Notes except as set forth in the agreements listed in Schedule 8G attached hereto. 8H. Offering of Notes. Neither Industries nor any agent acting on the behalf of Industries has, directly or indirectly, offered the Notes or any similar security for sale to, or solicited any offers to buy the Notes or any similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect thereto with, any Person other than institutional investors, and neither Industries nor any agent acting on the behalf of Industries has taken or will take any action which would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the provisions of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the provisions of any securities or Blue Sky law of any applicable jurisdiction. 8I. Use of Proceeds. Neither Industries nor any Subsidiary owns or has any present intention of acquiring any "margin stock" as defined in Regulation U (12 C.F.R Part 207) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (herein called "margin stock"). The proceeds of the sale of the Notes were applied in the manner specified in Part 2.18(a) of Annex 3 to the 1993 Agreement. None of such proceeds were used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any margin stock or for the purpose of maintaining, reducing or retiring any Debt which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any stock that was, at the time, a margin stock or for any other purpose which would have constituted the transaction contemplated by the 1993 Agreement, a "purpose credit" within the meaning of such Regulation U. Neither Industries nor any agent acting on the behalf of Industries has taken or will take any action which might cause this Agreement or the Notes to violate Regulation T or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect now or as the same may hereafter be in effect. 8J. ERISA. No accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in section 302 of ERISA and section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, exists with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan). No liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has been or is expected by Industries or any ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) by Industries, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate which is or would be materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Neither Industries, nor any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or presently expects to incur any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan which is or would be materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other Related Document will be, and the initial issuance and sale of the Notes to the purchasers was, exempt from, or will not (or did not) involve any transaction which is subject to, the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA and will not (or did not) involve any transaction in 26 connection with which a penalty could be imposed under section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975 of the Code. 8K. Governmental Consent. Neither the nature of Industries or of any Subsidiary, nor any of their respective businesses or Properties, nor any relationship between Industries or any Subsidiary and any other Person, nor any circumstance in connection with the exchange of the Notes is such as to require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to or filing with any court or administrative or governmental body (other than such of the foregoing as shall have been obtained or filed at the Date of Closing and routine filings after the Date of Closing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or state Blue Sky authorities) in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the exchange of the Notes or fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or of the Notes. 8L. Disclosure. Neither this Agreement nor any other Related Document nor any other document, certificate or statement furnished to you by or on behalf of Industries in connection herewith contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading. There is no fact peculiar to Industries or any Subsidiary which materially adversely affects or in the future may (so far as Industries can now reasonably foresee) materially adversely affect the business, property or assets, or financial condition of Industries or any Subsidiaries and which has not been set forth in this Agreement or in any other Related Document or in the other documents, certificates and statements furnished to you by or on behalf of Industries prior to the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The financial projections given to you are reasonable based on the assumptions stated therein and the best information available to the officers of Industries. 8M. Environmental Matters. (i) Subject to the discussion regarding underground storage tanks in those certain Reports identified in clauses (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi) and (xxii) in the definition of the term "Environmental Reports," neither Industries nor any Subsidiary is subject to any Environmental Liability or Environmental Requirement which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. (ii) Neither Industries nor any Subsidiary has been designated as a potentially responsible party under CERCLA or under any state statute similar to CERCLA. None of the Properties has been identified on any current or proposed National Priorities List under 40 C.F.R. ss. 300 or any list arising from a state statute similar to CERCLA. None of the Properties has been identified on any CERCLIS list. (iii) No Hazardous Materials have been or are being used, produced, manufactured, processed, generated, stored, disposed of, released, managed at or shipped or transported to or 27 from the Properties or are otherwise present at, on, in or under the Properties or, to the best knowledge of Industries, at or from any adjacent site or facility, except for Hazardous Materials used, produced, manufactured, processed, generated, stored, disposed of, released and managed in the ordinary course of business in compliance with all applicable Environmental Requirements where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except for Hazardous Materials present in amounts which have not required and do not require remediation, pursuant to applicable law or regulation, or which have not presented and do not present a potentially substantial danger to health, safety or the environment. (iv) Industries and each of its Subsidiaries have procured all permits necessary under Environmental Requirements for the conduct of its respective businesses except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 8N. Solvency. As of the Date of Closing and after giving the effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder and to all other Debt being incurred on such date in connection therewith (a) the amount of the "present fair salable value" of the assets of Industries will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all "liabilities of Industries, contingent or otherwise," as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the solvency of debtors, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of Industries will, as of the Date of Closing, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of Industries on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) Industries will not have, as of the Date of Closing, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) Industries will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this paragraph 8N "debt" means "liability or a claim", and "claim" means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured; or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. 8O. Absence of Foreign or Enemy Status. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is an "enemy" or an "ally of the enemy" within the meaning of section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. (S)(S) 1 et seq.), as amended. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of, and neither the issuance and exchange of the Notes by Industries nor the use of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by this Agreement will violate, the Trading with the Enemy Act. as amended, or any executive orders, proclamations or regulations issued pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V). 9 REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER. You represent that you did not acquire the 1993 Series A Note, the 1993 28 Series B Note or the 1993 Series C Note purchased by you under the 1993 Agreement, with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act, provided that the disposition of your property at all times has been and shall be and remain within your control. You are not acquiring the Notes to be purchased by you hereunder with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act, provided that the disposition of your property shall at all times be and remain within your control. You are an "Accredited Investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act. 10. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Agreement, the terms defined in the introductory sentence and in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall have the respective meanings specified therein, and the following terms shall have the meanings specified with respect thereto below: 10A. Yield-Maintenance Terms. "Called Principal" shall mean, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires. "Discounted Value" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the Note is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal. "Reinvestment Yield" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported, as of 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Y-M Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as "Page 678" on the Telerate (or such other display as may replace Page 678 on the Telerate) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or if such yields shall not be reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time shall not be ascertainable, (ii) the Treasury Constant Maturity Series yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields shall have been so reported as of the Y-M Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. Such implied yield shall be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between yields reported for various maturities. 29 "Remaining-Average Life" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one- twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) each Remaining Scheduled Payment of such Called Principal (but not of interest thereon) by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) which will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment. "Remaining Scheduled Payments" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due on or after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date. "Settlement Date" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires. "Telerate" shall mean Telerate Services, Inc. or if no longer available such other comparable service as you may select as a substitute therefor. "Yield-Maintenance Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Called Principal of such Note over the sum of (i) such Called Principal plus (ii) interest accrued thereon as of (including interest due on) the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal. The Yield-Maintenance Amount shall in no event be less than zero. "Y-M Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to work. 10B. Other Terms. "Affiliate" shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) (i) which directly or indirectly controls another Person; (ii) which beneficially owns 5% or more of the voting stock of another Person; (iii) of which 5% or more of the voting stock is owned by such Person; or (iv) that is an officer or director of such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control a corporation if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such corporation, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. "Affiliate Transaction Amount" shall mean for any period, with respect to any transaction described in Paragraph 6C(8) (without regard to the limitations contained therein), an amount equal to the greater of (a) Zero Dollars ($0) and (b) the difference between (x) the 30 aggregate value (whether in respect of the payment of a purchase price or the payment of rents or other amounts, the rendering of services or otherwise) that would have been obtained by Industries or its Subsidiaries during such period in such transaction assuming such transaction had been entered into upon fair and reasonable terms with a Person other than an Affiliate or Subsidiary minus (y) the aggregate actual value obtained by Industries or its Subsidiaries in connection with such transaction during such period, all as determined in accordance with sound financial practices. "Aladdin" shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. "Approved Investment" shall mean an Investment in compliance with the Investment Guidelines. "Asset Securitization" shall mean the sale of accounts receivable and related assets of a Person in connection with a bona fide asset securitization program. "Bankruptcy Law" shall have the meaning specified in clause (viii) of paragraph 7A. "Bank Agreement" shall mean that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as of January 28, 1999 among Industries and the Banks, as it may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. "Banks" shall mean each of First Union National Bank and Wachovia Bank, N.A. or other financial institutions a party to the Bank Agreement. "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City and Atlanta, Georgia are required or authorized to be closed. "Capital Stock" shall mean any nonredeemable capital stock of Industries or any Consolidated Subsidiary (to the extent issued to a Person other than Industries), whether common or preferred. "Capitalized Lease Obligation" shall mean any rental obligation which, under generally accepted accounting principles, would be required to be capitalized on the books of Industries or any Subsidiary, taken at the amount thereof accounted for as indebtedness (net of interest expense) in accordance with such principles. "Catoosa Co. IRB" shall mean that issuance of certain bonds by the Development Authority of Catoosa County, Georgia, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Indenture of Trust dated as of November 1, 1991. 31 "CERCLA" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act. "CERCLIS" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Inventory System established pursuant to CERCLA. "Change in Control" shall mean any Acquisition (as defined below) subsequent to the Date of Closing by any Person, or related Persons constituting a "group" (as such term is defined in section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), of (a) the power to elect, appoint or cause the election or appointment of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Industries (other than the normal acquisition of proxies by the then current Board of Directors of Industries), through beneficial ownership of the capital stock of Industries or otherwise, or (b) all or substantially all of the Properties and assets of Industries, provided, however, that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred if (x) the Acquisition of such power or properties and assets is pursuant to a transaction in compliance with the provisions of Section 6C(4) hereof and (y) no Person, or related Persons constituting a "group" for purposes of section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, shall have the power to elect, appoint or cause the election or appointment of at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of such successor or transferee. For purposes of this definition, "Acquisition" of the power or properties and assets stated in the preceding sentence means the earlier of (i) the actual possession thereof and (ii) the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions which, with the passage of time, will give such Person or Persons the actual possession thereof. "Closing" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 2A. "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 32 "Confidential Information" shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 11H. "Consolidated" shall mean the consolidated financial information of Industries and each of its Subsidiaries under generally accepted accounting principles. "Consolidated Agreement" shall mean that certain Second Consolidated, Amended and Restated Note Agreement dated August 31, 1999 among Industries and Prudential, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "Consolidated Debt" shall mean at any date the Debt of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis as of such date. "Consolidated Interest Expense" for any period shall mean interest, whether expensed or capitalized, in respect of Debt of Industries or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries outstanding during such period. "Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, for any period, the Net Income of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis, but excluding (i) extraordinary items and (ii) any equity interests of Industries or any Subsidiary in the unremitted earnings of any Person that is not a Subsidiary. "Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean at any time Stockholder's Equity. Each Purchaser hereby agrees that: (i) the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121 ("FAS 121") relating to, among other things, the accounting for the impairment of long-lived assets, and its effect upon the consolidated financial statements of Industries as of and for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1996, shall be disregarded for the purposes of determining Stockholders' Equity, provided that any charge against income for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1996, resulting from the impairment of long- lived assets does not exceed $2,000,000; and (ii) the effect of that certain non-recurring $4,000,000 charge, incurred by Aladdin during the fourth Fiscal Quarter of 1995 as a result of income tax reimbursements made to certain executives of Aladdin relating to their exercise of certain stock options, shall be disregarded when determining Stockholders' Equity. "Consolidated Note Holder" shall mean Prudential Insurance Company of America, the holder of the Series A and Series B Notes under the Consolidated Agreement. 33 "Consolidated Total Assets" shall mean, at any time, (x) the total assets of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis, as set forth or reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, plus (y) the accounts receivable balance reported as of the last day of the calendar month most recently ended by Industries or a Subsidiary with respect to an Asset Securitization. "Consolidated Total Capital" shall mean, at any time, the sum of the following as of such time (i) Consolidated Net Worth and (ii) Consolidated Debt. "Consolidated Subsidiary" shall mean at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, would be consolidated with those of Industries in its consolidated financial statements as of such date. "Control Event" shall mean (a) the execution by Industries, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any letter of intent or similar agreement with respect to any proposed transaction or event or series of transactions or events that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Change in Control; or (b) the execution of any written agreement that, when fully performed by the parties thereto, would result in a Change in Control. "Control Prepayment Date" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 4D. "Date of Closing" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 2A. "Debt" of any Person shall mean at any date, without duplication, all of the following as of such date (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under capital leases, (v) all obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts payable under a banker's acceptance, (vi) all Redeemable Preferred Stock of such Person (in the event such Person is a corporation), (vii) all obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit or similar instrument, (viii) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person, (ix) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person, and (x) the total accounts receivable reported as sold as of the last day of the calendar month most recently ended by Industries or a Subsidiary with respect to an Asset Securitization. For all purposes of this Agreement, the amount of a Person's Debt under a loan or lease agreement between such Person and a governmental agency that has issued 34 industrial development bonds or similar instruments, the repayment of which is secured by the payment obligations of such Person under such loan or lease agreement, shall be equal to the aggregate principal amount of such bonds or instruments outstanding at the time of determination less the amount of proceeds of such bonds or instruments which at such time are on deposit with a trustee or other fiduciary in a "construction" fund, or other similar fund which would be available to such trustee or other fiduciary to repay the bonds or other instruments if then due and payable. "Debt to Capitalization Ratio" shall mean the ratio of Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capital. "Defeased" shall mean fully paid and satisfied or irrevocably provided for, in either case, without possibility of any future unwinding, "claw-back", or other failure to remain fully paid, satisfied or irrevocably provided for. "Depreciation" shall mean for any period the sum of all depreciation expenses of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. "8.46% Note Agreement" shall mean the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 among Industries and the 8.46% Note Holders, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "8.46% Note Holder" shall mean a holder of a promissory note issued under the 8.46% Note Agreement. "Environmental Liabilities" shall mean any liabilities, whether accrued or contingent, arising from or relating in any way to any Environmental Requirements. "Environmental Proceedings" shall mean any judicial or administrative proceedings arising from or in any way associated with any Environmental Requirement. "Environmental Reports" means, collectively, each of the following reports prepared by various consultants for the Borrower: (i) Final Report