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                            ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.



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                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

                           Dated as of March 31, l997

                                   $15,000,000



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                            BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS
                               Los Angeles Branch



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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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                                    SECTION 1

               DEFINITIONS..................................................  1
   1.1    CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS.............................................  1
   1.2    ACCOUNTING TERMS..................................................  8
   1.3    OTHER TERMS.......................................................  8

                                    SECTION 2

               CREDIT.......................................................  9
   2.1    REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT......................  9
   2.2    ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT..................................... 12

                                    SECTION 3

               CONDITIONS OF LENDING........................................ 14
   3.1    CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE INITIAL REVOLVING CREDIT
               LOAN OR LETTER OF CREDIT..................................... 14
   3.2    CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN OR
               LETTER OF CREDIT............................................. 15

                                    SECTION 4

               REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES............................... 16
   4.1    STATUS............................................................ 16
   4.2    AUTHORITY......................................................... 16
   4.3    LEGAL EFFECT...................................................... 17
   4.4    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.............................................. 17
   4.5    LITIGATION........................................................ 17
   4.6    TITLE TO ASSETS................................................... 18
   4.7    ERISA............................................................. 18
   4.8    TAXES............................................................. 18
   4.9    REGULATION U...................................................... 18
   4.10   ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.......................................... 18

                                    SECTION 5

               COVENANTS.................................................... 18
   5.1    PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE; WITH APPLICABLE LAWS................... 19
   5.2    MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE.......................................... 19
   5.3    MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES......................................... 19
   5.4    PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS AND TAXES.................................. 19
   5.5    INSPECTION RIGHTS................................................. 19
   5.6    REPORTING AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.......................... 20
   5.7    PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.............................................. 20
   5.8    REDEMPTION OR REPURCHASE OF STOCK................................. 21
   5.9    ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS........................................... 21
   5.10   LOANS............................................................. 21
   5.11   LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES............................................ 21
   5.12   TRANSFER ASSETS................................................... 21
   5.13   CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS...................................... 21
   5.14   FINANCIAL CONDITION............................................... 22
   5.15   NOTICE............................................................ 22
   5.16   CONSOLIDATED OPERATING LOSS....................................... 22
   5.17   ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.......................................... 22
   5.18   SUBORDINATED DEBT................................................. 23
   5.19   INVESTMENTS....................................................... 23

                                    SECTION 6

             EVENTS OF DEFAULT.............................................. 23
   6.1    NON-PAYMENT....................................................... 23
   6.2    PERFORMANCE UNDER THIS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS....................... 23
   6.3    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.............. 24
   6.4    INSOLVENCY........................................................ 24
   6.5    EXECUTION......................................................... 24
   6.6    SUSPENSION........................................................ 24
   6.7    CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP............................................... 25

                                    SECTION 7

             REMEDIES ON DEFAULT............................................ 25
   7.1    ACCELERATION...................................................... 25
   7.2    CEASE EXTENDING CREDIT............................................ 25
   7.3    TERMINATION....................................................... 25
   7.4    CASH COLLATERAL................................................... 25
   7.5    NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF REMEDIES....................................... 25

                                    SECTION 8

             BANK PROTECTIONS............................................... 26
   8.1    INABILITY TO DETERMINE INTEREST RATE.............................. 26
   8.2    ILLEGALITY........................................................ 26
   8.3    INCREASED COSTS................................................... 27
   8.4    TAXES............................................................. 28
   8.5    INDEMNITY......................................................... 29
   8.6    MITIGATION OF COSTS............................................... 29

                                    SECTION 9

             MISCELLANEOUS.................................................. 30
   9.1    DEFAULT INTEREST RATE............................................. 30
   9.2    RELIANCE.......................................................... 30
   9.3    EXPENSES.......................................................... 30
   9.4    NOTICES........................................................... 30
   9.5    WAIVER............................................................ 31
   9.6    CONFLICTING PROVISIONS............................................ 31
   9.7    BINDING EFFECT; ASSIGNMENT........................................ 31
   9.8    JURISDICTION...................................................... 31
   9.9    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.............................................. 31
   9.10   HEADINGS.......................................................... 32
   9.11   ENTIRE AGREEMENT.................................................. 32
   9.12   CONFIDENTIALITY................................................... 32



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                                CREDIT AGREEMENT



          This Credit Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of
March 31, 1997, by and between  BANQUE  NATIONALE DE PARIS,  Los Angeles  Branch
(the "Bank") and ICN  PHARMACEUTICALS,  INC. (the "Borrower"),  on the terms and
conditions that follow:

                                    SECTION 1
                                   DEFINITIONS

          1.1 CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS: Unless elsewhere defined in this Agreement,
the  following  terms shall have the  following  meanings  (such  meanings to be
generally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

          "AGREEMENT":  shall have the meaning set forth in the first  paragraph
hereof.

          "ALTERNATE BASE RATE": for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary,  to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Reference
Rate and (b) the Federal Funds  Effective Rate in effect on such day PLUS 1/2 of
1%. Any change in the Alternate  Base Rate due to a change in the Reference Rate
or the Federal Funds  Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of
such  change  in  the  Reference  Rate  or the  Federal  Funds  Effective  Rate,
respectively.

          "ALTERNATE  BASE  RATE  LOANS":  Revolving  Credit  Loans  the rate of
interest applicable to which is based upon the Alternate Base Rate.

          "BANK":  shall  have the  meaning  set  forth in the  first  paragraph
hereof.

          "BORROWER":  shall have the meaning  set forth in the first  paragraph
hereof.

          "BUSINESS  DAY":  shall mean a day other than a Saturday  or Sunday on
which commercial banks are open for business in California, USA.

          "CASH INCOME TAXES": for any period,  income taxes paid in cash by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

          "COMMITMENT":  $15,000,000, as the same shall be adjusted from time to
time pursuant to this Agreement.

          "CURRENT  ASSETS":  at any date,  the assets of the  Borrower  and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis which would be classified as current assets
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

          "CURRENT LIABILITIES": at any date, the liabilities (including tax and
other proper  accruals) of the Borrower and its  Subsidiaries  on a consolidated
basis  which would be  classified  as current  liabilities  in  accordance  with
generally accepted accounting principles.

          "CURRENT  RATIO":  as of the last day of each  calendar  quarter,  the
ratio of Current Assets to Current Liabilities.

          "DEFAULT":  any of the events  specified  in Section 6, whether or not
any  requirement  for the giving of notice,  the lapse of time,  or both, or any
other condition, has been satisfied.

          "EBITDA":  for the Borrower  and its  Subsidiaries  on a  consolidated
basis, Net Income after  eliminating  extraordinary  gains and losses,  plus (a)
provisions for taxes, (b) depreciation and  amortization,  (c) Interest Expense,
(d) other non-cash charges and (e) minority  interests in  Subsidiaries,  all to
the extent deducted in computing Net Income.

          "EFFECTIVE DATE": the date on which the conditions precedent set forth
in Section 3.1 have been satisfied, but in no event later than March 31, 1997.

          "ERISA":  shall mean the Employee  Retirement  Income  Security Act of
1974,  as amended  from time to time,  including  (unless the context  otherwise
requires) any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

          "EURODOLLAR  BUSINESS DAY": shall mean any day on which banks are open
for dealings in U.S. dollar deposits in the London Interbank Market.

          "EVENT OF  DEFAULT":  shall have the  meaning  set forth in Section 6,
provided that any  requirement  for the giving of notice,  the lapse of time, or
both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.

          "EXCLUDED  TAXES":  all taxes  imposed on or by  reference  to the net
income of the Bank and all  franchise  taxes,  taxes on doing  business or taxes
measured by capital or net worth imposed on the Bank, imposed:

               (i) by the  jurisdiction in which the Bank is located or in which
          the Bank is organized or has its principal or registered office;

               (ii)  by  reason  of  any  connection  between  the  jurisdiction
          imposing such tax and the Bank other than a connection  arising solely
          from this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby;

               (iii) by the United States or any political  subdivision  thereof
          or therein including without limitation,  branch profits taxes imposed
          by the U.S. or similar taxes imposed by any subdivision thereof; or

               (iv) by reason of the  failure  of the Bank to  provide  accurate
          documentation  required to be provided by the Bank pursuant to Section
          8.4(b).

          "FEDERAL FUNDS EFFECTIVE  RATE":  for any day, the weighted average of
the rates on overnight  federal funds  transactions  with members of the Federal
Reserve  System  arranged by federal  funds  brokers,  as  published on the next
succeeding  Business Day by the Federal  Reserve  Bank of New York,  or, if such
rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for the day of such transactions  received by the Bank from three (3)
federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. If, for any reason,
the Bank shall have determined (which  determination  shall be conclusive absent
manifest  error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate
for any reason, including,  without limitation,  the inability or failure of the
Bank to obtain  sufficient  quotations in accordance with the terms hereof,  the
Alternate  Base Rate shall be  determined  without  regard to the Federal  Funds
Effective Rate until the  circumstances  giving rise to such inability no longer
exist.

         "FIXED  CHARGE  COVERAGE  RATIO":  the ratio of EBITDA  for the  fiscal
quarter  most  recently  ended and the  immediately  preceding  three (3) fiscal
quarters  to the sum of (a) Total  Debt  Service  for the  fiscal  quarter  most
recently ended and the  immediately  preceding three (3) fiscal quarters and (b)
Cash Income Taxes for the fiscal quarter most recently ended and the immediately
preceding three (3) fiscal quarters.

         "INDEBTEDNESS":  shall  mean,  with  respect  to the  Borrower  and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated  basis,  (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money,
(b) for the deferred  purchase price of property or services due more than sixty
(60) days from the date of payment  specified on the invoice for such obligation
in  respect  of which  the  Borrower  is  primarily  liable as  obligor  and (c)
obligations  under leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles,  reported as capital leases in respect
of which the Borrower or its Subsidiaries is primarily liable.

