Exhibit 10.3

 

 

 

CANADIAN SECURITY AGREEMENT

By

NORCRAFT CANADA CORPORATION,

as Canadian Guarantor,

and

THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,

as Guarantors

and

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

as Collateral Agent

 

 

Dated as of December 13, 2013

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I   DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION    SECTION 1.1  

Definitions

     2    SECTION 1.2  

Interpretation.

     10    SECTION 1.3  

Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities.

     10    SECTION 1.4  

Perfection Certificate.

     11    ARTICLE II    SECURITY INTEREST IN PERSONAL PROPERTY    SECTION 2.1  

Grant of Security Interest.

     11    SECTION 2.2  

Filings.

     12    SECTION 2.3  

Financing Statements and Other Filings; Maintenance of Perfected Security
Interest.

     13    SECTION 2.4  

Other Actions.

     13    SECTION 2.5  

Joinder of Additional Guarantors.

     14    SECTION 2.6  

Supplements; Further Assurances.

     15    ARTICLE III    PLEDGE OF SECURITIES    SECTION 3.1  

Pledge.

     15    SECTION 3.2  

Delivery of the Pledged Securities

     16    SECTION 3.3  

Stock Powers.

     17    SECTION 3.4  

Representations, Warranties and Covenants

     17    SECTION 3.5  

Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests.

     19    SECTION 3.6  

Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations.

     19    SECTION 3.7  

Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest.

     19    SECTION 3.8  

Defaults, etc.

     21    SECTION 3.9  

Certain Agreements of Pledgors As Issuers and Holders of Equity Interests.

     21    SECTION 3.10  

ULC Shares.

     22    ARTICLE IV    REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS    SECTION
4.1  

Title.

     23    SECTION 4.2  

Validity of Security Interest.

     23    SECTION 4.3  

Defense of Claims; Transferability of General Collateral.

     23    SECTION 4.4  

Other Financing Statements.

     23    SECTION 4.5  

Chief Executive Office; Change of Name; Jurisdiction of Organization.

     24    SECTION 4.6  

Consents, etc.

     24    SECTION 4.7  

General Collateral.

     24   

 

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SECTION 4.8   Insurance.      25    SECTION 4.9  

Investment Property

     25    ARTICLE V   

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY COLLATERAL

  

  

SECTION 5.1  

Grant of Intellectual Property License.

     25    SECTION 5.2  

Protection of Collateral Agent’s Security.

     26    SECTION 5.3  

After-Acquired Property.

     27    SECTION 5.4  

Litigation.

     27    ARTICLE VI    TRANSFERS    SECTION 6.1  

Transfers of Collateral.

     27    ARTICLE VII    REMEDIES    SECTION 7.1  

Remedies.

     28    SECTION 7.2  

Notice of Sale.

     30    SECTION 7.3  

Waiver of Notice and Claims.

     30    SECTION 7.4  

Certain Sales of Pledged Collateral.

     30    SECTION 7.5  

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

     31    SECTION 7.6  

Certain Additional Actions Regarding Intellectual Property.

     31    ARTICLE VIII    APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS    SECTION 8.1  

Application of Proceeds.

     32    ARTICLE IX    MISCELLANEOUS    SECTION 9.1  

Concerning Collateral Agent.

     32    SECTION 9.2  

Collateral Agent May Perform; Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.

     33    SECTION 9.3  

Continuing Security Interest; Assignment.

     34    SECTION 9.4  

Termination; Release.

     34    SECTION 9.5  

Modification in Writing.

     35    SECTION 9.6  

Notices.

     35    SECTION 9.7  

Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction.

     35    SECTION 9.8  

Severability of Provisions.

     35    SECTION 9.9  

Execution in Counterparts.

     35    SECTION 9.10  

Business Days.

     36    SECTION 9.11  

No Claims Against Collateral Agent.

     36    SECTION 9.12  

No Release.

     36    SECTION 9.13  

Obligations Absolute.

     36    SECTION 9.14  

Intercreditor Agreement

     37   

 

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EXHIBIT 1    Form of Joinder Agreement EXHIBIT 2    Form of Copyright Security
Agreement EXHIBIT 3    Form of Patent Security Agreement EXHIBIT 4    Form of
Trademark Security Agreement

 

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CANADIAN SECURITY AGREEMENT

This CANADIAN SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of December 13, 2013 (as amended,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the provisions hereof, this “Agreement”) made by NORCRAFT CANADA
CORPORATION, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (the “Canadian
Guarantor”) and THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO BY EXECUTION OF A
JOINDER AGREEMENT (the “Guarantors”), as pledgors, assignors and debtors (the
Canadian Guarantor and the Guarantors, in such capacities and together with any
successors in such capacities, collectively, the “Pledgors,” and each, a
“Pledgor”), in favor of ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, in its capacity as collateral
agent pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), as
pledgee, assignee and secured party (in such capacities and together with any
successors in such capacities, the “Collateral Agent”).

R E C I T A L S :

A. Norcraft Companies, L.P., as Borrower, the Canadian Guarantor, the other
guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Collateral Agent and the lending
institutions listed therein (the “Lenders”) have, in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, entered into that certain $150,000,000
term loan credit agreement, dated as of November 14, 2013 (as amended, amended
and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Term
Loan Credit Agreement”; which term shall also include and refer to any increase
in the amount of indebtedness under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and any
refinancing or replacement of the Term Loan Credit Agreement (whether under a
bank facility, securities offering or otherwise) or one or more successor or
replacement facilities whether or not with a different group of agents or
lenders (whether under a bank facility, securities offering or otherwise) and
whether or not with different obligors upon the Administrative Agent’s
acknowledgment of the termination of the predecessor Term Loan Credit
Agreement).

B. Each Guarantor that becomes a party hereto from time to time by execution of
a Joinder Agreement is, pursuant to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, required to
unconditionally guarantee the Secured Obligations.

C. The Canadian Guarantor and each Guarantor that becomes a party hereto from
time to time by execution of a Joinder Agreement will receive substantial
benefits from the execution, delivery and performance of the obligations under
the Term Loan Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each is,
therefore, willing to enter into this Agreement.

D. This Agreement is given by each Pledgor in favor of the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined) to secure the
payment and performance of all of the Secured Obligations.

E. It is a condition to (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans
under the Term Loan Credit Agreement and (ii) the performance of the obligations
of the Secured Parties under Hedging Agreements that constitute Secured
Obligations that each Pledgor execute and deliver the applicable Loan Documents,
including this Agreement.

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F. The Intercreditor Agreement governs the relative rights and priorities of the
Secured Parties and the ABL Secured Parties (as defined below) in respect of the
Term Priority Collateral (as defined below) and the ABL Priority Collateral (as
defined below) (and with respect to certain other matters as described therein).
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

A G R E E M E N T :

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Pledgor and the Collateral Agent hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1.1 Definitions

(a) Unless otherwise defined herein or in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, terms
used herein that are defined in the PPSA shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the PPSA; provided that in any event, the following terms shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the PPSA:

“Accounts”; “Chattel Paper”; “Consumer Goods”; “Futures Account”; “Futures
Contract”; “Entitlement Order”; “Financial Asset”; “Futures Intermediary”;
“Document of Title”; “Equipment”; “Financial Asset”; “Goods”; “Intangible”;
“Inventory”; “Investment Property”; “Money”; “Proceeds”; “Securities Account”;
“Securities Intermediary”; “Security”; and “Security Entitlement”.

(b) Terms used but not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Term
Loan Credit Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement. Sections 1.03 and 1.05 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall
apply herein mutatis mutandis.

(c) The following terms shall have the following meanings:

“ABL Agent” shall have the meaning assigned that term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.

“ABL Documents” shall have the meaning assigned that term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.

“ABL Priority Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned that term in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

“ABL Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned that term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.

 

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“Account Debtor” shall mean each person who is obligated on a Receivable or
Supporting Obligation related thereto.

“Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

“Bank” means a person engaged in the business of banking and includes a savings
bank, savings and loan association, credit union, and trust company.

“Canadian Guarantor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Preamble hereof.

“Collateral” shall mean the General Collateral and Pledged Collateral.

“Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble
hereof.

“Collateral Support” shall mean all property (real or personal) assigned,
hypothecated or otherwise securing any Collateral and shall include any security
agreement or other agreement granting a lien or security interest in such real
or personal property.

“Contracts” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all sale,
service, performance, equipment or property lease contracts, agreements and
grants and all other contracts, agreements or grants (in each case, whether
written or oral, or third party or intercompany), between such Pledgor and any
third party, and all assignments, amendments, restatements, supplements,
extensions, renewals, replacements or modifications thereof.

“Control” shall mean (i) in the case of any Security Entitlement, control in the
manner provided under sections 25 and 26 of the STA, and (ii) in the case of any
Futures Contract, control in the manner provided under subsection 1(2) of the
PPSA.

“Control Agreements” shall mean, collectively, any Deposit Account Control
Agreement, any Securities Account Control Agreement and any Futures Account
Control Agreement.

“Copyrights” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all
copyrights (whether statutory or common law, whether established or registered
in Canada, the United States or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or
unpublished) and all copyright registrations and applications made by such
Pledgor, in each case, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired by or
assigned to such Pledgor, together with any and all (i) rights and privileges
arising under applicable law with respect to such Pledgor’s use of such
copyrights, (ii) reissues, renewals, continuations and extensions thereof and
amendments thereto, (iii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments
now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, including damages and
payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (iv) rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world and (v) rights to sue for past,
present or future infringements thereof.

 

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“Copyright Security Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form
of Exhibit 2 hereto.

“Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Recital A
hereof.

“Deposit Account Control Agreement” shall mean an agreement in a form that is
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent with respect to any Deposit
Account.1

“Deposit Accounts” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor,
(i) all demand, time savings, passbook or similar account maintained with a Bank
and all accounts and sub-accounts relating to any of the foregoing accounts and
(ii) all cash, funds, checks, notes and instruments from time to time on deposit
in any of the accounts or sub-accounts described in clause (i) of this
definition.

“Discharge of ABL Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned that term in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

“Distributions” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all
dividends, cash, options, warrants, rights, instruments, distributions, returns
of capital or principal, income, interest, profits and other property, interests
(debt or equity) or proceeds, including as a result of a split, revision,
reclassification or other like change of the Pledged Securities, from time to
time received, receivable or otherwise distributed to such Pledgor in respect of
or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Securities.

“Excluded Deposit Account” means, on any date of determination, (i) any Deposit
Account for which all or substantially all of the funds on deposit are used
solely to fund payroll, registered retirement savings plans and other retirement
plans and employee benefits or health care benefits, (ii) any Deposit Account
that is a zero balance account, (iii) any Deposit Account that is a withholding
and payroll tax, escrow, customs or other fiduciary account and (iv) (A) Deposit
Accounts that have had a collective average daily balance for the preceding
period of one month of no greater than $500,000 in the aggregate for all such
Deposit Accounts excluded under this sub clause (A) and (B) any individual
Deposit Account that has had an average daily balance for the preceding period
of one month of no greater than $50,000.

“Excluded Equity Interests” shall mean

(a) Equity Interests of any Person other than (1) the Borrower or (2) any
material Wholly Owned Subsidiary directly owned by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor;

(b) any Equity Interests of any Person where the cost of obtaining a security
interest in such Equity Interest would be excessive in light of the practical
benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby as reasonably determined by the Borrower
and the Collateral Agent;

 

1  Control of “cash” is not applicable in Canada.

 

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(c) any Equity Interests for which the creation or perfection of pledges of, or
security interests in, would result in material adverse tax consequences to the
Borrower, any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the
Collateral Agent;

(d) (x) Margin Stock and (y) Equity Interests in any Captive Insurance
Subsidiary, non-for-profit Subsidiary or special purpose entity;

(e) any Equity Interest to the extent and for so long as the pledge of such
Equity Interest hereunder is prohibited or restricted by any applicable law,
including any requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority or
third party; and

(f) any Equity Interests to the extent that action would be required under the
law of any non-U.S. or non-Canadian jurisdiction to create or perfect a security
interest in such Equity Interests.

