Exhibit 10.3
 
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 31, 2009
among
MOUNTAIN & WAVE S.À R.L.,
as Borrower
QUIKSILVER, INC.,
as a Guarantor
RHÔNE GROUP L.L.C.,
as Administrative Agent
and
The Lenders Party Hereto
RHÔNE GROUP L.L.C.,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

              Section       Page    
 
        ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
   
 
        1.01  
Defined Terms
    1   1.02  
Other Interpretive Provisions
    34   1.03  
Accounting Terms
    34   1.04  
Rounding
    35   1.05  
Times of Day
    35   1.06  
Currency Equivalents Generally
    35   1.07  
Certifications
    35      
 
        ARTICLE II

THE COMMITMENTS AND LOANS
   
 
        2.01  
Loans
    36   2.02  
Borrowing of Loans
    36   2.03  
[Reserved]
    36   2.04  
[Reserved]
    36   2.05  
Prepayments
    36   2.06  
[Reserved]
    37   2.07  
Repayment of Loans
    37   2.08  
Interest.
    37   2.09  
Closing Fee
    38   2.10  
Computation of Interest and Fees
    38   2.11  
Evidence of Debt
    38   2.12  
Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback
    39   2.13  
Sharing of Payments by Lenders
    40      
 
        ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
   
 
        3.01  
Taxes
    40   3.02  
[Reserved]
    43   3.03  
[Reserved]
    43   3.04  
Increased Costs
    43   3.05  
[Reserved]
    44   3.06  
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
    44   3.07  
Survival
    45  

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              Section       Page    
 
        ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS
   
 
        4.01  
Conditions of Loans
    45      
 
        ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
   
 
        5.01  
Existence, Qualification and Power
    49   5.02  
Authorization; No Contravention
    50   5.03  
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents
    50   5.04  
Binding Effect
    50   5.05  
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect
    50   5.06  
[Reserved]
    51   5.07  
[Reserved]
    51   5.08  
Ownership of Property; Liens
    51   5.09  
[Reserved]
    51   5.10  
[Reserved]
    52   5.11  
Taxes
    52   5.12  
ERISA Compliance
    52   5.13  
[Reserved]
    52   5.14  
Disclosure
    52   5.15  
Compliance with Laws
    53   5.16  
Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act
    53   5.17  
Intellectual Property
    53   5.18  
Labor Matters
    53   5.19  
Security Documents
    54   5.20  
Environmental Matters
    54   5.21  
Absence of Insolvency Proceedings
    55   5.22  
Capitalization
    55   5.23  
No Amendment to Services Fee Agreements
    55   5.24  
Compliance with Money Laundering Laws
    55   5.25  
No Default
    55      
 
        ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
   
 
        6.01  
Financial Statements
    55   6.02  
Certificates; Other Information
    57   6.03  
Notices
    58   6.04  
Payment of Obligations
    58   6.05  
Preservation of Existence, Etc.
    58   6.06  
Maintenance of Properties
    59   6.07  
Maintenance of Insurance
    59   6.08  
Compliance with Laws
    59   6.09  
Books and Records; Accountants
    59   6.10  
Inspection Rights
    59   6.11  
Use of Proceeds
    60  

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              Section       Page    
 
        6.12  
Additional Loan Parties
    60   6.13  
Information Regarding the Collateral
    60   6.14  
Environmental Laws
    60   6.15  
Further Assurances
    61   6.16  
Post-Closing Matters
    61      
 
        ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS
   
 
        7.01  
Liens
    61   7.02  
Investments
    62   7.03  
Indebtedness
    62   7.04  
Fundamental Changes
    62   7.05  
Dispositions
    63   7.06  
Restricted Payments
    63   7.07  
Prepayments of Subordinated Indebtedness
    64   7.08  
Change in Nature of Business
    64   7.09  
Transactions with Affiliates
    64   7.10  
Burdensome Agreements
    64   7.11  
ERISA
    65   7.12  
Amendment of Organization Documents
    65   7.13  
Fiscal Year
    65   7.14  
Financial Covenants
    65   7.15  
Restrictions on QS Holdings
    65      
 
        ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
   
 
        8.01  
Events of Default
    66   8.02  
Remedies Upon Event of Default
    69   8.03  
Application of Funds
    69      
 
        ARTICLE IX

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDERS
   
 
        9.01  
Appointment and Authority
    70   9.02  
Rights as a Lender
    70   9.03  
Exculpatory Provisions
    71   9.04  
Reliance by Administrative Agent
    72   9.05  
Delegation of Duties
    72   9.06  
Resignation of Administrative Agent
    72   9.07  
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
    73   9.08  
No Other Duties, Etc.
    73   9.09  
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
    73   9.10  
Collateral and Guaranty Matters
    74   9.11  
Notice of Transfer
    74   9.12  
Agency for Perfection
    74   9.13  
Indemnification of Administrative Agent
    74  

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              Section       Page    
 
        9.14  
Relation among Lenders
    75   9.15  
Defaulting Lender
    75   9.16  
Actions in Concert
    75      
 
        ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS
   
 
        10.01  
Amendments, Etc.
    75   10.02  
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications
    76   10.03  
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
    78   10.04  
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
    78   10.05  
Reinstatement; Payments Set Aside
    79   10.06  
Successors and Assigns
    79   10.07  
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality
    82   10.08  
[Reserved]
    83   10.09  
Interest Rate Limitation
    83   10.10  
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
    83   10.11  
Survival
    83   10.12  
Severability
    83   10.13  
Replacement of Lenders
    84   10.14  
Reserved
    84   10.15  
Issue Price
    84   10.16  
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
    85   10.17  
Waiver of Jury Trial
    86   10.18  
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
    86   10.19  
USA PATRIOT Act Notice
    87   10.20  
Foreign Asset Control Regulations
    87   10.21  
Time of the Essence
    87   10.22  
Press Releases
    87   10.23  
[Reserved]
    88   10.24  
No Strict Construction
    88   10.25  
Attachments
    88   10.26  
Conflict of Terms
    88      
 
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SCHEDULES
   
1.01(a)
  Subsidiary Guarantors
1.01(b)
  US Grantors
2.01
  Commitments and Applicable Percentages
4.01(a)(ix)
  Closing Date Security Documents
4.01(a)(x)
  Other Closing Date Loan Documents
5.01
  Loan Parties’ Organizational Information
5.05
  Material Liabilities or Obligations
5.22
  Capitalization
6.16
  Post-Closing Matters
7.01
  Existing Liens
7.02
  Existing Investments
7.03(a)
  Existing Indebtedness
7.03(l)
  Existing Indebtedness of Quiksilver Japan K.K.
7.10
  Contractual Obligations
10.02
  Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
10.15
  Issue Prices

     
EXHIBITS
   
A
  Form of Loan Notice
B
  Form of Note
C
  Form of Compliance Certificate
D
  Form of Assignment and Assumption
E
  Form of Facility Guaranty
F
  Form of US Security Agreement
G
  Form of Euro Intellectual Property Security Agreement
H
  Form of US Intellectual Property Security Agreement
I
  Form of Pledge Agreement (US Grantors)
J
  Form of Pledge Agreement (54th Street)