Phase II UST Assessment Beck Dye Plant, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (ii) Final Report, Phase I Environmental Survey Tifton Spinning Mill, Tifton, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (iii) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc., The Harbinger Company, Inc., Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (iv) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc. Central Distribution Center, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (v) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc. Main Facility South Industrial Boulevard, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (vi) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc. Beck Dye Plant, Calhoun, Georgia, dated 35 October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (vii) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey LIBCO Mill, Liberty, South Carolina, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (viii) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Oak River Mill, Bennettsville, South Carolina, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (ix) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Dixiana Mill, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (x) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Laurens Park Mill, East Dublin, Georgia, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (xi) Phase I Environmental Audit Report, Brumlow Mills, Gordon County, Georgia, dated March 2, 1993, Environmental Science & Engineering, Inc., (xii) Report of Results from Environmental Audit of American Rug Craftsmen Facilities, dated April, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xiii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment of Delaware Valley Wool Scouring Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated July 23, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xiv) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment of Karastan Eden Rug Mill, Eden, North Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xv) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment of Karastan Eden Service Center, Eden, North Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xvi) Phase I Environmental Assessment of Karastan Worsted Mill, Greenville, North Carolina, dated July 20, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xvii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Spinning Mill, Greenville, North Carolina, dated July 20, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xviii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Laurel Hill Yarn Mill, Laurel Hill, North Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xix) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Rocky River Yarn Mill, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xx) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Lyerly Carpet Mill, Lyerly, Georgia, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xxi) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Summerville Mill, Summerville, Georgia, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xxii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Karastan Belton Yarn Mill, Belton, South Carolina, July 20, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., and (xxiii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Landrum Woven Mill, Landrum, South Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc. "Environmental Requirements" shall mean any applicable local, state or federal law, rule, regulation, permit, order, decision, determination or requirement relating in any way to Hazardous Materials or to health, safety or the environment. "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. "ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations as a Company within the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code, or any trade or business which is under common control with such Company within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code. 36 "Event of Default" shall mean any of the events specified in paragraph 7A, provided that there has been satisfied any requirement in connection with such event for the giving of notice, or the lapse of time, or the happening of any further condition, event or act, and "Default" shall mean any of such events, whether or not any such requirement has been satisfied. "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. "Fiscal Quarter" shall mean any Fiscal Quarter of Industries. "Fiscal Year" shall mean any Fiscal Year of Industries. "Funded Debt" shall mean, with respect to any Person, the sum of (i) all Debt (other than a guarantee by Industries of an Operating Lease of its Subsidiary) of such Person which by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto matures, or which is otherwise payable or unpaid, more than one year from, or is directly or indirectly renewable or extendible at the option of the debtor to a date more than one year (including an option of the debtor under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or -lenders to extend credit over a period of more than one year) from, the date of the creation thereof and (ii) all indebtedness attributable to any Receivables Financing. "Galaxy" shall mean Galaxy Carpet Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation. "Guarantee" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another, including, without limitation, any such obligation directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) or discounted or sold with recourse by such Person, or in respect of which such Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable, including, without limitation, any such obligation in effect guaranteed by such Person through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), or to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet or other financial condition of the obligor of such obligation, or to make payment for any products, materials or supplies or for any transportation or services regardless of the non-delivery or non-furnishing thereof, in any such case if the purpose or intent of such agreement is to provide assurance that such obligation will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guarantee shall be equal to the outstanding principal amount of the obligation guaranteed or such lesser amount to which the maximum exposure of the guarantor shall have been specifically limited. "Guaranty Agreement" shall mean any one of the Guaranty Agreements. 37 "Guaranty Agreements" shall mean (a) the Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement dated as of September 3, 1993, executed and delivered by Industries, (b) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of February 25, 1994, executed and delivered by Aladdin, (c) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of November 3, 1993, executed and delivered by Marketing, (d) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of January 13, 1995, executed and delivered by Galaxy, (e) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of May 1, 1995, executed and delivered by Mills, (f) Guaranty Agreement dated as of July 19, 1995, executed and delivered by Limited, (g) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1998, executed and delivered by World Carpets, Inc., (h) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1998, executed and delivered by World Commercial Carpets, Inc., (i) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Mohawk Servicing, Inc., (j) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Mohawk Factoring, Inc., (k) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Mohawk Commercial, Inc., (l) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by American Weavers LLC, (m) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Newmark & James, Inc., (n) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 11, 1999, executed and delivered by Durkan Patterned Carpets, Inc. and (o) each other Guaranty Agreement executed and delivered by any current or former direct or indirect Subsidiary of Industries pursuant to the 1993 Agreement. "Hazardous Materials" shall mean (a) hazardous waste as defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, (b) hazardous substances, as defined in CERCLA, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, (c) gasoline, or any other petroleum product or by-product or constituent, (d) toxic substances, as defined in the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation and (e) insecticides, fungicides, or rodenticides, as defined in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1975, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, as each such Act, statute or regulation may be amended from time to time. "Horizon" shall mean Horizon Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation, and its permitted successors and assigns. "Industries" shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. "Interest Expense" shall mean interest expense, as defined according to generally accepted accounting principles. 38 "Investment" shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (other than the creation of receivables in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by such Person (by means of transfers of property to others or payments for property or services for the account or use of others, or otherwise) to any other Person, or any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition or beneficial ownership by such Person of, or of a beneficial interest in, Capital Stock, partnership interests, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities issued by any other Person. "Investment Guidelines" shall mean the guidelines for investment of funds of Industries and the Subsidiaries as approved by the Board of Directors of Industries or an authorized executive committee thereof and in effect on the Date of Closing, as modified or supplemented from time to time with the approval of the Board of Directors of Industries or an authorized executive committee. "Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), any common law right of set off or banker's lien or charge of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and the filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction) or any other type of preferential arrangement for the purpose, or having the effect, of protecting a creditor against loss or securing the payment or performance of an obligation. "Limited" shall mean Mohawk Limited, a Delaware corporation. "Material Adverse Effect" shall mean, with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences, whether or not related, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, any of (a) the financial condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of the Purchasers under the Related Documents, or the ability of Industries to perform its obligations under the Related Documents to which it is a party, as applicable, or (c) the legality, validity or enforceability of any Related Document. "Maturity Factoring Arrangement" shall mean any arrangement with a Person whereby either Industries or its Subsidiaries contracts out to a Person a portion of its receivables credit functions and in connection therewith transfers all or a portion of its accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business as conducted on the Date of Closing and on terms substantially similar to those under which such account receivable is created and (i) neither of Industries retains any liability with respect to the collectibility of such accounts receivable or any obligation 39 whatsoever with respect thereto or to such Person except for the payment of a fee and the settlement of any bona fide dispute of the account debtor with respect to the transaction giving rise to such accounts receivable and (ii) any funds, amount or other consideration paid by such Person for the transfer of such accounts receivable shall be payable subsequent to such transfer on a date certain determined with reference to, and approximately coincident with, the date such Person anticipates such accounts receivable shall be collected. "Mills" shall mean Mohawk Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation. "Moody's" shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc. "Multiemployer Plan" shall mean any Plan which is a "multiemployer plan" (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). "1993 Agreement" shall the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereof. "1993 Series A Note(s)" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 1A. "1993 Series B Note(s)" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 1B. "1993 Series C Note(s)" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 1C. "Offer Determination Date" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 4D. "Officer's Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed in the name of a Company by its President, one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or its Corporate Controller. "Operating Lease" shall mean any lease or rental agreement of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, which is not a Capitalized Lease, other than any such lease or rental agreement having a term of less than twelve months from the date of inception of such lease or rental agreement. "Permitted Line of Business" shall mean the manufacturing, marketing and/or distribution of commercial or home furnishings and floor coverings and other reasonably related products and any "vertical integration" with respect thereto. "Person" shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof. 40 "Properties" shall mean all real property owned, leased or otherwise used or occupied by any of Industries or any Subsidiary, wherever located. "Plan" shall mean any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is defined in section 3 of ERISA) which is or has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have been made, by Industries or any ERISA Affiliate. "Prior Documents" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 11Q. "Prudential Personnel" shall mean, at the time of any Purchase Request, those individuals (not more than three (3)) then most-recently designated by you to Industries in writing (with mail and delivery addresses and facsimile transmission telephone numbers) as the Prudential Personnel. The Prudential Personnel shall initially be those individuals identified in writing contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and shall be subject to such changes and such designees as you may at any time and from time to time make by notice to Industries in writing, provided that Industries shall not be bound by such changes until such notice is received by Industries. "Receivables Financing" shall mean a transaction pursuant to which funds are advanced to Industries and/or any of its Subsidiaries in exchange for which Industries and/or any of its Subsidiaries shall pledge or sell any or all of its receivables to secure, in whole or in part, the repayment of such funds. "Related Documents" shall mean this Agreement (and each modification thereof), any Note and the Sharing Letter and any document or instrument executed in connection with any of the foregoing. "Rental Charges" for any period shall mean all payment obligations of Industries and its Subsidiaries under all Operating Leases and rental agreements, determined on a Consolidated basis as of the date of determination. "Required Holder(s)" shall mean the holder or holders of at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes from time to time outstanding. "Responsible Officer" shall mean the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of Industries or any other officer of Industries involved principally in its financial administration or its controllership function. "Restricted Payments" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 6B(iii). "Sale and Leaseback" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 6C(6) hereof. 41 "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "Secured Debt" shall mean any Debt or obligation of any Person which is secured by, or otherwise benefiting from, a Lien on any property, tangible or intangible, of Industries or any Subsidiary, whether or not Industries or such Subsidiary has assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt. "Senior Funded Debt" shall mean all Funded Debt other than Subordinated Debt. "Series A Note" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 2A(i) hereof. "Series B Note" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 2A(ii) hereof. "Series C Note" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 2A(iii) hereof. "Series Note Agreement" shall mean this Amended and Restated Series Note Agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 among Industries and the Series Note Holders. "Series Note Holder" shall mean a holder of a promissory note issued under an Series Note Agreement. "Sharing Agreement" shall mean that certain Sharing Agreement dated as of the date hereof, between Industries, the Banks, each 8.46% Note Holder, the Consolidated Note Holder and you. "Significant Holder" shall mean (i) you, so long as you shall hold (or be committed under this Agreement to purchase) any Note, or (ii) any other holder of at least 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes from time to time outstanding. "Significant Subsidiary" shall mean, as determined with reference to the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraph 5A(1), a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that either (a) individually or in the aggregate, shall have net sales equaling or exceeding 3% of the net sales of Industries and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis or (b) individually or in the aggregate, shall have total assets equaling or exceeding 31% of the total assets of Industries and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis. "Stockholders' Equity" shall mean, at any time, the stockholders' equity of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as set forth or reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding any Redeemable Preferred Stock of Industries or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries. Shareholders' equity generally would include, but not be limited to, (i) the par or stated value of all outstanding 42 Capital Stock, (ii) capital surplus, (iii) retained earnings, and (iv) various deductions such as (A) purchases of treasury stock, (B) valuation allowances, (C) receivables due from an employee stock ownership plan, (D) employee stock ownership plan debt guarantees, and (E) foreign currency translation adjustments. "Subordinated Debt" shall mean the Funded Debt of the Industries and any Subsidiaries which (i) is validly and expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and (ii) has, when issued, a Weighted Average Life to Maturity greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Notes. "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by Industries. "Summerville City IRB" shall mean that issuance of certain bonds by The Development Authority of the City of Summerville, Georgia, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in that Trust Indenture dated as of September 1, 1997. "S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Corporation. "Termination Letter" shall that certain Termination Letter, dated as of the date hereof, between Industries, the Banks, each 8.46% Note Holder, the Consolidated Note Holder and you. "Third Party" shall mean all lessees, sublessees, licensees and other users of the Properties. "Transferee" shall mean any direct or indirect transferee of all or any part of any Note purchased by you under this Agreement provided, however; in no event shall any such transferee be a Person identified on Schedule 10B. "Unsecured" with respect to Debt means that such Debt that is not Secured Debt. "Voting Stock" shall mean, with respect to any corporation, any shares of stock of such corporation whose holders are entitled under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). "Weighted Average Life to Maturity" shall mean as applied to any indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding principal amount of such indebtedness into (b) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (x) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (y) the number of years (calculated to 43 the nearest one-twelfth year) which will elapse between such date and the date as of which such payment is to be made. "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary, all of the Voting Stock of which shall, at the time of determination, be owned by Industries or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. "Year 2000 Issues" shall mean the actual and reasonably anticipated costs, claims, losses, and liabilities associated with the inability of certain computer applications to handle effectively data that includes dates on and after January 1, 2000, as such inability in respect of Industries or any Subsidiary and in respect of their respective material customers, suppliers and vendors affects the business, operations, and financial condition of Industries or any Subsidiary. 10C. Accounting Principles, Terms and Determinations. All references in this Agreement to "generally accepted accounting principles" shall be deemed to refer to generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States at the time of application thereof. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and all unaudited financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of Industries and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph 5A of, if no such statements have been so delivered, the most recent audited financial statements referred to in clause (i) of paragraph 8B. 11. MISCELLANEOUS. 