“Excluded Property” shall mean

(a) any right, title or interest of any Pledgor in, to or under (x) any permit
or license issued by a Governmental Authority, (y) any provincial or local
franchises, charters or authorizations to the extent such security interest is
prohibited or restricted thereby (except to the extent such prohibition or
restriction is ineffective under the PPSA or other applicable law) or (z) any
lease, license, contract or agreement, in each case, only to the extent and for
so long as the creation by such Pledgor of a security interest in such permit,
lease, license, franchise, charter, authorization, contract or agreement in
favor of the Collateral Agent would result in a breach of the terms of, or
constitute a default under, the terms of such permit, lease, license, franchise,
charter, authorization contract, or agreement or any Requirement of Law
applicable thereto (after giving effect to any other applicable law or
principles of equity),

(b) any lease, license or agreement or any property subject to a purchase money
security interest or similar arrangement to the extent that a grant of a
security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or
agreement or purchase money or similar arrangement or create a right of
termination in favor of any other party thereto after giving effect to the
applicable anti-assignment provisions of the PPSA or violate any other
applicable law (or would require the approval, consent or authorization of any
Governmental Authority), other than Proceeds thereof and Accounts derived
therefrom, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the PPSA
or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition;

(c) any property or asset to the extent that the grant of a security interest in
such property or asset is prohibited or restricted by any applicable Requirement
of Law or requires a consent of any Governmental Authority or any third party;

(d) any interest in real property other than fee interests and fee interest in
real property if the fair market value of such fee interest is less than (i) for
Real Property owned as of the Closing Date, $1,000,000 and (ii) for Real
Property acquired thereafter, $2,000,000;

(e) any motor vehicles, aircraft or other assets that are subject to
certificates of title;

 

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(f) any assets as to which the Collateral Agent reasonably determines that the
costs of obtaining such a security interest are excessive in relation to the
value of the security to be afforded thereby;

(g) Letter of Credit Rights, except to the extent constituting supporting
obligations for other Collateral as to which perfection of the security interest
in such other Collateral is accomplished solely by the filing of a PPSA
financing statement (it being understood that no actions shall be required to
perfect a security interest in Letter of Credit Rights, other than the filing of
a PPSA financing statement);

(h) any property or assets for which the creation or perfection of pledges of,
or security interests in, would result in material adverse tax consequences to
the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the
Collateral Agent;

(i) any proposed use Trademark application prior to the filing of a “Statement
of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the extent, if
any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a
security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such
proposed use Trademark application under applicable federal law;

(j) assets in circumstances where the cost of obtaining a security interest in
such assets, including, without limitation, the cost of title insurance, surveys
or flood insurance (if necessary) would be excessive in light of the practical
benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby as reasonably determined by the Borrower
and the Collateral Agent;

(k) any Consumer Goods;

(l) the last day of the term of any lease or agreement therefore but upon the
enforcement of the liens and security interests granted by this Agreement, each
Pledgor shall stand possessed of such last day in trust to assign the same to
any person acquiring such term; and

(m) Excluded Equity Interests;

provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not include any Proceeds,
substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Property referred to in clauses
(a) through (m) (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would
specifically constitute Excluded Property referred to in clauses (a) through
(m)).

“Fixtures” shall mean goods that have become so related to particular real
property that an interest in them arises under real property law.

“Futures Account Control Agreement” shall mean a control agreement in a form
that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent establishing the
Collateral Agent’s Control with respect to any Futures Account.

“General Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.1.

 

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“General Intangibles” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor,
all Intangibles of such Pledgor and, in any event, shall include (i) all of such
Pledgor’s rights, title and interest in, to and under all Contracts and
insurance policies (including all rights and remedies relating to monetary
damages, including indemnification rights and remedies, and claims for damages
or other relief pursuant to or in respect of any Contract), (ii) all know-how
and warranties relating to any of the Collateral or the Mortgaged Property,
(iii) any and all other rights, claims, choses-in-action and causes of action of
such Pledgor against any other person and the benefits of any and all collateral
or other security given by any other person in connection therewith, (iv) all
guarantees, endorsements and indemnifications on, or of, any of the Collateral
or any of the Mortgaged Property, (v) all lists, books, records, correspondence,
ledgers, printouts, files (whether in printed form or stored electronically),
tapes and other papers or materials containing information relating to any of
the Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property, including all customer or
tenant lists, identification of suppliers, data, plans, blueprints,
specifications, designs, drawings, appraisals, recorded knowledge, surveys,
studies, engineering reports, test reports, manuals, standards, processing
standards, performance standards, catalogs, research data, computer and
automatic machinery software and programs and the like, field repair data,
accounting information pertaining to such Pledgor’s operations or any of the
Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property and all media in which or on which
any of the information or knowledge or data or records may be recorded or stored
and all computer programs used for the compilation or printout of such
information, knowledge, records or data, (vi) all licenses, consents, permits,
variances, certifications, authorizations and approvals, however characterized,
now or hereafter acquired or held by such Pledgor, including building permits,
certificates of occupancy, environmental certificates, industrial permits or
licenses and certificates of operation and (vii) all rights to reserves,
deferred payments, deposits, refunds, indemnification of claims and claims for
tax or other refunds against any Governmental Authority.

“Goodwill” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, the goodwill
connected with such Pledgor’s business including all goodwill connected with
(i) the use of and symbolized by any Trademark or Intellectual Property License
with respect to any Trademark in which such Pledgor has any interest, (ii) all
know-how, trade secrets, customer and supplier lists, proprietary information,
inventions, methods, procedures, formulae, descriptions, compositions, technical
data, drawings, specifications, name plates, catalogs, confidential information
and the right to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any person, pricing and
cost information, business and marketing plans and proposals, consulting
agreements, engineering contracts and such other assets which relate to such
goodwill and (iii) all product lines of such Pledgor’s business.

“Guarantors” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble
hereof.

“Instruments” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all
Instruments and shall include all promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange or
acceptances.

“Intellectual Property Collateral” shall mean, collectively, the Patents,
Trademarks, Copyrights, Intellectual Property Licenses and Goodwill.

 

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“Intellectual Property Licenses” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each
Pledgor, all license and distribution agreements with, and covenants not to sue,
any other party with respect to any Patent, Trademark or Copyright or any other
patent, trademark or copyright, whether such Pledgor is a licensor or licensee,
distributor or distributee under any such license or distribution agreement,
together with any and all (i) renewals, extensions, supplements and
continuations thereof, (ii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and
payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect
thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements
or violations thereof, (iii) rights to sue for past, present and future
infringements or violations thereof and (iv) other rights to use, exploit or
practice any or all of the Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights or any other
patent, trademark or copyright.

“Joinder Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit 1 hereto.

“Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Recital A hereof.

“Letter-of-Credit Rights” shall mean a right to payment or performance under a
letter of credit, whether or not the beneficiary has demanded or is at the time
entitled to demand payment or performance, but does not include the right of a
beneficiary to demand payment or performance under a letter of credit.

“Material Intellectual Property Collateral” shall mean any Intellectual Property
Collateral that is material to the business, results of operations, prospects or
condition, financial or otherwise of the Pledgors taken as a whole.

“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Term
Loan Credit Agreement.

“Patents” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all patents
issued or assigned to, and all patent applications and registrations made by,
such Pledgor (whether established or registered or recorded in Canada, the
United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof),
together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable law
with respect to such Pledgor’s use of any patents, (ii) inventions and
improvements described and claimed therein, (iii) reissues, divisions,
continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof and
amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments
now or hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto
including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements
thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights
to sue for past, present or future infringements thereof.

“Patent Security Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit 3 hereto.

“Perfection Certificate” shall mean that certain perfection certificate dated as
of the Effective Date, executed and delivered by each Pledgor in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and each other
Perfection Certificate (which shall be in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Collateral Agent) executed and delivered by the

 

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applicable Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of each
Joinder Agreement executed in accordance with Section 2.5 hereof, in each case,
as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the Term Loan Credit Agreement or
upon the request of the Collateral Agent.

“Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1
hereof.

“Pledged Debt” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1.

“Pledged Equity” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1.

“Pledged Securities” shall mean the Pledged Equity and the Pledged Debt.

“Pledgor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.

“PPSA” shall mean the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario), together with
any regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.
References to sections of the PPSA shall be construed to also refer to any
successor sections.

“Receivables” shall mean all (i) Accounts, (ii) Chattel Paper,
(iii) Intangibles, (iv) General Intangibles, (v) Instruments and (vi) to the
extent not otherwise covered above, all other rights to payment, whether or not
earned by performance, for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed,
assigned or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered,
regardless of how classified under the PPSA together with all of Pledgors’
rights, if any, in any goods or other property giving rise to such right to
payment and all Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations related thereto
and all books and records relating thereto.

“Receiver” means a receiver, a manager or a receiver and manager.

“Securities Account Control Agreement” shall mean an agreement in a form that is
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent establishing the Collateral
Agent’s Control with respect to any Security Entitlement.

“Security Interest” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1.

“Specified Events of Default” shall mean an Event of Default under
Section 8.01(a), (b), (g) or (h) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement has occurred
and is continuing.

“STA” shall mean the Securities Transfer Act (Ontario), together with any
regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References
to sections of the STA shall be construed to also refer to any successor
sections.

“Supporting Obligation” shall mean any Letter-of-Credit Right or secondary
obligation that supports the payment or performance of an Account, Chattel
Paper, Document of Title, Intangible, Instrument or Investment Property.

 

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“Term Loan Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Recital A hereof.

“Term Priority Collateral” has the meaning assigned such term in the
Intercreditor Agreement.

“Trademarks” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all
trademarks (including service marks), slogans, logos, certification marks, trade
dress, uniform resource locations (URL’s), domain names, corporate names and
trade names, whether registered or unregistered, owned by or assigned to such
Pledgor and all registrations and applications for the foregoing (whether
statutory or common law and whether established or registered in Canada, the
United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof),
together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable law
with respect to such Pledgor’s use of any trademarks, (ii) reissues,
continuations, extensions and renewals thereof and amendments thereto,
(iii) income, fees, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or
payable thereunder and with respect thereto, including damages, claims and
payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (iv) rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world and (v) rights to sue for past,
present and future infringements thereof.

“Trademark Security Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form
of Exhibit 4 hereto.

“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in
the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the
Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ security interest in any item or
portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall
mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other
jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection
or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.

“ULC” means an issuer that is an unlimited company or unlimited liability
company or any other incorporated entity whose shareholders or members have
liability for obligations of the entity on winding up or in other circumstances.

“ULC Laws” means the Companies Act (Nova Scotia), the Business Corporations Act
(Alberta), the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) and any other
present or future laws governing ULCs.

“ULC Shares” means those Pledged Securities consisting of shares in the capital
stock of any ULC.

SECTION 1.2 Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in the Term
Loan Credit Agreement (including Section 1.03 thereof) shall be applicable to
this Agreement.

SECTION 1.3 Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities. Each party hereto acknowledges
and agrees that it was represented by counsel in connection with the execution
and delivery hereof, that it and its counsel reviewed and participated in the
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negotiation hereof and that any rule of construction to the effect that
ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party (i.e., the Pledgors)
shall not be employed in the interpretation hereof.

