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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Exhibit 10.80
</B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT, dated as of January 31, 2003 (this
&#147;<U>Amendment</U>&#148;), under (i) the Guarantee (the &#147;<U>2000B Guarantee</U>&#148;) and the Credit Agreement (the &#147;<U>2000B Credit Agreement</U>&#148;), as defined in the Participation Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2000 (as the
same may have been, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the &#147;<U>2000B Participation Agreement</U>&#148;), among Hanover Compression Limited Partnership (formerly known as Hanover Compression Inc.,
&#147;<U>HCC</U>&#148;), Hanover Equipment Trust 2000B, (the &#147;<U>2000B Lessor</U>&#148;), Bank Hapoalim B.M. and FBTC Leasing Corp., as investors, the lenders parties thereto (the &#147;<U>2000B Lenders</U>&#148;), JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly
known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), a New York banking corporation, as the administrative agent for the 2000B Lenders (the &#147;<U>Administrative Agent</U>&#148;), and the other parties thereto, (ii) the Guarantee (the &#147;<U>2000A
Guarantee</U>&#148;) and the Credit Agreement (the &#147;<U>2000A Credit Agreement</U>&#148;), as defined in the Participation Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2000 (as the same may have been, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the &#147;<U>2000A Participation Agreement</U>&#148;), among HCC, Hanover Equipment Trust 2000A (the &#147;<U>2000A Lessor</U>&#148;), First Union National Bank and Scotiabanc Inc., as investors, the lenders parties thereto (the &#147;<U>2000A
Lenders</U>&#148;), the Administrative Agent, as agent for the 2000A Lenders, and the other parties thereto, (iii) the Guarantee (the &#147;<U>1999 Guarantee</U>&#148;) and the Credit Agreement (the &#147;<U>1999 Credit Agreement&#148;</U>), as
defined in the Participation Agreement, dated as of June 15, 1999 (as the same may have been, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the &#147;<U>1999 Participation Agreement</U>&#148;), among HCC, Hanover Equipment Trust
1999A (the &#147;<U>1999 Lessor</U>&#148;), Societe Generale Financial Corporation and FBTC Leasing Corp., as investors, the lenders parties thereto (the &#147;<U>1999 Lenders</U>&#148;), the Administrative Agent, as agent for the 1999 Lenders, and
the other parties thereto, and (iv) the Credit Agreement (as the same may have been, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the &#147;<U>Senior Credit Agreement</U>&#148;), dated as of December 15, 1997, as amended and
restated on December 3, 2001, among Hanover Compressor Company (&#147;<U>Holdings</U>&#148;), HCC, the Administrative Agent and the lenders parties thereto (the &#147;<U>Senior Credit Lenders</U>&#148;). The 2000B Participation Agreement, the 2000A
Participation Agreement and the 1999 Participation Agreement are collectively hereinafter referred to as the &#147;<U>Participation Agreements</U>&#148;. The 2000B Guarantee, the 2000A Guarantee and the 1999 Guarantee are collectively hereinafter
referred to as the &#147;<U>Synthetic Guarantees</U>&#148;, and the 2000B Credit Agreement, the 2000A Credit Agreement and the 1999 Credit Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the &#147;<U>Synthetic Credit Agreements</U>&#148;.
</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><U>W</U><U>I</U><U>T</U><U>N</U><U>E</U><U>S</U><U>S</U><U>E</U><U>T</U><U>H</U>: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">WHEREAS, Holdings and HCC have requested that the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders under each of the Synthetic Guarantees and
the Senior Credit Agreement amend certain of the provisions of each of the Synthetic Guarantees and the Senior Credit Agreement; and </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders under each of the Synthetic Guarantees and the Senior Credit Agreement are
agreeable to the requested amendments, but only on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">I. <U>Defined
Terms</U>. As used in this Amendment, terms defined in the preamble hereof and the recitals hereto are used herein as so defined, and terms defined in any of the Participation Agreements, the Synthetic Guarantees and the Senior Credit Agreement and
not defined herein are used herein as therein defined. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">II. <U>Amendments to the Senior Credit Agreement, the Synthetic Guarantees and Annex A of the Participation Agreements</U>. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1. <U>Amendments to Subsection 1.1 of the Senior Credit Agreement</U>. (a) Subsection 1.1 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by adding the following defined terms in proper alphabetical order: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;<U>Security Documents</U>&#148;: the collective reference to (a) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (b) other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent or any
collateral agent therefor, granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries under any Loan Document. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Subsection 1.1 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the following
defined term and substituting in place thereof the following new definition: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;<U>Loan Documents</U>&#148;: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Applications and the Guarantees and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing.