11A. Note Payments. Industries agrees that, so long as you shall hold any Note, it will make payments of principal of, interest on and any Yield- Maintenance Amount payable with respect to such Note, which comply with the terms of this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit (not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date due) to your account or accounts as specified in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto, or such other account or accounts in the United States as you may designate in writing, notwithstanding any contrary provision herein or in any Note with respect to the place of payment. You agree that, before disposing of any Note, you will make a notation thereon (or on a schedule attached thereto) of all principal payments previously made thereon and of the date to which interest thereon has been paid. Industries agrees to afford the benefits of this paragraph 11A to any Transferee which shall have made the same agreement as you have made in this paragraph 11A. 44 11B. Expenses. Industries agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, to pay, and save you and any Transferee harmless against liability for the payment of, all out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation legal fees) arising in connection with such transactions, including (i) all expenses incurred by you and any Transferee in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement or any other Related Document, including without limitation, paragraph 5K and all stamp, intangibles, recording and other taxes, if any, payable by you and/or any Transferee with respect to this Agreement or any other Related Document and any subsequent proposed modification or waiver of, or proposed consent under, this Agreement, whether or not such proposed modification or waiver shall be effected or proposed consent granted, and (ii) the costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually incurred by you or such Transferee in connection with the restructuring, refinancing or "work out" of this Agreement or any other Related Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in enforcing (or determining whether or how to enforce) any rights under this Agreement or the Notes or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by reason of your or any Transferee's having acquired any Note, including without limitation costs and expenses incurred in any bankruptcy case. The obligations of Industries under this paragraph 11B shall survive the transfer of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein by you or any Transferee and the payment of any Note. The obligations of Industries under paragraph 11B of the 1993 Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Related Documents. 11C. Consent to Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, and Industries may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, if Industries shall obtain the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Holder(s) except that, without the written consent of the holder or holders of all Notes at the time outstanding, no amendment to this Agreement shall change the maturity of any Note, or change the principal of, or the rate or time of payment of interest on or any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable to any Note, or affect the time, amount or allocation of any prepayments, or change the proportion of the principal amount of the Notes required with respect to any consent, amendment, waiver or declaration. Each holder of any Note at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent authorized by this paragraph 11C, whether or not such Note shall have been marked to indicate such consent, but any Notes issued thereafter may bear a notation referring to any such consent. No course of dealing between Industries and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note. As used herein and in the Notes, the term "this Agreement" and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented. 11D. Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Lost Notes. The Notes are issuable as 45 registered notes without coupons in denominations of at least $1,000,000, except as may be necessary to reflect any principal amount not evenly divisible by $1,000,000. Industries shall keep at its principal office a register in which it shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the principal office of Industries, it shall, at its expense, execute and deliver one or more new Notes of like tenor and of a like aggregate principal amount, registered in the name of such Transferee or Transferees. At the option of the holder of any Note, such Note may be exchanged for other Notes of like tenor and of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Note to be exchanged at the principal office of Industries. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, Industries shall, at its expense, execute and deliver the Notes which the holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Note surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the holder of such Note or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Any Note or Notes issued in exchange for any Note or upon transfer thereof shall carry the rights to unpaid interest and interest to accrue which were carried by the Note so exchanged or transferred, so that neither gain nor loss of interest shall result from any such transfer or exchange. Upon receipt of written notice from the holder of any Note of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Note and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of such holder's unsecured indemnity agreement, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, Industries will make and deliver a new Note, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note. 11E. Persons Deemed Owners; Participations. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, Industries may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner and holder of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, interest on and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note shall be overdue, and Industries, shall not be affected by notice to the contrary. Subject to the preceding sentence, the holder of any Note may from time to time grant participations in such Note to any Person (other than any Person identified on Schedule 10B) on such terms and conditions as may be determined by such holder in its sole and absolute discretion, provided that any such participation shall be in a principal amount of at least $1,000,000. 11F. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement. All representations and warranties contained herein or made in writing by or on behalf of Industries in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the transfer by you of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any Transferee, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of you or any Transferee. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the other Related Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between you and Industries and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 46 11G. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements in this Agreement contained by or on behalf of either of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto (including, without limitation, any Transferee) whether so expressed or not. 11H. Disclosure to Other Persons. Industries acknowledges that the holder of any Note may deliver copies of any financial statements and other documents delivered to such holder, and disclose any other information disclosed to such holder, by or on behalf of Industries or any Subsidiary in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement to (i) such holder's directors, officers, employees, agents and professional consultants, (ii) any other holder of any Note, (iii) any Person to which such holder offers to sell such Note or any part thereof, (iv) any Person to which such holder sells or offers to sell a participation in all or any part of such Note, (v) any Person from which such holder offers to purchase any security of Industries, (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such holder, (vii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (a) in compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such holder, (b) in response to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand or (c) in connection with any litigation to which such holder is a party. Except as provided above, each holder of a Note agrees to exercise its best efforts to hold in confidence and not to disclose Confidential Information (as defined below). The term "Confidential Information" shall mean any information delivered or made available by Industries to a holder which is either financial or clearly indicated to be Confidential Information and does not include information which (x) was publicly known, or otherwise known to such holder, at the time of disclosure, (y) subsequently becomes publicly known other than through the act of or omission by such holder, or (z) otherwise becomes known to such holder, other than through disclosure by Industries. 11I. Notices. All written communications provided for hereunder shall be sent by first class mail or nationwide overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid) and (i) if to you, addressed to you at the address specified for such communications in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto, or at such other address as you shall have specified to Industries in writing, (ii) if to any other holder of any Note, addressed to such other holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to Industries in writing or, if any such other holder shall not have so specified an address to Industries, then addressed to such other holder in care of the last holder of such Note which shall have so specified an address to Industries, and (iii) if to Industries, addressed to it at 160 South Industrial Boulevard, Calhoun, Georgia 30703-7002, Attention: Vice President-Finance, or at such other address as Industries shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing; provided, however, that any such communication to Industries may also, at the option of the holder of any Note, be delivered by any other means either to Industries at its address specified above or to any officer of Industries. 47 11J. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day. If the date for any payment is extended to the next succeeding Business Day by reason of the preceding sentence, the period of such extension shall be included in the computation of the interest payable on such Business Day. 11K. Satisfaction Requirement. If any agreement, certificate or other writing, or any action taken or to be taken, is by the terms of this Agreement required to be satisfactory to you or to the Required Holder(s), the determination of such satisfaction shall be made by you or the Required Holder(s), as the case may be, in your judgment (exercised in good faith) of the Person or Persons making such determination. 11L. Independence of Covenants. All covenants of Industries hereunder shall be of independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any one of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise be within the other limitations of, another covenant, shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default if such action is taken or condition exists. 11M. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York. INDUSTRIES HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, SUBJECT TO THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE ELECTION OF THE REQUIRED HOLDERS, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENT SHALL BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS, AND INDUSTRIES WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE BASED ON IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS TO THE CONDUCT OF ANY PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURTS. 11N. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 11O. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the several paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. 48 11P. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. 11Q. No Novation. The parties hereto have entered into this Agreement and the other Related Documents solely to amend and restate and restructure the terms of, and obligations owing under and in connection with, the 1993 Agreement and any document executed in connection with either Agreement (the "Prior Documents"). The parties do not intend this Agreement, the other Related Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby to be, and this Agreement, the other Related Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby shall not be construed to be, a novation of any of the obligations owing by Aladdin under or in connection with any of the Prior Documents. [Signatures Commence On Next Page.] S-1 If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of acceptance on the enclosed counterpart of this letter and return the same to Industries, whereupon this letter shall become a binding agreement among Industries and you. Very truly yours, MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. By: ______________________ Title: [Acceptance On Next Page.] S-2 Accepted: Separately Executed by each of the Following Purchasers] JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: _____________________________ Name: Title: S-3 JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: _____________________________ Name: Title: [Signatures continued on next page.] S-4 INVESTORS PARTNER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: _____________________________ Name: Title: [Signatures continued on next page.] S-5 PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: PRINCIPAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its authority signatory By: _____________________________ Name: Title: By: _____________________________ Name: Title: [Signatures continued on next page.] S-6 THE FRANKLIN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: _____________________________ Name: Title: By: _____________________________ Name: Title: [Signatures continued on next page.] S-7 THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA By: _____________________________ Name: Robert R. Derrick Title: Vice President EX-10.3 4 SECOND CONSOLIDATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE AGR EXHIBIT 10.3 [EXECUTION COPY] ================================================================================ MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. $50,000,000 $40,000,000 8.48% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 26, 2002 $10,000,000 7.58% SERIES B SENIOR NOTES DUE JULY 30, 2003 __________________ SECOND CONSOLIDATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE AGREEMENT __________________ Dated as of August 31, 1999 ================================================================================ TABLE OF CONTENTS (Not Part of Agreement)
Page 1A AUTHORIZATION OF ISSUE OF NOTES 1 1A. Authorization and Issuance of the Series A Notes 1 1B. Authorization and Issuance of the Series B Notes 2 1C. Release of Guaranty Agreements 2 1D. Assumption of Obligations 2 2A PURCHASE, SALE AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES 2 2A. Purchase, Sale and Exchange of Notes 2 3A CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 3 3A. Conditions of Closing 3 4A PREPAYMENTS 5 4A. Required Prepayments 5 4B. Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount 5 4C. Notice of Optional Prepayment 6 4D. Partial Payments Pro Rata 6 4E. Retirement of Notes 6 5A AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 6 5A(1) Financial Statements and Other Information 6 5A(2) Quarterly Officer's Certificate 8 5A(3) Annual Accountant's Letter 8 5A(4) Special Information 8 5B. Information Required by Rule 144A 8 5C. Inspection of Property 9 5D. Covenant to Secure Note Equally 9 5E. Guaranteed Obligations 9
-i- 5F. Maintenance of Insurance 10 5G. Maintenance of Corporate Existence/Compliance with Law/Preservation of Property 10 5H. Compliance with Environmental Laws 10 5I. No Integration 11 5J. Financial Reports 11 5K. Payment of Taxes and Claims 11 5L. Year 2000 Issues 11 6A NEGATIVE COVENANTS 12 6A. Certain Financial Limits 12 6B. Dividend Limitation 12 6C. Liens, Debt and Other Restrictions 13 6D. ERISA 16 6E. Fed Regulations, Etc. 16 6F. Environmental Matters 17 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT 17 7A. Acceleration 17 7B. Rescission of Acceleration 20 7C. Notice of Acceleration or Rescission 20 7D. Other Remedies 20 8. REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES 20 8A. Organization 20 8B. Financial Statements 21
-ii- 8C. Actions Pending 21 8D. Outstanding Debt 21 8E. Title to Properties 21 8F. Taxes 22 8G. Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters 22 8H. Offering of Notes 22 8I. Use of Proceeds 22 8J. ERISA 23 8K. Governmental Consent 23 8L. Disclosure 24 8M. Environmental Matters 24 8N. Solvency 25 8O. Absence of Foreign or Enemy Status 25 9. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER 25 10. DEFINITIONS 25 10A. Yield-Maintenance Terms 26 10B. Other Terms 27 10C. Accounting Principles, Terms and Determinations 40 11. MISCELLANEOUS 40 11A. Note Payments 40 11B. Expenses 40 11C. Consent to Amendments 41 11D. Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Lost Notes 41 11E. Persons Deemed Owners; Participations 42 11F. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement 42 11G. Successors and Assigns 42 11H. Disclosure to Other Persons 42 11I. Notices 43 11J. Payments Due on Non-Business Days 43 11K. Satisfaction Requirement 43
-iii- 11L. Independence of Covenants 44 11M. Governing Law 44 11N. Severability 44 11O. Descriptive Headings 44 11P. Counterparts 44 11Q. No Novation 44
-iv- Mohawk Industries, Inc. 160 South Industrial Boulevard Calhoun, Georgia 30703-7002 As of August 31, 1999 The Prudential Insurance Company of America c/o The Prudential Capital Group Four Gateway Center 100 Mulberry Street Newark, New Jersey 07102-4069 Ladies and Gentlemen: Mohawk Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its permitted successors and assigns "Industries") and Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, a Georgia corporation, formerly known as Mohawk Carpet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with its permitted successors and assigns "Aladdin") are each a party with you to that certain Consolidated, Amended and Restated Note Agreement dated as of September 3, 1993 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "1993 Agreement"). Industries desires to assume all of the obligations of Aladdin under the 1993 Agreement and to amend and restate the 1993 Agreement as set forth below. Industries hereby agrees with you as follows: 1 AUTHORIZATION OF ISSUE OF NOTES. 1A. Authorization and Issuance of the Series A Notes. On October 26, 1992 Aladdin issued its senior promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000 dated October 26, 1992 (each, the "Aladdin Note" and collectively, the "Aladdin Notes"). On September 3, 1993, Aladdin assumed a senior promissory note issued by Horizon in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 dated October 26, 1992 (each of the previous notes, the "Horizon Note" and collectively, the "Horizon Notes". Both the Aladdin Notes and the Horizon Notes, the "Old Notes"). On September 3, 1993, Aladdin issued senior promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000 dated October 26, 1992 in exchange or substitution for the Old Notes (each note, the "1993 Series A Note" and collectively, the "1993 Series A Notes"). The Old Notes and the 1993 Series A Notes will each mature October 26, 2002, each bearing interest on the unpaid balance thereof from the date thereof until the principal thereof shall become due and payable at the rate of 8.48% per annum and on overdue payments at the rate specified therein. 2 1B. Authorization and Issuance of the Series B Notes. On July 30, 1993 Aladdin issued its senior promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 dated July 30, 1993 (each the "1993 Note" and collectively the "1993 Notes"). On September 3, 1993, Aladdin issued senior promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 dated July 30, 1993 in exchange or substitution for the 1993 Notes (each note, the "1993 Series B Note"and collectively, the "1993 Series B Notes"). The 1993 Notes and the 1993 Series B Notes will each mature on July 30, 2003, each bearing interest on the unpaid balance thereof from the date thereof until the principal thereof shall become due and payable at the rate of 7.58% per annum and on overdue payments at the rate specified therein. 1C. Release of Guaranty Agreements. You shall terminate the Guaranty Agreements simultaneously with such termination by (i) the banks a party to the Bank Agreement; (ii) the holder of the Notes under the 8.46% Note Agreement; and (iii) the holders of the notes under the Series Note Agreement. 1D. Assumption of Obligations. Industries hereby assumes all of Aladdin's obligations under the 1993 Agreement and under the 1993 Series A and Series B Notes and any other Related Documents. The term "Notes" as used in this Agreement shall include each promissory note exchanged pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (including the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes, as hereinafter defined) and each promissory note delivered in substitution or exchange for any such promissory note pursuant to any such provision, and the term "Note" shall refer to any of such Notes. 2 PURCHASE, SALE AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES. 2A. Purchase, Sale and Exchange of Notes. (i) On October 26, 1992, Aladdin sold to you the Aladdin Notes, in the aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000 and Horizon sold to you on the Horizon Notes, in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000, in each case, at 100% of such aggregate principal amount. On September 3, 1993, Aladdin assumed the Horizon Note and exchanged, for each of the Old Notes, a 1993 Series A Note in the aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000 to evidence the assumption of the Horizon Note by Aladdin. Industries hereby agrees to issue to you, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, you agree to accept from Industries in exchange for the 1993 Series A Notes, a Note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 (the "Series A Notes"), in the aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000, after taking into account the required prepayment of $5,714,285.00 made by Aladdin on October 26, 1998, to evidence the assumption of the of the 1993 Series A Notes by Industries. 3 Each exchange shall occur at the offices of King & Spalding, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, on the date of closing, which shall be August 31, 1999 or any other date upon which Industries and you may mutually agree (herein called the "Closing" or the "Date of Closing"); and (ii) On September 3, 1993, Aladdin agreed to issue to you, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, you agreed to accept from Aladdin in exchange for the 1992 Note, a 1993 Series B Note in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000. Industries hereby agrees to issue to you, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, you agree to accept from Industries in exchange for the 1993 Series B Notes, a Note, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 (the "Series B Notes"), in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000, after taking into account the required prepayment of $1,482,571.43 made by Aladdin on July 30, 1998, to evidence the assumption of the 1993 Series B Notes. Each exchange shall occur at the offices of King & Spalding, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, on the Date of Closing. 