         "INTEREST  EXPENSE":  for  the  Borrower  and  its  Subsidiaries  on  a
consolidated  basis,  as of any date, for the fiscal quarter most recently ended
and the immediately preceding three (3) fiscal quarters,  (a) the sum of (i) the
aggregate of all interest  expense of the Borrower and its  Subsidiaries  to the
extent  included in the calculation of Net Income for such periods in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and (ii) all commitment, letter of
credit or line of credit  fees paid,  payable  and/or  accrued  for such  period
(without  duplication  of previous  amounts) to any lender in exchange  for such
lender's  commitment to lend or otherwise  extend credit,  less (b) all interest
income.

         "INTEREST  PAYMENT  DATE":  (a) as to an Alternate  Base Rate Loan, the
last  day  of  each  calendar  month  while  an  Alternate  Base  Rate  Loan  is
outstanding,  (b) as to any LIBOR Loan  having an  Interest  Period of three (3)
months or less, the last day of such Interest  Period,  (c) as to any LIBOR Loan
having an Interest Period longer than three (3) months, each day which is at the
end of each  three-month  period within such Interest Period after the first day
of such  Interest  Period and the last day of such  Interest  Period and (d) for
each of (a),  (b) and (c) above,  the day on which the  Revolving  Credit  Loans
become due and payable in full and are paid or are prepaid.

         "INTEREST PERIOD":  with respect to any LIBOR Loan":

                  (a)  initially,  the period  commencing  on the  borrowing  or
conversion  date, as the case may be, with respect to such LIBOR Loan and ending
on the  numerically  corresponding  day one (1),  two (2),  three (3) or six (6)
months (or, if reasonably available to the Bank, twelve (12) months) thereafter,
as  selected  by the  Borrower in its notice of  borrowing  or its  continuation
notice, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and

                  (b) thereafter,  each period commencing on the last day of the
next preceding Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Loan and ending one (1),
two (2),  three (3) or six (6) months (or, if reasonably  available to the Bank,
twelve (12)  months)  thereafter,  as selected  by the  Borrower by  irrevocable
notice to the Bank not less than three (3) LIBOR Business Days prior to the last
day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto;

          provided  that, all of the foregoing  provisions  relating to Interest
Periods are subject to the following:

          (i) if any Interest Period  pertaining to a LIBOR Loan would otherwise
end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest  Period shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be
to carry such Interest  Period into another  calendar  month in which event such
Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

          (ii) any Interest Period which would otherwise  extend beyond the date
final  payment is due on the Revolving  Credit  Loans,  shall end on the date of
such final payment; and

          (iii) any Interest  Period  pertaining  to a LIBOR Loan that begins on
the  last  day  of the  calendar  month  (or  on a day  for  which  there  is no
numerically  corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month.

          "LETTERS OF  CREDIT":  shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1
hereof.

          "LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNT":  the stated maximum amount  available to be
drawn  under a  particular  Letter of Credit,  as such  amount may be reduced or
reinstated  from time to time in  accordance  with the  terms of such  Letter of
Credit.

          "LIBOR":  with  respect  to  each  day  during  each  Interest  Period
pertaining  to a LIBOR Loan,  the rate equal to the rate of  interest  per annum
determined  by the Bank to be the  arithmetic  mean of the rates of interest per
annum  appearing on Telerate page 3750 (or any successor  publication)  for U.S.
dollar  deposits in the  approximate  amount of such LIBOR Loan to be  borrowed,
continued or converted and having a maturity comparable to such Interest Period,
at  approximately  11:00 a.m.  (London  time) two (2) Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for any
reason rates are not  available as provided in the preceding  clause,  the LIBOR
Rate instead  means the rate of interest per annum  determined by the Bank to be
the arithmetic  mean (rounded  upwards to the nearest 1/16th of 1%) of the rates
of interest per annum notified to the Bank as the rate of interest at which U.S.
dollar  deposits in the  approximate  amount of each LIBOR Loan to be  borrowed,
continued or converted and having a maturity comparable to such Interest Period,
would be  offered to major U.S.  banks in the London  Interbank  Market at their
request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.

          "LIBOR ADJUSTED  RATE":  with respect to each day during each Interest
Period  pertaining to a LIBOR Loan, a rate per annum  determined for such day in
accordance with the following  formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of
1%):

                                LIBOR
                  1.00 minus LIBOR Reserve Requirements

          "LIBOR BUSINESS DAY": a day which is a Business Day and a day on which
dealings in U.S.  dollar  deposits  may be carried  out in the London  Interbank
Market.

          "LIBOR LOANS":  Revolving Credit Loans the rate of interest applicable
to which is based upon LIBOR.

         "LIBOR RESERVE  REQUIREMENTS":  for any day as applied to a LIBOR Loan,
the aggregate  (without  duplication)  of maximum rates  (expressed as a decimal
fraction)  of reserve  requirements  in effect on such day  (including,  without
limitation,  basic,  supplemental,  marginal and emergency  reserves  and/or any
regulations  of the Board of  Governors of the Federal  Reserve  System or other
governmental  authority having  jurisdiction  with respect thereto) dealing with
reserve requirements  prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to
as  "Eurocurrency  Liabilities"  in Regulation D of such Board)  maintained by a
member bank of such Federal Reserve System.  As of the Effective Date, there are
no such reserve requirements.

          "LOAN  ACCOUNT":  shall have the meaning  set forth in Section  2.1(d)
hereof.

         "MATERIAL  ADVERSE  EFFECT":  a  material  adverse  effect  on (a)  the
business,  operations,  property or conditions,  (financial or otherwise) of the
Borrower and its  Subsidiaries on a consolidated  basis,  (b) the ability of the
Borrower  or any of its  Subsidiaries  to  perform  its  respective  obligations
hereunder or (c) the validity or  enforceability of this Agreement or the rights
or remedies of the Bank hereunder.

         "MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY":  shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower which
represents  at any  time  (a) 10% of Net  Income  for the  fiscal  quarter  most
recently ended and the immediately preceding three (3) fiscal quarters,  (b) 10%
of the  value of the  assets  as of the end of the most  recently  ended  fiscal
quarter of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated  basis or (c) 10%
of  the  total  product  sales  of  the  Borrower  and  its  Subsidiaries  on  a
consolidated   basis  for  the  fiscal  quarter  most  recently  ended  and  the
immediately preceding three (3) fiscal quarters.

          "MATURITY DATE": in respect of any amount outstanding hereunder, March
31,  1999,  unless all such amounts  shall have earlier  become due and payable,
whether by acceleration or otherwise.

          "NET INCOME":  net income as determined in accordance  with  generally
accepted accounting  principles and in a manner consistent with the calculations
of net income as set forth in financial  statements  previously delivered by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to the Bank.

          "NET WORTH": shall mean, as of the calculation date, all assets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis less all Total Liabilities
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

          "OBLIGATIONS":  shall mean all  amounts  owing by the  Borrower to the
Bank pursuant to this Agreement.

          "OPERATING  LOSS":  a loss from  operations  before  other  income and
expenses, interest income and expense, income taxes, translation adjustments and
extraordinary  items as set forth on the  Borrower's  consolidated  statement of
income.

          "PERMITTED  LIENS":  shall  mean  (a)  liens  and  security  interests
securing  indebtedness  owed by the  Borrower to the Bank;  (b) liens for taxes,
assessments or similar  charges either not more than sixty (60) days past due or
being   contested  in  good  faith;   (c)  liens  of   materialmen,   mechanics,
warehousemen,  or carriers or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of
business and securing  obligations  which are not more than sixty (60) days past
due or being contested in good faith; (d) purchase money liens or purchase money
security  interests upon or in any property acquired or held by the Borrower and
its  Subsidiaries  in the  ordinary  course of business  to secure  Indebtedness
outstanding  on the date hereof or  permitted to be incurred  under  Section 5.9
hereof and any renewals and  modifications  thereof not increasing the amount of
the obligations  thereunder;  (e) liens and security  interests which, as of the
date hereof,  have been  disclosed in filings with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission  or which have been  approved by the Bank in writing and any renewals
and  modifications   thereof  not  increasing  the  amount  of  the  obligations
thereunder;  (f) liens in connection  with workers'  compensation,  unemployment
insurance,  social security  obligations and such other types of insurance;  (g)
liens to secure  performance  bonds,  bid bonds,  contracts,  leases,  public or
statutory  obligations,  surety bonds and other similar  obligations;  (h) liens
resulting   from  zoning   restrictions,   easements   and  such  other  similar
restrictions  on the use of real property;  and (i) liens arising from judgments
and  attachments  that would not constitute an Event of Default  hereunder;  (j)
liens  securing   intercompany   indebtedness  (k)  security   interest  filings
evidencing  operating leases;  (l) liens on the property or assets of any entity
at the time such  entity  becomes a  Subsidiary  after the date  hereof  and any
renewals and  modifications  thereof not increasing the amount of the obligation
thereunder;  and (m) liens not  otherwise  covered  under this  definition in an
aggregate amount not exceeding at any time $15,000,000.

          "REFERENCE  RATE":  the rate of interest per annum publicly  announced
from time to time by the Bank as its  reference  rate in effect at its principal
office in Los Angeles.

          "REGULATION D":  Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve  System as the same is from  time to time in  effect,  and all  official
rulings and interpretations  thereunder or thereof and any successor  regulation
thereto.

          "REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS":  shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.1 hereof.

          "SUBORDINATED  DEBT":  shall mean such liabilities of the Borrower and
its  Subsidiaries  which have been  subordinated  to those owed to the Bank in a
manner acceptable to the Bank.

          "SUBSIDIARY":  as to any person or entity at any time as determined, a
corporation,  partnership  or other  entity  of which  shares  of stock or other
ownership  interest having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other
ownership  interest  having  such  power  only by reason of the  happening  of a
contingency)  to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or other managers of
such  corporation,  partnership  or other  entity are at the time owned,  or the
management of which is otherwise controlled,  directly or indirectly through one
or more  intermediaries  or  subsidiaries,  or both,  by such  person or entity.
Unless   otherwise   qualified,   all  references  to  a   "subsidiary"   or  to
"subsidiaries"  in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of
the Borrower.