SECTION 1.4 Perfection Certificate. The Collateral Agent and each Secured Party
agree that the Perfection Certificate and all descriptions of Collateral,
schedules, amendments and supplements thereto are and shall at all times remain
a part of this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

SECURITY INTEREST IN PERSONAL PROPERTY

SECTION 2.1 Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or
performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, including
the Guarantees, each Pledgor hereby pledges, mortgages, charges, assigns (by way
of security) and grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, a lien on and security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all of the
right, title and interest of such Pledgor in, to and under the following
property, wherever located, and whether now existing or hereafter arising or
acquired from time to time (collectively, the “General Collateral”):

(i) all Accounts;

(ii) all Equipment, Goods, Inventory and Fixtures;

(iii) all Documents, Instruments and Chattel Paper;

(iv) all Letter-of-Credit Rights, but only to the extent constituting a
supporting obligation for other General Collateral as to which perfection of
security interests in such General Collateral is accomplished by the filing of a
PPSA financing statement;

(v) all Investment Property;

(vi) all Intellectual Property Collateral;

(vii) all General Intangibles;

(viii) all Money and all Deposit Accounts;

(ix) all Supporting Obligations;

(x) all books and records relating to the General Collateral; and

(xi) to the extent not covered by clauses (i) through (x) of this sentence, all
undertaking and other personal property of such Pledgor, whether tangible or
intangible, wherever located, and all Proceeds and products of each of the
foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents,
profits and products of, each of the foregoing, any and all Proceeds of any
insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such Pledgor from time to
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above or in any other
provision of any Loan Document, (i) the security interest created by this
Agreement shall not extend to, and the term “Collateral” shall not include, any
Excluded Property (ii) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and the execution
and delivery of any Control Agreements explicitly required by the terms of
Section 2.4(b) and 2.4(c), as applicable, hereof, no actions shall be required
to perfect the security interests hereunder through “control”, (iii) other than
as expressly required pursuant to Section 2.4, delivery to the Collateral Agent
to be held in its possession, Collateral consisting of Instruments and
(iv) (A) no Pledgor shall be required to complete any filings or other action
with respect to the perfection of the security interests created hereby and
(B) no actions shall be required of any Pledgor to create any security interest
in its property, under the law of any jurisdiction other than Canada or any
province thereof, except (in the case of this clause (B)) to the extent
necessary to reflect the designation of any Excluded Subsidiary as a Subsidiary
Guarantor by the Borrower in accordance with Section 5.10(d) of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement or except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Borrower.

SECTION 2.2 Filings.

(a) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time
and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing
statements (including fixture filings) and amendments thereto that contain the
information required by the PPSA (and the UCC or any similar legislation or
applicable law) of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing
statement or amendment relating to the General Collateral, including (i) whether
such Pledgor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational
identification number issued to such Pledgor, (ii) any financing, financing
change or continuation statements or other documents without the signature of
such Pledgor where permitted by law, including the filing of a financing
statement describing the General Collateral as “all assets now owned or
hereafter acquired by the Pledgor or in which Pledgor otherwise has rights” and
(iii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or covering
General Collateral constituting minerals or the like to be extracted or timber
to be cut, a sufficient description of the real property to which such General
Collateral relates. Each Pledgor agrees to provide all information described in
the immediately preceding sentence to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request
by the Collateral Agent.

(b) Each Pledgor hereby ratifies its authorization for the Collateral Agent to
file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements or amendments thereto
relating to the General Collateral if filed prior to the date hereof.

(c) Each Pledgor hereby further authorizes the Collateral Agent to make filings
with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or
any similar office in any other country), including this Agreement, the
Copyright Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark
Security Agreement, or other documents for the purpose of perfecting,
confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the security interest granted by
such Pledgor hereunder, without the signature of such Pledgor, and naming such
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SECTION 2.3 Financing Statements and Other Filings; Maintenance of Perfected
Security Interest. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that, as of the date
such information is dated or certified, or is required to have been delivered, a
copy of all financing statements, agreements, instruments and other documents
necessary to perfect the security interest granted by it to the Collateral Agent
in respect of the General Collateral have been delivered to the Collateral Agent
as filed in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 7
to the Perfection Certificate or, where required, have been delivered to the
Collateral Agent in completed and, to the extent necessary or appropriate, duly
executed form for filing in such office. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 9.4 and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, each Pledgor agrees that
at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, such Pledgor will maintain the
security interest created by this Agreement in the General Collateral as a
perfected first priority security interest subject only to Permitted Collateral
Liens.

SECTION 2.4 Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection
and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the
Collateral Agent’s security interest in the General Collateral, each Pledgor
represents and warrants (as to itself) as follows and agrees, in each case at
such Pledgor’s own expense and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, to take
the following actions with respect to the following General Collateral:

(a) Instruments and Chattel Paper. As of the date hereof, no amounts payable
under or in connection with any of the General Collateral, in the aggregate for
all Pledgors in excess of $500,000, are evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel
Paper other than such Instruments and Chattel Paper listed in Schedule 11 to the
Perfection Certificate. Each Instrument and each item of Chattel Paper listed in
Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate in excess of the forgoing amount
having an individual amount payable in excess of $50,000 has been properly
endorsed, assigned and delivered to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by
instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank. If any amount then
payable under or in connection with any of the General Collateral shall be
evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper, and such amount, together with all
amounts payable evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper not previously
delivered to the Collateral Agent exceeds $500,000 in the aggregate for all
Pledgors and having an individual amount payable in excess of $50,000, the
Pledgor acquiring such Instrument or Chattel Paper shall promptly (but in any
event within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof or such longer period as the
Collateral Agent may agree in its discretion) pledge and, subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement, deliver the same to the Collateral Agent, accompanied
by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the
Collateral Agent may from time to time specify.

(b) Deposit Accounts. As of the date hereof, no Pledgor has any Deposit Accounts
other than the accounts listed in Schedule 14 to the Perfection Certificate. The
Collateral Agent has a security interest in each such Deposit Account, No
Pledgor shall hereafter establish and maintain any Deposit Account (other than
Excluded Deposit Accounts) unless it shall have given the Collateral Agent 30
days prior written notice (or such lesser notice period as the Collateral Agent
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Account and such Bank and such Pledgor shall have duly executed and delivered to
the Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to such
Deposit Account. The Collateral Agent agrees with each Pledgor that the
Collateral Agent shall not give any instructions directing the disposition of
funds from time to time credited to any Deposit Account or withhold any
withdrawal rights from such Pledgor with respect to funds from time to time
credited to any Deposit Account unless a Specified Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing. Each Pledgor agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Specified Event of Default, once the Collateral Agent sends
an instruction or notice to a Bank exercising its control over any Deposit
Account such Pledgor shall not give any instructions or orders with respect to
such Deposit Account, including, without limitation, instructions for
distribution or transfer of any funds in such Deposit Account. No Pledgor shall
authorize or instruct a Bank to comply with instructions originated by any
person other than the Collateral Agent directing disposition of the funds in any
Deposit Account without further consent by such Pledgor.

(c) Investment Property. Except to the extent otherwise provided in ARTICLE II,
if any Pledgor shall at any time (beginning on the day that is ninety
(90) calendar days after the occurrence of the Effective Date (or such later
time as the Collateral Agent may in its discretion agree)) hold or acquire any
certificated securities constituting Investment Property, in the aggregate for
all Pledgors in excess of $500,000 and for each such certificated security in
excess of such amount having an individual value in excess of $50,000, such
Pledgor shall promptly (1) endorse, assign and deliver the same to the
Collateral Agent (or to the ABL Agent as gratuitous bailee in accordance with
the Intercreditor Agreement), accompanied by such instruments of transfer or
assignment duly executed in blank, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent or (2) deliver such securities into a
Securities Account with respect to which a Securities Account Control Agreement
is in effect in favor of the Collateral Agent; provided that, in the case of any
Securities Account (other than Securities Accounts for which the Securities
Intermediary is the Bank) acquired by any Pledgor pursuant to a Permitted
Acquisition, the security interest of the Collateral Agent therein shall not be
required to be perfected by Control before the day that is ninety (90) calendar
days after the date of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (or such
later time as the Collateral Agent may in its discretion agree). As between the
Collateral Agent and the Pledgors, the Pledgors shall bear the investment risk
with respect to the Investment Property and Pledged Securities, and the risk of
loss of, damage to, or the destruction of, the Investment Property and Pledged
Securities, whether in the possession of, or maintained as a Security
Entitlement or deposit by, or subject to the Control of, the Collateral Agent,
any Pledgor or any other Person.

SECTION 2.5 Joinder of Additional Guarantors. The Pledgors shall cause each
Subsidiary that is organized or existing under any Canadian jurisdiction which,
from time to time, after the date hereof the Borrower shall designate as an
additional Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.10(d) of the Term Credit
Agreement to pledge any assets to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.10(b) of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, (a) to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent (i) a
Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto and (ii) a
Perfection Certificate and upon such execution and delivery, such Subsidiary
shall constitute a “Guarantor” and a “Pledgor” for all purposes hereunder with
the same force and effect as if originally named as a Pledgor herein. The
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Pledgor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Pledgor
as a party to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no Excluded Subsidiary
shall be required to become a Pledgor hereunder.

SECTION 2.6 Supplements; Further Assurances. Each Pledgor shall take such
further actions, and execute and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent such
additional financing statements, amendments, assignments, agreements,
supplements, powers and instruments, as the Collateral Agent may in its
reasonable judgment deem necessary or appropriate in order to create, perfect,
preserve and protect the Security Interest as provided herein and the rights and
interests granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, to carry into effect the
purposes hereof or better to assure and confirm the validity, enforceability and
priority of the Collateral Agent’s Security Interest or permit the Collateral
Agent to exercise and enforce its rights, powers and remedies created hereby,
including the filing of financing statements, financing change statements,
continuation statements and other documents (including this Agreement) under the
PPSA (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the
Security Interest, all in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
and in such offices (including the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright
Office) wherever required by law to perfect, continue and maintain the validity,
enforceability and priority of the Security Interest as provided herein and to
preserve the other rights and interests granted to the Collateral Agent
hereunder, as against third parties, with respect to the Collateral, including
the execution and delivery of Control Agreements. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor shall make, execute, endorse,
acknowledge, file or refile and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent from time to
time upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent such lists, schedules,
descriptions and designations of the Collateral, supplements, additional
security agreements, conveyances, financing statements, transfer endorsements,
powers of attorney, certificates, reports, Control Agreements and other
assurances or instruments as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request,
subject to the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. If an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent may institute
and maintain, in its own name or in the name of any Pledgor, such suits and
proceedings as the Collateral Agent may be advised by counsel shall be necessary
or expedient to prevent any impairment of the security interest in or the
perfection thereof in the Collateral. All of the foregoing shall be at the sole
cost of the Pledgors.

ARTICLE III

PLEDGE OF SECURITIES

SECTION 3.1 Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may
be, in full of the Secured Obligations, including the Guarantees, each of the
Pledgors hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and
assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgor’s right, title and interest
in, to and under:

(a) all Equity Interests held by it that are listed on Schedule 10(a) of the
Perfection Certificate and any other Equity Interests in any material Wholly
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directly held in the future by such Pledgor and the certificates representing
all such Equity Interests (if any) (the “Pledged Equity”); provided, that the
Pledged Equity shall not include Excluded Equity Interests;

(b) (A) the debt securities owned by it and listed Schedule 11 to the Perfection
Certificate, (B) any debt securities obtained in the future by such Pledgor and
(C) the promissory notes and any other instruments evidencing such debt
securities (the “Pledged Debt”); provided, that the Pledged Debt shall not
include any Excluded Property;

(c) all other property that may be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent
pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.1;

(d) subject to Section 3.6, all payments of principal or interest, dividends,
cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of,
and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the securities referred to in
clauses (a) and (b) above;

(e) subject to Section 3.6, all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with
respect to the securities and other property referred to in
clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above; and

(f) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing

(the items referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above being collectively
referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”).

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title,
interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto,
unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, forever, subject, however, to the terms, covenants and
conditions hereinafter set forth, including the final paragraph of Section 2.1.