</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(c) Subsection 1.1 of the Senior Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Business Acquisition in its entirety and inserting a new clause (c) to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(c) such acquired or newly formed corporation, partnership, association or other business
entity shall be a Subsidiary and all actions required to be taken, if any, with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall have been taken, </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(d) Subsection 1.1 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by adding a new sentence at the end of the definition of Permitted Business Acquisition to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Lenders acknowledge that (a) the equity investments and advances listed on Schedule 8.10 constitute Permitted Business Acquisitions,
and (b) to the extent that any such equity investments or advances listed on such Schedule 8.10 constitute Indebtedness, the creation, incurrence, assumption or sufferance to exist of such Indebtedness is in compliance with the provisions of Section
8.2 hereof. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">2. <U>Amendment to Annex A to each
of the Participation Agreements</U>. (a) Annex A to each of the Participation Agreements are hereby amended by adding a new sentence at the end of the definition of Permitted Business Acquisition to read as follows: </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Lenders acknowledge that (a) the equity investments and
advances listed on Schedule 11.10 of the Guarantee constitute Permitted Business Acquisitions, and (b) to the extent that any such equity investments or advances listed on such Schedule 11.10 of the Guarantee constitute Indebtedness, the creation,
incurrence, assumption or sufferance </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">to exist of such Indebtedness is in compliance with the provisions of Section 11.2 of the
Guarantee. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Annex A of each of the
Participation Agreements is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the following defined term and substituting in place thereof the following new definition: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;<U>Security Documents</U>&#148; shall mean the collective reference to the Security Agreement, the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, the Lease, the Assignment of Lease and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Agent or any collateral agent therefor granting a Lien on any asset or assets of any Person to secure the obligations and
liabilities of the Lessor under the Credit Agreement and/or under any of the other Credit Documents or to secure any guarantee of any such obligations and liabilities. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(c) Annex A of each of the Participation Agreements is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word
&#147;and&#148; from the end of clause (j) of the definition of Operative Agreements, (ii) deleting the period at the end of clause (k) of the definition of Operative Agreements and inserting &#147;; and&#148; in lieu thereof and (iii) inserting a
new clause (l) to the definition of Operative Agreements to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(l) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">3. <U>Amendments to Subsection 1.1 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Annex A of each of the Participation Agreements</U>. (a) Subsection 1.1 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Annex A to each of the
Participation Agreements is hereby amended by (i) deleting the phrase &#147;recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Holdings as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of each relevant period for testing
such compliance&#148; and replacing it with &#147;computed as at the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior to delivery of the certificate required pursuant to this clause (i)&#148; where it appears in clause (d)(i) of the
definition of Permitted Business Acquisition therein, (ii) inserting the phrase &#147;concurrently with the delivery of each certificate of a Responsible Officer pursuant to subsection 7.2(b) hereof&#148; immediately after the phrase &#147;an
officers&#146; certificate to such effect&#148; where it appears in clause (d)(i) of the definition of Permitted Business Acquisition therein and (iii) inserting the phrase &#147;,concurrently with the delivery of each certificate of a Responsible
Officer pursuant to subsection 7.2(b) hereof,&#148; immediately after the word &#147;Agent&#148; where it appears in clause (e) of the definition of Permitted Business Acquisition therein. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Subsection 1.1 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Annex A to each of the Participation Agreements are
hereby amended by adding the following defined term in proper alphabetical order:<U></U> </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;<U>Capital Expenditures</U>&#148;: for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by
such Person and its Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that should be
capitalized under GAAP on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;<U>Collateral</U>&#148;: all property of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which
a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;<U>Excluded Unqualified Subsidiary</U>&#148;: any Unqualified Subsidiary not organized under a jurisdiction of the United States in respect of which either (a) the pledge of all of </FONT></P><P
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (b) the guaranteeing by such
