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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 10-Q</B>
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    <TD align="center"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 12%"><B>For the quarterly period ended
<B>September&nbsp;30, 2006</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>OR</B></DIV>

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    <TD align="center"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 12%"><B>For the transition period from <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> to <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Commission File Number: 0-20278</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-2274963</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State of Incorporation)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. employer identification number)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1410 Millwood Road</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>McKinney, Texas</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75069</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of principal executive offices)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (972)&nbsp;562-9473</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)&nbsp;has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12&nbsp;months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such Reports), and (2)&nbsp;has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90&nbsp;days. Yes <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT> No <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of &#147;accelerated filer and large accelerated filer&#148; in
Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> No <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October&nbsp;31, 2006: 23,274,352</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Page 1 of 29 Sequentially Numbered Pages<BR>
Index to Exhibits on Page 20

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FORM 10-Q</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006</B>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#101">PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#102">ITEM 1. Consolidated Financial Statements</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#103">Consolidated Balance Sheets
September&nbsp;30, 2006 (Unaudited) and December&nbsp;31, 2005</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#104">Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
Quarters and Nine Months ended September&nbsp;30, 2006 and
September&nbsp;30, 2005</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#105">Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
Nine Months ended September&nbsp;30, 2006 and September&nbsp;30, 2005</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#106">Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">7</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#107">ITEM 2. Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">12</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#108">ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#109">ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#110">PART II. OTHER INFORMATION</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#111">ITEM 1A. Risk Factors</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#112">ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#113">ITEM 6. Exhibits</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#114">Signatures</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">19</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="d40936exv10w3.htm">Second Amendment to Credit Agreement</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="d40936exv10w5.htm">Master Note Purchase Agreement</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="d40936exv31w1.htm">Certification Pursuant to Section 302</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="d40936exv31w2.htm">Certification Pursuant to Section 302</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="d40936exv32w1.htm">Certification Purusant to Section 906</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="d40936exv32w2.htm">Certification Purusant to Section 906</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION</B>
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<A name="102"></A>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">ITEM 1. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
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<A name="103"></A>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">September 30,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">December 31,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">2006</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">2005</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">In Thousands of Dollars</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">(Unaudited)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">(See Note)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">ASSETS</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Current assets:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Cash</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">34,683</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,622</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Accounts receivable (net of allowance
of $835 and $690)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">292,078</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">164,930</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Inventories (Note 3)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">114,323</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">67,932</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Prepaid expenses and other assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,937</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18,628</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Current deferred income taxes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,278</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,121</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Total current assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">469,299</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">255,233</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Property, plant, and equipment, at cost:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Land</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">9,468</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">8,375</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Construction in progress</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6,509</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">12,113</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Buildings and improvements</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">47,065</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">38,063</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Machinery and equipment</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">134,053</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">120,326</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Furniture and fixtures</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,928</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,624</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Total property, plant, and equipment</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">201,023</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">182,501</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Accumulated depreciation and amortization</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">97,720</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">89,364</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">103,303</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">93,137</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Other assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">102</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">106</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">572,704</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">348,476</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Note:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The consolidated balance sheet at December&nbsp;31, 2005, as presented, is
derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date.</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">See accompanying notes.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (continued)

</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">September 30,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">December 31,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">2006</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">2005</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">In Thousands of Dollars, Except Share and Per Share Data</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">(Unaudited)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">(See Note)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS&#146; EQUITY</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Current liabilities:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Trade accounts payable</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">31,541</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">17,277</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Accrued liabilities</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,667</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">19,304</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Current income taxes payable</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,393</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">19,540</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Total current liabilities</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">56,601</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">56,121</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Non-current deferred income taxes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">9,913</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">10,620</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Long term notes payable</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">184,067</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">70,438</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Other long term liabilities</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">933</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">762</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Stockholders&#146; equity:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, $.01 par value:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">40,000,000 shares authorized, 26,028,802 and
25,939,103 shares issued</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">261</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">259</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Additional paid-in capital</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">40,628</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">38,932</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Treasury stock (2,758,950 and 2,758,950 shares, at cost)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(15,275</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(15,275</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Retained earnings</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">295,576</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">186,619</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Total stockholders&#146; equity</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">321,190</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">210,535</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total liabilities and stockholders&#146; equity</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">572,704</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">348,476</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Note:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The consolidated balance sheet at December&nbsp;31, 2005, as presented, is
derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date.</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">See accompanying notes.
</DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME<BR>
(Unaudited)

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    <TD width="52%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6">Quarter Ended</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6">Nine Months Ended</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">September 30,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">September 30,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">In Thousands, Except Per Share Data</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2006</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2005</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2006</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2005</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net sales</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">372,915</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">207,459</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">987,011</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">513,917</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Cost of goods sold</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">298,649</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">176,462</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">766,520</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">456,802</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Gross profit</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">74,266</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">30,997</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">220,491</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">57,115</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Selling, general, and administrative expenses</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">16,589</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">12,769</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">46,760</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">33,254</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Operating income (loss)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">57,677</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18,228</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">173,731</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,861</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net interest &#038; other expenses</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,530</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,074</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,608</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,676</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Income (loss)&nbsp;before income taxes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">55,147</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">17,154</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">168,123</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">21,185</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Provision (benefit)&nbsp;for income taxes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">19,386</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,949</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">59,166</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6,517</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net income (loss)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">35,761</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">11,205</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">108,957</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">14,668</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net earnings (loss)&nbsp;per common and common
equivalent share &#151; basic</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.54</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">.48</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">4.69</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">.63</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Weighted average common and common
equivalent shares &#151; basic</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,267</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,111</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,248</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,108</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net earnings (loss)&nbsp;per common and common
equivalent share &#151; diluted</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.51</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">.48</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">4.60</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">.63</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Weighted average common and common
equivalent shares &#151; diluted</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,680</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,495</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,666</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,447</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Cash dividends declared per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">See accompanying notes.
</DIV>



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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">FORM 10-Q
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS<BR>
(Unaudited)
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6">Nine Months Ended</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">September 30,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">In Thousands of Dollars</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">2006</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">2005</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">OPERATING ACTIVITIES</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Net income (loss)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">108,957</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">14,668</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by
(used in) operating activities:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Depreciation and amortization</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">9,052</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">9,365</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred income taxes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(3,864</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">784</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Excess tax benefits of options exercised</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(768</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Stock based compensation</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">307</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Provision for bad debts</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">135</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">285</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">(Gain) loss on sale of equipment</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">34</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">152</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Changes in operating assets and liabilities:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Accounts receivable</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(127,283</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(50,735</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Inventory</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(46,391</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(11,083</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Trade accounts payable and accrued liabilities</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18,627</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">10,398</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Other assets and liabilities</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(5,279</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(4,375</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Current income taxes receivable/payable</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(17,379</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,277</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(63,852</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(25,264</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">INVESTING ACTIVITIES</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Purchases of property, plant and equipment</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(19,351</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(10,105</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in long-term investments</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">15</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Proceeds from sale of equipment</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">225</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">202</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(19,126</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(9,888</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">FINANCING ACTIVITIES</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Borrowings (repayments)&nbsp;under notes payable</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">113,800</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">34,463</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Proceeds from issuance of common stock</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">623</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">71</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Excess tax benefits of options exercised</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">768</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Long-term financing fees</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(152</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Purchase of treasury stock</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">115,039</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">34,534</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net increase (decrease)&nbsp;in cash</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">32,061</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(618</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Cash at beginning of period</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,622</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,640</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Cash at end of period</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">34,683</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,022</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">See accompanying notes.
</DIV>




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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
</DIV>

<DIV align="left">
<A name="106"></A>
</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<BR>
(Unaudited)

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">NOTE 1 &#151; BASIS OF PRESENTATION
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Encore Wire Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) have
been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim
information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule&nbsp;10-01 of Regulation&nbsp;S-X. Accordingly, they
do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments,
consisting only of normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation, have
been included. Results of operations for interim periods presented do not necessarily indicate
the results that may be expected for the entire year. These financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Certain reclassifications have been made to prior periods&#146;
 financial statements to conform to the current presentation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">NOTE 2 &#151; STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company has one stock option plan that provides for the grant of stock options to its
employees. The Company grants stock option awards at prices equal to the market value of its stock
on the date of grant. These options vest ratably over a period of five years from the time the
options are granted with maximum terms of ten years.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Prior to December&nbsp;31, 2005, the Company applied the disclosure-only provisions of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No.&nbsp;123, <I>Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation </I>(&#147;SFAS 123&#148;). In
accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123, the Company applied Accounting Principles Board Opinion
No.&nbsp;25, <I>Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees </I>(&#147;APB 25&#148;), and related interpretations in
accounting for its plan and, accordingly, did not recognize compensation expense for the plan
because stock options were issued at exercise prices equal to the market value of its stock on the
date of grant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Effective January&nbsp;1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.&nbsp;123
(revised 2004), <I>Share-Based Payment </I>(&#147;SFAS 123R&#148;), which supersedes SFAS 123 and APB 25. SFAS 123R
requires all share-based payments to employees to be recognized in the financial statements based
on their fair values using an option-pricing model, such as the Black-Scholes model, at the date of
grant. The Company elected to use the Black-Scholes model and the modified prospective method for
adoption, which requires compensation expense to be recorded for all unvested stock options
beginning in the first quarter of adoption. For all unvested options outstanding as of January&nbsp;1,
2006, compensation expense previously measured under SFAS No.&nbsp;123, but unrecognized, will be
recognized using the straight-line method over the remaining vesting period, net of forfeitures.
For share-based payments granted subsequent to January&nbsp;1, 2006, compensation expense, based on the
fair value on the date of grant, as defined by SFAS 123R, will be recognized using the
straight-line method from the date of grant over the related service period of the employee
receiving the award. The Company granted 50,000 stock options during the third quarter of 2006.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The fair value of an option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes options
pricing model that uses assumptions detailed in the table below. We base expected volatilities on
historical volatilities of our common stock. The expected life represents the weighted average
period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding giving consideration to vesting
periods and management&#146;s consideration of historical exercise patterns. The risk free rate is based
on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding to the
expected life of the option.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SFAS 123R requires the estimation of forfeitures when recognizing compensation expense and
adjustment of the estimated forfeiture rate over the requisite service period should actual
forfeitures differ from such estimates. Changes in estimated forfeitures are recognized through a
cumulative catch-up adjustment, which is recognized in the period of change and impacts the amount
of un-recognized compensation expense to be recorded in future periods.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SFAS No.&nbsp;123R reduced income from continuing operations before income taxes for the three-month and
nine-month periods ended September&nbsp;30, 2006 by $112,233 and $307,216, respectively, and did not
appreciably impact net income per common share. As of September&nbsp;30, 2006, total unrecognized
compensation cost related to stock option awards granted was $1,118,383 and the related
weighted-average period over which that cost is expected to be recognized is 4.56&nbsp;years.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following presents a summary of stock options activity and changes for the nine months ended
September&nbsp;30, 2006 (aggregate intrinsic value in thousands):
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="52%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Weighted</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Weighted Average</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Average Exercise</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Remaining</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Aggregate Intrinsic</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Of Shares</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Contractual Term</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Value</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="15" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Balance outstanding
at December&nbsp;31,
2005</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">639,825</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">6.73</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Granted</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">37.95</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Exercised</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(88,399</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">7.69</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Forfeited/Cancelled</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(1,500</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">7.70</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="15" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Balance outstanding
at September&nbsp;30,
2006</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">599,926</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">6.25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4.56</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">17,422</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="15" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Options exercisable
at September&nbsp;30,
2006</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">478,046</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5.82</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3.83</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">14,107</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="15" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->8<!-- /Folio -->
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We determined the fair value of options issued during the nine months ended September&nbsp;30, 2006,
using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Nine Months Ended September 30,</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2006</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2005</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Expected stock price volatility</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">55.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">N/A</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Expected life of options</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5.0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">N/A</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Risk-free interest rate</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3.8</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">N/A</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Dividend yield</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">0.0</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">N/A</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The per-share weighted average grant-date fair value of stock options granted was $19.63 for the
nine months ended September&nbsp;30, 2006.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">NOTE 3 &#151; INVENTORIES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, determined by the last-in, first-out (LIFO)&nbsp;method, or
market.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">September 30,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">December 31,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2006</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2005</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Raw materials</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25,093</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">11,288</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Work-in-process</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">22,102</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">8,428</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Finished goods</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">162,672</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">84,665</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">209,867</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">104,381</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Adjust to LIFO cost</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(95,544</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(36,449</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">114,323</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">67,932</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Lower of Cost or Market Adjustment</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">114,323</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">67,932</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">An actual valuation of inventory under the LIFO method can be made only at the end of each year
based on the inventory levels and costs at that time. Accordingly, interim LIFO calculations are
based on management&#146;s estimates of expected year-end inventory levels and costs. Because these are
subject to many forces beyond management&#146;s control, interim results are subject to the final
year-end LIFO inventory valuation.
</DIV>