3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. 3A. Conditions of Closing. Your obligation to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and exchange the Notes as described in paragraph 2A is subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Date of Closing, of the following conditions: 3A(1) Related Documents. You shall have received each of the following documents duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto: (i) Termination Letter with respect to the Guaranty Agreements; and (ii) a Sharing Agreement. 3A(2) Opinion of Counsel to Industries. You shall have received from Alston & Bird LLP, special counsel to Industries, a favorable opinion satisfactory to you as to such matters incident to the matters herein contemplated as you may reasonably request. 3A(3) Representations and Warranties; No Default. The representations and warranties contained in paragraph 8 shall be true on and as of the Date of Closing, except to the extent of changes caused by the transactions herein contemplated; there shall exist on the Date of Closing no Event of Default or Default; and Industries shall have delivered to you an Officer's Certificate, dated the Date of Closing, regarding the foregoing. 4 3A(4) Transactions Permitted By Applicable Laws. The exchange of the 1993 Series A and Series B Notes for the Series A and Series B Notes on the Date of Closing on the terms and conditions herein provided shall not violate any applicable law or governmental regulation (including, without limitation, section 5 of the Securities Act or Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and shall not subject you to any tax (other than any tax on income earned), penalty, liability or other onerous condition under or pursuant to any applicable law or governmental regulation. The Notes shall on the Date of Closing qualify as a legal investment for you under applicable insurance law (without regard to any "basket" or "leeway provisions"), and such acquisition shall not subject you to any penalty or other onerous condition contained in or pursuant to any such law or regulation. You shall have received such certificates or other evidence as you may request to establish compliance with this condition. 3A(5) Proceedings. All corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incident thereto shall be satisfactory in substance and form to you, and you shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as you may reasonably request. In this connection, Industries shall deliver to you: (i) copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation (certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of the State of its incorporation) and its by-laws (certified by its Secretary) as in effect on the Date of Closing; (ii) certified copies (certified by its Secretary) of all corporate action taken by Industries to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Notes and the issuance of the Notes; and (iii) certificates of incumbency and specimen signatures with respect to each of the officers of Industries who are authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes. 3A(6) Certificates of Good Standing/Qualification to Do Business. You shall have received a good standing certificate issued by the Secretary of State of the State of incorporation of Industries and certificates of qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in jurisdictions specified in Schedule 3A(6) in which Industries is required by law to be qualified to do business, each dated as of a date not more than twenty days prior to Closing. 3A(7) No Material Adverse Change. You shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer of Industries dated the Date of Closing to the effect that no material adverse change in the financial condition, business, operations or prospects of Industries or its Subsidiaries has occurred since December 31, 1998. 5 3A(8) Amendment and Restatement of Series Note Agreement and 8.46% Note Agreement. Each Series Note Agreement and 8.46% Note Agreement shall be amended and restated and you shall have received duly executed copies of such amended and restated agreements including all Schedules and Exhibits thereto and side letters, if any, affecting the terms thereof or otherwise delivered in connection therewith, together with all amendments and waivers thereto and any certificates executed in connection therewith accompanied by an Officer's Certificate, dated the Date of Closing. 3A(9) Expenses. All fees and disbursements of the Purchaser (including without limitation special counsel to the Purchaser) shall have been paid in full. 4 PREPAYMENTS. The Notes shall be subject to prepayment with respect to the required prepayments specified in paragraph 4A and the optional prepayments permitted by paragraph 4B. 4A. Required Prepayments. (i) Series A Notes. Until the Series A Notes shall be paid in full, Industries shall apply to the prepayment of the Series A Notes, without premium, the sum of $5,714,285.00 on October 26 in each of the years 1999 to 2001, inclusive, and such principal amounts of the Series A Notes, together with interest thereon to the prepayment dates, shall become due on such prepayment dates. The remaining principal amount of the Series A Notes, together with interest accrued thereon, shall become due on the maturity date of the Series A Notes. (ii) Series B Notes. Until the Series B Notes shall be paid in full, Industries shall apply to the prepayment of the Series B Notes, without premium, the sum of $1,428,571.43 on July 30 in each of the years 2000 to 2003, inclusive, and such principal amounts of the Series B Notes, together with interest thereon to the prepayment dates, shall become due on such prepayment dates. The remaining principal amount of the Series B Notes, together with interest accrued thereon, shall become due on the maturity date of the Series B Notes. (iii) All Notes. Any prepayment made by Industries pursuant to any other provision of this paragraph 4 shall not reduce or otherwise affect its obligations to make any prepayment required by this paragraph 4A until the Notes are paid in full. 4B. Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount. The Notes shall be subject to prepayment, in whole at any time or from time to time in part (in multiples of $5,000,000), at the option of Industries at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid plus interest thereon to the prepayment date and the Yield- Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note. Any partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to this paragraph 4B shall be applied in satisfaction of required payments of principal in inverse order of their scheduled due dates. 6 4C. Notice of Optional Prepayment. Industries shall give the holder of each Note irrevocable written notice of any prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4B not less than 10 Business Days prior to the prepayment date, specifying such prepayment date and the principal amount of the Notes, and of the Notes held by such holder, to be prepaid on such date and stating that such prepayment is to be made pursuant to paragraph 4B. Notice of prepayment having been given as aforesaid, the principal amount of the Notes specified in such notice, together with interest thereon to the prepayment date and together with the Yield- Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect thereto, shall become due and payable on such prepayment date. Industries shall, on or before the day on which it gives written notice of any prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4B, give telephonic notice of the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid and the prepayment date to each Significant Holder which shall have designated a recipient of such notices in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto or by notice in writing to Industries. 4D. Partial Payments Pro Rata. Upon any partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B, the principal amount so prepaid shall be allocated to all Notes at the time outstanding (including, for the purpose of this paragraph 4D only, all Notes prepaid or otherwise retired or purchased or otherwise acquired by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates other than by prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B) in proportion to the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof. 4E. Retirement of Notes. Industries shall not, nor shall Industries permit any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to, prepay or otherwise retire in whole or in part prior to their stated final maturity (other than by prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B or upon acceleration of such final maturity pursuant to paragraph 7A), or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, Notes held by any holder unless Industries or such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have offered to prepay or otherwise retire or purchase or otherwise acquire, as the case may be, the same proportion of the aggregate principal amount of Notes held by each other holder of Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions. Any Notes so prepaid or otherwise retired or purchased or otherwise acquired by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose under this Agreement, except as provided in paragraph 4D. 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. 5(1) Financial Statements and Other Information. Industries covenants that it will deliver to each Significant Holder in quadruplicate: (i) as soon as practicable and in any event within 60 days after the end of each quarterly period (other than the last quarterly period) in each Fiscal Year, 7 (1) its Consolidated statements of income and cash flows for Industries and its Subsidiaries for the period from the beginning of the current Fiscal Year to the end of such quarterly period, and (2) Consolidated balance sheet for Industries and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period, setting forth in each case in comparative form figures for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year, for so long as Industries is a reporting company under the Exchange Act, all in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and, thereafter, all in reasonable detail and satisfactory in form to you or your Affiliates, and, in either case, certified by an Officer's Certificate delivered on behalf of Industries, subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments; (ii) as soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (1) Consolidated statements of income and cash flows and Stockholders' Equity of Industries and its Subsidiaries for such year, (2) Consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form corresponding consolidated figures from the preceding annual audit, for so long as Industries is a reporting company under the Exchange Act, all in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and, thereafter, all in reasonable detail and satisfactory in scope to you or your Affiliates, in either case, reported on by independent public accountants of recognized standing selected by Industries whose report shall be without limitation as to the scope of the audit and satisfactory in substance to you or your Affiliates and certified by an Officer's Certificate delivered on behalf of Industries; (iii) promptly upon transmission thereof and in no event later than 15 days thereafter, copies of all such financial statements, proxy statements, notices and reports as it shall send to its public stockholders and copies of all registration statements (without exhibits excluding registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and all reports including, without limitation, Form 10-K's, Form 10-Q's and Form 8-K's which it files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission); 8 (iv) promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of each other report submitted to Industries or any Subsidiary after the Date of Closing by independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim or special audit made by them of the books of Industries or any such Subsidiary; (v) any other information provided under Sections 5.01(d) and (e) of the Bank Agreement; and (vi) with reasonable promptness, such other financial data as such Significant Holder may reasonably request. 5(2) Quarterly Officer's Certificate. Together with each delivery of financial statements required by clauses (i) and (ii) above, Industries will deliver to each holder of a Note an Officer's Certificate demonstrating (with computations in reasonable detail) compliance by Industries and its Subsidiaries with the provisions of paragraphs 6A, 6B and 6C(1) through 6C(6) and stating that there exists no Event of Default or Default, or, if any Event of Default or Default exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Industries proposes to take with respect thereto. 5(3) Annual Accountant's Letter. Together with each delivery of financial statements required by clause (ii) above, Industries will deliver to each holder of a Note a certificate of such accountants stating that, in making the audit necessary for their report on such financial statements, they have obtained no knowledge of any Event of Default or Default, or, if they have obtained knowledge of any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof. Such accountant however, shall not be liable to anyone by reason of their failure to obtain knowledge of any Event of Default or Default which would not be disclosed in the course of an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. 5(4) Special Information. Industries also covenants that forthwith upon a Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge of (i) an Event of Default or Default or (ii) at all times during which Industries is not a reporting company under the Exchange Act, the occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect or any event which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect including, without limitation, the institution or threat of legal proceedings, Environmental Proceedings and the existence of Environmental Liabilities, Industries will deliver to each Significant Holder an Officer's Certificate specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Industries has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. 5B. Information Required by Rule 144A. Industries covenants that it will, upon the request of the holder of any Note, provide such holder, and any qualified institutional buyer designated by such holder, such financial and other 9 information as such holder may reasonably determine to be necessary in order to permit compliance with the information requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in connection with the resale of Notes, except at such times as such Company is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. For the purpose of this paragraph 5B, the term "qualified institutional buyer" shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 5C. Inspection of Property. Industries covenants that it will permit any Person designated by any Significant Holder in writing, at such Significant Holder's expense (except upon the occurrence, and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default and then, at the expense of Industries), to visit and inspect any of the Properties of Industries and its Subsidiaries, to examine the corporate books and financial records of Industries and its Subsidiaries and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any of such corporations with the principal officers of Industries and its independent public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as such Significant Holder may reasonably request subject to paragraph 11H. 5D. Covenant to Secure Note Equally. Industries covenants that, if it or any Subsidiary shall create or assume any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Liens permitted by the provisions of paragraph 6C(1) (unless prior written consent to the creation or assumption thereof shall have been obtained pursuant to paragraph 11C), it will make or cause to be made effective provision whereby the Notes will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Debt thereby secured so long as any such other Debt shall be so secured. 5E. Guaranteed Obligations. Except as set forth on Schedule 5E, Industries covenants that if, at any time, after the date hereof, it or any of its Subsidiaries incurs or permits to exist any Debt or other obligation (other than a performance bond or a guarantee of an Operating Lease or like financial accommodation issued by Industries or a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business) Guaranteed or collateralized in any other manner by any other Person, it will simultaneously cause such other Person to execute and deliver to each holder of any Note a guaranty agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such holder guaranteeing payment of the principal amount of the Notes and any premium and interest thereon, which bears the same ratio to the total unpaid principal amount of the Notes as the amount of such other obligation which is guaranteed bears to the total unpaid principal amount of such other obligation, or if such other obligation is collateralized, to collateralize the Notes equally and ratably with such other obligation; provided, however, the preceding shall not apply to the extent (i) such other Person is not an Affiliate of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) such other Person has full recourse against Industries and/or such Subsidiary in connection with such other Person's Guarantee or collateralized obligation. 10 5F. Maintenance of Insurance. Industries covenants that it and each Subsidiary will maintain, with responsible insurers, insurance with respect to its properties and business against such casualties and contingencies (including, but not limited to, public liability, larceny, embezzlement or other criminal misappropriation) and in such amounts as is customary in the case of similarly situated corporations engaged in the same or similar businesses. 5G. Maintenance of Corporate Existence/Compliance with Law/Preservation of Property. Except as allowed under paragraph 6C(4), Industries covenants that it and each Subsidiary will do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of Industries and its Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary being dissolved or liquidated as permitted under paragraph 6C(5)(ii) and any license, certificate, permit, franchise or governmental authorization necessary to the ownership of its Properties and assets or to the conduct of its business if the failure to do so could, individually, or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) comply in all respects with all laws and regulations (including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to equal employment opportunity and employee safety) applicable to it and its Subsidiaries, except where the failure to comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) maintain, preserve and protect all material intellectual property of Industries and its Subsidiaries, and (iv) preserve all the remainder of its material property used or useful in the conduct of its business and keep the same in good repair, working order and condition other than normal wear and tear, obsolescence and loss caused by a casualty for which Industries or such Subsidiary is insured and such property so damaged is replaced. 5H. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Industries will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply in a timely fashion with, or operate pursuant to valid waivers of the provisions of, all Environmental Requirements including, without limitation, the emission of wastewater effluent, solid and hazardous waste and air pollution, and establishing general environmental conditions together with any other applicable requirements for conducting, on a timely basis, periodic tests and monitoring for contamination of ground water, surface water, air and land and for biological toxicity of the aforesaid, and diligently comply with the regulations (except to the extent such regulations are waived by appropriate governmental authorities) of the Environmental Protection Agency or other relevant federal, state or local governmental authority, except, with respect to each of the foregoing, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material 11 Adverse Effect. Industries shall not be deemed to have breached or violated this paragraph 5H if Industries or any Subsidiary of Industries is challenging in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued the application or enforcement of such Environmental Requirements for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 5I. No Integration. Industries covenants that it has taken and will continue to take all necessary steps so that the issuance of the Notes has not and will not require registration under the Securities Act. Industries covenants that no future offer and sale of debt securities of Industries of any class will be made if, as a result of the doctrine of "integration", there is a reasonable possibility that such offer and sale would result in the loss of an entitlement of the Notes to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 5J. Financial Reports. Industries will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, proper books of record and account in which full and correct entries will be made of all dealings or transactions of or in relation to the business and affairs of Industries or such Subsidiary in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (except for changes disclosed in the financial statements furnished to you pursuant to paragraph 5A and concurred in by the independent public accountants referred to in paragraph 5A). 