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This excerpt taken from the HBI 8-K filed Nov 29, 2006.
Bridge Loan Facility
 
The Bridge Loan Facility provides for a borrowing of $500 million and is unconditionally guaranteed by each entity guaranteeing the Senior Secured Credit Facility. The Bridge Loan Facility is unsecured and will mature on September 5, 2007. If the Bridge Loan Facility has not been repaid at maturity, the outstanding principal amount of the facility will roll over into a rollover loan in the same amount that will mature on September 5, 2014. Lenders that have extended rollover loans to us may request that we issue “Exchange


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Notes” to them in exchange for the rollover loans, and also may request that we register such notes upon request.
 
Interest under the Bridge Loan Facility shall be paid at the Contract Rate. “Contract Rate” is defined as of any date of determination, (i) from the Closing Date to, but excluding, the three month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate of 9.6475%, (ii) on and after the three month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the six month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate per annum (the “Second Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the First Contract Rate plus 0.50%, (iii) on and after the six month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the nine month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate per annum (the “Third Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the Second Contract Rate plus 0.50%, (iv) on and after the three month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the Bridge Loan Repayment Date, a rate per annum (the “Fourth Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the Third Contract Rate plus 0.50% and (v) on and after the Bridge Loan Repayment Date, a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Fourth Contract Rate plus an increase of 0.50% every three months. However, the interest rate borne by the Bridge Loan Facility will not exceed 11.50%.
 
The Bridge Loan Facility requires us to comply with customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants and includes customary events of default.
 
This excerpt taken from the HBI 10-Q filed Nov 13, 2006.
Bridge Loan Facility
 
The Bridge Loan Facility provides for a borrowing of $500 million and is unconditionally guaranteed by each entity guaranteeing the Senior Secured Credit Facility. The Bridge Loan Facility is unsecured and will mature on September 5, 2007. If the Bridge Loan Facility has not been repaid at maturity, the outstanding principal amount of the facility will roll over into a rollover loan in the same amount that will mature on September 5, 2014. Lenders that have extended rollover loans to us may request that we issue “Exchange Notes” to them in exchange for the rollover loans, and also may request that we register such notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, upon request.
 
Interest under the Bridge Loan Facility shall be paid at the Contract Rate. “Contract Rate” is defined as of any date of determination, (i) from the Closing Date to, but excluding, the three month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate of 9.6475%, (ii) on and after the three month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the six month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate per annum (the “Second Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the First Contract Rate plus 0.50%, (iii) on and after the six month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the nine month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate per annum (the “Third Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the Second Contract Rate plus 0.50%, (iv) on and after the nine month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the Bridge Loan Repayment Date, a rate per annum (the “Fourth Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the Third Contract Rate plus 0.50% and (v) on and after the Bridge Loan Repayment Date, a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Fourth Contract Rate plus an increase of 0.50% every three months. However, the interest rate borne by the Bridge Loan Facility will not exceed 11.50%.


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The Bridge Loan Facility requires us to comply with customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants and includes customary events of default.
 
This excerpt taken from the HBI 10-K filed Sep 28, 2006.
Bridge Loan Facility
 
The Bridge Loan Facility provides for a borrowing of $500 million and is unconditionally guaranteed by each entity guaranteeing the Senior Secured Credit Facility. The Bridge Loan Facility is unsecured and will mature on September 5, 2007. If the Bridge Loan Facility has not been repaid at maturity, the outstanding principal amount of the facility will roll over into a rollover loan in the same amount that will mature on September 5, 2014. Lenders that have extended rollover loans to us may request that we issue “Exchange


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Notes” to them in exchange for the rollover loans, and also may request that we register such notes upon request.
 
Interest under the Bridge Loan Facility shall be paid at the Contract Rate. “Contract Rate” is defined as of any date of determination, (i) from the Closing Date to, but excluding, the three month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate of 9.6475%, (ii) on and after the three month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the six month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate per annum (the “Second Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the First Contract Rate plus 0.50%, (iii) on and after the six month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the nine month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate per annum (the “Third Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the Second Contract Rate plus 0.50%, (iv) on and after the three month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the Bridge Loan Repayment Date, a rate per annum (the “Fourth Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the Third Contract Rate plus 0.50% and (v) on and after the Bridge Loan Repayment Date, a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Fourth Contract Rate plus an increase of 0.50% every three months. However, the interest rate borne by the Bridge Loan Facility will not exceed 11.50%.
 
The Bridge Loan Facility requires us to comply with customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants and includes customary events of default.
 
This excerpt taken from the HBI 8-K filed Sep 11, 2006.

Bridge Loan Facility

The Bridge Loan Facility provides for a borrowing of $500 million and is unconditionally guaranteed by each entity guaranteeing the Senior Secured Credit Facility. The Bridge Loan Facility is unsecured and will mature on September 5, 2007. If the Bridge Loan Facility has not been repaid at maturity, the outstanding principal amount of the facility will roll over into a rollover loan in the same amount that will mature on September 5, 2014. Lenders that have extended rollover loans to us may request that we issue “Exchange Notes” to them in exchange for the rollover loans, and also may request that we register such notes upon request.

Interest under the Bridge Loan Facility shall be paid at the Contract Rate. “Contract Rate” is defined as of any date of determination, (i) from the Closing Date to, but excluding, the three month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate per annum (the “First Contract Rate”) equal to the 3-month LIBO rate (as defined in the Bridge Loan Facility) on the Closing Date plus 4%, (ii) on and after the three month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the six month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate per annum (the “Second Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the First Contract Rate plus 0.50%, (iii) on and after the six month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the nine month anniversary of the Closing Date, a rate per annum (the “Third Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the Second Contract Rate plus 0.50%, (iv) on and after the three month anniversary of the Closing Date to, but excluding, the Bridge Loan Repayment Date, a rate per annum (the “Fourth Contract Rate”) equal to the sum of the Third Contract Rate plus 0.50% and (v) on and after the Bridge Loan Repayment Date, a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Fourth Contract Rate plus an increase of 0.50% every three months. However, the interest rate borne by the Bridge Loan Facility will not exceed 10.75%.

The Bridge Loan Facility requires us to comply with customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants and includes customary events of default.

We will file copies of the Senior Secured Credit Facility, the Senior Secured Second Lien Credit Facility and the Bridge Loan Facility with our next periodic report filed with the SEC.


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This excerpt taken from the HBI 8-K filed Sep 5, 2006.

Bridge Loan Facility

General

Upon the closing of the spin off, we expect to enter into a bridge loan facility (the “Bridge Loan Facility”) with Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as bridge joint arrangers providing for borrowings of $500.0 million. As the terms of the Bridge Loan Facility have not been agreed upon, those terms may differ from the terms set forth below and any such differences may be significant.

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