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CREDIT AGREEMENT
          This CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of July 31, 2009, among
MOUNTAIN & WAVE S.À R.L., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (the
“Borrower”); QUIKSILVER, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”); each
lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and
individually, a “Lender”); and RHÔNE GROUP L.L.C., as Administrative Agent.
          The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a Euro term loan
facility, and the Lenders have indicated their willingness to provide a Euro
term loan facility on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
          In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
          1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below:
          “54th Street” means 54th Street Holdings S.à r.l., a Luxembourg
private limited liability company, having its registered office at 9-11 rue
Louvigny, L-1946 Luxembourg, and being registered with the Luxembourg trade and
companies registry under number B 147.206.
          “ABL Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as
administrative agent for the lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement, together
with any successor agent.
          “ABL Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
the Closing Date among the US Borrower, the other borrowers party thereto, the
Parent, the other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, the ABL
Agent, Bank of America, N.A. and General Electric Capital Corporation, as
co-collateral agents, and the other agents party thereto, and any refinancings,
refundings, renewals or extensions thereof permitted hereunder.
          “ABL Facility” means the credit facilities made available pursuant to
the ABL Credit Agreement.
          “ABL Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Administrative Agent, the US
Term Loan Agent, the ABL Agent and the Collateral Agent.
          “Acquisition” means, with respect to any Person, (a) an investment in,
or a purchase of a Controlling interest in, the Equity Interests of any other
Person, (b) a purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the
assets or properties of, another Person or of any business unit of another
Person, or (c) any merger or consolidation of such Person with any other Person
or other transaction or series of transactions resulting in the acquisition of
all or substantially all of the assets, or a Controlling interest in the Equity
Interests, of any Person.
          “Administrative Agent” means Rhône Group L.L.C., in its capacity as
administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor
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          “Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s
address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such
other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
          “Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire
in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
          “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
          “Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders. As
of the Closing Date, the Aggregate Commitments are €20,000,000.
          “Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.
          “Americas Consolidated” means, when used to modify a financial term,
test, statement, or report of the Parent, the application or preparation of such
term, test, statement or report (as applicable) based upon the financial
condition or operating results of the Parent and the Americas Subsidiaries,
calculated or prepared (as the case may be) as if such entities were a
consolidated group.
          “Americas Consolidated EBITDA” means, at any date of determination, an
amount equal to Americas Consolidated Net Income for the most recently completed
Measurement Period, plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in
calculating such Americas Consolidated Net Income, the sum of: (i) Americas
Consolidated Interest Charges for such Measurement Period, (ii) the provision
for federal, state, local and foreign income Taxes for such Measurement Period,
(iii) amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization expense for such
Measurement Period, (iv) all non-cash charges, expenses or losses, including any
impairment charge or write-off of assets (other than the write-off or write-down
of current assets) pursuant to GAAP, (v) any non-cash stock compensation
expenses, (vi) costs, fees and expenses in connection with the Loan Documents,
the ABL Facility and the US Term Loans and the other transactions occurring on
or about the Closing Date, (vii) costs, fees and expenses in connection with any
Acquisition or Disposition permitted hereunder and occurring after the Closing
Date, (viii) any expenses or charges incurred in connection with any issuance
(or proposed issuance) of Indebtedness or Equity Interests or any refinancing
transaction (or proposed refinancing transaction) or any amendment or other
modification (or proposed amendment or modification) of any Indebtedness, and
(ix) non-recurring costs, fees and expenses of restructuring advisors, in each
case of or by the Parent and the Americas Subsidiaries for such Measurement
Period, minus (b) without duplication all cash payments made during such period
on account of reserves, restructuring charges and other non-cash charges added
to Americas Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (a)(iv) above in respect
of a previous Measurement Period. For the purposes of calculating Americas
Consolidated EBITDA for any Measurement Period, (i) the Americas Consolidated
EBITDA of any Person acquired by the Parent or its Americas Subsidiaries during
such Measurement Period shall be included on a pro forma basis for such period
(assuming the consummation of such Acquisition and the incurrence or assumption
of any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such
Measurement Period, but excluding any adjustments giving effect to expected
costs savings or synergies), and (ii) the Americas Consolidated EBITDA of any
Person Disposed of by the Parent or its Americas Subsidiaries during such
Measurement Period shall be excluded for such Measurement Period (assuming the
consummation of such Disposition and the repayment of any Indebtedness in
connection therewith occurred on the first day of such period).
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          “Americas Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any Measurement
Period and without duplication, the sum of (a) all interest expense, premium
payments amortization, debt discount amortization, fees amortization, charges
and related expenses amortization, in each case to the extent treated as
interest expense in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, all
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters
of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs or net gains under
Swap Contracts to the extent such net costs or net gains are allocable to such
period, and (b) the portion of rent expense with respect to such period under
Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP,
in each case of or by the Parent and its Americas Subsidiaries for the most
recently completed Measurement Period, all as determined on an Americas
Consolidated basis.
          “Americas Consolidated Net Income” means, as of any date of
determination, the net income of the Parent and its Americas Subsidiaries for
the most recently completed Measurement Period, all as determined on an Americas
Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (other than with respect to standards
requiring or otherwise related to inclusion of Subsidiaries other than Americas
Subsidiaries); provided, however, that there shall be excluded (a) items
classified as unusual, non-recurring or extraordinary gains or losses (and the
tax effects of such items) for such Measurement Period, (b) gains and losses
realized upon the sale or other disposition of any property that is not sold or
otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (and the tax effects of
such sale), (c) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles,
(d) the income (or loss) of such Person which is not a Loan Party or a
Subsidiary during such Measurement Period in which any other Person has a joint
interest with a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the extent of
the amount of cash dividends or other distributions actually paid in cash to
such Person during such period, and (e) the income (or loss) of such Person
during such Measurement Period and accrued prior to the date it becomes a
Subsidiary of a Person or any of such Person’s Subsidiaries or is merged into or
consolidated with a Person or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets
are acquired by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries.
          “Americas Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) without duplication, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all Indebtedness of the Parent and its Americas Subsidiaries described in
clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of the definition of “Indebtedness”
on such date (including such items that are Permitted Specified Subsidiary
Indebtedness), determined on an Americas Consolidated basis, to (b) Americas
Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Measurement Period.
          “Americas Subsidiaries” means, collectively, (a) the US Borrower and
each direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the US Borrower, (b) the Borrower
and each direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws
of Canada or any province thereof, (c) QS Mexico Holdings and each direct or
indirect Subsidiary of QS Mexico Holdings organized under the laws of Mexico and
(d) each direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent organized under the laws of
Brazil. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date, each of Quiksilver
Canada Corp., QS Retail Canada Corp., Quiksilver Brazil, Quiksilver Industria e
Comercio de Artigos Esportivos Ltda., QS Mexico Holdings, Quiksilver Mexico, S.
de R. L. de C.V. and Quiksilver Mexico Service, S. de R. L. de C.V. shall be
deemed an “Americas Subsidiary”.
          “Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender at any time,
the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) obtained by dividing
(x) the outstanding principal balance of such Lender’s Loans by (y) the
aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans.
          “Arranger” means Rhône Group L.L.C., in its capacity as sole lead
arranger.
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          “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered
into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose
consent is required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative
Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
          “Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any
Capital Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that
would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in
accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation
(other than any Capital Lease Obligation), the capitalized amount of the
remaining lease or similar payments under the relevant lease or other applicable
agreement or instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease, agreement or
instrument were accounted for as a capital lease.
          “Audited Financial Statements” means the audited Consolidated balance
sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ended October 31,
2008, and the related Consolidated statements of income or operations and cash
flows for such Fiscal Year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the
notes thereto.
          “Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
          “Borrowing” means the borrowing of Loans made by the Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.01.
          “Brazil JV Agreement” means the Joint Venture Agreement of Quiksilver
Brazil dated November 1, 2004 by and among QS Holdings, Alfio Lagnado and With
Quik, LLC, as amended.
          “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are
in fact closed in, New York.
          “Canadian Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of
July 31, 2009 among Quiksilver Deluxe, Quiksilver Canada Corp. and the
Administrative Agent.
          “Capital Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any
lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal
property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be
classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such
Person under GAAP and the amount of which obligations shall be the capitalized
amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
          “Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this
Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any
law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or
treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline
or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental
Authority.
          “Change of Control” means:
          (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee
benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting
in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any
such plan) other than Rhône Capital III L.P. and its Affiliates
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becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of
the Equity Interests of the Parent entitled to vote for members of the board of
directors or equivalent governing body of the Parent on a fully-diluted basis;
or
          (b) during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of
the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the
Parent cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or
equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election
or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such
election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing
body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and
(ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body; or
          (c) the Parent fails at any time to own, directly or indirectly, 100%
of the Equity Interests of the Borrower free and clear of all Liens (other than
(i) Liens under the Security Documents and (ii) Liens securing obligations in
respect of the US Term Loan Credit Agreement and the loan documents relating
thereto), except where such failure is as a result of a transaction permitted by
the Loan Documents.
          “Closing Date” means July 31, 2009.
          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended and in effect.
          “Collateral” means any and all “Collateral” as defined in any
applicable Security Document and all other property of any Loan Party that is or
is intended under the terms of the Security Documents to be subject to Liens in
favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of itself and the other
Credit Parties) or the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Credit Parties).
          “Collateral Agency Agreement” means that certain Collateral Agency
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Administrative Agent, the US
Term Loan Agent and the Collateral Agent.
          “Collateral Agent” means Rhône Group L.L.C., in its capacity as
collateral sub-agent for the Administrative Agent and the US Term Loan Agent.
          “Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Loans to
the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01 in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01.
          “Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form
of Exhibit C.
          “Consent” means (a) actual written consent given by a Lender from whom
such consent is sought; or (b) the passage of ten (10) Business Days from
receipt of written notice to a Lender from the Administrative Agent of a
proposed course of action to be followed by the Administrative Agent without
such Lender’s giving the Administrative Agent written notice that such Lender
objects to such course of action.
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          “Consolidated” means, when used to modify a financial term, test,
statement, or report of a Person, the application or preparation of such term,
test, statement or report (as applicable) based upon the consolidation, in
accordance with GAAP, of the financial condition or operating results of such
Person and its Subsidiaries.
          “Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any
agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by
which it or any of its property is bound.
          “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person,
whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
          “Copyright” has the meaning specified in the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement.
          “Copyright Security Agreement” means the Copyright Security Agreement
dated as of the Closing Date between 54th Street and the Administrative Agent,
in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
          “Credit Party” or “Credit Parties” means (a) individually, (i) each
Lender, (ii) the Administrative Agent, (iii) the Collateral Agent, (iv) the
Arranger, (v) each beneficiary of each indemnification obligation undertaken by
any Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (vi) the successors and assigns of
each of the foregoing, and (b) collectively, all of the foregoing.
          “Credit Party Expenses” means: all reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Arranger and their respective Affiliates and the Lenders,
in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including,
without limitation (but, in any event, subject to the limitations described
herein below): (a) the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements
of (i) counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Arranger (limited to not more than one primary counsel and necessary local
counsel (limited to one local counsel per jurisdiction)), (ii) outside
consultants for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and (iii) all
such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout or restructuring
negotiations in respect of the Obligations, and (b) all reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with (i) the
preparation, negotiation, administration, management, execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or
waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) the enforcement or protection of
their rights in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or
efforts to preserve, protect, collect, or enforce the Collateral or in
connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, or (iii) any
workout or restructuring negotiations in respect of any Obligations; provided
that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate
amount included in the definition of Credit Party Expenses on account of fees of
Lazard Frères & Co. and its Affiliates shall be limited to $1,500,000 less any
amounts paid in respect of such fee by the US Borrower pursuant to the US Term
Loans (excluding reasonable and documented fees of Lazard Frères & Co. and its
Affiliates incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Arranger and their respective Affiliates while an Event of Default exists or in
connection with any amendment or waiver of this Agreement, the US Term Loan
Credit Agreement or the French Credit Agreement).
          “DC Shoes” means DC Shoes, Inc., a California corporation.
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          “DC Shoes Business” means the business conducted by DC Shoes, Emerald
Coast and DC Shoes Australia Pty. Ltd.
          “Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States,
and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency,
reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other
applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of
creditors generally.
          “Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of
Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both,
would be an Event of Default.
          “Default Rate” means, with respect to any Loan, an interest rate equal
to the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Loan plus two percent (2%) per
annum.
          “Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to pay over
to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be
paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the
subject of a good faith dispute, or (b) has been deemed insolvent or become the
subject of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
          “Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or
other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) of any property by any Person,
including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without
recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims
associated therewith, provided, however, that dispositions of assets (other than
licenses) in a single transaction or series of related transactions with an
aggregate fair market value in any fiscal year of less than $2,500,000 (with
unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried over to the next succeeding
fiscal year subject to a maximum of $5,000,000 in such next succeeding fiscal
year) shall not be deemed to be a Disposition.
          “Disqualified Stock” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or
by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is
exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the
happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely
for Equity Interests that do not constitute Disqualified Stock), pursuant to a
sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable (other than solely for
Equity Interests that do not constitute Disqualified Stock) at the option of the
holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days
after the Maturity Date; provided, however, that (i) only the portion of such
Equity Interests which so matures or is so mandatorily redeemable, is so
convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock and
(ii) with respect to any Equity Interests issued to any employee or to any plan
for the benefit of employees of the Parent or its Subsidiaries or by any such
plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified
Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Parent or one
of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory
obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, resignation, death or
disability and if any class of Equity Interest of such Person that by its terms
authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of an
Equity Interest that is not Disqualified Stock, such Equity Interests shall not
be deemed to be Disqualified Stock. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any
Equity Interest that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the
holders thereof have the right to require a Loan Party to repurchase such Equity
Interest upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not
constitute Disqualified Stock. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be
outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum
amount that any Loan Party may become obligated to pay upon maturity of, or
pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock or
portion thereof, plus accrued dividends.
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          “Dollar Equivalent Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 10.15.
          “Dollars” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
          “Domestic Availability” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit
Agreement.
          “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the
laws of any political subdivision of the United States.
          “EC Insolvency Regulation” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
          “Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender or any of its Affiliates;
(b) any investment vehicle Controlled by Rhône Capital III L.L.C. and any
limited partner (or affiliate of such limited partner) of any such investment
vehicle; and (c) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by
(i) the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower (each such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed).
          “Emerald Coast” means Emerald Coast SAS.
          “Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and
foreign statutes, laws, including established common law, regulations,
ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees, governmental restrictions or
requirements of any Governmental Authority regulating pollution or the
protection of heath or the environment or the release of any Hazardous Materials
into the environment.
          “Environmental Liability” means any liability, obligation, damage,
loss, claim, action, suit, judgment, order, fine, penalty, fee, expense, or cost
(including any liability for costs of environmental remediation) of the Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries arising from or based upon violation of or liability
under any Environmental Law including those resulting from (a) the generation,
use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal or presence of any
Hazardous Materials, (b) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, or (c) the release
or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment.
          “Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, license or other
authorization required under any Environmental Law.
          “Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the
shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such
Person, and all of the warrants or options for the purchase or acquisition from
such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit
interests in) such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests
therein), whether voting or nonvoting.
          “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
          “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with a Loan Party within the meaning of
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for
purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
          “ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Plan;
(b) a withdrawal by a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan
subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation
of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of
ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by a Loan Party or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan subject to Title IV of
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ERISA or notification that a Multiemployer Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA is
in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of
ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds
under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a
trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the
imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC
premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon a Loan Party
or any ERISA Affiliate.
          “Euros” and “€” mean the single currency of the Participating Member
States.
          “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
          “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any
Lender, any Participant or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or
on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder, any (a) taxes imposed
on or measured by its overall net income or net profits (however denominated),
and any franchise, excise or similar taxes imposed on it in lieu of a net income
tax by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction (or any political subdivision
thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its
principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender or any Participant, in
which its applicable Lending Office is located, in each case as a result of a
present or former connection between such Lender or such Participant and the
jurisdiction or taxing authority imposing the tax, (b) branch profits taxes
imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction, and (c) taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Lender or
Participant (x) at the time such Lender or Participant becomes a party to this
Agreement (or designates a new Lending Office) or (y) is attributable to such
Lender’s or Participant’s failure or inability to comply with its obligations
under Section 3.01, other than (A) additional United States federal withholding
taxes that may be imposed after the time such Lender or Participant becomes a
party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office) as a result of a
Change in Law, and (B) in the case of any assignment or transfer by a Lender or
Participant, to the extent that such assignor was entitled, at the time of
assignment, to receive a Gross-Up Payment pursuant to Section 3.01(a); provided,
however, that such assignee shall not be entitled to receive any additional
amounts pursuant to Section 3.01 in excess of the amount that such assignor
would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment or
transfer.
          “Executive Order” has the meaning specified in Section 10.20.
          “Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of June 3, 2005, among, inter alia, the US Borrower,
the Parent, the several banks and other financial institutions party thereto,
Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agent, Union Bank of California, N.A.,
as syndication agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, as
amended.
          “Facility Guaranty” means a Guarantee of the Obligations made by a
Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent and the other Credit Parties, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E or otherwise in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
          “Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to
the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such
day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day
next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day,
the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on
the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business
Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such
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next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the
average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%)
quoted for such day on such transactions by three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.
          “Fiscal Month” means any fiscal month of any Fiscal Year, which month
shall generally end on the last day of each calendar month in accordance with
the fiscal accounting calendar of the Loan Parties.
          “Fiscal Quarter” means any fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year, which
quarters shall generally end on the last day of each January, April, July and
October of such Fiscal Year in accordance with the fiscal accounting calendar of
the Loan Parties.
          “Fiscal Year” means any period of twelve (12) consecutive months
ending on October 31st of any calendar year.
          “Foreign Assets Control Regulations” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.20.
          “Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of
a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax
purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof
and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single
jurisdiction.
          “Foreign Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary other than a Domestic
Subsidiary.
          “French Credit Agreement” means the Facilities Agreement dated as of
July 31, 2009 among, inter alia, Pilot SAS, a Société par Actions Simplifiée,
and Na Pali, a Société par Actions Simplifiée, as borrowers, the Parent and
Pilot SAS, as original guarantors, and Crédit Lyonnais, BNP Paribas and Société
Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, as mandated lead arrangers, as amended,
restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles
Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements
and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other
principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of
the date of determination, consistently applied.
          “Global Consolidated EBITDA” means, at any date of determination, an
amount equal to Global Consolidated Net Income of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis for the most recently completed Measurement
Period, plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in calculating
such Global Consolidated Net Income, the sum of: (i) Global Consolidated
Interest Charges for such Measurement Period, (ii) the provision for federal,
state, local and foreign income Taxes for such Measurement Period, (iii) amounts
attributable to depreciation and amortization expense for such Measurement
Period, (iv) all non-cash charges, expenses or losses, including any impairment
charge or write-off of assets (other than the write-off or write-down of current
assets) pursuant to GAAP, (v) any non-cash stock compensation expenses,
(vi) costs, fees and expenses in connection with the Loan Documents, the ABL
Facility and the US Term Loans and the other transactions occurring on or about
the Closing Date, (vii) costs, fees and expenses in connection with any
Acquisition or Disposition permitted hereunder and occurring after the Closing
Date, (viii) any expenses or charges incurred in connection with any issuance
(or proposed issuance) of Indebtedness or Equity Interests or any refinancing
transaction (or proposed refinancing transaction) or any amendment or other
modification (or proposed amendment or
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modification) of any Indebtedness, and (ix) non-recurring costs, fees and
expenses of restructuring advisors, in each case of or by the Parent and its
Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period, minus (b) without duplication all cash
payments made during such period on account of reserves, restructuring charges
and other non-cash charges added to Global Consolidated Net Income pursuant to
clause (a)(iv) above in respect of a previous Measurement Period. For the
purposes of calculating Global Consolidated EBITDA for any Measurement Period,
(i) the Global Consolidated EBITDA of any Person acquired by the Parent or its
Subsidiaries during such Measurement Period shall be included on a pro forma
basis for such period (assuming the consummation of such Acquisition and the
incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on
the first day of such Measurement Period, but excluding any adjustments giving
effect to expected costs savings or synergies), and (ii) the Global Consolidated
EBITDA of any Person Disposed of by the Parent or its Subsidiaries during such
Measurement Period shall be excluded for such Measurement Period (assuming the
consummation of such Disposition and the repayment of any Indebtedness in
connection therewith occurred on the first day of such period).
          “Global Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any Measurement
Period and without duplication, the sum of (a) all interest expense, premium
payments amortization, debt discount amortization, fees amortization, charges
and related expenses amortization, in each case to the extent treated as
interest expense in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, all
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters
of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs or net gains under
Swap Contracts to the extent such net costs or net gains are allocable to such
period, and (b) the portion of rent expense with respect to such period under
Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP,
in each case of or by the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the most recently
completed Measurement Period, all as determined on a Consolidated basis.
          “Global Consolidated Net Income” means, as of any date of
determination, the net income of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the most
recently completed Measurement Period, all as determined on a Consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that there shall be excluded
(a) items classified as unusual, non-recurring or extraordinary gains or losses
(and the tax effects of such items) for such Measurement Period, (b) gains and
losses realized upon the sale or other disposition of any property that is not
sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (and the tax
effects of such sales), (c) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles, (d) the income (or loss) of such Person which is not a Loan Party or
a Subsidiary during such Measurement Period in which any other Person has a
joint interest with a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the
extent of the amount of cash dividends or other distributions actually paid in
cash to such Person during such period, and (e) the income (or loss) of such
Person during such Measurement Period and accrued prior to the date it becomes a
Subsidiary of a Person or any of such Person’s Subsidiaries or is merged into or
consolidated with a Person or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets
are acquired by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries.
          “Global Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) without duplication, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries described in clauses (a),
(b), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of the definition of “Indebtedness” on such date
(including such items that are Permitted Specified Subsidiary Indebtedness),
determined on a Consolidated basis, to (b) Global Consolidated EBITDA for the
most recently ended Measurement Period.
          “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or
any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
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judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the
European Union or the European Central Bank).
          “Gross-Up Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
          “Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or
performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or
indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or
payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or
lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee
in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or
performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working
capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity
or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or
(iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in
respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or
performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof
(in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any
Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not
such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right,
contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such
Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in
respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the
maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a
corresponding meaning.
          “Guarantor” means the Parent, each Subsidiary listed on
Schedule 1.01(a) annexed hereto and each other Domestic Subsidiary of the Parent
and each other Subsidiary that executes and delivers a Facility Guaranty or
Facility Guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 6.12.
          “Hazardous Materials” means all radioactive substances or wastes and
all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or pollutants, including petroleum or
petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and any other
deleterious substance regulated under any Environmental Law.
          “Immaterial Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of any Loan Party that
is not a Material Subsidiary.
          “Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without
duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or
liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
          (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan
agreements or other similar instruments;
          (b) the maximum amount of all direct or contingent obligations of such
Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial),
bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
          (c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
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          (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price
of property or services (other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary
course of business, (ii) deferred compensation and (iii) any purchase price
adjustment or earn-out obligation);
          (e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a
Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness
arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or
not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in
recourse;
          (f) all Attributable Indebtedness of such Person;
          (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Stock;
and
          (h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
          For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include
the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture
that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person
is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly
made non-recourse to such Person and except to the extent such Person’s
liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited. The amount of any net
obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap
Termination Value thereof as of such date.
          “Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
          “Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).
          “Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.
          “Intellectual Property” has the meaning set forth in the Intellectual
Property Security Agreement.
          “Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means the Euro Intellectual
Property Security Agreement dated as of the Closing Date between the Borrower,
54th Street and the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit G or otherwise in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
          “Intercreditor Agreements” means, collectively, the ABL Intercreditor
Agreement and the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement.
          “Interest Payment Date” means the last Business Day of each calendar
quarter and the Maturity Date.
          “Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect
acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase
or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance
or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or
other acquisition of any other debt or equity interest in, another Person, or
(c) any Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any
Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for
subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
          “Investment Unit” has the meaning specified in Section 10.15.
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          “IP Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement.
          “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
          “Laws” means each international, foreign, federal, state and local
statute, treaty, rule, guideline, regulation, ordinance, code and administrative
or judicial precedent or authority, including the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the
enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and each applicable
administrative order, directed duty, license, authorization and permit of, and
agreement with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having
the force of law.
          “Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
          “Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of
such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or
such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
          “Lien” means (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment for security, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other) or other
security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security
interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale, or
other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance
on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing) and (b) in the case of securities, any
purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.
          “Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
          “Loan Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto.
          “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, the Security
Documents, each Facility Guaranty, the Side Agreement, the Services Fee
Agreements and any other instrument or agreement now or hereafter executed and
delivered by any Loan Party in connection herewith.
          “Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Loan Party” means any one of such Persons.
          “Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreements” means (a) the First Ranking Share
Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Parent, the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, (b) the Second Ranking Share Pledge
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Parent, the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower, (c) the Share Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, among 54th Street, the Administrative Agent and Quiksilver Deluxe, and
(d) the Share Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among QS Holdings,
the Administrative Agent and 54th Street.
          “Luxembourg Security Agreements” means (a) the Receivables Pledge
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between 54th Street and the
Administrative Agent, (b) the Account Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, between 54th Street and the Administrative Agent, and (c) the Account
Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
          “Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a
material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities,
or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties taken as a whole;
(b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its
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obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c) a material impairment of the rights
and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Loan
Documents.
          “Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the
Obligations) of the Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$15,000,000. For purposes of determining the amount of Material Indebtedness at
any time, (x) the amount of the obligations in respect of any Swap Contract at
such time shall be calculated at the Swap Termination Value thereof and (y)
Indebtedness shall include undrawn committed or available amount and amounts
owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement.
          “Material Subsidiary” means, as of any date, a Subsidiary that (a) has
a net worth (excluding in the determination thereof any Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary to the Parent or another Subsidiary) of at least 5% of the Parent’s
consolidated net worth as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal
Quarter of the Parent for which financial statements are available, (b) has
annual revenue (or annualized revenue in the case of any Person that has not
been a Subsidiary for a full year) of at least 5% of the Parent’s consolidated
revenue for the 12-month period ended as of the most recently ended Fiscal
Quarter of the Parent for which financial statements are available, or (c) has
annual net income (or annualized net income in the case of any Person that has
not been a Subsidiary for a full year) of at least 5% of the Parent’s
consolidated net income for the 12-month period ended as of the most recently
ended Fiscal Quarter of the Parent for which financial statements are available.
          “Maturity Date” means July 30, 2014.
          “Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.
          “Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination, the most
recently completed four Fiscal Quarters of the Parent for which financial
statements are available.
          “Mexico JV Agreement” means the Joint Venture Agreement of QS Mexico
Holdings dated September 26, 2006 by and between the US Borrower and PBM
International LLC, as amended.
          “Money Laundering Laws” has the meaning specified in Section 5.24.
          “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor
thereto.
          “Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type
described in Section 3(37) of ERISA, to which a Loan Party or any ERISA
Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding
five (5) plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
          “Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any applicable Disposition by
any Loan Party, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of cash and cash equivalents
received in connection with such Disposition (including any cash or cash
equivalents received by any Loan Party by way of deferred payment pursuant to,
or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so
received) over (b) the sum of (i) the amount of any Indebtedness that is secured
by the applicable asset by a Lien permitted hereunder and that is repaid (or an
escrow is established for the future repayment thereof) in connection with such
Disposition (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (ii) the
reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by such Loan Party in
connection with such transaction (including, without limitation, appraisals, and
brokerage, legal, title and recording or transfer tax expenses and commissions)
paid by any Loan Party to third parties, (iii) taxes paid or reasonably
estimated to be actually payable in connection therewith, (iv) amounts provided
as a reserve against any liabilities under
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any indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustment associated with
such Disposition (provided that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts
are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Proceeds), and
(v) any liabilities relating to the property subject to such Disposition that
are retained by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
          “Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
          “Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a
Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B.
          “Obligations” means all advances to, and debts (including principal,
interest, fees, costs, and expenses), liabilities, obligations, covenants and
indemnities of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with
respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
hereafter arising and including interest, fees, costs and expenses that accrue
after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in
such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims
in such proceeding.
          “OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
          “OFAC List” means the list of Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Persons List of OFAC and Annex I to the United States Executive Order
13224 — Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit,
Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism.
          “Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation,
the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or
comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
(b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles
of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or
comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of
business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of
formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with
respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the
applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or
organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or
organization of such entity.
          “Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes
or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from
any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, excluding, however, such taxes imposed as
a result of an assignment (other than an assignment that occurs as a result of
the Borrower’s request pursuant to Section 3.06(b)).
          “Parent” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
          “Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).
          “Participating Member States” means the member states of the European
Communities that adopt or have adopted the Euro as their lawful currency in
accordance with the legislation of the European Union relating to European
Monetary Union.
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          “Patent” has the meaning specified in the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement.
          “Patent Security Agreement” means the Patent Security Agreement dated
as of the Closing Date between 54th Street and the Administrative Agent, in a
form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
          “Patriot Act” means USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)).
          “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
          “PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
          “Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term
is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by a Loan Party or
any ERISA Affiliate or to which a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate contributes
or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or
other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any
time during the immediately preceding five plan years.
          “Permitted Acquisition” means an Acquisition by any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary thereof in which all of the following conditions are satisfied:
          (a) no Default then exists or would immediately arise from the
consummation of such Acquisition;
          (b) such Acquisition shall have been approved by the Board of
Directors of the Person (or similar governing body if such Person is not a
corporation) which is the subject of such Acquisition and such Person shall not
have announced that it will oppose such Acquisition or shall not have commenced
any action which alleges that such Acquisition shall violate applicable Law;
          (c) the Borrower shall have furnished the Administrative Agent with at
least ten (10) days’ prior written notice of such intended Acquisition;
          (d) any assets acquired shall be utilized in, and if such Acquisition
involves a merger, consolidation or stock acquisition, the Person which is the
subject of such Acquisition shall be engaged in, a business otherwise permitted
to be engaged in by the Borrower under this Agreement;