5K. Payment of Taxes and Claims. Industries will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, pay before they become delinquent: (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or any of its property; and (b) all claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, vendors, landlords and other like Persons that, if unpaid, might result in the creation of a Lien upon any of its property; provided, that items of the foregoing description need not be paid (i) while being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings as long as adequate book reserves have been established and maintained and exist with respect thereto, and (ii) so long as the title to, and right to use, such property, is not materially adversely affected thereby. 5L. Year 2000 Issues. Industries shall take, and cause its Subsidiaries to take, all actions reasonably necessary to assure that the Year 2000 Issues, as such 12 Year 2000 Issues pertain to the computer programs and systems of Industries and its Subsidiaries, will not have a Material Adverse Effect. Industries and its Subsidiaries will use commercially reasonable efforts to assure that their third-party customers, suppliers and vendors develop and implement programs to remediate, in all material respects, all Year 2000 Issues reasonably anticipated by Industries and its Subsidiaries to have a Material Adverse Effect. Upon written request by the Required Holders, Industries will provide the holders of the Notes a written description of its program for assessing Year 2000 Issues, including updates and progress reports. Industries will advise the holders of the Notes promptly of any reasonably anticipated Material Adverse Effect as a result of Year 2000 Issues. 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS. Unless the Required Holders otherwise agree in writing, Industries shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, take any of the following actions or permit the occurrence or existence of any of the following events or conditions: 6A. Certain Financial Limits. Industries covenants that it will not permit: (i) The Debt to Capitalization Ratio to be equal to or greater than 0.60 to 1.0 at the end of each Fiscal Quarter; and (ii) The ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt to (b) the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, (iii) taxes on Industries' Consolidated pre-tax income, (iv) Depreciation and Amortization to be greater than 3.5 to 1.0 at the end of each Fiscal Quarter. Subclause (b) of this clause (ii) shall be calculated on a trailing four quarter basis as at the end of each such Fiscal Quarter. 6B. Dividend Limitation. Industries covenants that, it shall not, (i) pay or declare any dividend on any class of its stock or make any other distribution on account of any class of its stock; or (ii) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its stock; or (iii) make any optional payments on Subordinated Debt (all of the foregoing being herein called "Restricted Payments"); unless at the time of declaration, redemption, purchase or payment of such Restricted Payment, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist. 13 6C. Liens, Debt and Other Restrictions. Industries covenants that it will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to: 6C(1). Liens. Create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (whether or not provision is made for the equal and ratable securing of the Notes in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5D) except: (i) Liens for taxes (including ad valorem and property taxes) not yet due or which are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (ii) Liens on the property of Industries and its Subsidiaries as of the Date of Closing as set forth on Schedule 6C(1) attached hereto and any Lien renewing, extending or refunding any Lien permitted by this clause (ii) so long as the principal amount of Debt secured by such Lien immediately prior thereto is not increased or the term reduced and such Lien does not extend to other property; (iii) other Liens incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property and assets (including but not limited to pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation and social security taxes, assessments and charges and landlords, mechanics and materialmen Liens and survey exceptions or encumbrances, easements or reservations, rights-of-way or zoning restrictions), provided that (A) such liens were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property and (B) the existence of such Lien does not materially detract from the value of its property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business; (iv) Liens on property or assets of a Subsidiary of Industries to secure obligations of such Subsidiary to Industries or another Subsidiary, as the case may be; (v) Any common law right of setoff or banker's lien arising in connection with ordinary course of business deposit arrangements maintained by Industries or its Subsidiaries with its banks or other financial institutions so long as any such bank or other financial institution (A) shall not at any time make loans or otherwise extend credit pursuant to any credit facility to Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) does not maintain accounts (for the deposit of cash or otherwise) for the benefit of any Industries or its Subsidiaries other than those which have in the aggregate monthly balances less than $100,000, (C) shall have delivered to each holder of a Note a Sharing Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B; or (D) shall have waived in writing such common law right of setoff or banker's lien; (vi) Liens arising from judicial attachments and judgments; provided that (A) the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is not being pursued and the execution or other enforcement of such Liens has been effectively stayed within 30 days of such Liens' imposition, 14 (B) the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, (C) adequate book reserves shall have been established and maintained and shall exist with respect thereto and (D) no Event of Default shall have occurred with respect to such Liens under clause (xii) of paragraph 7A; (vii) Other Liens on property of Industries or a Subsidiary not otherwise permitted pursuant to this paragraph 6C(l), (viii) Liens in connection with an Asset Securitization permitted under paragraph 6C(5); (ix) Liens against the assets of Aladdin (formerly owned by Galaxy) under the Catoosa Co. IRB solely to the extent existing as of the date hereof; and (x) Liens against the assets of Aladdin (formerly owned by Image Industries, Inc.) under the Summerville City IRB solely to the extent existing as of January 1, 1999; provided that Liens permitted by the foregoing subparagraphs (ii) through (v) and (vii) shall at no time secure Debt in an aggregate amount exceeding the greater of (1) $90,000,000 or (2) fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Net Worth at such time and prior to, and after giving effect to the incurrence, assumption or creation of any such Lien, and to any concurrent application of the proceeds of any Debt or other obligation secured thereby, no Default or Event of Default would exist; 6C(2). Subsidiary Debt. Permit any Subsidiary to incur any Debt except for (i) Debt owed by a Subsidiary to Industries or another Subsidiary, (ii) Debt deemed incurred in connection with an Asset Securitization permitted under paragraph 6C(5); (iii) (A) Debt of Subsidiaries arising in connection with the Summerville City IRB and the Catoosa Co. IRB and incurrence of reimbursement obligations with respect to the Letters of Credit (as defined in the Bank Agreement) with respect to the Summerville City IRB and the Catoosa Co. IRB and (B) other Debt of Subsidiaries arising in connection with the issuance of bonds by government authorities so long as such Debt is supported by a letter of credit issued by a financial institution for the benefit of Industries and Industries is obligated to such financial institution under a reimbursement agreement for the reimbursement of amounts drawn under such letter of credit; and (iv) in addition to Debt incurred under clauses (i) through (iii) of this paragraph 6C(2), other Debt of Subsidiaries not exceeding in the aggregate amount outstanding at any time 15% of Consolidated Net Worth; 6C(3). Loans, Advances and Investments. Make or maintain any Investments except (a) Investments in Industries or any Subsidiary, including without limitation, advances or loans between or among Industries or any Subsidiary and loans and advances to officers and employees of Industries or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; (b) Investments in 15 Persons engaged in a Permitted Line of Business (whether or not any such Person is, or after giving effect to any such Investment becomes, a Subsidiary); (c) Investments in Persons in connection with Permitted Acquisitions; and (d) Investments in Approved Investments; provided, however, during the existence of an Event of Default, neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries may make any new Investments without the prior written consent of the Required Holders; 6C(4). Merger or Consolidation. Merge with or into or consolidate or exchange shares with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge or consolidate with or into it, provided that (a) Industries may merge with another Person if (i) such Person is organized under the laws of the United States of America or one of its States, (ii) Industries is the corporation surviving such merger and (iii) immediately after giving effect to such merger, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) Subsidiaries of Industries may merge with and into Industries, any other Subsidiaries, or any other Person if after giving effect thereto such Person would be a Subsidiary. 6C(5). Sale of Assets. Dispose of any property or assets, except: (i) assets may be transferred from a Subsidiary to Industries or another Subsidiary; (ii) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary may dissolve or liquidate so long as the assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such dissolution or liquidation are transferred to such Subsidiary's shareholder and such shareholder assumes all of the liabilities of such Subsidiary at the time of such dissolution or liquidation; (iii) Industries and its Subsidiaries may factor receivables; (iv) Industries and its Subsidiaries may effect Asset Securitizations; and (v) the foregoing limitation on the sale, lease or other transfer of assets shall not prohibit, during any Fiscal Quarter, a transfer of assets by Industries or any Subsidiary (in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions) unless (x) the proceeds thereof are not reinvested within 180 days thereafter in a Permitted Line of Business owned by Industries or such Subsidiary or (y) the aggregate assets to be so transferred or utilized in a business line or segment to be so discontinued, when combined with all other assets transferred, and all other assets utilized in all other business lines or segments discontinued, during such Fiscal Quarter and the immediately preceding three Fiscal Quarters, constituted more than 20% of Consolidated Total Assets at the end of the fourth Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Fiscal Quarter; 6C(6). Sale and Lease-Back. Enter into or permit to remain in effect any arrangement (a "Sale and Lease-Back") with any Person or to which such Person is a party providing for the 16 leasing by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by Industries or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced on the security of such property or rental obligations of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, unless such arrangement relates solely to such real or personal property and is entered into within 180 days following the acquisition or construction (permitted pursuant to the proviso set forth in paragraph 6C(5)(v)) by Industries or such Subsidiary of the real or personal property; 6C(7). Maintenance of Existence. Other than as permitted by paragraphs 6C(4), 6C(5) and 6C(8), Industries shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain its corporate existence and carry on its business in a Permitted Line of Business; or 6C(8). Dissolution. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries shall suffer or permit dissolution or liquidation either in whole or in part or redeem or retire any shares of its own stock or that of any Subsidiary, except through corporate reorganization to the extent permitted by paragraph 6C(4) or 6C(5) or in connection with a Restricted Payment which is permitted pursuant to paragraph 6C. 6D. ERISA. Industries covenants that it will not, nor permit any Subsidiary to: (i) terminate or withdraw from any Plan so as to result in any material liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (ii) engage in or permit any Person to engage in any -prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which would subject Industries or any Subsidiary to any material tax, penalty or other liability; (iii) incur or suffer to exist any material accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in section 302 of ERISA and section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, involving any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan); or (iv) allow or suffer to exist any risk or condition, which presents a material risk of incurring a material liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. 6E. Fed Regulations, Etc. Industries covenants that it will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary or any agent acting on behalf of Industries or any Subsidiary to, take any action which might cause this Agreement or the Notes to violate or cause you to fail to comply with Regulation T or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect now or as the same may hereafter be in effect. 17 6F. Environmental Matters. Industries covenants that it will not, and will not permit, any Third Party to, except in compliance with all applicable Environmental Requirements (unless the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect), (i) use, produce, manufacture, process, generate, store, dispose of at, manage at, or ship or transport to (collectively "Handle") or transport from the Properties any Hazardous Materials (other than as provided for below) or (ii) Handle any Hazardous Materials except for Hazardous Materials used, produced, released or managed in the ordinary course of business; provided, that Industries may, and may permit Third Parties to release Hazardous Materials in amounts which do not require remediation pursuant to applicable law or regulation, and which do not present any potentially substantial danger to health, safety or the environment. 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. 7A. Acceleration. If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing for any reason whatsoever (and whether such occurrence shall be voluntary or involuntary or come about or be effected by operation of law or otherwise): (i) Industries defaults in the payment of any principal of or Yield-Maintenance Amount or any other amount payable with respect to any Note (other than interest) when the same shall become due, either by the terms thereof or otherwise as herein provided; or (ii) Industries defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the date due; or (iii) Industries or any of its Significant Subsidiaries defaults (whether as primary obligor or as guarantor or other surety) in any payment of principal of or interest on any other obligation for money borrowed (or any Capitalized Lease Obligation, any obligation under a conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any obligation issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property whether or not secured by a purchase money mortgage or any obligation under notes payable or drafts accepted representing extensions of credit) beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, Industries or any such Significant Subsidiary fails to perform or observe any other agreement, term or condition contained in any agreement under which any such obligation is created (or if any other event thereunder or under any such agreement shall occur and be continuing) and the effect of such failure or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such obligation (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, such obligation to become due (or to be repurchased by Industries or any such Significant Subsidiary) prior to any stated maturity, provided that the aggregate amount of all obligations as to which such a payment default shall occur and be continuing or such a failure or other event causing or permitting acceleration (or resale to Industries or any such Significant Subsidiary) shall occur and be continuing exceeds $25,000,000; or 18 (iv) any representation or warranty made by Industries herein or by Industries or any of its officers in any writing furnished in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made; or (v) Industries fails to perform or observe any agreement contained in paragraph 6; or (vi) Industries fails to perform or observe any other agreement, term or condition contained herein and such failure shall not be remedied within 30 days after the Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge thereof; or (vii) Industries or any Significant Subsidiary makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or is generally not paying its debts as such debts become due; or (viii) any decree or order for relief in respect of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary is entered under any bankruptcy, reorganization, compromise, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law, whether now or hereafter in effect (herein called the "Bankruptcy Law"), of any jurisdiction; or (ix) Industries or any Significant Subsidiary petitions or applies to any tribunal for, or consents to, the appointment of, or taking possession by, a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or similar official of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary, or of any substantial part of the assets of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary, or commences a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Law of the United States or any proceedings (other than proceedings for the voluntary liquidation and dissolution of a Significant Subsidiary) relating to Industries or any Significant Subsidiary under the Bankruptcy Law of any other jurisdiction; or (x) any such petition or application is filed, or any such proceedings are commenced, against Industries or any Significant Subsidiary and Industries or such Significant Subsidiary by any act indicates its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein, or an order, judgment or decree is entered appointing any such trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or similar official, or approving the petition in any such proceedings, and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 60 days; or (xi) any order, judgment or decree is entered in any proceedings against Industries or any Significant Subsidiary decreeing the dissolution of Industries or any Significant Subsidiary and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 60 days; or (xii) a final judgment or final judgments, in the aggregate, in excess of $25,000,000 (exclusive of any insurance coverage for which the insurance company issuing such 19 coverage shall have acknowledged (in writing) coverage with respect thereto) shall be rendered against Industries or any Significant Subsidiary and, within 60 days after entry thereof, such judgment is not discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay, such judgment is not discharged; or (xiii) Industries or any ERISA Affiliate, in its capacity as an employer under Multiemployer Plan, makes a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan resulting in the occurrence by such withdrawing employer of a withdrawal liability in an amount exceeding $25,000,000 and, within 30 days after such occurrence such withdrawal liability is discharged; or (xiv) so long as any Related Document shall be in effect pursuant to the terms hereof Industries shall fail to comply with the terms of any Related Document to which it is a party beyond applicable grace periods, if any, specified in such Related Document; or (xv) a Material Adverse Effect shall occur as a result of any Environmental Liability, whether or not disclosed to you (solely for the purposes hereof such Environmental Liability, individually or in the aggregate, to be in excess of $25,000,000) and, to the extent such Environmental Liability is contingent, Industries and/or its Significant Subsidiaries fail to diligently pursue any action required to be taken by any governmental or regulatory authority, or diligently, in compliance with applicable laws, avoid taking any such action or fail to diligently pursue the avoidance of, or reduction of, the final, non-appealable assessment, judgment or other charge related thereto on Industries and/or its Significant Subsidiaries, and, to the extent such Environmental Liability is not contingent and is a final, non-appealable assessment, judgment or other charge, within 30 days after the final assessment, adjudication or charge related thereto, such Environmental Liability is not discharged, remedied or otherwise cured; or (xvi) any exercise of rights under paragraph 4D of the Series Note Agreement; then (a) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph 7A, the holder of any Note (other than Industries or any Subsidiary or Affiliate) may at its option, by notice in writing to Industries, declare such Note to be, and such Note shall thereupon be and become, immediately due and payable at par together with interest accrued thereon, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Industries, (b) if such event is an Event of Default specified in any of clauses (viii), (ix) or (x) of this paragraph 7A with respect to Industries, all of the Notes at the time outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable at par together with interest accrued thereon, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Industries, and (c) if such event is not an Event of Default specified in clause (viii), (ix) or (x) of this paragraph 7A with respect to Industries, the Required Holder(s) may at its or their option, by notice in writing to Industries, declare all of the Notes to be, and all of the Notes shall thereupon be and become, immediately due and payable together with interest accrued thereon and together 20 with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Industries. 