<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->9<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">NOTE 4 &#151; NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Net earnings (loss)&nbsp;per common and common equivalent share are computed using the weighted average
number of shares of common stock and common stock equivalents
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">outstanding during each period. If dilutive, the effect of stock options, treated as common stock
equivalents, is calculated using the treasury stock method.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following tables set forth the computations of basic and diluted net earnings per share:
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Quarter Ended</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Quarter Ended</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">9/30/06</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">9/30/05</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Numerator:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Net income</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">35,761,035</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">11,204,923</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Denominator:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Denominator for basic
earnings per share &#151;
weighted average shares</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,267,114</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,110,539</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Effect of dilutive securities:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Employee stock options</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">413,107</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">384,793</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Denominator for diluted
earnings per share &#151;
weighted average shares</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,680,221</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,495,332</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Nine Months</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Nine Months</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Ended</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">9/30/06</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Net income</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">108,957,054</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">14,668,152</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Denominator:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Denominator for basic earnings
per share &#151; weighted average
shares</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,247,618</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,107,940</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Effect of dilutive securities:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Employee stock options</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">418,748</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">338,703</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Denominator for diluted earnings
per share &#151; weighted average
shares</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,666,366</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,446,643</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">NOTE 5 &#151; LONG TERM NOTE PAYABLE
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Effective August&nbsp;27, 2004, the Company, through its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Encore Wire
Limited, a Texas Limited partnership (&#147;Encore Wire Limited&#148;), refinanced its unsecured loan
facility (the &#147;Financing Agreement&#148;) and also arranged for a private
placement of debt (the &#147;2004 Note Purchase Agreement&#148;). The Financing Agreement is with two banks,
Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and replaces the
previous financing agreement. The Company is the guarantor of the indebtedness. The Financing
Agreement was first amended May&nbsp;16, 2006, to expand the Company&#146;s line of credit from $85,000,000
to $150,000,000, as disclosed in previous filings. The Financing Agreement was amended a second
time on August&nbsp;31, 2006, to expand the Company&#146;s line of credit from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000,
as disclosed in the Company&#146;s press release dated September&nbsp;1, 2006. The Financing Agreement, as
amended, extends through August&nbsp;27, 2009, and provides for maximum borrowings of the lesser of
$200,000,000 or the amount of eligible accounts receivable plus the amount of eligible finished
goods and raw materials, less any reserves established by the banks. The calculated maximum
borrowing amount available at September&nbsp;30, 2006, as computed under the Financing Agreement, was
$200,000,000.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Concurrent with the entry into the Financing Agreement in 2004, Encore Wire Limited and the
Company, through its agent bank, entered into the 2004 Note Purchase Agreement with Hartford Life
Insurance Company, Great-West Life &#038; Annuity Insurance Company, London Life Insurance Company and
London Life and Casualty Reinsurance Corporation (collectively, the &#147;2004 Purchasers&#148;), whereby
Encore Wire Limited issued and sold $45,000,000 of 5.27% Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;2004-A, due August
27, 2011 (the &#147;Fixed Rate Senior Notes&#148;) to the 2004 Purchasers, the proceeds of which were used to
repay a portion of the Company&#146;s outstanding indebtedness under its previous financing agreement.
Through its agent bank, the Company then entered into an interest rate swap agreement to convert
the fixed rate on the Fixed Rate Senior Notes to a variable rate based on LIBOR plus a fixed adder
for the seven-year duration of these notes. As of September&nbsp;30, 2006, the Company recorded a
liability and a corresponding unrealized reduction to notes payable on the balance sheet of
$933,083 to account for the fair value of the interest rate swap.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On September&nbsp;28, 2006, Encore Wire Limited and the Company, through its agent bank, entered into
another Note Purchase Agreement (the &#147;2006 Note Purchase Agreement&#148;) with Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, Metlife Insurance Company of Connecticut and Great-West Life &#038; Annuity Insurance
Company, (collectively, the &#147;2006 Purchasers&#148;), whereby Encore Wire Limited issued and sold
$55,000,000 of Floating Rate Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;2006-A, due September&nbsp;30, 2011 (the &#147;Floating
Rate Senior Notes&#148;), the proceeds of which were used to repay a portion of the Company&#146;s
outstanding indebtedness under its Financing Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Obligations under the Financing Agreement, the Fixed Rate Senior Notes and the Floating Rate Senior
Notes are unsecured and contain customary covenants and events of default. The Company was in
compliance with these covenants, as of September&nbsp;30, 2006. Under the Financing Agreement, the
Company is allowed to pay cash dividends. At September&nbsp;30, 2006, the total balance outstanding
under the Financing Agreement, the Fixed Rate Senior Notes and the Floating Rate Senior Notes was
$185,000,000. Amounts outstanding under the Financing Agreement are payable on August&nbsp;27, 2009,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">with interest payments due quarterly. Interest payments on the Fixed Rate Senior Notes are due
semi-annually, while interest payments on the Floating Rate Senior Notes are due quarterly.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Obligations under the Financing Agreement, the 2004 Note Purchase Agreement and the 2006 Note
Purchase Agreement are the only contractual obligations or commercial borrowing commitment of the
Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">NOTE 6 &#151; STOCK REPURCHASE AUTHORIZATION
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On November&nbsp;6, 2001, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a stock repurchase program
covering the purchase of up to 450,000 additional shares of its common stock dependent upon market
conditions. Common stock purchases under this program were authorized through December&nbsp;31, 2002,
on the open market or through privately negotiated transactions at prices determined by the
Chairman of the Board or the President of the Company. As of December&nbsp;31, 2002, 225,300 shares had
been purchased under this authorization. The Board of Directors has extended this program four
times, through December&nbsp;31, 2006, for the remaining 224,700 shares; however, there have been no
further repurchases of stock since 2002.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">NOTE 7 &#151; CONTINGENCIES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company is a party to litigation and claims that arise out of the Company&#146;s ordinary course of
business. While the results of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company does
not believe the final outcome of such litigation and claims will have a material adverse effect on
the financial condition, the results of operation or the cash flows of the Company. The Company
also believes that it has adequate insurance to cover any damages that may ultimately be awarded.
</DIV>
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    <TD>MANAGEMENT&#146;S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>General</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company is a low-cost manufacturer of copper electrical building wire and cable. The Company
is a significant supplier of residential wire for interior wiring in homes, apartments and
manufactured housing and commercial wire for commercial and industrial buildings.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company&#146;s operating results in any given time period are driven by several key factors,
including; the volume of product produced and shipped, the cost of copper and other raw materials,
the competitive pricing environment in the wire industry and the resulting influence on gross
margins and the efficiency with which the Company&#146;s plant operates during the period, among others.
Price competition for electrical wire and cable is intense, and the Company sells its products in
accordance with prevailing market prices. Copper is the principal raw material used by the Company
in manufacturing its products. Copper accounted for approximately 76.8%, 73.0% and 67.1% of the
Company&#146;s cost of goods sold during fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The price of copper
fluctuates, based on general economic conditions, supply, demand and other factors, which has
caused monthly variations in the cost of copper purchased by
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the Company. The Company cannot
predict future copper prices or the effect of fluctuations in the cost of copper on the Company&#146;s
future operating results.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following discussion and analysis relates to factors that have affected the operating results
of the Company for the quarterly and nine-month periods ended September&nbsp;30,
2006 and 2005. Reference should also be made to the audited financial statements and notes thereto
included in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Results of Operations</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Quarter Ended September&nbsp;30, 2006 Compared to Quarter Ended September&nbsp;30, 2005</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Net sales for the third quarter of 2006 amounted to $372.9&nbsp;million compared with net sales of
$207.5&nbsp;million for the third quarter of 2005. This dollar increase was primarily the result of a
103% increase in the average price of wire sold, offsetting an 11% decrease in unit volume measured
as the pounds of copper contained in the wire sold in the quarter. The average cost per pound of
raw copper purchased increased 106% in the third quarter of 2006 compared to the third quarter of
2005, and was the principal reason the average sales price for wire increased. These factors
resulted in increased gross margins in the third quarter of 2006 versus the third quarter of 2005.
Fluctuations in sales prices are primarily a result of changing copper raw material prices and
product price competition.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Cost of goods sold increased to $298.6&nbsp;million, or 80.1% of net sales, in the third quarter of
2006, compared to $176.5&nbsp;million, or 85.1% of net sales, in the third quarter of 2005. Gross
profit increased to $74.3&nbsp;million, or 19.9% of net sales, in the third quarter of 2006 versus $31.0
million, or 14.9% of net sales, in the third quarter of 2005. The increased gross profit and gross
margin percentages were primarily the result of industry wide pricing trends that increased the
spread between the selling price of copper wire and the purchase cost of raw copper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, using the last-in, first-out (LIFO)&nbsp;method, or market.
The Company maintains only one inventory pool for LIFO purposes as all inventories held by the
Company generally relate to the Company&#146;s only business segment, the manufacture and sale of copper
building wire products. As permitted by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, the Company
maintains its inventory costs and cost of goods sold on a first-in, first-out (FIFO)&nbsp;basis and
makes a quarterly adjustment to adjust total inventory and cost of goods sold from FIFO to LIFO.
The Company applies the lower of cost or market (LCM)&nbsp;test by comparing the LIFO cost of its raw
materials, work-in-process and finished goods inventories to estimated market values, which are
based primarily upon the most recent quoted market price of copper, in pound quantities, as of the
end of each reporting period. Additionally, future reductions in the quantity of inventory on hand
could cause copper that is carried in inventory at costs different from the cost of copper in the
period in which the reduction occurs to be included in costs of goods sold for that period.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As a result of increasing copper costs, partially offset by a decrease in the amount of inventory
on hand during the third quarter of 2006, a LIFO adjustment was recorded, increasing cost of sales
by $6.8&nbsp;million during the quarter. Based on copper prices at the end of the quarter, no LCM
adjustment was necessary. Future reductions in the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">price of copper could require the Company to
record a LCM adjustment against the related inventory balance, which would result in a negative
impact on net income.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Selling expenses for the third quarter of 2006 were $14.7&nbsp;million, or 3.9% of net sales, compared
to $10.7&nbsp;million, or 5.1% of net sales, for the third quarter of 2005. The
percentage decrease was due to the decrease in freight costs as a percentage of net sales, driven
by the large increase in sales dollars discussed above. Freight costs increased on a per pound
basis, however, primarily due to higher fuel costs in the trucking industry. General and
administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2006 decreased to $1.8&nbsp;million, or 0.5% of net
sales, compared to $1.9&nbsp;million, or 0.9% of net sales, in the third quarter of 2005. The general
and administrative costs are semi-fixed by nature and therefore do not fluctuate proportionately
with sales. The provision for bad debts was $45,000 and $195,000 in the third quarter of 2006 and
2005, respectively.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The net interest and other income and expense category was $2.5&nbsp;million in the third quarter of
2006 compared to $1.1&nbsp;million in the third quarter of 2005. The increase was due primarily to
higher average debt balances and higher interest rates during the third quarter of 2006 than during
the comparable period in 2005. Taxes were accrued at an effective rate of 35.2% in the third
quarter of 2006 consistent with the Company&#146;s estimated liabilities.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As a result of the foregoing factors, the Company&#146;s net income increased to $35.8&nbsp;million in the
third quarter of 2006 from $11.2&nbsp;million in the third quarter of 2005.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Nine Months Ended September&nbsp;30, 2006 compared to Nine Months Ended September&nbsp;30, 2005</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Net sales for the first nine months of 2006 amounted to $987.0&nbsp;million compared with net sales of
$513.9&nbsp;million for the first nine months of 2005. This dollar increase was primarily the result of
a 96% increase in the average price of wire sold. The average cost per pound of raw copper
purchased increased 89% in the first nine months of 2006 compared to the first nine months of 2005,
and was the principal reason the average sales price for wire increased. Fluctuations in sales
prices are primarily a result of changing copper raw material prices and product price competition.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Cost of goods sold increased to $766.5&nbsp;million in the first nine months of 2006, compared to $456.8
million in the first nine months of 2005. Gross profit increased to $220.5&nbsp;million, or 22.3% of
net sales, in the first nine months of 2006 versus $57.1&nbsp;million, or 11.1% of net sales, in the
first nine months of 2005. The increased gross profit and gross margin percentages were primarily
the result of the margin expansion in 2006 versus 2005 discussed in the quarterly analysis above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As a result of increasing copper costs and an increased amount of inventory on hand during the
first nine months of 2006, a LIFO adjustment was recorded increasing cost of sales by $59.1&nbsp;million
during the period. Based on the current copper prices, there is no LCM adjustment necessary.
Future reductions in the price of copper could require the Company to record a LCM adjustment
against the related inventory balance, which would result in a negative impact on net income.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Selling expenses for the first nine months of 2006 were $40.2&nbsp;million, or 4.1% of net sales,
compared to $27.4&nbsp;million, or 5.3% of net sales, in the same period of 2005. The percentage
decrease was due to the decrease in freight costs as a percentage of net sales, driven by the large
increase in sales dollars discussed above. Freight costs increased on a per pound basis, however,
primarily due to higher fuel costs in the trucking industry. General and administrative expenses
increased to $6.4&nbsp;million, or
0.7% of net sales, in the first nine months of 2006 compared to $5.6&nbsp;million, or 1.1% of net sales,
in the same period of 2005. The general and administrative costs are semi-fixed by nature and
therefore do not fluctuate proportionately with sales, resulting in the decreased percentage to
sales dollars. The provision for bad debts was $135,000 and $285,000 in the first nine months of
2006 and 2005, respectively.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Net interest expense was $5.6&nbsp;million in the first nine months of 2006 compared to $2.7&nbsp;million in
the first nine months of 2005. The increase was due primarily to higher average debt balances and
higher interest rates during the first nine months of 2006 than during the comparable period of
2005.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As a result of the foregoing factors, the Company&#146;s net income increased to $109.0&nbsp;million in the
first nine months of 2006 from $14.7&nbsp;million in the first nine months of 2005.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Liquidity and Capital Resources</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company maintains a substantial inventory of finished products to satisfy the prompt delivery
requirements of its customers. As is customary in the industry, the Company provides payment terms
to most of its customers that exceed terms that it receives from its suppliers. Therefore, the
Company&#146;s liquidity needs have generally consisted of operating capital necessary to finance these
receivables and inventory. Capital expenditures have historically been necessary to expand the
production capacity of the Company&#146;s manufacturing operations. The Company has historically
satisfied its liquidity and capital expenditure needs with cash generated from operations,
borrowings under its various debt arrangements and sales of its common stock. The Company uses
its&#146; revolving credit facility to manage day to day operating cash needs as required by daily
fluctuations in working capital. The total debt balance fluctuates daily as cash inflows differ
from cash outflows.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Effective August&nbsp;27, 2004, the Company, through its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Encore Wire
Limited, a Texas Limited partnership (&#147;Encore Wire Limited&#148;), refinanced its unsecured loan
facility (the &#147;Financing Agreement&#148;) and also arranged for a private placement of debt (the &#147;2004
Note Purchase Agreement&#148;). The Financing Agreement is with two banks, Bank of America, N.A., as
Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and replaces the previous financing agreement.
The Company is the guarantor of the indebtedness. The Financing Agreement was first amended May
16, 2006, to expand the Company&#146;s line of credit from $85,000,000 to $150,000,000, as disclosed in
previous filings. The Financing Agreement was amended a second time on August&nbsp;31, 2006, to expand
the Company&#146;s line of credit from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000, as disclosed in the Company&#146;s press
release dated September&nbsp;1, 2006. The Financing Agreement, as amended, extends through August&nbsp;27,
2009, and provides for maximum borrowings of the lesser of $200,000,000 or the amount of eligible
accounts receivable plus the amount of eligible finished goods and raw materials, less any reserves
established by the banks. The calculated maximum borrowing amount
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">available at September&nbsp;30, 2006, as computed under the Financing Agreement, was $200,000,000.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Concurrent with the entry into the Financing Agreement in 2004, Encore Wire Limited and the
Company, through its agent bank, entered into the 2004 Note Purchase Agreement with Hartford Life
Insurance Company, Great-West Life &#038; Annuity Insurance Company, London Life Insurance Company and
London Life and Casualty Reinsurance Corporation (collectively, the &#147;2004 Purchasers&#148;), whereby
Encore Wire Limited issued and sold $45,000,000 of 5.27% Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;2004-A, due August
27, 2011 (the &#147;Fixed Rate Senior Notes&#148;) to the 2004 Purchasers, the proceeds of which were used to
repay a portion of the Company&#146;s outstanding indebtedness under its previous financing agreement.
Through its agent bank, the Company then entered into an interest rate swap agreement to convert
the fixed rate on the Fixed Rate Senior Notes to a variable rate based on LIBOR plus a fixed adder
for the seven-year duration of these notes. As of September&nbsp;30, 2006, the Company recorded a
liability and a corresponding unrealized reduction to notes payable on the balance sheet of
$933,083 to account for the fair value of the interest rate swap.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On September&nbsp;28, 2006, Encore Wire Limited and the Company, through its agent bank, entered into
another Note Purchase Agreement (the &#147;2006 Note Purchase Agreement&#148;) with Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, Metlife Insurance Company of Connecticut and Great-West Life &#038; Annuity Insurance
Company, (collectively, the &#147;2006 Purchasers&#148;), whereby Encore Wire Limited issued and sold
$55,000,000 of Floating Rate Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;2006-A, due September&nbsp;30, 2011 (the &#147;Floating
Rate Senior Notes&#148;), the proceeds of which were used to repay a portion of the Company&#146;s
outstanding indebtedness under its Financing Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Obligations under the Financing Agreement, the Fixed Rate Senior Notes and the Floating Rate Senior
Notes are unsecured and contain customary covenants and events of default. The Company was in
compliance with these covenants, as of September&nbsp;30, 2006. Under the Financing Agreement, the
Company is allowed to pay cash dividends. At September&nbsp;30, 2006, the total balance outstanding
under the Financing Agreement, the Fixed Rate Senior Notes and the Floating Rate Senior Notes was
$185,000,000. Amounts outstanding under the Financing Agreement are payable on August&nbsp;27, 2009,
with interest payments due quarterly. Interest payments on the Fixed Rate Senior Notes are due
semi-annually, while interest payments on the Floating Rate Senior Notes are due quarterly.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Obligations under the Financing Agreement, the 2004 Note Purchase Agreement and the 2006 Note
Purchase Agreement are the only contractual obligations or commercial borrowing commitment of the
Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Cash used in operations was $63.9&nbsp;million in the first nine months of 2006 compared to $25.3
million of cash used by operations in the first nine months of 2005. The increase in cash used by
operations resulted primarily from the increase in accounts receivable of $127.3&nbsp;million in the
first nine months of 2006 versus an increase of $50.7&nbsp;million in 2005 along with an increase in
inventory of $46.4&nbsp;million in 2006 versus an increase of $11.1&nbsp;million in 2005, offset by the $94.3
million increase in net income in the first nine months of 2006 versus the first nine months of
2005. The large increases in accounts receivable and inventory were primarily the result of the
significant increases in copper prices from year to year as discussed in &#147;Results of Operations&#148;
above. Copper prices
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">increased the dollar value of inventory on hand and drove the sales prices for copper building wire
higher, resulting in the increased accounts receivable balance. Net income increased due to the
reasons highlighted in &#147;Results of Operations&#148;, above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Cash used in investing activities increased to $19.1&nbsp;million in the first nine months of 2006 from
$9.9&nbsp;million in the first nine months of 2005. In 2006, the funds were used primarily to construct
the new 160,000 square foot armored cable plant and to purchase manufacturing equipment for the new
plant. The $115.0&nbsp;million and the $34.5&nbsp;million of cash provided by financing activities in the
first nine months of 2006 and 2005, respectively, were a result of the Company&#146;s increase in
outstanding bank debt, which was used primarily to fund the Company&#146;s increased working capital
requirements as discussed above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">During the remainder of 2006, the Company expects its capital expenditures will consist of
additional plant and equipment for its residential and commercial wire operations, primarily
related to the new armored cable plant, which was discussed in a press release, dated March&nbsp;21,
2005. The armored cable plant has been constructed and a majority of the machinery planned in the
initial phase of this project has been installed. The Company began shipping armored cable in July
2006. The total capital expenditures associated with these projects in 2006 are currently
estimated to be in the $20.0 to $25.0&nbsp;million range. The Company will continue to manage its
working capital requirements. These requirements may increase as a result of expected continued
sales increases and may be impacted by the price of copper. The Company believes that the cash
flow from operations and the financing available under the amended Financing Agreement will satisfy
working capital and capital expenditure requirements for the next twelve months.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Information Regarding Forward Looking Statements</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This report on Form 10-Q contains various &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; (within the meaning of
Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended) and information that are based on management&#146;s belief as well as
assumptions made by and information currently available to management. The words &#147;believes,&#148;
&#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; &#147;seeks,&#148; &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;intends&#148; and similar expressions identify some of the
forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will
prove to have been correct. Such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying
assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expected. Among the key
factors that may have a direct bearing on the Company&#146;s operating results are fluctuations in the
economy and in the level of activity in the building and construction industry, demand for the
Company&#146;s products, the impact of price competition and fluctuations in the price of copper. For
more information regarding &#147;forward looking statements&#148; see &#147;Information Regarding Forward Looking
Statements&#148; in Part&nbsp;II, Item&nbsp;7 of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">There have been no material changes from the information provided in Item&nbsp;7.A of the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company maintains controls and procedures designed to ensure that it is able to collect the
information it is required to disclose in the reports it files with the SEC, and to process,
summarize and disclose this information within the time periods specified in the rules of the SEC.
Based on an evaluation of the Company&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined
in Rules&nbsp;13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the
end of the period covered by this report conducted by the Company&#146;s management, with the
participation of the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officers, the Chief Executive and Chief
Financial Officers believe that these controls and procedures are effective to ensure that the
Company is able to collect, process and disclose the information it is required to disclose in the
reports it files with the SEC within the required time periods.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">There have been no changes in the Company&#146;s internal controls over financial reporting or in other
factors that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal
controls over financial reporting during the period covered by this report.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PART II. OTHER INFORMATION</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left">
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">There have been no material changes to the Company&#146;s risk factors as disclosed in
Item&nbsp;1A, &#147;Risk Factors&#148;, in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005.
</DIV>
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</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">ITEM 2.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Stock Repurchase Program</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On November&nbsp;6, 2001, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a stock repurchase program
covering the purchase of up to 450,000 additional shares of its common stock dependent upon market
conditions. Common stock purchases under this program were authorized through December&nbsp;31, 2002 on
the open market or through privately negotiated transactions at prices determined by the Chairman
of the Board or the President of the Company. As of December&nbsp;31, 2002, 225,300 shares had been
purchased under this authorization. The Board of Directors has extended this program four times,
through December&nbsp;31, 2006, for the remaining 224,700 shares; however, there have been no further
repurchases of stock since 2002.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left">
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">The information required by this Item&nbsp;6 is set forth in the Index to Exhibits accompanying
this Form 10-Q.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
</DIV>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Registrant)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dated: November&nbsp;7, 2006
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ DANIEL L. JONES</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Daniel L. Jones, President and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dated: November&nbsp;7, 2006
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ FRANK J. BILBAN</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Frank J. Bilban, Vice President &#151; Finance,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Treasurer and Secretary</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of Encore Wire Corporation, as
amended through July&nbsp;20, 2004 (filed on Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Encore Wire Corporation, as amended
through February&nbsp;20, 2006 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005,
and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Credit Agreement by and among Encore Wire Limited, as Borrower,
Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Lenders, dated August
27, 2004 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2004 and
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment to Credit Agreement of August&nbsp;27, 2004, dated May
16, 2006, by and among Encore Wire Limited, as Borrower, Bank of
America, N.A., as Agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Lenders (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to
the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
June&nbsp;30, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amendment to Credit Agreement of August&nbsp;27, 2004, dated
August&nbsp;31, 2006, by and among Encore Wire Limited, as Borrower,
Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Lenders.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Note Purchase Agreement by and among Encore Wire Limited and
Encore Wire Corporation, as Debtors, and Hartford Life Insurance
Company, Great-West Life &#038; Annuity Insurance Company, London Life
Insurance Company and London Life and Casualty Reinsurance
Corporation, as Purchasers, dated August&nbsp;27, 2004 (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for
the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2004 and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Master Note Purchase Agreement by and among Encore Wire Limited
and Encore Wire Corporation, as Debtors, and Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, Metlife Insurance Company of Connecticut and
Great-West Life &#038; Annuity Insurance Company, as Purchasers, dated
September&nbsp;28, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.6*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated, effective as of
February&nbsp;20, 2006 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
2006, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">1989 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated (filed as Exhibit
4.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.
333-38729), and incorporated herein by reference), terminated
except with respect to outstanding options there under.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification by Daniel L. Jones, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Encore Wire Corporation, dated November&nbsp;7, 2006 and
submitted pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) and pursuant to
Section&nbsp;302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">31.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification by Frank J. Bilban, Vice President-Finance, Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of Encore Wire
Corporation, dated November&nbsp;7, 2006 and submitted pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) and pursuant to Section&nbsp;302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">32.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification by Daniel L. Jones, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Encore Wire Corporation, dated November&nbsp;7, 2006 and
submitted as required by 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section&nbsp;906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification by Frank J. Bilban, Vice President-Finance, Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of Encore Wire
Corporation, dated November&nbsp;7, 2006 as required by 18 U.S.C. 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section&nbsp;906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Exhibit
10.3</B></DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SECOND AMENDMENT<BR>
TO<BR>
CREDIT AGREEMENT
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Dated as of August&nbsp;31, 2006
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">among
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">ENCORE WIRE LIMITED,<BR>
as the Borrower
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,<BR>
as Administrative Agent and a Lender,
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">and
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,<BR>
as Syndication Agent and a Lender
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">and
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">The Other Lenders Party Thereto
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,<BR>
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this &#147;<U>Second Amendment</U>&#148;), dated as of
August&nbsp;31, 2006, is entered into among ENCORE WIRE LIMITED, a Texas limited partnership (the
&#147;<U>Borrower</U>&#148;), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (&#147;<U>Bank of America</U>&#148;) and WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (&#147;<U>Wells Fargo</U>&#148;), in their individual capacities as &#147;<U>Lenders</U>&#148;
(as such term is defined herein), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>BACKGROUND</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit
Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;27, 2004, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit
Agreement, dated as of May&nbsp;16, 2006 (said Credit Agreement, as amended, the &#147;<U>Credit
Agreement</U>&#148;). The terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall
be used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;The Borrower has requested certain amendments to the Credit Agreement to, among other
things, increase the Aggregate Commitments.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;The Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby agree to amend the Credit Agreement,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements hereafter set
forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are all
hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent covenant and agree as
follows:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;<U>AMENDMENTS</U>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The definition of &#147;<U>Aggregate Commitments</U>&#148; set forth at 1.6 of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended to read as follows:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<U>Aggregate Commitments</U>&#148; means the Commitments of all the Lenders. As of the
Second Amendment Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitments are $200,000,000.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The definition of &#147;<U>Accordion Amount</U>&#148; set forth in Article&nbsp;I of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<U>Accordion Amount</U>&#148; means, as of any date of determination, the difference
between $200,000,000 and the Aggregate Commitments in effect on such date of determination.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The definition of &#147;<U>Note Purchase Agreement</U>&#148; set forth at 1.94 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<U>Note Purchase Agreements</U>&#148; means, collectively, (a)&nbsp;that certain Note Purchase
Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;1, 2004, among the Borrower, Parent and the purchasers party
thereto, in the form in effect on August&nbsp;27, 2004, and (b)&nbsp;that certain Master Note Purchase
Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;15, 2006, among Borrower, Parent and the purchasers party
thereto, in substantially the form of the draft delivered to the Administrative Agent dated
August&nbsp;21, 2006.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The definition of &#147;<U>Private Placement Debt</U>&#148; set forth at 1.103 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#147;<U>Private Placement Debt</U>&#148; means unsecured private placement indebtedness of the
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000 issued pursuant to (a)
the terms and conditions set forth in the Note Purchase Agreements and (b)&nbsp;any other
documentation containing terms and conditions substantially similar to the Note Purchase
Agreements.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;Article&nbsp;I of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the defined term &#147;<U>Second
Amendment Effective Date</U>&#148; thereto in proper alphabetical order to read as follows:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#147;<U>Second Amendment Effective Date</U>&#148; means August&nbsp;31, 2006.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;Clause (e)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;7.26 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (e)&nbsp;the Private Placement Debt, so long as there is no Default or Event of Default
immediately before and, on a pro forma basis, after the incurrence of such Indebtedness,
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;<U>REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES TRUE; NO EVENT OF DEFAULT</U>. By its execution and
delivery hereof, the Borrower represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are true and correct on and as of the date hereof as made on and as of such date, except
to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in
which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except to the extent such
representations and warranties have been supplemented pursuant to paragraph 7.12 of the Credit
Agreement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of
Default;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;the Borrower has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Second Amendment
and each Revolving Loan Note payable to the order of each Lender in the amount of each such
Lender&#146;s Commitment as increased by this Second Amendment (collectively, the &#147;<U>Replacement
Notes</U>&#148;), (ii)&nbsp;this Second Amendment and the Replacement Notes have been duly executed and
delivered by the Borrower, and (iii)&nbsp;this Second Amendment, the Replacement
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Notes and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as
rights to indemnity may be limited by federal or state securities laws;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Second Amendment, the Replacement
Notes or the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, nor the consummation of any transactions
contemplated herein or therein, will conflict with (i)&nbsp;the certificate or articles of incorporation
or the applicable constituent documents or bylaws of the Borrower or any Guarantor, (ii)&nbsp;any Law
applicable to the Borrower or any Guarantor or (iii)&nbsp;any indenture, agreement or other instrument
to which the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective properties are subject; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;no authorization, approval, consent, or other action by, notice to, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or other Person not previously obtained is required for (i)&nbsp;the execution,
delivery or performance by the Borrower of this Second Amendment or the Replacement Notes or (ii)
the acknowledgement by each Guarantor of this Second Amendment.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;<U>CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS</U>. This Second Amendment shall be effective upon
satisfaction or completion of the following:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Second Amendment
executed by each Lender;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;the Administrative Agent shall have received an executed Replacement Note for each Lender;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Second Amendment
executed by the Borrower and acknowledged by each Guarantor;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;the Administrative Agent shall have received a certified resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Second
Amendment and the Replacement Notes;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;the Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of the Borrower&#146;s counsel, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, with respect to the matters
set forth in clauses (c), (d)&nbsp;and (e)&nbsp;of <U>Section </U>2 of this Second Amendment and with
respect to such other matters as the Administrative Agent and its counsel shall reasonably request;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;the Administrative Agent shall have received in immediately available funds for the
account of each Lender a fee in an amount equal to the product of (A)&nbsp;0.10% and (B)&nbsp;the amount of
the increase of each such Lender&#146;s Commitment pursuant to this Second Amendment; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;the Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel, such other documents, certificates and instruments as the
Administrative Agent shall require.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;<U>REFERENCE TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT</U>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Upon the effectiveness of this Second Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to
&#147;this Agreement&#148;, &#147;hereunder&#148;, or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit
Agreement, as affected and amended hereby.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Credit Agreement, as amended by the amendments referred to above, shall remain in full
force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;<U>COSTS, EXPENSES AND TAXES</U>. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and
expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, reproduction, execution
and delivery of this Second Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered
hereunder (including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the
Administrative Agent with respect thereto).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;<U>GUARANTOR&#146;S ACKNOWLEDGMENT</U>. By signing below, each Guarantor (a)&nbsp;acknowledges,
consents and agrees to the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Second
Amendment, (b)&nbsp;acknowledges and agrees that its obligations in respect of its Guaranty (i)&nbsp;are not
released, diminished, waived, modified, impaired or affected in any manner by this Second Amendment
or any of the provisions contemplated herein, and (ii)&nbsp;include the increase of the Aggregate
Commitments provided for in this Second Amendment, (c)&nbsp;ratifies and confirms its obligations under
its Guaranty, and (d)&nbsp;acknowledges and agrees that it has no claims or offsets against, or defenses
or counterclaims to, its Guaranty.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.&nbsp;<U>EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS</U>. This Second Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall
constitute but one and the same instrument. For purposes of this Second Amendment, a counterpart
hereof (or signature page thereto) signed and transmitted by any Person party hereto to the
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) by facsimile machine, telecopier or electronic mail is to be
treated as an original. The signature of such Person thereon, for purposes hereof, is to be
considered as an original signature, and the counterpart (or signature page thereto) so transmitted
is to be considered to have the same binding effect as an original signature on an original
document.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.&nbsp;<U>GOVERNING LAW; BINDING EFFECT</U>. This Second Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, provided that the Administrative Agent
and each Lender shall retain all rights arising under federal law, and shall be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.&nbsp;<U>HEADINGS</U>. Section headings in this Second Amendment are included herein for
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.&nbsp;<U>ENTIRE AGREEMENT</U>. THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED BY THIS SECOND AMENDMENT, AND
THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE
CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION<BR>
ENCORE WIRE LIMITED

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">$300,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount<BR>
Senior Notes Issuable in Series

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Initial Issuance of<BR>
$55,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;2006-A<BR>
due September&nbsp;30, 2011