          (e) the business and assets acquired in such Acquisition shall be free
and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances);
          (f) no Indebtedness shall be incurred or assumed by any Loan Party in
connection with or as a result of such Acquisition (other than Permitted
Indebtedness); and
          (g) at the time of determination with respect to the specified
Acquisition, the Borrower shall have certified, and shall have delivered
supporting documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
that Domestic Availability (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect
on the date hereof) immediately preceding, and on a pro forma basis on the date
thereof and a projected basis for the twelve (12) months immediately following,
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such Acquisition was, and is projected to be, equal to or greater than the
greater of (i) thirty percent (30%) of the Total Loan Cap (provided that, in the
event of a refinancing of the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date
hereof or following its maturity, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
shall agree in good faith on a successor availability test which preserves the
economic effect of this clause (i)) and (ii) $45,000,000.
          “Permitted Disposition” means any of the following:
          (a) Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
          (b) (i) outbound licenses and sublicenses of Intellectual Property
entered into or existing as of the date hereof and (ii) outbound licenses and
sublicenses of Intellectual Property entered into following the date hereof in
the ordinary course of business and on arm’s length terms; provided that, in the
case of outbound licenses and sublicenses pursuant to clause (ii), unless the
Administrative Agent otherwise consents in writing (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld): (A) no such license or sublicense may be for an initial
term of more than five (5) years (not counting renewal terms), (B) each such
license or sublicense shall contain customary provisions for the termination of
the license or sublicense upon a change of control of the licensee or
sublicensee and customary prohibitions against assignment of such license or
sublicense by the licensee or sublicensee, and (C) the Loan Parties shall not,
during any Fiscal Year, enter into any license or sublicense granting use of
trademarks and/or service marks and related logos and/or slogans (a
“Post-Closing Mark License”) if such license or sublicense provides for payment
of annual license fees with respect to such trademarks and service marks
reasonably expected to be paid, in the judgment of the Loan Party party to such
license or sublicense (excluding upfront fees), during its first Fiscal Year
which, when aggregated with the annual license fees (excluding upfront fees)
reasonably expected to be paid, in the judgment of the Loan Party party to such
license or sublicense, during the first year of all other Post-Closing Mark
Licenses entered into by the Loan Parties during that same Fiscal Year, exceed
$3,500,000, after deducting such portion of any license fees (excluding upfront
fees) that are payable by a Loan Party, directly or indirectly, to the owners of
the licensed marks as relate to such license or sublicense, to the extent that
such Post-Closing Mark License is, in whole or in part, a sublicense.
Notwithstanding the foregoing: (x) the license fees (including upfront fees)
payable under any Post-Closing Mark License which has a non-renewable term of
one (1) year or less shall not be included for purposes of the foregoing clause
(C), and (y) if, in any Fiscal Year, the Administrative Agent gives its consent
to exceed $3,500,000 in annual license fees pursuant to clause (ii), then the
licensee fees are deemed to be reset at zero for that Fiscal Year, as of the
date such consent was provided;
          (c) licenses for the conduct of licensed departments within Stores in
the ordinary course of business;
          (d) Dispositions of equipment and other assets (including abandonment
of Intellectual Property) in the ordinary course of business that is
substantially worn, damaged, obsolete or, in the reasonable business judgment of
a Loan Party, no longer used or necessary in its business;
          (e) Dispositions among the Loan Parties (other than transfer of
ownership rights in Intellectual Property) (without regard to clause (b) above
in this definition);
          (f) Dispositions of Real Estate (or of any Person or Persons created
to hold such Real Estate or the equity interests in such Person or Persons),
including sale-leaseback
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transactions involving any such Real Estate pursuant to leases on market terms,
as long as (i) such sale is made for fair market value; (ii) at least 75% of the
consideration from such Disposition is in the form of cash or cash equivalents;
and (iii) an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Disposition are applied to
the Loans to the extent required by Section 2.05(b);
          (g) Dispositions consisting of the compromise, settlement or
collection of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business, consistent
with past practices;
          (h) leases, subleases or space leases (and terminations of any of the
foregoing), in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not
materially interfere with the business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole;
          (i) Dispositions of cash, cash equivalents and Permitted Investments
described in clauses (a) through (i) of the definition of “Permitted
Investments” contained in this Agreement, in each case on ordinary business
terms and, to the extent constituting a Disposition, the making of Permitted
Investments;
          (j) any Disposition of Real Estate to a Governmental Authority as a
result of the condemnation of such Real Estate as long as an amount equal to the
Net Proceeds of such Disposition are applied to the Loans to the extent required
by Section 2.05(b);
          (k) [reserved]
          (l) to the extent constituting a Disposition, (i) transactions
permitted by Section 7.04, (ii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.06
and (iii) Liens permitted by Section 7.01;
          (m) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent
required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the
joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar
binding arrangements as long as an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such
Disposition are applied to the Loans to the extent required by Section 2.05(b);
and
          (n) other Dispositions, as long as (i) such Disposition is made for
fair market value; (ii) at least 75% of the consideration from such Disposition
is in the form of cash or cash equivalents; and (iii) an amount equal to the Net
Proceeds of such Disposition are applied to the Loans to the extent required by
Section 2.05(b).
          “Permitted Encumbrances” means any of the following:
          (a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not overdue for a period
of more than thirty (30) days or are being contested in compliance with
Section 6.04;
          (b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s
and other like Liens imposed by applicable Law, arising in the ordinary course
of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty
(30) days or are being contested in compliance with Section 6.04;
          (c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social
security or similar laws or regulations, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
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          (d) deposits to secure or relating to the performance of bids, trade
contracts, government contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory
obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
          (e) Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of
Default hereunder;
          (f) easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, building code
laws, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real
property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do
not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value
of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of
business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and such other
minor title defects or survey matters that are disclosed by current surveys
that, in each case, do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of
business of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
          (g) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.01 and
any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that (i) the property covered
thereby is not changed other than after-acquired property affixed or
incorporated thereto and proceeds or products thereof, (ii) the amount secured
or benefited thereby is not increased except to the extent permitted hereunder,
and (iii) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited
thereby is permitted hereunder;
          (h) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired by any Loan Party
securing purchase money Indebtedness permitted hereunder of any Loan Party to
finance the acquisition of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease
Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations, and any Indebtedness permitted
hereunder assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or
secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and
extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness permitted
hereunder that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof so long
as (i) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or
within one hundred and eighty (180) days after such acquisition (other than
refinancing thereof permitted hereunder), (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby
does not exceed the cost of acquisition of such fixed or capital assets and
(iii) such Liens shall not extend to any other property or assets of the Loan
Parties, replacements thereof and additions and accessions to such property and
the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits;
          (i) Liens under the Security Documents for the benefit of the Credit
Parties;
          (j) landlords’ and lessors’ Liens in respect of rent not in default
for more than thirty (30) days;
          (k) possessory Liens in favor of brokers and dealers arising in
connection with the acquisition or disposition of Investments owned as of the
date hereof and other Permitted Investments, provided that such Liens (i) attach
only to such Investments or other Investments held by such broker or dealer and
(ii) secure only obligations incurred in the ordinary course and arising in
connection with the acquisition or disposition of such Investments and not any
obligation in connection with margin financing;
          (l) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law
provisions relating to banker’s liens, liens in favor of securities
intermediaries, rights of setoff or similar
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rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or securities accounts or other funds
maintained with depository institutions or securities intermediaries;
          (m) Liens (if any) arising from precautionary UCC filings regarding
“true” operating leases or consignment of goods to a Loan Party;
          (n) voluntary Liens on property in existence at the time such property
is acquired pursuant to a Permitted Investment or on such property of a
Subsidiary of a Loan Party in existence at the time such Subsidiary is acquired
pursuant to a Permitted Investment; provided that such Liens are not incurred in
connection with, or in anticipation of, such Permitted Investment and do not
attach to any other assets of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary;
          (o) Liens in favor of customs and revenues authorities imposed by
applicable Law arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
importation of goods;
          (p) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property
to be acquired in any Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment to be
applied against the purchase price for such Permitted Acquisition or other
Permitted Investment, (ii) consisting of an agreement to transfer any property
in a Permitted Disposition, in each case, solely to the extent such Acquisition
or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the
creation of such Lien, and (iii) on any cash earnest money deposits made by the
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or
purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
          (q) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under leases or
subleases or secured by a lessor’s or sublessor’s interests under leases entered
into by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business;
          (r) Liens in favor of the licensor or sublicensor in respect of
inbound licensing of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business;
          (s) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention,
consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods (including under Article 2
of the UCC) and Liens that are contractual rights of set-off relating to
purchase orders and other similar agreements entered into by the Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries;
          (t) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the
financing of the premiums with respect thereto incurred in the ordinary course
of business;
          (u) Liens arising out of sale and leaseback transactions permitted
hereunder and securing Permitted Indebtedness incurred for the construction or
acquisition or improvement of, or to finance or to refinance, any Real Estate
owned by any Loan Party (including therein any Permitted Indebtedness incurred
in connection with sale-leaseback transactions permitted hereunder);
          (v) Liens securing Indebtedness in respect of (i) the ABL Credit
Agreement; provided such Liens (to the extent such Liens encumber Collateral)
are subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (or, in the case of any
refinancing thereof permitted hereunder, another intercreditor agreement
containing terms that are at least as favorable to the Credit Parties as those
contained in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) and the Indebtedness secured by
such Liens is permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (a)(i) of the
definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”, and (ii) the US Term Loan Credit
Agreement; provided such Liens (to the extent such Liens
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encumber Collateral) are subject to the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement (or,
in the case of any refinancing thereof permitted hereunder, another
intercreditor agreement containing terms that are at least as favorable to the
Credit Parties as those contained in the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement);
          (w) leases or subleases granted to others in the ordinary course of
business which do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the
Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
          (x) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the
proceeds thereof securing such Person’s obligations in respect of documentary
letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of
such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or
goods (in each case, to the extent such items constitute Permitted
Indebtedness);
          (y) outbound licenses of Intellectual Property permitted under clause
(b) or (e) of the definition of “Permitted Dispositions”; and
          (z) other Liens securing obligations outstanding in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000.
          “Permitted Indebtedness” means any of the following:
          (a) (i) Indebtedness in respect of the ABL Credit Agreement and any
refinancings, refundings, renewals, extensions or replacements thereof; provided
that (A) the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness in respect of the
ABL Credit Agreement or any refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension or
replacement thereof shall not exceed $250,000,000 at any time or (B) any
Indebtedness in respect of the ABL Credit Agreement or any refinancing,
refunding, renewal, extension or replacement thereof shall not have an earlier
maturity date than the ABL Facility in effect on the date hereof or a decreased
weighted average life than the ABL Facility in effect on the date hereof;
(ii) Indebtedness in respect of the US Term Loan Credit Agreement; and (iii) any
other Indebtedness listed on Schedule 7.03(a) and, in the case of the foregoing
clauses (ii) and (iii), any refinancings, refundings, renewals, extensions or
replacements of any such Indebtedness; provided that (x) the amount of such
Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding,
renewal, extension or replacement, and (y) the result of such refinancing,
refunding, renewal, extension or replacement shall not be an earlier maturity
date or decreased weighted average life of such Indebtedness;
          (b) the Obligations;
          (c) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Senior Note
Indenture (as in effect on the date hereof (and without regard to any waivers or
consents that may be obtained thereunder after the date hereof) (for the
avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness, including any Specified Subsidiary
Permitted Indebtedness, that reduces the availability of borrowing baskets under
the terms of the Senior Note Indenture shall reduce the availability of such
baskets for purposes of this clause (c) as well)); and
          (d) other Indebtedness; provided, that, at the time of incurrence of
such Indebtedness (i) the Global Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 5.00 to 1.00
and (ii) the Americas Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 5.00 to 1.00, in each case
after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence of Indebtedness (and
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been incurred (and such proceeds were applied) on the first day of the relevant
Measurement Period.
          “Permitted Investments” means any of the following:
          (a) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one year from the
date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the
United States of America is pledged in support thereof;
          (b) commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of
any state of the United States of America and rated, at the time of acquisition
thereof, at least “Prime-2” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at
least “A-2” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities
of not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
          (c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’
acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or (B) is organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding
company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve
System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated, at
the time of acquisition thereof, as described in clause (b) of this definition
and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000, in each
case with maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition
thereof;
          (d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more
than thirty (30) days for securities described in clause (a) above (without
regard to the limitation on maturity contained in such clause) and entered into
with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause
(c) above at the time of acquisition thereof or with any primary dealer and
having a market value at the time that such repurchase agreement is entered into
of not less than 100% of the repurchase obligation of such counterparty entity
with whom such repurchase agreement has been entered into;
          (e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory
of the United States or province or territory of Canada, by any political
subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or
by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth,
territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the
case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s;
          (f) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any
commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (c) of this definition;
          (g) marketable short-term money market and similar securities or funds
having, at the time of acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P
(or, if at any time S&P shall not be rating such obligations, an equivalent
rating from another nationally recognized rating service);
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          (h) shares of investment companies that are registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and invest primarily in one or more of the types
of securities described in clauses (a) through (g) above;
          (i) in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or
investments made in a country outside the United States of America, other
customarily utilized high-quality investments in the country where such Foreign
Subsidiary is located or in which such investment is made;
          (j) Investments existing on the Closing Date and set forth on
Schedule 7.02, and any modification, renewal or extension thereof; provided
that, the amount of any Investment permitted pursuant to this clause is not
increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant
to the terms of such Investment as of the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted
by Section 7.02;
          (k) Investments by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party; provided
that, for purposes of this clause (k), with respect to the Parent, the
definition of “Acquisition” shall exclude clause (c) thereof;
          (l) so long as at the time of determination with respect to an
Investment to be made pursuant to this clause (l) the Borrower shall have
certified, and shall have delivered supporting documentation reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that Domestic Availability (as defined
in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) immediately
preceding, and on a pro forma basis on the date thereof and a projected basis
for the twelve (12) months immediately following, such Investment was, and is
projected to be, equal to or greater than the greater of (a) thirty percent
(30%) of the Total Loan Cap (provided that, in the event of any refinancing of
the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof or following its
maturity, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree in good faith on
a successor availability test which preserves the economic effect of this clause
(a)) and (b) $45,000,000, Investments (i) to refinance Indebtedness of
Quiksilver Japan K.K. outstanding on the date hereof and listed on
Schedule 7.03(l), provided that (A) the aggregate amount of such refinancing
shall not exceed $20,000,000 and (B) if the aggregate amount of such Investment
pursuant to this clause (i) exceeds $5,000,000, substantially simultaneously
with and as a condition to the extension of such funds, the shares of Quiksilver
Japan K.K. shall be transferred to the Borrower, 54th Street or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of 54th Street and Quiksilver Japan K.K. shall enter into a guarantee
and pledge over all its assets (subject to customary exceptions) in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders; (ii) to provide for the
payment of the cash portion of the exercise price payable by QS Holdings (or its
successor) upon exercise of its buyout rights pursuant to the Brazil JV
Agreement, provided that the aggregate amount of such buyout shall not exceed
the cash portion of the Agreed Value for the relevant Tranche (as defined in the
Brazil JV Agreement) on the terms in effect as of the date hereof and,
substantially simultaneously with and as a condition to the extension of such
funds, the shares of Quiksilver Brazil shall, to the extent not already held by
the Borrower, 54th Street or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of 54th Street, be
transferred to the Borrower, 54th Street or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of 54th
Street and Quiksilver Brazil shall enter into a guarantee and pledge over all
its assets (subject to customary exceptions) in favor of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders; (iii) to provide for the payment of the
cash portion of the exercise price payable by the US Borrower upon exercise of
its buyout rights or its put obligations pursuant to the Mexico JV Agreement on
the terms in effect as of the date hereof and, substantially simultaneously with
and as a condition to the extension of such funds, QS Mexico Holdings shall
enter into a guarantee and pledge over all its assets (subject to customary
exceptions) in favor of the
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Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders; (iv) by any Loan Party in
any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, excluding Investments made
pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (v), provided that all such Investments
pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at
any one time outstanding; and (v) by any Loan Party in any Person, excluding
Investments made pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), provided that
all such Investments pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed $10,000,000 in
the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
          (m) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of
accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit
in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or
partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other
credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
          (n) Guarantees constituting Permitted Indebtedness;
          (o) Investments in Swap Contracts not prohibited hereunder; provided
that such obligations are (or were) entered into in the ordinary course of
business for the purposes of directly mitigating risks associated with
fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates, and not for purposes
of speculation or taking a “market view”;
          (p) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with,
customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
          (q) (i) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary
course of business and (ii) other loans and advances to officers, directors and
employees of the Loan Parties and Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time
outstanding; provided, however, that an individual’s use of a cashless exercise
procedure to pay the exercise price and required tax withholding (or either of
them) in connection with his exercise of a compensatory option to purchase
Equity Interests issued by the Parent shall not give rise to a loan or advance
for the purposes of this clause (q) to the extent that all funds representing
full payment of such option exercise price and required tax withholding are
actually remitted to the Parent before the close of business on either (x) the
date of exercise of the stock option or (y) the date of issuance of the Equity
Interests pursuant to the option exercise;
          (r) Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions and earnest money
deposits made in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement
permitted hereunder;
          (s) capital contributions made by any Loan Party to another Loan
Party;
          (t) Investments received by any Loan Party from purchasers of any
assets pursuant to Permitted Dispositions;
          (u) Investments of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes
a Subsidiary of any Loan Party pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other
Permitted Investment or as a result of a fundamental change transaction in
accordance with Section 7.04 so long as such Investments were not made in
contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or of such fundamental change
transaction;
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          (v) Guarantees of leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations or
Synthetic Lease Obligations) or other obligations that do not constitute
Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
          (w) Investments consisting of Dispositions permitted under
Section 7.05; and
          (x) purchases of inventory, supplies and materials and, to the extent
a Permitted Disposition under clause (b) or (e) of the definition of “Permitted
Disposition”, the licensing or contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to
joint marketing arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary
course of business.
          “Permitted Specified Subsidiary Encumbrances” means any of the
following:
          (a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not overdue for a period
of more than thirty (30) days or are being contested in compliance with
Section 6.04;
          (b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s
and other like Liens imposed by applicable Law, arising in the ordinary course
of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty
(30) days or are being contested in compliance with Section 6.04;
          (c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social
security or similar laws or regulations, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
          (d) deposits to secure or relating to the performance of bids, trade
contracts, government contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory
obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
          (e) Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of
Default hereunder;
          (f) easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, building code
laws, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real
property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do
not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value
of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of
business of the Specified Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and
such other minor title defects or survey matters that are disclosed by current
surveys that, in each case, do not materially interfere with the ordinary
conduct of business of the Specified Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
          (g) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired by any Specified
Subsidiary securing purchase money Indebtedness permitted hereunder of any
Specified Subsidiary to finance the acquisition of any fixed or capital assets,
including Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations, so long as
(i) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or
within one hundred and eighty (180) days after such acquisition (other than
refinancing thereof permitted hereunder), (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby
does not exceed the cost of acquisition of such fixed or capital assets and
(iii) such Liens shall not extend to any other property or assets of the
Specified Subsidiary, replacements thereof and additions and
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accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof and
customary security deposits;
          (h) landlords’ and lessors’ Liens in respect of rent not in default
for more than thirty (30) days;
          (i) possessory Liens in favor of brokers and dealers arising in
connection with the acquisition or disposition of Investments owned as of the
date hereof and other Permitted Investments by a Specified Subsidiary, provided
that such Liens (a) attach only to such Investments or other Investments held by
such broker or dealer and (b) secure only obligations incurred in the ordinary
course and arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition of such
Investments and not any obligation in connection with margin financing;
          (j) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law
provisions relating to banker’s liens, liens in favor of securities
intermediaries, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit
accounts or securities accounts or other funds maintained with depository
institutions or securities intermediaries;
          (k) Liens (if any) arising from precautionary UCC filings regarding
“true” operating leases or consignment of goods to a Specified Subsidiary;
          (l) Liens in favor of customs and revenues authorities imposed by
applicable Law arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
importation of goods;
          (m) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under leases or
subleases or secured by a lessor’s or sublessor’s interests under leases entered
into in the ordinary course of business;
          (n) Liens in favor of the licensor or sublicensor in respect of
inbound licensing of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business
granted by a Specified Subsidiary;
          (o) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention,
consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods (including under Article 2
of the UCC) and Liens that are contractual rights of set-off relating to
purchase orders and other similar agreements entered into by any Specified
Subsidiary;
          (p) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the
financing of the premiums with respect thereto incurred in the ordinary course
of business;
          (q) leases or subleases granted to others in the ordinary course of
business which do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the
Specified Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
          (r) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the
proceeds thereof securing such Person’s obligations in respect of documentary
letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of
such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or
goods (in each case, to the extent such items constitute Permitted
Indebtedness); and
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          (s) outbound licenses of Intellectual Property permitted under clause
(b) or (e) of the definition of “Permitted Dispositions”.
          “Permitted Specified Subsidiary Indebtedness” means any of the
following:
          (a) Indebtedness in respect of the ABL Credit Agreement and the US
Term Loan Credit Agreement and any other Indebtedness outstanding on the date
hereof and listed on Schedule 7.03 and, in each case, any refinancings,
refundings, renewals or extensions of any of the foregoing Indebtedness;
provided that (i) the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time
of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal
to a premium or interest paid, and (ii) the result of such extension, renewal or
replacement shall not be an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average
life of such Indebtedness;
          (b) Indebtedness of any Specified Subsidiary to any other Specified
Subsidiary, other than Indebtedness of Quiksilver Brazil or Quiksilver Industria
e Comercio de Artigos Esportivos Ltda. to any other Specified Subsidiary;
          (c) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, customs
and appeal bonds, surety bonds, performance and completion guarantees and
similar obligations, or, to the extent in connection with purchases from
suppliers, obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or
similar instruments related thereto, in each case provided in the ordinary
course of business;
          (d) Indebtedness constituting indemnification obligations or
obligations in respect of purchase price or other similar adjustments in
connection with Permitted Dispositions;
          (e) Guarantees of any Indebtedness described in clause (a) hereof;
          (f) obligations in respect of cash management services, netting
services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections and
similar arrangements;
          (g) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees,
bankers’ acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or
created in the ordinary course of business in respect of workers compensation
claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or
liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to
reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims; provided
that any reimbursement obligations in respect thereof are reimbursed within
thirty (30) days following the incurrence thereof;
          (h) (i) purchase money Indebtedness of any Specified Subsidiary
organized in Canada or any province thereof to finance the acquisition of any
fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease
Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount for all such Specified
Subsidiaries not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding; and
(ii) purchase money Indebtedness of any Specified Subsidiary (other than any
Specified Subsidiary organized in Canada or any province thereof) to finance the
acquisition of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations
and Synthetic Lease Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount for all such
Specified Subsidiaries not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
          (i) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of any Specified Subsidiary
existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that such obligations are
(or were) entered
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into by such Specified Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business for the
purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with fluctuations in interest
rates or foreign exchange rates, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a
“market view”; and
          (j) without duplication of any Indebtedness described in clause
(a) through (i) above, other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not
to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding.
          “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability
company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited
partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
          “PIK Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(d).
          “PIK Election” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(d).
          “Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA including, for purposes of clarity, a Pension Plan and a
Multiemployer Plan) established, maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party
or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or
Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
          “Pledge Agreements” means, collectively, (a) the Pledge Agreement
dated as of the Closing Date between the US Grantors and the Collateral Agent,
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, (b) the Pledge Agreement
dated as of the Closing Date between 54th Street and the Administrative Agent,
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit J or otherwise in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (c) the Canadian Pledge
Agreement and (d) the Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreements.
          “Post-Closing Mark License” has the meaning set forth in clause (b) of
the definition of “Permitted Disposition”.
          “QS Holdings” means QS Holdings S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited
liability company.
          “Quiksilver Deluxe” means Quiksilver Deluxe S.à r.l., a Luxembourg
private limited liability company.
          “Real Estate” means all land, together with the buildings, structures,
parking areas, and other improvements thereon, now or hereafter owned or leased
by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, including all easements, rights-of-way, and
similar rights relating thereto.
          “Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).
          “Registered Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning specified by the
Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as
prescribed by the Securities Laws.
          “Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors
of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
          “Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section
4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30-day notice period has been
waived.
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          “Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders
holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of all Loans; provided that the portion of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of all Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall
be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
          “Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president,
chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party or any
of the other individuals designated in writing to the Administrative Agent by an
existing Responsible Officer of a Loan Party as an authorized signatory of any
certificate or other document to be delivered hereunder. Any document delivered
hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be
conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate,
partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such
Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of
such Loan Party.
          “Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether
in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of
any Loan Party, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of
any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to such Loan
Party’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent of any thereof).
          “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
          “Sarbanes-Oxley” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended and
in effect from time to time.
          “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
          “Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the applicable accounting and auditing
principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated
by the SEC or the PCAOB.
          “US Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means the Intellectual
Property Security Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the US Grantors
and the Collateral Agent, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H
or otherwise in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
          “US Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of the
Closing Date among the US Grantors and the Collateral Agent, in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit F or otherwise in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
          “Security Documents” means the US Security Agreement, Luxembourg
Security Agreements, the Pledge Agreements, the US Intellectual Property
Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the Copyright
Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement, the Trademark Security
Agreement, the US Copyright Security Agreement, the US Patent Security
Agreement, the US Trademark Security Agreement and each other security agreement
or other instrument or document executed and delivered by any Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document
granting a Lien on any asset of any Loan Party to secure any of the Obligations.
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          “Senior Note Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of July 22,
2005, between the Parent, as issuer, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee,
in connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes, together with all
instruments and other agreements entered into by the Parent or any Subsidiary in
connection therewith, and any refinancings, refundings, renewals, extensions or
replacements of any of the foregoing; provided that (i) the amount of
Indebtedness thereunder is not increased at the time of such refinancing,
refunding, renewal, extension or replacement except by an amount equal to a
premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with
such refinancing, refunding, renewal, extension or replacement, and (ii) the
result of such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement shall
not be an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average life of such
Indebtedness.
          “Senior Notes” means the senior unsecured notes issued by the Parent
pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture.
          “Services Fee Agreements” means (a) the DC Shoes, Inc. License and
Services Agreement dated as of July 30, 2009 by and between DC Shoes and Emerald
Coast, and (b) the DC Shoes, Inc. License and Services Fee Agreement dated as of
July 31, 2009, by and between DC Shoes, Inc. and DC Shoes Australia Pty. Ltd.
          “Side Agreement” means the agreement dated as of July 30, 2009 by and
among 54th Street, the Administrative Agent, the Euro Term Loan Agent,
Quiksilver Canada Corp. and Quiksilver Indústria e Comércio de Artigos
Esportivos Ltda.
          “Solvent” and “Solvency” means, with respect to any Person on a
particular date, that on such date (a) at fair valuation, all of the properties
and assets of such Person are greater than the sum of the debts, including
contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of
the properties and assets of such Person is not less than the amount that would
be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they
become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not
believe that it will, incur debts beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such
debts mature, and (d) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction,
and is not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which such Person’s
properties and assets would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving
due consideration to the prevailing practices in the industry in which such
Person is engaged. The amount of all guarantees or other contingent liabilities
at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and
circumstances existing at the time, can reasonably be expected to become an
actual or matured liability.
          “Specified Subsidiary” means each of Quiksilver Canada Corp., QS
Retail Canada Corp., Quiksilver Brazil and Quiksilver Industria e Comercio de
Artigos Esportivos Ltda.
          “Store” means any retail store (which may include any real property,
fixtures, equipment, inventory and other property related thereto) operated, or
to be operated, by any Loan Party.
          “Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness which is expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the
Obligations.
          “Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority
of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or other governing body are at the time beneficially owned, or the
management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all
references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party.
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          “Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis
swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity
swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index
swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward
bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate
options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency
rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar
transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options
to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions
of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., or any other master
agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a
“Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any
Master Agreement.
          “Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap
Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable
netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after
the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s)
determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any
date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the
mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or
more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized
dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender).
          “Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person
under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or
(b) an agreement for the use or possession of property (including sale and
leaseback transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not appear
on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any
Debtor Relief Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of
such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
          “Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any
Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties
applicable thereto.
          “Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Collateral
Agency Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Administrative Agent,
the US Term Loan Agent and the Collateral Agent.
          “Termination Date” means the earlier to occur of (i) the Maturity Date
and (ii) the date on which the maturity of the Obligations is accelerated (or
deemed accelerated) in accordance with Article VIII.
          “Total Loan Cap” has the meaning specified in the ABL Credit Agreement
as in effect on the date hereof.
          “Trademark” has the meaning specified in the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement.
          “Trademark Security Agreement” means the Trademark Security Agreement
dated as of the Closing Date between 54th Street and the Administrative Agent,
in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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          “Trading with the Enemy Act” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.20.
          “UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided that, if a
term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code differently than in
another Article thereof, the term shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9;
provided, further, that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law,
perfection, or the effect of perfection or non-perfection, of a security
interest in any Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the State of New York, “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or
non-perfection or availability of such remedy, as the case may be.
          “Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s
benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value
of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions
used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the
applicable plan year.
          “United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
          “US Borrower” means Quiksilver Americas, Inc., a California
corporation.
          “US Copyright Security Agreement” means the Copyright Security
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among certain Loan Parties and the
Collateral Agent, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
          “US Patent Security Agreement” means the Patent Security Agreement
dated as of the Closing Date among certain Loan Parties and the Collateral
Agent, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
          “US Trademark Security Agreement” means the Trademark Security
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among certain Loan Parties and the
Collateral Agent, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
          “US Grantor” means the Parent and each Domestic Subsidiary listed on
Schedule 1.01(b) annexed hereto.
          “US Term Loan Agent” means Rhône Group L.L.C., in its capacity as
agent for the lenders under the US Term Loan Credit Agreement, together with any
successor agent.
          “US Term Loan Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of the Closing Date among the Parent, the US Borrower, the lenders
party thereto and the US Term Loan Agent, and any refinancings, refundings,
renewals or extensions thereof permitted hereunder.
          “US Term Loans” means the term loans in the original principal amount
of $125,000,000 made pursuant to the US Term Loan Credit Agreement, together
with all interest paid in kind, if any, that has been added to the principal
balance of such loans.
          “Warrant Agreement” means the Warrant and Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date by and among the Parent, Rhône Capital
III L.P. and the initial Warrant holders party thereto.
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          “Warrants” means those certain Warrants to purchase shares of common
stock or Series A convertible preferred stock of the Parent issued to Romolo
Holdings C.V., Triton SPV L.P., Triton Onshore SPV L.P., Triton Offshore SPV
L.P. and Triton Coinvestment SPV L.P. on the Closing Date.
          “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership or other entity of which all of the Equity Interests
(other than, in the case of a corporation, directors’ qualifying shares) are
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person.
     1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and
each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other
Loan Document:
               (a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and
neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to
be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the
context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from
time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements,
amendment and restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in
any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words
“herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any
Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety
and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan
Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to
refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan
Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall
include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending
replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation
shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer
to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts and contract rights.
               (b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date
to a later specified date, unless otherwise expressly provided, the word “from”
means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but
excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
               (c) Article and Section headings used herein and in the other
Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
               (d) Any other undefined term contained in any of the Loan
Documents shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the meaning
provided for such term in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State
of New York to the extent the same are used or defined therein.
          1.03 Accounting Terms.