Subsidiary of the Obligations, or the pledging of assets by such Subsidiary to secure the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of Holdings, result in adverse tax consequences to Holdings. </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#147;<U>Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement</U>&#148;: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, as amended pursuant to Section 18 of the Amendment dated as of January
31, 2003 to this Agreement. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&#147;<U>2003 Amendment Effective Date</U>&#148;: December 31, 2002. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4. <U>Amendment to Subsection 7.2 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 10.2 of the Synthetic Guarantees</U>. Subsection 7.2(b) of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 10.2(b) of each of
the Synthetic Guarantees is hereby amended by (i) adding the phrase &#147;(i)&#148; immediately after the phrase &#147;Responsible Officer&#148; and (ii) adding the following at the end thereof and before the semicolon: </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">and (ii) setting forth (a) the aggregate Investments made by
Holdings and its Qualified Subsidiaries in Unqualified Subsidiaries as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter and (b) in reasonable detail the types and amounts of Investments made by Holdings and its Qualified Subsidiaries in
Unqualified Subsidiaries for such most recently ended fiscal quarter </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">5. <U>Amendments to Section 7 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Section 10 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees</U>. (a) Subsection 7.9 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Subsection in its
entirety and inserting &#147;7.9 Intentionally Deleted&#148; in lieu thereof. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Subsection 10.9 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees is hereby amended by deleting such Subsection in its entirety and inserting &#147;10.9 Intentionally Deleted&#148; in lieu thereof. </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(c) Section 7 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by adding a new Subsection 7.10 to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">7.10 <U>Additional Collateral, etc.</U> (a) With respect to any new Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Unqualified Subsidiary) created or acquired after the 2003 Amendment Effective Date by Holdings or any of its Qualified
Subsidiaries (which, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), shall include any existing Subsidiary that ceases to be an Excluded Unqualified Subsidiary), promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is
owned by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank,
executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Holdings or the relevant Subsidiary, and (iii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (B) to take such actions necessary or advisable to
grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to such new Subsidiary, including the filing of Uniform
Commercial Code </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent. The parties hereto acknowledge that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement provides that each such Subsidiary shall be required to pledge its assets as provided
therein but shall not be required to guarantee payment of obligations pursuant thereto unless (i) such Subsidiary guarantees payment of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, as defined in the 2001A Participation Agreement and the 2001B
Participation Agreement, or (ii) such Subsidiary is requested to become a guarantor by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) With respect to any new Excluded Unqualified Subsidiary created or acquired after the 2003 Amendment Effective Date by
Holdings or any Subsidiary, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by Holdings or any Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Unqualified Subsidiary (provided that in no event shall more than
66% of the total outstanding voting Capital Stock of any such new Subsidiary be required to be so pledged), and (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates representing
such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Holdings or the relevant Subsidiary, and take such other action as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative
Agent, desirable to perfect the Administrative Agent&#146;s security interest therein. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Section 10 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees is hereby amended by adding a new Subsection 10.10 to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">10.10 <U>Additional Collateral, etc.</U> (a) With respect to any new Subsidiary (other than
an Excluded Unqualified Subsidiary) created or acquired after the 2003 Amendment Effective Date by Holdings or any of its Qualified Subsidiaries (which, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), shall include any existing Subsidiary that ceases to be
an Excluded Unqualified Subsidiary), promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected
first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) if requested by the Agent or the Required Lenders, deliver to the Agent the certificates representing such
Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Holdings or the relevant Subsidiary, and (iii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement and (B) to take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to
such new Subsidiary, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Agent. The parties hereto
acknowledge that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement provides that each such Subsidiary shall be required to pledge its assets as provided therein but shall not be required to guarantee payment of obligations pursuant thereto unless (i) such