7B. Rescission of Acceleration. At any time after any or all of the Notes shall have been declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, the Required Holder(s) may, by notice in writing to Industries, rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if (i) all overdue interest on the Notes, the principal of and Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, payable with respect to any Notes which have become due otherwise than by reason of such declaration, and interest on such overdue interest and overdue principal and Yield-Maintenance Amount at the rate specified in the Notes shall have been paid, (ii) any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration shall not have been paid, (iii) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to paragraph 11C, and (iv) no judgment or decree shall have been entered for the payment of any amounts due pursuant to the Notes or this Agreement. No such rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right arising therefrom. 7C. Notice of Acceleration or Rescission. Whenever any Note shall be declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A or any such declaration shall be rescinded and annulled pursuant to paragraph 7B, Industries shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the holder of each Note at the time outstanding. 7D. Other Remedies. If any Event of Default or Default shall occur and be continuing, the holder of any Note may proceed to protect and enforce its rights under this Agreement and such Note by exercising such remedies as are available to such holder in respect thereof under applicable law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both, whether for specific performance of any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement. No remedy conferred in this Agreement upon the holder of any Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy conferred herein or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise. 8. REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES. Industries represents, covenants and warrants as follows: 8A. Organization. Industries is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or formed and each of its Subsidiaries is duly organized and existing in good standing under the 21 laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or formed. Industries has and each of its Subsidiaries has the corporate power to own its respective property to carry on its respective business as now being conducted and each is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction which the character of its Properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification or authorization except for the failure to be so qualified or authorized would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Industries and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. 8B. Financial Statements. Industries has furnished you with the following financial statements, identified by a principal financial officer of Industries: (A) a Consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at December 31 in each of the years 1996 to 1998, inclusive, and Consolidated statements of income, Stockholders' Equity and cash flows of Industries and its Subsidiaries for each such year, all reported on by KPMG LLP, and (B) a Consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at March 31, 1999 and Consolidated statements of income, Stockholders' Equity and cash flows for the three-month period ended on each such date, prepared by Industries. Such financial statements (including any related schedules and/or notes) are true and correct in all material respects (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from audits and normal year-end adjustments), have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently followed throughout the periods involved and show all liabilities, direct and contingent, of Industries and its Subsidiaries required to be shown in accordance with such principles. The balance sheets fairly present the condition of Industries and its Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof, and the statements of income, Stockholders' Equity and cash flows fairly present the results of the operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries and their cash flows for the periods indicated. There has been no material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole since December 31, 1998. 8C. Actions Pending. Except as set forth in Schedule 8C there is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Industries, threatened against Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Properties or rights of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, by or before any court, arbitrator or administrative or governmental body which might, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. 8D. Outstanding Debt. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries has outstanding any Debt except as permitted by paragraph 6C(2). There exists no default under the provisions of any instrument evidencing Debt in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 or of any agreement relating thereto. 8E. Title to Properties. Industries has and each of its Subsidiaries has good and indefeasible title to its respective real Properties (other than Properties which it leases) and good title to all of its other respective Properties and assets, including the Properties and assets reflected in the balance sheet as at December 31, 1998 referred to in 22 paragraph 8B (other than Properties and assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business), subject to no Lien of any kind except Liens permitted by paragraph 6C(1). All leases necessary in any material respect for the conduct of the respective businesses of Industries and its Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect. 8F. Taxes. Industries has and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all federal, state and other income tax returns which, to the best knowledge of the officers of Industries are required to be filed giving due regard to any extensions granted, and each has paid all taxes as shown on such returns and on all assessments received by it to the extent that such taxes have become due giving due regard to any extensions granted, except such taxes as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 8G. Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction which materially and adversely affects its business, property or assets, or financial condition. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement or any other Related Document to which it is a party, nor the exchange of the Notes, nor fulfillment of nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and of the Notes will conflict with, or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in any violation of, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the Properties or assets of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, the charter or by-laws of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, any award of any arbitrator or any agreement (including any agreement with stockholders), instrument, order, judgment, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation to which Industries or any of its Subsidiaries is subject. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Debt of Industries or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other contract or agreement (including its charter) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Debt of Industries of the type to be evidenced by the Notes except as set forth in the agreements listed in Schedule 8G attached hereto. 8H. Offering of Notes. Neither Industries nor any agent acting on the behalf of Industries has, directly or indirectly, offered the Notes or any similar security for sale to, or solicited any offers to buy the Notes or any similar security from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect thereto with, any Person other than institutional investors, and neither Industries nor any agent acting on the behalf of Industries has taken or will take any action which would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the provisions of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the provisions of any securities or Blue Sky law of any applicable jurisdiction. 8I. Use of Proceeds. Neither Industries nor any Subsidiary owns or has any present intention of acquiring any "margin stock" as defined in Regulation U 23 (12 C.F.R Part 207) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (herein called "margin stock"). The proceeds of the sale of the Notes were used to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated September 3, 1993, and to provide working capital to Aladdin. None of such proceeds were used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any margin stock or for the purpose of maintaining, reducing or retiring any Debt which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any stock that was, at the time, a margin stock or for any other purpose which would have constituted the transaction contemplated by the 1993 Agreement, a "purpose credit" within the meaning of such Regulation U. Neither Industries nor any agent acting on the behalf of Industries has taken or will take any action which might cause this Agreement or the Notes to violate Regulation T or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect now or as the same may hereafter be in effect. 8J. ERISA. No accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in section 302 of ERISA and section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, exists with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan). No liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has been or is expected by Industries or any ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) by Industries, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate which is or would be materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Neither Industries, nor any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or presently expects to incur any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan which is or would be materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of Industries and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other Related Document will be, and the initial issuance and sale of the Notes to the purchasers was, exempt from, or will not (or did not) involve any transaction which is subject to, the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA and will not (or did not) involve any transaction in connection with which a penalty could be imposed under section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975 of the Code. 8K. Governmental Consent. Neither the nature of Industries or of any Subsidiary, nor any of their respective businesses or Properties, nor any relationship between Industries or any Subsidiary and any other Person, nor any circumstance in connection with the exchange of the Notes is such as to require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to or filing with any court or administrative or governmental body (other than such of the foregoing as shall have been obtained or filed at the Date of Closing and routine filings after the Date of Closing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or state Blue Sky authorities) in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the exchange of the Notes or fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or of the Notes. 24 8L. Disclosure. Neither this Agreement nor any other Related Document nor any other document, certificate or statement furnished to you by or on behalf of Industries in connection herewith contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading. There is no fact peculiar to Industries or any Subsidiary which materially adversely affects or in the future may (so far as Industries can now reasonably foresee) materially adversely affect the business, property or assets, or financial condition of Industries or any Subsidiaries and which has not been set forth in this Agreement or in any other Related Document or in the other documents, certificates and statements furnished to you by or on behalf of Industries prior to the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The financial projections given to you are reasonable based on the assumptions stated therein and the best information available to the officers of Industries. 8M. Environmental Matters. (i) Subject to the discussion regarding underground storage tanks in those certain Reports identified in clauses (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi) and (xxii) in the definition of the term "Environmental Reports," neither Industries nor any Subsidiary is subject to any Environmental Liability or Environmental Requirement which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. (ii) Neither Industries nor any Subsidiary has been designated as a potentially responsible party under CERCLA or under any state statute similar to CERCLA. None of the Properties has been identified on any current or proposed National Priorities List under 40 C.F.R. (S) 300 or any list arising from a state statute similar to CERCLA. None of the Properties has been identified on any CERCLIS list. (iii) No Hazardous Materials have been or are being used, produced, manufactured, processed, generated, stored, disposed of, released, managed at or shipped or transported to or from the Properties or are otherwise present at, on, in or under the Properties or, to the best knowledge of Industries, at or from any adjacent site or facility, except for Hazardous Materials used, produced, manufactured, processed, generated, stored, disposed of, released and managed in the ordinary course of business in compliance with all applicable Environmental Requirements where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except for Hazardous Materials present in amounts which have not required and do not require remediation, pursuant to applicable law or regulation, or which have not presented and do not present a potentially substantial danger to health, safety or the environment. (iv) Industries and each of its Subsidiaries have procured all permits necessary under Environmental Requirements for the conduct of its respective businesses except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 25 8N. Solvency. As of the Date of Closing and after giving the effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder and to all other Debt being incurred on such date in connection therewith (a) the amount of the "present fair salable value" of the assets of Industries will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all "liabilities of Industries, contingent or otherwise," as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the solvency of debtors, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of Industries will, as of the Date of Closing, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of Industries on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) Industries will not have, as of the Date of Closing, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) Industries will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this paragraph 8N "debt" means "liability or a claim", and "claim" means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured; or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. 8O. Absence of Foreign or Enemy Status. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is an "enemy" or an "ally of the enemy" within the meaning of section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. (S)(S) 1 et seq.), as amended. Neither Industries nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of, and neither the issuance and exchange of the Notes by Industries nor the use of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by this Agreement will violate, the Trading with the Enemy Act. as amended, or any executive orders, proclamations or regulations issued pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V). 9. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER. You represent that you did not acquire the 1993 Series A Note or the 1993 Series B Note purchased by you under the 1993 Agreement, as applicable, with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act, provided that the disposition of your property at all times has been and shall be and remain within your control. You are not acquiring the Notes to be purchased by you hereunder with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act, provided that the disposition of your property shall at all times be and remain within your control. You are an "Accredited Investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act. 10. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Agreement, the terms defined in the introductory sentence and in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall have the respective meanings specified therein, and the following terms shall have the meanings specified with respect thereto below: 26 10A. Yield-Maintenance Terms. "Called Principal" shall mean, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires. "Discounted Value" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the Note is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal. "Reinvestment Yield" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported, as of 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Y-M Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as "Page 678" on the Telerate (or such other display as may replace Page 678 on the Telerate) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or if such yields shall not be reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time shall not be ascertainable, (ii) the Treasury Constant Maturity Series yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields shall have been so reported as of the Y-M Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. Such implied yield shall be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between yields reported for various maturities. "Remaining-Average Life" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one- twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) each Remaining Scheduled Payment of such Called Principal (but not of interest thereon) by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) which will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment. "Remaining Scheduled Payments" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due on or after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date. 27 "Settlement Date" shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires. "Telerate" shall mean Telerate Services, Inc. or if no longer available such other comparable service as you may select as a substitute therefor. "Yield-Maintenance Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Called Principal of such Note over the sum of (i) such Called Principal plus (ii) interest accrued thereon as of (including interest due on) the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal. The Yield-Maintenance Amount shall in no event be less than zero. "Y-M Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to work. 10B. Other Terms. "Affiliate" shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) (i) which directly or indirectly controls another Person; (ii) which beneficially owns 5% or more of the voting stock of another Person; (iii) of which 5% or more of the voting stock is owned by such Person; or (iv) that is an officer or director of such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control a corporation if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such corporation, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. "Affiliate Transaction Amount" shall mean for any period, with respect to any transaction described in Paragraph 6C(8) (without regard to the limitations contained therein), an amount equal to the greater of (a) Zero Dollars ($0) and (b) the difference between (x) the aggregate value (whether in respect of the payment of a purchase price or the payment of rents or other amounts, the rendering of services or otherwise) that would have been obtained by Industries or its Subsidiaries during such period in such transaction assuming such transaction had been entered into upon fair and reasonable terms with a Person other than an Affiliate or Subsidiary minus (y) the aggregate actual value obtained by Industries or its Subsidiaries in connection with such transaction during such period, all as determined in accordance with sound financial practices. "Aladdin" shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. "Aladdin Note(s)" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 1A. 28 "Approved Investment" shall mean an Investment in compliance with the Investment Guidelines. "Asset Securitization" shall mean the sale of accounts receivable and related assets of a Person in connection with a bona fide asset securitization program. "Bankruptcy Law" shall have the meaning specified in clause (viii) of paragraph 7A. "Bank Agreement" shall mean that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as of January 28, 1999 among Industries and the Banks, as it may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. "Banks" shall mean each of First Union National Bank and Wachovia Bank, N.A. or other financial institutions a party to the Bank Agreement. "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City and Atlanta, Georgia are required or authorized to be closed. "Capital Stock" shall mean any nonredeemable capital stock of Industries or any Consolidated Subsidiary (to the extent issued to a Person other than Industries), whether common or preferred. "Capitalized Lease Obligation" shall mean any rental obligation which, under generally accepted accounting principles, would be required to be capitalized on the books of Industries or any Subsidiary, taken at the amount thereof accounted for as indebtedness (net of interest expense) in accordance with such principles. "Catoosa Co. IRB" shall mean that issuance of certain bonds by the Development Authority of Catoosa County, Georgia, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Indenture of Trust dated as of November 1, 1991. "CERCLA" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act. "CERCLIS" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Inventory System established pursuant to CERCLA. "Closing" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 2A. "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 29 "Confidential Information" shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 11H. "Consolidated" shall mean the consolidated financial information of Industries and each of its Subsidiaries under generally accepted accounting principles. "Consolidated Debt" shall mean at any date the Debt of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis as of such date. "Consolidated Interest Expense" for any period shall mean interest, whether expensed or capitalized, in respect of Debt of Industries or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries outstanding during such period. "Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, for any period, the Net Income of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis, but excluding (i) extraordinary items and (ii) any equity interests of Industries or any Subsidiary in the unremitted earnings of any Person that is not a Subsidiary. "Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean at any time Stockholder's Equity. Each Purchaser hereby agrees that: (i) the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121 ("FAS 121") relating to, among other things, the accounting for the impairment of long-lived assets, and its effect upon the consolidated financial statements of Industries as of and for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1996, shall be disregarded for the purposes of determining Stockholders' Equity, provided that any charge against income for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 1996, resulting from the impairment of long- lived assets does not exceed $2,000,000; and (ii) the effect of that certain non-recurring $4,000,000 charge, incurred by Aladdin during the fourth Fiscal Quarter of 1995 as a result of income tax reimbursements made to certain executives of Aladdin relating to their exercise of certain stock options, shall be disregarded when determining Stockholders' Equity. "Consolidated Total Assets" shall mean, at any time, (x) the total assets of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis, as set forth or reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, plus (y) the accounts receivable balance reported as of the last day of the calendar month most recently ended by Industries or a Subsidiary with respect to an Asset Securitization. 