SECTION 3.2 Delivery of the Pledged Securities

(a) Pledged Equity. Each Pledgor agrees that all Pledged Equity to the extent
certificated (i) (A) to the extent listed on Schedule 10(a) to the Perfection
Certificate delivered on the Effective Date and (B) to the extent acquired after
the Effective Date but on or prior to the date hereof, in each case has been
delivered to the ABL Agent as gratuitous bailee for the Collateral Agent in
accordance with Section 3.2 of the Intercreditor Agreement and, as of and after
the date hereof, the Pledged Equity so delivered shall be possessed by the
Collateral Agent, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties and (ii) to the extent acquired by any Pledgor after the date
hereof, within thirty (30) days after any such acquisition (or, in each case,
such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable
discretion) shall be delivered or caused to be delivered to the Collateral
Agent, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.

(b) Pledge Debt. Each Pledgor agrees that all Pledged Debt (i) (A) to the extent
listed on Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Effective
Date and (B) to the extent acquired after the Effective Date but on or prior to
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been evidenced by a duly executed promissory note and delivered to the ABL Agent
as gratuitous bailee for the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 3.2 of
the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) to the extent acquired after the date
hereof, within thirty (30) days after any such acquisition (or, in each case,
such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable
discretion) shall be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note and delivered
or caused to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Pledgor shall
be required to cause any Pledged Debt to be evidenced by a duly executed
promissory note and delivered to the Collateral Agent or ABL Agent as gratuitous
bailee for the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, except as set forth in
Section 2.4(a).

SECTION 3.3 Stock Powers. Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent (or ABL Agent as
gratuitous bailee for the Collateral Agent), any Pledged Securities shall be
accompanied by stock or security powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank
or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
(or ABL Agent as gratuitous bailee for the Collateral Agent) and by such other
instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent (or ABL Agent as gratuitous
bailee for the Collateral Agent) may reasonably request (other than instruments
or documents governed by or requiring actions in any non-U.S. or non-Canadian
jurisdiction related to Equity Interests of Foreign Subsidiaries).

SECTION 3.4 Representations, Warranties and Covenants Each Pledgor represents,
warrants and covenants to and with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, that:

(a) As of the Effective Date, Schedule 10 to the Perfection Certificate includes
all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes held by each Pledgor
as of the Effective Date and required to be pledged by such Pledgor hereunder;

(b) the Pledged Equity issued by Pledgors or their respective Subsidiaries have
been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and are fully
paid and nonassessable (other than Pledged Equity consisting of limited
liability company interests or partnership interests which, pursuant to the
relevant organizational or formation documents, cannot be fully paid and
non-assessable);

(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder, such Pledgor (i) is,
subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Equity indicated on
Schedule 10 to the Perfection Certificate and all other Pledged Equity acquired
after the Effective Date and on or prior to the date hereof and (ii) holds the
same free and clear of all Liens, other than (A)(I) Liens created by the
Security Documents and (II) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the ABL
Documents and (B) other Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement restrictions on transfer, if any, contained in its charter
documents;

(d) except for restrictions and limitations imposed or permitted by the Loan
Documents or securities laws generally, the Pledged Collateral is freely
transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is subject to
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any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect in any manner
material and adverse to the Secured Parties the pledge of such Pledged
Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the
exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder except for
restrictions on transfer, if any, contained in its charter documents in respect
of which the necessary approvals have been obtained;

(e) the execution and performance by the Pledgors of this Agreement are within
each Pledgor’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action or other organizational action;

(f) no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities
exchange or commission or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity
of the pledge effected hereby, except for (i) filings and registrations
necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in
favor of the Secured Parties and (ii) the approvals, consents, exemptions,
authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained,
taken, given or made and are in full force and effect (except to the extent not
required to be obtained, taken, given or be in full force and effect pursuant to
the Term Loan Credit Agreement);

(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by each Pledgor of this Agreement,
delivery of the Pledged Securities to the Collateral Agent to the extent
delivered in Ontario, and continued possession by the Collateral Agent to the
extent continued in the Province of Ontario, the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties has a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and
security interest in such Pledged Security as security for the payment and
performance of the Secured Obligations to the extent such perfection is governed
by the PPSA, subject to no prior Lien other than (i) in the case of all Secured
Obligations, (A) nonconsensual Liens permitted by Section 6.02 of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement and (B) Liens permitted by Section 6.02(p) of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement to the extent junior in priority to the security interest
granted hereunder and (ii) in the case of Secured Obligations arising after the
Closing Date, all Liens permitted by Section 6.02(p) of the Term Loan Credit
Agreement;

(h) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Collateral Agent in the
Pledged Collateral to the extent intended hereby; and

(i) subject to the terms of this Agreement and to the extent permitted by
applicable law, each Pledgor hereby agrees that upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, it will comply with instructions of the
Collateral Agent with respect to the Equity Interests in such Pledgor that
constitute Pledged Equity hereunder that are not certificated without further
consent by the applicable owner or holder of such Equity Interests.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent any
provision of this Agreement or the Term Loan Credit Agreement excludes any
assets from the scope of the Pledged Collateral, or from any requirement to take
any action to perfect any security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent in
the Pledged Collateral, the representations, warranties and covenants made by
any relevant Pledgor in this Agreement with respect to the creation, perfection
or priority (as applicable) of the security interest granted in favor of the
Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, this Section 3.4) shall be
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SECTION 3.5 Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership
Interests. No interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership
controlled by any Pledgor that constitutes Pledged Equity shall be represented
by a certificate unless (i) the limited liability company agreement or
partnership agreement expressly provides that such interests shall be a
“security” within the meaning of the STA of the applicable jurisdiction,
(ii) such certificate bears a legend indicating such interest represented
thereby is such a “security”, and (iii) such certificate shall be delivered to
the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 3.2. Each Pledgor further
acknowledges and agrees that with respect to any interest in any limited
liability company or limited partnership controlled on or after the date hereof
by such Pledgor that constitutes Pledged Equity and that is not a “security”
within the meaning of the STA, such Pledgor shall at no time elect to treat any
such interest as a “security” within the meaning of the STA, nor shall such
interest be represented by a certificate, unless such election and such interest
is thereafter represented by a certificate that is promptly delivered to the
Collateral Agent (or ABL Agent as gratuitous bailee for the Collateral Agent)
pursuant to Section 3.2(a).

SECTION 3.6 Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. Subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given the Borrower prior or
substantially concurrent written notice of its intent to exercise such rights,
(a) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right
to hold the Pledged Securities in its own name as pledgee, the name of its
nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or the name of the applicable Pledgor,
endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent and each
Pledgor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any written notices
or other written communications received by it with respect to Pledged Equity
registered in the name of such Pledgor and (b) the Collateral Agent shall have
the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Equity for
certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with
this Agreement, to the extent permitted by the documentation governing such
Pledged Securities.

SECTION 3.7 Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest.

(a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and the Collateral Agent shall have provided prior notice to the Borrower that
the rights of the Pledgor under this Section 3.7 are being suspended:

(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other
consensual rights and powers pertaining to the Pledged Securities or any part
thereof for any purposes not inconsistent with the terms hereof, the Term Loan
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(ii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain, and to utilize free
and clear of the Lien created under this Agreement, any and all Distributions,
but only if and to the extent made in accordance with the provisions of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement; provided, however, that any and all such non-cash
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rights or interests in the form of securities (to the extent constituting
Pledged Collateral) shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent to hold
as Pledged Securities and shall, if received by any Pledgor, be received in
trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, be segregated from the other
property or funds of such Pledgor and be promptly (but in any event within
thirty (30) days after receipt thereof or such longer period as the Collateral
Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) delivered to the Collateral Agent
as Pledged Securities in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement). So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Collateral Agent shall promptly (upon receipt of a written
request and in any event no later than 30 days after the receipt of such
request) deliver to each Pledgor any Pledged Securities in its possession if
requested to be delivered to the issuer thereof in connection with any exchange
or redemption of such Pledged Securities permitted by the Term Loan Credit
Agreement.

(b) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Collateral Agent shall be deemed without further action or formality to have
granted to each Pledgor all necessary consents relating to voting rights and
shall, upon written request of any Pledgor and at the sole cost and expense of
the Pledgors, from time to time execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and
delivered) to such Pledgor all such instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably
request in order to permit such Pledgor to exercise the voting and other rights
which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 3.7(a)(i) hereof and to
receive the Distributions which it is authorized to receive and retain pursuant
to Section 3.7(a)(ii) hereof.

(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon
prior written notice by the Collateral Agent to the Borrower:

(i) All rights of each Pledgor to exercise the voting and other consensual
rights it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 3.7(a)(i)
hereof shall immediately cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become
vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to
exercise such voting and other consensual rights, subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement,

(ii) All rights of each Pledgor to receive Distributions which it would
otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 3.7(a)(ii)
hereof shall immediately cease and the Collateral Agent shall thereupon have the
sole right to receive and hold as Pledged Collateral such Distributions, subject
to the Intercreditor Agreement. Any and all money and other property paid over
to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this clause
(c)(ii) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be
established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property
and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1.

(d) Each Pledgor shall, at its sole cost and expense, from time to time execute
and deliver to the Collateral Agent appropriate instruments as the Collateral
Agent may reasonably request in order to permit the Collateral Agent to exercise
the voting and other rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant to
Section 3.7(a)(i) hereof and to receive all Distributions which it may be
entitled to receive under Section 3.7(a)(ii) hereof.

 

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(e) All Distributions constituting Collateral which are received by any Pledgor
contrary to the provisions of Section 3.7(c)(ii) hereof shall be received in
trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other
funds of such Pledgor and shall promptly (and in any event within thirty
(30) days or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its
reasonable discretion) be paid over to the Collateral Agent as Pledged
Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, after all Events of Default
have been cured or waived (i) each Pledgor shall have the exclusive right to
exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that the it would
otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of Section 3.7(a)(i)
above, and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under Section 3.7(b) shall be
reinstated and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Pledgor
(without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions
that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms
of Section 3.7(a)(ii) and that remain in the account established pursuant to
Section 3.7(c)(ii), and have not otherwise been applied (or designated for
application) to the Secured Obligations, and such Pledgor’s right to receive and
retain any and all Distributions paid on or distributed (after all Events of
Default have been cured or waived) in respect of the Pledged Securities shall be
automatically reinstated.

SECTION 3.8 Defaults, etc. Each Pledgor represents that such Pledgor is not in
default in the payment of any portion of any mandatory capital contribution, if
any, required to be made under any agreement to which such Pledgor is a party
relating to the Pledged Securities pledged by it, and such Pledgor is not in
violation of any other provisions of any such agreement to which such Pledgor is
a party, or otherwise in default or violation thereunder. No Pledged Securities
is subject to any defense, offset or counterclaim, nor have any of the foregoing
been asserted or alleged against such Pledgor by any person with respect
thereto, and as of the date hereof, there are no certificates, instruments,
documents or other writings (other than the Organizational Documents and
certificates representing such Pledged Securities that have been delivered to
the Collateral Agent) which evidence any Pledged Securities of such Pledgor.

SECTION 3.9 Certain Agreements of Pledgors As Issuers and Holders of Equity
Interests.

(a) In the case of each Pledgor which is an issuer of Pledged Securities, such
Pledgor agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the
Pledged Securities issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such
terms are applicable to it.

(b) In the case of each Pledgor which is a partner, shareholder or member, as
the case may be, in a partnership, limited liability company or other entity,
such Pledgor hereby consents to the extent required by the applicable
Organizational Document to the pledge by each other Pledgor, pursuant to the
terms hereof, of the Pledged Securities in such partnership, limited liability
company or other entity and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, to the transfer of such Pledged Securities to the
Collateral Agent or its nominee and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent
or its nominee as a substituted partner, shareholder or member in such
partnership, limited liability company or other entity with all the rights,
powers and duties of a general partner, limited partner, shareholder or member,
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SECTION 3.10 ULC Shares.