          "TANGIBLE NET WORTH":  shall mean Net Worth less all intangible assets
of the Borrower  and its  Subsidiaries  (i.e.,  goodwill,  trademarks,  patents,
copyrights, organization expense, and similar intangible items).

         "TAXES":  shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.4 hereof.

         "TOTAL  DEBT  SERVICE":  for the  Borrower  and its  Subsidiaries  on a
consolidated  basis,  as of any date, for the fiscal quarter most recently ended
and the  immediately  preceding  three (3) fiscal  quarters,  the sum of (a) all
Interest  Expense  and  (b)  regularly   scheduled  principal  payments  due  on
Indebtedness (which result in permanent reductions in availability).

         "TOTAL  LIABILITIES":  for  the  Borrower  and  its  Subsidiaries  on a
consolidated basis, as of any date, the aggregate amount of all items that would
be set  forth  as  liabilities  on a  balance  sheet  of the  Borrower  and  its
Subsidiaries  on such date in  accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting
principles (but not redeemable equity or minority interests).

          1.2 ACCOUNTING TERMS: All references to financial statements,  assets,
liabilities,  and similar accounting items not specifically defined herein shall
mean  such  financial  statements  or  such  items  prepared  or  determined  in
accordance with generally accepted accounting  principles  consistently  applied
and, except where otherwise specified,  all financial data submitted pursuant to
this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with such principles.  Any change
in generally  accepted  accounting  principles  which changes the calculation of
covenants  hereunder shall result in the Borrower and the Bank  negotiating,  in
good faith,  to  recalculate  such  covenants on the basis of the new  generally
accepted accounting principles.

          1.3 OTHER  TERMS:  Other terms not  otherwise  defined  shall have the
meanings attributed to such terms in the California Uniform Commercial Code.

                                    SECTION 2
                                     CREDIT

          2.1  REVOLVING  CREDIT  LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT (a) Subject to the
terms and  conditions of this  Agreement,  the Bank agrees to (i) make revolving
credit  loans  ("Revolving  Credit  Loans") to the Borrower at any time and from
time to time on and after the  Effective  Date and until the  Maturity  Date and
(ii) issue  letters  of credit  ("Letters  of  Credit")  for the  account of the
Borrower  pursuant  to  Section  2.2 from  time to time from and  including  the
Effective Date until the Maturity Date; provided, however, that at no time shall
the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by
the Bank, together with the aggregate Letter of Credit Amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit exceed the Commitment. Within the Commitment, the Borrower may
borrow,  have  Letters  of Credit  issued  for the  Borrower's  account,  prepay
Revolving  Credit Loans,  reborrow  Revolving  Credit Loans and have  additional
Letters of Credit  issued  for the  Borrower's  account.  The  Commitment  shall
automatically and permanently terminate on the Maturity Date. The minimum amount
of each Revolving Credit Loan shall be $500,000 or an integral multiple thereof.

                  (b) The Borrower  shall give to the Bank  irrevocable  written
notice  (which  notice must be  received  by the Bank prior to 10:00  a.m.,  Los
Angeles time, one (1) Business Day prior to each proposed  borrowing date or, if
all or any part of the Revolving  Credit Loans are requested to be made as LIBOR
Loans, three (3) Eurodollar Business Days prior to each proposed borrowing date)
requesting  that  the Bank  make  the  Revolving  Credit  Loans on the  proposed
borrowing date and specifying (i) the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Loans
requested to be made,  (ii)  subject to Section  2.1(e),  whether the  Revolving
Credit Loans are to be LIBOR Loans,  Alternate  Base Rate Loans or a combination
thereof  and (iii) if the  Revolving  Credit  Loans are to be entirely or partly
LIBOR Loans,  the respective  amounts of each type of Revolving  Credit Loan and
the respective lengths of the Interest Periods therefor.

                  (c) Proceeds from the Revolving Credit Loans shall be used for
general  operating  requirements  of the Borrower  including  financing of fixed
assets  acquired in the  ordinary  course of business,  refinancing  of existing
indebtedness and making acquisitions.

                  (d) The Bank shall  maintain  on its books a record of account
in which the Bank shall make entries  setting forth all  Revolving  Credit Loans
made, all Letters of Credit issued,  all payments made, the  application of such
payments to interest and principal, accrued and unpaid interest (if any) and the
outstanding  principal  balance  under the  Revolving  Credit  Loans  (the "Loan
Account").  The Bank shall provide the Borrower with a monthly  statement of the
Loan Account, which statement shall be considered to be correct and conclusively
binding on the Borrower, absent manifest error.

                  (e)      Subject to Sections 8.1
 and 8.2, the  Revolving  Credit Loans may from time to time be (i) LIBOR Loans,
(ii) Alternate Base Rate Loans or (iii) a combination  thereof, as determined by
the  Borrower  and notified to the Bank in  accordance  with the either  Section
2.1(b) or 2.1(f).  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the initial Revolving Credit
Loans made on or after the Effective  Date shall be made as Alternate  Base Rate
Loans and shall be subject to  conversion  to LIBOR  Loans  pursuant  to Section
2.1(f).

                  Interest on LIBOR Loans shall bear  interest at the rate equal
to the LIBOR  Adjusted  Rate plus a margin of 1.00% per annum and the  Alternate
Base Rate Loans shall bear interest at the applicable Alternate Base Rate.

                  Interest on all  Revolving  Credit Loans shall be paid on each
applicable Interest Payment Date.

                  Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365/366
days (as  applicable)  for actual days that  elapsed,  in the case of  Revolving
Credit  Loan  bearing  interest  at the  Reference  Rate.  Interest on all other
Revolving  Credit Loans shall be  calculated  on the basis of a year of 360 days
for actual days elapsed.

                  (f) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert  LIBOR
Loans to Alternate Base Rate Loans, by the Borrower giving the Bank at least two
(2) Business Days' prior irrevocable  written notice of such election,  provided
that any such  conversion  of LIBOR Loans may only be made on the last day of an
Interest Period with respect  thereto.  The Borrower may elect from time to time
to convert  Alternate Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans by the Borrower  giving the
Bank at least three LIBOR  Business  Days' prior  irrevocable  written notice of
such  election.  Any such notice of  conversion to LIBOR Loans shall specify the
length of the initial Interest Period or Interest Periods  therefor.  All or any
part of  outstanding  LIBOR Loans and Alternate Base Rate Loans may be converted
as provided  herein,  provided that (i) any such conversion may only be made if,
after giving effect  thereto,  each such LIBOR Loan or Alternate  Base Rate Loan
shall be equal to at least  $500,000 or an integral  multiple  thereof,  (ii) no
Revolving  Credit Loan may be converted into a LIBOR Loan after the date that is
one (1) month prior to the Maturity  Date and (iii) the Borrower  shall not have
the right to elect or to continue at the end of the applicable  Interest Period,
or to  convert  to,  a LIBOR  Loan  if a  Default  shall  have  occurred  and be
continuing.

          Any LIBOR Loan may be  continued  as such upon the  expiration  of the
then current  Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving notice
to the  Bank in  accordance  with  Section  2.1(b),  of the  length  of the next
Interest Period to be applicable to such LIBOR Loan, provided that no LIBOR Loan
may be continued as such (i) if, after giving  effect  thereto,  each such LIBOR
Loan would be less than $500,000 or an integral multiple thereof, (ii) after the
date  that is one (1)  month  prior to the  Maturity  Date or (iii) if a Default
shall  have  occurred  and be  continuing  and  provided,  further,  that if the
Borrower  shall  fail to give any  required  notice as  described  above in this
Section or if such  continuation  is not  permitted  pursuant  to the  preceding
proviso, such LIBOR Loan shall be automatically converted to Alternate Base Rate
Loans on the last day of such then-expiring Interest Period.

                  (g) The Borrower  may on the last day of any  Interest  Period
with respect  thereto,  in the case of LIBOR Loans, or at any time and from time
to time, in the case of Alternate Base Rate Loans, prepay such amounts, in whole
or in part,  without premium or penalty,  upon at least three (3) Business Days'
irrevocable  written notice,  in the case of both LIBOR Loans and Alternate Base
Rate Loans,  from the  Borrower to the Bank,  specifying  the date and amount of
prepayment  and whether the  prepayment is of LIBOR Loans or Alternate Base Rate
Loans or a combination  thereof,  and, if of a combination  thereof,  the amount
allocable to each.  If any such notice is given,  the amounts  specified in such
notice shall be due and payable by the Borrower on the date  specified  therein,
together with accrued  interest to such date on the amount prepaid and any other
amounts payable hereunder.  Partial  prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans shall
be in an aggregate  principal amount at least equal to $1,000,000 or an integral
multiple thereof or the amount of Revolving Credit Loans  outstanding,  if less.
If LIBOR Loans are prepaid by reason of  acceleration or otherwise on other than
the last day of an Interest Period,  the Borrower shall upon the Bank's request,
promptly pay to and indemnify  the Bank for all costs and any losses  (including
interest) actually incurred by the Bank and any losses (including loss of profit
resulting  from  the  re-employment  of  funds)  sustained  by  the  Bank  as  a
consequence of such  prepayment.  Any  prepayment  shall first be applied to pay
accrued  interest,  then be applied to pay the  principal  of  Revolving  Credit
Loans.

                  (h)  The  Borrower  hereby  promises  and  agrees  to pay  the
outstanding principal of all Revolving Credit Loans on the Maturity Date.

                  Each  payment  received  by the Bank  shall be  applied to pay
interest then due and unpaid and the remainder thereof (if any) shall be applied
to pay principal.