30 "Consolidated Total Capital" shall mean, at any time, the sum of the following as of such time (i) Consolidated Net Worth and (ii) Consolidated Debt. "Consolidated Subsidiary" shall mean at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, would be consolidated with those of Industries in its consolidated financial statements as of such date. "Date of Closing" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 2A. "Debt" of any Person shall mean at any date, without duplication, all of the following as of such date (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under capital leases, (v) all obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts payable under a banker's acceptance, (vi) all Redeemable Preferred Stock of such Person (in the event such Person is a corporation), (vii) all obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit or similar instrument, (viii) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person, (ix) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person, and (x) the total accounts receivable reported as sold as of the last day of the calendar month most recently ended by Industries or a Subsidiary with respect to an Asset Securitization. For all purposes of this Agreement, the amount of a Person's Debt under a loan or lease agreement between such Person and a governmental agency that has issued industrial development bonds or similar instruments, the repayment of which is secured by the payment obligations of such Person under such loan or lease agreement, shall be equal to the aggregate principal amount of such bonds or instruments outstanding at the time of determination less the amount of proceeds of such bonds or instruments which at such time are on deposit with a trustee or other fiduciary in a "construction" fund, or other similar fund which would be available to such trustee or other fiduciary to repay the bonds or other instruments if then due and payable. "Debt to Capitalization Ratio" shall mean the ratio of Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capital. "Defeased" shall mean fully paid and satisfied or irrevocably provided for, in either case, without possibility of any future unwinding, "claw-back", or other failure to remain fully paid, satisfied or irrevocably provided for. "Depreciation" shall mean for any period the sum of all depreciation expenses of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 31 "8.46% Note Agreement" shall mean the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the dated hereof among Industries and the 8.46% Note Holders, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. "8.46% Note Holder" shall mean a holder of a promissory note issued under the 8.46% Note Agreement. "Environmental Liabilities" shall mean any liabilities, whether accrued or contingent, arising from or relating in any way to any Environmental Requirements. "Environmental Proceedings" shall mean any judicial or administrative proceedings arising from or in any way associated with any Environmental Requirement. "Environmental Reports" means, collectively, each of the following reports prepared by various consultants for the Borrower: (i) Final Report Phase II UST Assessment Beck Dye Plant, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (ii) Final Report, Phase I Environmental Survey Tifton Spinning Mill, Tifton, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (iii) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc., The Harbinger Company, Inc., Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (iv) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc. Central Distribution Center, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (v) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc. Main Facility South Industrial Boulevard, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (vi) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Horizon Industries, Inc. Beck Dye Plant, Calhoun, Georgia, dated October 15, 1992, Dames & Moore, (vii) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey LIBCO Mill, Liberty, South Carolina, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (viii) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Oak River Mill, Bennettsville, South Carolina, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (ix) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Dixiana Mill, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (x) Final Report Phase I Environmental Survey Laurens Park Mill, East Dublin, Georgia, dated September 29, 1992, Dames & Moore, (xi) Phase I Environmental Audit Report, Brumlow Mills, Gordon County, Georgia, dated March 2, 1993, Environmental Science & Engineering, Inc., (xii) Report of Results from Environmental Audit of American Rug Craftsmen Facilities, dated April, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xiii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment of Delaware Valley Wool Scouring Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated July 23, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xiv) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment of Karastan Eden Rug Mill, Eden, North Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xv) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment of Karastan Eden Service Center, Eden, North Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, (xvi) Phase I Environmental Assessment of Karastan Worsted Mill, Greenville, North Carolina, dated July 20, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xvii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Spinning 32 Mill, Greenville, North Carolina, dated July 20, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xviii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Laurel Hill Yarn Mill, Laurel Hill, North Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xix) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Rocky River Yarn Mill, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xx) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Lyerly Carpet Mill, Lyerly, Georgia, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xxi) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Summerville Mill, Summerville, Georgia, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., (xxii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Karastan Belton Yarn Mill, Belton, South Carolina, July 20, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., and (xxiii) Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Karastan Landrum Woven Mill, Landrum, South Carolina, dated July 23, 1993, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc. "Environmental Requirements" shall mean any applicable local, state or federal law, rule, regulation, permit, order, decision, determination or requirement relating in any way to Hazardous Materials or to health, safety or the environment. "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. "ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations as a Company within the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code, or any trade or business which is under common control with such Company within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code. "Event of Default" shall mean any of the events specified in paragraph 7A, provided that there has been satisfied any requirement in connection with such event for the giving of notice, or the lapse of time, or the happening of any further condition, event or act, and "Default" shall mean any of such events, whether or not any such requirement has been satisfied. "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. "Fiscal Quarter" shall mean any Fiscal Quarter of Industries. "Fiscal Year" shall mean any Fiscal Year of Industries. "Funded Debt" shall mean, with respect to any Person, the sum of (i) all Debt (other than a guarantee by Industries of an Operating Lease of its Subsidiary) of such Person which by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto matures, or which is otherwise payable or unpaid, more than one year from, or is directly or indirectly renewable or extendible at the option of the debtor to a date more than one year (including an option of the debtor under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or 33 - -lenders to extend credit over a period of more than one year) from, the date of the creation thereof and (ii) all indebtedness attributable to any Receivables Financing. "Galaxy" shall mean Galaxy Carpet Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation. "Guarantee" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another, including, without limitation, any such obligation directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) or discounted or sold with recourse by such Person, or in respect of which such Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable, including, without limitation, any such obligation in effect guaranteed by such Person through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), or to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet or other financial condition of the obligor of such obligation, or to make payment for any products, materials or supplies or for any transportation or services regardless of the non-delivery or non-furnishing thereof, in any such case if the purpose or intent of such agreement is to provide assurance that such obligation will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guarantee shall be equal to the outstanding principal amount of the obligation guaranteed or such lesser amount to which the maximum exposure of the guarantor shall have been specifically limited. "Guaranty Agreement" shall mean any one of the Guaranty Agreements. "Guaranty Agreements" shall mean (a) the Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement dated as of September 3, 1993, executed and delivered by Industries, (b) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of February 25, 1994, executed and delivered by Aladdin, (c) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of November 3, 1993, executed and delivered by Marketing, (d) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of January 13, 1995, executed and delivered by Galaxy, (e) the Guaranty Agreement dated as of May 1, 1995, executed and delivered by Mills, (f) Guaranty Agreement dated as of July 19, 1995, executed and delivered by Limited, (g) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1998, executed and delivered by World Carpets, Inc., (h) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1998, executed and delivered by World Commercial Carpets, Inc., (i) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Mohawk Servicing, Inc., (j) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Mohawk Factoring, Inc., (k) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Mohawk Commercial, Inc., (l) 34 Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by American Weavers LLC, (m) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1999, executed and delivered by Newmark & James, Inc., (n) Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 11, 1999, executed and delivered by Durkan Patterned Carpets, Inc. and (o) each other Guaranty Agreement executed and delivered by any current or former direct or indirect Subsidiary of Industries pursuant to the 1993 Agreement. "Hazardous Materials" shall mean (a) hazardous waste as defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, (b) hazardous substances, as defined in CERCLA, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, (c) gasoline, or any other petroleum product or by-product or constituent, (d) toxic substances, as defined in the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation and (e) insecticides, fungicides, or rodenticides, as defined in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1975, or in any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation, as each such Act, statute or regulation may be amended from time to time. "Horizon" shall mean Horizon Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation, and its permitted successors and assigns. "Horizon Notes" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 1A. "Industries" shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. "Interest Expense" shall mean interest expense, as defined according to generally accepted accounting principles. "Investment" shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (other than the creation of receivables in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by such Person (by means of transfers of property to others or payments for property or services for the account or use of others, or otherwise) to any other Person, or any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition or beneficial ownership by such Person of, or of a beneficial interest in, Capital Stock, partnership interests, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities issued by any other Person. "Investment Guidelines" shall mean the guidelines for investment of funds of Industries and the Subsidiaries as approved by the Board of Directors of Industries or an authorized executive committee thereof and in effect on the Date of Closing, as modified or supplemented from time to time with the approval of the Board of Directors of Industries or an authorized executive committee. 35 "Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), any common law right of set off or banker's lien or charge of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and the filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction) or any other type of preferential arrangement for the purpose, or having the effect, of protecting a creditor against loss or securing the payment or performance of an obligation. "Limited" shall mean Mohawk Limited, a Delaware corporation. "Material Adverse Effect" shall mean, with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences, whether or not related, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, any of (a) the financial condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of the Purchasers under the Related Documents, or the ability of Industries to perform its obligations under the Related Documents to which it is a party, as applicable, or (c) the legality, validity or enforceability of any Related Document. "Maturity Factoring Arrangement" shall mean any arrangement with a Person whereby either Industries or its Subsidiaries contracts out to a Person a portion of its receivables credit functions and in connection therewith transfers all or a portion of its accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business as conducted on the Date of Closing and on terms substantially similar to those under which such account receivable is created and (i) neither of Industries retains any liability with respect to the collectibility of such accounts receivable or any obligation whatsoever with respect thereto or to such Person except for the payment of a fee and the settlement of any bona fide dispute of the account debtor with respect to the transaction giving rise to such accounts receivable and (ii) any funds, amount or other consideration paid by such Person for the transfer of such accounts receivable shall be payable subsequent to such transfer on a date certain determined with reference to, and approximately coincident with, the date such Person anticipates such accounts receivable shall be collected. "Mills" shall mean Mohawk Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation. "Moody's" shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc. "Multiemployer Plan" shall mean any Plan which is a "multiemployer plan" (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). 36 "1992 Agreement" shall mean each Note Purchase Agreement dated as of October 23, 1992 among Aladdin, Industries and each Note holder. "1993 Agreement" shall the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereof. "1993 Note(s)" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 1B. "1993 Series A Note(s)" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 1A. "1993 Series B Note(s)" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 1B. "Officer's Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed in the name of a Company by its President, one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or its Corporate Controller. "Old Notes" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 1A. "Operating Lease" shall mean any lease or rental agreement of Industries or any of its Subsidiaries, which is not a Capitalized Lease, other than any such lease or rental agreement having a term of less than twelve months from the date of inception of such lease or rental agreement. "Permitted Line of Business" shall mean the manufacturing, marketing and/or distribution of commercial or home furnishings and floor coverings and other reasonably related products and any "vertical integration" with respect thereto. "Person" shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof. "Properties" shall mean all real property owned, leased or otherwise used or occupied by any of Industries or any Subsidiary, wherever located. "Plan" shall mean any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is defined in section 3 of ERISA) which is or has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have been made, by Industries or any ERISA Affiliate. "Prior Documents" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 11Q. "Prudential Personnel" shall mean, at the time of any Purchase Request, those individuals (not more than three (3)) then most-recently designated by you to Industries in writing (with mail and delivery addresses and facsimile transmission telephone numbers) as the 37 Prudential Personnel. The Prudential Personnel shall initially be those individuals identified in writing contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and shall be subject to such changes and such designees as you may at any time and from time to time make by notice to Industries in writing, provided that Industries shall not be bound by such changes until such notice is received by Industries. "Receivables Financing" shall mean a transaction pursuant to which funds are advanced to Industries and/or any of its Subsidiaries in exchange for which Industries and/or any of its Subsidiaries shall pledge or sell any or all of its receivables to secure, in whole or in part, the repayment of such funds. "Related Documents" shall mean this Agreement (and each modification thereof), any Note, and the Sharing Agreement and any document or instrument executed in connection with any of the foregoing. "Rental Charges" for any period shall mean all payment obligations of Industries and its Subsidiaries under all Operating Leases and rental agreements, determined on a Consolidated basis as of the date of determination. "Required Holder(s)" shall mean the holder or holders of at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes from time to time outstanding. "Responsible Officer" shall mean the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of Industries or any other officer of Industries involved principally in its financial administration or its controllership function. "Restricted Payments" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 6B(iii). "Sale and Leaseback" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 6C(6) hereof. "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "Secured Debt" shall mean any Debt or obligation of any Person which is secured by, or otherwise benefiting from, a Lien on any property, tangible or intangible, of Industries or any Subsidiary, whether or not Industries or such Subsidiary has assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt. "Senior Funded Debt" shall mean all Funded Debt other than Subordinated Debt. "Series A Note" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 2A hereof. "Series B Note" shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 2B hereof. 