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
each Pledgor who has pledged and granted a security interest hereunder in ULC
Shares is the sole registered and beneficial owner of all Pledged Securities
which are ULC Shares and, except to the extent otherwise permitted under the
Term Loan Credit Agreement, will remain so until such time as such ULC Shares
are effectively transferred into the name of the Collateral Agent or any other
person on the books and records of the issuer of such ULC Shares. Nothing in
this Agreement, or any other document or agreement among all or some of the
parties hereto is intended to, and nothing in this Agreement or any other
document or agreement among all or some of the parties hereto shall, constitute
the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party or any person other than the
applicable Pledgor, a “member” or a “shareholder”, as applicable, of a ULC for
the purposes of any ULC Laws (whether listed or unlisted, registered or
beneficial), until such time as notice is given to the applicable Pledgor and
further steps are taken pursuant hereto or thereto so as to register the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party or such other person, as specified in such
notice, as the holder of the ULC Shares. To the extent any provision hereof
would have the effect of constituting the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party
as a member or a shareholder of any ULC prior to such time, such provision shall
be severed herefrom and shall be ineffective with respect to ULC Shares which
are Pledged Collateral without otherwise invalidating or rendering unenforceable
this Agreement or invalidating or rendering unenforceable such provision insofar
as it relates to Pledged Collateral which are not ULC Shares.

(b) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
where a Pledgor is the registered owner of ULC Shares which are Pledged
Collateral, except to the extent otherwise permitted under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, such Pledgor will remain the registered owner of such ULC Shares
until such time as such ULC Shares are effectively transferred into the name of
the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party or any other person on the books and
records of such ULC. Accordingly, the Pledgor of ULC Shares shall be entitled to
receive and retain for its own account any dividend on or other distribution, if
any, in respect of such ULC Shares (except insofar as the dividend or other
distribution may become subject to a security interest pursuant hereto) and
shall have the right to vote such ULC Shares and to control the direction,
management and policies of the ULC to the same extent as the Pledgor would if
such ULC Shares were not pledged pursuant hereto.

(c) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
the Term Loan Credit Agreement or any other document or agreement among all or
some of the parties hereto, except upon the exercise of rights to sell, transfer
or otherwise dispose of ULC Shares in accordance with this Agreement the Pledgor
of ULC Shares shall not cause or permit, or enable any ULC in which it holds ULC
Shares to cause or permit, the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to: (a) be
registered as a shareholder or member of such ULC; (b) have any notation entered
in their favour in the share register of such ULC; (c) be held out as a
shareholder or member of the ULC; (d) be paid, directly or indirectly, any
dividends, property or other distributions from the ULC by reason of the Secured
Party holding a security interest in the ULC Shares; or (e) act as a shareholder
or member of the ULC, or exercise any rights of a shareholder or member,
including the right to attend a meeting of shareholders or members, or to vote
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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

Each Pledgor represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

SECTION 4.1 Title. Except for the Security Interest granted to the Collateral
Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement
and Permitted Liens, such Pledgor owns and has rights and, as to General
Collateral acquired by it from time to time after the date hereof, will own and
have rights in each item of General Collateral pledged by it hereunder, free and
clear of any and all Liens or claims of others, other than Permitted Collateral
Liens, except for minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with
its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such properties for their
intended purposes.

SECTION 4.2 Validity of Security Interest. The security interest in and Lien on
the General Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties hereunder constitutes (a) a legal and valid security interest in
all General Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations and (b) subject to the filings and other actions described in
Schedule 7 to the Perfection Certificate (to the extent required to be listed on
the schedules to the Perfection Certificate as of the date this representation
is made or deemed made), a perfected security interest in all the General
Collateral. The Security Interest and Lien granted to the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement in and on the
General Collateral will at all times constitute a perfected, continuing security
interest therein, prior to all other Liens on the General Collateral except for
Permitted Collateral Liens.

SECTION 4.3 Defense of Claims; Transferability of General Collateral. Each
Pledgor shall, at its own cost and expense, take any and all commercially
reasonable actions necessary (in the judgment of such Pledgor) to defend title
to the General Collateral pledged by it hereunder and the security interest
therein and Lien thereon granted to the Collateral Agent and the priority
thereof against all claims and demands of all persons, at its own cost and
expense, at any time claiming any interest therein adverse to the Collateral
Agent or any other Secured Party other than Permitted Collateral Liens; provided
that, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any Pledgor from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of its assets or properties if such
discontinuance is (x) determined by such Pledgor to be desirable in the conduct
of its business or (y) permitted by the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

SECTION 4.4 Other Financing Statements. It has not filed, nor authorized any
third party to file (nor will there be), any valid or effective financing
statement (or similar statement, instrument of registration or public notice
under the law of any jurisdiction) covering or purporting to cover any interest
of any kind in the General Collateral, except such as have been filed in favor
of the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement or in favor of any holder of
a Permitted Collateral Lien with respect to such Permitted Collateral Lien or
financing statements or public notices relating to the termination or financing
change statements listed on Schedule 9 to the Perfection Certificate. No Pledgor
shall execute, authorize or permit to be filed in any public office any
financing statement (or similar statement, instrument of registration or public
notice under the law of any jurisdiction) relating to any General Collateral,
except financing statements and other statements and instruments filed or to be
filed in respect of and covering the security interests granted by such Pledgor
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SECTION 4.5 Chief Executive Office; Change of Name; Jurisdiction of
Organization. The Borrower agrees not to effect any change (i)(w) in any
Pledgor’s legal name, (x) in the location of any Pledgor’s chief executive
office, (y) in any Pledgor’s identity or organizational structure, unless, in
the case of each of the preceding clauses (i)(w) through (i)(y), and it shall
give the Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent written notice 5 days after
such change, or such greater notice period agreed to by Collateral Agent,
clearly describing such change and providing such other information in
connection therewith as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent may reasonably
request, or (ii) in the Province in which any tangible personal property is
located having a value in excess of $100,000, until, in the case of the
preceding clause (ii), it shall have given Collateral Agent and Administrative
Agent not less than 15 days’ prior written notice, or such lesser notice period
agreed to by Collateral Agent, of its intention so to do, clearly describing
such change and providing such other information in connection therewith as
Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent may reasonably request. In the case of
each of clauses (i) and (ii) in the immediately preceding sentence, each
applicable Pledgor shall take all action reasonably satisfactory to Collateral
Agent to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, if
applicable. Each Pledgor agrees to promptly provide Collateral Agent with
certified Organizational Documents reflecting any of the changes described in
the preceding sentence. If any Pledgor fails to provide notice to the Collateral
Agent about such changes on a timely basis, the Collateral Agent shall not be
liable or responsible to any party for any failure to maintain a perfected
security interest in such Pledgor’s property constituting General Collateral,
for which the Collateral Agent needed to have information relating to such
changes. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire about such changes
if any Pledgor does not inform the Collateral Agent of such changes, the parties
acknowledging and agreeing that it would not be feasible or practical for the
Collateral Agent to search for information on such changes if such information
is not provided by any Pledgor.

SECTION 4.6 Consents, etc. In the event that the Collateral Agent desires to
exercise any remedies, voting or consensual rights or attorney-in-fact powers
set forth in this Agreement and determines it necessary to obtain any approvals
or consents of any Governmental Authority or any other person therefor, then,
upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, such Pledgor agrees to use
its commercially reasonable efforts to assist and aid the Collateral Agent to
obtain as soon as practicable any necessary approvals or consents for the
exercise of any such remedies, rights and powers.

SECTION 4.7 General Collateral. As of the date such information is dated or
certified, or is required to have been delivered, all information set forth
herein, including the schedules hereto, and all information contained in any
documents, schedules and lists heretofore delivered to any Secured Party,
including the Perfection Certificate and the schedules thereto, in connection
with this Agreement, in each case, relating to the General Collateral, is
accurate and complete in all material respects. The General Collateral described
on the schedules to the Perfection Certificate constitutes all material property
of such type of General Collateral owned or held by the Pledgors, as of the date
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SECTION 4.8 Insurance. In the event that the Net Cash Proceeds of any insurance
claim constituting Collateral are paid to any Pledgor after the Collateral Agent
has exercised its right to foreclose after an Event of Default, such Net Cash
Proceeds shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and
promptly after receipt thereof shall be paid to the Collateral Agent for
application in accordance with Section 8.02 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

SECTION 4.9 Investment Property (i) As of the date hereof, except as set forth
in the Perfection Certificate, no Pledgor has any Securities Accounts or
Commodity Accounts. No Pledgor shall hereafter establish and maintain any
Securities Account or Commodity Account with any Securities Intermediary or
Commodity Intermediary unless (1) it shall have given the Collateral Agent 30
days prior written notice (or such lesser notice period as the Collateral Agent
may agree in its discretion) of its intention to establish such new Securities
Account or Commodity Account with such Securities Intermediary or Commodity
Intermediary and (2) such Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, as
the case may be, and such Pledgor shall have duly executed and delivered a
Control Agreement with respect to such Securities Account or Commodity Account,
as the case may be (it being understood and agreed that perfection by Control of
any Securities Account or Commodity Account shall not be required before the day
that is ninety (90) calendar days after the occurrence of the Closing Date or,
in the case of any Securities Account or Commodity Account acquired by any
Pledgor pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition, ninety (90) calendar days after
the date of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (or, in each case,
such later time as the Collateral Agent may in its discretion agree)). No
Pledgor shall grant Control over any Investment Property to any person other
than the Collateral Agent or subject to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, another “Agent” under the Intercreditor Agreement.

ARTICLE V

CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY COLLATERAL

SECTION 5.1 Grant of Intellectual Property License. For the purpose of enabling
the Collateral Agent, during the continuance of an Event of Default, to exercise
rights and remedies under ARTICLE VII hereof at such time as the Collateral
Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for
no other purpose, each Pledgor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, to the
extent assignable, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, assign, license
or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property Collateral now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Pledgor, wherever the same may be located. Such license shall
include access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded
or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout
hereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.1 shall require
Pledgors to grant any license that is prohibited by any rule of law, statute or
regulation, or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or
results in the termination of any contract, license, agreement, instrument or
other document evidencing, giving rise to or theretofore granted, to the extent
permitted by the Term Loan Credit Agreement, with respect to such property (in
each case after giving effect to anti-assignment provisions of applicable law);
provided, further, that nothing in the foregoing license grant shall be
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Collateral above and beyond (x) the rights to such Intellectual Property
Collateral that each Pledgor has reserved for itself and (y) in the case of
Intellectual Property Collateral that is licensed to any such Pledgor by a third
party, the extent to which such Pledgor has the right to grant a sublicense to
such Intellectual Property Collateral hereunder (in each case after giving
effect to anti-assignment provisions of applicable law)). For the avoidance of
doubt, the use of such license by the Collateral Agent may be exercised, at the
option of the Collateral Agent, only during the continuation of an Event of
Default; provided that such license is a present grant. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may also
exercise the rights afforded under Section 7.1 of this Agreement with respect to
Intellectual Property Collateral contained in the General Collateral.