Subsidiary guarantees payment of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, as defined in the </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">2001A
Participation Agreement and the 2001B Participation Agreement or (ii) such Subsidiary is requested to become a Guarantor by the Agent or the Required Lenders. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) With respect to any new Excluded Unqualified Subsidiary created or acquired after the 2003 Amendment Effective Date by
Holdings or any Subsidiary, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first
priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by Holdings or any Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Unqualified Subsidiary (provided that in no event shall more than 66% of the total outstanding voting Capital
Stock of any such new Subsidiary be required to be so pledged), and (ii) if requested by the Agent or the Required Lenders, deliver to the Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed
and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Holdings or the relevant Subsidiary, and take such other action as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Agent, desirable to perfect the Agent&#146;s security interest therein. </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">6. <U>Amendments to Subsection 8.1 of the Senior Credit
Agreement and Subsection 11.1 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees</U>. (a) Subsection 8.1(a) of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 11.1(a) of each of the Synthetic Guarantees are hereby amended by inserting after the phrase &#147;.65 to
1.0&#148; the phrase &#147;(or .70 to 1.0 for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2002 and for each fiscal quarter ending during fiscal year 2003)&#148;. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Subsection 8.1(c) of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 11.1(c) of each of the Synthetic Guarantees are hereby amended by
inserting after the phrase &#147;4.0 to 1.0&#148; the phrase &#147;(or 4.50 to 1.0 for each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending during the fourth fiscal quarter of 2002 and the fiscal year 2003)&#148;. </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(c) Subsection 8.1(d) of the Senior Credit Agreement and
Subsection 11.1(d) of each of the Synthetic Guarantees are hereby amended by inserting after the phrase &#147;4.5 to 1.0&#148; the phrase &#147;(or 5.0 to 1.0 for each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending during the fourth fiscal
quarter of 2002 and the fiscal year 2003)&#148;. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">(d) Subsection 8.1(e) of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 11.1(e) of each of the Synthetic Guarantees are hereby amended by inserting after the phrase &#147;2.5 to 1.0&#148; the phrase &#147;(or 2.25 to 1.0 for each period
of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending during the fourth fiscal quarter of 2002 and the fiscal year 2003)&#148;. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">7. <U>Amendment to Subsection 8.2 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 11.2 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees</U>. (a)
Subsection 8.2 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word &#147;and&#148; at the end of clause (o) thereof and deleting clause (p) thereof in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof: </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(p) Investments permitted to be made pursuant
to subsection 8.10 in the form of Indebtedness; and </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(q) unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted by clauses (a)-(p) above not exceeding $125,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Subsection
11.2 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word &#147;and&#148; at the end of clause (o) thereof and deleting clause (p) thereof in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof: </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(p) Investments permitted to be made pursuant
to subsection 11.10 in the form of Indebtedness; and </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(q) unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted by clauses (a)-(p) above not exceeding $125,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">8. <U>Amendments to Subsection 8.3 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 11.3 of each of the
Synthetic Guarantees</U>. (a) Subsection 8.3 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the clause (u) in its entirety, (ii) deleting the phrase &#147;(v)&#148; at the beginning of clause (v) thereof and replacing it with the
phrase &#147;(w)&#148; and (iii) and inserting the following new clauses (u) and (v) to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(u) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents; </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(v) Liens not otherwise permitted in clauses (a)-(u) above securing Indebtedness not
exceeding $2,500,000 in the aggregate; and </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b)
Subsection 11.3 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees are hereby amended by (i) deleting the clause (u) in its entirety, (ii) deleting the phrase &#147;(v)&#148; at the beginning of clause (v) thereof and replacing it with the phrase &#147;(w)&#148;
and (iii) and inserting the following new clauses (u) and (v) to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(u) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents; </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(v) Liens not otherwise permitted in clauses (a)-(u) above securing Indebtedness not
exceeding $2,500,000 in the aggregate; and </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">9.