38 "Series Note Agreement" shall mean the Amended and Restated Series Note Agreement dated as of August 31, 1999 among Industries and the Series Note Holders. "Series Note Holder" shall mean a holder of a promissory note issued under the Series Note Agreement. "Sharing Agreement" shall mean that certain Sharing Agreement dated as of the date hereof, between Industries, the Banks, each 8.46% Note Holder, each Series Note Holder and you. "Significant Holder" shall mean (i) you, so long as you shall hold (or be committed under this Agreement to purchase) any Note, or (ii) any other holder of at least 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes from time to time outstanding. "Significant Subsidiary" shall mean, as determined with reference to the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraph 5A(1), a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that either (a) individually or in the aggregate, shall have net sales equaling or exceeding 3% of the net sales of Industries and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis or (b) individually or in the aggregate, shall have total assets equaling or exceeding 31% of the total assets of Industries and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis. "Stockholders' Equity" shall mean, at any time, the stockholders' equity of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as set forth or reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Industries and its Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding any Redeemable Preferred Stock of Industries or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries. Shareholders' equity generally would include, but not be limited to, (i) the par or stated value of all outstanding Capital Stock, (ii) capital surplus, (iii) retained earnings, and (iv) various deductions such as (A) purchases of treasury stock, (B) valuation allowances, (C) receivables due from an employee stock ownership plan, (D) employee stock ownership plan debt guarantees, and (E) foreign currency translation adjustments. "Subordinated Debt" shall mean the Funded Debt of the Industries and any Subsidiaries which (i) is validly and expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and (ii) has, when issued, a Weighted Average Life to Maturity greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Notes. "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by Industries. 39 "Summerville City IRB" shall mean that issuance of certain bonds by The Development Authority of the City of Summerville, Georgia, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in that Trust Indenture dated as of September 1, 1997. "S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Corporation. "Termination Letter" shall that certain Termination Letter, dated as of the date hereof, between Industries, the Banks, each 8.46% Note Holder, each Series Note Holder and you. "Third Party" shall mean all lessees, sublessees, licensees and other users of the Properties. "Transferee" shall mean any direct or indirect transferee of all or any part of any Note purchased by you under this Agreement provided, however; in no event shall any such transferee be a Person identified on Schedule 10B. "Unsecured" with respect to Debt means that such Debt that is not Secured Debt. "Voting Stock" shall mean, with respect to any corporation, any shares of stock of such corporation whose holders are entitled under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). "Weighted Average Life to Maturity" shall mean as applied to any indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding principal amount of such indebtedness into (b) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (x) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (y) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) which will elapse between such date and the date as of which such payment is to be made. "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary, all of the Voting Stock of which shall, at the time of determination, be owned by Industries or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. "Year 2000 Issues" shall mean the actual and reasonably anticipated costs, claims, losses, and liabilities associated with the inability of certain computer applications to handle effectively data that includes dates on and after January 1, 2000, as such inability in respect of Industries or any Subsidiary and in respect of their respective material customers, suppliers and vendors affects the business, operations, and financial condition of Industries or any Subsidiary. 40 10C. Accounting Principles, Terms and Determinations. All references in this Agreement to "generally accepted accounting principles" shall be deemed to refer to generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States at the time of application thereof. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and all unaudited financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of Industries and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph 5A of, if no such statements have been so delivered, the most recent audited financial statements referred to in clause (i) of paragraph 8B. 11. MISCELLANEOUS 11A. Note Payments. Industries agrees that, so long as you shall hold any Note, it will make payments of principal of, interest on and any Yield- Maintenance Amount payable with respect to such Note, which comply with the terms of this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit (not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date due) to your account or accounts as specified in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto, or such other account or accounts in the United States as you may designate in writing, notwithstanding any contrary provision herein or in any Note with respect to the place of payment. You agree that, before disposing of any Note, you will make a notation thereon (or on a schedule attached thereto) of all principal payments previously made thereon and of the date to which interest thereon has been paid. Industries agrees to afford the benefits of this paragraph 11A to any Transferee which shall have made the same agreement as you have made in this paragraph 11A. 11B. Expenses. Industries agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, to pay, and save you and any Transferee harmless against liability for the payment of, all out-of-pocket expenses (including without limitation legal fees) arising in connection with such transactions, including (i) all expenses incurred by you and any Transferee in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement or any other Related Document, including without limitation, paragraph 5K and all stamp, intangibles, recording and other taxes, if any, payable by you and/or any Transferee with respect to this Agreement or any other Related Document and any subsequent proposed modification or waiver of, or proposed consent under, this Agreement, whether or not such proposed modification or waiver shall be effected or proposed consent granted, and (ii) the costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually incurred by you or such Transferee in connection with the restructuring, refinancing or "work out" of this Agreement or any other Related Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or 41 in enforcing (or determining whether or how to enforce) any rights under this Agreement or the Notes or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by reason of your or any Transferee's having acquired any Note, including without limitation costs and expenses incurred in any bankruptcy case. The obligations of Industries under this paragraph 11B shall survive the transfer of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein by you or any Transferee and the payment of any Note. The obligations of Industries under paragraph 11B of each of the 1993 Agreement and 1992 Agreement shall survive the transfer and assumption of the Horizon Note and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Related Documents. 11C. Consent to Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, and Industries may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, if Industries shall obtain the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Holder(s) except that, without the written consent of the holder or holders of all Notes at the time outstanding, no amendment to this Agreement shall change the maturity of any Note, or change the principal of, or the rate or time of payment of interest on or any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable to any Note, or affect the time, amount or allocation of any prepayments, or change the proportion of the principal amount of the Notes required with respect to any consent, amendment, waiver or declaration. Each holder of any Note at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent authorized by this paragraph 11C, whether or not such Note shall have been marked to indicate such consent, but any Notes issued thereafter may bear a notation referring to any such consent. No course of dealing between Industries and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note. As used herein and in the Notes, the term "this Agreement" and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented. 11D. Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Lost Notes. The Notes are issuable as registered notes without coupons in denominations of at least $1,000,000, except as may be necessary to reflect any principal amount not evenly divisible by $1,000,000. Industries shall keep at its principal office a register in which it shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the principal office of Industries, it shall, at its expense, execute and deliver one or more new Notes of like tenor and of a like aggregate principal amount, registered in the name of such Transferee or Transferees. At the option of the holder of any Note, such Note may be exchanged for other Notes of like tenor and of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Note to be exchanged at the principal office of Industries. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, Industries shall, at its expense, execute and deliver the Notes which the holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Note surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the holder of such Note or such holder's attorney duly authorized in 42 writing. Any Note or Notes issued in exchange for any Note or upon transfer thereof shall carry the rights to unpaid interest and interest to accrue which were carried by the Note so exchanged or transferred, so that neither gain nor loss of interest shall result from any such transfer or exchange. Upon receipt of written notice from the holder of any Note of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Note and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of such holder's unsecured indemnity agreement, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, Industries will make and deliver a new Note, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note. 11E. Persons Deemed Owners; Participations. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, Industries may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner and holder of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, interest on and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note shall be overdue, and Industries, shall not be affected by notice to the contrary. Subject to the preceding sentence, the holder of any Note may from time to time grant participations in such Note to any Person (other than any Person identified on Schedule 10B) on such terms and conditions as may be determined by such holder in its sole and absolute discretion, provided that any such participation shall be in a principal amount of at least $1,000,000. 11F. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement. All representations and warranties contained herein or made in writing by or on behalf of Industries in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the transfer by you of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any Transferee, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of you or any Transferee. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the other Related Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between you and Industries and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 11G. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements in this Agreement contained by or on behalf of either of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto (including, without limitation, any Transferee) whether so expressed or not. 11H. Disclosure to Other Persons. Industries acknowledges that the holder of any Note may deliver copies of any financial statements and other documents delivered to such holder, and disclose any other information disclosed to such holder, by or on behalf of Industries or any Subsidiary in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement to (i) such holder's directors, officers, employees, agents and professional consultants, (ii) any other holder of any Note, (iii) any Person to which such holder offers to sell such Note or any part thereof, (iv) any Person to which such holder sells or offers to sell a 43 participation in all or any part of such Note, (v) any Person from which such holder offers to purchase any security of Industries, (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such holder, (vii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (a) in compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such holder, (b) in response to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand or (c) in connection with any litigation to which such holder is a party. Except as provided above, each holder of a Note agrees to exercise its best efforts to hold in confidence and not to disclose Confidential Information (as defined below). The term "Confidential Information" shall mean any information delivered or made available by Industries to a holder which is either financial or clearly indicated to be Confidential Information and does not include information which (x) was publicly known, or otherwise known to such holder, at the time of disclosure, (y) subsequently becomes publicly known other than through the act of or omission by such holder, or (z) otherwise becomes known to such holder, other than through disclosure by Industries. 11I. Notices. All written communications provided for hereunder shall be sent by first class mail or nationwide overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid) and (i) if to you, addressed to you at the address specified for such communications in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto, or at such other address as you shall have specified to Industries in writing, (ii) if to any other holder of any Note, addressed to such other holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to Industries in writing or, if any such other holder shall not have so specified an address to Industries, then addressed to such other holder in care of the last holder of such Note which shall have so specified an address to Industries, and (iii) if to Industries, addressed to it at 160 South Industrial Boulevard, Calhoun, Georgia 30703-7002, Attention: Vice President-Finance, or at such other address as Industries shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing; provided, however, that any such communication to Industries may also, at the option of the holder of any Note, be delivered by any other means either to Industries at its address specified above or to any officer of Industries. 11J. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day. If the date for any payment is extended to the next succeeding Business Day by reason of the preceding sentence, the period of such extension shall be included in the computation of the interest payable on such Business Day. 11K. Satisfaction Requirement. If any agreement, certificate or other writing, or any action taken or to be taken, is by the terms of this Agreement required to be satisfactory to you or to the Required Holder(s), the determination of such satisfaction shall be made by you or the Required Holder(s), as the case may be, in your judgment (exercised in good faith) of the Person or Persons making such determination. 44 11L. Independence of Covenants. All covenants of Industries hereunder shall be of independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any one of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise be within the other limitations of, another covenant, shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default if such action is taken or condition exists. 11M. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York. INDUSTRIES HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, SUBJECT TO THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE ELECTION OF THE REQUIRED HOLDERS, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENT SHALL BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS, AND INDUSTRIES WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE BASED ON IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS TO THE CONDUCT OF ANY PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURTS. 11N. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 11O. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the several paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. 11P. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. 11Q. No Novation. The parties hereto have entered into this Agreement and the other Related Documents solely to amend and restate and restructure the terms of, and obligations owing under and in connection with, the 1993 Agreement and any document executed in connection with either Agreement (the "Prior Documents"). The parties do not intend this Agreement, the other Related Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby to be, and this Agreement, the other Related Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby shall not be construed to be, a novation of any of the obligations owing by Aladdin under or in connection with any of the Prior Documents. S-1 If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of acceptance on the enclosed counterpart of this letter and return the same to Industries, whereupon this letter shall become a binding agreement among Industries and you. Very truly yours, MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. By: _____________________________ Title: [Acceptance On Next Page.] S-2 The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted as of the date first above written. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA By_____________________________ Vice President EX-11 5 STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS EXHIBIT 11 MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS (In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited) NOTE: Earnings per share are presented in accordance with Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(11) and FAS No. 128.
Three Months Ended --------------------------------------------- October 2, 1999 September 26, 1998 --------------- ------------------ Net earnings $ 45,079 37,060 =============== ================== Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding: Weighted-average common shares outstanding 60,600 60,435 Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares - options to purchase common shares, net 514 734 --------------- ------------------ Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding 61,114 61,169 =============== ================== Basic earnings per share $ 0.74 0.61 =============== ================== Diluted earnings per share $ 0.74 0.61 =============== ==================
Nine Months Ended ---------------------------------------------- October 2, 1999 September 26, 1998 --------------- ------------------ Net earnings $ 117,064 90,142 =============== ================== Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding: Weighted-average common shares outstanding 60,586 60,359 Add weighted-average dilutive potential common shares - options to purchase common shares, net 632 748 --------------- ------------------ Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding 61,218 61,107 =============== ================== Basic earnings per share $ 1.93 1.49 =============== ================== Diluted earnings per share $ 1.91 1.48 =============== ==================
EX-27 6 FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
5 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC'S QUARTERLY REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED OCTOBER 2, 1999 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1,000 9-MOS DEC-31-1999 JAN-01-1999 OCT-02-1999 0 0 451,075 65,731 537,579 988,935 1,111,433 491,440 1,716,238 598,882 363,252 0 0 606 735,471 1,716,238 2,307,717 2,307,717 1,725,231 1,725,231 0 11,599 23,942 193,494 76,430 117,064 0 0 0 117,064 1.93 1.91
EX-27.1 7 1999 FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE (RESTATED)
5 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC., QUARTERLY REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS FOR QUARTER ENDED APRIL 3, 1999. AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1,000 3-MOS 6-MOS DEC-31-1999 DEC-31-1999 JAN-01-1999 JAN-01-1999 APR-03-1999 JUL-03-1999 0 0 0 0 422,119 434,299 61,092 61,804 498,972 528,555 920,948 964,298 1,043,325 1,070,477 451,699 464,910 1,623,663 1,678,620 578,637 590,054 363,369 365,979 606 606 0 0 0 0 645,101 690,087 1,623,663 1,678,620 707,167 1,497,784 707,167 1,497,784 528,838 1,118,544 528,838 1,118,544 0 0 3,503 7,500 7,854 15,607 46,102 118,983 18,210 41,995 27,892 71,485 0 0 0 0 0 0 27,892 71,955 .46 1.19 .46 1.17
EX-27.2 8 1998 FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE (RESTATED)
5 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. QUARTERLY REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 28, 1998, JUNE 27, 1998, SEPTEMBER 26, 1998, DECEMBER 31, 1998 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1,000 3-MOS 6-MOS 9-MOS YEAR DEC-31-1998 DEC-31-1998 DEC-31-1998 DEC-31-1998 JAN-01-1998 JAN-01-1998 JAN-01-1998 JAN-01-1998 MAR-28-1998 JUN-27-1998 SEP-26-1998 DEC-31-1998 80 145 72 2,384 0 0 0 0 379,720 392,310 429,947 390,161 50,642 52,363 58,580 58,233 407,663 416,328 443,107 423,837 788,047 803,555 859,995 830,039 797,007 818,347 862,204 883,908 381,686 398,546 415,542 429,041 1,279,719 1,299,741 1,406,136 1,388,590 387,569 400,378 424,541 408,461 346,891 315,721 360,216 332,665 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 603 604 604 606 509,525 546,373 584,234 610,453 1,279,719 1,299,741 1,406,136 1,388,590 589,473 1,278,961 1,997,733 2,744,620 589,473 1,278,961 1,997,733 2,744,620 453,084 964,966 1,505,976 2,063,333 453,084 964,966 1,505,976 2,063,333 0 0 0 20,600 2,661 6,641 9,814 13,190 7,990 16,091 23,336 31,023 30,345 89,262 150,695 194,806 13,210 36,180 60,553 79,552 17,135 53,082 90,142 115,254 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17,135 53,082 90,142 115,254 .28 .88 1.49 1.91 .28 .87 1.48 1.89 NON RECURRING CHARGES OF $17,700 FOR ACQUISITION COSTS RELATED TO WORLD MERGER AND $2,900 FOR CARRYING VALUE REDUCTION OF ASSETS HELD FOR SALE PURSUANT TO FAS121.
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