               (a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or
completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all
financial data (including financial ratios and other
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financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement
shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in
effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in
preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically
prescribed herein.
               (b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would
affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any
Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request,
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good
faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof
in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required
Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall
continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and
(ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as
reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between
calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to
such change in GAAP.
     1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the
appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place
more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and
rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if
there is no nearest number).
     1.05 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to
times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
     1.06 Currency Equivalents Generally. Any amount specified in this Agreement
(other than in Articles II, IX and X) or any of the other Loan Documents to be
in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency
other than Dollars, such equivalent amount thereof in the applicable currency to
be determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot
Rate (as defined below) for the purchase of such currency with Dollars. For
purposes of this Section 1.06, the “Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person
acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such
currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading
office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the
date of such determination; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain
such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the
Administrative Agent if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of
the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with
Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03 with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or
Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default
shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of
exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred;
provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this
Section 1.06 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to
determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time
under such Sections.
     1.07 Certifications. All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer
or representative of a Loan Party shall be made by such Person in his or her
capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such Loan Party, on such
Loan Party’s behalf and not in such Person’s individual capacity.
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ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND LOANS
          2.01 Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each
Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Loan”) to the Borrower
on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Lender’s
Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Loans shall not exceed the Aggregate
Commitments.
          2.02 Borrowing of Loans.
               (a) The Borrowing of Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent. Such notice must be received by
the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. one Business Day prior to the
requested date of such Borrowing of Loans. The Loan Notice (whether telephonic
or written) shall specify (i) the requested date of the Borrowing (which shall
be the Closing Date), and (ii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed.
               (b) Following receipt of the Loan Notice, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents of such Loan Notice.
Each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not
later than 9:00 a.m. on the Closing Date. Upon satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Section 4.01, the Administrative Agent shall use reasonable efforts
to make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds by no
later than 9:00 a.m. on the Closing Date in accordance with instructions
provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
          2.03 [Reserved].
          2.04 [Reserved].
          2.05 Prepayments.
               (a) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at
any time and from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part
without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by
the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of prepayment;
and (ii) any prepayment of Loans shall be in a principal amount of €250,000 or a
whole multiple of €100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal
amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and
amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each
Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. The Borrower shall make such
prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and
payable on the date specified therein; provided, that a notice of prepayment
delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the
effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be
revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to
the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any prepayment
of a Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid.
Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance
with their respective Applicable Percentages.
               (b) If the aggregate Net Proceeds received by Subsidiaries of
54th Street on account of Dispositions of any property or assets of a Loan Party
described in clauses (f), (j), (m) and (n) of the definition of Permitted
Disposition exceeds $2,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, then the Borrower shall
prepay the Loans in an amount equal to such excess, no later than three
(3) Business Days after receipt by
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any Subsidiary of 54th Street of such Net Proceeds, in each case without premium
or penalty; provided, however, that such prepayment shall not be required to the
extent that such Net Proceeds were received by Quiksilver Canada Corp. or QS
Retail Canada Corp. and have been utilized to prepay the loans or cash
collateralize other obligations under the Canadian facility under the ABL Credit
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Disposition of the DC
Shoes Business, an amount equal to such Net Proceeds received by Subsidiaries of
54th Street may be utilized first, to prepay loans and/or cash collateralize
other obligations under the Canadian subfacility under the ABL Credit Agreement,
provided such Net Proceeds were received by Quiksilver Canada Corp. or QS Retail
Canada Corp.; second, in the event such Disposition of the DC Shoes Business is
a voluntary sale, to prepay the loans then outstanding under Facility A (as
defined under the French Credit Agreement); third, in the event such Disposition
of the DC Shoes Business is a voluntary sale, unless the NP Cash Collateral (as
defined under the French Credit Agreement) has been released prior to a
Permitted Disposition of the DC Shoes Business, for the purpose of (x) releasing
the NP Cash Collateral and substituting the Parent in lieu of Na Pali thereunder
or (y) increasing the share capital of Quiksilver Europa SL by way of cash
contribution (through a share capital increase of Biarritz Holdings S.à r.l.),
releasing the NP Cash Collateral and substituting Quiksilver Europa SL in lieu
of Na Pali thereunder; and fourth, to prepay the Loans or the US Term Loans.
               (c) The Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to the
Net Proceeds received by the Borrower or 54th Street on account of Dispositions
of any property any assets of the Borrower or 54th Street described in clauses
(f), (j), (m) and (n) of the definition of Permitted Disposition no later than
three (3) Business Days after receipt by any Loan Party of such Net Proceeds, in
each case without premium or penalty. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case
of a Disposition of the DC Shoes Business, an amount equal to such Net Proceeds
may be utilized first, to prepay loans and/or cash collateralize other
obligations under the Canadian subfacility under the ABL Credit Agreement,
provided such Net Proceeds were received by Quiksilver Canada Corp. or QS Retail
Canada Corp.; second, in the event such Disposition of the DC Shoes Business is
a voluntary sale, to prepay the loans then outstanding under Facility A (as
defined under the French Credit Agreement); third, in the event such Disposition
of the DC Shoes Business is a voluntary sale, unless the NP Cash Collateral (as
defined under the French Credit Agreement) has been released prior to a
Permitted Disposition of the DC Shoes Business, for the purpose of (x) releasing
the NP Cash Collateral and substituting the Parent in lieu of Na Pali thereunder
or (y) increasing the share capital of Quiksilver Europa SL by way of cash
contribution (through a share capital increase of Biarritz Holdings S.à r.l.),
releasing the NP Cash Collateral and substituting Quiksilver Europa SL in lieu
of Na Pali thereunder; and fourth, to prepay the Loans or the US Term Loans.
               (d) The Borrower shall prepay the Loans in full, without premium
or penalty, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control.
          2.06 [Reserved].
          2.07 Repayment of Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on the Termination Date
the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding on such date. Once repaid or
prepaid, Loans may not be reborrowed.
          2.08 Interest.
               (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b) below, each Loan
shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof at a rate per
annum equal to 15.0%.
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               (b) (i) If any amount payable under this Agreement is not paid
when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), whether at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall
thereafter bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Default Rate to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
               (ii) If any other Event of Default exists, then the
Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall,
notify the Borrower that all outstanding Loans shall thereafter bear interest at
a per annum rate equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws for so long as such Event of Default is continuing.
               (iii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including
interest on past due interest to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws) shall be due and payable upon demand.
               (c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as may be specified herein.
Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof
before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
               (d) With respect to each Interest Payment Date, so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may elect to
(i) pay all interest due on such date in cash, or (ii) pay up to 100% of the
interest due on such date by adding such interest to the principal amount of the
outstanding Loans and the remaining portion of the interest in cash (such
election, a “PIK Election”; and such interest added to the principal amount of
the outstanding Loans, the “PIK Amounts”). The Borrower will give notice of the
terms of such election to the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business
Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that in
the event no such notice is given to the Administrative Agent, so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall be deemed to
have elected to pay 100% of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date as a
PIK Amount.
          2.09 Closing Fee. On the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for its own account, an amount equal to 3.0% of the
Aggregate Commitments as of the Closing Date.
          2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest
shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which
results in more interest being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day
year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made,
and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the
Loan or such portion is paid.
          2.11 Evidence of Debt. The Loans made by each Lender shall be
evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by the Administrative
Agent in the ordinary course of business. In addition, each Lender may record in
such Lender’s internal records, an appropriate notation evidencing the date and
amount of each Loan from such Lender, each payment and prepayment of principal
of any such Loan, and each payment of interest, fees and other amounts due in
connection with the Obligations due to such Lender. The accounts or records
maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive
absent manifest error of the amount of the Loans made by the Lenders to the
Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any
error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation
of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the
Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records
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by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in
respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent
shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender
made through the Administrative Agent (who shall notify the Borrower), the
Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative
Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such
accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse
thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect
thereto. Any failure to so attach or endorse, or any error in doing so, shall
not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder
to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. Upon receipt of an
affidavit and indemnity of a Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of such Lender’s Note and upon cancellation of such Note, the
Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note in favor of such
Lender, in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor
(subject to adjustment in the case of any assignments of such Lender’s
Commitments), at such Lender’s expense.
          2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
               (a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be
made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or
setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the
Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative
Agent’s Office in Euros and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00
p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly
distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share
as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer
to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative
Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business
Day and any applicable interest shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be
made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment
shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time
shall be reflected in computing interest.
               (b) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent.
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower
prior to the time at which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such
payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the
Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally
agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so
distributed to such Lender, in immediately available funds with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to
it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the
greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
               (c) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the
Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to make payments pursuant to
Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make
any Loan or to make any payment under Section 10.04(c) on any date required
hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to
do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Lender to so make its Loan or to make its payment under Section 10.04(c).
               (d) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate
any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or
to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain
the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
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          2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by
exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in
respect of any principal of or interest on principal of or interest on any of
the Loans made by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a
proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans and accrued interest thereon
greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender
receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of
such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans
of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so
that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably,
provided that:
               (a) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased
and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such
participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price
restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
               (b) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to
apply to (x) any payment made by any Loan Party pursuant to and in accordance
with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender
as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its
Loans to any assignee or participant.
               Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the
extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring
a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such
Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation
as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the
amount of such participation.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
          3.01 Taxes.
               (a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account
of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if the Borrower shall be
required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other
Taxes) from such payments, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary
so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 3.01(a)) the Administrative Agent or
Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions been made (the “Gross-Up Payment”), (ii) the
Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall timely pay the
full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be
obligated to make any portion of the Gross-Up Payment that is (A) attributable
to withholding taxes that could have been avoided by the delivery of the
properly completed and executed documentation required by subsection (e) of this
Section 3.01, (B) governed by subsection (i) of this Section 3.01 or (C)
attributable to the Administrative Agent’s or any such Lender’s or Participant’s
own willful misconduct or gross negligence.
               (b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting or
duplicating the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall pay any
Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
Law.
               (c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent or each
Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any
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Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) paid by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to
any assessment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section (other than such penalties or
interest arising through the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender). A certificate as to the amount of such
payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Administrative
Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
               (d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any
payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental
Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original
or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority
evidencing such payment or other reasonable documentation evidencing such
payment.
               (e) Status of Lenders. Any non-U.S. Lender or Participant that is
entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax under the law of
the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any
treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder
or under any other Loan Document shall not be entitled to the Gross-Up Payment
unless and until such Lender or Participant delivers to the Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent) (or, in the case of a Participant, to the
Lender granting the participation only), such properly completed and executed
documentation prescribed by applicable Law as will permit such payments to be
made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any
Lender or Participant, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
(or, in the case of a Participant, the Lender granting the participation), shall
deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a
Participant, the Lender granting the participation) as will enable the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender or
Participant is subject to backup withholding or information reporting
requirements. Furthermore, each Lender or Participant shall provide new forms
(or successor forms) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously
delivered forms and to promptly notify the Administrative Agent (or, in the case
of a Participant, the Lender granting the participation) of any change in
circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or
reduction.
               (f) United States Withholding Taxes. Without limiting the
provisions of subsection (e) of this Section 3.01, any Lender or Participant
that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, United States
withholding tax with respect to any payments by or on account of any obligation
of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall, as applicable,
deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a
Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) in such number of
copies as shall be requested by the recipient on or prior to the date on which
such Lender or Participant becomes a Lender or Participant under this Agreement
(and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent or Lender granting the participation), whichever of the
following is applicable:
               (i) duly completed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility
for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
               (ii) duly completed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI,
               (iii) duly completed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (with proper
attachments,
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               (iv) in the case of a Lender or Participant that is entitled to
claim the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c)
of the Code, (x) a statement of the Lender or Participant, signed under penalty
or perjury, to the effect that such Lender or Participant is not (A) a “bank”
within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent
shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the
Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section
881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) duly completed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or
Form W-8IMY (with proper attachments),
               (v) duly completed copies of IRS Form W-9, or
               (vi) any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for
claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax
duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be
prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower (or Lender granting the
participation) to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
               (g) Non-United States Withholding Taxes. Without limiting the
provisions of subsection (e) of this Section 3.01, any Lender or a Participant
that is entitled to claim an exemption from withholding tax in a jurisdiction
other than the United States with respect to any payments by or on account of
any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document agrees
with and in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to deliver to
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of a Participant, to
the Lender granting the participation only) any such form or forms, as may be
required under the laws of such jurisdiction as a condition to exemption from,
or reduction of, any non-United States withholding or backup withholding tax
before receiving the Gross-Up Payment.
               (h) Sale or Transfer. If a Lender or Participant claims exemption
from, or reduction of, withholding tax and such Lender, or Participant sells,
assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or part of the
Obligations of Loan Parties to such Lender or Participant, such Lender or
Participant agrees to notify the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a sale
of a participation interest, the Lender granting the participation) of the
percentage amount in which it is no longer the beneficial owner of Obligations
of Loan Parties to such Lender or Participant. To the extent of such percentage
amount, the Administrative Agent will treat such Lender’s or such Participant’s
documentation provided pursuant to subsections (e), (f) or (g) of this Section
3.01 as no longer valid. With respect to such percentage amount, such
Participant or assignee may provide new documentation, pursuant to subsections
(e), (f) or (g) of this Section 3.01, as applicable.
               (i) Indemnification by Lenders/Participants. If the IRS or any
other Governmental Authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts
a claim that the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the
Lender granting the participation) did not properly withhold tax from amounts
paid to or for the account of any Lender or any Participant due to a failure on
the part of the Lender or any Participant (because the appropriate form was not
delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify
the Administrative Agent (or such Participant failed to notify the Lender
granting the participation) of a change in circumstances which rendered the
exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other
reason) such Lender shall indemnify and hold the Administrative Agent harmless
(or, in the case of a Participant, such Participant shall indemnify and hold the
Lender granting the participation harmless) for all amounts paid, directly or
indirectly, by the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the
Lender granting the participation), as tax or otherwise, including penalties and
interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts
payable to the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the
Lender granting the
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participation) under this Section 3.01, together with all costs and expenses
(including attorneys fees and expenses). The obligation of the Lenders and the
Participants under this subsection shall survive the payment of all Obligations
and the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent.
               (j) Exemption or Reduction of Taxes. If a Lender or Participant
is entitled to a reduction with respect to any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes,
the Administrative Agent or the Borrower (or, in the case of a Participant, the
Lender granting the participation) may withhold from any interest payment to
such Lender or Participant an amount equivalent to the applicable Indemnified
Tax or Other Tax after taking into account such reduction. If the forms or other
documentation required by subsection (e), (f), or (g) of this Section 3.01, as
applicable, are not delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Borrower (or,
in the case of a Participant, the Lender granting the participation) may
withhold from any interest payment to such Lender or Participant not providing
such forms or other documentation an amount equivalent to the applicable
reduction in Indemnified Tax or Other Tax.
               (k) Treatment of Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any
Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any
Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with
respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 3.01, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but
only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by
the Borrower under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes
giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with such refund of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the
case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower,
upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agree to repay the
amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges
imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority, other than such penalties,
interest, or other charges imposed as a result of the willful misconduct or
gross negligence of the Administrative Agent hereunder) to the Administrative
Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is
required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection
shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make
available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that
it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, upon the reasonable request of the Borrower, a Lender or the
Administrative Agent as applicable, shall in its sole discretion, exercised in
good faith, use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower with a view to
obtaining a refund of any Taxes with respect to which the Borrower has paid any
Gross-Up Payment pursuant to this Section 3.01 and which the Borrower,
reasonably believes were not correctly or legally asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority.
          3.02 [Reserved].
          3.03 [Reserved].
          3.04 Increased Costs.
               (a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
               (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special
deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets
of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in
by, any Lender; or
               (ii) subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Agreement, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such
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Lender in respect thereof (in each case, except for taxes imposed by way of
withholding or deduction, Indemnified Taxes, Other Taxes and amounts relating to
the foregoing, which shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 3.01
and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by
such Lender);
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest
or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender and delivery of the
certificate contemplated by Section 3.04(c), the Borrower will pay to such
Lender, within ten (10) days following receipt of such certificate by the
Borrower, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for
such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
               (b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that any
Change in Law affecting such Lender or any Lending Office of such Lender or such
Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has had, or
would have, the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital
or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of
this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, such
Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company
could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such
Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect
to capital adequacy), then from time to time upon delivery of the certificate
contemplated by Section 3.04(c), the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such
Lender’s holding company, as the case may be, within ten (10) days following
receipt of such certificate by the Borrower, such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, as the case may
be, for any such reduction suffered.
               (c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender
setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its
holding company, as the case may be, and the method for calculating such amount
or amounts, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered
to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall
pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten
(10) days after receipt thereof.
               (d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender
to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04
shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such
compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a
Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04 for any
increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior
to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving
rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to
claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to
such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six (6)-month period
referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof).
          3.05 [Reserved].
          3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
               (a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender
requests compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any
additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of
any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, then such Lender shall use reasonable
efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans
hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its
offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such
designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant
to Section 3.01 or Section 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) in
each case,
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would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not
otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender, it being understood that the
Borrower shall be given a reasonable opportunity to agree to reimburse such
costs, and/or expenses.
               (b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation
under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount
to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance
with Section 10.13.
          3.07 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this
Article III shall survive repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS
          4.01 Conditions of Loans. The obligation of each Lender to make its
Loan hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
               (a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of
which shall be originals or telecopies or other electronic image scan
transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif” via e-mail) (followed promptly by originals)
unless otherwise specified, and each properly executed by a Responsible Officer
of the signing Loan Party (if applicable):
               (i) executed counterparts of this Agreement;
               (ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that
has requested a Note at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the Closing
Date;
               (iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action,
incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of
each Loan Party evidencing (A) the authority of each Loan Party to enter into
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party
(including approvals by the board of directors or similar governing body of each
Loan Party) and (B) the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible
Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;
               (iv) copies of each Loan Party’s Organization Documents and a
certificate of good standing (where applicable, or such other customary
functionally equivalent certificates or abstracts, to the extent available in
the applicable jurisdiction) of such Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization;
               (v) a favorable opinion of (A) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP, special counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender, as to customary matters relating to the Loan Documents as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (B) AMMC Law, special
Luxembourg counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender, as to customary matters relating to the Luxembourg Security
Agreements and the Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreements as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request, (C) McInnes Cooper LLP, special Canadian counsels
to the
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Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to
customary matters relating to the Canadian Pledge Agreement as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and (D) General Counsel of
Quiksilver, Inc., as to (x) the due execution and authorization and
enforceability of the Side Agreement and Services Fee Agreement and (y) the
absence of a conflict with Material Indebtedness of the Loan Parties other than
the Senior Notes Indenture, the ABL Credit Agreement and the Euro Term Loan
Credit Agreement;
               (vi) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower, certifying that, as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis are Solvent;
               (vii) a payoff letter from the agent for the lenders under the
Existing Credit Agreement in customary form, evidencing that the Existing Credit
Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Closing Date is being, terminated,
all obligations thereunder are being paid in full, and all Liens securing
obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been, or concurrently with
the Closing Date are being, released;
               (viii) all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements required
by Law to create or perfect the Liens intended to be created under the Loan
Documents, in form for filing;
               (ix) the Security Documents set forth on Schedule 4.01(a)(ix)
hereto, and certificates (if applicable) evidencing any stock being pledged
under the Pledge Agreements on the Closing Date, together with undated stock
powers executed in blank (if applicable), each duly executed by the applicable
Loan Parties;
               (x) all other Loan Documents set forth on Schedule 4.01(a)(x)
hereto, each duly executed by the applicable Loan Parties;
               (xi) certificate of Responsible Officers of the Borrower and the
Parent confirming that borrowing, guaranteeing or securing, as appropriate, the
Obligations in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents executed on the Closing Date does not cause any borrowing, guarantee,
security or similar limit binding on any Loan Party to be exceeded;
               (xii) an executed copy of the Services Fee Agreements and the
Side Agreement, in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent;
               (xiii) results of searches or other evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (in each case dated as of a date
reasonably close to the Closing Date) indicating the absence of Liens on the
assets of the Loan Parties, except for Permitted Encumbrances and Liens for
which termination statements and releases are being tendered concurrently with
such extension of credit or other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent for the delivery of such termination statements and
releases have been made; and
               (xiv) (i) executed copies of all documents necessary to perfect
the Administrative Agent’s security interest under the Luxembourg Security
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and the Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreements, including, where applicable, copies
of shareholders’ registers evidencing the inscription of applicable pledges of
shares, notice and form of acknowledgements with respect to account pledge
agreements and notice and form of acknowledgements of any applicable debtors
with respect to receivables pledge agreements; (ii) executed copies of circular
resolutions of the boards of managers of the Borrower, QS Holdings and 54th
Street; and (iii) executed copies of documents evidencing completion of all of
the transactions set forth in Section 4.01(v).
               (b) [reserved]
               (c) The Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have entered into
(i) the US Term Loan Agreement and received, or substantially simultaneously
with the borrowing under this Agreement shall receive, gross proceeds of the US
Term Loans in a minimum amount of $125,000,000, and (ii) the ABL Credit
Agreement shall have been executed on terms and conditions substantially the
same as those set forth in the term sheet attached to the Commitment Letter,
dated as of June 8, 2009 and as amended as of June 24, 2009 (with such changes
as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree), by and among Bank of
America, N.A., Bank of America Securities LLC, General Electric Capital
Corporation, GE Capital Markets, Inc., Parent and the Borrower and become
effective substantially simultaneously with the borrowing under this Agreement.
               (d) The conditions precedent set forth on Part I of Schedule 2 of
the French Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied (or waived by the Agent
(as defined in the French Credit Agreement)).
               (e) (i) The Administrative Agent, the US Term Loan Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the ABL Agent shall have entered into the ABL Intercreditor
Agreement, and (ii) the Administrative Agent, the US Term Loan Agent and the
Collateral Agent shall have entered into the Term Loan Intercreditor Agreement,
in each case on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
               (f) There shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation
or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or the Parent,
threatened that (i) would reasonably be expected to (A) have a material adverse
effect on the business, assets, operations, properties, performance or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) adversely affect
the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their obligations under the Loan
Documents in any material respect, or (C) adversely affect the rights and
remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents in
any material respect; or (ii) purports to adversely affect in any material
respect the financing of the Loans or prevent the anticipated use of the
proceeds thereof.
               (g) Since January 31, 2009, there shall not have been any event
or occurrence that, either individually or in the aggregate, has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business,
assets, operations, properties, performance or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
               (h) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the
final legal and tax structure memorandum from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
LLP and shall have determined that any material differences between such final
legal and tax structure memorandum as compared to the prior version delivered to
the Administrative Agent, with respect to settlement of intercompany payables
that have an impact on the liquidity of the Loan Parties, are reasonably
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the memorandum contemplates such settlement prior to the Closing Date, the
Parent and its Subsidiaries shall have taken such steps as are reasonably
necessary to settle the intercompany payables (other than trade payables
incurred in the ordinary course of business) to the extent, in the manner and on
the timing set forth in such memorandum (and the Administrative Agent shall have
received a certification as to such steps having been taken by a Responsible
Officer of the Parent).
               (i) The Parent, pursuant to an agreement reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Agent, shall have assigned to the US Borrower all trademarks,
service marks, trade names and logos related to “QUIKSILVER” and “ROXY”
(including the applications and registrations with respect thereto and all
goodwill connected with the use thereof and symbolized thereby) owned by the
Parent in the United States and Mexico.
               (j) The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all
material documents and agreements executed by the Loan Parties pursuant to the
Warrant Agreement with respect to the Warrants, each in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and the Parent shall have
(x) issued the Warrants to Romolo Holdings C.V., Triton SPV L.P., Triton Onshore
SPV L.P., Triton Offshore SPV L.P. and Triton Coinvestment SPV L.P., and
(y) reserved authorized and unissued shares of common stock of Parent in an
amount sufficient to satisfy the full exercise of the Warrants.
               (k) The board of directors of the Parent shall have granted all
necessary approvals under the Parent’s Organization Documents and Delaware
General Corporation Law with respect to the acquisition and exercise of the
Warrants.
               (l) The number of directors on the Board of Directors of the
Parent shall have been increased by two and the newly created directorships
shall have been filled by nominees of each of Triton Onshore SPV L.P. and Triton
Coinvestment SPV L.P.
               (m) The board of directors of the Parent shall have adopted an
equity incentive plan for members of current management and future hires, on
terms reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
               (n) All necessary governmental and material third party consents
and approvals to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to occur on the
Closing Date shall have been obtained.
               (o) All fees and expenses required to be paid by the Borrower to
any of the Administrative Agent or the Arranger on or before the Closing Date
shall have been paid in full, and all fees and expenses required to be paid by
the Borrower to the Lenders on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid
in full.
               (p) The Administrative Agent shall have concluded any
legally-required background checks and other investigations to ensure compliance
with the Patriot Act and anti-money laundering laws.
               (q) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each
other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document shall be true
and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, except to
the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an
earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date, and the Administrative Agent shall have
received a certification thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
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               (r) No Default shall exist, or would result from the Loans or
from the application of the proceeds thereof, and the Administrative Agent shall
have received a certification thereof by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
               (s) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Loan Notice in
accordance with the requirements hereof.
               (t) Since June 8, 2009, there shall have been no material changes
in governmental regulations or policies affecting Parent or its Subsidiaries,
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or the Credit Parties.
               (u) The Parent or its Subsidiaries shall not be a party to any
binding agreement to dispose of Collateral (including the DC Shoes Business)
outside of the ordinary course of business.
               (v) The Parent shall have, and shall have caused its applicable
Subsidiaries to, (i) effectuate the creation of the Borrower and 54th Street,
(ii) cause the transfer of Equity Interests in QS Holdings to the Borrower,
(iii) cause the transfer of Equity Interests in Quiksilver Deluxe S.à r.l.
previously held by QS Holdings to 54th Street, (iv) cause the transfer of Equity
Interests previously held by QS Holdings in Quiksilver Brazil to 54th Street and
(v) cause QS Holdings to assign to 54th Street all trademarks, service marks,
trade names and logos related to “QUIKSILVER” and “ROXY” (including the
applications and registrations with respect thereto and all goodwill connected
with the use thereof and symbolized thereby) owned by QS Holdings in Antigua,
Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Suriname,
Trinidad, Uruguay, and Venezuela, in each case free and clear of all Liens other
than Permitted Encumbrance.
               (w) On or prior to July 31, 2009, each of the lenders under the
Pilot Facility Agreement (as defined in the French Credit Agreement) shall have
executed an amendment to the Pilot Facility Agreement, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, extending the maturity of
the Pilot Facility Agreement to a date not earlier than September 29, 2009 and
including a waiver permitting the pledge by QS Holdings of all of its shares of
54th Street in support of the Obligations.
               (x) On or prior to July 31, 2009, QS Holdings shall have been
released from, and Biarritz Holdings S.à r.l shall have assumed, any and all
indebtedness owed by QS Holdings to Pilot SAS and Q.S. Finance S.A.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
          To induce the Credit Parties to enter into this Agreement and to make
Loans hereunder, each of the Parent and the Borrower represents and warrants to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
          5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Loan Party (a) is a
corporation, limited liability company, private limited liability company,
unlimited company, partnership or limited partnership, duly organized or formed,
validly existing and, where applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power
and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, permits, authorizations,
consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its
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assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly
qualified and is licensed and, where applicable, in good standing under the Laws
of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in
each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do
so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Borrower (x) has its “centre of main interests” (within the meaning of European
Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of May 29, 2000 on insolvency proceedings
(the “EC Insolvency Regulation”)) in Luxembourg and (y) has no “establishment”
(as such term is used in the EC Insolvency Regulation) outside the Grand-Duchy
of Luxembourg. 54th Street has its “centre of main interests” (within the
meaning of the EC Insolvency Regulation) in Luxembourg. Schedule 5.01 annexed
hereto sets forth, in each case as of the Closing Date, each Loan Party’s name
as it appears in official filings in its jurisdiction of organization, its
jurisdiction of organization, organization type, organization number, if any,
issued by its state of organization, and its federal employer identification
number (if any).
          5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and
performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a
party has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
organizational action, and does not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any
of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any
breach, termination, or contravention of, or constitute a default under, or
require any payment to be made under or permit any holder thereof to accelerate
or require the repurchase of, (i) any Material Indebtedness to which such Person
is a party in a manner which would reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any
Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its
property is subject in a manner which would reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect; (c) result in or require the creation of any Lien
upon any asset of any Loan Party (other than Liens under the Security Documents
and other Permitted Encumbrances); or (d) violate any Law in a manner which
would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
          5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent,
exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement
against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for
(a) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security
Documents, (b) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and
effect, and (c) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other
actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan
Document, when delivered, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each
Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other
Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party
thereto in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
          5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
               (a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby,
except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (ii) fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as
of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered
thereby in
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accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby,
except as otherwise expressly noted therein.
               (b) The unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and
its Subsidiaries dated April 30, 2009, and the related Consolidated statements
of income or operations and cash flows for the Fiscal Quarter ended on that date
(i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the
period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and
(ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries
as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered
thereby, subject to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit
adjustments.
               (c) Since January 31, 2009, there has been no event or
circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business,
assets, operations, properties, performance or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
               (d) The Consolidated forecasted balance sheet and statements of
income and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries delivered to the
Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date were prepared in good faith on
the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were fair in
light of the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts, and
represented, at the time of delivery, the Loan Parties’ reasonable estimate of
their future financial performance (it being understood that such forecasted
financial information is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies,
many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties, that no assurance is
given that any particular forecasts will be realized, that actual results may
differ and that such differences may be material).
               (e) Except as disclosed in the notes to the Consolidated
financial statements of Parent and Subsidiaries as of, and for the 12 months
ended, October 31, 2008 as filed with the SEC, or as disclosed in any filing by
Parent with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since October 31,
2008 or as set forth on Schedule 5.05, and except for liabilities incurred in
the ordinary course of business since April 30, 2009, there are no liabilities
or obligations with respect to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any
nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and
whether or not due) which, either individually or in the aggregate, are material
to the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
          5.06 [Reserved].
          5.07 [Reserved].
          5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of the Loan Parties has good
record and marketable title in fee simple to or valid leasehold interests in,
all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business,
except for such defects in title as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or where failure to
have such title or other interest would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Loan
Parties has good title to, valid leasehold interests in, or valid licenses to
use all personal property and assets necessary for or used in the conduct of its
business, except where failure to have such title, interest or license would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The property of each Loan Party is subject to no Liens, other
than Permitted Encumbrances.
          5.09 [Reserved].
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          5.10 [Reserved].
          5.11 Taxes. Except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties have filed all Federal,
state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all
Federal, state and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges
levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due
and payable; provided that no Loan Party need pay any such tax or assessment if
such amount is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, for
which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.
          5.12 ERISA Compliance.
               (a) Except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Plan is in compliance with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws;
(ii) each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has
received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for
such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and,
to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred which would prevent,
or cause the loss of, such qualification; (iii) the Loan Parties and each ERISA
Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to
Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension
of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made
with respect to any Plan; (iv) no Lien imposed under the Code or ERISA exists or
is likely to arise on account of any Plan; (v) there exists no accumulated
funding deficiency with respect to any Plan, whether or not waived, within the
meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA; and (vi) no Loan
Party has failed to make any contribution or payment to any Plan, or made any
amendment to any Plan, which has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to
result, in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security
under Section 302(f) of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29) of the Code.
               (b) There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the
fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or
would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As of the
date hereof, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties
threatened, litigation or governmental investigations or proceedings relating to
the Plans, which, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
               (c) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect: (i) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability;
(iii) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably
expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any
Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of
ERISA); (iv) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or
reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which,
with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such
liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer
Plan; and (v) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a
transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
          5.13 [Reserved].
          5.14 Disclosure. No (i) financial statement, certificate or other
factual written information (excluding projections, forward-looking information
and information of a general economic or general industry nature) furnished by
or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this
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Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case,
as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished, and taken as a
whole) or (ii) filing by the Parent under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at
any time since January 1, 2006 contains any material misstatement of fact or
omits to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Loan Parties
represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon
assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being understood that such
projected financial information is subject to significant uncertainties and
contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties, that no
assurance is given that any particular projections will be realized, that actual
results may differ and that such differences may be material).
          5.15 Compliance with Laws. Each of the Loan Parties is in compliance
with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees
applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which
(a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or
(b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the
Loan Parties or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, none of any director,
officer, agent or employee of the Loan Parties is currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by OFAC or appears on the OFAC List.
          5.16 Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Each of the Loan Parties is
in compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(including, without limitation, Section 402 thereof), except in such instances
in which (a) such requirement is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
          5.17 Intellectual Property. Except, in each case, as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) the Loan Parties
own, or possess sufficient rights to use, all of the Intellectual Property that
is necessary for or used in the operation of their respective businesses as
currently conducted, without, to the knowledge of the Borrower, violation of the
rights of any other Person, (b) none of the Intellectual Property owned by a
Loan Party is subject to any outstanding order, judgment, award or decree
limiting or adversely affecting such Loan Party’s use thereof or rights thereto
in connection with its business as currently conducted and, to the knowledge of
the Borrower, all of the rights of the Loan Parties in and to such Intellectual
Property are valid and enforceable and all such Intellectual Property that is
registered or issued is subsisting, and (c) to the knowledge of the Borrower
(i) the conduct of such Loan Party’s business does not infringe upon, dilute,
misappropriate or otherwise violate any rights held by any other Person, and
(ii) no other Person is infringing upon, diluting, misappropriating or otherwise
violating any Intellectual Property of the Loan Parties. The Intellectual
Property owned by each Loan Party is not subject to any Liens, other than
Permitted Encumbrances. No claim, litigation, arbitration, opposition,
cancellation or other proceeding against any Loan Party concerning the
ownership, validity, registerability, enforceability, infringement, dilution,
misappropriation or other violation of the use of or the licensed right to use
any Intellectual Property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          5.18 Labor Matters. Except, in each case, as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes, lockouts,
slowdowns or other labor disputes against any Loan Party pending or, to the
knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened; and (b) and the Parent’s Subsidiaries
have complied with all obligations to consult with their workers’ counsels in
connection with the transactions contemplated to occur on or before the Closing
Date.
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          5.19 Security Documents.
               (a) The US Security Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Credit Parties,
a valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the
US Security Agreement); the US Intellectual Property Security Agreement creates
in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent
and the other Credit Parties, a valid and enforceable security interest in the
IP Collateral (as defined in the US Intellectual Property Security Agreement);
the Intellectual Property Security Agreement creates in favor of the Euro
Administrative Agent (as defined in the Intellectual Property Security
Agreement), for the benefit of the Euro Credit Parties (as defined in the
Intellectual Property Security Agreement), a valid and enforceable security
interest in the IP Collateral (as defined in the Intellectual Property Security
Agreement); each Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreement creates in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, a valid and
enforceable security interest in the Shares (as defined in such Luxembourg Share
Pledge Agreement); and the Canadian Pledge Agreement creates in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties, a valid and
enforceable security interest in the Pledged Collateral (as defined in the
Canadian Pledge Agreement), in each case the enforceability of which is subject
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of
equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
The UCC financing statements and other filings delivered by the Loan Parties on
the Closing Date are in appropriate form for filing in the applicable offices.
Upon such filings and/or the obtaining of “control” (as such term is defined in
the UCC) to the extent required by the Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent will
have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, to and under all right,
title and interest of the grantors thereunder in all Collateral that may be
perfected in the United States, Canada and Luxembourg by filing, recording or
registering a financing statement or analogous document (including without
limitation the proceeds of such Collateral subject to the limitations relating
to such proceeds in the UCC). Such Lien and security interest will be prior to
any other Lien on any of the Collateral, except in the case of Permitted
Encumbrances.
               (b) Upon entry of each Pledge (as defined in the Luxembourg Share
Pledge Agreements) in the register of the shareholders of the applicable pledgor
thereunder as set forth in such Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreement, the
Administrative Agent will have a perfected pledge of, and security interest in,
the Shares (as defined in such Luxembourg Pledge Agreement). Upon sending of a
notice of pledge to the Account Bank (as defined in, and in accordance with, the
Luxembourg Account Pledge Agreements) and upon receipt of the form of
acknowledgement from the Account Bank, the Administrative Agent will have a
perfected pledge of, and security interest in, the Pledged Assets (as defined in
the Luxembourg Account Pledge Agreements). Upon execution and acknowledgement of
the pledge of the Pledged Assets (as defined in, and in accordance with, the
Luxembourg Receivables Pledge Agreement), the Administrative Agent will have a
perfected pledge of, and security interest in, the Pledged Assets.
               (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Loan
Parties shall have no obligation to perfect Liens in the IP Collateral or any
other Intellectual Property in any jurisdiction other than the United States,
Canada or Luxembourg.
          5.20 Environmental Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, as of the Closing Date: (a) there are no
Hazardous Materials or underground storage tanks in, on, or under any property
of any Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except those that are in compliance
with all Environmental Laws and with permits issued pursuant thereto; (b) there
are no outstanding releases of Hazardous Materials in, on, under or from any
property of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in violation of applicable
Environmental Law; (c) there is no violation of Environmental Laws, or with
permits issued pursuant thereto by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries which has
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fully resolved; (d) none of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has received
any written notice that remains outstanding from any Person (including but not
limited to a Governmental Authority) alleging liability of the Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law.
          5.21 Absence of Insolvency Proceedings. As of the Closing Date,
neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has instituted or consented to
the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and no proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law relating to it or to all or any material part of its
property has been instituted without its consent.
          5.22 Capitalization. Schedule 5.22 sets forth, as of the Closing Date
(after giving effect to the transactions to occur on the Closing Date), (a) the
ownership of the Borrower and each Guarantor (other than the Parent), after
giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) the number of all
(i) authorized shares of common stock of the Parent, (ii) outstanding shares of
common stock of the Parent, (iii) authorized and unissued shares of common stock
of Parent reserved for issuance and (iv) warrants, rights, options and
convertible or exchangeable securities of the Parent outstanding (and the number
of shares of common stock of the Parent into which or for which such items are
exercisable, convertible or exchangeable).
          5.23 No Amendment to Services Fee Agreements. No provision of either
Services Fee Agreement has been amended, modified or waived in a manner
materially adverse to the Credit Parties.
          5.24 Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Loan
Parties are conducted in compliance in all material respects with applicable
financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the money laundering
statutes of all jurisdictions in which any of them operate, the rules and
regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by
or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator
involving any Loan Party with respect to the Money Laundering Laws which would
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect is pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened.
          5.25 No Default. As of the Closing Date, none of the Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries will be in material default under any Indebtedness.
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
          So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or
other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than
contingent obligations for which a claim has not then been asserted), the Loan
Parties shall:
          6.01 Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent (for
distribution to each Lender):
               (a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of
the Parent, (i) a Consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries
as at the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related Consolidated statements of
income or operations and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all prepared
in accordance with GAAP, such Consolidated statements to be audited and
accompanied by a report and opinion of a Registered Public Accounting Firm of
nationally recognized standing or otherwise reasonably acceptable
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to the Administrative Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject
to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification
or exception as to the scope of such audit; and (ii) an Americas Consolidated
and consolidating balance sheet of the Parent and the Americas Subsidiaries as
at the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related Americas Consolidated and
consolidating statements of income or operations of the Parent and the Americas
Subsidiaries and Americas Consolidated cash flows for such Fiscal Year, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year
(to the extent available), such consolidating statements to be certified by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the Parent to the effect that such
statements are fairly stated in all material respects;
               (b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the
first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year of the Parent, (i) a
Consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of
such Fiscal Quarter, and the related Consolidated statements of income or
operations and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the
Parent’s Fiscal Year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the figures for (A) such period set forth in the projections delivered pursuant
to Section 6.01(d) hereof (if applicable), (B) the corresponding Fiscal Quarter
of the previous Fiscal Year and (C) the corresponding portion of the previous
Fiscal Year, such Consolidated statements to be certified by a Responsible
Officer of the Parent or the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter in accordance with GAAP,
subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
and (ii) an Americas Consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Parent
and the Americas Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and the
related Americas Consolidated and consolidating statements of income or
operations of the Parent and the Americas Subsidiaries and an Americas
Consolidated cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the
Parent’s Fiscal Year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the figures for (A) such period set forth in the projections delivered pursuant
to Section 6.01(d) hereof (to the extent available), (B) the corresponding
Fiscal Quarter of the previous Fiscal Year (to the extent available) and (C) the
corresponding portion of the previous Fiscal Year (to the extent available),
such Americas Consolidated statements to be certified by a Responsible Officer
of the Borrower or the Parent as fairly presenting in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Parent and the
Americas Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter;
               (c) within thirty (30) days after the end of each of the first
two Fiscal Months of each Fiscal Quarter of the Parent (commencing with the
first such Fiscal Month which occurs after the first full six (6) months
following the Closing Date), a financial report for the immediately preceding
Fiscal Month in a format reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
               (d) as soon as available and in any event no later than fifteen
(15) days prior to the end of the Fiscal Year ending on October 31, 2009, and no
later than within forty-five (45) days prior to the end of each Fiscal Year
thereafter, a copy of the approved annual budget of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries for the immediately following Fiscal Year;
               (e) on Friday of any week during which Domestic Availability is
less than $30,000,000, a thirteen (13)-week cash flow forecast (it being agreed
that for all purposes of this Section 6.01(e), if the Friday on which a report
is due is not a Business Day, then such report shall be required to be delivered
no later than the immediately succeeding Business Day); and
               (f) (i) copies of any reports and other written information
delivered to the administrative agent under the ABL Credit Agreement and any
agent under the French Credit Agreement and (ii) upon the request of the
Administrative Agent, to the lenders or their respective agents under the credit
facilities of certain Subsidiaries of the Parent organized in Japan and
Australia.
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          6.02 Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative
Agent (for distribution to each Lender):
               (a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the Parent;
               (b) promptly upon receipt, copies of any detailed audit reports
or management letters submitted to the board of directors (or the audit
committee of the board of directors) of any Loan Party by its Registered Public
Accounting Firm in connection with any annual or interim audit of any of them;
               (c) promptly after the same are available, copies of each
financial statement or other report which any Loan Party files with the SEC and
in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent
pursuant hereto
               (d) within the time periods required by the US Intellectual
Property Security Agreement or the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, as
applicable, such notifications as are required pursuant to the provisions of the
US Intellectual Property Security Agreement or the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement, as applicable; and
               (e) promptly, such additional information regarding the financial
condition or operations of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary as the
Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may from
time to time reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), or
Section 6.02(c) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials
otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so
delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the
Parent posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Parent’s website
on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on
which such documents are posted on the Parent’s behalf on an Internet or
intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent has
access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the
Administrative Agent); provided that the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of
such documents to the Administrative Agent or Lender that requests the Borrower
to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper
copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender. The Administrative
Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of
the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility
to monitor compliance by the Loan Parties with any such request for delivery,
and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or
maintaining its copies of such documents.
Each Lender that is Controlled directly or indirectly by an investment fund
Controlled by Rhône Capital III L.L.C. that is intended to qualify as a “venture
capital operating company” (within the meaning of Labor Reg. § 2510.3-101), and
that requires “management rights” (within the meaning of Labor Reg. §
2510.3-101(d)(3)(ii)) in the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to continue its
qualification as such a venture capital operating company shall be provided,
upon written request from such Lender, with rights in regard to the management
of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to the extent necessary to cause such Lender
not to lose its status as such a venture capital operating company by reason of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In any event, without limiting
the preceding sentence, until the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date the
Loans are assigned by such Lender, these rights shall include without
limitation, upon written request from such Lender: (i) reasonable advance notice
of any significant business matter of the Parent or the Borrower, provided that,
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any director appointed by such Lender serves on the Parent’s board of directors;
provided, further, that, in the event the immediately preceding proviso does not
apply, such Lender shall not be entitled to such notice if, based on the advice
of the Borrower’s counsel, any such disclosure (x) would violate applicable law
or confidentiality obligations with third parties or would jeopardize
attorney-client privilege, (y) would require public disclosure of information at
a time when such information is not otherwise required to be disclosed or
(z) relates to any Investment, merger or Disposition of any significant assets
or any other extraordinary transaction, and (ii) upon reasonable advance notice
to the Parent and the Borrower and during normal business hours, the reasonable
opportunity to consult with and discuss the business and affairs of the Parent
and the Borrower with the Parent’s and the Borrower’s officers and senior
employees and the reasonable opportunity to make recommendations with respect to
the business and affairs of the Parent and the Borrower, recognizing that the
ultimate discretion with respect to all such matters shall be retained by the
Parent and the Borrower and their respective boards of directors.
          6.03 Notices. Promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days
after any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof,
notify the Administrative Agent:
               (a) of the occurrence of any Default;
               (b) of any matter that has resulted or would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
               (c) of the occurrence of (i) any ERISA Event, (ii) a Pension Plan
having any Unfunded Pension Liability, or (iii) the imposition of any withdrawal
liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan;
               (d) of the discharge by any Loan Party of its present Registered
Public Accounting Firm or any withdrawal or resignation by such Registered
Public Accounting Firm; and
               (e) of any casualty or other insured damage to any material
portion of the Collateral or the commencement of any action or proceeding for
the taking of any interest in a material portion of the Collateral under power
of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding or if any material
portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.
Each notice pursuant to clauses (a) through (e) of this Section 6.03 shall be
accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the
Parent setting forth details of the event or occurrence referred to therein and
stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect
thereto.
          6.04 Payment of Obligations. Pay and discharge as the same shall
become due and payable: (a) all Tax liabilities, assessments and governmental
charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, and (b) all lawful claims
(including, without limitation, claims of landlords, warehousemen, customs
brokers, and carriers) which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its
property, except, in each case, where (i) the validity or amount thereof is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and such Loan Party
has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance
with GAAP, or (ii) the failure to pay or discharge the same would not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
          6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain
in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by
Section 7.04 or 7.05; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights,
privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the
normal conduct of its business,
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except (i) to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction permitted by
Section 7.04 or 7.05; (c) preserve, renew, maintain and protect its Intellectual
Property in accordance with the requirements of the US Intellectual Property
Security Agreement or the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, as
applicable; and (d) maintain in all material respects the quality of products
and services offered under any material trademark or service mark at a level
that is equal to or better than the level of quality associated with such
products and services as of the date hereof unless the Loan Party that owns the
applicable material trademark or service mark determines in its reasonable
business judgment that the standard of quality shall be modified and takes
reasonable measures to ensure that all licensed users of such trademarks or
service marks employ substantially similar standards of quality.
          6.06 Maintenance of Properties. (a) Maintain, preserve and protect all
of its tangible properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its
business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and
casualty or condemnation events excepted to the extent that failure to do so
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) make
all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except where
the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
          6.07 Maintenance of Insurance.
               (a) Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies (which insurance companies are not Affiliates of the Loan Parties),
insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of
the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar
business and operating in the same or similar locations or as is required by
applicable Law, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried
under similar circumstances by such other Persons.
               (b) In each case subject to Section 6.16: (i) fire and extended
coverage policies maintained with respect to any Collateral shall name the
Administrative Agent as a loss payee; (ii) commercial general liability policies
shall be endorsed to name the Administrative Agent as an additional insured.
Business interruption policies shall name the Administrative Agent as a loss
payee; and (iii) each such policy referred to in this Section 6.07(b) shall also
provide that it shall not be canceled, modified or not renewed (A) by reason of
nonpayment of premium except upon such insurer endeavoring to provide not less
than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent
or (B) for any other reason except upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior
written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent.
          6.08 Compliance with Laws. Comply with the requirements of all Laws
and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its
business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of
Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate
reserves have been set aside and maintained by the Loan Parties in accordance
with GAAP; or (b) the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          6.09 Books and Records; Accountants. Maintain proper books of record
and account, in which entries that are true and correct in all material respects
and in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all material
financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Loan
Parties.
          6.10 Inspection Rights.
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               (a) Permit representatives and independent contractors of the
Administrative Agent (acting in consultation with the Administrative Agent) to
visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and
operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to
discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and
Registered Public Accounting Firm, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and at
such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be
reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower.
               (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 6.10, none of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries will be required to
disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making of extracts, or
discussion of, any documents, information or other matter that (i) constitutes
non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information unless and
until the Administrative Agent executes an appropriate non-disclosure agreement,
(ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent (or any
representative) is then prohibited by Law or any agreement binding on the Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar
privilege or constitutes attorney work-product
          6.11 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans (a) to refinance
Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries under the Existing Credit
Agreement, (b) to finance transaction fees and expenses related hereto, and
(c) for other general corporate purposes of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, in
each case to the extent not prohibited by the Loan Documents.
          6.12 Additional Loan Parties. Notify the Administrative Agent at the
time that any Person becomes a Material Subsidiary of any Loan Party (other than
QS Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries), and promptly thereafter (and in any
event within thirty (30) days or such longer period as the Administrative Agent
may agree): cause any such Person which is (x) a Domestic Subsidiary that is a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary and not an Immaterial Subsidiary of the Parent or (y) a
Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and not an Immaterial Subsidiary of
the Borrower to (i) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the
Administrative Agent a Facility Guaranty (or a counterpart or supplement
thereto), and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent documents of the types
referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 4.01(a) and, if reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent, customary opinions of counsel to such
Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding
effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in the foregoing
clause (i)). In no event shall compliance with this Section 6.12 waive or be
deemed a waiver or Consent to any transaction giving rise to the need to comply
with this Section 6.12 if such transaction was not otherwise permitted by this
Agreement.
          6.13 Information Regarding the Collateral. Furnish to the
Administrative Agent at least ten (10) days’ (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent shall agree) prior written notice of any change in: (i) any
Loan Party’s legal name; (ii) the location of any Loan Party’s chief executive
office or its principal place of business; (iii) any Loan Party’s organizational
type or jurisdiction of organization; or (iv) any Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer
Identification Number or organizational identification number assigned to it by
its jurisdiction of organization. The Loan Parties agree not to effect or permit
any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been
made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral
Agent to continue following such change, to have a valid, legal and perfected
security interest in the Collateral for its own benefit and the benefit of the
other Credit Parties (to the extent a security interest in such Collateral can
be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC).
          6.14 Environmental Laws. Except where the failure to do so would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) conduct its
operations in compliance with all
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Environmental Laws; (b) obtain and renew all Environmental Permits required for
its operations; and (c) implement any and all investigation, remediation,
removal and response actions to prevent or remediate the release of any
Hazardous Materials on, at, or from any of its Real Estate, except where a
requirement of Environmental Law is being contested in good faith and by proper
proceedings and adequate reserves have been set aside and are being maintained
by the Loan Parties or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such
circumstances in accordance with GAAP.
          6.15 Further Assurances.
               (a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements,
agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the
filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), that may be
required under any applicable Law, or which the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request, to grant, preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created or
intended to be created by the Security Documents or the validity or priority of
any such Lien, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and to the extent required
by, and subject to the limitations set forth in, the Security Documents and this
Agreement.
               (b) If any material personal property assets are acquired by any
Loan Party after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting Collateral
under the Security Documents that become subject to the Lien of the Security
Documents upon acquisition thereof), notify the Administrative Agent thereof (in
the case of IP Collateral, within the time frames set forth in Section 6.02(d)),
and the Loan Parties will cause such assets to be subjected to a perfected Lien
securing the Obligations and will take such actions as shall be necessary or
shall be requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens,
in each case to the extent required by, and subject to the limitations set forth
in, the Security Documents and this Agreement, all at the expense of the Loan
Parties. In no event shall compliance with this Section 6.15(b) waive or be
deemed a waiver or Consent to any transaction giving rise to the need to comply
with this Section 6.15(b) if such transaction was not otherwise permitted by
this Agreement.
               (c) If, after the Closing Date, any Loan Party acquires a fee
interest in real property located in the United States with a fair market value
of $5.0 million or more (other than to the extent such real property was
financed through the incurrence of any Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03),
such Loan Party shall notify the Administrative Agent and, if requested by
Required Lenders or Administrative Agent, take such actions and execute such
documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require to create a
mortgage Lien on such real property.
          6.16 Post-Closing Matters. Take the actions set forth on Schedule 6.16
by the applicable date set forth for each such action thereon.
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
          So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan
or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than
contingent obligations for which a claim has not been asserted):
          7.01 Liens. No Loan Party shall create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired, other than, as to all of the above, Permitted
Encumbrances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and 54th Street and
Subsidiaries of 54th Street shall not be permitted to grant any security
interest in their respective shares or
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assets other than (i) pursuant to the Loan Documents, (ii) pursuant to the Loan
Documents (as defined in the US Term Loan Credit Agreement), (iii) pursuant to
the Loan Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) and (iv) in the case
of a Specified Subsidiary, Permitted Specified Subsidiary Encumbrances.
          7.02 Investments. No Loan Party shall make any Investments, except
Permitted Investments.
          7.03 Indebtedness. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any
Subsidiary to, incur any Indebtedness, except Permitted Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than intercompany transfers among the
Subsidiaries of 54th Street and transfers to the Borrower (including
intermediate transfers to 54th Street in order to effectuate transfers to the
Borrower), the Borrower and 54th Street and Subsidiaries of 54th Street shall
not be permitted to incur any Indebtedness other than (i) pursuant to the Loan
Documents, (ii) pursuant to the Loan Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement), and (iii) any Specified Subsidiary may incur Permitted Specified
Subsidiary Indebtedness. The accrual of interest and the accretion or
amortization of original issue discount on Indebtedness and the payment of
interest in the form of additional Indebtedness originally incurred in
accordance with this Section 7.03 will not constitute an incurrence of
Indebtedness. For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated
restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the Dollar-equivalent principal
amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated
based on (i) for existing Indebtedness, the relevant exchange rate applied for
purposes of preparing the most recent balance sheet filed by the Parent with the
SEC, and (ii) for the Indebtedness being incurred, the relevant currency
exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness is incurred, in the case
of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided
that if such Indebtedness is incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance,
renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such
extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would
cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated
at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such extension,
replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such
Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long
as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the
principal amount of such Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded,
refinanced, renewed or defeased based on the relevant exchange rate applied for
purposes of preparing the most recent balance sheet filed by the Parent with the
SEC.
          7.04 Fundamental Changes. No Loan Party shall merge, dissolve,
liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, except that:
               (a) (i) any Loan Party (other than the Parent) or any Subsidiary
which is a Loan Party may merge or consolidate with or into any other Subsidiary
which is a Loan Party, provided that in any merger or consolidation involving
the Borrower, the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and
(ii) any Loan Party may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon
voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Loan Party other than the Parent;
               (b) any Loan Party may consummate any of following transactions,
provided that such transaction is otherwise permitted as a Permitted Investment,
Permitted Acquisition or Permitted Disposition: (i) any Subsidiary which is not
a Loan Party may merge or consolidate with or into a Loan Party, provided that a
Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person and that any Indebtedness
incurred as a result of such fundamental change is Permitted Indebtedness, and
(ii) so long as no Default exists or would immediately result therefrom, any
Loan Party (other than the Borrower) may merge with or into or consolidate with
any other Person or permit any other Person to merge with or into or consolidate
with it; provided that a Loan Party is the surviving Person; and
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               (c) any Guarantor (other than the Parent) may liquidate or
dissolve or change its legal form if the Parent determines in good faith that
such action is in the best interests of the Parent and its Subsidiaries and is
not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.
          7.05 Dispositions. No Loan Party shall make any Disposition, except
Permitted Dispositions. To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as permitted
by this Section 7.05 to any Person other than any Loan Party, such Collateral
shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents.
          7.06 Restricted Payments. No Loan Party shall declare or make any
Restricted Payment, except:
               (a) any Loan Party may make Restricted Payments to any other Loan
Party; provided, however, that any Restricted Payment made by any Loan Party to
the Parent shall be conditional upon, and made substantially simultaneously
with, (i) a transfer by the Parent to the US Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or
(ii) a transfer by the Parent to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in
connection with a Permitted Investment, in each case in an amount equal to such
Restricted Payment;
               (b) any Loan Party may declare and make dividend payments or
other distributions payable solely in its Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock not otherwise permitted by Section 7.03);
               (c) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Loan
Parties may enter into and consummate transactions permitted by Section 7.02 or
7.04;
               (d) in the case of the Parent, repurchases of Equity Interests in
the Parent deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such
Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or
warrants;
               (e) the Parent may pay for and otherwise effect the repurchase,
retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of
the Parent by any employee, director or officer of the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity plan, stock option plan or any other benefit
plan or any agreement with any employee, director or officer of the Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted
Payments made pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed $5,000,000 in any
fiscal year;
               (f) any Loan Party may (i) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity
Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any
Permitted Investment and (ii) honor any conversion request by a holder of
convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in
connection with any such conversion;
               (g) any Restricted Payments permitted under the Senior Notes
Indenture as in effect on the date hereof (and without regard to any waivers or
consents that may be obtained thereunder after the date hereof); provided that
no such payments made to a Subsidiary or the shareholders thereof that is not an
Americas Subsidiary shall exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding when aggregated with any Investments made under clause (l)(v) of the
definition of “Permitted Investments”; and
          (h) 54th Street may make Restricted Payments to QS Holdings or any
other direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent; provided, however, that any
such Restricted Payment shall be conditional upon, and made substantially
simultaneously with, (i) transfer by QS Holdings or any other
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direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent to the Borrower in an amount equal
to such Restricted Payment, or (ii) a Permitted Investment in an amount equal to
such Restricted Payment.
          7.07 Prepayments of Subordinated Indebtedness. No Loan Party shall
voluntarily prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the
scheduled maturity thereof in any manner any Subordinated Indebtedness, or make
any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Subordinated
Indebtedness, except refinancings and refundings of such Subordinated
Indebtedness to the extent permitted hereunder.
          7.08 Change in Nature of Business. No Loan Party shall engage in any
line of business substantially different from the lines of business conducted by
such Loan Party on the date hereof or any business reasonably related,
ancillary, complementary or incidental thereto.
          7.09 Transactions with Affiliates. No Loan Party shall enter into,
renew, extend or be a party to any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of
any Loan Party, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on
fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Loan Parties as
would be obtainable by the Loan Parties at the time in a comparable arm’s length
transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, provided that the foregoing
restriction shall not apply to (a) a transaction between or among the Loan
Parties not prohibited hereunder; (b) transactions not otherwise prohibited
hereunder between or among the Parent or any Subsidiary or any entity that
becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction; (c) Restricted Payments
permitted under Section 7.06; (d) the transactions occurring on the Closing Date
and the payment of fees and expenses related thereto; (e) the issuance of Equity
Interests in the Parent to any officer, director, employee or consultant of the
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; (f) transactions, arrangements,
reimbursements and indemnities permitted between or among such parties under
this Agreement; (g) the payment of reasonable fees and out-of-pocket costs to
directors, and compensation and employee benefit arrangements paid to, and
indemnities provided for the benefit of, directors, officers or employees of the
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; (h) any issuances of securities of the Parent
(other than Disqualified Stock) or other payments, awards or grants in cash,
securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements,
stock options and stock ownership plans (in each case in respect of Equity
Interests in the Parent) of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; or
(i) transactions not otherwise prohibited hereunder between the Parent or any
Subsidiary and Rhône Capital III L.P. or any of its Affiliates.
          7.10 Burdensome Agreements. No Loan Party shall enter into or permit
to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than (w) the Senior Note Indenture,
(x) this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (y) the ABL Credit Agreement or
any document relating thereto, or (z) the US Term Loan Credit Agreement or any
document relating thereto) that limits the ability (i) of any Loan Party to make
Restricted Payments to any Loan Party or (ii) of the Loan Parties to create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person in favor of
the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents; provided, however, that none
of the foregoing shall prohibit (A) any negative pledge incurred or provided in
favor of any holder of Indebtedness described under clauses (h) and (u) of the
definition of Permitted Encumbrances permitted hereunder solely to the extent
any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of
such Indebtedness; (B) customary anti-assignment provisions in contracts
restricting the assignment thereof or in contracts for the Disposition of any
assets or any Person, provided that the restrictions in any such contract shall
apply only to the assets or Person that is to be Disposed of; (C) customary
provisions in leases of real property that prohibit mortgages or pledges of the
lessee’s interest under such lease or restricting subletting or assignment of
such lease; (D) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other
similar agreements applicable to joint ventures to the extent such joint
ventures are not prohibited hereunder; (E) customary restrictions arising under
licenses and other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business to
the extent permitted hereunder; (F) customary restrictions under Guarantees of
the Parent in connection with the French Credit Agreement; (G)
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Contractual Obligations which (x) exist on the date hereof and (to the extent
not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.10) are listed on Schedule 7.10 hereto
and (y) to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (x) are set
forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, are set forth in any agreement
evidencing any permitted renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness
so long as such renewal, extension or refinancing does not materially expand the
scope of such Contractual Obligation in an manner adverse to the Lenders; or
(H) Contractual Obligations which are binding on a Subsidiary at the time such
Subsidiary first becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such Contractual Obligations
were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary.
          7.11 ERISA. No Loan Party shall, and each Loan Party shall ensure that
each ERISA Affiliate shall not (a) terminate any Plan so as to incur any
liability to the PBGC, (b) fail to pay to any Plan any material contribution
which it is obligated to pay under the terms of such Plan for a period of
30 days, or (c) allow or suffer to exist any ERISA Event to the extent that the
occurrence or nonoccurrence of such event or condition is within the control of
any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate and would reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
          7.12 Amendment of Organization Documents. No Loan Party shall amend,
modify or waive any Loan Party’s rights under its Organization Documents (a) in
a manner materially adverse to the Credit Parties or (b) in any manner that
would cause a Material Adverse Effect.
          7.13 Fiscal Year. No Loan Party shall change the Fiscal Year of any
Loan Party without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, except as
required by GAAP.
          7.14 Financial Covenants.
               (a) Minimum Americas Consolidated EBITDA. The Loan Parties shall
not permit Americas Consolidated EBITDA for any Measurement Period, calculated
as of the last day of any Measurement Period ending on any of the dates
specified below, to be less than the correlative amount indicated.