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">MASTER NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">1.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">2</TD>
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    <TD align="right">5</TD>
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    <TD align="right">7</TD>
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    <TD align="right">7</TD>
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    <TD align="right">7</TD>
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    <TD align="right">8</TD>
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    <TD align="right">9</TD>
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    <TD align="right">9</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.7.                         Governmental Authorizations, etc</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">10</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.8.                         Litigation; Observance of Statutes and Orders</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">10</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.9.                         Taxes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">11</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.10.                        Title to Property; Leases</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">11</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.11.                        Licenses, Permits, etc</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">11</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.12.                        Compliance with ERISA</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">12</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.13.                        Private Offering by the Company</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">13</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.14.                        Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">13</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">13</TD>
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    <TD align="right">14</TD>
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    <TD align="right">14</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">14</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">15</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">15</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">15</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">15</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">17</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">17</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">7.2.                         Officer&#146;s Certificate</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">20</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">21</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">21</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">21</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">21</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8.3.                         Allocation of Partial Prepayments</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">22</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8.4.                         Maturity; Surrender, etc</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">22</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8.6.                         Make-Whole Amount</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8.7.                         LIBOR Breakage Amount</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">9.2.                         Insurance</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">9.3.                         Maintenance of Properties</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">26</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">9.4.                         Payment of Taxes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">26</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">9.5.                         Corporate Existence, etc</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">26</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">9.6.                         Additional Subsidiary Guarantors</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">26</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">9.7.                         Ranking of Notes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">27</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">NEGATIVE COVENANTS</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">27</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">27</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">27</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">27</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">28</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">10.5.                        Mergers, Consolidations, etc.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">29</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">30</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10.7.                        Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">31</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">31</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">32</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">EVENTS OF DEFAULT</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">32</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">34</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">34</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">35</TD>
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    <TD align="right">35</TD>
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    <TD align="right">36</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">36</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">13.1.                        Registration of Notes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">36</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">13.2.                        Transfer and Exchange of Notes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">36</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">13.3.                        Restriction on Transfer to Competitor</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">37</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">13.4.                        Replacement of Notes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">37</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">14.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">PAYMENTS ON NOTES</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">37</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">14.1.                        Place of Payment</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">37</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">14.2.                        Home Office Payment</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">38</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">15.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">EXPENSES, ETC</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">38</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">15.1.                        Transaction Expenses</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">38</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">15.2.                        Survival</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">39</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">16.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">39</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">17.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">AMENDMENT AND WAIVER</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">39</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">17.1.                        Requirements</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">39</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">17.2.                        Solicitation of Holders of Notes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">39</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">17.3.                        Binding Effect, etc</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">40</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">17.4.                        Notes held by Company, etc</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">40</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">18.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">NOTICES</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">40</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">19.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">41</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">20.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">41</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">21.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">42</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">22.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">MISCELLANEOUS</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">43</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">22.1.                        Successors and Assigns</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">43</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">22.2.                        Payments Due on Non-Business Days</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">43</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">22.3.                        Severability</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">43</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">22.4.                        Construction</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">43</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">22.5.                        Counterparts</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">43</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">22.6.                        Governing Law</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">44</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">22.7.                        Limitation on Interest</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">44</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">22.8.                        Submission to Jurisdiction</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">45</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">22.9.                        Waiver of Jury Trial</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">45</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Information Relating to Purchasers</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Defined Terms</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">SCHEDULE 5.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Disclosure Materials</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">SCHEDULE 5.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Subsidiaries and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">SCHEDULE 5.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Financial Statements</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">SCHEDULE 5.14
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Use of Proceeds</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">SCHEDULE 5.15
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">EXHIBIT 1.1(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Fixed Rate Note</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">EXHIBIT 1.1(b)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Floating Rate Note</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">EXHIBIT 1.1(c)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Supplement</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">EXHIBIT 1.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Series&nbsp;2006-A Senior Note</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">EXHIBIT 1.4(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Parent Guaranty</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">EXHIBIT 1.4(b)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Subsidiary Guaranty</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">EXHIBIT 4.4(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION<BR>
ENCORE WIRE LIMITED<BR>
1410 Millwood Road<BR>
McKinney, TX 75069<BR>
(972)&nbsp;562-9473<BR>
Fax: (972)&nbsp;562-4744
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">$300,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount<BR>
Senior Notes Issuable in Series

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">$55,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;2006-A<BR>
due September&nbsp;30, 2011

</DIV>

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">TO EACH OF THE PURCHASERS LISTED IN
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ENCORE WIRE LIMITED, a Texas limited partnership (the &#147;Company&#148;), and ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Parent&#148;), agree with you as follows:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1. AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1.1. Amount; Establishment of Series.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is contemplating the issue and sale of up to $300,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its senior notes issuable in series (the &#147;Notes&#148;, such term to include any such Notes
issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of this Agreement). Fixed rate Notes will
be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(a) and floating rate Notes will be
substantially in the form set out in Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(b), in each case, with such changes therefrom, if
any, as may be approved by the purchasers of such Notes, or series thereof, and the Company.
Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule&nbsp;B; references to a
&#147;Schedule&#148; or an &#147;Exhibit&#148; are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to
this Agreement. Each series of Notes, other than the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes (as defined below), will
be issued pursuant to a supplement to this Agreement (a &#147;Supplement&#148;) in substantially the form of
Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(c), and will be subject to the following terms and conditions:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the designation of each series of Notes shall distinguish the Notes of one series
from the Notes of all other series;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) each series of additional Notes may consist of different and separate tranches and
may differ as to outstanding principal amounts, maturity dates, interest rates and premiums
or make-whole amounts, if any, and price and terms of redemption or payment prior to
maturity;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the Notes of each series shall rank <I>pari passu </I>with the Notes of all other series
and the Company&#146;s other outstanding unsecured senior Debt;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) each series of Notes shall be dated the date of issue, bear interest at such rate
or rates, mature on such date or dates, be subject to such mandatory or optional
prepayments, if any, on the dates and with the make-whole amounts, premiums or breakage
amounts if any, as are provided in the Supplement under which such Notes are issued, and
shall have such additional or different conditions precedent to closing and such additional
or different representations and warranties or, subject to the following clause (e), other
terms and provisions as shall be specified in such Supplement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) any additional or more restrictive covenants, Defaults, Events of Default, rights
or similar provisions that are added or varied by a Supplement for the benefit of the series
of Notes to be issued pursuant to such Supplement shall apply to all outstanding Notes,
whether or not the Supplement so provides; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) except to the extent provided in foregoing clause (d), all of the provisions of
this Agreement shall apply to the Notes of each series.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Purchasers of the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes need not purchase subsequent series of Notes.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1.2. The Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has authorized, as the initial series of Notes hereunder, the issue and sale of
$55,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;2006-A, due September
30, 2011 (the &#147;Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes,&#148; such term to include any such Notes issued in substitution
therefor pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of this Agreement). The Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes shall be substantially
in the form set out in Exhibit&nbsp;1.2, with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by you
and the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1.3. Floating Interest Rate Provisions for Floating Rate Notes.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <U>Adjusted LIBOR Rate</U>. &#147;Adjusted LIBOR Rate&#148; means, for each Interest
Period, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR for such Interest Period plus the percentage
applicable to a series or tranche of floating rate Notes. The percentage applicable to the
Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes is .60%.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">For purposes of determining Adjusted LIBOR Rate, the following terms have the following
meanings:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;LIBOR&#148; </B>means, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) for
deposits in U.S. Dollars for a 3-month period (or such other period as is specified
in the applicable Supplement) that appears on the Bloomberg Financial Markets
Service Page BBAM-1 (or if such page is not available, the Reuters Screen LIBO Page)
as of 11:00&nbsp;a.m. (London, England time) on the date two Business Days before the
commencement of such Interest Period (or three Business Days before the commencement
of the first Interest Period).
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Reuters Screen LIBO Page&#148; </B>means the display designated as the &#147;LIBO&#148; page on
the Reuters Monitory Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace the LIBO
page on that service) or such other service as may be nominated by the British
Bankers&#146; Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying British
Bankers&#146; Association Interest Settlement Rates for U.S. Dollar deposits.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <U>Determination of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate</U>. The Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be
determined by the Company, and notice thereof shall be given to the holders of the
applicable series or tranche of floating rate Notes, within two Business Days after the
beginning of each Interest Period, together with (i)&nbsp;a copy of the relevant screen used for
the determination of LIBOR, (ii)&nbsp;a calculation of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for such Interest
Period, (iii)&nbsp;the number of days in such Interest Period, (iv)&nbsp;the date on which interest
for such Interest Period will be paid and (v)&nbsp;the amount of interest to be paid to each
holder of Notes of such series or tranche on such date. If the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Notes of such series or tranche outstanding do not concur with such
determination by the Company, as evidenced by a single written notice (together with such
holders&#146; determination of items (ii)&nbsp;to (v)&nbsp;of the preceding sentence and in the case of
item (i), a copy of the screen used by such holders), delivered to the Company within 10
Business Days after receipt by such holders of the notice delivered by the Company pursuant
to the immediately preceding sentence, the determination of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be
made by such holders of the Notes, and any such determination made in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <U>Interest Period</U>. <B>&#147;Interest Period&#148; </B>means for any series or tranche of
floating rate Notes and for any period for which interest is to be calculated or paid, the
period commencing on an interest payment date for such series or tranche of floating rate
Notes, or on the date of Closing in the case of the first such period, and continuing up to,
but not including, the next interest payment date. The interest payment dates for the
Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes are March&nbsp;30, June&nbsp;30, September&nbsp;30 and December&nbsp;30.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1.4. Guaranties; Release of Subsidiary Guaranty.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <U>Guaranties</U>. The Notes will be guaranteed (i)&nbsp;by the Parent pursuant to a
guaranty in substantially the form of Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(a) (the &#147;Parent Guaranty&#148;) and (ii)&nbsp;by the
Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to a guaranty in substantially the form of Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(b)
(the &#147;Subsidiary Guaranty,&#148; and, together with the Parent Guaranty, the &#147;Guaranties&#148;).
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <U>Release of Subsidiary Guaranty</U>. Each holder of a Note agrees to release
and discharge a Subsidiary Guarantor from the Subsidiary Guaranty upon written request of
the Company, provided that (i)&nbsp;such Subsidiary has been, or concurrently with the release by
the holders of Notes, will be released and discharged as guarantor under and in respect of
the Credit Agreement and any other Senior Debt; (ii)&nbsp;such release and discharge is not part
of a plan of financing that contemplates such Subsidiary Guarantor guaranteeing any other
Debt of the Company or becoming a borrower under the Credit Agreement; (iii)&nbsp;no Default or
Event of Default exists or will exist immediately following such release and discharge; (iv)
if any fee or other consideration is paid or given to any holder of Debt in connection with
such release, other than the repayment of all or a portion of such Debt, each holder of a
Note receives equivalent consideration on a pro rata basis; and (v)&nbsp;at the time of such
written request, the Company delivers to each holder of Notes a certificate of a Responsible
Officer certifying the matters set forth in clauses (i)&nbsp;through (iv).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2. SALE AND PURCHASE OF SERIES 2006-A NOTES.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to you
and each of the other purchasers named in Schedule&nbsp;A (the &#147;Other Purchasers&#148;), and you and the
Other Purchasers will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for in Section&nbsp;3, Series
2006-A Notes in the principal amount specified opposite your names in Schedule&nbsp;A at the purchase
price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. Your obligation hereunder and the obligations of
the Other Purchasers are several and not joint obligations and you shall have no liability to any
Person for the performance or non-performance by any Other Purchaser hereunder.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>3. CLOSING.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sale and purchase of the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes to be purchased by you and the Other
Purchasers shall occur at the offices of Gardner, Carton &#038; Douglas LLP, Suite&nbsp;3700, 191 North
Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606 at 9:00 a.m., Chicago time, at a closing on September&nbsp;28,
2006 (the &#147;Closing&#148;) or on such other Business Day thereafter, not later than October&nbsp;6, 2006, as
may be agreed upon by the Company and the purchasers that are scheduled to purchase Notes at such
Closing. At the Closing, the Company will deliver to you the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes to be purchased
by you in the form of a single Series&nbsp;2006-A Note (or such greater number of Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes in
denominations of at least $100,000 as you may request) dated the date of Closing and registered in
your name (or in the name of your nominee), against delivery by you to the Company or its order of
immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of
immediately available funds for the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">account of the Company to account number 4779592667 at Bank of America, N.A., 901 Main Street, 67<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Floor, Dallas
TX, ABA No.&nbsp;111 0000 25. If at the Closing the Company fails to tender such Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes to
you as provided above in this Section&nbsp;3, or any of the conditions specified in Section&nbsp;4 shall not
have been fulfilled to your satisfaction, you shall, at your election, be relieved of all further
obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights you may have by reason of such
failure or such nonfulfillment.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to you at the Closing is subject
to the fulfillment to your satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.1. Representations and Warranties.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The representations and warranties of the Parent and the Company in this Agreement shall be
correct when made and at the time of the Closing.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.2. Performance; No Default.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements and
conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by them prior to
or at the Closing and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application
of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Schedule&nbsp;5.14) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing. Neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary, including the Company, shall
have entered into any transaction since June&nbsp;30, 2006 that would have been prohibited by Sections
10, had such Section applied since such date.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.3. Compliance Certificates.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <U>Officer&#146;s Certificate</U>. The Parent and the Company each shall have
delivered to you an Officer&#146;s Certificate, dated the date of such Closing, certifying that
the conditions specified in Sections&nbsp;4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <U>Secretary&#146;s Certificate</U>. The Parent, the Company and each Subsidiary
Guarantor shall have delivered to you a certificate certifying as to the resolutions
attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution
and delivery of the Notes and the Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.4. Opinions of Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You shall have received opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, dated
the date of the Closing (a)&nbsp;from Thompson &#038; Knight LLP, counsel for the Parent, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit&nbsp;4.4(a) and covering such other
matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as you or your counsel may reasonably
request (and the Parent and the Company instruct their counsel to deliver
such opinion to you) and (b)&nbsp;from Gardner Carton &#038; Douglas LLP, your special counsel
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">in connection
with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit&nbsp;4.4(b) and covering such
other matters incident to such transactions as you may reasonably request.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.5. Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, etc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On the date of the Closing your purchase of Notes shall (i)&nbsp;be permitted by the laws and
regulations of each jurisdiction to which you are subject, without recourse to provisions (such as
section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance
companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (ii)&nbsp;not violate
any applicable law or regulation (including Regulation&nbsp;U, T or X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System) and (iii)&nbsp;not subject you to any tax, penalty or liability under or
pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date
hereof. If requested by you, you shall have received an Officer&#146;s Certificate certifying as to
such matters of fact as you may reasonably specify to enable you to determine whether such purchase
is so permitted.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.6. Sale of Other Notes.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Contemporaneously with the Closing the Company shall sell to the Other Purchasers and the
Other Purchasers shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by them at the Closing as specified in
Schedule&nbsp;A.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.7. Payment of Special Counsel Fees.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Without limiting the provisions of Section&nbsp;15.1, the Company shall have paid on or before the
Closing the fees, charges and disbursements of your special counsel referred to in Section&nbsp;4.4, to
the extent reflected in a reasonably detailed statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at
least one Business Day prior to the Closing.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.8. Private Placement Number.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Private Placement Number issued by Standard &#038; Poor&#146;s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation
with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) shall
have been obtained by Gardner Carton &#038; Douglas LLP for the series of Notes to be issued at the
Closing.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.9. Changes in Corporate Structure.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Parent nor the Company shall have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or
been a party to any merger or consolidation and shall not have succeeded to all or any substantial
part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent
financial statements referred to in Schedule&nbsp;5.5.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.10. Guaranties.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent shall have executed and delivered the Parent Guaranty and each Subsidiary Guarantor
shall have executed and delivered the Subsidiary Guaranty.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.11. Amendment to the Credit Agreement.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You and your special counsel shall have been provided with a copy of the Second Amendment to
the Credit Agreement executed by the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.12. Funding Instructions.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At least three Business Days prior to the date of the Closing, each Purchaser shall have
received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Company
confirming the information specified in Section&nbsp;3 including (i)&nbsp;the name and address of the
transferee bank, (ii)&nbsp;such transferee bank&#146;s ABA number and (iii)&nbsp;the account name and number into
which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4.13. Proceedings and Documents.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be reasonably
satisfactory to you and your special counsel, and you and your special counsel shall have received
all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as you or they may
reasonably request.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Company and the Parent represents and warrants to you that:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.1. Organization; Power and Authority.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Company and the Parent is a limited partnership or corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is
duly qualified as a foreign limited partnership or corporation and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to
which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and the
Parent has the limited partnership or corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the
properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and
proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Parent Guaranty (in the case of
the Parent) and the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes (in the case of the Company) and to perform the provisions
hereof and thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.2. Authorization, etc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement and the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary limited
partnership action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution
and delivery thereof each Series&nbsp;2006-A Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by (i)&nbsp;applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors&#146; rights
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">generally and (ii)&nbsp;general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guaranties have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Parent or each Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, and upon execution and delivery thereof
will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Parent and each Subsidiary
Guarantor, enforceable against the Parent or each Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, in
accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors&#146; rights generally and (ii)&nbsp;general principles
of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.3. Disclosure.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement, the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to you by or on behalf
of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the financial statements
listed in Schedule&nbsp;5.5, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of
the circumstances under which they were made. Except as expressly described in Schedule&nbsp;5.3, or in
one of the documents, certificates or other writings identified therein, or in the financial
statements listed in Schedule&nbsp;5.5, since December&nbsp;31, 2005, there has been no change in the
financial condition, operations, business or properties of the Parent or any Subsidiary, including
the Company, except changes that individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to the Parent or the Company that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in
the other documents, certificates and other writings delivered to you by or on behalf of the Parent
or the Company specifically for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Schedule&nbsp;5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists of (i)
the Parent&#146;s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the
jurisdiction of its organization and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital
stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Parent and each other Subsidiary,
including the Company, (ii)&nbsp;the Parent&#146;s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii)&nbsp;the
Parent&#146;s and the Company&#146;s directors and senior officers.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each
Subsidiary shown in Schedule&nbsp;5.4 as being owned by the Parent and its Subsidiaries,
including the Company, have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are
owned by the Parent or another Subsidiary, including the Company, free and clear of any Lien
(except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule&nbsp;5.4).
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Each Subsidiary identified in Schedule&nbsp;5.4 is a corporation or other legal entity
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other
than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own
or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact
the business it transacts and proposes to transact.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any legal restriction or any
agreement (other than this Agreement, the agreements listed on Schedule&nbsp;5.4 and customary
limitations imposed by corporate, partnership or limited liability company law statutes)
restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other
similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns
outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.5. Financial Statements.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent has delivered to you and each Other Purchaser copies of the consolidated financial
statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company, listed on Schedule&nbsp;5.5. All
of said financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries, including the Company, as of the respective dates specified in such Schedule and the
consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved
except as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements,
to normal year-end adjustments and to the absence of footnotes). The Parent and its Subsidiaries,
including the Company, do not have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed on such
financial statements or otherwise disclosed in this Agreement or the documents, certificates or
other writings delivered to you by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.6. Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, etc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the Parent of this Agreement and by
the Company of the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes will not (i)&nbsp;contravene, result in any breach of, or
constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of the
Parent or any Subsidiary, including the Company, under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by-laws, or any other
Material agreement or instrument to which the Parent or any Subsidiary, including the Company, is
bound or by which any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (ii)&nbsp;conflict with
or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree,
or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Parent or any
Subsidiary, including the Company, or (iii)&nbsp;violate any provision of any statute or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">other rule or
regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Parent or any Subsidiary, including the
Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Parent and each Subsidiary Guarantor of
the Guaranty to which it is a party will not (i)&nbsp;contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute
a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of the Parent or
such Subsidiary Guarantor under, any agreement, or corporate charter or by-laws, to which the
Parent or such Subsidiary Guarantor is bound or by which the Parent or such Subsidiary Guarantor or
any of their properties may be bound or affected, (ii)&nbsp;conflict with or result in a breach of any
of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Parent or such Subsidiary Guarantor or (iii)
violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority
applicable to the Parent or such Subsidiary Guarantor.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.7. Governmental Authorizations, etc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any
Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the
Company of this Agreement or the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes or the execution, delivery or performance by
the Parent of this Agreement or the Parent Guaranty or by each Subsidiary Guarantor of the
Subsidiary Guaranty.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.8. Litigation; Observance of Statutes and Orders.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Parent or the Company, threatened against or affecting the Parent or any Subsidiary,
including the Company, or any property of the Parent or any Subsidiary, including the
Company, in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental
Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary, including the Company, is in default under
any term of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or
any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or
is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including
Environmental Laws and the USA Patriot Act) of any Governmental Authority, which default or
violation, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.9. Taxes.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company, have filed all tax returns that are
required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and
payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties,
assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable
and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (i)&nbsp;the amount of
which is not individually or in the aggregate Material or (ii)&nbsp;the amount,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">applicability or
validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with
respect to which the Parent or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves
in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Parent nor the Company knows of any basis for any other tax
or assessment that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges,
accruals and reserves on the books of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company, in
respect of Federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are, in the good faith judgment of
the Parent, adequate. The federal income tax liabilities of the Parent and its Subsidiaries,
including the Company, have been determined by the Internal Revenue Service and paid for all fiscal
years up to and including the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.10. Title to Property; Leases.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company, have good and defensible title to
their respective Material properties, including all such properties reflected in the most recent
audited balance sheet referred to in Section&nbsp;5.5 or acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after
said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each
case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that individually or in the
aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material
respects.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.11. Licenses, Permits, etc.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company, own or possess all
licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, service marks,
trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto necessary for the conduct of their businesses
without known conflict with the rights of others;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) to the knowledge of the Parent and the Company, no product of the Parent or any
Subsidiary, including the Company, infringes any license, permit, franchise, authorization,
patent, copyright, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other
Person; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) to the knowledge of the Parent, there is no violation by any Person of any right of
the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company, with respect to any patent,
copyright, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by the Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">except, in each instance, for the lack of ownership or possession, conflicts or violations that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.12. Compliance with ERISA.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Parent and each ERISA Affiliate, including the Company, have operated and
administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">such instances of
noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Parent nor any ERISA Affiliate, including the Company,
has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax
provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in Section&nbsp;3 of
ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that could reasonably
be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by the Parent or any ERISA
Affiliate, including the Company, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights,
properties or assets of the Parent or any ERISA Affiliate, including the Company, in either
case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty or excise tax provisions or to
Section&nbsp;401(a)(29) or 412 of the Code, other than such liabilities or Liens as could not be
individually or in the aggregate Material.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans
(other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan&#146;s most recently
ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in
such Plan&#146;s most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current
value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities. The term &#147;benefit
liabilities&#148; has the meaning specified in section 4001 of ERISA and the terms &#147;current
value&#148; and &#147;present value&#148; have the meaning specified in section 3 of ERISA.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Parent and its ERISA Affiliates, including the Company, have not incurred
withdrawal liabilities (and are not subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under
section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the
aggregate are Material.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of
the Parent&#146;s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial Accounting
Standards Board Statement No.&nbsp;106, without regard to liabilities attributable to
continuation coverage mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of the Parent and its ERISA
Affiliates, including the Company, is not Material.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the
Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the
prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed
pursuant to section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The representation by the Parent and the
Company in the first sentence of this Section&nbsp;5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject
to the accuracy of your representation in Section&nbsp;6.2 as to the sources of the funds used to
pay the purchase price of the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes to be purchased by you.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.13. Private Offering by the Company.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None of the Parent, the Company or anyone acting on their behalf has offered the Series&nbsp;2006-A
Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or
otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than you, the Other
Purchasers and not more than one (1)&nbsp;other Institutional Investor, each of which
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">has been offered
the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes at a private sale for investment. None of the Parent, the Company or
anyone authorized to act on their behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the
issuance or sale of the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes to the registration requirements of Section&nbsp;5 of the
Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.14. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes to repay Debt as
set forth in Schedule&nbsp;5.14 and for general corporate purposes. No part of the proceeds from the
sale of the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or
carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation&nbsp;U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any
securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation&nbsp;X of
said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation&nbsp;T of said
Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not constitute more than 5% of the value of the consolidated
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any present intention that
margin stock will constitute more than 5% of the value of such assets. As used in this Section,
the terms &#147;margin stock&#148; and &#147;purpose of buying or carrying&#148; shall have the meanings assigned to
them in said Regulation&nbsp;U.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.15. Existing Debt.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Except as described therein, Schedule&nbsp;5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list
of all outstanding Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company, as of
June&nbsp;30, 2006, since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest
rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Debt of the Company or its
Subsidiaries. Neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary, including the Company, is in default
and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest
on any Debt of the Parent or such Subsidiary, including the Company, and no event or
condition exists with respect to any Debt of the Parent or any Subsidiary, including the
Company, that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, could permit)
one or more Persons to cause such Debt to become due and payable before its stated maturity
or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule&nbsp;5.15, neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary,
including the Company, has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the
happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, to be subject to a Lien not permitted by Section&nbsp;10.4.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.16. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Neither the sale of the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes by the Company hereunder nor its use of
the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the
foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR,
Subtitle B, Chapter&nbsp;V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating
thereto.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary, including the Company, (i)&nbsp;is a Person
described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of
the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section&nbsp;1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii)
engages in any dealings or transactions with any such Person. The Parent and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot Act.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes hereunder will be
used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee,
political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone
else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain
any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977, as amended, assuming in all cases that such Act applies to the Parent and its
Subsidiaries, including the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.17. Status under Certain Statutes.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary, including the Company, is subject to regulation under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by the ICC
Termination Act, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.18. Environmental Matters.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary, including the Company, has knowledge of any claim or
has received any notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted raising any claim
against the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company, or any of their respective
real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or other assets, alleging
any damage to the environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise
disclosed to you in writing,
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary, including the Company, has knowledge of any
facts which could give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental
Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real
properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or
their use, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary, including the Company, has stored any
Hazardous Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of
them and has not disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner contrary to any
Environmental Laws in each case in any manner that could reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) all buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company, are in compliance with
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">applicable
Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5.19. Solvency of Subsidiary Guarantors.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein and after giving due consideration
to any rights of contribution (i)&nbsp;each Subsidiary Guarantor has received fair consideration and
reasonably equivalent value for the incurrence of its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty,
(ii)&nbsp;the fair value of the assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor (both at fair valuation and at
present fair saleable value) exceeds its liabilities, (iii)&nbsp;each Subsidiary Guarantor is able to
and expects to be able to pay its debts as they mature, and (iv)&nbsp;each Subsidiary Guarantor has
capital sufficient to carry on its business as conducted and as proposed to be conducted.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>6. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>6.1. Purchase for Investment.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You represent that you are purchasing the Notes for your own account or for one or more
separate accounts maintained by you or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and
not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of your or their
property shall at all times be within your or their control. You understand that the Notes have
not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the
provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under
circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that
the Company is not required to register the Notes. You represent that you are an &#147;accredited
investor&#148; within the meaning of subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;501 of Regulation&nbsp;D
under the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>6.2. Source of Funds.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You represent that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as
to each source of funds (a &#147;Source&#148;) to be used by you to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be
purchased by you hereunder:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the Source is an &#147;insurance company general account&#148; (as the term is defined in the
United States Department of Labor&#146;s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (&#147;PTE&#148;) 95-60) in
respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life
insurance companies approved by the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners (the &#147;NAIC Annual Statement&#148;)) for the general account contract(s) held
by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and
liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee
benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60)
or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total
reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities)
plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser&#146;s state of
domicile; or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such
Purchaser&#146;s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to
any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate
account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are
not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the Source is either (i)&nbsp;an insurance company pooled separate account, within the
meaning of PTE 90-1 (issued January&nbsp;29, 1990), or (ii)&nbsp;a bank collective investment fund,
within the meaning of PTE 91-38 (issued August&nbsp;12, 1991) and, except as you have disclosed
to the Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (c), no employee benefit plan or group
of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more
than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment
fund; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the Source constitutes assets of an &#147;investment fund&#148; (within the meaning of Part&nbsp;V
of PTE 84-14 (the &#147;QPAM Exemption&#148;)) managed by a &#147;qualified professional asset manager&#148; or
&#147;QPAM&#148; (within the meaning of Part&nbsp;V of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan&#146;s
assets that are included in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other
employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate
(within the meaning of Section&nbsp;V(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the
same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client assets
managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part&nbsp;I(c) and (g)&nbsp;of the QPAM Exemption are
satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM (applying the
definition of &#147;control&#148; in Section&nbsp;V(e) of the QPAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in
the Company or any Guarantor and (i)&nbsp;the identity of such QPAM and (ii)&nbsp;the names of all
employee benefit plans whose assets are included in such investment fund have been disclosed
to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (d); or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) the Source constitutes assets of a &#147;plan(s)&#148; (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;IV of
PTE 96-23 (the &#147;INHAM Exemption&#148;)) managed by an &#147;in-house asset manager&#148; or &#147;INHAM&#148; (within
the meaning of Part&nbsp;IV of the INHAM exemption), the conditions of Part&nbsp;I(a), (g)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of
the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled
by the INHAM (applying the definition of &#147;control&#148; in Section&nbsp;IV(h) of the INHAM Exemption)
owns a 5% or more interest in the Company or any Guarantor and (i)&nbsp;the identity of such
INHAM and (ii)&nbsp;the name(s) of the employee
benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Company
in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) the Source is a governmental plan; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust
fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to
the Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (g); or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan
exempt from the coverage of ERISA.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As used in this Section&nbsp;6.2, the terms &#147;employee benefit plan&#148;, &#147;governmental plan&#148; and &#147;separate
account&#148; shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>7. INFORMATION AS TO THE PARENT AND THE COMPANY.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>7.1. Financial and Business Information.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent will deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <U>Quarterly Statements</U> &#151; within 60&nbsp;days (or such other shorter period within
which Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q are required to be timely filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including any extension permitted by Rule&nbsp;12b-25 of the Exchange Act)
after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Parent (other than
the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of,
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including
the Company, as at the end of such quarter,
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) consolidated statements of income and shareholders&#146; equity of the Parent
and its Subsidiaries, including the Company, for such quarter and (in the case of
the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such
quarter, and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) consolidated statements of cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries,
including the Company, for such quarter or (in the case of the second and third
quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in
the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP
applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial
Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the
companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to
changes resulting from year-end adjustments, provided that delivery within the time period
specified above of copies of the Parent&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q prepared in
compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section&nbsp;7.1(a);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <U>Annual Statements</U> &#151; within 105&nbsp;days (or such other shorter period within
which Annual Reports on Form 10-K are required to be timely filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including any extension permitted by Rule&nbsp;12b-25 of the Exchange Act)
after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent, duplicate copies of,
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including
the Company, as at the end of such year, and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) consolidated statements of income, shareholders&#146; equity and cash flows of
the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company, for such year,
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all
in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion
thereon of independent certified public accountants of recognized regional or national
standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their
results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and
that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has
been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit
provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances; provided that the
delivery within the time period specified above of the Parent&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for such fiscal year (together with the Parent&#146;s annual report to shareholders, if any,
prepared pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-3 under the Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the
requirements therefor and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be deemed
to satisfy the requirements of this Section (b);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <U>Unrestricted Subsidiaries</U> &#151; if, at the time of delivery of any financial
statements pursuant to Section&nbsp;7.1(a) or (b), Unrestricted Subsidiaries account for more
than 10% of (i)&nbsp;the consolidated total assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including
the Company, reflected in the consolidated balance sheet included in such financial
statements or (ii)&nbsp;the consolidated revenues of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including
the Company, reflected in the consolidated statement of income included in such financial
statements, an unaudited balance sheet for all Unrestricted Subsidiaries taken as whole as
at the end of the fiscal period included in such financial statements and the related
unaudited statements of income, stockholders&#146; equity and cash flows for such Unrestricted
Subsidiaries for such period, together with consolidating statements reflecting all
eliminations or adjustments necessary to reconcile such group financial statements to the
consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company,
shall be delivered together with the financial statements required pursuant to Sections
7.1(a) and (b);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) <U>SEC and Other Reports</U> &#151; promptly upon their becoming available, one copy
of (i)&nbsp;each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by the Parent
or any Subsidiary, including the Company, to public securities holders generally, and
(ii)&nbsp;each regular or periodic report, each registration statement that shall have become
effective (without exhibits except as expressly requested by such holder), and each final
prospectus and all amendments thereto filed by the Parent or any Subsidiary, including the
Company, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and of all press releases and other
statements made available generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to the public
concerning developments that are Material;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) <U>Notice of Default or Event of Default</U> &#151; promptly, and in any event within
five Business Days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence of any
Default or Event of Default, a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence
thereof and what action the Parent or the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) <U>ERISA Matters</U> &#151; promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after
a Responsible Officer becoming aware of any of the following, a written notice setting forth
the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Parent or an ERISA Affiliate, including
the Company, proposes to take with respect thereto:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in section
4043(b) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not
been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the
PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the
receipt by the Parent or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan
that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan;
or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence
of any liability by the Parent or an ERISA Affiliate, including the Company,
pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the
Code relating to employee benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of
the rights, properties or assets of the Parent or an ERISA Affiliate, including the
Company, pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax
provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such
liabilities or Liens then existing, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) <U>Notices from Governmental Authority</U> &#151; promptly, and in any event within 30
days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Company or any Subsidiary from any
Federal or state Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law
or regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) <U>Requested Information</U> &#151; with reasonable promptness, such other data and
information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or
properties of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company, or relating to
the ability of the Parent or the Company to perform its obligations hereunder and under the
Notes as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes; and
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) <U>Supplements to Agreement</U> &#150; in the event an additional series of Notes is,
or is proposed to be, issued under this Agreement, promptly, and in any event within 10
Business Days after execution and delivery thereof, a true copy of the Supplement pursuant
to which such Notes are to be, or were, issued.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>7.2. Officer&#146;s Certificate.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to Section&nbsp;7.1(a) or
Section&nbsp;7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer setting forth:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <U>Covenant Compliance</U> &#151; the information (including detailed calculations)
required in order to establish whether the Parent was in compliance with the requirements of
Section&nbsp;10.1 through Section&nbsp;10.9, inclusive, during the quarterly or annual period covered
by the statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such Section, where
applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the
case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the calculation of the
amount, ratio or percentage then in existence); and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <U>Event of Default</U> &#151; a statement that such officer has reviewed the relevant
terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of
the transactions and conditions of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company,
from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being
furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the
existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an
Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists (including any such
event or condition resulting from the failure of the Parent or any Subsidiary, including the
Company, to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature and period of
existence thereof and what action the Parent or the Company shall have taken or proposes to
take with respect thereto.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>7.3. Inspection.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is an
Institutional Investor:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <U>No Default</U> &#151; if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense
of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice to the Parent or the Company, to visit the
principal executive office of the Parent or the Company, to discuss the affairs, finances
and
accounts of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company, with the Parent&#146;s
and the Company&#146;s officers, and (with the consent of the Parent and the Company, which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld) its independent public accountants, and (with the
consent of the Parent and the Company which consent will not be unreasonably withheld), to
visit the other offices and properties of the Parent and each Subsidiary, including the
Company, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested in
writing; and
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <U>Default</U> &#151; if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of
the Company, to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Parent or any
Subsidiary, including the Company, to examine all their respective books of account,
records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss
their respective affairs, finances, and accounts with their respective officers and
independent public accountants (and by this provision the Parent and the Company authorize
said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries, including the Company), all at such times and as often as may be requested.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8. PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>8.1. Required Prepayments of Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No regularly scheduled prepayments are due on the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes prior to their stated
maturity.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8.2. Optional Prepayments.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company may, at its option, as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to
time any part of, the Notes in an amount not less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate in the case of a
partial prepayment.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <U>Fixed Rate Notes</U>. Prepayments of fixed rate Notes shall be made at 100% of
the principal amount so prepaid, plus the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment
date with respect to such principal amount. The Company will give each holder of fixed rate
Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section&nbsp;8.2(a) not less than 30
days and not more than 60&nbsp;days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment. Each such
notice shall specify such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal
amount of the fixed rate Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each
fixed rate Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section
8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal
amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial
Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment
(calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth
the details of such computation. Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Company
shall deliver to each holder of fixed rate Notes a certificate
of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of such Make-Whole Amount as
of the specified prepayment date.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <U>Floating Rate Notes</U>. Prepayments of Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes shall be made at
100% of the principal amount so prepaid, plus the prepayment premium set forth below, and if
such prepayment is to occur on any date other than an interest payment date, the LIBOR
Breakage Amount, if any.
</DIV>