                  (i) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Bank a commitment fee of
 .25% per annum on the  unutilized  portion of the Commitment for the period from
the Effective Date to but excluding the Maturity Date (and, for purposes of this
calculation,  issued Letters of Credit shall be deemed usage of the Commitment),
payable  quarterly in arrears and computed on a year of 360 days for actual days
elapsed.

                  (j)  The  Borrower  agrees  to  pay to the  Bank  an  up-front
facility fee on the Effective Date equal to 1/4 of 1% of the Commitment.

                  (k) At the  Borrower's  option  and  upon at  least  five  (5)
Business Days' prior irrevocable notice to the Bank, with such notice specifying
the amount and the date of such reduction,  the Borrower may permanently  reduce
the  Commitment  in whole at any time or in part  from  time to time;  provided,
however,  that each partial reduction of the Commitment shall be in an aggregate
amount  equal to at least  $1,000,000  or an  integral  multiple  thereof or the
amount of the Commitment,  if less.  Upon each reduction of the Commitment,  the
Borrower shall (i) pay the commitment fee,  payable  pursuant to Section 2.1(i),
accrued on the amount of the  Commitment  so  reduced  through  the date of such
reduction, (ii) prepay the amount, if any, by which the sum of (A) the aggregate
unpaid  principal  amount of the  Revolving  Credit Loans and (B) the  aggregate
Letter Credit Amount of all Letters of Credit  outstanding  exceed the amount of
the Commitment as so reduced, together with accrued interest on the amount being
prepaid to the date of such prepayment (or, with respect to outstanding  Letters
of Credit,  make a cash collateral  deposit in an amount equal to such excess to
the extent such excess is not corrected by the foregoing  prepayment)  and (iii)
compensate  the Bank for its funding costs,  if any, in accordance  with Section
8.5.

 .        2.2    ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT

                  (a) The Borrower  shall be entitled to request the issuance of
Letters of Credit from time to time from and including the Effective Date to but
excluding the date which is thirty (30) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date
by giving the Bank a Letter of Credit  request at least three (3) Business  Days
before the requested date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (which shall be a
Business  Day).  Any Letter of Credit  Request  received  by the Bank later than
10:00 a.m., Los Angeles time,  shall be deemed to have been received on the next
Business Day. Such Letter of Credit  request shall be made in writing,  shall be
signed by an authorized officer of the Borrower,  shall be irrevocable and shall
be effective  upon receipt by the Bank.  Provided  that a valid Letter of Credit
request  has  been  received  by the  Bank and  upon  fulfillment  of the  other
applicable  conditions set forth in Section 3, the Bank will issue the requested
Letter of Credit from its office  specified  in Section 9.4. No Letter of Credit
shall have an  expiration  date later than three (3) Business  Days prior to the
Maturity Date.

                  (b) The  payment by the Bank of a draft drawn under any Letter
of Credit shall first be made from any cash collateral  deposit held by the Bank
with respect to such Letter of Credit.  After any such cash  collateral  deposit
have been  applied,  prepayment by the Bank of a draft drawn under any Letter of
Credit shall  constitute  for all purposes of this  Agreement  the making by the
Bank of an  Alternate  Base Rate Loan in the amount of such payment (but without
any  requirement  of compliance  with the  conditions set forth in Section 3 and
without regard to any minimum borrowing amount).

                  (c) The obligations of the Borrower with respect to any Letter
of Credit,  any Letter of Credit  request and any other  agreement or instrument
relating  to any  Letter of Credit and any  Alternate  Base Rate Loan made under
Section 2.2(b) shall be absolute,  unconditional  and  irrevocable  and shall be
paid  strictly  in  accordance  with  the  aforementioned  documents  under  all
circumstances, including the following:

               (i) any lack of  validity  or  enforceability  of any  Letter  of
          Credit, this Agreement or any other related documents;

               (ii) the existence of any claim,  setoff,  defense or other right
          that the  Borrower  may have at any time  against any  beneficiary  or
          transferee  of any  Letter of Credit  (or any person for whom any such
          beneficiary  or  transferee  may be  acting),  the Bank or any person,
          whether  in  connection  with this  Agreement,  and any other  related
          documents,  the  transactions  contemplated  hereby or  thereby or any
          unrelated transaction;

               (iii) any statement or other document  presented under any Letter
          of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in
          any respect,  or any  statement  therein being untrue or inaccurate in
          any respect whatsoever;

               (iv)  payment  by the Bank  under any  Letter  of Credit  against
          presentation of the draft or certificate  that does not  substantially
          comply on its face with the terms of such Letter of Credit;

               (v) any exchange,  release or non-perfection of any collateral or
          any of the lease,  amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from
          any guarantee for any of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of
          the Letters of Credit; and

               (vi) any other circumstance or happening  whatsoever,  whether or
          not similar to any of the foregoing.

                  (d) The  Borrower  shall pay to the Bank with  respect to each
Letter of Credit  issued  hereunder,  for the period from and  including the day
such Letter of Credit is issued to but  excluding  the day such Letter of Credit
expires or is cancelled,  a letter of credit fee equal to 1.00% per annum of the
Letter of Credit Amount of such Letter of Credit from time to time,  such letter
of credit fee to be payable  quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March,
June,  September and December and on the expiration date or cancellation date of
such Letter of Credit.

                  (e) The  Borrower  shall pay to the Bank with  respect to each
Letter of Credit  issued  hereunder,  for the period from and  including the day
such Letter of Credit is issued to but  excluding  the day such Letter of Credit
expires,  such  additional  fees and charges  (including  cable  charges) as are
generally  associated  with  letters of credit,  in  accordance  with the Bank's
standard internal charge guidelines and the related Letter of Credit request.

                  (f) The Borrower assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of
any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit with respect to its use of
such  Letter of Credit.  Neither the Bank nor any of its  officers or  directors
shall be liable or responsible for (i) the use that may be made of any Letter of
Credit or any acts or omissions of any  beneficiary  or transferee in connection
therewith; (ii) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any
endorsement  thereof,  even if such  documents  should prove to be in any or all
respects invalid, insufficient,  fraudulent or forged; (iii) payment by the Bank
against  presentation  of  documents  that do not  comply  with the terms of any
Letter of Credit,  including  failure of any  documents to bear any reference or
adequate  reference  to any  Letter of  Credit;  or (iv) any other  circumstance
whatsoever in making or failing to make payment  under any Letter of Credit.  In
furtherance  and not in  limitation  of the  foregoing,  the Bank may accept any
document  that appears on its face to be in order,  without  responsibility  for
further investigation,  regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.
Notwithstanding  anything  herein to the  contrary,  the  Borrower  shall not be
responsible for any acts of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Bank.

                                    SECTION 3

                              CONDITIONS OF LENDING

          3.1  CONDITIONS  PRECEDENT  TO THE  INITIAL  REVOLVING  CREDIT LOAN OR
LETTER OF CREDIT:  The  obligation  of the Bank to make the first  extension  of
credit  (either  by a  Revolving  Credit  Loan or a Letter of  Credit)  to or on
account of the Borrower  hereunder is subject to the  conditions  precedent that
the Bank shall have received  before the date of such first  extension of credit
all of the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Bank:

                  (a) Evidence that the execution,  delivery and  performance by
the  Borrower  of this  Agreement  and any  document,  instrument  or  agreement
required hereunder have been duly authorized.

                  (b) The up-front facility fee referred to in Section 2.1(j).

                  (c) An  incumbency  certificate  of  the  Borrower  dated  the
Effective  Date executed by one of its  authorized  officers or its Secretary or
Assistant Secretary.

                  (d) A copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Borrower dated as of the Effective Date authorizing (i) the execution,  delivery
and performance of this Agreement and related documents to which the Borrower is
or will become a party and (ii) the borrowings  contemplated  hereunder, in each
case certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, which certificate states
that the resolutions thereby certified have not been amended,  modified, revoked
or rescinded and are in full force and effect.

                  (e) Copies of the Certificate of  Incorporation  and Bylaws of
the Borrower,  certified as of the Effective Date as complete and correct copies
thereof by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower.

                  (f) Payment of all fees, costs and expenses accrued and unpaid
and otherwise due and payable on or before the Effective Date by the Borrower in
connection with Section 9.3 of this Agreement.

                  (g) The  executed  legal  opinion  of David C.  Watt,  general
counsel to the  Borrower,  in form and  substance  reasonably  acceptable to the
Bank.

                  (h) A certificate,  dated a recent date, of the Secretaries of
the States of Delaware  and  California  and each other  jurisdiction  where the
Borrower is required to be  qualified to do business  under such  jurisdiction's
law,  certifying  as to the  existence  and good standing of, and the payment of
taxes by, the  Borrower in each such state and listing all charter  documents of
the Borrower on file with such officials.

                  (i) such other evidence as the Bank may reasonably  request to
establish  the  consummation  of  the  transaction  contemplated  hereunder  and
compliance with the conditions of this Agreement.

          3.2 CONDITIONS  PRECEDENT TO EACH  REVOLVING  CREDIT LOAN OR LETTER OF
CREDIT  : The  obligation  of the  Bank  to  make  each  Revolving  Credit  Loan
(including the initial  Revolving Credit Loan) or to issue each Letter of Credit
(including  the  initial  Letter of Credit)  to or on  account  of the  Borrower
hereunder  is subject to the  following  conditions  precedent,  which  shall be
deemed  certified by the Borrower to the Bank with each  delivery of a borrowing
notice or Letter of Credit request:

                  (a) The  following are true as of each  borrowing  date and on
each date on which a Letter of Credit is issued:

                           (i) The representations  and warranties  contained in
         this  Agreement and in each of the related  documents and  certificates
         delivered to the Bank prior to, on or after the Effective Date pursuant
         hereto and on or prior to the date for such  Revolving  Credit  Loan or
         the  issuance  of such  Letter of Credit are  correct on and as of such
         date in all  material  respects  as though made on and as of such date,
         except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly
         relate to an earlier date;

                      (ii) No Default has  occurred and is  continuing  or would
         result from the making of the Revolving  Credit Loan to be made on such
         date or the issuance of such Letter of Credit as of such date; and

                     (iii)  The  making  of such  Revolving  Credit  Loan or the
         issuance of such Letter of Credit, as applicable,  shall not contravene
         any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Borrower.