          Measurement Period Ending   Americas Consolidated EBITDA
January 31, 2010
  $ 20,000,000  
April 30, 2010
  $ 20,000,000  
July 31, 2010
  $ 30,000,000  
October 31, 2010
  $ 40,000,000  
January 31, 2011
  $ 45,000,000  
April 30, 2011
  $ 50,000,000  
July 31, 2011
  $ 55,000,000  
October 31, 2011
  $ 65,000,000  
January 31, 2012
  $ 70,000,000  
April 30, 2012
  $ 75,000,000  
July 31, 2012
  $ 80,000,000  
October 31, 2012 and the last day of each Fiscal Quarter thereafter
  $ 85,000,000  

               (b) Availability. The Loan Parties shall not permit Domestic
Availability at any time to be less than seven and one half percent (7.5%) of
the Total Loan Cap.
          7.15 Restrictions on QS Holdings. The Parent shall cause QS Holdings
not to (i) issue, create, assume, incur, or otherwise become liable for, or
permit to exist, any Indebtedness (other than
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intercompany Indebtedness owed to Quiksilver International Pty. Ltd., the
Borrower, 54th Street or one of its Subsidiaries outstanding on the Closing
Date), (ii) grant any Liens in respect of the Indebtedness or other obligations
of any other Person except pursuant to the Loan Documents and the documentation
relating to the French Credit Agreement (including the pledge of Equity
Interests in Biarritz Holdings S.à r.l), (iii) enter into any commitment to
contribute capital to, or purchase securities from, any other Person,
(iv) undertake capital expenditures, (v) to the fullest extent permitted by law,
dissolve or liquidate or consolidate or merge with or into any other entity in
whole or in part or (vi) engage in any business other than (A) holding the
Equity Interests of 54th Street and Biarritz Holdings S.à r.l. and its other
Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and intercompany receivables, (B) entry
into, and performance of obligations under, documentation relating to the French
Credit Agreement on terms contemplated by the French Credit Agreement as in
effect on the date hereof or otherwise no more adverse to the Lenders than such
terms as in effect on the date hereof, (C) entry into, and performance of
obligations under, the Loan Documents, (D) activities relating to ownership,
licensing and sublicensing of Intellectual Property and defense and prosecution
thereof, (E) maintenance of its existence, including the ability to incur fees,
costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (F) participating in tax,
accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated
group of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, (G) incurring fees, costs and expenses
for legal, tax and accounting issues of QS Holdings, (H) the performance of
obligations under and compliance with its Organization Documents, or any
applicable law, ordinance, regulation, rule, order, judgment, decree or permit,
including, without limitation, as a result of or in connection with the
activities of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (I) activities relating to
intercompany Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and (J) incurrence of,
and compliance with, tax obligations in connection with any of the foregoing.
The Parent shall cause QS Holdings to do all things necessary to observe
organizational formalities and preserve its existence.
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
          8.01 Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an
“Event of Default”:
               (a) Non-Payment. The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to
pay when and as required to be paid herein: (i) any amount of principal of any
Loan, or (ii) any interest on any Loan, which failure continues for three
(3) Business Days, or (iii) any other amount payable hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, which failure continues for five (5) Business Days; or
               (b) Specific Covenants. Any Loan Party fails to perform or
observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Article VII; or
               (c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe
any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above)
contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such
failure continues for thirty (30) days after notice thereof by the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower; or
               (d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty,
certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the
Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document shall be
incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
               (e) Cross-Default; Cross-Acceleration. (i) Any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary thereof (A) fails to make any payment when due, after giving effect
to any applicable grace period (whether by scheduled maturity, required
prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise), in respect of
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any Material Indebtedness; (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement
or condition relating to any such Material Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness
under the French Credit Agreement) or contained in any instrument or agreement
evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect
of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders
of such Material Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness under the French Credit
Agreement) (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause,
with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to
become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or
otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such
Indebtedness to be made, in each case prior to its stated maturity; provided
that any such failure is unremedied and is not waived by the holders of such
Indebtedness; provided, further, that the foregoing clause (i)(B) shall not
apply to (x) secured Indebtedness of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary that becomes
due upon the sale or transfer by such Loan Party or Subsidiary of the property
or assets securing such Indebtedness, or (y) scheduled payments, defeasances or
redemptions of Indebtedness on the dates set forth in the instruments and
agreements governing such Indebtedness; or (C) fails to observe or perform any
other agreement or condition relating to the French Credit Agreement or
contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating
thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event
is to cause, or permit to cause, the lenders thereunder, with the giving of
notice if required, to declare the Indebtedness under the French Credit
Agreement due and payable prior to its stated maturity; provided that any such
failure related to a non-payment agreement or condition is unremedied and not
waived by the lenders thereunder for 30 days following the relevant date on
which the failure occurred; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an
Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any
event of default under such Swap Contract as to which a Loan Party or any
Subsidiary thereof is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or
(B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which a
Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is an Affected Party (as so defined) and,
in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Loan Party or such
Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $15,000,000; provided that such
failure is unremedied and is not waived by the applicable counterparty to such
Swap Contract; or
               (f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary but including any group of
two or more Immaterial Subsidiaries that on a combined basis would be, as of the
last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Parent for which
financial statements are available, a Material Subsidiary) institutes or
consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to
the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its
property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
rehabilitator or similar officer is otherwise appointed and the appointment
continues undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all
or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such
Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an
order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
               (g) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary thereof one or more final judgments for the payment of money in an
aggregate amount (as to all such final judgments) exceeding $10,000,000 (to the
extent (i) not covered by independent third-party insurance or (ii) not paid)
and such final judgment is not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof,
satisfied, vacated, discharged or execution thereof stayed or bonded pending
appeal, or such judgment is not satisfied, vacated or discharged prior to the
expiration of any such stay; or
               (h) ERISA. (i) One or more ERISA Events occur with respect to a
Plan which individually or in the aggregate has resulted or could reasonably be
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any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate in an aggregate amount in excess of
$10,000,000 or which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, or (ii) a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when
due, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under
Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in
excess of $10,000,000 or which would reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; or
               (i) Invalidity of Loan Documents. (i) Any material provision of
any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any
reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a
result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05) or as a result of
acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or satisfaction in
full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of
any provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or
further liability or obligation under any provision of any Loan Document, or
purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any provision of any Loan Document or
seeks to avoid, limit or otherwise adversely affect any Lien purported to be
created under any Security Document; or (ii) any Lien purported to be created
under any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral
(other than an immaterial portion of the Collateral), with the priority required
by the applicable Security Document other than pursuant to the terms hereof or
thereof (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or
7.05) except to the extent resulting from the failure of the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent to file UCC continuation statements or to maintain
“control” (as such term is defined in the UCC), as applicable; or
               (j) Guaranty. The termination or attempted termination by any
Loan Party of any Facility Guaranty except as expressly permitted or
contemplated hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or
               (k) Subordination. (i) The subordination provisions of the
documents evidencing or governing any Subordinated Indebtedness (the
“Subordination Provisions”) shall, in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be
effective except in accordance with its terms; or (ii) the Borrower or any other
Loan Party shall disavow or contest in any manner (A) the effectiveness,
validity or enforceability of any of the Subordination Provisions, (B) that the
Subordination Provisions exist for the benefit of the Credit Parties, or
(C) that all payments of principal of or premium and interest on the applicable
Subordinated Indebtedness, or realized from the liquidation of any property of
any Loan Party, shall be subject to any of the Subordination Provisions; or
               (l) Amendment to Services Fee Agreements. Any provision of either
Services Fee Agreement is amended, modified or waived in a manner materially
adverse to the Credit Parties; or
               (m) Board of Directors. The board of directors of the Parent
fails to nominate, or the Parent fails to vote its proxies in favor of, any
director proposed by Triton Onshore SPV L.P. or Triton Coinvestment SPV L.P. in
accordance with the Warrants; or
               (n) COMI. The “centre of main interests” (within the meaning of
the EC Insolvency Regulation) of the Borrower or 54th Street is at any time not
in Luxembourg; or
               (o) French Closing. The Closing Date (as defined in the French
Credit Agreement) does not occur on or prior to September 29, 2009 as a result
of the failure of a condition precedent in the French Credit Agreement; provided
that if (i) the Parent has advised the Administrative Agent in writing that it
believes in good faith such condition precedent will be satisfied no later than
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October 31, 2009, (ii) the lenders under the French Credit Agreement have
entered into a new extension through October 31, 2009 on terms substantially
identical to the terms of the extension delivered to the Administrative Agent on
or prior to the date hereof in accordance with Section 4.01(w) and (iii) no
other material amendments have been made to the French Credit Agreement (other
than ones to which the Administrative Agent has consented) and no material
amendments to the French Credit Agreement requested by the lenders under the
French Credit Agreement are pending (other than ones to which the Administrative
Agent has consented) as of September 29, 2009, then no Event of Default shall be
deemed to occur under this Section 8.01(o) unless the Closing Date (as defined
in the French Credit Agreement) does not occur on or prior to October 31, 2009.
          8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs
and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the
Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
               (a) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans,
all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable
hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which
are hereby expressly waived by the Loan Parties; and
               (b) whether or not the maturity of the Obligations shall have
been accelerated pursuant hereto, proceed to protect, enforce and exercise all
rights and remedies of the Credit Parties under this Agreement, any of the other
Loan Documents or applicable Law, including, but not limited to, by suit in
equity, action at law or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific
performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents or any instrument pursuant to which the Obligations are
evidenced, and, if such amount shall have become due, by declaration or
otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any other legal or
equitable right of the Credit Parties;
provided, however, that upon the entry of an order for relief with respect to
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof under the Bankruptcy Code of the United
States of America, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all
interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and
payable, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
          No remedy herein is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and
each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every
other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
by statute or any other provision of Law.
          8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for
in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due
and payable as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received
on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in
the following order:
          First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting
fees, indemnities, Credit Party Expenses and other amounts (including amounts
payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity
as such;
          Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting
indemnities, Credit Party Expenses, and other amounts (other than principal,
interest and fees) payable to the Lenders (including amounts payable under
Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this
clause Second payable to them;
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          Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting
accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and other Obligations, ratably among
the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause
Third payable to them;
          Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting
unpaid principal of the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the
respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
          Fifth, to payment of all other Obligations, ratably among the Credit
Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth
held by them; and
          Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full, to the Loan Parties or as otherwise required by Law.
ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDERS
          9.01 Appointment and Authority.
               (a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates Rhône Group L.L.C.
as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The
general administration of the Loan Documents shall be by the Administrative
Agent. The Lenders each hereby (a) irrevocably authorizes the Administrative
Agent (i) to enter into the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (ii) at
its discretion, to take or refrain from taking such actions as agent on its
behalf and to exercise or refrain from exercising such powers under the Loan
Documents as are delegated by the terms hereof or thereof, as appropriate,
together with all powers reasonably incidental thereto, and (b) agrees and
consents to all of the provisions of the Security Documents. All Collateral
shall be held or administered by the Administrative Agent (or its duly-appointed
agent) for its own benefit and for the ratable benefit of the other Credit
Parties. Any proceeds received by the Administrative Agent from the foreclosure,
sale, lease or other disposition of any of the Collateral and any other proceeds
received pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents or the other Loan
Documents shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent for application as
provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Administrative
Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except as set forth in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, nor shall it have any fiduciary
relationship with any other Credit Party, and no implied covenants,
responsibilities, duties, obligations, or liabilities shall be read into the
Loan Documents or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
               (b) The provisions of this Article IX are solely for the benefit
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and no Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions
(other than the provisions of Section 9.06).
          9.02 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative
Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in their capacity as a
Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though they it was not
the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless
otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include
the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual
capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money
to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and
generally engage in any kind of business with the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary
or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent
hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
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          9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have
any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the
other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Administrative Agent:
          (a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties,
regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
          (b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or
exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers
expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the
Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the
Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be
expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its
respective opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative
Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law;
and
          (c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other
Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the
failure to disclose, any information relating to the Loan Parties or any of its
Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to any Credit Party for any action
taken or not taken by it (i) with the Consent or at the request of the Required
Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be
necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be
necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or
(ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as
determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
          The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the
Administrative Agent by the Loan Parties or a Lender. In the event that the
Administrative Agent obtains such actual knowledge or receives such a notice,
the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to each of the other
Lenders. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent
shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall
be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders. Unless and until the
Administrative Agent shall have received such direction, the Administrative
Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, with respect to any such Default or Event of Default as they
shall deem advisable in the best interest of the Credit Parties. In no event
shall the Administrative Agent be required to comply with any such directions to
the extent that the Administrative Agent believes that its compliance with such
directions would be unlawful.
          The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty
to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made
in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the
contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or
thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity,
enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or the creation,
perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security
Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other
than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
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          9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall
be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon,
any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or
other writing (including, but not limited to, any electronic message, Internet
or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.
The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or
by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and
shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance
with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be
fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume
that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received written notice to the contrary from such Lender prior
to the making of such Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal
counsel (who may be counsel for any Loan Party), independent accountants and
other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or
not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants
or experts.
          9.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any
and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any
other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this
Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the
Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective
activities as the Administrative Agent.
          9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may
at any time give written notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the
Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor,
which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of
any such bank with an office in the United States and shall, unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such appointment, be
reasonably acceptable to the Borrower (whose consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Required Lenders shall
have the right to appoint a successor who is an Affiliate of Rhône Capital III
L.L.C. upon prior written notice to the Borrower but without consultation with
the Borrower, and such successor need not be a bank with an office in the United
States or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If
no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall
have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring
Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that
if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no
qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall
nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any
Collateral held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any
of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold
such Collateral until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is
appointed) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to
be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or
to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a
successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the
acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such
successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the
retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and
obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already
discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). After the retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan
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Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in
effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and
their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Administrative
Agent hereunder.
          9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and
based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its
own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and
based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem
appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action
under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related
agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative
Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Credit Party with
any other credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial
condition or business of any Loan Party that may come into the possession of the
Administrative Agent.
          9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, no Person who is or becomes
an Arranger shall have any powers, rights, duties, responsibilities or
liabilities with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
          9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the
pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial
proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of
whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Loan Parties) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
               (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the
principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other
Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and the other Credit Parties (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders,
the Administrative Agent, such Credit Parties and their respective agents and
counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and such
Credit Parties under Section 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
               (b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the
Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to
the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Administrative Agent under Section 10.04.
          Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the
Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Lender any plan of reorganization,
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arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights
of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the
claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
          9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Credit Parties irrevocably
authorize the Administrative Agent, and Administrative Agent agrees, at its
option and in its discretion:
               (a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon payment in full of all
Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no
claim has been asserted), (ii) that is Disposed of or to be Disposed of as part
of or in connection with any Disposition permitted hereunder or under any other
Loan Document, or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified by the Required
Lenders in accordance with Section 10.01;
               (b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by
the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on
such property that is permitted by clause (h) of the definition of Permitted
Encumbrances; and
               (c) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under any
Facility Guaranty and each other applicable Loan Document if such Person ceases
to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders (or
such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided
for herein or in the other Loan Documents) will confirm in writing the
Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in
particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its
obligations under the Facility Guaranty and each other applicable Loan Document
pursuant to this Section 9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10,
the Administrative Agent will, at the Loan Parties’ expense, execute and deliver
to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably
request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment
and Lien granted under the Security Documents or to subordinate its interest in
such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Facility
Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and
this Section 9.10.
          9.11 Notice of Transfer. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat a
Lender party to this Agreement as the owner of such Lender’s portion of the
Loans and Commitments for all purposes, unless and until, and except to the
extent, an Assignment and Assumption shall have become effective as set forth in
Section 10.06.
          9.12 Agency for Perfection. The Administrative Agent and each Lender
hereby appoints the Administrative Agent and each other Lender as agent for the
purpose of perfecting Liens for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any other
applicable Law can be perfected only by possession. Should any Lender (other
than the Administrative Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such
Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the
Administrative Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the
Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with
the Administrative Agent’s instructions.
          9.13 Indemnification of Administrative Agent. The Lenders shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Loan
Parties and without limiting the obligations of Loan Parties hereunder), ratably
according to their Applicable Percentages, from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be
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asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or omitted to
be taken by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith; provided, that no
Lender shall be liable under this Section 9.13 for any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final and nonappealable
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
          9.14 Relation among Lenders. The Lenders are not partners or
co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or
(except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent)
authorized to act for, any other Lender.
          9.15 Defaulting Lender.
               (a) If for any reason any Lender shall fail or refuse to abide by
its obligations under this Agreement, and such failure is not cured within two
(2) Business Days of receipt from the Administrative Agent of written notice
thereof, then, in addition to the rights and remedies that may be available to
the other Credit Parties, the Loan Parties or any other party at law or in
equity, and not at limitation thereof, such Defaulting Lender’s right to
participate in the administration of, or decision-making rights related to, the
Obligations, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be suspended
during the pendency of such failure or refusal. Such decision-making and
participation rights shall be restored only upon the payment by the Defaulting
Lender of the expenses or other amounts as to which it is delinquent, together
with interest thereon at the rate set forth in Section 2.08(b) hereof from the
date when originally due until the date upon which any such amounts are actually
paid.
               (b) Each Defaulting Lender shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent and each non-Defaulting Lender from and against any and all loss, damage
or expenses, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and funds
advanced by the Administrative Agent or by any non-Defaulting Lender, on account
of a Defaulting Lender’s failure to perform its obligations under the Loan
Documents.
          9.16 Actions in Concert. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that no Lender
shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document (including exercising any rights of setoff)
without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent
and the Required Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to
protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
          10.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no Consent to any departure by any
Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the
Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent, with the Consent of the Required
Lenders), and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and
each such waiver or Consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and
for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such
amendment, waiver or consent shall:
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               (a) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan
Document for any payment of principal, interest or fees due to the Lenders (or
any of them) hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents without the
written Consent of each Lender entitled to such payment (whose consent shall be
sufficient therefor without the consent of the Required Lenders);
               (b) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified
herein on, any Loan, without the written Consent of each Lender entitled to such
amount (whose consent shall be sufficient therefor without the consent of the
Required Lenders); provided, however, that only the Consent of the Required
Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive
any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or other amounts at the Default
Rate;
               (c) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would
alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written
Consent of each Lender;
               (d) change any provision of this Section or reduce the percentage
specified in the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof
specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or
otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any
consent hereunder, without the written Consent of each Lender;
               (e) except as permitted hereunder or under any other Loan
Document (including pursuant to a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or
Section 7.05), release, or limit the liability of, the Borrower without the
written Consent of each Lender; or
               (f) except for Permitted Dispositions, release all or
substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents
without the written Consent of each Lender;
and, provided further, that no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders
required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or
disapprove any amendment, waiver or Consent hereunder.
          If any Lender does not Consent (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) to a
proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document
that requires the Consent of each or each affected Lender and that has been
approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such Non-Consenting
Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver,
consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by
such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower
to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
          10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.
               (a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as
provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided
for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as
follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder
to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as
follows:
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               (i) if to the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent, to the
address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number
specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and
               (ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number,
electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative
Questionnaire.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or
registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent
by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not
given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have
been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the
recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent
provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such
subsection (b).
               (b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications
to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic
communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to
procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender
has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices
under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the
Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it in writing, provided that approval of such procedures
may be limited to particular notices or communications.
          Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes in writing,
(i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed
received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended
recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available,
return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or
other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the
recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the
opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices
or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed
received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address
as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or
communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
               (c) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Loan Parties and the
Administrative Agent may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Administrative
Agent. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number
for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the
Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent
has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number,
telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other
communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
               (d) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any
notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Loan Parties even if (i) such
notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not
preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the
terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation
thereof. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender
and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and
liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice
purportedly given by or
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on behalf of the Loan Parties. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic
communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the
Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such
recording.
          10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Credit Party
to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or
under any other Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided herein and in the other Loan Documents
are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
provided by law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of
a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether
any Credit Party may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
          10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
               (a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay all Credit Party
Expenses.
               (b) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each other
Credit Party, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such
Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless
from, any and all losses, claims, causes of action, damages, liabilities,
settlement payments, costs and related expenses (including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, but excluding Taxes, which
shall be governed by Section 3.01), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted
against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan
Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or
delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto
of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the
Administrative Agent (and any sub-agents thereof) and their Related Parties
only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii)
any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any
property owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
Environmental Liability related in any way to any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iii) any claims of, or amounts paid by any Credit Party to any
Person which has entered into a control agreement with any Credit Party
hereunder, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or
proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or
any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any
other Loan Party or any of the Loan Parties’ directors, shareholders or
creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all
cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the
comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that
such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by
a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of such
Indemnitee.
               (c) Reimbursement by Lenders. Without limiting their obligations
under Section 9.13 hereof, to the extent that the Loan Parties for any reason
fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this
Section to be paid by it, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case
may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the
applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid
amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim,
damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or
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asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its
capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting
for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such
capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject
to the provisions of Section 2.12(c).
          (d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Law, the Loan Parties shall not assert, and hereby
waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of
the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from
the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials
distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through
telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in
connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined
by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
          (e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable on
demand (accompanied by back-up documentation) therefor.
          (f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the
resignation of the Administrative Agent, the assignment of any Loan by any
Lender, the replacement of any Lender and the repayment, satisfaction or
discharge of all the other Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
          10.05 Reinstatement; Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any
payment by or on behalf of the Loan Parties is made to any Credit Party, or any
Credit Party exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of
such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by such Credit Party in its discretion) to be repaid to
a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under
any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the
obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived
and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or
such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent upon demand its Applicable Percentage (without duplication)
of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus
interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made
at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
The obligations of the Lenders under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall
survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.
          10.06 Successors and Assigns.
               (a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no
Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written Consent of
the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible
Assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b), (ii) by way of
participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(d), or (iii) by
way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions
of Section 10.06(f) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party
hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied,
shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties
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hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants
to the extent provided in Section 10.06(d) and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Credit Parties) any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
               (b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to
one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans at the time owing
to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following
conditions:
                    (i) Minimum Amounts.
                         (A) in the case of an assignment of the entire
remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Loans at the time owing to it, or in
the case of an assignment to an Eligible Assignee, no minimum amount need be
assigned; and
                         (B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A)
of this Section, the aggregate principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and
Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $25,000,000 unless each
of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower otherwise consents (each such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
                    (ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be
made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the
Commitment assigned;
                    (iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for
any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this
Section and, in addition:
                         (A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless such assignment is to
an Eligible Assignee of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) of the
definition thereof; and
                         (B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless
such assignment is to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
               (iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment
shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and
Assumption. The assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant
to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a
party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
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Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under
this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 10.04 with respect to
facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment. Upon request, the Borrower (at their expense) shall execute and
deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of
rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this
subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such
Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
Section 10.06(d).
               (c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this
purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative
Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a
register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and
Participants and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of and stated
interest thereon of the Borrowing owing to, each Lender and Participant pursuant
to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The Borrowing is a
registered obligation and the right, title and interest of any Lender,
Participant or its assignees in and to such Obligation shall be transferable
only upon notation of such transfer in the Register. The entries in the Register
shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Loan Parties, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. This
Section 10.06(c) shall be construed so that the Obligations are at all times
maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2)
and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder (and any
other relevant or successor provisions of the Code or such regulations).
               (d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the
consent of, or notice to, the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent, sell
participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Loan Parties or
any of the Loan Parties’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in
all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Loans); provided that (i) such Lender’s
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall
remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of
such obligations and (iii) the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any
Participant shall agree in writing to comply with all confidentiality
obligations set forth in Section 10.07 as if such Participant was a Lender
hereunder.
          Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to
enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may
provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree
to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to
Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this
Section, the Loan Parties agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 3.01 and 3.04 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and
had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06(b); provided
that such Participant’s participation is recorded in the Register as set forth
in Section 10.06(c) as though it were a Lender.
               (e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not
be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant. A Participant shall not be
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entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the
participation sold to such Participant and such Participant complies, for the
benefit of the Loan Parties, with Section 3.01(e), (f) or (g), as applicable, as
though it were a Lender.
               (f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign
a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement
(including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve
Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from
any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for
such Lender as a party hereto.
               (g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,”
“signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption
shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in
electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or
enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based
recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in
any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act,
or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act.
          10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the
Credit Parties agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates
and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents, funding sources, attorneys, advisors and representatives (it
being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep
such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory
authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to
the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the
exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement
containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to any
assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in,
any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (g) with the consent of
the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly
available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes
available to any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates on a
non-confidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties (only if such
Credit Party has no knowledge that such source itself is not in breach of a
confidentiality obligation).
          For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information
received from the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof relating to the Loan
Parties or any Subsidiary thereof or their respective businesses, other than any
such information that is available to any Credit Party on a non-confidential
basis prior to disclosure by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof
(provided that if such information is furnished by a source known to such Credit
Party to be subject to a confidentiality obligation, such source, to the
knowledge of such Credit Party, is not in violation of such obligation by such
disclosure). Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information
as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its
obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to
maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to
its own confidential information.
          Each of the Credit Parties acknowledges that (a) the Information may
include material non-public information concerning the Loan Parties or a
Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has
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developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public
information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in
accordance with applicable Law, including Federal and state securities Laws.
          10.08 [Reserved].
          10.09 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid
under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious
interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative
Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum
Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if
it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining
whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative
Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent
permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal
as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary
prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and
spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the
contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
          10.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different
counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other
Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous letters of intent,
commitment letters, agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to
the subject matter hereof, including any confidentiality agreement. Except as
provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall
have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent
shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the
signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other
electronic image scan transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif” via e-mail) shall be as
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
          10.11 Survival. All representations and warranties made hereunder and
in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and
delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or
will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, regardless of
any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lenders or on their
behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may
have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of making the Loans, and
shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other
Obligation hereunder (other than contingent indemnity obligations for which
claims have not been asserted) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied. Further, the
provisions of Article III, Article IX and Section 10.04 all survive and remain
in full force and effect after the termination of this Agreement or any
provision hereof and repayment of all of the Obligations (including, without
limitation, those arising under Article III, Article IX and Section 10.04)
hereunder.
          10.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the
legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby
and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic
effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
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          10.13 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation
under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount
to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a
Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at the Borrower’s sole expense and
effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such
Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject
to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.06), all
of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related
Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee
may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
               (a) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to
the outstanding principal amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon and
all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued
interest) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
               (b) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to
Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or
payments thereafter; and
               (c) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if,
prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation
cease to apply.
          10.14 Reserved
          10.15 Issue Price. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, (A) the making of (i) the US Term Loans in an
aggregate principal amount equal to $125,000,000, and (ii) the Loans in an
aggregate principal amount equal to €20,000,000, and the issuance of the
Warrants, constitute components of an investment unit (an “Investment Unit”),
(B) the net aggregate “issue price” of the Investment Unit shall be the
Investment Unit Issue Price, (C) the Investment Unit Issue Price shall be
allocated among each such component as follows: (i) to the Warrants, the
Warrants Issue Price, (ii) to the US Term Loans, the US Term Loan Issue Price
and (iii) to the Loans, the Loan Issue Price, and (D) each of the parties shall
treat such components on a basis consistent with the foregoing allocations
(unless otherwise required by a final determination by the IRS or a court of
competent jurisdiction). Solely for purposes of this Section 10.15, the defined
terms set forth immediately below shall have the meanings ascribed to them as
follows:
          “Investment Unit Issue Price” shall be the amount identified on
Schedule 10.15 as the Investment Unit Issue Price.
          “Loan Issue Price” shall be an amount equal to the product of (x) a
percentage amount equal to the dollar-equivalent value of €20,000,000 (such
amount to be calculated based on the Euro-to-Dollar foreign exchange rate on the
Closing Date) (the “Dollar-Equivalent Amount”) divided by the sum of the
Dollar-Equivalent Amount and $125,000,000 and (y) the excess of the Investment
Unit Issue Price over the Warrants Issue Price.
          “US Term Loan Issue Price” shall be an amount equal to the product of
(x) a percentage amount equal to $125,000,000, divided by the sum of the
Dollar-Equivalent Amount
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and $125,000,000 and (y) the excess of the Investment Unit Issue Price over the
Warrants Issue Price.
          “Warrants Issue Price” shall be the fair market value of the Warrants
determined as of the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 10.15.
          10.16 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
               (a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
               (b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH OF THE BORROWER AND THE
PARENT IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO
THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN
NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE
BORROWER AND THE PARENT IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS
IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH
NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN
SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE BORROWER AND THE PARENT AGREES THAT A FINAL
JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE
ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL
AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY CREDIT PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY
LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
               (c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH OF THE BORROWER AND THE PARENT
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF
VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
SECTION. EACH OF THE BORROWER AND THE PARENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM
TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
               (d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH OF THE BORROWER AND THE PARENT
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN
SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY
HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
               (e) ACTIONS COMMENCED BY LOAN PARTIES. EACH OF THE BORROWER AND
THE PARENT AGREES THAT ANY ACTION COMMENCED BY ANY LOAN PARTY ASSERTING ANY
CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT SOLELY
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IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR ANY FEDERAL
COURT SITTING THEREIN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY ELECT IN ITS SOLE
DISCRETION AND CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS WITH
RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION.
          10.17 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
          10.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all
aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, each of the Borrower and the
Parent acknowledge and agree that: (i) the credit facility provided for
hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith
(including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof
or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction
between the Loan Parties, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other
hand, as the case may be, and each of the Loan Parties is capable of evaluating
and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of
the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including
any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in
connection with the transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to
such transaction, each Credit Party is and has been acting solely as a principal
and except as otherwise expressly agreed, is not acting as an advisor, agent or
fiduciary, for the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates,
stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) none of the
Credit Parties has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Loan Parties with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with
respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other
Loan Document (irrespective of whether any of the Credit Parties has advised or
is currently advising any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates on other matters)
and none of the Credit Parties has any obligation to any Loan Party or any of
its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those
obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the
Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range
of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan
Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Credit Parties has any
obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency
or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Credit Parties have not provided any
legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and each of the Loan Parties
has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the
extent it has deemed appropriate. Each of the Borrower and the Parent hereby
waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it
may have against each of the Credit Parties based upon or relating to any
allegation that a Credit Party owes such Loan Party and its affiliates and
representatives (and their respective affiliates) any fiduciary duty with
respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and agrees, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, that no Credit Party, or any of its Affiliates,
managed funds or Affiliate-managed funds will have any liability (whether direct
or indirect) in respect of any claim for breach of fiduciary duty to any such
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other Person with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby,
including any stockholders, employees or creditors asserting a claim
derivatively, in any such Person’s name or otherwise on its behalf.
          10.19 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the
Patriot Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any
Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of
the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of
each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance
with the Act.
          10.20 Foreign Asset Control Regulations. Neither of the advance of the
Loans nor the use of the proceeds of any thereof will violate the Trading With
the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., as amended) (the “Trading With the Enemy
Act”) or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States
Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) (the “Foreign
Assets Control Regulations”) or any enabling legislation or executive order
relating thereto (which for the avoidance of doubt shall include, but shall not
be limited to (a) Executive Order 13224 of September 21, 2001 Blocking Property
and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or
Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) (the “Executive Order”) and
(b) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56)).
Furthermore, none of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (a) is or will become
a “blocked person” as described in the Executive Order, the Trading With the
Enemy Act or the Foreign Assets Control Regulations or (b) engages or will
engage in any dealings or transactions, or be otherwise associated, with any
such “blocked person” or in any manner violative of any such order.
          10.21 Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence of the Loan
Documents.
          10.22 Press Releases.
               (a) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement agrees that
neither it nor its Affiliates will in the future issue any press releases or
other public disclosure using the name of any Lender or Administrative Agent or
its Affiliates or referring to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
without at least two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to such Lender or
Administrative Agent and without the prior written consent of such Lender or
Administrative Agent unless (and only to the extent that) such Credit Party or
Affiliate is required to do so under applicable Law and then, in any event, such
Credit Party or Affiliate will consult with such Lender or Administrative Agent
before issuing such press release or other public disclosure.
               (b) Each Credit Party agrees that neither it nor its Affiliates
will in the future issue any press releases or other public disclosure using the
name of the Parent or its Subsidiaries without at least two (2) Business Days’
prior notice to the Administrative Agent and without the prior written consent
of the Administrative Agent unless (and only to the extent that) such Credit
Party or Affiliate is required to do so under applicable Law and then, in any
event, such Credit Party or Affiliate will consult with the Borrower before
issuing such press release or other public disclosure. Subject to the foregoing,
each Loan Party consents to the publication by Administrative Agent or any
Lender of advertising material relating to the financing transactions
contemplated by this Agreement using any Loan Party’s name, product photographs,
logo or trademark. The Administrative Agent or such Lender shall provide a draft
reasonably in advance of any advertising material to the Borrower for review and
comment prior to the publication thereof. Administrative Agent reserves the
right to provide to industry trade organizations information necessary and
customary for inclusion in league table measurements.
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          10.23 [Reserved].
          10.24 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated
jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an
ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall
be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
          10.25 Attachments. The exhibits and schedules attached to this
Agreement are incorporated herein and shall be considered a part of this
Agreement for the purposes stated herein, except that in the event of any
conflict between any of the provisions of such exhibits (other than the
Intercreditor Agreements) and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions
of this Agreement shall prevail.
          10.26 Conflict of Terms. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by specific reference to the
applicable provisions of this Agreement, if any provision contained in this
Agreement conflicts with any provision in any of the other Loan Documents (other
than the Intercreditor Agreements), the provision contained in this Agreement
shall govern and control. Unless otherwise defined therein, all capitalized
terms contained in any exhibit or schedule attached to this Agreement shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in this Agreement.
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first
above written.