SECTION 5.2 Protection of Collateral Agent’s Security. On a continuing basis,
each Pledgor shall, at its sole cost and expense, (i) promptly following its
becoming aware thereof, notify the Collateral Agent of any adverse determination
in any proceeding or the institution of any proceeding in any federal,
provincial, state or local court or administrative body or in the Canadian
Intellectual Property Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office or
the United States Copyright Office regarding any Material Intellectual Property
Collateral, such Pledgor’s right to register such Material Intellectual Property
Collateral or its right to keep and maintain such registration in full force and
effect, (ii) maintain all Material Intellectual Property Collateral as presently
used and operated, (iii) not permit to lapse or become abandoned any Material
Intellectual Property Collateral, and not settle or compromise any pending or
future litigation or administrative proceeding with respect to any such Material
Intellectual Property Collateral, (iv) upon such Pledgor obtaining knowledge
thereof, promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any event which may
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value or utility
of any Material Intellectual Property Collateral or the rights and remedies of
the Collateral Agent in relation thereto including a levy or threat of levy or
any legal process against any Material Intellectual Property Collateral, (v) not
license any Intellectual Property Collateral other than licenses entered into by
such Pledgor in, or incidental to, the ordinary course of business or otherwise
not prohibited by the Term Loan Credit Agreement, or amend or permit the
amendment of any of the licenses in a manner that materially and adversely
affects the right to receive payments thereunder, or in any manner that would
materially impair the value of any Intellectual Property Collateral or the Lien
on and security interest in the Intellectual Property Collateral created therein
hereby, without the consent of the Collateral Agent (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (vi) diligently keep adequate
records respecting all Intellectual Property Collateral and (vii) furnish to the
Collateral Agent from time to time upon the Collateral Agent’s reasonable
request therefor reasonably detailed statements and amended schedules further
identifying and describing the Intellectual Property Collateral and such other
materials evidencing or reports pertaining to any Intellectual Property
Collateral as the Collateral Agent may from time to time request, which request,
unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or a Material Adverse
Effect has occurred, shall occur no more often than once every three months.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement
or any other Loan Document prevents or shall be deemed to prevent any Pledgor
from disposing of, discontinuing the use or maintenance of, failing to pursue,
or otherwise allowing to lapse, terminate or be put into the public domain, any
of its Intellectual Property Collateral to the extent permitted by the Term Loan
Credit Agreement if such Pledgor determines in its reasonable business judgment
that such disposition or discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its
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SECTION 5.3 After-Acquired Property. If any Pledgor shall at any time after the
date hereof (i) obtain any rights to any additional Intellectual Property
Collateral or (ii) become entitled to the benefit of any additional Intellectual
Property Collateral or any renewal or extension thereof, including any reissue,
division, continuation, or continuation-in-part of any Intellectual Property
Collateral, or any improvement on any Intellectual Property Collateral, except
to the extent constituting Excluded Property, the provisions hereof shall
automatically apply thereto and any such item enumerated in the preceding clause
(i) or (ii), except to the extent constituting Excluded Property, shall
automatically constitute Intellectual Property Collateral as if such would have
constituted Intellectual Property Collateral at the time of execution hereof and
be subject to the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement without
further action by any party. Each Pledgor shall promptly provide to the
Collateral Agent written notice of any of the foregoing and confirm the
attachment of the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement to any
rights described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, except to the extent
constituting Excluded Property, by execution of an instrument in form reasonably
acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the filing of any instruments or
statements as shall be reasonably necessary to create, preserve, protect or
perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Intellectual Property
Collateral. Further, each Pledgor authorizes the Collateral Agent to modify this
Agreement by amending Schedules 12(a) and 12(b) to the Perfection Certificate to
include any such Intellectual Property Collateral of such Pledgor acquired or
arising after the date hereof.

SECTION 5.4 Litigation. Unless there shall occur and be continuing any Event of
Default, each Pledgor shall have the right to commence and prosecute in its own
name, as the party in interest, for its own benefit and at the sole cost and
expense of the Pledgors, such applications for protection of the Intellectual
Property Collateral and suits, proceedings or other actions to prevent the
infringement, counterfeiting, unfair competition, dilution, diminution in value
or other damage as are necessary to protect the Intellectual Property
Collateral. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right but shall in no way be
obligated to file applications for protection of the Intellectual Property
Collateral and/or bring suit in the name of any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent or
the Secured Parties to enforce the Intellectual Property Collateral and any
license thereunder. In the event of such suit, each Pledgor shall, at the
reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, do any and all lawful acts and
execute any and all documents requested by the Collateral Agent in aid of such
enforcement and the Pledgors shall promptly reimburse and indemnify the
Collateral Agent for all costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in
the exercise of its rights under this Section 5.4 in accordance with
Section 10.03 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

TRANSFERS

SECTION 6.1 Transfers of Collateral. No Pledgor shall sell, convey, assign or
otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Collateral
pledged by it hereunder except as expressly permitted by the Term Loan Credit
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ARTICLE VII

REMEDIES

SECTION 7.1 Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent
may from time to time exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to the
other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, the
following remedies:

(a) Personally, or by agents or attorneys, immediately take possession of the
Collateral or any part thereof, from any Pledgor or any other person who then
has possession of any part thereof with or without notice or process of law, and
for that purpose may enter upon any Pledgor’s premises where any of the
Collateral is located, remove such Collateral, remain present at such premises
to receive copies of all communications and remittances relating to the
Collateral and use in connection with such removal and possession any and all
services, supplies, aids and other facilities of any Pledgor;

(b) Demand, sue for, collect or receive any money or property at any time
payable or receivable in respect of the Collateral including instructing the
obligor or obligors on any agreement, instrument or other obligation
constituting part of the Collateral to make any payment required by the terms of
such agreement, instrument or other obligation directly to the Collateral Agent,
and in connection with any of the foregoing, compromise, settle, extend the time
for payment and make other modifications with respect thereto; provided,
however, that in the event that any such payments are made directly to any
Pledgor, prior to receipt by any such obligor of such instruction, upon the
written request of the Collateral Agent, such Pledgor shall segregate all
amounts received pursuant thereto in trust for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent and shall promptly (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days
after receipt thereof) pay such amounts to the Collateral Agent;

(c) Sell, assign, grant a license to use or otherwise liquidate, or direct any
Pledgor to sell, assign, grant a license to use or otherwise liquidate, any and
all investments made in whole or in part with the Collateral or any part
thereof, and take possession of the proceeds of any such sale, assignment,
license or liquidation;

(d) Take possession of the Collateral or any part thereof, by directing any
Pledgor in writing to deliver the same to the Collateral Agent at a place and
time to be designated by the Collateral Agent, in which event such Pledgor shall
at its own expense: (A) forthwith cause the same to be moved to the place or
places designated by the Collateral Agent and therewith delivered to the
Collateral Agent, (B) store and keep any Collateral so delivered to the
Collateral Agent at such place or places pending further action by the
Collateral Agent and (C) while the Collateral shall be so stored and kept,
provide such security and maintenance services as shall be necessary to protect
the same and to preserve and maintain them in good condition. Each Pledgor’s
obligation to deliver the Collateral as contemplated in this Section 7.1(d) is
of the essence hereof. Upon application to a court of equity having
jurisdiction, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to a decree requiring
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(e) Withdraw all moneys, instruments, securities and other property in any bank,
financial securities, deposit or other account of any Pledgor constituting
Collateral for application to the Secured Obligations as provided in ARTICLE
VIII hereof;

(f) Retain and apply the Distributions to the Secured Obligations as provided in
ARTICLE VIII hereof;

(g) Exercise any and all rights as beneficial and legal owner of the Collateral,
including perfecting assignment of and exercising any and all voting, consensual
and other rights and powers with respect to any Collateral;

(h) Appoint by instrument in writing one or more Receivers of any Pledgor or any
or all of the Collateral of such Pledgor with such rights, powers and authority
(including any or all of the rights, powers and authority of the Collateral
Agent under this Agreement) as may be provided for in the instrument of
appointment or any supplemental instrument, and remove and replace any such
Receiver from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable law, any
Receiver appointed by the Collateral Agent will (for purposed relating to
responsibility for the Receiver’s acts or omissions) be considered to be the
agent of such Pledgor and not of the Collateral Agent or any of the other
Secured Parties;

(i) Obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction an order for the appointment
of a Receiver of any Pledgor or of any or all of the Collateral of such Pledgor;
and

(j) Exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the
PPSA and any other applicable law or statute, or otherwise available to the
Collateral Agent by contract, at law or in equity, and the Collateral Agent may
also in its sole discretion, without notice except as specified in Section 7.2
below, sell, assign or grant a license to use the Collateral or any part thereof
in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, broker’s
board or at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on
credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices and upon such other
terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable. The Collateral
Agent or any other Secured Party or any of their respective Affiliates may be
the purchaser, licensee, assignee or recipient of the Collateral or any part
thereof at any such sale and shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and
making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the
Collateral sold, assigned or licensed at such sale, to use and apply any of the
Secured Obligations owed to such person as a credit on account of the purchase
price of the Collateral or any part thereof payable by such person at such sale.
Each purchaser, assignee, licensee or recipient at any such sale shall acquire
the property sold, assigned or licensed absolutely free from any claim or right
on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which
it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or
statute now existing or hereafter enacted. The Collateral Agent shall not be
obligated to make any sale of the Collateral or any part thereof regardless of
notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or
private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed
therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and
place to which it was so adjourned. Each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any claims against the Collateral Agent arising by
reason of the fact that the price at which the Collateral or any part thereof
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or licensed at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been
obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer
received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree.

SECTION 7.2 Notice of Sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that, to the
extent notice of sale or other disposition of the Collateral or any part thereof
shall be required by law, ten (10) days prior notice to such Pledgor of the time
and place of any public sale or of the time after which any private sale or
other intended disposition is to take place shall be commercially reasonable
notification of such matters. No notification need be given to any Pledgor if it
has signed, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, a statement renouncing
or modifying any right to notification of sale or other intended disposition.

SECTION 7.3 Waiver of Notice and Claims. Each Pledgor hereby waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, notice or judicial hearing in
connection with the Collateral Agent’s taking possession or the Collateral
Agent’s disposition of the Collateral or any part thereof, including any and all
prior notice and hearing for any prejudgment remedy or remedies and any such
right which such Pledgor would otherwise have under law, and each Pledgor hereby
further waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) all
damages occasioned by such taking of possession, (ii) all other requirements as
to the time, place and terms of sale or other requirements with respect to the
enforcement of the Collateral Agent’s rights hereunder and (iii) all rights of
redemption, appraisal, valuation, stay extension or moratorium now or hereafter
in force under any applicable law. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for
any incorrect or improper payment made pursuant to this ARTICLE VII in the
absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Collateral
Agent. Any sale of, or the grant of options to purchase, or any other
realization upon, any Collateral shall operate to divest all right, title,
interest, claim and demand, either at law or in equity, of the applicable
Pledgor therein and thereto, and shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in
equity against such Pledgor and against any and all persons claiming or
attempting to claim the Collateral so sold, optioned or realized upon, or any
part thereof, from, through or under such Pledgor.

SECTION 7.4 Certain Sales of Pledged Collateral.

(a) Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in
law, rules, regulations or orders of any Governmental Authority, the Collateral
Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the
Pledged Securities, to limit purchasers to those who meet the requirements of
such Governmental Authority. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such sales may
be at prices and on terms less favorable to the Collateral Agent than those
obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions, and, notwithstanding
such circumstances, agrees that any such restricted sale shall be deemed to have
been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that, except as may be
required by applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to
engage in public sales.

(b) Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain restrictions or
prohibitions contained in applicable laws, the Collateral Agent may be
compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the Pledged Securities
and Investment Property, to limit purchasers to persons who will agree, among
other things, to acquire such Pledged Securities or Investment Property for
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or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such private sales may be
at prices and on terms less favorable to the Collateral Agent than those
obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions and, notwithstanding
such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have
been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Collateral Agent
shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay
the sale of any Pledged Securities or Investment Property for the period of time
necessary to comply with such restrictions or prohibitions.

(c) If the Collateral Agent determines to exercise its right to sell any or all
of the Pledged Securities or Investment Property, upon written request, the
applicable Pledgor shall from time to time furnish to the Collateral Agent all
such information as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to
determine the number of securities included in the Pledged Securities or
Investment Property which may be sold by the Collateral Agent as exempt
transactions under any laws governing securities and the rules and regulations
of any applicable securities regulatory authority thereunder, as the same are
from time to time in effect.

(d) Each Pledgor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained
in this Section 7.4 will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and
the other Secured Parties, that the Collateral Agent and the other Secured
Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a
consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 7.4 shall be
specifically enforceable against such Pledgor, and such Pledgor hereby waives
and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance
of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing.

SECTION 7.5 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

(a) No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, no course of
dealing with respect to, and no delay on the part of the Collateral Agent in
exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power,
privilege or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right, power, privilege or remedy; nor shall the
Collateral Agent be required to look first to, enforce or exhaust any other
security, collateral or guaranties. All rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law or
otherwise available.