                  (b) The Bank shall have received a borrowing  notice or Letter
of Credit request,  as applicable,  pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement
from the Borrower.

                                    SECTION 4

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         The Borrower hereby makes the following  representations and warranties
to the Bank, which representations and warranties are true and correct:

          4.1 STATUS:  The Borrower is a corporation  duly organized and validly
existing  under the laws of the State of Delaware and it and each  Subsidiary is
properly  licensed and is qualified to do business and in good standing in, and,
where  necessary to maintain the  Borrower's  and such  Subsidiary's  rights and
privileges,  has  complied in all material  respects  with the  fictitious  name
statute of every  jurisdiction in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary is doing
business,  except where the failure to do so would result or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          4.2 AUTHORITY: The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower
of this Agreement and any instrument,  document or agreement  required hereunder
have been duly  authorized  and do not:  (a) violate any  provision  of any law,
rule, regulation,  order, writ, judgment,  injunction,  decree, determination or
award presently in effect having  application to the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
(b) result in a breach of or constitute a default  under any material  indenture
or loan or credit agreement or other material agreement,  lease or instrument to
which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it or its properties
may be  bound or  affected;  or (c)  require  any  consent  or  approval  of its
stockholders  or violate any provision of its  certificate of  incorporation  or
by-laws.

          4.3 LEGAL EFFECT:  This  Agreement  constitutes,  and any  instrument,
document  or  agreement  required   hereunder  when  delivered   hereunder  will
constitute,  legal,  valid and binding  obligations of the Borrower  enforceable
against the Borrower in  accordance  with their  respective  terms except as the
same may be limited by  applicable  bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization  or
similar laws relating to or limiting  creditors' rights generally and subject to
the availability of equitable remedies.

          4.4 FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS:  The audited  consolidated balance sheet of
the  Borrower  and its  Subsidiaries  as at  December  31,  1995 and the related
audited consolidated  statements of operations,  changes in stockholders' equity
and  statements of cash flows for the fiscal year ended on such date,  copies of
which  have  heretofore   been  furnished  to  the  Bank,   present  fairly  the
consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such
date in all material respects, and the consolidated results of their operations,
consolidated  changes in stockholders'  equity and their consolidated cash flows
for  the  fiscal  year  then  ended  in all  material  respects.  The  unaudited
consolidated  balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at September
30, 1996 and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operation and cash
flows  for the  nine-month  period  ended  on such  date,  a copy of  which  has
heretofore been furnished to the Bank, present fairly the consolidated financial
condition  of such  entities at such date in all material  respects  (subject to
normal  year-end  audit  adjustments),  and the  consolidated  results  of their
operations  and their  respective  consolidated  cash  flows for the  nine-month
period  then  ended.  All  such  financial  statements,  including  the  related
schedules and notes  thereto,  have been prepared in accordance  with  generally
accepted  accounting  principles  applied  consistently  throughout  the periods
involved. Since the most recent submission of such financial information or data
to the Bank,  the  Borrower  represents  and warrants  that no material  adverse
change  in the  financial  condition  or  operations  of the  Borrower  and  its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole has occurred which has not been fully disclosed to
the Bank in writing.

          4.5 LITIGATION: Except as have been disclosed to the Bank or disclosed
in reports  filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  there are no
actions,  suits or  proceedings  pending or, to the  knowledge of the  Borrower,
threatened  against or affecting the Borrower or the Borrower's  Subsidiaries or
properties before any court or  administrative  agency which could reasonably be
expected,  if determined adversely to the Borrower or any Subsidiary,  to have a
material adverse effect on the Borrower's  consolidated  financial  condition or
operations.

          4.6 TITLE TO ASSETS:  The  Borrower and each  Subsidiary  has good and
marketable  title to all of its assets,  except for assets  which are leased and
except  whether  the  failure  to have  such  title  would  not  result or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material  Adverse Effect.  Such assets are
not subject to any security  interest,  encumbrance,  lien or claim of any third
person except for Permitted Liens.

          4.7 ERISA:  If the Borrower or any  Subsidiary  has a pension,  profit
sharing  or  retirement  plan  subject  to ERISA,  such plan has been  funded in
accordance with its terms and otherwise  complies in all material  respects with
the  requirements of ERISA,  except as disclosed in writing to the Bank prior to
the date of this Agreement.

          4.8 TAXES:  The Borrower and each Subsidiary has filed all tax returns
required  to be filed  and paid all taxes  shown  thereon  to be due,  including
interest  and  penalties,  other than such  taxes  which are  currently  payable
without  penalty or  interest or those  which are being duly  contested  in good
faith.

          4.9 REGULATION U: The proceeds of the Revolving  Credit Loans will not
be used to purchase or carry margin stock.

          4.10:  ENVIRONMENTAL  COMPLIANCE: The Borrower and each Subsidiary has
implemented and complied in all material  respects with all applicable  federal,
state and local laws,  ordinances,  statutes  and  regulations  with  respect to
hazardous or toxic wastes,  substances or related materials,  industrial hygiene
or  environmental  conditions,  except  where the failure to so comply would not
result or could  reasonably be expected to result in a Material  Adverse Effect.
Except as  previously  disclosed to the Bank or in filings of the Borrower  with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, there are no suits, proceedings,  claims
or disputes  pending or, to the  knowledge  of the  Borrower or any  Subsidiary,
threatened  against or affecting the Borrower or any  Subsidiary or its property
claiming violations of any federal,  state or local law,  ordinance,  statute or
regulation  relating  to  hazardous  or  toxic  wastes,  substances  or  related
materials  which could  reasonably be expected,  if determined  adversely to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

                                    SECTION 5

                                    COVENANTS

         The  Borrower  covenants  and  agrees  that,  during  the  term of this
Agreement,  and so long thereafter as the Borrower is indebted to the Bank under
this  Agreement,  the Borrower will and will cause each Material  Subsidiary to,
unless the Bank shall otherwise consent in writing:

          5.1  PRESERVATION  OF  EXISTENCE;  WITH  APPLICABLE  LAWS:  Subject to
Section 5.12,  maintain and preserve its  existence;  not liquidate or dissolve,
merge or consolidate with or into, any other business  organization  (other than
the Borrower or any  Subsidiary);  and conduct its business  and  operations  in
accordance  in all  material  respects  with  all  applicable  laws,  rules  and
regulations.

          5.2 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE:  Maintain  insurance in such amounts and
covering such risks as is usually and prudently  carried by companies engaged in
similar  businesses and owning  similar  properties in the same general areas in
which the Borrower  and its Material  Subsidiaries  operate;  provided  that the
Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries shall be permitted to self-insure against
product liability risks.

          5.3 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES:  Subject to Section 5.12,  maintain and
preserve all its  properties  in good working  order and condition in accordance
with the general  practice of other  businesses  of similar  character and size,
ordinary wear and tear excepted.

          5.4  PAYMENT OF  OBLIGATIONS  AND TAXES:  Make  timely  payment of all
assessments and taxes and all of its liabilities and obligations unless the same
are  being  contested  in  good  faith  by  appropriate   proceedings  with  the
appropriate court or regulatory  agency,  provided however that the Borrower and
its Material  Subsidiaries may make payment of trade payables in accordance with
its customary business practices.  For purposes hereof, the issuance of a check,
draft or similar  instrument  without  delivery to the intended  payee shall not
constitute payment.

          5.5 INSPECTION  RIGHTS:  At any reasonable time and from time to time,
permit the Bank or any representative  thereof to examine and make copies of the
records  as the Bank may  reasonably  request  and visit the  properties  of the
Borrower and its  Subsidiaries  and discuss the business and  operations  of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries with any designated representative thereof. If the
Borrower and its  Subsidiaries  shall maintain any records  (including,  but not
limited to, computer  generated  records or computer programs for the generation
of such  records) in the  possession  of a third  party,  the  Borrower  and its
Subsidiaries  hereby  agree to notify  such third  party to permit the Bank free
access to such  records at all  reasonable  times and to  provide  the Bank with
copies of any records which it may  reasonably  request.  The costs and expenses
associated with the first such visit and examination in any fiscal year shall be
at the  Borrower's  expense,  the amount of which shall be payable within thirty
(30) days following  demand.  Any subsequent  visits or examinations in the same
fiscal year shall be at the Bank's expense.

          5.6 REPORTING AND CERTIFICATION  REQUIREMENTS:  Deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Bank in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Bank:

                  (a) Not later  than one  hundred  (100)  days after the end of
each of the Borrower's  fiscal years, a copy of the annual audited  consolidated
financial  report  of the  Borrower  and its  Subsidiaries  for such  year,  all
certified  to as having been  prepared in  accordance  with  generally  accepted
accounting principles  consistently applied by Coopers & Lybrand or another firm
of certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to Bank.

                  (b) Not later than  fifty-five (55) days after the end of each
fiscal  quarter,  the  consolidated  balance sheet and income  statement for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, each as of the end of such period.

                  (c) Not later than  fifty-five (55) days after the end of each
fiscal  quarter,  a certificate of the chief  financial  officer of the Borrower
demonstrating  compliance  as of the  end of such  period  with  each  financial
covenant set forth herein, all in form satisfactory to the Bank.

                  (d) Not later than  fifty-five (55) days after the end of each
fiscal quarter,  a certificate of an authorized officer of the Borrower updating
any outstanding  litigation in which the claim or liability exceeds  $10,000,000
against the  Borrower or any of its  Subsidiaries  as of the end of such period,
all in form satisfactory to the Bank.