<U>Amendments to Subsection 8.6 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 11.6 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees</U>. Subsection 8.6 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 11.6 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees are hereby amended by
adding at the end of clause (h) thereof and before the semicolon the phrase: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>provided</U> (i) that each such sale or exchange is for fair market value and (ii) the aggregate fair market value of natural gas compressors so sold or exchanged after the 2003 Amendment Effective
Date does not exceed $65,000,000 </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Subsection
8.6 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word &#147;and&#148; from the end of clause (h), (ii) deleting the period from the end of clause (i) and inserting the phrase &#147;; and&#148; in lieu thereof and (iii) adding
new clause (j) to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(j) Asset
sales made on or after the 2003 Amendment Effective Date consisting of sales of assets described on Schedule 8.6 hereto for fair market value. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(c) Subsection 11.6 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word &#147;and&#148; from the end of clause
(h), (ii) deleting the period from the end of clause (i) and inserting the phrase &#147;; and&#148; in lieu thereof and (iii) adding new clause (j) to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(j) Asset sales made on or after the 2003 Amendment Effective Date consisting of sales of
assets described on Schedule 11.6 hereto for fair market value. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">10. <U>Amendments to Subsection 8.8 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 11.8 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees</U>. (a) Subsection 8.8 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding at the end of clause (iii)
thereof the following phrase: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">less the
aggregate amount of consideration paid by Holdings and its Subsidiaries to pay, prepay, redeem or purchase the 2001A Equipment Lease Securities and the 2001B Equipment Lease Securities pursuant to the last sentence of subsection 8.11;
<U>provided</U>, that open market repurchases of Holdings common stock pursuant to this clause (iii) may only be made with the net cash proceeds of (i) asset sales permitted pursuant to subsection 8.6(j) or (ii) the issuance of additional
Subordinated Debt </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Subsection 11.8 of each of
the Synthetic Guarantees is hereby amended by adding at the end of clause (iii) thereof the following phase: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">less the aggregate amount of consideration paid by Holdings and its Subsidiaries to pay, prepay, redeem or purchase the 2001A Equipment
Lease Securities and the 2001B Equipment Lease Securities pursuant to the last sentence of subsection 11.11; <U>provided</U>, that open market repurchases of Holdings common stock pursuant to this clause (iii) may only be made with the net cash
proceeds of (i) asset sales permitted pursuant to subsection 11.6(j) or (ii) the issuance of additional Subordinated Debt </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">11. <U>Amendments to Subsection 8.10 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 11.10 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees</U>. (a)
Subsection 8.10 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word &#147;and&#148; which appears at the end of clause (j), (ii) deleting the period from the end of clause (k) and inserting a &#147;;&#148; in lieu thereof and
(iii) adding the following new clauses at the end thereof: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(l) Investments in Unqualified Subsidiaries listed in Schedule 8.10; and </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(m) Payment, prepayment, redemption or purchase of any 2001A Equipment Lease Securities and 2001B Equipment Lease
Securities permitted pursuant to the last sentence of subsection 8.11. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Subsection 11.10 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word &#147;and&#148; which appears at the end of clause (j), (ii) deleting the period from the end of clause (k) and inserting a
&#147;;&#148; in lieu thereof and (iii) adding the following new clauses at the end thereof: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(l) Investments in Unqualified Subsidiaries listed in Schedule 11.10; and </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(m) Payment, prepayment, redemption or
purchase of any 2001A Equipment Lease Securities and 2001B Equipment Lease Securities permitted pursuant to the last sentence of subsection 11.11. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">12. <U>Amendments to Subsection 8.11 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Subsection 11.11 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees</U>. (a)
Subsection 8.11 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings and its Subsidiaries may pay, prepay, redeem or purchase the 2001A Equipment Lease Securities and the 2001B Equipment Lease Securities for aggregate consideration in an amount equal to
$75,000,000 less the aggregate amount of consideration paid to make open market repurchases of shares of Holdings common stock in reliance on clause (iii) of Subsection 8.8; <U>provided</U>, that the payment, prepayment, redemption or purchase of
any 2001A Equipment Lease Securities and 2001B Equipment Lease Securities pursuant to this sentence may only be made with the net cash proceeds of (i) asset sales permitted pursuant to subsection 8.6(j) or (ii) the issuance of additional
Subordinated Debt. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Subsection 11.11 of each
of the Synthetic Guarantees is hereby amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings and its Subsidiaries may pay, prepay, redeem or purchase the 2001A Equipment Lease Securities and
the 2001B Equipment Lease Securities for aggregate consideration in an amount equal to $75,000,000 less the aggregate amount of consideration paid to make open market repurchases of shares of Holdings common stock in reliance on clause (iii) of
Subsection 11.8; <U>provided</U>, that the payment, prepayment, redemption or purchase of any 2001 Equipment Lease Securities and 2001B Equipment Lease Securities pursuant to this sentence may only be made with the net cash proceeds of (i) asset
sales permitted pursuant to subsection 8.6(j) or (ii) the issuance of additional Subordinated Debt. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">13. <U>Amendment to Section 8 of the Senior Credit Agreement and Section 11 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees</U>. (a) Section 8 of the
Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Subsection 8.18 to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">8.18 <U>Limitation on Capital Expenditures</U>. Make or commit to make any Capital Expenditure to be incurred during
fiscal year 2003, except Capital Expenditures of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business not exceeding $200,000,000. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Section 11 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees is hereby amended by adding a new Subsection 11.18 to read as follows: </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">11.18 <U>Limitation on Capital
Expenditures</U>. Make or commit to make any Capital Expenditure to be incurred during fiscal year 2003, except Capital Expenditures of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business not exceeding $200,000,000. </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">14. <U>Amendment to Section 9 of the Senior Credit