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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>If Prepaid During the Period</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Prepayment Premium</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">September&nbsp;28, 2006 through
September&nbsp;29, 2007</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.0</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">September&nbsp;30, 2007 and thereafter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">0.0</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
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</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">The terms on which floating rate Notes other than the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes may be prepaid at
the option of the Company will be set forth in the Supplement pursuant to which such Notes
are issued.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will give each holder of floating rate Notes to be prepaid written notice
of each optional prepayment under this Section&nbsp;8.2(b) not less than 30&nbsp;days and not more
than 60&nbsp;days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify
such date, the aggregate principal amount of floating rate Notes to be prepaid on such date,
the principal amount of each floating rate Note held by such holder to be prepaid
(determined in accordance with Section&nbsp;8.3), the interest to be paid on the prepayment date
with respect to such principal amount being prepaid and the amount of any prepayment premium
and LIBOR Breakage Amount to be paid.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8.3. Allocation of Partial Prepayments.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes, the principal amount of the Notes to be
prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly
as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for
prepayment.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8.4. Maturity; Surrender, etc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section&nbsp;8, the principal amount of
each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such
prepayment (which shall be a Business Day), together with interest on such principal amount accrued
to such date and any applicable Make-Whole Amount, prepayment premium and/or LIBOR Breakage Amount.
From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due
and payable, together with the interest and any applicable Make-Whole Amount, prepayment premium
and/or LIBOR Breakage Amount, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to
accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Company and canceled and
shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any
Note.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8.5. Purchase of Notes.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Parent nor the Company will, and will not permit any Affiliate to, purchase,
redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes except
(a)&nbsp;upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
the Notes or (b)&nbsp;pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the Company or an
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Affiliate pro rata to
the holders of all Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions. Any such
offer shall provide each holder with sufficient information to enable it to make an informed
decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain open for at least 30 Business Days. If the
holders of more than 25% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding accept such offer,
the Company shall promptly notify the remaining holders of such fact and the expiration date for
the acceptance by holders of Notes of such offer shall be extended by the number of days necessary
to give each such remaining holder at least ten Business Days from its receipt of such notice to
accept such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate
pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8.6. Make-Whole Amount.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The term <B>&#147;Make-Whole Amount&#148; </B>means, with respect to any fixed rate Note, an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the
Called Principal of such fixed rate Note over the amount of such Called Principal, provided that
the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the
Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Called Principal&#148; </B>means, with respect to any fixed rate Note, the principal of such
fixed rate Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section&nbsp;8.2(a) or has become or is
declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.1, as the context
requires.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Discounted Value&#148; </B>means, with respect to the Called Principal of any fixed rate Note,
the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such
Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with
respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a
discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on such fixed
rate Notes is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called
Principal.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Reinvestment Yield&#148; </B>means, with respect to the Called Principal of any fixed rate
Note, .50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i)&nbsp;the yields reported, as of 10:00&nbsp;A.M.
(New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect
to such Called Principal, on the display designated as the &#147;PX1 Screen&#148; on the Bloomberg
Financial Market Service (or such other display as may replace the PX1
Screen on Bloomberg Financial Market Service) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities
having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such
Settlement Date, or (ii)&nbsp;if such yields are not reported as of such time or the yields
reported as of such time are not ascertainable, the Treasury Constant Maturity Series&nbsp;Yields
reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second
Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal
Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">comparable successor publication) for
actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining
Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. Such implied yield will
be determined, if necessary, by (a)&nbsp;converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to
bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b)&nbsp;interpolating
linearly between (1)&nbsp;the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to
and greater than the Remaining Average Life and (2)&nbsp;the actively traded U.S. Treasury
security with the maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Average Life.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Remaining Average Life&#148; </B>means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of
years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i)&nbsp;such Called
Principal into (ii)&nbsp;the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a)&nbsp;the principal
component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b)
the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will elapse between
the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such
Remaining Scheduled Payment.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Remaining Scheduled Payments&#148; </B>means, with respect to the Called Principal of any fixed
rate Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that could be due
after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called
Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date
is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of such fixed
rate Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be
reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on
such Settlement Date pursuant to Section&nbsp;8.2(a) or 12.1.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Settlement Date&#148; </B>means, with respect to the Called Principal of any fixed rate Note,
the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section&nbsp;8.2(a) or has
become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.1, as the
context requires.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8.7. LIBOR Breakage Amount.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The term &#147;LIBOR Breakage Amount&#148; means any loss, cost or expense reasonably incurred by any
holder of a floating rate Note as a result of any payment or prepayment of such floating rate Note
(whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) on a day other
than an interest payment date or at scheduled maturity thereof, and, without duplication, any loss
or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds
obtained by such holder or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were
obtained. Any such loss, cost or expense shall be limited to the time period from the date of such
prepayment through the earlier of the next interest payment date or the maturity of such floating
rate Note. Each holder of a floating rate Note shall determine the LIBOR Breakage Amount with
respect to the principal amount of its floating rate Notes then being paid or prepaid (or required
to be paid or prepaid) by written notice to the Company setting forth such determination in
reasonable detail with supporting calculations not less than two Business Days
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">prior to the date of
prepayment. Each such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Parent and the Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>9.1. Compliance with Law.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will, and will cause each other Subsidiary to, comply with all
laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject, including,
Environmental Laws, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits,
franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective
properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary
to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or
failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other
governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>9.2. Insurance.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and
businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such
amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if customary reserves are
maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations
engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>9.3. Maintenance of Properties.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain and
keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order
and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section shall not prevent the
Parent or any Subsidiary, including the Company, from discontinuing the operation and the
maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its
business and the Parent has concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>9.4. Payment of Taxes.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will, and will cause each other Subsidiary to, file all tax returns
required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and
payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed
on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and
assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">and all claims for
which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of
the Parent or any Subsidiary, including the Company, provided that neither the Parent nor any
Subsidiary, including the Company, need pay any such tax or assessment or claims if (i)&nbsp;the amount,
applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Parent or such Subsidiary on a timely basis
in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Parent or a Subsidiary, including the
Company, has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the
Parent or such Subsidiary or (ii)&nbsp;the nonpayment of all such taxes and assessments in the aggregate
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>9.5. Corporate Existence, etc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Parent and the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and
effect its corporate existence. Subject to Sections&nbsp;10.5 and 10.6, the Parent and the Company will
at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of each Restricted
Subsidiary (unless merged into the Parent or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, including the
Company) and all rights and franchises of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the
Company, unless, in the good faith judgment of the Parent, the termination of or failure to
preserve and keep in full force and effect each corporate existence, right or franchise could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>9.6. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will cause any Subsidiary that (whether or not required by the
terms of the Credit Agreement) is to become a party to, or guarantee, Debt in respect of the Credit
Agreement or any other Senior Debt, to enter into the Subsidiary Guaranty concurrently therewith
and as a part thereof to deliver to each of the holders:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) a copy of an executed joinder to the Subsidiary Guaranty;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer confirming the accuracy of the
representations and warranties in Sections&nbsp;5.2, 5.6, 5.7 and 5.19, with respect to such
Subsidiary and the Subsidiary Guaranty as it relates to such Subsidiary, as applicable; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) an opinion of counsel (who may be counsel for the Company) reasonably satisfactory
to the Required Holders addressed to each holder of the Notes to the effect that the
Subsidiary Guaranty of such Person has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and that
the Subsidiary Guaranty constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of
such Person enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as an
enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors&#146; rights generally and by
general equitable principles.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>9.7. Ranking of Notes.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Debt evidenced by the Notes will at all times rank at least <I>pari passu </I>with all of the
Company&#146;s outstanding unsecured Senior Debt.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Parent and the Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10.1. Consolidated Debt.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent will not permit the ratio of Consolidated Debt (as of the end of any fiscal quarter
of the Parent) to Consolidated EBITDA (for the Parent&#146;s then most recently completed four fiscal
quarters) (a)&nbsp;to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00 at any time or (b)&nbsp;to be greater than 3.25 to 1.00
for more than two consecutive fiscal quarters.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10.2. Interest Coverage.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent will not permit the ratio of Consolidated EBIT to Consolidated Interest Expense (in
each case for the Parent&#146;s then most recently completed four fiscal quarters) to be less than 2.0
to 1.0 at any time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10.3. Priority Debt.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will not permit Priority Debt to exceed 20% of Consolidated Net
Worth (determined as of the end of the Parent&#146;s most recently completed fiscal quarter) at any
time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10.4. Liens.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, permit
to exist, create, assume or incur, directly or indirectly, any Lien on its properties or assets,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured by a Lien
on the same property and assets pursuant to an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Required
Holders, except:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges not then due and delinquent or
the nonpayment of which is permitted by Section&nbsp;9.4;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Liens incidental to the conduct of business or the ownership of properties and
assets (including landlords&#146;, lessors&#146;, carriers&#146;, operators&#146;, warehousemen&#146;s, mechanics&#146;,
materialmen&#146;s and other similar Liens) and Liens to secure the performance of
bids, tenders, leases or trade contracts, or to secure statutory obligations (including
obligations under workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation), surety or appeal bonds or other Liens of like general nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) encumbrances in the nature of leases, subleases, zoning restrictions, easements,
rights of way and other rights and restrictions of record on the use of real property and
defects in title arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business, which, individually
and in the aggregate, do not materially impair the use or value of the property or assets
subject thereto;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) any attachment or judgment Lien, unless the judgment it secures has not, within 60
days after the entry thereof, been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or
has not been discharged within 60&nbsp;days after the expiration of any such stay;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Liens securing Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Parent or to another
Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Liens (i)&nbsp;existing on property at the time of its acquisition by the Parent or a
Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company, and not created in contemplation thereof,
whether or not the Debt secured by such Lien is assumed by the Parent or a Restricted
Subsidiary; including the Company, or (ii)&nbsp;on property created contemporaneously with its
acquisition or within 365&nbsp;days of the acquisition or completion of construction or
development thereof to secure or provide for all or a portion of the purchase price or cost
of the acquisition, construction or development of such property after the date of Closing;
or (iii)&nbsp;existing on property of a Person at the time such Person is merged or consolidated
with, or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of, or substantially all of its assets are acquired
by, the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company, and not created in
contemplation thereof; provided that in the case of clauses (i), (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;such Liens
do not extend to additional property of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, including
the Company, (other than property that is an improvement to or is acquired for specific use
in connection with the subject property) and that the aggregate principal amount of Debt
secured by each such Lien does not exceed the fair market value (determined in good faith by
one or more officers of the Parent to whom authority to enter into such transaction has been
delegated by the board of directors of the Parent) of the property subject thereto;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) Liens resulting from extensions, renewals or replacements of Liens permitted by
paragraphs (e), (f)&nbsp;and (g), provided that (i)&nbsp;there is no increase in the principal amount
or decrease in maturity of the Debt secured thereby at the time of such extension, renewal
or replacement, (ii)&nbsp;any new Lien attaches only to the same property theretofore subject to
such earlier Lien and (iii)&nbsp;immediately after such extension, renewal or replacement no
Default or Event of Default would exist; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) Liens securing Debt not otherwise permitted by paragraphs (a)&nbsp;through (g)&nbsp;of this
Section&nbsp;10.4, provided that Priority Debt does not exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Worth at
any time.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10.5. Mergers, Consolidations, etc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer, sell or lease all or
substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person
except that:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the Company may consolidate or merge with the Parent or convey, transfer, sell or
lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of
transactions to the Parent, provided that the Parent is the successor or survivor; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the Parent may consolidate or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer, sell
or lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of
transactions to any Person, provided that:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger
or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer, sale or lease of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Parent as an entirety, as the case may be,
shall be a solvent corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof (including the District of Columbia), and, if the Parent
is not such corporation, such corporation (y)&nbsp;shall have executed and delivered to
each holder of any Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and
observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement and the Parent Guaranty
and (z)&nbsp;shall have caused to be delivered to each holder of any Notes an opinion of
outside counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that
all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in
accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
shall exist; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Company may (x)&nbsp;merge into the Parent or
the Company (provided that the Parent or the Company is the surviving entity) or another
Restricted Subsidiary or (y)&nbsp;sell, transfer or lease all or any part of its assets to the
Parent or the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary, or (z)&nbsp;merge or consolidate with, or
sell, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person in a
transaction that is permitted by Section&nbsp;10.6 or, as a result of which, such Person becomes
a Restricted Subsidiary; provided in each instance set forth in clauses (x)&nbsp;through (z)
that, immediately after giving effect thereto, there shall exist no Default or Event of
Default;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">No such conveyance, transfer, sale or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent
shall have the effect of releasing the Parent or any successor corporation that shall theretofore
have become such in the manner prescribed in this Section&nbsp;10.5 from its liability under this
Agreement or the Notes.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10.6. Sale of Assets.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as permitted by Section&nbsp;10.5, the Parent and the Company will not, and will not permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, including by way of
merger (collectively a &#147;Disposition&#148;), any assets, including capital stock of Subsidiaries, in one
or a series of transactions, to any Person, other than:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Dispositions in the ordinary course of business;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Dispositions by a Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company, to the Parent or
another Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Dispositions not otherwise permitted by clauses (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;10.6,
provided that the aggregate net book value of all assets so disposed of in any fiscal year
pursuant to this Section&nbsp;10.6(c) does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the
end of the immediately preceding fiscal year.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section&nbsp;10.6, the Parent may, or may permit any
Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company to, make a Disposition and the assets subject to such
Disposition shall not be subject to or included in any of the limitations or the computation
contained in foregoing Section&nbsp;10.6(c) of the preceding sentence if:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) such assets are leased back by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, including
the Company, as lessee, within 365&nbsp;days of the original acquisition or construction thereof
by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) the net proceeds from such Disposition are within 365&nbsp;days of such Disposition:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) reinvested in productive assets used in carrying on the business of the
Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) applied to the payment or prepayment of any outstanding Senior Debt
(including the Notes) of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, including the
Company.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">Any prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section&nbsp;10.6 shall be in accordance with Sections
8.2 and 8.3, without regard to the minimum prepayment requirements of Section&nbsp;8.2.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10.7. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent may designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary by notice in writing given to the holders of the
Notes; provided that,
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) if such Subsidiary initially is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then such
Restricted Subsidiary may be subsequently designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and such
Unrestricted Subsidiary may be subsequently designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, but no
further changes in designation may be made;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) if such Subsidiary initially is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, then such
Unrestricted Subsidiary may be subsequently designated as a Restricted Subsidiary and such
Restricted Subsidiary may be subsequently designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, but no
further changes in designation may be made;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the Parent may not designate a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
unless: (i)&nbsp;such Restricted Subsidiary does not own, directly or indirectly, any Debt or
capital stock of the Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company, (ii)
such designation, considered as a sale of assets, is permitted pursuant to Section&nbsp;10.6, and
(iii)&nbsp;immediately before and after such designation there exists no Default or Event of
Default;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) notwithstanding Section&nbsp;10.4(g), if an Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated as a
Restricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Debt and Liens of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to
have been incurred as of the date of such designation; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) the Parent may not designate the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10.8. Nature of Business.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will not, and will not permit any other Restricted Subsidiary to,
engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business in which the Parent and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company, taken as a whole, would then be engaged would
be substantially changed from the general nature of the business in which the Parent and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company, taken as a whole, are engaged on the date of this
Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10.9. Transactions with Affiliates.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Parent and the Company will not, and will not permit any other Restricted Subsidiary to,
enter into directly or indirectly any Material transaction or Material group of related
transactions (including the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the
rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Parent, the Company or another
Restricted Subsidiary), except in the ordinary course and pursuant to the reasonable requirements
of the Parent&#146;s, the Company&#146;s or such Restricted Subsidiary&#146;s business and upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to the Parent, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than
would be obtainable in a comparable arm&#146;s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An &#147;Event of Default&#148; shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and
be continuing:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the Company defaults in the payment of any principal or any applicable Make-Whole
Amount, prepayment premium or LIBOR Breakage Amount on any Note when the same becomes due
and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or
otherwise; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five
Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the Parent or the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any
term contained in Sections&nbsp;10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the Parent or the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any
term contained herein (other than those referred to in paragraphs (a), (b)&nbsp;and (c)&nbsp;of this
Section&nbsp;11) and such default is not remedied within 30&nbsp;days after the earlier of (i)&nbsp;a
Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default and (ii)&nbsp;the Parent or the
Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or
any Guarantor or by any officer of the Company or any Guarantor in this Agreement, the
Parent Guaranty, the Subsidiary Guaranty or in any writing furnished in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any
material respect on the date as of which made; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) (i)&nbsp;the Company, any Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default (as
principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or
make-whole amount or interest in excess of $50,000 on any Debt that is outstanding in an
aggregate principal amount exceeding $5,000,000 beyond any period of grace provided with
respect thereto, or (ii)&nbsp;the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default in the
performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any Debt that is outstanding
in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $5,000,000 or of any mortgage, indenture or other
agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such
default or condition such Debt has become, or has been declared, or one or more Persons are
entitled to declare such Debt to be, due and payable before its stated maturity or before
its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii)&nbsp;as a consequence of the occurrence or
continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or the right of the
holder of Debt to convert such Debt into equity interests), (x)&nbsp;the Company, any Guarantor
or any Restricted Subsidiary has become
obligated to purchase or repay Debt in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$5,000,000 before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment,
or (y)&nbsp;one or more Persons have the right to require the Company, any Guarantor or any
Restricted Subsidiary so to purchase or repay such Debt; or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) the Company, any Guarantor or any Material Subsidiary (i)&nbsp;is generally not paying,
or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii)&nbsp;files, or
consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or
reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to
take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
law of any jurisdiction, (iii)&nbsp;makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv)
consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar
powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v)&nbsp;is
adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi)&nbsp;takes corporate action for the purpose
of any of the foregoing; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order
appointing, without consent by the Company, any Guarantor or any Material Subsidiary, a
custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with
respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or
approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for
liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or
ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company, any Guarantor or any
Material Subsidiary, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company, any Guarantor
or any Material Subsidiary and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60&nbsp;days; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of
$5,000,000 are rendered against one or more of the Company, any Guarantor and any Restricted
Subsidiaries, which judgments are not, within 60&nbsp;days after entry thereof, bonded,
discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60&nbsp;days after the
expiration of such stay; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) if (i)&nbsp;any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the
Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any
amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii)&nbsp;a notice of
intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the
PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Parent, the
Company or any other ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such
proceedings, (iii)&nbsp;the aggregate &#147;amount of unfunded benefit liabilities&#148; (within the
meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans determined in accordance with Title
IV of ERISA, shall exceed $5,000,000, (iv)&nbsp;the Parent, the Company or any other ERISA
Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to
Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to
employee benefit plans, (v)&nbsp;the Parent, the Company or any other ERISA
Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, or (vi)&nbsp;the Parent or any Restricted
Subsidiary, including the Company, establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan
that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability
of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company, thereunder; and any such
event or events described in clauses (i)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">through (vi)&nbsp;above, either individually or together
with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) any Guarantor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained
in either of the Guaranties or either of the Guaranties ceases to be in full force and
effect, except as provided in Section&nbsp;1.4(b), or is declared to be null and void in whole or
in material part by a court or other governmental or regulatory authority having
jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any of the
Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of them renounces any of the same or
denies that it has any or further liability thereunder.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As used in Section&nbsp;11(j), the terms &#147;employee benefit plan&#148; and &#147;employee welfare benefit plan&#148;
shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>12. REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>12.1. Acceleration.</B>