                  (e) Not  later  than ten (10)  days  after  sending  or filing
thereof,  copies  of all  regular  and  periodic  reports  and all  registration
statements  (including,  but not  limited  to,  Form  10-K  and Form  10-Q)  and
prospectuses,  if any, filed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any
securities  exchange  or with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  or any
governmental or private regulatory authority (other than reports of a routine or
ministerial nature which are not material).

                  (f) Promptly upon the Bank's request,  such other  information
pertaining to the Borrower as the Bank may reasonably request.

          5.7  PAYMENT OF  DIVIDENDS:  Not declare or pay any  dividends  on any
class of stock now or hereafter  outstanding except (a) dividends payable solely
in the Borrower's capital stock, (b) dividends by Subsidiaries and (c) dividends
payable on any class of the Borrower's stock not to exceed,  in any fiscal year,
$40,000,000  in  aggregate  amount  and not to  exceed,  during the term of this
Agreement,  $60,000,000  in aggregate  amount (or such higher amount as the Bank
and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith).

          5.8  REDEMPTION OR REPURCASE OF STOCK:  Not redeem or  repurchase  any
class of the Borrower's stock now or hereafter  outstanding,  except redemptions
or repurchases of any class of the Borrower's stock not to exceed, in any fiscal
year, $40,000,000 in aggregate amount and not to exceed, during the term of this
Agreement,  $60,000,000  in aggregate  amount (or such higher amount as the Bank
and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith).

          5.9 ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS: Not, after the date hereof, create, incur
or assume, directly or indirectly, any additional Indebtedness or any commitment
therefor  other  than  (a)  Indebtedness  owed or to be owed  to the  Bank,  (b)
intercompany Indebtedness,  (c) other Indebtedness outstanding from time to time
in an aggregate amount not to exceed, at any time,  $250,000,000 or (d) renewals
or  refinancing  of  Indebtedness  existing  on the date  hereof but only to the
extent of the principal of the Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof.

          5.10 LOANS:  Not make any loans or  advances  or extend  credit to any
third  person  (other  than  a  Subsidiary),  including,  but  not  limited  to,
directors,  officers,   shareholders  or  employees  of  the  Borrower  and  its
Subsidiaries,  except  for (a) credit  extended  in the  ordinary  course of the
Borrower's or its Subsidiaries'  business as presently  conducted,  (b) loans or
advances  outstanding on the date hereof and (c) loans or advances  currently or
in the future  outstanding not to exceed,  at any time,  $2,000,000 in aggregate
amount.

          5.11 LIENS AND ENCUMRANCES:  Not create, assume or permit to exist any
security interest, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien affecting
any of the Borrower's properties or any properties of its Material Subsidiaries,
or execute or allow to be filed any financing statement or continuation  thereof
affecting any of such  properties,  except for  Permitted  Liens or as otherwise
provided in this Agreement.

          5.12 TRANSFER ASSETS:  Not, after the date hereof,  sell, contract for
sale,  convey,  transfer,  assign,  lease or sublet (a  "Transfer"),  any of its
assets except (a) in the ordinary  course of business as presently  conducted by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,  which ordinary course of business  includes,
but is not limited to,  sale-leasebacks of equipment and, then, only in an arm's
length transaction and (b) during the term of this Agreement, Transfer of assets
not exceeding,  when combined with previous  asset  Transfers,  fifteen  percent
(15%) of the value of total  assets  (calculated  at book value) of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated  basis as of the end of the most recently
completed fiscal quarter.

          5.13 CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS: Not make any material change in the
fundamental nature of its business existing or conducted as of the date hereof.

          5.14  FINANCIUAL  CONDITION:  Maintain  at  the  end  of  each  fiscal
quarter:IAL CONDITION

                  (a) A  minimum  consolidated  Tangible  Net  Worth of at least
$250,000,000,  plus  75%  of the  sum of Net  Income  for  each  fiscal  quarter
beginning on or after the date hereof.

                  (b) A Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 2.0 to 1.0.

                  (c) A  Current  Ratio  of not less  than  2.0 to 1.0.  For the
purposes hereof,  outstanding  amounts under any revolving lines of credit shall
be included in Current Liabilities.

                  (d) A ratio of Total  Liabilities to Tangible Net Worth of not
more than:

                  1.75 to 1.00          for the quarter ending December 31, 1996

                  1.50 to 1.00          for each fiscal quarter in 1997

                  1.25 to 1.00          for each fiscal quarter in 1998

          5.15 NOTICE:  Give the Bank prompt  written  notice of any and all (a)
Defaults; (b) litigation, arbitration or administration proceedings to which the
Borrower is a party and which would be required to be reported to the Securities
and Exchange  Commission and (c) other matters,  other than matters of a general
economic nature (other than those matters relating  primarily to the Borrower or
its  Subsidiaries  or the  industries in which the Borrower or its  Subsidiaries
conducts its respective  businesses) which have resulted in, or could reasonably
be expected to, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          5.16  CONSOLIDATED  OPERATING  LOSS: Not incur for any two consecutive
fiscal quarters an Operating Loss.

          5.17 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE:  SHALL:

                  (a)  Implement  and comply in all material  respects  with all
applicable federal, state and local laws,  ordinances,  statutes and regulations
with respect to  hazardous or toxic  wastes,  substances  or related  materials,
industrial hygiene or to environmental conditions.

                  (b) Own, use, generate,  manufacture,  store,  handle,  treat,
release or dispose  of any  hazardous  or toxic  wastes,  substances  or related
materials,  only if such ownership or use would not result,  or could reasonably
be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (c) Give prompt written notice to the Bank of any discovery of
or suit,  proceeding,  claim,  dispute,  threat,  inquiry  or filing  respecting
hazardous or toxic wastes, substances or related materials.

                  (d) At all times indemnify and hold harmless the Bank from and
against any and all liability  arising out of the Borrower's or any Subsidiary's
use, generation, manufacture, storage, handling, treatment, disposal or presence
of hazardous or toxic wastes, substances or related materials.

          5.18 Subordinated Debt: Not make any prepayment of principal, interest
or any other amount on Subordinated  Debt until the Bank has been repaid in full
all Obligations.

          5.19  Investments:  Not  acquire  for  consideration  any  evidence of
Indebtedness,  stock or other  securities of any person or entity,  except as so
long as no Default then exists or would be caused thereby,  the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries may make investments as follows:

                  (a)      Purchase marketable, direct obligations of the U.S.
maturing within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the date of purchase;

                  (b) Purchase commercial paper issued by corporations,  each of
which conducts a substantial  part of its business in the U.S.,  maturing within
one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the original  issue thereof,  and
rated  "P-1" or  better  by  Moody's  Investors  Service  or "A-1" or  better by
Standard & Poor's Corporation;

                  (c)  Acquisition of a majority of the voting interest of other
companies, divisions of other companies or product lines;

                  (d)      overnight deposits; and

                  (e)      such other investments which shall not, in aggregate
amount, at any time exceed $100,000,000.

                                    SECTION 6

                                EVENTS OF DEFAULT

         Any one or more of the following  described  events shall constitute an
event of default (an "Event of Default") under this Agreement:

          6.1  NON-PAYMENT:  The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal on any
Revolving Credit Loan when due or shall fail to pay any other Obligation  within
five (5) days after the date when due.

          6.2 PERFORMANCE  UNDER THIS AND OTHER  AGREEMENT:  The Borrower or any
Subsidiary  shall fail in any  material  respect to perform or observe any term,
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or in any document, instrument
or agreement evidencing or relating to any Indebtedness in excess of $10,000,000
(whether  such  Indebtedness  is owed to the  Bank or to third  persons  if such
failure would permit such third persons to accelerate the Indebtedness), and any
such failure (exclusive of the payment of money to the Bank under this Agreement
or under any other  instrument,  document  or  agreement,  which  failure  shall
constitute  and be an  immediate  event of  default if not paid when due or when
demanded to be due, but after giving effect to any grace period therefore) shall
continue for more than fifteen (15) days after  written  notice from the Bank to
the Borrower of the existence and character of such event of default.

          6.3  REPRESENTATIONS  AND  WARRANTIES;   FINANCIAL   STATEMENTS:   Any
representation or warranty made by the Borrower under or in connection with this
Agreement or any financial  statement  given by the Borrower shall prove to have
been incorrect in any material respect when made or given or when deemed to have
been made or given.

          6.4 INSOLVENCY:  The Borrower or any Material  Subsidiary  shall:  (a)
become  insolvent  or be  unable  to pay (due to  reasons  other  than  currency
liquidity  problems) its debts as they mature;  (b) make an  assignment  for the
benefit of creditors or to an agent  authorized  to  liquidate  any  substantial
amount of its properties and assets; (c) file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
or  seeking  reorganization  or to  effect  a plan  or  other  arrangement  with
creditors;  (d)  file  an  answer  admitting  the  material  allegations  of  an
involuntary  petition  relating to bankruptcy or  reorganization  or join in any
such petition;  (e) be  adjudicated a bankrupt;  (f) apply for or consent to the
appointment  of, or  consent  that an order be made,  appointing  any  receiver,
custodian or trustee, for itself or any of its properties, assets or businesses;
or (g) any receiver,  custodian or trustee shall have been  appointed for all or
substantial  part of its  properties,  assets  or  businesses  and  shall not be
discharged within sixty (60) days after the date of such appointment.

          6.5  EXECUTION:  Any writ of execution or  attachment  or any judgment
lien which individually  exceeds $5,000,000 or which, in the aggregate,  exceeds
$10,000,000,  shall be  issued  against  any  property  of the  Borrower  or any
Subsidiary and there shall be any period of sixty (60)  consecutive  days during
which a stay of  enforcement  of such  writ or  judgment  by reason of a pending
appeal, or otherwise, shall not be in effect.