Agreement</U>. (a) Section 9 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clauses (d) and (e) in their entirety and adding the following in lieu thereof: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(d) Holdings shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained
in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 9) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days; or </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(e) The Subsidiaries&#146; Guarantee, the
Holdings Guarantee or any of the Security Documents shall, at any time, cease to be in full force and effect (unless released by the </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Administrative Agent or any collateral agent therefor) or shall be declared null and void,
or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any Credit Party or any Lien created by any of the Security Document shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby; or </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">15. <U>Amendments to Section 11 of the Senior Credit Agreement
and Section 12 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees</U>. (a) Subsection 11.1 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting after the phrase &#147;Loan Documents,&#148; in clause (b) thereof the phrase &#147;or release all or
substantially all of the Collateral or release all of substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations under either the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement&#148;. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Section 11 of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Subsections to
read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:7%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">11.19
<U>Releases of Guarantees and Liens</U>. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or
consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 11.1) to take any action requested by Holdings having the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction
not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Subsection 11.1 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:7%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the other obligations under
the Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and
all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any
Person. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:7%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">11.20
<U>Confidentiality.</U> Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates&#146; directors, officers,
employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such
Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection
with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this subsection, to
(i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction
relating to Holdings or any of is Subsidiaries and its respective obligations, (g) with the consent of Holdings or any of is Subsidiaries or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:7%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">available other than as a result of a breach of this subsection or (ii) becomes available
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this Section, &#147;<U>Information</U>&#148; means all information received from Holdings or any
of its Subsidiaries relating to Holdings or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries. Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this subsection shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any party to this Agreement (and any employee, representative, or other agent of any party to this Agreement) may disclose
to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the structure and tax aspects of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) related to such structure and tax
aspects. Further, each party hereto acknowledges that it has no proprietary rights to any tax matter or tax idea related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(c) Section 12 of each of the Synthetic Guarantees is hereby amended by adding the following new Subsections
to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:7%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">12.14
<U>Releases of Guarantees and Liens</U>. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any
Lender except as expressly required by Section 12.4) to take any action requested by Holdings having the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited
by any Credit Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Subsection 12.4 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:7%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) At such time as the Loans and the other obligations under the Credit Documents shall have been paid in full, the
Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to
survive such termination) of the Agent and each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:7%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">12.15 <U>Confidentiality.</U> Each of the Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates&#146; directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being
understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the
extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to any Operative Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:7%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">suit, action or proceeding relating to any Operative Agreement or the enforcement of
rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this subsection, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations
under any Operative Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to Holdings or any of is Subsidiaries and its respective obligations, (g) with the consent of Holdings or
any of is Subsidiaries or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this subsection or (ii) becomes available to the Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other
than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this Section, &#147;<U>Information</U>&#148; means all information received from Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries relating to Holdings or its business, other than any such information
that is available to the Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this subsection shall be considered
to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, any party to this Agreement (and any employee, representative, or other agent of any party to this Agreement) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the structure and tax aspects of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) related to such structure and tax aspects. Further, each party hereto acknowledges that it has no proprietary rights to any tax matter or tax
idea related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">16. <U>Amendment to Annex A of the Senior Credit Agreement and Annex B of each of the Participation Agreements</U>. (a) Annex A of the Senior Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the pricing grid contained therein in its
entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>PRICING GRID </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Revolving
Credit Facility </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="54%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Consolidated Leverage Ratio</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="182" SIZE="1" NOSHADE
COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Applicable Margin-Eurocurrency Loans</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Applicable Margin-Base Rate Loans</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Applicable Commitment Fee Rate</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="54%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&gt;4.5 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">2.50%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.50%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">0.500%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="54%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=4.5 to 1.0 and &gt;4.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">2.25%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.25%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">0.500%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="54%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=4.0 to 1.0 and &gt;3.5.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">2.00%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.00%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">0.500%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="54%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=3.5 to 1.0 and &gt;3.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.75%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.750%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.375%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="54%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=3.0 to 1.0 and &gt;2.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.50%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.500%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="10%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.300%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="69%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=2.0 to 1.0 and &gt;1.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.25</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.250</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.300</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="69%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=1.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.00</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.250</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Changes
in the Applicable Margin or in the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate resulting from changes in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective on each date which is the start of the succeeding fiscal quarter (each, an &#147;<U>Adjustment
Date</U>&#148;) for which an Applicable Margin Certificate of Holdings is delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.2(f) (but in any event not later than the 45th day after the end of each of each quarter of each fiscal year) and shall remain
in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this paragraph. If any Applicable Margin Certificate referred to above is not delivered within the time periods specified above, then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as at the end of the
fiscal period that would have been covered thereby shall for the purposes of this definition be deemed to be greater than 5.0 to 1.0. In addition, at all times while an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the highest rate set
forth in each column of the Pricing Grid shall apply. Each determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio pursuant to this Pricing Grid shall be made for the periods and in the manner contemplated by Section 8.1(d). </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) Annex B to each of the Participation Agreements is hereby
amended by deleting the pricing grid contained therein in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>PRICING GRID </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Participation Agreement </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Applicable Margin-Eurocurrency Loans</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Applicable Margin-Base Rate Loans</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Applicable Commitment Fee Rate</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&gt;4.5 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">2.50</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.50</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">0.500</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=4.5 to 1.0 and &gt;4.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">2.25</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.25</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">0.500</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=4.0 to 1.0 and &gt;3.5.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">2.00</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.00</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">0.500</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=3.5 to 1.0 and &gt;3.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.75</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.750</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.375</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=3.0 to 1.0 and &gt;2.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.50</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.500</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.300</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=2.0 to 1.0 and &gt;1.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.25</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.250</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.300</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&lt;=1.0 to 1.0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1.00</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">0</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.250</FONT></P></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Changes
in the Applicable Margin or in the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate resulting from changes in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective on each date which is the start of the succeeding fiscal quarter (each, an &#147;<U>Adjustment
Date</U>&#148;) for which an Applicable Margin Certificate of Holdings is delivered to the Lenders pursuant to </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Section
10.2(f) (but in any event not later than the 45th day after the end of each of each quarter of each fiscal year) and shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this paragraph. If any Applicable Margin Certificate
referred to above is not delivered within the time periods specified above, then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as at the end of the fiscal period that would have been covered thereby shall for the purposes of this definition be deemed to be
greater than 5.0 to 1.0. In addition, at all times while an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the highest rate set forth in each column of the Pricing Grid shall apply. Each determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
pursuant to this Pricing Grid shall be made for the periods and in the manner contemplated by Section 11.1(d). </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">17. <U>Effectiveness of Pricing</U>. Any changes in pricing effected by this Amendment shall be effective as of the 2003 Effective Date.
</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">18. <U>Addition of Schedules</U>. The Senior
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto Schedules 8.6 and 8.11 attached hereto, and each of the Synthetic Guarantees is amended by adding thereto Schedules 11.6 and 11.11 attached hereto. </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">19. <U>Lien for Certain Equipment Guarantee Obligations</U>.