</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Parent or the Company described in
paragraph (g)&nbsp;or (h)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;11 (other than an Event of Default described in clause (i)
of paragraph (g)&nbsp;or described in clause (vi)&nbsp;of paragraph (g)&nbsp;by virtue of the fact that
such clause encompasses clause (i)&nbsp;of paragraph (g)) has occurred, all the Notes then
outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may at any time at
its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes then
outstanding to be immediately due and payable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If any Event of Default described in paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;11 has
occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected
by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to
the Company, declare all the Notes held by it or them to be immediately due and payable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section&nbsp;12.1, whether automatically or by
declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes,
plus (w)&nbsp;all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (x)&nbsp;any applicable Make-Whole Amount with respect
to any such fixed rate Notes determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent
permitted by applicable law), (y)&nbsp;any applicable prepayment premium with respect to any such
floating rate Notes (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), and (z)&nbsp;any LIBOR Breakage
Amount with respect to any such floating rate Notes determined in
respect of such principal amount, shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case
without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived. The
Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to
maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein
specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of any applicable Make-Whole
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Amount,
prepayment premium or LIBOR Breakage Amount by the Company in the event that such Notes are prepaid
or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the
deprivation of such right under such circumstances.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>12.2. Other Remedies.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether
any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section&nbsp;12.1, the
holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such
holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the
specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note, or for an injunction against
a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>12.3. Rescission.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At any time after any Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (b)&nbsp;or (c)
of Section&nbsp;12.1, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by
written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if
(a)&nbsp;the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of and any applicable
Make-Whole Amount, prepayment premium and/or LIBOR Breakage Amount, on any Notes that are due and
payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue
principal and any applicable Make-Whole Amount, prepayment premium and/or LIBOR Breakage Amount,
and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of such Notes, at
the Default Rate, (b)&nbsp;all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that
have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant
to Section&nbsp;17, and (c)&nbsp;no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due
pursuant hereto or to the Notes. No rescission and annulment under this Section&nbsp;12.3 will extend
to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>12.4. No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, etc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any
right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder&#146;s
rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by any Note
upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein
or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without
limiting the obligations of the Company under Section&nbsp;15, the Company will pay to the holder of
each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all
reasonable costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this
Section&nbsp;12, including reasonable attorneys&#146; fees, expenses and disbursements.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>13. REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>13.1. Registration of Notes.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and
registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each
transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be
registered in such register. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in
whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof
for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the
contrary. The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor,
promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all
registered holders of Notes.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>13.2. Transfer and Exchange of Notes.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon surrender of any Note at the principal executive office of the Company for registration
of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer, duly endorsed
or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such
Note or his attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the address for notices of each
transferee of such Note or part thereof), the Company shall execute and deliver within five
Business Days, at the Company&#146;s expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as
requested by the holder thereof) of the same series or tranche in exchange therefor, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note. Each such
new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and shall be substantially in
the form of the Note specified for the Notes of such series and tranche. Each such new Note shall
be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered
Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge
imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be transferred in denominations
of less than $500,000, provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a
holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $500,000.
Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee),
shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in Section&nbsp;6.2.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>13.3. Restriction on Transfer to Competitor.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, you and each subsequent holder
of a Note agree not to transfer all or any portion of a Note to any Competitor of the Company. As
used herein, the term &#147;Competitor&#148; means any Person (including any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof)
primarily engaged in the residential and commercial electrical copper wire industry; provided that
such term shall not include any bank, trust company, savings
and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any
insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity,
regardless of legal form.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>13.4. Replacement of Notes.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and
the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an
Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation), and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to
it (provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser
or another Institutional Investor holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least
$50,000,000, such Person&#146;s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be
satisfactory), or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof,
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver within five Business Days, in lieu
thereof, a new Note of the same series and tranche, dated and bearing interest from the date to
which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the
date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>14. PAYMENTS ON NOTES.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>14.1. Place of Payment.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to Section&nbsp;14.2, payments of principal, any applicable Make-Whole Amount prepayment
premium and/or LIBOR Breakage Amount, and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be
made in Chicago, Illinois at the principal office of Bank of America, N.A. in such jurisdiction.
The Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the
Notes so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in such
jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>14.2. Home Office Payment.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So long as you or your nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything
contained in Section&nbsp;14.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming
due on such Note for principal, any applicable Make-Whole Amount, prepayment premium, and/or LIBOR
Breakage Amount, and interest by the method and at the address specified for such purpose below
your name in Schedule&nbsp;A, or by such other method or at such other address as you shall have from
time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or
surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of
the Company made concurrently with or reasonably
promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, you shall surrender such Note for
cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive
office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.1.
Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by you or your
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">nominee you will, at your
election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which
interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or
Notes pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.2. The Company will afford the benefits of this Section&nbsp;14.2 to any
Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by you under
this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note as you have made in this
Section&nbsp;14.2.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>15. EXPENSES, ETC.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>15.1. Transaction Expenses.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Parent or the Company
will pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys&#146; fees of a special
counsel and, if reasonably required, local or other counsel) incurred by you and each Other
Purchaser or holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and in connection with any
amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, the Notes or the Guaranties
(whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including: (a)&nbsp;the costs and
expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend)
any rights under this Agreement, the Notes or the Guaranties or in responding to any subpoena or
other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement, the
Notes or the Guaranties, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, (b)&nbsp;the costs and expenses,
including financial advisors&#146; fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the
Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company, or in connection with any work-out or
restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes and (c)&nbsp;the costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents
and financial information, and all subsequent annual and interim filings of documents and financial
information related to this Agreement, with the Securities Valuation Office of the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor organization succeeding to the authority
thereof. The Parent or the Company will pay, and will save you and each other holder of a Note
harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses if any, of brokers and finders
(other than those retained by you).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>15.2. Survival.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The obligations of the Parent and the Company under this Section&nbsp;15 will survive the payment
or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or
the Notes, and the termination of this Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>16. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by you of any Note or portion thereof or
interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a
Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of you or any other holder
of a Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">delivered by or on
behalf of the Parent or the Company pursuant to this Agreement or the Guaranties shall be deemed
representations and warranties of the Parent and the Company under this Agreement. Subject to the
preceding sentence, this Agreement, the Notes and the Guaranties embody the entire agreement and
understanding between you and the Parent and the Company and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>17. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>17.1. Requirements.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement, the Notes, the Parent Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranty may be amended, and
the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or
prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Parent, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, if parties thereto, and the Required Holders, except that (a)&nbsp;no amendment
or waiver of any of the provisions of Section&nbsp;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term
(as it is used therein), will be effective as to you unless consented to by you in writing, and (b)
no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of the holder of each Note at the time
outstanding affected thereby, (i)&nbsp;subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;12 relating to acceleration
or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce
the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of interest or of any applicable
Make-Whole Amount, prepayment premium or LIBOR Breakage Amount on, the Notes, (ii)&nbsp;change the
percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any
such amendment or waiver, or (iii)&nbsp;amend any of Sections&nbsp;8, 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>17.2. Solicitation of Holders of Notes.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <U>Solicitation</U>. The Parent and the Company will provide each holder of the
Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient information,
sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to
make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or
consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or of the Notes. The Company will
deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected
pursuant to the provisions of this Section&nbsp;17 to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly
following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or
approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <U>Payment</U>. The Parent and the Company will not directly or indirectly pay or
cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest,
fee or otherwise, or grant any security, to any holder of Notes as consideration for or as
an inducement to the entering into by any holder of Notes or any waiver or amendment of any
of the terms and provisions hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or
security is concurrently granted, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of Notes then
outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>17.3. Binding Effect, etc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section&nbsp;17 applies equally to all
holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the
Parent, the Company and the Subsidiaries (in each case, if a party thereto) without regard to
whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or
waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default
not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing
between the Parent or the Company and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights
hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note. As
used herein, the term &#147;this Agreement&#148; or &#147;the Agreement&#148; and references thereto shall mean this
Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>17.4. Notes held by Company, etc.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver
or consent to be given under this Agreement or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action
provided herein or in the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified
percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or
indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>18. NOTICES.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a)&nbsp;by
telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized
overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b)&nbsp;by registered or certified mail with return
receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c)&nbsp;by a recognized overnight delivery service (with
charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) if to you or your nominee, to you or it at the address specified for such
communications in Schedule&nbsp;A, or at such other address as you or it shall have
specified to the Company in writing,
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such
other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) if to the Company, the Parent or any Subsidiary Guarantor, to the Company
at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of the Chief
Financial Officer, or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to
the holder of each Note in writing.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notices under this Section&nbsp;18 will be deemed given only when actually received.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>19. REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including (a)&nbsp;consents, waivers and
modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b)&nbsp;documents received by you at the Closing (except
the Notes themselves), and (c)&nbsp;financial statements, certificates and other information previously
or hereafter furnished to you, may be reproduced by you by any photographic, photostatic,
microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other similar process and you may destroy any
original document so reproduced. The Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted
by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in
any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether
or not such reproduction was made by you in the regular course of business) and any enlargement,
facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.
This Section&nbsp;19 shall not prohibit the Company or any holder of Notes from contesting any such
reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing evidence to
demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>20. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the purposes of this Section&nbsp;20, &#147;Confidential Information&#148; means information delivered to
you by or on behalf of the Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the
transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature
and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by you as
being confidential information of the Parent, the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such
term does not include information that (a)&nbsp;was publicly known or otherwise known to you prior to
the time of such disclosure, (b)&nbsp;subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by
you or any Person acting on your behalf, (c)&nbsp;otherwise becomes known to you other than through
disclosure by the Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary, or (d)&nbsp;constitutes financial statements
delivered to you under Section&nbsp;7.1 that are otherwise publicly available. You will maintain the
confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by you in
good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to you, provided that you
may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i)&nbsp;your directors, trustees, officers,
employees, agents, attorneys and Affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to
the administration of the investment represented by your Notes), (ii)&nbsp;your financial advisors and
other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information
substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section&nbsp;20, (iii)&nbsp;any other holder of any Note,
(iv)&nbsp;any Institutional Investor to which you sell or offer to sell such Note or any part
thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of
such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section&nbsp;20), (v)&nbsp;any Person
from which you offer to purchase any security of the Parent or the Company (if such Person has
agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the
provisions of this Section&nbsp;20), (vi)&nbsp;any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction
over you, (vii)&nbsp;the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, or
any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about your investment
portfolio or (viii)&nbsp;any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or
appropriate (w)&nbsp;to effect
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to you, (x)
in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y)&nbsp;in connection with any litigation to which
you are a party or (z)&nbsp;if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent you may
reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement
or for the protection of the rights and remedies under your Notes and this Agreement. Each holder
of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be
entitled to the benefits of this Section&nbsp;20 as though it were a party to this Agreement. On
reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of
information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such
holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will
enter into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section&nbsp;20.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>21. SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You shall have the right to substitute any one of your Affiliates as the purchaser of the
Notes that you have agreed to purchase hereunder, by written notice to the Company, which notice
shall be signed by both you and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate&#146;s agreement to be
bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the accuracy with
respect to it of the representations set forth in Section&nbsp;6. Upon receipt of such notice, wherever
the word &#147;you&#148; is used in this Agreement (other than in this Section&nbsp;21), such word shall be deemed
to refer to such Affiliate in lieu of you. In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted as a
purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to you all of the Notes then held by
such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer, wherever the word &#147;you&#148; is
used in this Agreement (other than in this Section&nbsp;21), such word shall no longer be deemed to
refer to such Affiliate, but shall refer to you, and you shall have all the rights of an original
holder of the Notes under this Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>22. MISCELLANEOUS.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>22.1. Successors and Assigns.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the
parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including
any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>22.2. Payments Due on Non-Business Days.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of
principal of, or any applicable Make-Whole Amount, prepayment premium or LIBOR Breakage Amount or
interest on, any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day (unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar
month, in which case any such payment of interest on any floating rate Note shall be made on the
next preceding Business Day) without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of
the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; provided that if the maturity date of
any Note is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwise due on such maturity date shall
be made on the next succeeding Business
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the
computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>22.3. Severability.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall,
as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability
without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability
in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>22.4. Construction.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary)
as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one
covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with
any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or
which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action
is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>22.5. Counterparts.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist
of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the
parties hereto.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>22.6. Governing Law.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the
parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois excluding choice-of-law principles
of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other
than such State.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>22.7. Limitation on Interest.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You and the Other Purchasers, other holders of the Notes, the Company, Parent, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, and any other parties to the Note Documents intend to contract in strict compliance
with applicable usury law from time to time in effect. In furtherance thereof such Persons
stipulate and agree that none of the terms and provisions contained herein or in the Notes shall
ever be construed to create a contract to pay, for the use, forbearance or detention of money,
interest in excess of the maximum amount of interest permitted to be charged by applicable law from
time to time in effect. Neither the Company, nor Parent, nor the Subsidiary Guarantors nor any
present or future guarantors, endorsers, or other Persons hereafter becoming liable for payment of
any obligation under the Note Documents shall ever be liable for unearned interest thereon or shall
ever be required to pay interest thereon in excess of the maximum amount that may be lawfully
contracted for, charged, or received under applicable law from time
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">to time in effect, and the
provisions of this section shall control over all other provisions of the Note Documents which may
be in conflict or apparent conflict herewith. You and the Other Purchasers and other holders of
the Notes expressly disavow any intention to contract for, charge, or collect excessive unearned
interest or finance charges in the event the maturity of any Note is accelerated. If (a)&nbsp;the
maturity of any Note is accelerated for any reason, (b)&nbsp;any Note is prepaid and as a result any
amounts held to constitute interest are determined to be in excess of the legal maximum, or (c)&nbsp;you
or any Other Purchaser or any other holder of any Note shall otherwise collect moneys that are
determined to constitute interest that would otherwise increase the interest on any or all of the
Notes to an amount in excess of that permitted to be charged by applicable law then in effect, then
all sums determined to constitute interest in excess of such legal limit shall, without penalty, be
promptly applied to reduce the then outstanding principal of the related Notes or, at such
Purchaser&#146;s or holder&#146;s option, promptly returned to the Company or other payor thereof upon such
determination. In determining whether or not the interest paid or payable, under any specific
circumstance, exceeds the maximum amount permitted under applicable law, you and the Other
Purchasers, other holders of the Notes, the Company, Parent, the Subsidiary Guarantors (and any
other payors thereof) shall to the greatest extent permitted under applicable law, (i)&nbsp;characterize
any non-principal payment as an expense, fee or premium rather than as interest, (ii)&nbsp;exclude
voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (iii)&nbsp;amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread
the total amount of interest throughout the entire contemplated term of the instruments evidencing
the Notes in accordance with the amounts outstanding from time to time thereunder and the maximum
legal rate of interest from time to time in effect under applicable law in order to lawfully
contract for, charge, or receive the maximum amount of interest permitted under applicable law. In
the event applicable law provides for an interest ceiling under Chapter&nbsp;303 of the Texas Finance
Code (the &#147;Texas Finance Code&#148;) as amended, to the extent that the Texas Finance Code is
mandatorily applicable to you or any Other Purchaser or any other holder of any Note, for that day,
the ceiling shall be the &#147;weekly ceiling&#148; as defined in the Texas Finance Code, provided that if
any applicable law permits greater interest, the law permitting the greatest interest shall apply.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>22.8. Submission to Jurisdiction.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Any litigation based hereon, or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or
the Notes, may be brought and maintained in the courts of the State of
Illinois or in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Each of the
Company and the Parent expressly and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the
State of Illinois and of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for
the purpose of any such litigation as set forth above. Each of the Company and the Parent further
irrevocably consents to the service of process by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the address
specified in Section&nbsp;18 or by personal service within or without the State of Illinois. Each of
the Company and the Parent expressly and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such litigation
brought in any such court referred to above and any claim that any such litigation has been brought
in an inconvenient forum.</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>22.9. Waiver of Jury Trial.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Each of the Company and the Parent waives any right to a trial by jury in any action or
proceeding to enforce or defend any rights under this Agreement or under any amendment, instrument,
document or Agreement delivered or that may in the future be delivered in connection herewith and
agrees that any such action or proceeding shall be tried before a court and not before a jury.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">* * * * *
</DIV>