          6.6  SUSPENSION:   The  Borrower  or  any  Material  Subsidiary  shall
voluntarily  suspend  the  transaction  of  business  or allow to be  suspended,
terminated,   revoked  or  expired  any  permit,  license  or  approval  of  any
governmental body materially necessary to conduct the Borrower's or any Material
Subsidiary's  business  as  now  conducted  if  such  suspension,   termination,
revocation or expiration  would result or could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.

          6.7  CHANGE  IN  OWNERSHIP:   There  shall  occur  a  sale,  transfer,
disposition or encumbrance  (whether voluntary or involuntary),  or an agreement
shall be entered  into to do so with,  any  Person or group of Persons  (as such
terms are defined pursuant to Federal securities laws) with respect to more than
thirty-five  percent  (35%) of the issued and  outstanding  capital stock of the
Borrower  and,  as a result  thereof,  such  Person or group of Persons  has the
ability to direct or cause the direction of the  management  and policies of the
Borrower.

                                    SECTION 7

                               REMEDIES ON DEFAULT

         Upon  the  occurrence  and  during  the  continuation  of any  Event of
Default,  the Bank may, at its sole and absolute  election,  without  demand and
only upon such notice as may be required by law:

          7.1  ACCELERATION:  Declare any or all of the Borrower's  Indebtedness
owing  to  the  Bank,  whether  under  this  Agreement  or any  other  document,
instrument or agreement,  immediately due and payable,  whether or not otherwise
due and payable.

          7.2  CEASE  EXTENDING  CREDIT:  Cease  extending  credit to or for the
account of the Borrower  under this  Agreement or under any other  agreement now
existing or hereafter entered into between the Borrower and the Bank.

          7.3 TERMINATION:  Terminate this Agreement as to any future obligation
of the Bank without  affecting  the  Borrower's  Obligations  to the Bank or the
Bank's  rights and remedies  under this  Agreement or under any other  document,
instrument or agreement.

          7.4 CASH  COLLATERAL:  To the  extent  any  Letters of Credit are then
outstanding,  demand  that the  Borrower  make a cash  collateral  deposit in an
amount equal to the aggregate Letter of Credit Amount.  Any such cash collateral
shall first be used to reimburse the Bank for drawings under outstanding Letters
of Credit.  Upon expiration and payment of all Letters of Credit,  any remaining
cash collateral shall be applied to repay outstanding Revolving Credit Loans.

          7.5  NON-EXCLUSIVITY  OF REMEDIES:  Exercise one or more of the Bank's
rights set forth herein or seek such other rights or pursue such other  remedies
as may be provided by law, in equity or in any other  agreement  now existing or
hereafter entered into between the Borrower and the Bank, or otherwise.

                                    SECTION 8

                                BANK PROTECTIONS

          8.1 INABILITY TO DETERMINE  INTEREST  RATE: In the event that prior to
the first day of an Interest Period:

                  (a) the Bank shall have determined (which  determination shall
be  conclusive  and binding upon the Borrower  absent  manifest  error) that, by
reason of circumstances  affecting the relevant market,  adequate and reasonable
means do not exist for  ascertaining  the LIBOR  Adjusted Rate for such Interest
Period, or

                  (b) the Bank shall  have  determined  that the LIBOR  Adjusted
Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately
and fairly  reflect the cost to the Bank of making or  maintaining  its affected
Revolving Credit Loans during such Interest Period,

the Bank  shall  give  prompt  telecopy  or  telephonic  notice  thereof  to the
Borrower.  If such notice is given (i) any LIBOR Loans  requested  to be made on
the first day of such  Interest  Period shall accrue  interest at the  Alternate
Base Rate,  (ii) Revolving  Credit Loans that were to have been converted on the
first day of such Interest Period to LIBOR Loans shall be continued as Alternate
Base Rate Loans and (iii) any outstanding LIBOR Loans shall be converted, on the
first day of such Interest Period,  to Revolving Credit Loans accruing  interest
at the Alternate  Base Rate Loans.  Until such notice has been  withdrawn by the
Bank, no further  LIBOR Loans shall be made or continued as such,  nor shall the
Borrower have the right to convert Alternate Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans.

          8.2 ILLEGALITY:  Notwithstanding  any other provision  herein,  if any
change after the date of execution  hereof in any  requirement  of law or in the
interpretation  or  application  thereof  shall make it unlawful for the Bank to
make  or  maintain  LIBOR  Loans  as  contemplated  by this  Agreement,  (a) the
commitment of the Bank  hereunder to make LIBOR Loans,  continue  LIBOR Loans as
such and convert  Alternate  Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans shall  forthwith  be
suspended  during such period of illegality  and (b) the Revolving  Credit Loans
then  outstanding as LIBOR Loans,  if any, shall be converted  automatically  to
Alternate  Base  Rate  Loans on the  respective  last  days of the then  current
Interest  Periods with  respect to such Loans or within such  earlier  period as
required by law. If any such conversion of a LIBOR Loan occurs on a day which is
not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect  thereto,  the
Borrower shall pay to the Bank such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant
to Section 8.5. To the extent that a Lender's LIBOR Loans have been converted to
Alternate Base Rate Loans pursuant to this Section, all payments and prepayments
of principal that otherwise  would be applied to such Lender's LIBOR Loans shall
be applied instead to its Alternate Base Rate Loans.

          8.3 INCREASED  COSTS:  (a) In the event that any change after the date
of  execution  hereof  in any  requirement  of law or in the  interpretation  or
application  thereof or  compliance  by the Bank with any  request or  directive
(whether  or not  having  the force of law but,  if not having the force of law,
generally applicable to and complied with by banks and financial institutions of
the same general type as the Bank in the relevant jurisdiction) from any central
bank or other governmental authority made subsequent to the date hereof:

                  (i) shall  impose,  modify  or hold  applicable  any  reserve,
         special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirements against assets
         held by, letters of credit or guarantees  issued by,  deposits or other
         liabilities  in or  for  the  account  of,  advances,  loans  or  other
         extensions  of credit  by, or any other  acquisition  of funds by,  any
         office of the Bank which is not otherwise included in the determination
         of the LIBOR Adjusted Rate hereunder; or

             (ii) shall impose on the Bank any other condition;

and the result of any of the  foregoing  is to increase  the cost to the Bank of
issuing  or  maintaining  any Letter of Credit or of  making,  converting  into,
continuing  or  maintaining  LIBOR  Loans,  or to reduce any  amount  receivable
hereunder  in  respect  thereof  then,  in any such  case,  the  Borrower  shall
immediately pay to the Bank, upon the demand of the Bank, any additional amounts
necessary  to  compensate  the Bank for such  increased  cost or reduced  amount
receivable.  If the Bank  becomes  entitled  to  claim  any  additional  amounts
pursuant to this Section,  it shall promptly notify the Borrower of the event by
reason of which it has become so entitled.  A certificate  as to any  additional
amounts payable  pursuant to this Section  submitted by the Bank to the Borrower
shall be  conclusive  evidence of the accuracy of the  information  so recorded,
absent  manifest  error.  This covenant  shall survive the  termination  of this
Agreement,  expiration  of the  Letters of Credit  and the  payment of all other
amounts payable hereunder.

                  (b) If, after the date of this Agreement,  the introduction of
or any change in any  applicable  law, rule,  regulation or guideline  regarding
capital adequacy, or any change in the interpretation or administration  thereof
by any governmental  authority charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof,  affects the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by
the Bank or any  corporation  controlling  the Bank,  and the Bank  (taking into
consideration the Bank's or such corporation's  policies with respect to capital
adequacy)  determines that the amount of capital  maintained by the Bank or such
corporation  which is attributable to or based upon the Revolving  Credit Loans,
the Letters of Credit,  the  Commitment or this Agreement must be increased as a
consequence of such introduction or change by an amount deemed by the Bank to be
material,  then, the Bank shall promptly  notify the Borrower  thereof and, upon
demand of the Bank, the Borrower shall  immediately  pay to the Bank  additional
amounts  sufficient to compensate the Bank or such corporation for the increased
costs to the Bank or  corporation  of such  increased  capital.  Any such demand
shall be  accompanied  by a certificate  of the Bank setting forth in reasonable
detail the computation of any such increased costs,  which  certificate shall be
conclusive,  absent manifest  error.  This obligation of the Borrower under this
Section shall survive repayment of the Revolving Credit Loans, expiration of the
Letters of Credit and  payment of all other  amounts  hereunder  in full and the
termination of this Agreement.

          8.4  TAXES:  (a) All  payments  made by the  Borrower  to the  Bank in
respect  of the  Obligations  shall  be made  free and  clear  of,  and  without
deduction  or  withholding  for or on account of, any present or future  income,
stamp or other taxes, levies,  imposts,  duties,  charges,  fees,  deductions or
withholdings,  now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed
by any governmental  authority or any political  subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein, other than Excluded Taxes (all such non-Excluded Taxes being
hereinafter  called "TAXES").  If any Taxes are required to be withheld from any
amounts  payable  to the Bank in  respect  of the  Obligations,  the  amounts so
payable to the Bank shall be increased  to the extent  necessary to yield to the
Bank (after  payment of all Taxes)  interest or any such other  amounts  payable
hereunder at the rates or in the amounts  specified in this Agreement.  The Bank
shall  deliver to the Borrower a  certificate  setting  forth the amount of such
Taxes,  the  calculation  of such Taxes and an  explanation  of the  requirement
therefor,  all in reasonable  detail and such  certificate  shall be conclusive,
absent  manifest  error.  Whenever  any Taxes are  payable by the  Borrower,  as
promptly as possible  thereafter,  the Borrower shall send to the Bank a copy of
an original official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof or
such other  evidence  of payment  reasonably  satisfactory  to the Bank.  If the
Borrower fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate  taxing authority or
fails to remit to the Bank the required  receipts or other required  documentary
evidence,  the Borrower  shall  indemnify  the Bank for any  incremental  taxes,
interest or penalties (and related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that
may become  payable by the Bank as a result of any such failure.  The agreements
in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement,  the expiration
of the Letters of Credit and the payment of all other amounts payable hereunder.