            MOUNTAIN & WAVE S.À R.L.,
as the Borrower
      By:           Name:           Title:           QUIKSILVER, INC.,
as a Guarantor
      By:           Name:           Title:      

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            RHÔNE GROUP L.L.C., as Administrative Agent
      By:           Name:           Title:      

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                  ROMOLO HOLDINGS C.V., as Lender    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
                TRITON SPV L.P., as Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   Triton GP SPV LLC, as General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
                TRITON ONSHORE SPV L.P., as Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   Triton GP SPV LLC, as General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
                TRITON OFFSHORE SPV L.P., as Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   Triton GP SPV LLC, as General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
                TRITON COINVESTMENT SPV L.P., as Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   Triton GP SPV LLC    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        

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Schedule 1.01
to Credit Agreement
SUBSIDIARIES

     
(a)
   
1.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.  
2.
  DC Shoes, Inc.  
3.
  Hawk Designs, Inc.  
4.
  Mervin Manufacturing, Inc.  
5.
  QS Wholesale, Inc.  
6.
  QS Retail, Inc.  
7.
  54th Street Holdings S.à r.l.  
8.
  Quiksilver Deluxe S.à r.l.  
9.
  Quiksilver Canada Corp.  
10.
  QS Retail Canada Corp.
 
   
(b)
   
1.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.  
2.
  DC Shoes, Inc.  
3.
  Hawk Designs, Inc.  
4.
  Mervin Manufacturing, Inc.  
5.
  QS Wholesale, Inc.  
6.
  QS Retail, Inc.

 

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Schedule 2.01
to Credit Agreement
COMMITMENTS AND APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES

              Lender   Commitment   Applicable Percentage
Romolo Holdings C.V.
  €1,248,761.47     6.2438 %  
Triton SPV L.P.
  €2,497,772.63     12.4889 %  
Triton Onshore SPV L.P.
  €8,063,921.70     40.3196 %  
Triton Offshore SPV L.P.
  €6,720,839.46     33.6042 %  
Triton Coinvestment SPV L.P.
  €1,468,704.74     7.3435 %
 
           
Total:
  €20,000,000     100 %

 

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Schedule 4.01(a)(ix)
to Credit Agreement
CLOSING DATE SECURITY DOCUMENTS

1.   Pledge Agreement dated as of the Closing Date between the US Grantors and
the Collateral Agent   2.   Pledge Agreement dated as of the Closing Date
between 54th Street and the Administrative Agent   3.   Canadian Pledge
Agreement   4.   First Ranking Share Pledge Agreement dated as of the Closing
Date among the Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower   5.   Second
Ranking Share Pledge Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Parent,
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower   6.   Share Pledge Agreement dated as
of the Closing Date among 54th Street, the Administrative Agent and Quiksilver
Deluxe   7.   Share Pledge Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among QS
Holdings, the Administrative Agent and 54th Street   8.   Receivables Pledge
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date between 54th Street and the
Administrative Agent   9.   Account Pledge Agreement dated as of the Closing
Date between 54th Street and the Administrative Agent   10.   Account Pledge
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date between the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent   12.   Intellectual Property Security Agreement   13.  
Trademark Security Agreement   14.   US Copyright Security Agreement   15.   US
Patent Security Agreement   16.   US Trademark Security Agreement   17.   US
Security Agreement   18.   US Intellectual Property Security Agreement

 

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Schedule 4.01(a)(x)
to Credit Agreement
OTHER CLOSING DATE LOAN DOCUMENTS

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Schedule 5.01
to Credit Agreement
LOAN PARTIES’ ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

                                  Organizational                 ID Number /  
FEIN /     Jurisdiction of       Registry   Corporate Name   Organization   Type
of Organization   Number   Tax Number
Quiksilver, Inc.
  Delaware   Corporation     2105452     33-0199426
Mountain & Wave S.à r.l.
  Luxembourg   Private Limited
Liability Company   RCS n° B 147.204   in process of registration
Quiksilver Americas, Inc.
  California   Corporation     C2670927     14-1914126
DC Shoes, Inc.
  California   Corporation     C1844922     33-0610965
Hawk Designs, Inc.
  California   Corporation     C2119497     33-0831121
Mervin Manufacturing, Inc.
  California   Corporation     C1685430     33-0461211
QS Wholesale, Inc.
  California   Corporation     C2670928     80-0118795
QS Retail, Inc.
  California   Corporation     C2000264     33-0740505
Quiksilver Canada Corp.
  Nova Scotia   Unlimited Liability
Company     3096129     86029 6037 RC0001
QS Retail Canada Corp.
  Nova Scotia   Unlimited Liability
Company     3192873     834615569-RC0001
Quiksilver Deluxe S.à r.l.
  Luxembourg   Private Limited
Liability Company   RCS B 108360   2005 2412 952
54th Street Holdings S.à r.l.
  Luxembourg   Private Limited
Liability Company   RCS n° B 147.206   in process of registration

 

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Schedule 5.05
to Credit Agreement
MATERIAL LIABILITIES OR OBLIGATIONS
1. Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2005, among Quiksilver, Inc., the subsidiary
guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee.
2. Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009, among Quiksilver, Inc.,
Quiksilver Americas, Inc., the lenders party thereto and Rhône Group L.L.C., as
administrative agent.
3. Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009, among Quiksilver, Inc., Mountain
& Wave S.à r.l., the lenders party thereto and Rhône Group L.L.C., as
administrative agent.
4. Indebtedness outstanding under the Subscription Agreement, dated July 11,
2005, with QS Finance Luxembourg SA, as issuer, and Société Générale, as
subscriber, relating to Indebtedness in an original aggregate principal amount
of €50,000,000 (as amended as the date hereof, the “Societe General Agreement”),
and any permitted amendment or refinancing thereof, and associated guaranty
obligations of Parent.
5. Indebtedness outstanding under that certain credit agreement dated as of
March 14, 2008 among, inter alia, Pilot SAS, Crédit Lyonnais, BNP Paribas and
Société Générale SA (as amended, the “Pilot SAS Facility”), and associated
guaranty obligations of Parent.
6. AR Financing Facility Contract, dated September 19, 2008, among Na Pali
S.A.S. and GE Factofrance SNC (as amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time).
7. Indebtedness of Na Pali S.A.S. in an approximate outstanding principal amount
of €14,532,000 owing to Caissse Regionale de Credit Agricole Mutuel Pyrenees
Gascogne in connection with a certain term loan facility.
8. Indebtedness of Na Pali S.A.S. in an approximate outstanding principal amount
of €18,159,000 owing to Societe Generale SA in connection with a certain term
loan facility.
9. Indebtedness Na Pali S.A.S., Cariboo S.à r.l., Zebraska S.à r.l., and Emerald
Coast S.A.S. in an approximate outstanding principal amount of €84,853,000 owing
to BNP Paribas SA, Banqu Populaire du Sud-Ouest, Credit Agricole, HSBC, Societe
Generale SA and certain other lenders under certain uncommitted overdraft
facilities.
10. Indebtedness Na Pali S.A.S. and Emerald Coast S.A.S. in an approximate
outstanding amount of €23,100,000 owing to BNP Paribas SA, Banque Populaire du
Sud-Ouest, Credit Agricole, Societe Generale SA and certain other lenders under
certain uncommitted letters of credit facilities.
11. Facilities Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009, by and among, inter alia,
Pilot SAS, a Société par Actions Simplifiée, Na Pali, a Société par Actions
Simplifiée, as borrowers, the Parent and Credit Lyonnais SA, BNP Paribas SA and
Societe Generale SA, as mandated lead arrangers, and associated guaranty
obligations of Parent.

 

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12. Deferred purchase price obligations of approximately $43,300,000 incurred in
connection with the Ski Rossignol S.A.
13. Indebtedness of Quiksilver Japan K.K. in an approximate outstanding
principal amount of ¥1,600,000,000 owing to Tokyo Mitsubishi UJF in connection
with a certain short-term loan facility, and associated guaranty obligations of
Parent of approximately $5,000,000.
14. Indebtedness of Quiksilver Japan K.K. in an approximate outstanding
principal amount of ¥200,000,000 owing to Tokyo Mitsubishi UJF in connection
with a certain overdraft facility, and associated guaranty obligations of
Parent.
15. Indebtedness of Quiksilver Japan K.K. in an approximate outstanding
principal amount of ¥1,000,000,000 owing to Resona in connection with a certain
short-term loan facility, and associated guaranty obligations of Parent.
16. Indebtedness of UG Manufacturing Co. Pty in an approximate potential
principal amount of AUD$22,000,000 owing to Westpac Banking Corporation in
connection with a certain commercial bill line, trade finance, letters of
credit, overdraft and short-term loan facilities.

 

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Schedule 5.22
to Credit Agreement
(a)

                  Direct   Ownership Loan Party   Parent   Percentage
Mountain & Wave S.à r.l.
  Quiksilver, Inc.     100 %
Quiksilver Americas, Inc.
  Quiksilver, Inc.     100 %
QS Retail, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.     100 %
QS Wholesale, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.     100 %
DC Shoes, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.     100 %
Hawk Designs, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.     100 %
Mervin Manufacturing, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.     100 %
Quiksilver Canada Corp.
  Quiksilver Deluxe S.à r.l.     100 %
QS Retail Canada Corp.
  Quiksilver Canada Corp.     100 %
Quiksilver Deluxe S.à r.l.
  54th Street Holdings S.à r.l.     100 %
54th Street Holdings S.à r.l.
  QS Holdings S.à r.l.     100 %

(b)

         
Authorized shares of common stock of the Parent:
    185,000,000  
 
       
Outstanding shares of common stock of the Parent:
    128,269,163  
 
       
Authorized and unissued shares of common stock of the Parent reserved for
issuance:
    56,730,837  
 
       
Outstanding warrants1, rights, options and convertible or exchangeable security
of the Parent:
    23,030,832  

 

1   Other than the Warrants.

 

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Schedule 6.16
to Credit Agreement
POST-CLOSING MATTERS
1. Within thirty (30) days’ following the Closing Date (or such later date as
the Administrative Agent may agree) deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent
that (i) each of the fire and extended coverage policies maintained with respect
to any Collateral name the Administrative Agent as a loss payee, (ii) the
commercial general liability policies are endorsed to name the Administrative
Agent as an additional insured, (iii) the business interruption policies name
the Administrative Agent as a loss payee, and (iv) each such policy referred to
in this paragraph 1 shall also provide that it shall not be canceled, modified
or not renewed (x) by reason of nonpayment of premium except upon such insurer
endeavoring to provide not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice
thereof to the Administrative Agent or (y) for any other reason except upon not
less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the
Administrative Agent.
2. Within five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date:

  A.   The Borrower will submit, or cause its agents to submit, to the
applicable office for recording, the following items:

  1)   Confirmatory assignments of:

  a)   ANDASKA (Reg. No. 3492595) and ANDASKA (App. No.78978606) from Zebraska
Societe A Responsabilite Limitee to Quiksilver Americas, Inc. with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”);     b)   LIB TECHNOLOGIES
(TMA479,465) from CSOC Holdings, Inc. to Mervin Manufacturing, Inc. with the
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”)2;     c)   ALEX GOES
(TMA614,010), QUE (TMA481,842) and SKULL W/EYEPATCH AND SWORDS (DEVICE)
(TMA429,874) from Quiksilver, Inc. to QS Holdings SARL with CIPO;     d)   RADIO
FIJI (TMA422,540) from ATI to Quiksilver, Inc. with CIPO3; and     e)   MOSKOVA
(App. No. 79/067,460) from QS Holdings S.a.r.l. to Quiksilver, Inc.

  2)   The Trademark Assignment Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2009 by and
between Quiksilver, Inc. and Quiksilver Americas, Inc (the “Quiksilver
Assignment”), to be recorded in the PTO against all U.S. marks listed on
Schedule A thereto;

 

2   The execution of a Confirmatory Assignment with respect to this mark is
subject to determining who can sign on behalf of the CSOC, which does not exist
anymore.   3   The execution of a Confirmatory Assignment with respect to this
mark is subject to determining who can sign on behalf of ATI, which does not
exist anymore

 

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  3)   All documents required under Canadian law to record the assignment of the
Canadian marks on Schedule A to the Trademark Assignment Agreement, dated as of
July 30, 2009, by and between QS Holdings S.à.r.l. and 54th Street Holdings
S.à.r.l. (the “QS Assignment”) with CIPO;     4)   The Trademark Security
Agreement dated as of July 31, 2009, by and among Quiksilver Americas, Inc., DC
Shoes, Inc., Hawk Designs, Inc. and Mervin Manufacturing, Inc. and Rhône Group
L.L.C., as collateral agent, to be recorded in the PTO against all U.S. marks
listed on Schedule A thereto;     5)   The Patent Security Agreement, dated as
of July 31, 2009, by and among, Quiksilver, Inc., DC Shoes, Inc., and Mervin
Manufacturing, Inc. and Rhône Group L.L.C., as collateral agent, to be recorded
in the PTO against all U.S. patents and patent applications listed on Schedule A
thereto;     6)   The Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009,
by and among Quiksilver Americas, Inc., Quiksilver, Inc. and DC Shoes, Inc., and
Rhône Group L.L.C., as collateral agent, to be recorded in the United States
Copyright Office (the “USCO”) against all U.S. copyright registrations listed on
Schedule A thereto;     7)   All documents required under Canadian law to
evidence and perfect the security interest granted under the Intellectual
Property Security Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009, by and among Quiksilver
Americas, Inc., each of the Persons listed on Schedule I thereto, and Rhône
Group L.L.C., as collateral agent (the “U.S. IP Security Agreement”) and the
Intellectual Property Security Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009, by and
among Mountain & Wave S.a.r.l., 54th Street S.a.r.l,and Rhône Group L.L.C., as
administrative agent (the “Euro IP Security Agreement”), against all Registered
IP Collateral (as defined in the U.S. Security Agreement and Euro IP Security
Agreement, respectively) issued by, or subject to a registration or pending
application in CIPO;     8)   The following releases of security interests,
which security interests had been previously recorded by JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A:

  a)   Release of Security Interest in Trademarks, dated as of July 31, 2009, by
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A ¸ in favor of Quiksilver, Inc. (relating to security
interests recorded in the PTO at Reel 3893/Frame 0173), to be recorded in the
PTO against all marks listed on Schedule I thereto;     b)   Release of Security
Interest in Trademarks, dated as of July 31, 2009, by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A ¸
in favor of Quiksilver, Inc. (relating to security interests recorded in the PTO
at Reel 3978/Frame 0827), to be recorded in the PTO against all marks listed on
Schedule I thereto; and     c)   Release of Security Interest in Trademarks,
dated as of July 31, 2009, by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A ¸ in favor of DC Shoes,
Inc.,(relating to security interests to be recorded in the PTO at Reel
3963/Frame 0047) to be recorded in the PTO against all marks listed on
Schedule I thereto.

  B.   The Borrower will provide to Rhone Group L.L.C. as the administrative
agent under the Euro IP Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, dated as
of July 31, 2009, by and

 

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      among Quiksilver Americas, Inc., each of the Persons listed on Schedule 1
thereto, and Rhone Group L.L.C. as collateral agent (the “Administrative Agent”)
proof that that the above-referenced documents have been submitted for
recordation and confirmation that no further filings are necessary to effectuate
the assignments, record the releases, or perfect the liens, as set forth above.

3. Within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date:

  A.   The Borrower will submit, or cause its agents to submit, to the
applicable office for recording, the following items:

  1)   Confirmatory assignments of:

  (a)   ROXY LIFE (Benelux Reg Nos 676,519 and 670,811) from Na Pali SAS to
Quiksilver, Inc. to be recorded with the Benelux Office of Intellectual
Property; and     (b)   ANDASKA (Mexico Reg. Nos. 878, 670 through 878, 673 and
Reg. No. 876,942, and Reg. Nos. 878, 111 through 878, 115) from Zebraska to
Quiksilver, Inc.;

  2)   All documents required under Mexican law to record the assignment
contemplated by the Quiksilver Assignment against all Mexican marks listed on
Schedule A thereto;     3)   All documents required under Luxembourg law to
record the assignment contemplated by the Quiksilver Assignment against all
Luxembourg marks listed on Schedule A thereto; and     4)   All documents
required under Luxembourg law to evidence and perfect the security interests
granted under the U.S. IP Security Agreement and the Euro IP Security Agreement
in all Registered IP Collateral (as defined in the U.S. IP Security Agreement
and Euro IP Security Agreement, respectively) issued by, or subject to a
registration or pending application in the Benelux Office of Intellectual
Property.

  B.   The Borrower will provide to the Administrative Agent, proof that that
the above-referenced documents have been submitted for recordation and
confirmation that no further filings are necessary to effectuate the assignments
or perfect the liens, as set forth above.

4. Within six (6) six months after the Closing Date:

  A.   The Borrower will submit, or cause its agents to submit, to the
applicable office for recording, the following items:

  1)   Confirmatory assignments of:

      The following ROXY LIFE registrations from QS Holdings to Quiksilver,
Inc.:

         
 
  (a)   Australia Reg. No. 980,754
 
  (b)   Bulgaria Reg. No. 671,811B
 
  (c)   N. Zealand Reg No. 704475.