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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on the
accompanying counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon the foregoing
shall become a binding agreement between you, the Company and the Parent.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="55%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Very truly yours,</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">ENCORE WIRE LIMITED<BR>
By its General Partner, EWC GP CORP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Frank J. Bilban</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Frank J. Bilban</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President- Finance, Treasurer and Secretary</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Daniel L. Jones</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Daniel L. Jones</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The foregoing is agreed to as of the date thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="69%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Judith A. Gulotta</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Name:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Judith A. Gulotta
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Title:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Judith A. Gulotta</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Name:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Judith A. Gulotta
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Title:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="69%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">GREAT-WEST LIFE &#038; ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Tad Anderson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Name:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Tad Anderson
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Title:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ass&#146;t. V.P., Investments</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ J.G. Lowery</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Name:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J.G. Lowery
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Title:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ass&#146;t. V.P., Investments</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>SCHEDULE A</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS
</DIV>

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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Principal Amount of</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Name of Purchaser</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Notes to be Purchased</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Metropolitan Life Insurance Company</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">37,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Register Notes in name of: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to:</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="80%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bank Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">JPMorgan Chase Bank</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">ABA Routing #:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">021-000-021</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Account No.:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">002-2-410591</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Account Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Metropolitan Life Insurance Company</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ref:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Encore Wire</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including
issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make
whole amount or otherwise.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">For all payments other than scheduled payments of principal and interest, the Company shall
seek instructions from the holder, and in the absence of instructions to the contrary, will
make such payments to the account and in the manner set forth above.
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All notices and communications:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Metropolitan Life Insurance Company<br>
Investments, Private Placements<br>
P.O. Box 1902<br>
10 Park Avenue<br>
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902<br>
Attention: Director<br>
Facsimile (973)&nbsp;355-4250</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>With a copy <B>OTHER than with respect to deliveries of financial statements </B>to:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Metropolitan Life Insurance Company<br>
P.O. Box 1902<br>
10 Park Avenue<br>
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902<br>
Attention: Chief Counsel-Securities Investments (PRIV)<br>
Facsimile (973)&nbsp;355-4338</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;A
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Original notes delivered to:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Metropolitan Life Insurance Company<br>
Securities Investments, Law Department<br>
P.O. Box 1902<br>
10 Park Avenue<br>
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902<br>
Attention: Thomas Pasuit, Esq.</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Tax ID No.&nbsp;13-5581829
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;A
</DIV>



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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>SCHEDULE A</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Principal Amount of</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Name of Purchaser</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Notes to be Purchased</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Metlife Insurance Company of Connecticut</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">8,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Register Notes in name of: Metlife Insurance Company of Connecticut
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="80%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bank Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">JPMorgan Chase Bank</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">ABA Routing #:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">021-000-021</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Account No.:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">910-2-587434</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Account Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Metlife Insurance Company of Connecticut</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ref:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Encore Wire</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including
issuer, PPN#, interest rate, maturity and whether payment is of principal, interest, make
whole amount or otherwise.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>For all payments other than scheduled payments of principal and interest, the Company shall
seek instructions from the holder, and in the absence of instructions to the contrary, will
make such payments to the account and in the manner set forth above.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All notices and communications:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Metlife Insurance Company of Connecticut<br>
c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company<br>
Investments, Private Placements<br>
P.O. Box 1902<br>
10 Park Avenue<br>
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902<br>
Attention: Director<br>
Facsimile (973)&nbsp;355-4250</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;A
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>With a copy <B>OTHER than with respect to deliveries of financial statements </B>to:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Metlife Insurance Company of Connecticut<br>
c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company<br>
P.O. Box 1902<br>
10 Park Avenue<br>
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902<br>
Attention: Chief Counsel-Securities Investments (PRIV)<br>
Facsimile (973)&nbsp;355-4338</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Original notes delivered to:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Metlife Insurance Company of Connecticut<br>
c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company<br>
Securities Investments, Law Department<br>
10 Park Avenue<br>
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1902<br>
Attention: Thomas Pasuit, Esq.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Tax ID No.&nbsp;06-0566090
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;A
</DIV>


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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>SCHEDULE A</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Principal Amount of</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Name of Purchaser</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Notes to be Purchased</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Great-West Life &#038; Annuity Insurance Company</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">10,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Register Notes in name of: Hare &#038; Co.
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All scheduled payments of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>ABA #021-000-018 BKofNYC/CTR/BBK=IOC566
P&#038;I Department &#151; GWL #640935</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="65%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Special Instructions:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1) security description (PPN #),</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2) allocation of payment between principal and interest, and<BR></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">3) confirmation of principal balance.</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>For all payments other than scheduled payments of principal and interest, the Company shall
seek instructions from the holder, and in the absence of instructions to the contrary, will
make such payments to the account and in the manner set forth above.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All notices regarding payments:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Bank of New York<br>
Institutional Custody Department, 14<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Floor<br>
One Wall Street<br>
New York, New York 10286<br>
Telecopier: 212.635.8844</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other notices and communications/financial statements, trustee reports, etc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Great-West Life &#038; Annuity Insurance Company<br>
<U>Attention: Investments Division</U><br>
8515 East Orchard Road, 3T2<br>
Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111<br>
Telecopier: 303.737.6193</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;A
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Original notes delivered to:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Bank of New York<br>
3<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">rd</SUP> Floor, Window A<br>
One Wall Street<br>
New York, New York 10286<br>
<U>Attention: Receive/Deliver Department &#151; GWL # 640935</U></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Tax ID No.&nbsp;84-0467907
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Hare &#038; Co. 13-6062916)

</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;A
</DIV>


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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>SCHEDULE B</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>DEFINED TERMS</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth
in the Section hereof following such term:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Adjusted LIBOR Rate&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;1.3(a).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Affiliate&#148; </B>means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, (a)&nbsp;any other Person that at
such time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by,
or is under common Control with, such first Person, and (b)&nbsp;any Person beneficially owning or
holding, directly or indirectly, 15% or more of any class of voting or equity interests of the
Company or any Subsidiary or any corporation of which the Company and its Subsidiaries beneficially
own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 15% or more of any class of voting or equity
interests. As used in this definition, <B>&#147;Control&#148; </B>means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise
clearly requires, any reference to an &#147;Affiliate&#148; is a reference to an Affiliate of the Parent or
the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Anti-Terrorism Order&#148; </B>means Executive Order 13224 of September&nbsp;23, 2001 Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed.
Reg. 49079 (2001), as amended).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Business Day&#148; </B>means (a)&nbsp;for the purposes of Section&nbsp;8.6 only, any day other than a Saturday,
a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be
closed, and (b)&nbsp;for the purposes of any other provision of this Agreement, any day other than a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in Chicago, Illinois or New York City are
required or authorized to be closed; provided that if the applicable Business Day relates to the
determination of LIBOR, a day on which dealings are also carried on in U.S. Dollar deposits in the
London interbank market.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Capital Lease&#148; </B>means, at any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required
concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in
accordance with GAAP.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Closing&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;3.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Code&#148; </B>means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Company&#148; </B>means Encore Wire Limited, a Texas limited partnership.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Confidential Information&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;20.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;B
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Consolidated Debt&#148; </B>means, as of any date, outstanding Debt of the Parent and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, including the Company, as of such date, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Consolidated EBIT&#148; </B>means, for any period, the sum of Consolidated Net Income for such period,
plus, to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, (i)&nbsp;Consolidated Interest
Expense, (ii)&nbsp;federal, state, local and foreign income, franchise, value added and similar taxes,
and (iii)&nbsp;other non-cash charges, except depreciation and amortization expense.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Consolidated EBITDA&#148; </B>means, for any period, the sum of Consolidated Net Income for such
period, plus, to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, (i)&nbsp;Consolidated
Interest Expense, (ii)&nbsp;federal, state, local and foreign income, franchise, value added and similar
taxes, (iii)&nbsp;depreciation and amortization expense and (iv)&nbsp;other non-cash charges. If, during the
period for which Consolidated EBITDA is being calculated, the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary,
including the Company, has acquired one or more Persons (or the assets thereof) or divested one or
more Restricted Subsidiaries (or the assets thereof), Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a
pro forma basis as if all of such acquisitions (other than acquisitions by or resulting in
Unrestricted Subsidiaries) and divestitures had occurred on the first day of such period.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Consolidated Interest Expense&#148; </B>means, for any period, the consolidated interest expense of
the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company, for such period determined in
accordance with GAAP.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Consolidated Net Income&#148; </B>means, for any period, the net income or loss of the Parent and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company, for such period determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Consolidated Net Worth&#148; </B>means, as of any date, the consolidated stockholders&#146; equity of the
Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company, as of such date, determined in
accordance with GAAP, less minority interests.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Consolidated Total Assets&#148; </B>means, as of any date, the assets and properties of the Parent and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company, as of such date, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Credit Agreement&#148; </B>means the Credit Agreement dated as of August&nbsp;27, 2004 (as amended by a
First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;16, 2006 and a Second Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated as of August&nbsp;31, 2006), by and among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as agent,
and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as a lender and the other lenders party thereto, as such agreement may
be hereafter amended, modified, restated, supplemented,
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;B
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">refinanced, increased or reduced from time
to time, and any successor credit agreement or similar facilities.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Debt&#148; </B>with respect to any Person means, at any time, without duplication,
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) its liabilities for borrowed money;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person
(excluding accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business but including all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement with respect to any such property);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) all liabilities appearing on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect
of Capital Leases;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property
owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such
liabilities);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) its redemption liabilities under mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, to the
extent such obligations arise prior to the stated maturity of the Notes; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any
of clauses (a)&nbsp;through (e)&nbsp;hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Default&#148; </B>means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the
lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event of Default.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Default Rate&#148; </B>means that rate of interest that is the greater of (i)&nbsp;2% per annum above the
rate of interest stated in clause (a)&nbsp;of the first paragraph of the Notes or (ii)&nbsp;2% over the rate
of interest publicly announced by Bank of America, N.A. as its &#147;base&#148; or &#147;prime&#148; rate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>&#147;Disposition&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;10.6
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Environmental Laws&#148; </B>means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the
protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including but
not limited to those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to
waste or public systems.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;ERISA&#148; </B>means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;B
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;ERISA Affiliate&#148; </B>means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as
a single employer together with the Company under section 414 of the Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Event of Default&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;11.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<B>Exchange Act&#148; </B>means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;GAAP&#148; </B>means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the
United States of America.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Governmental Authority&#148; </B>means
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the government of
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the United States of America or any state or other political subdivision
thereof, or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) any jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or
any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of the
Company or any Subsidiary, or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Guaranty&#148; </B>means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the
ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person
guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any debt, dividend or other obligation of any other Person
in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including obligations incurred through an agreement,
contingent or otherwise, by such Person:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) to purchase such debt or obligation or any property constituting security therefor;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) to advance or supply funds (i)&nbsp;for the purchase or payment of such debt or
obligation, or (ii)&nbsp;to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any
income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available
funds for the purchase or payment of such debt or obligation;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose
of assuring the owner of such debt or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make
payment of the debt or obligation; or
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;B
</DIV>



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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) otherwise to assure the owner of such debt or obligation against loss in respect
thereof.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In any computation of the debt or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the debt or
other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be direct obligations
of such obligor.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Guaranties&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;1.4(a).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Hazardous Material&#148; </B>means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or any other
substances that might pose a hazard to health or safety, the removal of which may be required or
the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling,
transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage, or filtration of
which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law (including,
asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and polycholorinated biphenyls).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;holder&#148; </B>means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in
the register maintained by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13.1.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;INHAM Exemption&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;6.2(e).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Institutional Investor&#148; </B>means (a)&nbsp;any original purchaser of a Note, (b)&nbsp;any holder of
$5,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and (c)&nbsp;any bank, trust company,
savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment
company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or
entity, regardless of legal form.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Interest Period&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;1.3(c).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;LIBOR&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;1.3(a).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;LIBOR Breakage Amount&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;8.7.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Lien&#148; </B>means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or other encumbrance, or any interest or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other
secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or
Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any property or asset of such Person (including in the case
of stock, stockholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Make-Whole Amount&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;8.6.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;B
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Material&#148; </B>means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial
condition, assets or properties of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Company, taken as
a whole.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Material Adverse Effect&#148; </B>means a material adverse effect on (a)&nbsp;the business, operations,
affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including
the Company, taken as a whole, (b)&nbsp;the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the Notes, (c)&nbsp;the ability of the Parent to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or the Parent Guaranty, (d)&nbsp;the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its
obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty, or (e)&nbsp;the validity or enforceability of this Agreement,
the Notes, the Parent Guaranty or the Subsidiary Guaranty.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Material Subsidiary&#148; </B>means, at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary that would at such time
account for more than 10% of (i)&nbsp;Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recently
completed fiscal quarter or (ii)&nbsp;consolidated revenue of the Parent and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, including the Company, for the four fiscal quarters ending as of the end of the most
recently completed fiscal quarter.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Multiemployer Plan&#148; </B>means any Plan that is a &#147;multiemployer plan&#148; (as such term is defined in
section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;NAIC Annual Statement&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;6.2(a).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Note Documents&#148; </B>means the Notes, the Guaranties and this Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Notes&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;1.1.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Officer&#146;s Certificate&#148; </B>means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any other
officer of the Parent whose responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such certificate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Other Purchasers&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;2.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;PBGC&#148; </B>means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA or any
successor thereto.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Parent&#148; </B>means Encore Wire Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Parent Guaranty&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;1.4(a).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Person&#148; </B>means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
association, trust, unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision
thereof.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Plan&#148; </B>means an &#147;employee benefit plan&#148; (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) that is or,
within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are
or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Priority Debt&#148; </B>means, as of any date, the sum (without duplication) of (a)&nbsp;Debt of the Parent
or a Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company, secured by Liens not otherwise permitted by
Sections&nbsp;10.4(a) through (g), and (b)&nbsp;unsecured Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary other than (i)&nbsp;the
Notes, (ii)&nbsp;Debt owed to the Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary, including the Company,
(iii)&nbsp;any guarantee of the Notes pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty, (iv)&nbsp;Debt of a Person (other
than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) outstanding at the time such Person became a Restricted
Subsidiary, provided that such Debt was not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary and (v)&nbsp;Debt of the Company under the Credit Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;property&#148; </B>or <B>&#147;properties&#148; </B>means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal
property of any kind, tangible or intangible, choate or inchoate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;PTE&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;6.2(a).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Purchaser&#148; </B>means each purchaser listed in Schedule&nbsp;A.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;QPAM Exemption&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;6.2(d).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Required Holders&#148; </B>means, at any time, the holders of more than 65% in principal amount of the
Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its
Affiliates).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Responsible Officer&#148; </B>means any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer of the Parent
with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Restricted Subsidiary&#148; </B>means any Subsidiary (a)&nbsp;of which at least a majority of the voting
securities are owned by the Parent and/or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries and (b)&nbsp;that the
Parent has not designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by notice in writing given to the holders of
the Notes pursuant to Section&nbsp;10.7.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Securities Act&#148; </B>means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Senior Debt&#148; </B>means, at any time, all Consolidated Debt other than Subordinated Debt.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Senior Financial Officer&#148; </B>means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or comptroller of the Parent.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;1.2.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Source&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;6.2.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Subordinated Debt&#148; </B>means any Debt that is in any manner subordinated in right of payment or
security in any respect to Debt evidenced by the Notes
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Subsidiary&#148; </B>means, as to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity in
which such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group)
ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons
performing similar functions) of such entity, and any partnership, joint venture or limited
liability company if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such
Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries
(unless such partnership or limited liability company can and does ordinarily take major business
actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the
context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a &#147;Subsidiary&#148; is a reference to a Subsidiary
of the Parent.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Subsidiary Guarantor&#148; </B>means EWC GP Corp., EWC LP Corp., EWC Aviation Corp. and any other
Subsidiary that hereafter becomes a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Subsidiary Guaranty&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;1.4(a).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Supplement&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;1.1.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;this Agreement&#148; or &#147;the Agreement&#148; </B>is defined in Section&nbsp;17.3.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Unrestricted Subsidiary&#148; </B>means any Subsidiary of the Parent, other than the Company, that has
been so designated by notice in writing given by the Parent to the holders of the Notes.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;USA Patriot Act&#148; </B>means Public Law 107-56 of the United States of America, Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT
ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder from time to time in effect.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary&#148; </B>means, at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary 100% of all
of the equity interests (except directors&#146; qualifying shares) and voting interests of which are
owned by any one or more of the Parent and the Parent&#146;s other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries,
including the Company, at such time.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>DISCLOSURE MATERIALS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">None.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;5.3
</DIV>



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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">SCHEDULE 5.4
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SUBSIDIARIES AND OWNERSHIP OF SUBSIDIARY STOCK</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Subsidiaries</B></U>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><B>EWC GP Corp., a Delaware corporation</B><BR>
100% of outstanding shares owned by Parent
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><B>EWC LP Corp., a Texas corporation</B><BR>
100% of outstanding shares owned by Parent
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><B>ENCORE WIRE LIMITED, a Texas limited partnership</B><br>
1% general partnership interest owned by EWC GP Corp.<br>
99% limited partnership interest owned by EWC LP Corp.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><B>EWC AVIATION Corp., a Texas corporation</B><BR>
100% of outstanding shares owned by Parent
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Affiliates</B></U>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">Capital Southwest Corporation<BR>
(beneficial owner of more than 15% of outstanding capital stock of Parent)
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Directors and Officers of Parent and the Company</B></U>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><U>Directors of Parent</U>:<br>
Donald E. Courtney, Daniel L. Jones, Scott D. Weaver, William R. Thomas,<br>
John H. Wilson, Joseph M. Brito, Thomas L. Cunningham
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><U>Senior Officers of Parent</U>:<br>
Daniel L. Jones, President and CEO<br>
Frank J. Bilban, Vice President-Finance, CFO, Treasurer and Secretary
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><U>Directors of EWC GP Corp., general partner of the Company</U>:<BR>
Daniel L. Jones, Frank J. Bilban
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><U>Senior Officers of EWC GP Corp., general partner of the Company</U>:<br>
Daniel L. Jones, President and CEO<br>
Frank J. Bilban, Vice President-Finance, CFO, Treasurer and Secretary
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;5.4
</DIV>


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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">SCHEDULE 5.5
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Consolidated financial statements of the Parent contained in Parent&#146;s Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2005.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Consolidated financial statements of the Parent contained in Parent&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2006.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Consolidated financial statements of the Parent contained in Parent&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June&nbsp;30, 2006.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;5.5
</DIV>


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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">SCHEDULE 5.14
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>USE OF PROCEEDS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company will apply all proceeds of the sale of the Series&nbsp;2006-A Notes to repay outstanding
debt under the Credit Agreement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;5.14
</DIV>



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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">SCHEDULE 5.15
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>DEBT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As of June&nbsp;30, 2006:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">$107,236,000 of outstanding principal Debt under the Credit Agreement dated August&nbsp;27, 2004 among
Encore Wire Limited, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto
(as amended, supplemented, extended or modified from time to time, the &#147;Credit Agreement&#148;),
maturing 5/31/07, LIBOR plus.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On August&nbsp;31, 2006, the Credit Agreement was amended by the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement
increasing the aggregate commitments thereunder from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As of September&nbsp;25, 2006 (after giving effect to application of the proceeds of the Series&nbsp;2006-A
Notes): Approximately $44,983,000 of outstanding principal Debt under the Credit Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As of June&nbsp;30, 2006:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August&nbsp;1, 2004 among Encore Wire Limited, Encore Wire
Corporation and the purchasers named therein, under which Encore Wire Limited issued 5.27% Senior
Notes, Series&nbsp;2004-A, Nos. AR-1 thorough AR-8, dated as of August&nbsp;27, 2004, and No.&nbsp;AR-10, dated as
of May&nbsp;5, 2005, in the aggregate principal amount of $45,000,000.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Schedule&nbsp;5.15
</DIV>