(b) In the event that the Collateral Agent shall have instituted any proceeding
to enforce any right, power, privilege or remedy under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document by foreclosure, sale, entry or otherwise, and such
proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or shall
have been determined adversely to the Collateral Agent, then and in every such
case, the Pledgors, the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall be
restored to their respective former positions and rights hereunder with respect
to the Collateral, and all rights, remedies, privileges and powers of the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall continue as if no such
proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 7.6 Certain Additional Actions Regarding Intellectual Property. If any
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon the written demand
of the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall execute and deliver to the
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assignments of the registered Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights and Goodwill
and such other documents as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent
and purposes hereof. Within ten (10) Business Days of written notice thereafter
from the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall make available to the Collateral
Agent, to the extent within such Pledgor’s power and authority, such personnel
in such Pledgor’s employ on the date of the Event of Default as the Collateral
Agent may reasonably designate to permit such Pledgor to continue, directly or
indirectly, to produce, advertise and sell the products and services sold by
such Pledgor under the registered Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights, and
such persons shall be available to perform their prior functions on the
Collateral Agent’s behalf.

ARTICLE VIII

APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS

SECTION 8.1 Application of Proceeds. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the
proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection
from or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral pursuant to the
exercise by the Collateral Agent of its remedies shall be applied, together with
any other sums then held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, in
accordance with Section 8.02 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.1 Concerning Collateral Agent.

(a) The Collateral Agent has been appointed as collateral agent pursuant to the
Term Loan Credit Agreement. The actions of the Collateral Agent hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement. The Collateral
Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from
taking action (including the release or substitution of the Collateral), in
accordance with this Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement. The
Collateral Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact in connection herewith
and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith. The Collateral Agent may resign
and a successor Collateral Agent may be appointed in the manner provided in the
Term Loan Credit Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the
Collateral Agent by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral
Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and
the retiring Collateral Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and
obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s
resignation, the provisions hereof shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement while it was the
Collateral Agent.

(b) The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in
the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if such
Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the
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neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Parties shall have
responsibility for (i) ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls,
conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relating to any
Pledged Securities, whether or not the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters or (ii) taking any
necessary steps to preserve rights against any person with respect to any
Collateral.

(c) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notice,
statement, certificate, order or other document or any telephone message
believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made
by the proper person, and, with respect to all matters pertaining to this
Agreement and its duties hereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.

(d) If any item of Collateral also constitutes collateral granted to the
Collateral Agent under any other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement,
pledge or instrument of any type, in the event of any conflict between the
provisions hereof and the provisions of such other deed of trust, mortgage,
security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type in respect of such
collateral, the provisions hereof shall control.

SECTION 9.2 Collateral Agent May Perform; Collateral Agent Appointed
Attorney-in-Fact. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, if at any time an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Pledgor shall fail
to perform any covenants contained in this Agreement (including such Pledgor’s
covenants to (i) pay the premiums in respect of all required insurance policies
hereunder, (ii) pay and discharge any taxes, assessments and special
assessments, levies, fees and governmental charges imposed upon or assessed
against, and landlords’, carriers’, mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s,
laborers’, materialmen’s, suppliers’ and warehousemen’s Liens and other claims
arising by operation of law against, all or any portion of the Collateral,
(iii) make repairs, (iv) discharge Liens or (v) pay or perform any obligations
of such Pledgor under any Collateral) or if any representation or warranty on
the part of any Pledgor contained herein shall be breached, upon written notice
to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) do the
same or cause it to be done or remedy any such breach, and may expend funds for
such purpose; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall in no event be
bound to inquire into the validity of any tax, Lien, imposition or other
obligation which such Pledgor fails to pay or perform as and when required
hereby and which such Pledgor does not contest in accordance with the provisions
of the Term Loan Credit Agreement. Any and all amounts so expended by the
Collateral Agent shall be paid by the Pledgors in accordance with the provisions
of Section 10.03 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement. Neither the provisions of
this Section 9.2 nor any action taken by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 9.2 shall prevent any such failure to observe any
covenant contained in this Agreement nor any breach of representation or
warranty from constituting an Event of Default (if applicable). Each Pledgor
hereby appoints the Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such
Pledgor, or otherwise, from time to time, subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, in the Collateral Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute
any instrument consistent with the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, this
Agreement and the other Security Documents which the Collateral Agent may deem
necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof (but the Collateral
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failure to so do or take action). The foregoing grant of authority is a power of
attorney coupled with an interest and such appointment shall be irrevocable for
the term hereof. Each Pledgor hereby ratifies all that such attorney shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

SECTION 9.3 Continuing Security Interest; Assignment. This Agreement shall
create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (i) be binding
upon the Pledgors, their respective successors and assigns and (ii) inure,
together with the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, to the
benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and each of their
respective successors, transferees and assigns. No other persons (including any
other creditor of any Pledgor) shall have any interest herein or any right or
benefit with respect hereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing
clause (ii), any Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer any indebtedness
held by it secured by this Agreement to any other person, and such other person
shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted
to such Secured Party, herein or otherwise, subject however, to the provisions
of the Term Loan Credit Agreement and, in the case of a Secured Party that is a
party to a Hedging Agreement (solely to the extent the Hedging Obligations
arising thereunder constitute Secured Obligations), such Hedging Agreement. Each
of the Pledgors agrees that its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest
created hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as
applicable, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of all or any part of
the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the
Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Pledgor or otherwise.

SECTION 9.4 Termination; Release.

(a) When all the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification
Obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) have been paid in full and
the Commitments of the Lenders to make any Loan under the Term Loan Credit
Agreement shall have expired or been sooner terminated in accordance with the
provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate.
Upon termination of this Agreement, or as otherwise provided in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, the Collateral shall be automatically released from the Lien
of this Agreement. Upon such release or any release of Collateral or any part
thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the
Collateral Agent shall, upon the request and at the sole cost and expense of the
Pledgors, assign, transfer and deliver to Pledgor, against receipt and without
recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent except as to the fact that the
Collateral Agent has not encumbered the released assets, such of the Collateral
or any part thereof to be released (in the case of a release) as may be in
possession of the Collateral Agent and as shall not have been sold or otherwise
applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and, with respect to any other Collateral,
proper documents and instruments that any Pledgor shall reasonably request
(including PPSA and UCC-3 termination financing statements, financing change
statements or releases) acknowledging the termination hereof or the release of
such Collateral, as the case may be.

(b) A Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and
the security interest in the Collateral of such Pledgor shall be automatically
released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Term Loan
Credit Agreement as a result of which such Pledgor ceases to be a Subsidiary of
the Borrower in accordance and in compliance with the terms of the Term Loan
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(c) Upon any sale or transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral that is permitted
under the Term Loan Credit Agreement (other than a sale or transfer to another
Loan Party in accordance and in compliance with the terms of the Term Loan
Credit Agreement), or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the
release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to
Section 10.02 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the security interest in such
Collateral shall be automatically released.

SECTION 9.5 Modification in Writing. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, no
amendment, modification, supplement, termination or waiver of or to any
provision hereof, nor consent to any departure by any Pledgor therefrom, shall
be effective unless the same shall be made in accordance with the terms of the
Term Loan Credit Agreement and unless in writing and signed by the Collateral
Agent. Any amendment, modification or supplement of or to any provision hereof,
any waiver of any provision hereof and any consent to any departure by any
Pledgor from the terms of any provision hereof in each case shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or
given. Except where notice is specifically required by this Agreement or any
other document evidencing the Secured Obligations, no notice to or demand on any
Pledgor in any case shall entitle any Pledgor to any other or further notice or
demand in similar or other circumstances.

SECTION 9.6 Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be
given shall be given in the manner and become effective as set forth in the Term
Loan Credit Agreement, as to any Pledgor, addressed to it at the address of the
Borrower set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement and as to the Collateral
Agent, addressed to it at the address set forth in the Term Loan Credit
Agreement, or in each case at such other address as shall be designated by such
party in a written notice to the other party complying as to delivery with the
terms of this Section 9.6.

SECTION 9.7 Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement will be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario
and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Without prejudice to the
ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce this Agreement in any other proper
jurisdiction, each Pledgor irrevocably submits and attorns to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of such Province. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, each Pledgor irrevocably waives any objection (including any
claim of inconvenient forum) that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of
any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in the courts
of such Province.

SECTION 9.8 Severability of Provisions. Any provision hereof which is invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity,
legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 9.9 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendments,
waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
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together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopier or other electronic
transmission (i.e. a “pdf” or “tif” document) shall be effective as delivery of
a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.10 Business Days. In the event any time period or any date provided in
this Agreement ends or falls on a day other than a Business Day, then such time
period shall be deemed to end and such date shall be deemed to fall on the next
succeeding Business Day, and performance herein may be made on such Business
Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such other day.

SECTION 9.11 No Claims Against Collateral Agent. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall constitute any consent or request by the Collateral Agent,
express or implied, for the performance of any labor or services or the
furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the Collateral or
any part thereof, nor as giving any Pledgor any right, power or authority to
contract for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the
furnishing of any materials or other property in such fashion as would permit
the making of any claim against the Collateral Agent in respect thereof or any
claim that any Lien based on the performance of such labor or services or the
furnishing of any such materials or other property is prior to the Lien hereof.

SECTION 9.12 No Release. Nothing set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, nor the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of the rights or
remedies hereunder, shall relieve any Pledgor from the performance of any term,
covenant, condition or agreement on such Pledgor’s part to be performed or
observed under or in respect of any of the Collateral or from any liability to
any person under or in respect of any of the Collateral or shall impose any
obligation on the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to perform or
observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on such Pledgor’s part
to be so performed or observed or shall impose any liability on the Collateral
Agent or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on the part of such
Pledgor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on
the part of such Pledgor contained in this Agreement, the Term Loan Credit
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or under or in respect of the Collateral
or made in connection herewith or therewith. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall
have any obligation or liability under any contracts, agreements and other
documents included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the
obligations or duties of any Pledgor thereunder or to take any action to collect
or enforce any such contract, agreement or other document included in the
Collateral hereunder. The obligations of each Pledgor contained in this
Section 9.12 shall survive the termination hereof and the discharge of such
Pledgor’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Term Loan Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents.

SECTION 9.13 Obligations Absolute. Except as set forth in Section 9.4, all
obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of:

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(b) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Term Loan Credit Agreement,
any Hedging Agreement (solely in respect of Hedging Obligations constituting
Secured Obligations) or any other Loan Document, or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto;

(c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term
of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of
or any consent to any departure from the Term Loan Credit Agreement, any Hedging
Agreement (solely in respect of Hedging Obligations constituting Secured
Obligations) or any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument
relating thereto;

(d) any pledge, exchange, release or non-perfection of any other collateral, or
any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any
guarantee, for all or any of the Secured Obligations;

(e) any exercise, non-exercise or waiver of any right, remedy, power or
privilege under or in respect hereof, the Term Loan Credit Agreement, any
Hedging Agreement (solely in respect of Hedging Obligations constituting Secured
Obligations) or any other Loan Document except as specifically set forth in a
waiver granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.5 hereof; or

(f) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available
to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor.