                  (b) The Bank agrees that prior to the date the Borrower  makes
any  payments  under this  Agreement  it will  deliver to the  Borrower two duly
completed copies of (i) United States Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or 4224
or successor  applicable  form, as the case may be, and (ii) an Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8 or W-9 or successor  applicable  form.  The Bank also agrees to
deliver to the  Borrower  two  further  copies of the said Form 1001 or 4224 and
Form W-8 or W-9, or successor applicable forms or other manner or certification,
as the case may be, on or before the date that any such form  expires or becomes
obsolete  or after the  occurrence  of any event  requiring a change in the most
recent form previously  delivered by it to the Borrower,  and such extensions or
renewals  thereof as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower,  unless in any
such  case  an  event  beyond  the  control  of  the  Bank  (including,  without
limitation,  any change in treaty,  law or regulation) has occurred prior to the
date on which any such delivery  would  otherwise be required  which renders all
such forms inapplicable or which would prevent the Bank from duly completing and
delivering  any  such  form  with  respect  to it and the  Bank so  advised  the
Borrower. The Bank shall certify (i) in the case of a Form 1001 or 4224, that it
is  entitled to receive  payments  under this  Agreement  without  deduction  or
withholding  of any United States federal income taxes and (ii) in the case of a
Form  W-8  or  W-9,  that  it is  entitled  to an  exemption  from  U.S.  backup
withholding tax.

                  (c) The  Borrower  shall not be required to pay any amounts to
the Bank in respect of U.S.  withholding  tax  pursuant  to this  Section if the
obligation  to pay such  amounts  would not have arisen but for a failure by the
Bank to comply with the requirements of this Section  (including the accuracy of
the certificates described in Section 8.04(b)).

          8.5 INDEMNITY:  The Borrower  agrees to indemnify the Bank and to hold
the Bank  harmless  from and to pay the Bank within 5 days of the Bank's  demand
the amount of any liability,  loss or expense  arising from the  reemployment of
funds  obtained by it or from fees payable to terminate  the deposits from which
such funds were  obtained  (including  reasonable  fees and expenses of counsel)
which the Bank may  sustain  or incur as a  consequence  of (a)  default  by the
Borrower in payment when due of the principal amount of or interest on any LIBOR
Loan, (b) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of,  conversion  into or
continuation of LIBOR Loans after the Borrower has given a notice requesting the
same in accordance  with the  provisions of this  Agreement,  (c) default by the
Borrower in making any prepayment  after the Borrower has given a notice thereof
in accordance  with the  provisions  of this  Agreement or (d) the making by the
Borrower of a prepayment  or conversion of LIBOR Loans on a day which is not the
last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  The Bank's  certificate as
to such liability,  loss or expense shall be deemed conclusive,  absent manifest
error.  This covenant  shall survive the  termination  of this Agreement and the
payment of all other amounts payable hereunder.

          8.6  MITIGATION  OF COSTS:  If the Bank,  by changing  its  applicable
lending office or taking any other reasonable  action,  can mitigate any adverse
effect on the Borrower under this Section 8, the Bank shall take such action, so
long as making such change or taking such other action is not, in the good faith
judgment of the Bank,  disadvantageous  to it in any  financial,  regulatory  or
other respect.

                                    SECTION 9

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

          9.1 DEFAULT INTEREST RATE: The Borrower shall pay the Bank interest on
any indebtedness or amount payable under this Agreement, from the date that such
indebtedness  or amount became due or was demanded to be due until paid in full,
at a rate  which is 3% in  excess  of the  applicable  interest  rate  otherwise
provided under this Agreement.

          9.2 RELIANCE: Each warranty, representation,  covenant, obligation and
agreement  contained in this Agreement  shall be  conclusively  presumed to have
been relied upon by the Bank regardless of any investigation made or information
possessed  by the Bank and  shall be  cumulative  and in  addition  to any other
warranties, representations,  covenants and agreements which the Borrower now or
hereafter shall give, or cause to be given,  to the Bank in writing,  other than
those implied hereunder.

          9.3 EXPENSES: Reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and attorneys' fees of
the Bank shall be paid by the Borrower in  connection  with the  preparation  of
this Agreement.  In the event of any action in relation to this Agreement or any
document,  instrument  or  agreement  executed  with respect to,  evidencing  or
securing  the  Obligations,  the Borrower  shall,  in addition to all other sums
which it may owe to Bank,  pay all  reasonable  attorneys'  fees incurred by the
Bank.

          9.4 NOTICES: All notices, payments, requests,  information and demands
which either party hereto may desire,  or may be required to give or make to the
other  party  hereto,  shall be given  or made to such  party by hand  delivery,
overnight courier service or through deposit in the United States mail,  postage
prepaid, or by telecopier  addressed as set forth below or to such other address
as may be  specified  from time to time in writing by either  party to the other
and shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

To the Borrower:                            To the Bank:

ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.                   BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS
3300 Hyland Avenue                          Los Angeles Branch
Costa Mesa, CA  92626                       725 So. Figueroa Street,
                                            Suite 2090
                                            Los Angeles, CA 90017

Attn: Operational Controller                Attn:  Tjalling Terpstra
       and Director of Cash                        Vice President
       Management
Telecopier No. (714) 668-3145               Telecopier No. (213) 488-9602

          9.5 WAIVER:  Neither  the failure nor delay by the Bank in  exercising
any right  hereunder or under any document,  instrument  or agreement  mentioned
herein  shall  operate  as a waiver  thereof,  nor shall any  single or  partial
exercise  of any right  hereunder  or under any other  document,  instrument  or
agreement  mentioned  herein preclude other or further  exercise  thereof or the
exercise  of any  other  right;  nor shall  any  waiver of any right or  default
hereunder,  or under any  other  document,  instrument  or  agreement  mentioned
herein, constitute a waiver of any other right or default or constitute a waiver
of any other default of the same or any other term or provision.

          9.6 CONFLICTING PROVISIONS:  To the extent the provisions contained in
this  Agreement are  inconsistent  with those  contained in any other  document,
instrument  or agreement  executed  pursuant  hereto,  the terms and  provisions
contained herein shall control.  Otherwise,  such provisions shall be considered
cumulative.

          9.7 BINDING EFFECT; ASSIGNMEENT:  This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the  benefit  of the  Borrower  and the Bank and  their  respective
successors  and assigns,  except that the  Borrower  shall not have the right to
assign its rights  hereunder or any interest  herein  without the prior  written
consent of the Bank. The Bank may sell, assign or grant participations in all or
any portion of its rights and benefits  hereunder.  The Borrower agrees that, in
connection with any such sale, grant or assignment,  the Bank may deliver to the
prospective  buyer,  participant  or  assignee  financial  statements  and other
relevant  information  relating to the  Borrower  if such third party  agrees in
writing to abide by the confidentiality provisions of Section 9.12 hereof.

          9.8 JURISDICTION:  This Agreement,  and any documents,  instruments or
agreements  mentioned or referred to herein  shall be governed by and  construed
according to the laws of the State of California,  to the  jurisdiction of whose
courts the parties hereby submit.

          9.9 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL:  THE  BORROWER AND THE BANK EACH WAIVE THEIR
RESPECTIVE  RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON
OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR THE
TRANSACTIONS  CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER
LIGATION OF ANY TYPE  BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE  PARTIES  AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR
PARTIES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE. THE
BORROWER AND THE BANK EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE
TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL  WITHOUT A JURY.  WITHOUT  LIMITING  THE  FOREGOING,  THE
PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR  RESPECTIVE  RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED
BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION,  COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING
WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN  DOCUMENTS OR ANY PROVISION  HEREOF OR THEREOF.
THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS,  RENEWALS,  SUPPLEMENTS OR
MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

          9.10  HEADINGS:  The  headings  herein  set forth are  solely  for the
purpose of identification and have no legal significance.

          9.11 ENTIRE AGREEMENT:  This Agreement and all documents,  instruments
and agreements mentioned herein constitute the entire and complete understanding
of the parties  with respect to the  transactions  contemplated  hereunder.  All
previous conversations, memoranda and writings between the parties pertaining to
the transactions  contemplated  hereunder not incorporated or referenced in this
Agreement  or in such  documents,  instruments  and  agreements  are  superseded
hereby.

          9.12  CONFIDENTIALITY:  The Bank  shall  take  normal  and  reasonable
precautions  to  maintain  the  confidentiality  of all  non-public  information
obtained  pursuant to the  provisions  of this  Agreement but may, in any event,
make disclosures (a) reasonably  required by any bona fide transferee,  assignee
or participant in connection with the contemplated transfer or assignment of any
of the  Commitment  or  Revolving  Credit  Loans  or  participations  herein  or
participations  in  Letters of Credit or (b) as  required  or  requested  by any
governmental  agency or representative  thereof or as required pursuant to legal
process or (c) to its attorneys and accountants or (d) as required by law or (e)
in connection with litigation  involving the Bank;  provided that the Bank shall
use its best efforts to notify the Borrower of any requirement or request by any
governmental  agency or  representative  thereof  (other  than such  request  in
connection with an examination of the Bank by such governmental  agency) and any
requirement  pursuant  to legal  process of or  disclosure  of such  information
(other than in connection with litigation between the Borrower and the Bank) and
further  provided  that in the case of clauses (a) and (e), the Banks makes each
person aware of the terms of this  Section 9.12 and such persons  agree to abide
by such terms.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the date first hereinabove written.

BANK:                                       BORROWER:

BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS                   ICN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Los Angeles Branch


By:  /s/ C. BEETLES                         By:  /s/ BARBAROS GUVENC
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Name:  C. Beetles                           Name:   BARBAROS GUVENC
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Title: Sr. V.P. & Manager                   Title:  TREASURER
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By:   /s/ TJALLING TERPSTRA
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Name:  TJALLING TERPSTRA
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Title: VICE PRESIDENT
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