On or prior to February 14, 2003, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be amended and restated (the &#147;<U>Amended Guarantee and Collateral Agreement</U>&#148;) in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to provide for the
following: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(i) The obligations
of the Credit Parties under the Synthetic Guarantees (excluding the 2001A Guarantee and the 2001B Guarantee) shall be secured equally and ratably with each other and with the HCC Obligations (as currently defined in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement) and the guarantees thereof by the Collateral under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank will be appointed as collateral agent under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement for the
Lenders under the Senior Credit Agreement and the Synthetic Guarantees (excluding the 2001A Guarantee and the 2001B Guarantee) pursuant to its customary agency, indemnity and standard of care provisions </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">20. <U>Effectiveness</U>. This Amendment shall become
effective (the &#147;<U>Effective Date</U>&#148;) upon fulfillment of the following conditions precedent: (a) Holdings and HCC shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent duly executed copies of this Amendment and the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed copies of this Amendment from the Required Lenders under each of the Senior Credit Agreement and the Synthetic Guarantees, (c) Holdings and HCC shall have paid all fees due in
connection with this Amendment and (d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof after giving effect to this Amendment. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">21. <U>Representations and Warranties</U>. Holdings and HCC hereby represent and warrant that the
representations and warranties contained in each of the Senior Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents and the Operative Agreements (as defined in each of the Synthetic Guarantees) will be, after giving effect to this Amendment, true and correct in all
material respects, as if made on and as of the date hereof (except those which expressly speak as of a certain date). </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">22. <U>Continuing Effect of the Senior Credit Agreement, Participation Agreements and Operative Agreements</U>. This Amendment shall not
constitute an amendment or waiver of any other </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">provision of the Senior Credit
Agreement, the Loan Documents or the Operative Agreements not expressly referred to herein and shall not be construed as a waiver or consent to any further or future action on the part of HCC, Holdings, the 2000B Lessor, the 2000A Lessor or the 1999
Lessor that would require a waiver or consent of the Administrative Agent and/or the 2000B Lenders, the 2000A Lenders or the 1999 Lenders. Except as expressly amended hereby, the provisions of each of the Senior Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents
and the Operative Agreements are and shall remain in full force and effect. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">23. <U>Counterparts</U>. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts and all of the said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an
executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">24. <U>GOVERNING LAW</U>. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">25. <U>Expenses</U>. Holdings and HCC
agree to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><DIV STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="2%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By:</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="45%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ M<SMALL>ARK</SMALL> S. B<SMALL>ERG</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1"
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="45%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Mark S. Berg</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Title: Senior Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="45%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ M<SMALL>ARK</SMALL> S. B<SMALL>ERG</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1"
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="45%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Mark S. Berg</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Title: Senior Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="45%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ B<SMALL>ETH</SMALL> L<SMALL>AWRENCE</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1"
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="45%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Beth Lawrence</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Title: Managing Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">HANOVER COMPRESSOR COMPANY</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ R<SMALL>OBERT</SMALL> J. I<SMALL>VOSEVICE</SMALL></FONT></P><HR
SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Deputy General Manager</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">HANOVER COMPRESSOR COMPANY</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ W<SMALL>ILLIAM</SMALL> J. P<SMALL>ROCASKY</SMALL></FONT></P><HR
SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: William J. Procasky</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ M<SMALL>ARK</SMALL> K. C<SMALL>ONNELLY</SMALL></FONT></P><HR
SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Mark K. Connelly</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ J<SMALL>OSEPH</SMALL> F<SMALL>RATUS</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1"
NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Joseph Fratus</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: First Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ P<SMALL>EARL</SMALL> G<SMALL>EFFERS</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1"
NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Pearl Geffers</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: First Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Frank J. Yautz</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: First Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Executive Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Toru Maeda</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Title: General Manager Houston Office</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ I<SMALL>LLEGIBLE</SMALL> <SMALL>SIGNATURE</SMALL></FONT></P><HR
SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Title: Managing Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">HANOVER COMPRESSOR COMPANY</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ J<SMALL>OSEPH</SMALL> M.
M<SMALL>C</SMALL>C<SMALL>REARY</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Joseph M. McCreary</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ D<SMALL>OUGLAS</SMALL> A. W<SMALL>HIDDON</SMALL></FONT></P><HR
SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Douglas A. Whiddon</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Attorney-in-Fact</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ R<SMALL>ENAUD</SMALL> J.
<SMALL>D</SMALL>&#146;H<SMALL>ERBES</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Renaud J. d&#146;Herbes</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Senior Vice President</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">and Regional
Manager</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ T<SMALL>IMOTHY</SMALL> L. P<SMALL>OLVADO</SMALL></FONT></P><HR
SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Timothy L. Polvado</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Vice President and Group Manager</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ J<SMALL>AMES</SMALL> P. M<SMALL>ORAN</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1"
NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: James P. Moran</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ I<SMALL>AN</SMALL> W.N<SMALL>ALITT</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1"
NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Ian W. Nalitt</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Associate</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: David Humphreys</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Vice-President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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ALIGN="left"></TD></TR>
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SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Diane L. Russell</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Title: Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">AMENDMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name:</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Title: Managing Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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