SECTION 9.14 Intercreditor Agreement

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Liens granted to the
Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the exercise of the rights and
remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder and under any other Loan Document are
subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any
conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern
and control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Collateral
Agent acknowledges and agrees that no Pledgor shall be required to take or
refrain from taking any action at the request of the Collateral Agent with
respect to the Collateral if such action or inaction would be inconsistent with
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

(b) Subject to the foregoing, (i) to the extent the provisions of this Agreement
(or any other Security Documents) require the delivery of, or control over, ABL
Priority Collateral to be granted to the Collateral Agent at any time prior to
the Discharge of ABL Obligations, then delivery of such ABL Priority Collateral
(or control with respect thereto, (and any related approval or consent rights))
shall instead be granted to the ABL Agent, to be held in accordance with the ABL
Documents and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) any provision of
this Agreement (or any other Loan Documents) requiring Pledgors to name the
Collateral Agent as an additional insured or a loss payee under any insurance
policy or a beneficiary of any letter of credit, such requirement shall have
been complied with if any such insurance policy or letter of credit also names
the ABL Agent as an additional insured, loss payee or beneficiary, as the case
may be, in each case pursuant and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor
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(c) Furthermore, at all times prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the
Collateral Agent is authorized by the parties hereto to effect transfers of ABL
Priority Collateral at any time in its possession (and any “control” or similar
agreements with respect to ABL Priority Collateral) to the ABL Agent.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein but subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement, in the event the ABL Documents provide for the grant of
a security interest or pledge over the assets of any Pledgor and such assets do
not otherwise constitute Collateral under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, such Pledgor shall (i) promptly grant a security interest in or pledge
such assets to secure the Secured Obligations, (ii) promptly take any actions
necessary to perfect such security interest or pledge to the extent set forth in
the ABL Documents and (iii) take all other steps reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent in connection with the foregoing.

(e) Nothing contained in the Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to modify
any of the provisions of this Agreement, which, as among the Pledgor and the
Collateral Agent shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its
terms.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as
of the date first above written.

 

NORCRAFT CANADA CORPORATION, as Pledgor By:   /s/ Leigh Ginter   Name:   Leigh
Ginter   Title:   Secretary and Treasurer

 

Signature Page – Canadian Security Agreement (Credit Agreement)

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Collateral Agent By:   /s/ Yvonne Brazier   Name:  
Yvonne Brazier   Title:   Manager, Agency

 

Signature Page – Canadian Security Agreement (Credit Agreement)

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EXHIBIT 1

[Form of]

JOINDER AGREEMENT

[Name of New Pledgor]

[Address of New Pledgor]

[Date]

 

 

 

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Canadian Security Agreement (as amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security
Agreement;” capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement), dated as of
December 13, 2013, made by NORCRAFT CANADA CORPORATION, a Nova Scotia unlimited
liability company (the “Canadian Guarantor”), the Guarantors party thereto and
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as collateral agent (in such capacity and together with
any successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

This Joinder Agreement supplements the Security Agreement and is delivered by
the undersigned, [                    ] (the “New Pledgor”), pursuant to
Section 2.5 of the Security Agreement. The New Pledgor hereby agrees to be bound
as a Guarantor and as a Pledgor party to the Security Agreement by all of the
terms, covenants and conditions set forth in the Security Agreement to the same
extent that it would have been bound if it had been a signatory to the Security
Agreement on the date of the Security Agreement. The New Pledgor also hereby
agrees to be bound as a party by all of the terms, covenants and conditions
applicable to it set forth in Articles V, VI and VII of the Term Loan Credit
Agreement to the same extent that it would have been bound if it had been a
signatory to the Term Loan Credit Agreement on the execution date of the Term
Loan Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New
Pledgor hereby grants and pledges to the Collateral Agent, as collateral
security for the full, prompt and complete payment and performance when due
(whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured
Obligations, a Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Collateral and expressly assumes all obligations
and liabilities of a Guarantor and Pledgor thereunder. The New Pledgor hereby
makes each of the representations and warranties and agrees to each of the
covenants applicable to the Pledgors contained in the Security Agreement and
Article III of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

Annexed hereto are supplements to each of the schedules to the Security
Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as applicable, with respect to the
New Pledgor. Such supplements shall be deemed to be part of the Security
Agreement or the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as applicable.

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This Joinder Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements
hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.

THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Pledgor has caused this Joinder Agreement to be
executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above
written.

 

[NEW PLEDGOR] By:  

 

  Name:   Title:

 

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Collateral Agent By:  

 

Name:   Title:   By:  

 

Name:   Title:  

 

[Schedules to be attached]

 

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EXHIBIT 2

[Form of]

Copyright Security Agreement

Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2013, by NORCRAFT CANADA
CORPORATION, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, (the “Pledgor”), in
favor of ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, in its capacity as collateral agent pursuant to
the Term Loan Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Pledgor is party to a Canadian Security Agreement of even date
herewith (the “Security Agreement”) in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to
which the Pledgor is required to execute and deliver this Copyright Security
Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to enter into the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, the Pledgor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent as
FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Security Agreement and used herein have the meaning given to them in the
Security Agreement.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Copyright Collateral. The Pledgor
hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a lien on and security interest in and to all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under all the following Collateral:

(a) registered Copyrights and applications therefor of the Pledgor listed on
Schedule I attached hereto; and

(b) all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (other than Excluded Property).

SECTION 3. Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to this Copyright Security Agreement are granted in conjunction
with the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the
Security Agreement, and Pledgor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights
and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the security interests in
the Copyrights made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security
Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference
herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this
Copyright Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Security Agreement,
the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control.

SECTION 4. Termination. Upon the payment in full of the Secured Obligations
(other than contingent indemnification Obligations as to which no claim has been
asserted) and

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termination of the Security Agreement, or as otherwise provided in the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver
to the Pledgor an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing the
collateral pledge, grant, assignment, lien and security interest in the
Copyrights under this Copyright Security Agreement.

SECTION 5. Counterparts. This Copyright Security Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Copyright Security Agreement
by signing and delivering one or more counterparts. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Copyright Security Agreement by
telecopier or other electronic transmission (i.e. a “pdf” or “tif” document)
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Copyright Security Agreement.

SECTION 6. Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision
contained herein, this Copyright Security Agreement, the Liens created hereby
and the rights, remedies, duties and obligations provided for herein are subject
in all respects to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and, to the
extent provided therein, the ABL Collateral Documents (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement) or the Term Collateral Documents (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement), as applicable, and any other intercreditor agreement
entered into in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement. In
the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this
Copyright Security Agreement and any applicable intercreditor agreement, the
provisions of the applicable intercreditor agreement shall control.

[signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor has caused this Copyright Security Agreement to
be executed and delivered by its duly authorized offer as of the date first set
forth above.

 

Very truly yours,

NORCRAFT CANADA CORPORATION

as Pledgor

By:  

 

  Name:   Title:

 

Accepted and Agreed: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Collateral Agent By:  

 

  Name:   Title: By:  

 

  Name:   Title:

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SCHEDULE I

to

COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS AND COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS

Copyright Registrations:

 

OWNER

  

REGISTRATION

NUMBER

  

TITLE

           

Copyright Applications:

 

OWNER

  

TITLE

  

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EXHIBIT 3

[Form of]

Patent Security Agreement

Patent Security Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2013, by NORCRAFT CANADA
CORPORATION, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, (the “Pledgor”), in
favor of ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, in its capacity as collateral agent pursuant to
the Term Loan Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Pledgor is party to a Canadian Security Agreement of even date
herewith (the “Security Agreement”) in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to
which the Pledgor is required to execute and deliver this Patent Security
Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to enter into the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, the Pledgor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent as
follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Security Agreement and used herein have the meaning given to them in the
Security Agreement.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Patent Collateral. The Pledgor hereby
pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a lien on and security interest in and to all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under all the following Collateral:

(a) registered Patents and applications of the Pledgor listed on Schedule I
attached hereto; and

(b) all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (other than Excluded Property).

SECTION 3. Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to this Patent Security Agreement are granted in conjunction with
the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security
Agreement, and Pledgor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and
remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the security interests in the
Patents made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security
Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference
herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this
Patent Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Security Agreement, the
provisions of the Security Agreement shall control.

SECTION 4. Termination. Upon the payment in full of the Secured Obligations
(other than contingent indemnification Obligations as to which no claim has been
asserted) and termination of the Security Agreement, or as otherwise provided in
the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall execute, acknowledge,
and deliver to the Pledgor an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing
the collateral pledge, grant, assignment, lien and security interest in the
Patents under this Patent Security Agreement.

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SECTION 5. Counterparts. This Patent Security Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Patent Security Agreement by
signing and delivering one or more counterparts. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Patent Security Agreement by telecopier
or other electronic transmission (i.e. a “pdf” or “tif” document) shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Patent Security
Agreement.

SECTION 6. Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision
contained herein, this Patent Security Agreement, the Liens created hereby and
the rights, remedies, duties and obligations provided for herein are subject in
all respects to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and, to the extent
provided therein, the ABL Collateral Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement) or the Term Collateral Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), as applicable, and any other intercreditor agreement entered into in
accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement. In the event of any
conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Patent Security
Agreement and any applicable intercreditor agreement, the provisions of the
applicable intercreditor agreement shall control.

[signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor has caused this Patent Security Agreement to be
executed and delivered by its duly authorized offer as of the date first set
forth above.

 

Very truly yours,

NORCRAFT CANADA CORPORATION,

as Pledgor

By:  

 

  Name:   Title:

 

Accepted and Agreed: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Collateral Agent By:  

 

  Name:   Title: By:  

 

  Name:   Title:

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SCHEDULE I

to

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

PATENT REGISTRATIONS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS

Patent Registrations:

 

OWNER

  

REGISTRATION

NUMBER

  

TITLE

     

Patent Applications:

 

OWNER

  

APPLICATION

NUMBER

  

NAME

     

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EXHIBIT 4

[Form of]

Trademark Security Agreement

Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2013 by NORCRAFT CANADA
CORPORATION, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, (the “Pledgor”), in
favor of ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, in its capacity as collateral agent pursuant to
the Term Loan Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Pledgor is party to a Canadian Security Agreement of even date
herewith (the “Security Agreement”) in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to
which the Pledgor is required to execute and deliver this Trademark Security
Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to enter into the Term Loan
Credit Agreement, the Pledgor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent as
follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Security Agreement and used herein have the meaning given to them in the
Security Agreement.

SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Trademark Collateral. The Pledgor
hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a lien on and security interest in and to all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under all the following Collateral:

(a) registered Trademarks and applications therefor of the Pledgor listed on
Schedule I attached hereto;

(b) all Goodwill associated with such Trademarks; and

(c) all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (other than Excluded Property).

SECTION 3. Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to this Trademark Security Agreement are granted in conjunction
with the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the
Security Agreement, and Pledgor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights
and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the security interests in
the Trademarks made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security
Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference
herein as if fully set forth herein. In the event that any provision of this
Trademark Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Security Agreement,
the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control.

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SECTION 4. Termination. Upon the payment in full of the Secured Obligations
(other than contingent indemnification Obligations as to which no claim has been
asserted) and termination of the Security Agreement, or as otherwise provided in
the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall execute, acknowledge,
and deliver to the Pledgor an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing
the collateral pledge, grant, assignment, lien and security interest in the
Trademarks under this Trademark Security Agreement.

SECTION 5. Counterparts. This Trademark Security Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Trademark Security Agreement
by signing and delivering one or more counterparts. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Trademark Security Agreement by
telecopier or other electronic transmission (i.e. a “pdf” or “tif” document)
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Trademark Security Agreement.

SECTION 6. Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision
contained herein, this Trademark Security Agreement, the Liens created hereby
and the rights, remedies, duties and obligations provided for herein are subject
in all respects to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and, to the
extent provided therein, the ABL Collateral Documents (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement) or the Term Collateral Documents (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement), as applicable, and any other intercreditor agreement
entered into in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement. In
the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this
Trademark Security Agreement and any applicable intercreditor agreement, the
provisions of the applicable intercreditor agreement shall control.

[signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor has caused this Trademark Security Agreement to
be executed and delivered by its duly authorized offer as of the date first set
forth above.

 

Very truly yours,

NORCRAFT CANADA CORPORATION,

as Pledgor

  By:   NORCRAFT GP, L.L.C.,     its General Partner By:  

 

  Name:   Title:

 

Accepted and Agreed: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Collateral Agent By:  

 

  Name:   Title: By:  

 

  Name:   Title:

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SCHEDULE I

to

TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS AND TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS

Trademark Registrations:

 

OWNER

  

REGISTRATION

NUMBER

  

TRADEMARK

     

Trademark Applications:

 

OWNER

  

APPLICATION

NUMBER

  

TRADEMARK