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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>EXHIBIT 1.1(a)</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>&#091;FORM OF FIXED RATE SENIOR NOTE&#093;</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">ENCORE WIRE LIMITED

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#093;% Senior Note, Series &#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#093;<BR>
due &#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#093;

</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="47%"></TD>
    <TD width="5%"></TD>
    <TD width="47%"></TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">No. &#091;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#093;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#091;Date&#093;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">$&#091;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#093;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">PPN: &#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#093;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ENCORE WIRE LIMITED (herein called the &#147;Company&#148;), a
limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, promises to pay to
&#091; &#093;, or registered assigns, the principal sum of $&#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#093; on &#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&#093;, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a)&nbsp;on the
unpaid balance thereof at the rate of &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093;% per annum from the date hereof, payable
semiannually, on &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093; and &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093; in each year, commencing with the &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093; or &#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&#093; next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and
payable, and (b)&nbsp;to the extent permitted by law on any overdue payment (including any overdue
prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of interest and any overdue payment of any Make-Whole
Amount (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below), payable semiannually as
aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from
time to time equal to the greater of (i) &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093;% or (ii)&nbsp;2% over the rate of interest publicly
announced by Bank of America, N.A. from time to time in Chicago, Illinois as its &#147;base&#148; or &#147;prime&#148;
rate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are
to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of Bank of
America, N.A. in Chicago, Illinois or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by
written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to
below.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the &#147;Notes&#148;) issued pursuant to a
Master Note Purchase Agreement dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006 &#091;and a Supplement thereto dated as of
&#091; &#093;&#093; (as from time to time amended and supplemented, the &#147;Note Purchase Agreement&#148;),
between the Company, Encore Wire Corporation (the &#147;Parent&#148;) and the respective Purchasers named
therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its
acceptance hereof, (i)&nbsp;to have agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section&nbsp;20 of
the Note Purchase Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;to have made the representation set forth in Section&nbsp;6.2 of the
Note Purchase Agreement and (iii)&nbsp;to have agreed to the restriction on transfer of this Note set
forth in Section&nbsp;13.3 of the Note Purchase Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(a)
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender
of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder&#146;s attorney duly authorized
in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name
of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat
the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving
payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#091;The Company will make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts
specified in the Note Purchase Agreement.&#093; &#091;This Note &#091;also&#093; is subject to optional prepayment, in
whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase
Agreement but not otherwise.&#093;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is continuing,
the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at
the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note
Purchase Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#091;Payment of the principal of, and interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on, this Note, and
all other amounts due under the Note Purchase Agreement, is guaranteed pursuant to the terms of
Guaranties dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006 of the Parent and certain Subsidiaries of the Company.&#093;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties
shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois excluding choice-of-law principles of the
law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such
State.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="49%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">ENCORE WIRE LIMITED<br>
By its General Partner,<br>
EWC GP Corp.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(a)
</DIV>


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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>EXHIBIT 1.1(b)</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>&#091;FORM OF FLOATING RATE NOTE&#093;</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">ENCORE WIRE LIMITED
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Floating Rate Senior Note<BR>
due &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093;
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="5%"></TD>
    <TD width="47%"></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">No. &#091;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#093;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#091;Date&#093;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">$&#091;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#093;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">PPN: &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#093;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ENCORE WIRE LIMITED (herein called the &#147;Company&#148;), a
limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, promises to pay to
&#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093;, or registered assigns, the principal sum of $&#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093; on &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&#093;, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a)&nbsp;on the
unpaid balance thereof at a floating rate equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate from time to time,
payable quarterly, on each &#091;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </U>&#093;, &#091;<U> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </U>&#093;, &#091;<U> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </U>&#093; and &#091;<U> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</U>&#093; in each year, commencing with the &#091;<U> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </U>&#093;, &#091;<U> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </U>&#093;, &#091;<U> </U>&#093; and
&#091;<U> </U>&#093; next succeeding the date hereof (except that no interest payment shall be made
on &#091;<U> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </U>&#093;, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b)&nbsp;to the
extent permitted by law on any overdue payment (including any overdue prepayment) of principal, any
overdue payment of interest and any overdue payment of principal, any overdue payment of interest,
any overdue payment of prepayment premium and any LIBOR Breakage Amount at the Default Rate (as
defined in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below) until paid.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Payments of principal of, interest on and any prepayment premium or LIBOR Breakage Amount with
respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the
principal office of Bank of America, N.A. in Chicago, Illinois or at such other place as the
Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note
Purchase Agreement referred to below.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the &#147;Notes&#148;) issued pursuant to a
Master Note Purchase Agreement dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006 &#091;and a Supplement thereto dated as of
&#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093;&#093; (as from time to time amended and supplemented, the &#147;Note Purchase Agreement&#148;),
between the Company, Encore Wire Corporation (the &#147;Parent&#148;) and the respective Purchasers named
therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Reference is made to the Note Purchase Agreement
for the definitions used herein and the method of calculating the interest and other payments to be
made on or in respect of this Note. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance
hereof, (i)&nbsp;to have agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section&nbsp;20 of the Note
Purchase Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;to have made the representation set forth in Section&nbsp;6.2 of the Note
Purchase Agreement and (iii)&nbsp;to have agreed to the restriction on transfer of this Note set forth
in Section&nbsp;13.3 of the Note Purchase Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(b)
</DIV>


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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender
of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder&#146;s attorney duly authorized
in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name
of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat
the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving
payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#091;The Company will make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts
specified in the Note Purchase Agreement.&#093; This Note &#091;also&#093; is subject to optional prepayment, in
whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase
Agreements but not otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is continuing,
the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at
the price (including any applicable prepayment premium and LIBOR Breakage Amount) and with the
effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#091;Payment of the principal of, and interest and any prepayment premium or LIBOR Breakage Amount
on, this Note, and all other amounts due under the Note Purchase Agreement, is guaranteed pursuant
to the terms of Guaranties dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006 of the Parent and certain Subsidiaries of
the Company.&#093;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties
shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois excluding choice-of-law principles of the
law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such
State.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="49%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">ENCORE WIRE LIMITED<br>
By its General Partner,<br>
EWC GP Corp.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(b)
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->2<!-- /Folio -->
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>EXHIBIT 1.1(c)</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>&#091;FORM OF SUPPLEMENT&#093;</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SUPPLEMENT TO MASTER NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THIS SUPPLEMENT is entered into as of &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093; (this &#147;Supplement&#148;) between ENCORE WIRE
LIMITED, a Texas limited partnership (the &#147;Company&#148;), and ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the &#147;Parent&#148;), and the Purchasers listed in the attached Schedule&nbsp;A (the
&#147;Purchasers&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>R E C I T A L S</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;The Company and the Parent have entered into a Master Note Purchase Agreement dated as of
September&nbsp;28, 2006 with the purchasers listed in Schedule&nbsp;A thereto &#091;and one or more supplements or
amendments thereto&#093; (as heretofore amended and supplemented, the &#147;Note Purchase Agreement&#148;); and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;The Company desires to issue and sell, and the Purchasers desire to purchase, an additional
series of Notes (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement
and in accordance with the terms set forth below;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Purchasers agree as follows:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;<U>Authorization of the New Series of Notes</U>. The Company has authorized the issue and
sale of $&#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093; aggregate principal amount of Notes to be designated as its &#091;&#091;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#093;% &#093;
&#091;Floating Rate&#093; Senior Notes, Series &#091; &#093;, due &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093; (the &#147;Series &#091; &#093; Notes&#148;, such term to
include any such Notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Note Purchase
Agreement). The Series &#091; &#093; Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit&nbsp;1, with
such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by you and the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;<U>Sale and Purchase of Series &#091; &#093; Notes</U>. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Supplement and the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each of the
Purchasers, and the Purchasers will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for in
Section&nbsp;3, Series &#091; &#093; Notes in the principal amount specified opposite their respective names in
Schedule&nbsp;A at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. The obligations of the
Purchasers hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any
liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance by any other Purchaser hereunder.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;<U>Closing</U>. The sale and purchase of the Series &#091; &#093; Notes to be purchased by the
Purchasers shall occur at the offices of &#091;special counsel to the Purchasers&#093; &#091;address&#093; at 9:00
a.m., Chicago time, at a closing (the &#147;Closing&#148;) on &#091; &#093;, &#091; &#093; or on such other Business Day
thereafter on or prior to &#091; &#093;, &#091; &#093; as may be agreed upon by the Company and the
Purchasers. At the Closing the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Series &#091; &#093; Notes to be
purchased
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(c)
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">by it in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Series &#091; &#093; Notes in
denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of the Closing and
registered in its name (or in the name of its nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the
Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by
wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company to account number &#091;
&#093; at &#091;Name and Address of Bank&#093;, ABA No. &#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#093;. If at the Closing the Company shall fail
to tender such Series &#091; &#093; Notes to a Purchaser as provided above in this Section&nbsp;3, or any of the
conditions specified in Section&nbsp;4 of the Note Purchase Agreement, as modified or expanded by
Section&nbsp;4 hereof, shall not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser&#146;s satisfaction, such Purchaser
shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without
thereby waiving any rights it may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;<U>Conditions to Closing</U>. Each Purchasers obligation to purchase and pay for the
Series &#091; &#093; Notes to be sold to it at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to its
satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;4 of the Note
Purchase Agreement, as hereafter modified, and to the following additional conditions:
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">&#091;Set forth any modifications and additional conditions.&#093;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;<U>Representations and Warranties of the Company</U>. Each of the Company and the Parent
represents and warrants to the Purchasers that each of the representations and warranties contained
in Section&nbsp;5 of the Note Purchase Agreement is true and correct as of the date hereof (i)&nbsp;except
that all references to &#147;Purchaser&#148; and &#147;you&#148; therein shall be deemed to refer to the Purchasers
hereunder, all references to &#147;this Agreement&#148; shall be deemed to refer to the Note Purchase
Agreement as supplemented by this Supplement, all references to &#147;Notes&#148; therein shall be deemed to
include the Series &#091; &#093; Notes, and (ii)&nbsp;except for changes to such representations and warranties
or the Schedules referred to therein, which changes are set forth in the attached Schedule&nbsp;5.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;<U>Representations of the Purchasers</U>. Each Purchaser confirms to the Company that the
representations set forth in Section&nbsp;6 of the Note Purchase Agreement are true and correct as to
such Purchaser with respect to the Series &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093; Notes to be purchased by it pursuant to this
Supplement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&#091;Insert special provisions for Series &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093; Notes, including prepayment provisions
applicable to Series &#091; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093; Notes (including any applicable make-whole amount, prepayment
premium and LIBOR breakage amount, if any).&#093;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&#091;8. <U>Additional Provisions.&#093;</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.&nbsp;<U>Applicability of Note Purchase Agreement</U>. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein (and expressly permitted by the Note Purchase Agreement), all of the provisions of the Note
Purchase Agreement are incorporated by reference herein and shall apply to the Series &#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#093;
Notes as if expressly set forth in this Supplement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(c)
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->2<!-- /Folio -->
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Parent and the Purchasers have caused this Supplement to
be executed and delivered as of the date set forth above.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="49%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">ENCORE WIRE LIMITED<BR>
By its General Partner, EWC GP CORP.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&#091;ADD PURCHASER SIGNATURE BLOCKS&#093;
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(c)
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->3<!-- /Folio -->
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Schedule&nbsp;A<BR>
<U>to Supplement</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Principal Amount of Series</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Name and Address of Purchaser</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#093; Notes to be Purchased</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&#091;NAME OF PURCHASER&#093;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>




<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">with sufficient information
to identify the source and
application of such funds.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All notices of payments and</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">written confirmations of such
wire transfers:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other communications:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(c)
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->4<!-- /Folio -->
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Schedule&nbsp;5<BR>
<U>to Supplement</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">EXCEPTIONS TO REPRESENTATIONS<BR>
AND WARRANTIES
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(c)
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->5<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1 to<BR>
<U>Supplement</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>&#091;FORM OF SERIES &#091;</B><U> </U><B>&#093; SENIOR NOTE&#093;</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.1(c)
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->6<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>EXHIBIT 1.2</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>&#091;FORM OF SERIES 2006-A SENIOR NOTE&#093;</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">ENCORE WIRE LIMITED

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Floating Rate Senior Note, Series&nbsp;2006-A<BR>
due September&nbsp;30, 2011

</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="47%"></TD>
    <TD width="5%"></TD>
    <TD width="47%"></TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">No.&nbsp;AR-&#091;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#093;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#091;Date&#093;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">$&#091;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#093;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">PPN: 29263@ AB 5</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ENCORE WIRE LIMITED (herein called the &#147;Company&#148;), a
limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, promises to pay to
&#091; &#093;, or registered assigns, the principal sum of $&#091; &#093; on September&nbsp;30, 2011, with
interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a)&nbsp;on the unpaid
balance thereof at a floating rate equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate from time to time, payable
quarterly, on each March&nbsp;30, June&nbsp;30, September&nbsp;30 and December&nbsp;30 in each year, commencing with
the March&nbsp;30, June&nbsp;30, September&nbsp;30 and December&nbsp;30 next succeeding the date hereof (except that no
interest payment shall be made on September&nbsp;30, 2006), until the principal hereof shall have become
due and payable, and (b)&nbsp;to the extent permitted by law on any overdue payment (including any
overdue prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of interest and any overdue payment of
principal, any overdue payment of interest, any overdue payment of prepayment premium and any LIBOR
Breakage Amount at the Default Rate (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below)
until paid.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Payments of principal of, interest on and any prepayment premium or LIBOR Breakage Amount with
respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the
principal office of Bank of America, N.A. in Chicago, Illinois or at such other place as the
Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note
Purchase Agreement referred to below.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Note is one of a series of Notes (herein called the &#147;Notes&#148;) issued pursuant to a Master
Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006 as from time to time amended and
supplemented, the &#147;Note Purchase Agreement&#148;), between the Company, Encore Wire Corporation (the
&#147;Parent&#148;) and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof.
Reference is made to the Note Purchase Agreement for the definitions used herein and the method of
calculating the interest and other payments to be made on or in respect of this Note. Each holder
of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, (i)&nbsp;to have agreed to the confidentiality
provisions set forth in Section&nbsp;20 of the Note Purchase Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;to have made the
representation set forth in Section&nbsp;6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement and
(iii)&nbsp;to have agreed to the restriction on transfer of this Note set forth in Section&nbsp;13.3 of the
Note Purchase Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.2
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender
of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder&#146;s attorney duly authorized
in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name
of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat
the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving
payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the
times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement but not otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is continuing,
the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at
the price (including any applicable prepayment premium and LIBOR Breakage Amount) and with the
effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Payment of the principal of, and interest and any prepayment premium or LIBOR Breakage Amount
on, this Note, and all other amounts due under the Note Purchase Agreement, is guaranteed pursuant
to the terms of Guaranties dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006 of the Parent and certain Subsidiaries of
the Company.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties
shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois excluding choice-of-law principles of the
law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such
State.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">ENCORE WIRE LIMITED <br>
By its General Partner,<br>
EWC GP Corp.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">*</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This paragraph must be modified at such
time as there are no Subsidiary Guarantors.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.2
</DIV>


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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>EXHIBIT 1.4(a)</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PARENT GUARANTY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THIS GUARANTY (this &#147;Guaranty&#148;) dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006 is made by Encore Wire
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Guarantor&#148;), in favor of the holders from time to time of
the Notes hereinafter referred to, including each purchaser named in the Note Purchase Agreement
hereinafter referred to, and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the &#147;Holders&#148;
and each individually, a &#147;Holder&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><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>:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, Encore Wire Limited, a Texas limited partnership (the &#147;Company&#148;), the Guarantor and
the initial Holders have entered into a Master Note Purchase Agreement dated as of September&nbsp;28,
2006 (the Master Note Purchase Agreement as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with its terms and in effect, the &#147;Note Purchase Agreement&#148;);
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, the Note Purchase Agreement contemplates the issuance by the Company of Notes (as
defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) in one or more series and tranches, up to $300,000,000
aggregate principal amount;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, the Company is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Guarantor and the
Guarantor will derive substantial benefits from the purchase by the Holders of the Company&#146;s Notes;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Holders to purchase the Series
2006-A Notes that the Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty to the Holders, and
it is and will be a condition to the sale of subsequent series of the Notes that this Guaranty run
in favor of the holders of such subsequent series of Notes; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, the Guarantor desires to execute and deliver this Guaranty to satisfy the conditions
described in the preceding paragraph;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other benefits to the Guarantor, and of
the purchase of the Company&#146;s Notes by the Holders, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the Guarantor makes this Guaranty as
follows:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 1. <U>Definitions</U>. Any capitalized terms not otherwise herein defined shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Note Purchase Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 2. <U>Guaranty</U>. The Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the
Holders the due, prompt and complete payment by the Company of the principal of, any
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(a)
</DIV>


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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">make-whole
amount, prepayment premium, breakage amount and interest on, and each other amount due under, the
Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable (whether at
stated maturity or by required or optional prepayment or by declaration or otherwise) in accordance
with the terms of the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement (the Notes and the Note Purchase
Agreement being sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the &#147;Note Documents&#148; and the
amounts payable by the Company under the Note Documents, and all other monetary obligations of the
Company thereunder (including any reasonable attorneys&#146; fees and expenses), being sometimes
collectively hereinafter referred to as the &#147;Obligations&#148;). This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment
and not just of collectibility and is in no way conditioned or contingent upon any attempt to
collect from the Company or upon any other event, contingency or circumstance whatsoever. If for
any reason whatsoever the Company shall fail or be unable duly, punctually and fully to pay such
amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable, the Guarantor, without demand,
presentment, protest or notice of any kind, will forthwith pay or cause to be paid such amounts to
the Holders under the terms of such Note Documents, in lawful money of the United States, at the
place specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, or perform or comply with the same or cause the
same to be performed or complied with, together with interest (to the extent provided for under
such Note Documents) on any amount due and owing from the Company. The Guarantor, promptly after
demand, will pay to the Holders the reasonable costs and expenses of collecting such amounts or
otherwise enforcing this Guaranty, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 3. <U>Guarantor&#146;s Obligations Unconditional</U>. The obligations of the Guarantor
under this Guaranty shall be primary, absolute and unconditional obligations of the Guarantor,
shall not be subject to any counterclaim, set-off, deduction, diminution, abatement, recoupment,
suspension, deferment, reduction or defense based upon any claim the Guarantor or any other person
may have against the Company or any other person, and to the full extent permitted by applicable
law shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged
or in any way affected by, any circumstance or condition whatsoever (whether or not the Guarantor
or the Company shall have any knowledge or notice thereof), including:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) any termination, amendment or modification of or deletion from or addition or
supplement to or other change in any of the Note Documents or any other instrument or
agreement applicable to any of the parties to any of the Note Documents;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) any furnishing or acceptance of any security, or any release of any security, for
the Obligations, or the failure of any security or the failure of any person to perfect any
interest in any collateral;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) any failure, omission or delay on the part of the Company to conform or comply with
any term of any of the Note Documents or any other instrument or agreement referred to in
paragraph (a)&nbsp;above, including, without limitation, failure to give notice to
the Guarantor of the occurrence of a &#147;Default&#148; or an &#147;Event of Default&#148; under any Note
Document;
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(a)
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) any waiver of the payment, performance or observance of any of the obligations,
conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Note Document, or any other waiver,
consent, extension, indulgence, compromise, settlement, release or other action or inaction
under or in respect of any of the Note Documents or any other instrument or agreement
referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above or any obligation or liability of the Company, or any
exercise or non-exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect of any
such instrument or agreement or any such obligation or liability;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) any failure, omission or delay on the part of any of the Holders to enforce, assert
or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred on such Holder in this Guaranty, or any
such failure, omission or delay on the part of such Holder in connection with any Note
Document, or any other action on the part of such Holder;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
readjustment, assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, receivership,
conservatorship, custodianship, liquidation, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings with respect to the Company, the Guarantor or to any other person or any of
their respective properties or creditors, or any action taken by any trustee or receiver or
by any court in any such proceeding;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) any discharge, termination, cancellation, frustration, irregularity, invalidity or
unenforceability, in whole or in part, of any of the Note Documents or any other agreement
or instrument referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above or any term hereof;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) any merger or consolidation of the Company or the Guarantor into or with any other
corporation, or any sale, lease or transfer of any of the assets of the Company or the
Guarantor to any other person;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) any change in the ownership of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any
change in the corporate relationship between the Company and the Guarantor, or any
termination of such relationship;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) any release or discharge, by operation of law, of any other guarantor from the
performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in any other
guarantee of the Note Documents or the Obligations; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) any other occurrence, circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether similar
or dissimilar to the foregoing, whether foreseen or unforeseen, and any other circumstance
which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable defense or discharge of the
liabilities of a guarantor or surety or which might otherwise limit recourse against the
Guarantor.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(a)
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 4. <U>Full Recourse Obligations</U>. The obligations of the Guarantor set forth
herein constitute the full recourse obligations of the Guarantor enforceable against it to the full
extent of all its assets and properties.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 5. <U>Waiver</U>. The Guarantor unconditionally waives, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, (a)&nbsp;notice of any of the matters referred to in Section&nbsp;3, (b)&nbsp;notice to the
Guarantor of the incurrence of any of the Obligations, notice to the Guarantor or the Company of
any breach or default by the Company with respect to any of the Obligations or any other notice
that may be required, by statute, rule of law or otherwise, to preserve any rights of the Holders
against the Guarantor, (c)&nbsp;presentment to or demand of payment from the Company or the Guarantor
with respect to any amount due under any Note Document or protest for nonpayment or dishonor, (d)
any right to the enforcement, assertion or exercise by any of the Holders of any right, power,
privilege or remedy conferred in the Note Purchase Agreement or any other Note Document or
otherwise, (e)&nbsp;any requirement of diligence on the part of any of the Holders, (f)&nbsp;any requirement
to exhaust any remedies or to mitigate the damages resulting from any default under any Note
Document, (g)&nbsp;any notice of any sale, transfer or other disposition by any of the Holders of any
right, title to or interest in the Note Purchase Agreement or in any other Note Document and (h)
any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge,
release or defense of a guarantor or surety or which might otherwise limit recourse against the
Guarantor.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 6. <U>Subrogation, Contribution, Reimbursement or Indemnity</U>. Until one year and
one day after all Obligations have been paid in full, the Guarantor agrees not to take any action
pursuant to any rights which may have arisen in connection with this Guaranty to be subrogated to
any of the rights (whether contractual, under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended,
including section 509 thereof, under common law or otherwise) of any of the Holders against the
Company or against any collateral security or guaranty or right of offset held by the Holders for
the payment of the Obligations. Until one year and one day after all Obligations have been paid in
full, the Guarantor agrees not to take any action pursuant to any contractual, common law,
statutory or other rights of reimbursement, contribution, exoneration or indemnity (or any similar
right) from or against the Company which may have arisen in connection with this Guaranty. So long
as the Obligations remain, if any amount shall be paid by or on behalf of the Company to the
Guarantor on account of any of the rights waived in this paragraph, such amount shall be held by
the Guarantor in trust, segregated from other funds of the Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon
receipt by the Guarantor, be turned over to the Holders (duly endorsed by the Guarantor to the
Holders, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such
order as the Holders may determine. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the term of
this Guaranty and the payment in full of the Obligations.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 7. <U>Effect of Bankruptcy Proceedings, etc.</U> This Guaranty shall continue to be
effective or be automatically reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, in whole or
in part, of any of the sums due to any of the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Note Purchase
Agreement or any other Note Document is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(a)
</DIV>


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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">by the Holder upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the
Company or any other person, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a custodian, receiver,
trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to the Company or other person or any
substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. If
an event permitting the acceleration of the maturity of the principal amount of the Notes shall at
any time have occurred and be continuing, and such acceleration shall at such time be prevented by
reason of the pendency against the Company or any other person of a case or proceeding under a
bankruptcy or insolvency law, the Guarantor agrees that, for purposes of this Guaranty and its
obligations hereunder, the maturity of the principal amount of the Notes and all other Obligations
shall be deemed to have been accelerated with the same effect as if any Holder had accelerated the
same in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement or other applicable Note Document,
and the Guarantor shall forthwith pay such principal amount, any make-whole amount, prepayment
premium, breakage amount and interest thereon, and any other amounts guaranteed hereunder without
further notice or demand.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 8. <U>Term of Agreement</U>. This Guaranty and all guaranties, covenants and
agreements of the Guarantor contained herein shall continue in full force and effect and shall not
be discharged until such time as all of the Obligations shall be paid and performed in full and all
of the agreements of the Guarantor hereunder shall be duly paid and performed in full.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 9. <U>Notices</U>. All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be
in writing and sent by telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such
notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or by registered or certified
mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or by a recognized overnight delivery service
(with charges prepaid) (a)&nbsp;if to the Company or any Holder at the address set forth in the Note
Purchase Agreement or (b)&nbsp;if to the Guarantor, in care of the Company at the Company&#146;s address set
forth in the Note Purchase Agreement, or in each case at such other address as the Company, any
Holder or such Guarantor shall from time to time designate in writing to the other parties. Any
notice so addressed shall be deemed to be given when actually received.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 10. <U>Survival</U>. All warranties, representations and covenants made by the
Guarantor herein or in any certificate or other instrument delivered by it or on its behalf
hereunder shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Holders and shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Guaranty, regardless of any investigation made by any of the
Holders. All statements in any such certificate or other instrument shall constitute warranties
and representations by such Guarantor hereunder.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>SECTION 11. </B><U><B>Submission to Jurisdiction</B></U><B>. Any litigation based hereon, or arising out
of, under or in connection with this Guaranty, may be brought and maintained in the courts of the
State of Illinois or in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
The Guarantor expressly and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
Illinois and of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for the
purpose of any such litigation as set forth above. The Guarantor further irrevocably consents to
the service of process by registered mail, postage prepaid,</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>to
the address specified in Section&nbsp;9 or by personal service within or without the State of Illinois.
The Guarantor expressly and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such litigation brought
in any such court referred to above and any claim that any such litigation has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>SECTION 12. </B><U><B>Waiver of Jury Trial</B></U><B>. The Guarantor waives any right to a trial by jury
in any action or proceeding to enforce or defend any rights under this Guaranty or under any
amendment, instrument, document or agreement delivered or that may in the future be delivered in
connection herewith and agrees that any such action or proceeding shall be tried before a court and
not before a jury.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 13. <U>Miscellaneous</U>. Any provision of this Guaranty that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
the Guarantor hereby waives any provision of law that renders any provisions hereof prohibited or
unenforceable in any respect. The terms of this Guaranty shall be binding upon, and inure to the
benefit of, the Guarantor and the Holders and their respective successors and assigns. No term or
provision of this Guaranty may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an
instrument in writing signed by the Guarantor and the Required Holders. The section and paragraph
headings in this Guaranty and the table of contents are for convenience of reference only and shall
not modify, define, expand or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof, and all references
herein to numbered sections, unless otherwise indicated, are to sections in this Guaranty. This
Guaranty shall in all respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of Illinois excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require
the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed as of the day
and year first above written.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION &nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>EXHIBIT 1.4(b)</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>&#091;FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY&#093;</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THIS GUARANTY (this &#147;Guaranty&#148;) dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006 is made by the undersigned
(each, a &#147;Guarantor&#148;), in favor of the holders from time to time of the Notes hereinafter referred
to, including each purchaser named in the Note Purchase Agreement hereinafter referred to, and
their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the &#147;Holders&#148; and each individually, a
&#147;Holder&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><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>:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, Encore Wire Limited, a Texas limited partnership (the &#147;Company&#148;), Encore Wire
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Parent&#148;), and the initial Holders have entered into a
Master Note Purchase Agreement dated as of September&nbsp;28, 2006 (the Master Note Purchase Agreement
as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its
terms and in effect, the &#147;Note Purchase Agreement&#148;);
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, the Note Purchase Agreement contemplates the issuance by the Company of Notes (as
defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) in one or more series and tranches, up to $300,000,000
aggregate principal amount;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, the Parent owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock or partnership interests of each Guarantor and, by virtue of such ownership and otherwise,
each Guarantor will derive substantial benefits from the purchase by the Holders of the Company&#146;s
Notes;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Holders to purchase the Series
2006-A Notes that each Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty to the Holders and
it is and will be a condition to the sale of subsequent series of the Notes that this Guaranty run
in favor of the holders of such subsequent series of Notes; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, each Guarantor desires to execute and deliver this Guaranty to satisfy the conditions
described in the preceding paragraph;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other benefits to each Guarantor, and of
the purchase of the Company&#146;s Notes by the Holders, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, each Guarantor makes this Guaranty as
follows:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 1. <U>Definitions</U>. Any capitalized terms not otherwise herein defined shall
have the meanings attributed to them in the Note Purchase Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 2. <U>Guaranty</U>. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally with each other
Guarantor, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Holders the due, prompt and complete
payment
by the Company of the principal of, any make-whole amount, prepayment
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(b)
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">premium, breakage amount and
interest on, and each other amount due under, the Notes or the Note Purchase Agreement, when and as
the same shall become due and payable (whether at stated maturity or by required or optional
prepayment or by declaration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Note
Purchase Agreement (the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement being sometimes hereinafter
collectively referred to as the &#147;Note Documents&#148; and the amounts payable by the Company under the
Note Documents, and all other monetary obligations of the Company thereunder (including reasonable
attorneys&#146; fees and expenses), being sometimes collectively hereinafter referred to as the
&#147;Obligations&#148;). This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not just of collectibility and is in no
way conditioned or contingent upon any attempt to collect from the Company or upon any other event,
contingency or circumstance whatsoever. If for any reason whatsoever the Company shall fail or be
unable duly, punctually and fully to pay such amounts as and when the same shall become due and
payable, each Guarantor, without demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind, will forthwith
pay or cause to be paid such amounts to the Holders under the terms of such Note Documents, in
lawful money of the United States, at the place specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, or
perform or comply with the same or cause the same to be performed or complied with, together with
interest (to the extent provided for under such Note Documents) on any amount due and owing from
the Company. Each Guarantor, promptly after demand, will pay to the Holders the reasonable costs
and expenses of collecting such amounts or otherwise enforcing this Guaranty, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right
of recovery against each Guarantor under this Guaranty is limited to the extent it is judicially
determined with respect to any Guarantor that entering into this Guaranty would violate Section&nbsp;548
of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provisions of any state law, in which case
such Guarantor shall be liable under this Guaranty only for amounts aggregating up to the largest
amount that would not render such Guarantor&#146;s obligations hereunder subject to avoidance under
Section&nbsp;548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provisions of any state law.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 3. <U>Guarantor&#146;s Obligations Unconditional</U>. The obligations of each Guarantor
under this Guaranty shall be primary, absolute and unconditional obligations of each Guarantor,
shall not be subject to any counterclaim, set-off, deduction, diminution, abatement, recoupment,
suspension, deferment, reduction or defense based upon any claim each Guarantor or any other person
may have against the Company or any other person, and to the full extent permitted by applicable
law shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged
or in any way affected by, any circumstance or condition whatsoever (whether or not each Guarantor
or the Company shall have any knowledge or notice thereof), including:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) any termination, amendment or modification of or deletion from or addition or
supplement to or other change in any of the Note Documents or any other instrument or
agreement applicable to any of the parties to any of the Note Documents;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) any furnishing or acceptance of any security, or any release of any security, for
the Obligations, or the failure of any security or the failure of any person to perfect any
interest in any collateral;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) any failure, omission or delay on the part of the Company or the Parent to conform
or comply with any term of any of the Note Documents or any other instrument or agreement
referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above, including, without limitation, failure to give notice to
any Guarantor of the occurrence of a &#147;Default&#148; or an &#147;Event of Default&#148; under any Note
Document;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) any waiver of the payment, performance or observance of any of the obligations,
conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Note Document, or any other waiver,
consent, extension, indulgence, compromise, settlement, release or other action or inaction
under or in respect of any of the Note Documents or any other instrument or agreement
referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above or any obligation or liability of the Company or the
Parent, or any exercise or non-exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in
respect of any such instrument or agreement or any such obligation or liability;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) any failure, omission or delay on the part of any of the Holders to enforce, assert
or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred on such Holder in this Guaranty, or any
such failure, omission or delay on the part of such Holder in connection with any Note
Document, or any other action on the part of such Holder;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
readjustment, assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, receivership,
conservatorship, custodianship, liquidation, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings with respect to the Company, the Parent, any Guarantor or to any other person or
any of their respective properties or creditors, or any action taken by any trustee or
receiver or by any court in any such proceeding;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) any discharge, termination, cancellation, frustration, irregularity, invalidity or
unenforceability, in whole or in part, of any of the Note Documents or any other agreement
or instrument referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above or any term hereof;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) any merger or consolidation of the Company or the Parent or any Guarantor into or
with any other corporation, or any sale, lease or transfer of any of the assets of the
Company or the Parent or any Guarantor to any other person;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) any change in the ownership of any shares of capital stock of the Company or the
Parent or any change in the corporate relationship between the Company or the Parent and any
Guarantor, or any termination of such relationship;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) any release or discharge, by operation of law, of any other Guarantor from the
performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this
Guaranty; or
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) any other occurrence, circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether similar
or dissimilar to the foregoing, whether foreseen or unforeseen, and any other circumstance
which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable defense or discharge of the
liabilities of a guarantor or surety or which might otherwise limit recourse against any
Guarantor.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 4. <U>Full Recourse Obligations</U>. The obligations of each Guarantor set forth
herein constitute the full recourse obligations of such Guarantor enforceable against it to the
full extent of all its assets and properties.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 5. <U>Waiver</U>. Each Guarantor unconditionally waives, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, (a)&nbsp;notice of any of the matters referred to in Section&nbsp;3, (b)&nbsp;notice to such
Guarantor of the incurrence of any of the Obligations, notice to such Guarantor or the Company of
any breach or default by such Company with respect to any of the Obligations or any other notice
that may be required, by statute, rule of law or otherwise, to preserve any rights of the Holders
against such Guarantor, (c)&nbsp;presentment to or demand of payment from the Company or the Guarantor
with respect to any amount due under any Note Document or protest for nonpayment or dishonor, (d)
any right to the enforcement, assertion or exercise by any of the Holders of any right, power,
privilege or remedy conferred in the Note Purchase Agreement or any other Note Document or
otherwise, (e)&nbsp;any requirement of diligence on the part of any of the Holders, (f)&nbsp;any requirement
to exhaust any remedies or to mitigate the damages resulting from any default under any Note
Document, (g)&nbsp;any notice of any sale, transfer or other disposition by any of the Holders of any
right, title to or interest in the Note Purchase Agreement or in any other Note Document and (h)
any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge,
release or defense of a guarantor or surety or which might otherwise limit recourse against such
Guarantor.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 6. <U>Subrogation, Contribution, Reimbursement or Indemnity</U>. Until one year and
one day after all Obligations have been paid in full, each Guarantor agrees not to take any action
pursuant to any rights which may have arisen in connection with this Guaranty to be subrogated to
any of the rights (whether contractual, under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended,
including Section&nbsp;509 thereof, under common law or otherwise) of any of the Holders against the
Company or against any collateral security or guaranty or right of offset held by the Holders for
the payment of the Obligations. Until one year and one day after all Obligations have been paid in
full, each Guarantor agrees not to take any action pursuant to any contractual, common law,
statutory or other rights of reimbursement, contribution, exoneration or indemnity (or any similar
right) from or against the Company which may have arisen in connection with this Guaranty. So long
as the Obligations remain, if any amount shall be paid by or on behalf of the Company to any
Guarantor on account of any of the rights waived in this paragraph, such amount shall be held by
such Guarantor in trust, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon
receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Holders (duly endorsed by such Guarantor to the
Holders, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such
order as the Holders may determine. The
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provisions of this paragraph shall survive the term of
this Guaranty and the payment in full of the Obligations.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 7. <U>Effect of Bankruptcy Proceedings, etc.</U> This Guaranty shall continue to be
effective or be automatically reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, in whole or
in part, of any of the sums due to any of the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Note Purchase
Agreement or any other Note Document is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by such
Holder upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company
or any other person, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or
other officer with similar powers with respect to the Company or other person or any substantial
part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. If an event
permitting the acceleration of the maturity of the principal amount of the Notes shall at any time
have occurred and be continuing, and such acceleration shall at such time be prevented by reason of
the pendency against the Company or any other person of a case or proceeding under a bankruptcy or
insolvency law, each Guarantor agrees that, for purposes of this Guaranty and its obligations
hereunder, the maturity of the principal amount of the Notes and all other Obligations shall be
deemed to have been accelerated with the same effect as if any Holder had accelerated the same in
accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement or other applicable Note Document, and
such Guarantor shall forthwith pay such principal amount, any make-whole amount, prepayment
premium, breakage amount and interest thereon, and any other amounts guaranteed hereunder without
further notice or demand.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 8. <U>Term of Agreement</U>. This Guaranty and all guaranties, covenants and
agreements of each Guarantor contained herein shall continue in full force and effect and shall not
be discharged until the earlier to occur of (i)&nbsp;such time as all of the Obligations shall be paid
and performed in full and all of the agreements of such Guarantor hereunder shall be duly paid and
performed in full and (ii)&nbsp;such Guarantor is released by the Holders pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.4(b) of
the Note Purchase Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 9. <U>Representations and Warranties</U>. Each Guarantor represents and warrants to
each Holder that:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) such Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has the power and authority to own or hold
under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the
business it transacts and proposes to transact,;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) such Guarantor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Guaranty and
to perform the provisions hereof, and this Guaranty has been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of such Guarantor;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) this Guaranty constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor
enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by (i)&nbsp;applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors&#146; rights generally and (ii)&nbsp;general principles of equity (regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty will not (i)&nbsp;contravene,
result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any
Lien in respect of any property of such Guarantor under, any agreement, or corporate charter
or by-laws to which such Guarantor is bound or by which such Guarantor or any of its
properties may be bound or affected, (ii)&nbsp;conflict with or result in a breach of any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to such Subsidiary Guarantor or (iii)
violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental
Authority applicable to such Guarantor;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) except as disclosed in Section&nbsp;5.7 to the Note Purchase Agreement, no consent,
approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental
Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by such
Guarantor of this Guaranty, and all such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations,
filings or declarations listed in Schedule&nbsp;5.7 have been obtained or made;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) except as disclosed in Section&nbsp;5.8 of the Note Purchase Agreement, there are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of such Guarantor, threatened
against or affecting such Guarantor, or any property of such Guarantor, in any court or
before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) after giving effect to the transactions contemplated in the Note Purchase Agreement
and after giving due consideration to any rights of contribution (i)&nbsp;such Guarantor has
received fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for the incurrence of its
obligations hereunder, (ii)&nbsp;the fair value of the assets of such Guarantor (both at fair
valuation and at present fair saleable value) exceeds its liabilities, (iii)&nbsp;such Guarantor
is able to and expects to be able to pay its debts as they mature, and (iv)&nbsp;such Guarantor
has capital sufficient to carry on its business as conducted and as proposed to be
conducted.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 10. <U>Notices</U>. All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be
in writing and sent by telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such
notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or by registered or certified
mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or by a recognized overnight delivery service
(with charges prepaid) (a)&nbsp;if to the Company or any Holder at the address set forth in the Note
Purchase Agreement or (b)&nbsp;if to a Guarantor, in care of the Company at the Company&#146;s address set
forth in the Note Purchase Agreement, or in each case at such other address as the
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(b)
</DIV>


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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Company,
any Holder or such Guarantor shall from time to time designate in writing to the other parties.
Any notice so addressed shall be deemed to be given when actually received.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 11. <U>Survival</U>. All warranties, representations and covenants made by each
Guarantor herein or in any certificate or other instrument delivered by it or on its behalf
hereunder shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Holders and shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Guaranty, regardless of any investigation made by any of the
Holders. All statements in any such certificate or other instrument shall constitute warranties
and representations by such Guarantor hereunder.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>SECTION 12. </B><U><B>Submission to Jurisdiction</B></U><B>. Any litigation based hereon, or arising out
of, under or in connection with this Guaranty, may be brought and maintained in the courts of the
State of Illinois or in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Each Guarantor expressly and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
Illinois and of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for the
purpose of any such litigation as set forth above. Each Guarantor further irrevocably consents to
the service of process by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the address specified in Section&nbsp;9
or by personal service within or without the State of Illinois. Each Guarantor expressly and
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such litigation brought in any such court referred to
above and any claim that any such litigation has been brought in an inconvenient forum.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>SECTION 13. </B><U><B>Waiver of Jury Trial</B></U><B>. Each Guarantor waives any right to a trial by jury
in any action or proceeding to enforce or defend any rights under this Guaranty or under any
amendment, instrument, document or agreement delivered or that may in the future be delivered in
connection herewith and agrees that any such action or proceeding shall be tried before a court and
not before a jury.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SECTION 14. <U>Miscellaneous</U>. Any provision of this Guaranty which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
each Guarantor hereby waives any provision of law that renders any provisions hereof prohibited or
unenforceable in any respect. The terms of this Guaranty shall be binding upon, and inure to the
benefit of, each Guarantor and the Holders and their respective successors and assigns. No term or
provision of this Guaranty may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an
instrument in writing signed by each Guarantor and the Required Holders. The section and paragraph
headings in this Guaranty are for convenience of reference only and shall not modify, define,
expand or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof, and all references herein to numbered
sections, unless otherwise indicated, are to sections in this Guaranty. This Guaranty shall in all
respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois,
excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of
the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(b)
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed as of the day
and year first above written.
</DIV>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="55%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">EWC GP Corp.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">EWC LP Corp.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">EWC AVIATION Corp.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(b)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">FORM OF JOINDER TO SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned (the &#147;Guarantor&#148;), joins in the Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of September&nbsp;28,
2006 from the Guarantors named therein in favor of the Holders, as defined therein, and agrees to
be bound by all of the terms thereof and represents and warrants to the Holders that:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) such Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has the power and authority to own or hold
under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the
business it transacts and proposes to transact,;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) such Guarantor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Guaranty and
to perform the provisions hereof, and this Guaranty has been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of such Guarantor;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) this Guaranty constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor
enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by (i)&nbsp;applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors&#146; rights generally and (ii)&nbsp;general principles of equity (regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty will not (i)&nbsp;contravene,
result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any
Lien in respect of any property of such Guarantor under, any agreement, or corporate charter
or by-laws to which such Guarantor is bound or by which such Guarantor or any of its
properties may be bound or affected, (ii)&nbsp;conflict with or result in a breach of any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to such Subsidiary Guarantor or (iii)
violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental
Authority applicable to such Guarantor;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) except as disclosed in Section&nbsp;5.7 to the Note Purchase Agreement, no consent,
approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental
Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by such
Guarantor of this Guaranty, and all such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations,
filings or declarations listed in Schedule&nbsp;5.7 have been obtained or made;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) except as disclosed in Section&nbsp;5.8 of the Note Purchase Agreement, there are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of such Guarantor, threatened
against or affecting such Guarantor, or any property of such Guarantor, in any
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Exhibit&nbsp;1.4(b)
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the giving of this Joinder
and giving due consideration to any rights of contribution (i)&nbsp;such Guarantor has received
fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for the incurrence of its obligations
hereunder, (ii)&nbsp;the fair value of the assets of such Guarantor (both at fair valuation and
at present fair saleable value) exceeds its liabilities, (iii)&nbsp;such Guarantor is able to and
expects to be able to pay its debts as they mature, and (iv)&nbsp;such Guarantor has capital
sufficient to carry on its business as conducted and as proposed to be conducted.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Capitalized Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed in the Subsidiary
Guaranty.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder to Subsidiary Guaranty to be duly
executed as of &#95;&#95;&#95;, &#95;&#95;&#95;.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">&#091;Name of Guarantor&#093;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;31.1</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">I, Daniel L. Jones, certify that:
</DIV>


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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Encore Wire Corporation;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this quarterly report;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">a.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">b.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">c.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">d.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the registrant&#146;s
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant&#146;s
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant&#146;s fourth quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant&#146;s
auditors and the audit committee of registrant&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing
the equivalent functions):</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">a.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
to adversely affect the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">b.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant&#146;s internal control over
financial reporting.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date: November&nbsp;7, 2006
</DIV>

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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ DANIEL L. JONES
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Daniel L. Jones</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;31.2</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">I, Frank J. Bilban, certify that:
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Encore Wire Corporation;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this quarterly report;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">a.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">b.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">c.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">d.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the registrant&#146;s
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant&#146;s
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant&#146;s fourth quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</TD>
</TR>


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</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant&#146;s
auditors and the audit committee of registrant&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing
the equivalent functions):</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">a.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
to adversely affect the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">b.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant&#146;s internal control over
financial reporting.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date: November&nbsp;7, 2006
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ FRANK J. BILBAN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Frank J. Bilban</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Vice President &#150; Finance, Chief Financial</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Officer, Treasurer and Secretary</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;32.1</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>CERTIFICATION FURNISHED PURSUANT TO</U><BR>
<U>SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002</U><BR>
<U>(18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)</U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In connection with the Quarterly Report of Encore Wire Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) on Form 10-Q for
the quarterly period ended September&nbsp;30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on the date hereof (the &#147;Report&#148;), I, Daniel L. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section&nbsp;906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date: November&nbsp;7, 2006
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ DANIEL L. JONES
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Daniel L. Jones</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>President and</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Chief Executive Officer</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;32.2</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>CERTIFICATION FURNISHED PURSUANT TO</U><BR>
<U>SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002</U><BR>
<U>(18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)</U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In connection with the Quarterly Report of Encore Wire Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) on Form 10-Q for
the quarterly period ended September&nbsp;30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on the date hereof (the &#147;Report&#148;), I, Frank J. Bilban, Vice-President&#151;Finance, Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section&nbsp;906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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    <TD>The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
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    <TD>The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date: November&nbsp;7, 2006
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ FRANK J. BILBAN
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