 

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  (d)   Turkey Reg. No 2002/24697
 
  (e)   Ukraine Reg. No. 601811A
 
            The following ROXY LIFE registrations from Na Pali SAS to
Quiksilver, Inc.:
 
       
 
  (a)   Algeria Reg. No. 601811
 
       
 
  (b)   Andorra Reg. No. 18013
 
  (c)   Austria Reg. No. 601811
 
  (d)   Croatia Reg. No. 601811
 
  (e)   Czech Republic Reg. No. 601811
 
  (f)   Denmark Reg. No. 601811
 
  (g)   Finland Reg. No. 601811
 
  (h)   France Reg. No. 3006536
 
  (i)   France Reg. No. 601811
 
  (j)   Germany Reg. No. 601811
 
  (k)   Great Britain Reg. No. 2222544
 
  (l)   Great Britain Reg. No. 2195270
 
  (m)   Greece Reg. No. 147459
 
  (n)   Hungary Reg. No. 601811
 
  (o)   Ireland Reg. No. 223616
 
  (p)   Italy Reg. No. 908769
 
  (q)   Italy Reg. No. 601811
 
  (r)   Kazakhstan Reg. No. 601811
 
  (s)   Liechtenstein Reg. No. 601811
 
  (t)   Monaco Reg. No. 601811
 
  (u)   Montenegro Reg. No. 601811
 
  (v)   Morocco Reg. No. 601811
 
  (w)   Norway Reg. No. 601811
 
  (x)   Poland Reg. No. 601811
 
  (y)   Portugal Reg. No. 344493
 
  (z)   Portugal Reg. No. 601811
 
  (aa)   Romania Reg. No. 601811
 
  (bb)   Russian Federation Reg. No. 601811
 
  (cc)   San Marino Reg. No. 601811
 
  (dd)   Slovak Republic Reg. No. 601811
 
  (ee)   Slovenia Reg. No. 601811
 
  (ff)   Spain Reg. No. 2296795
 
  (gg)   Spain Reg. No. 2296796
 
  (hh)   Spain Reg. No. 601811
 
  (ii)   Sweden Reg. No. 601811
 
  (jj)   Switzerland Reg. No. 399829
 
  (kk)   Yugoslavia Reg. No. 601811
 
            LEILANI JONES (Italian Reg. No. 552391) from The Raisin Company,
Inc. to QS Raisins,     Inc. to Quiksilver, Inc.4

 

4   The execution of a Confirmatory Assignment with respect to this mark is
subject to determining who can sign for The Raisin Company, Inc., which does not
exist anymore.

 

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  2)   All documents required under applicable local law to record the
assignments contemplated by the Quiksilver Assignment against all marks listed
on Schedule A thereto (other than U.S., Canadian, Mexican and Luxembourg marks);
and     3)   All documents required under applicable local law to record the
assignments contemplated by the QS Assignment against all marks listed on
Schedule A thereto (other than U.S., Canadian, Mexican and Luxembourg marks).

  B.   The Borrower will provide to the Administrative Agent, proof that the
above-referenced documents have been submitted for recordation and confirmation
that no further filings are necessary to effectuate the assignments set forth
above.

5. Promptly, but in no event later than twenty (20) Business Days after their
receipt by Borrower, Borrower will provide the Administrative Agent with copies
of all notices of recordation or other documents evidencing the recordation of
the documents submitted for recording pursuant to items I, II and III above.
6. Within thirty (30) days after the Closing:

  A.   Quiksilver, Inc. shall (a) novate to Quiksilver Americas, Inc. all
Licenses (as defined in the Quiksilver Assignment) that Quiksilver, Inc. has
granted to its affiliates, (b) novate or, if novation is not acceptable to the
licensee, assign (to the extent that the License is assignable), all Licenses
that Quiksilver, Inc. has granted to unaffiliated third parties, and (c) use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the licensee’s consent to novation or
assignment, with respect to non-assignable Licenses;     B.   Quiksilver
Americas, Inc. will enter into written licenses, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, with Quiksilver, Inc., that
grant Quiksilver, Inc. the right to grant the rights that Quiksilver, Inc. has
granted as of the date hereof under any non-assignable License (such licenses to
be deemed entered into or existing as of the Closing Date for purposes of
subsection (b)(i) of the definition of “Permitted Disposition”);     C.   QS
Holdings S.à.r.l. shall (a) novate to 54th Street Holdings S.à.r.l. all Licenses
(as defined in the QS Assignment) that QS Holdings S.à.r.l. has granted to its
affiliates, (b) novate or, if novation is not acceptable to the licensee, assign
(to the extent that the License is assignable), all Licenses that QS Holdings
S.à.r.l. has granted to unaffiliated third parties, and (c) use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain the licensee’s consent to novation or assignment
with respect to non-assignable Licenses; provided that the foregoing obligation
shall not apply to licenses that cover other trademarks and service marks, in
addition to the trademarks and service marks being assigned to 54th Street
Holdings S.a.r.l.; and     D.   54th Street Holdings S.à.r.l. will enter into
written licenses, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, with QS Holdings S.à.r.l. that grant QS Holdings S.a.r.l.
the right to grant the rights that QS Holdings S.à.r.l. has granted as of the
date hereof under any non-assignable License or License not being assigned
because it covers other trademarks and service marks, in addition to the
trademarks and service marks being assigned to 54th Street Holdings S.a.r.l.
(such licenses to be deemed entered into or existing as of the Closing Sate for
purposes of subsection (b)(i) of the definition of “Permitted Disposition”).

 

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Schedule 7.01
to Credit Agreement
EXISTING LIENS
UCC Lien Search:

                              File No./ File   Collateral Debtor(S)  
Jurisdiction   Secured Party   Date   Description
QS Retail, Inc.
  CA SOS   Vestar TM-OPCO, L.L.C.   06-7089343858
10/20/2006   Fixtures, improvements and additions to Suite F-5 Tempe
Marketplace, Tempe, AZ
Quiksilver Canada Corp.
  British Columbia   The Royal Bank of Canada   793112C
1/17/2006

Amended:
104218F
7/30/2009   Guaranteed Investment Certificate No. 00920153700 in the amount of
$300,000 and all extensions, renewals and replacements thereof

Tax Liens:
None.

 

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Schedule 7.02
to Credit Agreement
EXISTING INVESTMENTS

                                  Authorized   Issued                 Equity  
Equity   Ownership Holder   Issuer   Jurisdiction   Interests   Interests  
Percentage
Quiksilver Americas, Inc.
  QS Mexico Holdings   Delaware   N/A   N/A   60%
Quiksilver, Inc.
  Kelly Slater Wave
Company, LLC   Delaware   N/A   N/A   8.5%
54th Street Holdings S.à r.l.
  Quiksilver Brazil   California   N/A   N/A   51%

 

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Schedule 7.03(a)
to Credit Agreement
EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS
          1. Master Installment Payment Agreement among Parent and CIT
Technology Financing Services, Inc., in connection with worldwide software
license agreements with Microsoft Corp., in the original principal amount of
$3,000,000, maturing on September 1, 2010, of which approximately $1,447,315
remains outstanding as of the Closing Date.
          2. Guaranty obligations of Parent associated with the Societe General
Agreement.
          3. Guaranty obligations of Parent associated with the Pilot SAS
Facility.
          4. Guaranty obligations of Parent associated with the Facilities
Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009, by and among, inter alia, Pilot SAS, a
Société par Actions Simplifiée, Na Pali, a Société par Actions Simplifiée, as
borrowers, the Parent and Credit Lyonnais SA, BNP Paribas SA and Societe
Generale SA, as mandated lead arrangers.
          5. Deferred purchase price obligations of Parent of approximately
$43,300,000 incurred in connection with the Ski Rossignol S.A.
          6. Guaranty obligations of Parent associated with Indebtedness of
Quiksilver Japan K.K. in an approximate outstanding principal amount of
¥1,600,000,000 owing to Tokyo Mitsubishi UJF in connection with a certain
short-term loan facility.
          7. Guaranty obligations of Parent associated with Indebtedness of
Quiksilver Japan K.K. in an approximate outstanding principal amount of
¥200,000,000 owing to Tokyo Mitsubishi UJF in connection with a certain
overdraft facility.
          8. Guaranty obligations of Parent associated with Indebtedness of
Quiksilver Japan K.K. in an approximate outstanding principal amount of
¥1,000,000,000 owing to Resona in connection with a certain short-term loan
facility.
          9. Guaranty obligations of Quiksilver, Inc. in connection with that
certain lease, dated as of May 30, 2006, between Cottonwood Newpark Two L.C. and
Rossignol Ski Company.
          10. Indebtedness of Quiksilver Canada Corp. in an approximate
outstanding principal amount of $2,500,000 owing to QS Holdings
S.à r.l.

 

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Schedule 7.03(l)
to Credit Agreement
EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS OF QUIKSILVER JAPAN K.K.
          1. Indebtedness of Quiksilver Japan K.K. in an approximate outstanding
principal amount of ¥1,600,000,000 owing to Tokyo Mitsubishi UJF in connection
with a certain short-term loan facility.
          2. Indebtedness of Quiksilver Japan K.K. in an approximate outstanding
principal amount of ¥200,000,000 owing to Tokyo Mitsubishi UJF in connection
with a certain overdraft facility.
          3. Indebtedness of Quiksilver Japan K.K. in an approximate outstanding
principal amount of ¥1,000,000,000 owing to Resona in connection with a certain
short-term loan facility.

 

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Schedule 7.10
to Credit Agreement
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
          1. Indenture, dated as of July 22, 2005, among Quiksilver, Inc., the
subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee.

 

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Schedule 10.02
to Credit Agreement
CERTAIN ADDRESSES
Notice Address for Administrative Agent:
Rhône Group L.L.C.
630 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor
New York, NY 10111
Attention: M. Allison Steiner
Telephone: (212) 218-6700
Telecopier: (212) 218-6789
Email: Steiner@RhoneGroup.com
Rhône Group L.L.C.
JP Morgan Chase N.A. — London
Swift: CHASGB2L
A/C # 0036668904
IBAN GB41 CHAS 6092 4236 668904
with a copy to:
Richard A. Pollack
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Notice Address for Loan Parties:
c/o Quiksilver, Inc.
15202 Graham Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (714) 889-2200
Telecopier: (714) 889-2322
Email: Joe.scirocco@quiksilver.com
www.quiksilverinc.com

 

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with a copy to:
K. Kristine Dunn
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
300 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071

 

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Schedule 10.15
to Credit Agreement
ISSUE PRICES
     Investment Unit Issue Price: $153,241,000.00
     Warrant Issue Price: $23,601,525.00

 

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EXHIBIT A
Form of Loan Notice
LOAN NOTICE
Date: July 31, 2009
To: Rhône Group L.L.C., as Administrative Agent
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31,
2009 (as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among
(i) Mountain and Wave S.á.r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company,
as the borrower (in such capacity, the “Borrower”), (ii) Quiksilver, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, (iii) the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and
(iv) Rhône Group L.L.C., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
     The Borrower hereby requests a Borrowing as follows:

  1.   Date of Borrowing: July 31, 2009     2.   Amount of Borrowing:
€20,000,000     3.   Closing fee to be withheld from disbursement of Borrowing
in accordance with Section 2.09 of the Credit Agreement: €600,000     4.  
Credit Party Expenses to be withheld from disbursement in accordance with
Section 10.04(a) of the Credit Agreement: €41,665     5.   Net proceeds of
Borrowing to the Borrower: €19,358,335

            MOUNTAIN & WAVE S.Á R.L., as Borrower
      By:           Name:           Title:      

 

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EXHIBIT B
Form of Note
THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”). Beginning on
August 10, 2009, the holder of this Note may, upon request, obtain from the
Borrower the Note’s issue price, issue date, amount of OID and yield to maturity
by contacting Joe Scirocco, Chief Financial Officer of Quiksilver, Inc., 15202
Graham Street, Huntington Beach, California 92649; Tel: 714-889-2200.
 
NOTE
 
 

€                                           , 2009

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to
the order of                                          (hereinafter, with any
subsequent holders, the “Lender”), c/o Rhône Group L.L.C., 630 Fifth Avenue,
27th Floor, New York, NY 10111, the principal sum of
                                         EUROS (€                    ), or, if
less, the aggregate unpaid principal balance of Loans made by the Lender to or
for the account of the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by
and among (i) the Borrower, (ii) Quiksilver, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
(iii) the lenders from time to time party thereto, including, without
limitation, the Lender, and (iv) Rhône Group L.L.C., as Administrative Agent,
with interest at the rate and payable in the manner stated therein.
     This is a “Note” to which reference is made in the Credit Agreement and is
subject to all terms and provisions thereof. The principal of, and interest
(including PIK Amounts, if any) on, this Note shall be payable at the times, in
the manner, and in the amounts as provided in the Credit Agreement and shall be
subject to prepayment and acceleration as provided therein. Capitalized terms
used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the Credit Agreement.
     The Administrative Agent’s books and records concerning the Loans, the
accrual of interest thereon, and the repayment of such Loans, shall be prima
facie evidence of the indebtedness to the Lender hereunder, absent manifest
error.
     No delay or omission by the Administrative Agent or the Lender in
exercising or enforcing any of the Administrative Agent’s or the Lender’s
powers, rights, privileges, remedies, or discretions hereunder shall operate as
a waiver thereof on that occasion nor on any other occasion. No waiver of any
Event of Default shall operate as a waiver of any other Event of Default, nor as
a continuing waiver of any such Event of Default.
     The Borrower, and each endorser and guarantor of this Note, waives
presentment, demand, notice, and protest, and also waives any delay on the part
of the holder hereof. The Borrower assents to any extension or other indulgence
(including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral)
permitted by the Administrative Agent and/or the Lender with respect to this
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or any extension or other indulgence with respect to any other liability or any
collateral given to secure any other liability of the Borrower or any other
Person obligated on account of this Note.
     This Note shall be binding upon the Borrower, and each endorser and
guarantor hereof, and upon their respective successors and assigns, and shall
inure to the benefit of the Lender and its successors, endorsees, and assigns.
     The liabilities of the Borrower, and of any endorser or guarantor of this
Note, are joint and several, provided, however, the release by the
Administrative Agent or the Lender of any one or more such Persons shall not
release any other Person obligated on account of this Note. Each reference in
this Note to the Borrower, any endorser, and any guarantor, is to such Person
individually and also to all such Persons jointly.
     THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS
PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND THE BORROWER
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT
OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.
THE BORROWER AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL
BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT
OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS NOTE OR IN ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE LENDER
MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS NOTE OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF
ANY JURISDICTION.
     THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO
THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE. THE
BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
     The Borrower makes the following waiver knowingly, voluntarily, and
intentionally, and understands that the Administrative Agent and the Lender, in
the establishment and maintenance of their respective relationship with the
Borrower contemplated by this Note, are each relying thereon. THE BORROWER, AND
THE LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY

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WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH OF THE BORROWER AND THE LENDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (A)
CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THIS NOTE BY,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS HEREIN.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be duly executed
as of the date first set forth above.

           

MOUNTAIN & WAVE S.Á R.L.
      By:           Name:           Title:      

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EXHIBIT C
Form of Compliance Certificate
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Date of Certificate:                     
To: Rhône Group L.L.C., as Administrative Agent
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2009 (as
amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or restated from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among (i) Mountain & Wave S.á r.l., a
Luxembourg private limited liability company (the “Borrower”), (ii) Quiksilver,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), (iii) Rhône Group L.L.C., as
Administrative Agent, and (iv) the Lenders party thereto from time to time. All
capitalized terms used in this Compliance Certificate and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the same meanings herein as in the Credit Agreement.
     The undersigned, in [his][her] capacity as a Responsible Officer of the
[Borrower][Parent], hereby certifies on behalf of the [Borrower][Parent] the
following:

1.   No Default or Event of Default.       Except as set forth in Appendix I, as
of the date hereof, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.   2.   Financial Calculations.       Attached hereto as Appendix II
are calculations demonstrating the Americas Consolidated EBITDA, calculated in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, for the Measurement Period
ended                     .   3.   Availability.       Attached hereto as
Appendix III are calculations demonstrating Domestic Availability for the
Measurement Period ended                     .

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, a duly authorized and acting Responsible Officer of the
[Borrower][Parent], has duly executed this Compliance Certificate as of the date
first set forth above.

            [MOUNTAIN & WAVE S.Á R.L.]
[QUIKSILVER, INC.]
      By:           Name:           Title:      

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APPENDIX I
     Except as set forth below, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing. [If a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the following describes the nature of the Default or Event of Default in
reasonable detail and the steps, if any, being taken or contemplated by the Loan
Parties to be taken on account thereof.]
Appendix I to Compliance Certificate

 

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APPENDIX II
(Minimum Americas Consolidated EBITDA)

         
1.
  Americas Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period:  
$[                    ]
 
       
2.
  Minimum amount required under Section 7.14(a) of the Credit Agreement:  
$[                    ]

Appendix II to Compliance Certificate

 

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APPENDIX III
(Minimum Availability)

         
1.
  Domestic Availability as of the end of such Measurement Period:  
$[                    ]
 
       
2.
  Minimum Domestic Availability required under Section 7.14(b) of the Credit
Agreement:   $[                    ]

Appendix III to Compliance Certificate

 

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EXHIBIT D
Form of Assignment and Assumption
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of
the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between
[the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”)
and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an]
“Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of
[the Assignors][the Assignees]3 hereunder are several and not joint.]4
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, amended and restated,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time,
the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by
[each, the] Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1
attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and
made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and
assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee
hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective
Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions
and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the
Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the
respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a
Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and
any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent
related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such
outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors]
under the Loans and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable
Law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor
(in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective
capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising
under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or
instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby
or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not
limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims
and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations
sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold
and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses
(i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned
Interest”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any]
Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption,
without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

             
1.
  Assignor[s]:        
 
     
 
   
 
           
 
     
 
   
2.
  Assignee[s]:        
 
     
 
   
 
           
 
     
 
   

 

1   For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the
Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first
bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the
second bracketed language.   2   For bracketed language here and elsewhere in
this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single
Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple
Assignees, choose the second bracketed language.   3   Select as appropriate.  
4   Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or
multiple Assignees.

 

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3.   Borrower: Mountain & Wave S.á r.l.   4.   Administrative Agent: Rhône Group
L.L.C., as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement.   5.   Credit
Agreement: Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009, by and among (i)
Mountain & Wave S.á r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (the
“Borrower”), (ii) Quiksilver, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (iii) Rhône Group
L.L.C., as Administrative Agent, and (iv) the Lenders party thereto from time to
time, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.   6.   Assigned
Interest[s]:

                                          Aggregate                 Amount of  
Amount of   Percentage         Loans   Loans   Assigned of Assignor[s]5  
Assignee[s]6   for all Lenders7   Assigned8   Loans9
 
        €       €         %    
 
                               
 
                               
 
        €       €         %    
 
                               

[7.   Trade Date:                     ]10

     Effective Date:                     , 20___[TO BE INSERTED BY
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE DATE OF DELIVERY OF THIS ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION FOR RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
 

5   List each Assignor, as appropriate.   6   List each Assignee, as
appropriate.   7   Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the
right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or
prepayments of Loans made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.   8  
Subject to minimum amount requirements pursuant to Section 10.06(b)(i) of the
Credit Agreement and subject to proportionate amount requirements pursuant to
Section 10.06(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement.   9   Set forth, to at least 9
decimals, as a percentage of the Loans of all Lenders.   10   To be completed if
the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be
determined as of the Trade Date.

 

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The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

            ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
      By:           Name:           Title:           ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
      By:           Name:           Title:        

          [Consented to and]11 Accepted:

RHÔNE GROUP L.L.C.,
as Administrative Agent
      By:           Name:           Title:          

          [Consented to:]12

MOUNTAIN & WAVE S.Á R.L., as Borrower
      By:           Name:           Title:          

 

11   To the extent that the Administrative Agent’s consent is required under
Sections 10.06(b)(i)(B) or 10.06(b)(iii)(B) of the Credit Agreement.   12   To
the extent that the Borrower’s consent is required under
Sections 10.06(b)(i)(B), 10.06(b)(iii)(A) or any other provision of the Credit
Agreement.

 

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ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009, by and
among (i) Mountain Wave S.á r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company
(the “Borrower”), (ii) Quiksilver, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (iii) Rhône
Group L.L.C., as Administrative Agent, and (iv) the Lenders party thereto from
time to time, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
          1. Representations and Warranties.
          1.1. Assignor. [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that
(i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned
Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien,
encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority,
and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and
(b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral
thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Loan Parties or any other
Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or
observance by the Loan Parties or any other Person of any of their respective
obligations under any Loan Document.
          1.2. Assignee. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that
(i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to
execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit
Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an Eligible Assignee under
the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under
Section 10.06(b) or any other provision of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and
after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit
Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant]
Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is
sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type
represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person
exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned
Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a
copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the
opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered
pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and
information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such]
Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase
[the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) attached hereto is any documentation
required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement,
duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent,
[the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and
(ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which
by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a
Lender.
          2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative
Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest
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and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have
accrued up to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant]
Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
          3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding
upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any
number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery
of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption
by telecopy or other electronic image scan transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”
via e-mail) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
          4. Delivery. If the Assignee is not a Lender, the Assignee shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

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Exhibit E
GUARANTY
     GUARANTY (this “Guaranty”), dated as of July 31, 2009, by the undersigned
(each such Person, individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the
“Guarantors”) executed in favor of Rhône Group L.L.C., as administrative agent
(in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for its own benefit and the
benefit of the other Credit Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred
to below).
W I T N E S S E T H
     WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among
(i) Mountain & Wave S.à r.l. (the “Borrower”), (ii) Quiksilver, Inc., (iii) the
lenders from time to time party thereto (individually, a “Lender” and,
collectively, the “Lenders”), and (iv) the Administrative Agent, pursuant to
which the Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrower, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions specified in the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms
used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the Credit Agreement.
     WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it is an integral part of a
consolidated enterprise and that it will receive direct and indirect benefits
from the availability of the credit facility provided for in the Credit
Agreement and from the making of the Loans by the Lenders.
     WHEREAS, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans are conditioned upon,
among other things, the execution and delivery by the Guarantors of a guaranty
in the form hereof. As consideration therefor, and in order to induce the
Lenders to make Loans, the Guarantors are willing to execute this Guaranty.
     Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     1. Guaranty. Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally guaranties,
jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not
merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by required prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) by the Borrower
of all Obligations (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”), including all
such Guaranteed Obligations which shall become due but for the operation of the
Bankruptcy Code. Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations
may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further
assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon this Guaranty notwithstanding
any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
     2. Guaranteed Obligations Not Affected. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Law, each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from,
and protest to, any Loan Party of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also
waives notice of acceptance of this Guaranty, notice of protest for nonpayment
and all other notices of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Law, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by
(a) the failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party to assert
any claim or demand or to enforce or exercise any right or remedy against any
Loan Party under the provisions of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document
or otherwise or against any other party with respect to any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, (b) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any
release from any of the terms or provisions of, this Guaranty, the Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, with respect to any
Loan Party or with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations (except as expressly
set forth in such rescission, waiver, amendment, modification or release),
(c) the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the release of, any of
the Collateral held by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or any other
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Credit Party, (d) the lack of legal existence of any Loan Party or legal
obligation to discharge any of the Guaranteed Obligations by any Loan Party for
any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, in any insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of any Loan Party, or (e) any other action or
circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a surety or guarantor other than the indefeasible payment in full in
cash of the Guaranteed Obligations or as otherwise provided in Section 10 of
this Guaranty.
     3. Security. Each of the Guarantors hereby acknowledges and agrees that the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Credit Parties, may (a) take and hold
security for the payment of this Guaranty and the Guaranteed Obligations and
exchange, enforce, waive and release any such security in the manner set forth
in the Loan Documents, (b) apply such security and direct the order or manner of
sale thereof as provided in the Credit Agreement, and (c) release or substitute
any one or more other Guarantors or any other guarantor, in each case without
affecting or impairing in any way the liability of such Guarantor hereunder.
     4. Guaranty of Payment. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that this
Guaranty constitutes a guaranty of payment and performance when due of all
Guaranteed Obligations and not of collection and, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Law, waives any right to require that any resort be had
by the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party to any of the Collateral
or other security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any
balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative
Agent or any other Credit Party in favor of any Loan Party or any other Person
or to any other guarantor of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations. Any
payment required to be made by any Guarantor hereunder may be required by the
Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party on any number of occasions and
shall be payable to the Administrative Agent, for its own benefit and the
benefit of the other Credit Parties, in the manner provided in the Credit
Agreement.
     5. No Discharge or Diminishment of Guaranty. The obligations of each
Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination for any reason (other than the indefeasible payment in
full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations or as otherwise provided in
Section 10 of this Guaranty), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender,
alteration or compromise of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and shall not be
subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination
whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the
Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Guaranteed Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be
discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the
Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party to assert any claim or demand or
to enforce any remedy under this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any provision
of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the
performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or by any other act or
omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any
Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a
matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of
the Guaranteed Obligations or as otherwise provided in Section 10 of this
Guaranty).
     6. Defenses of Loan Parties Waived. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Law, each of the Guarantors waives any defense based on or arising
out of any defense of any other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from
any cause of the liability of any other Loan Party, other than the indefeasible
payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby
acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Credit Parties, may
at its election in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents,
foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or
nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of
foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the
Guaranty (Euro)

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Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with any other Loan Party,
or exercise any other right or remedy available to it against any other Loan
Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of each such
Guarantor hereunder except to the extent that the Guaranteed Obligations have
been indefeasibly paid in full in cash or as otherwise provided in Section 10 of
this Guaranty. Pursuant to, and to the extent permitted by, applicable Law, each
of the Guarantors waives any defense arising out of any such election and waives
any benefit of and right to participate in any such foreclosure action, even
though such election operates, pursuant to applicable Law, to impair or to
extinguish any right of reimbursement, indemnity, contribution or subrogation or
other right or remedy of such Guarantor against any Loan Party, as the case may
be, or any security. Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not assert any claim in
competition with the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party in respect
of any payment made hereunder in connection with any proceedings under any
Debtor Relief Laws.
     7. Limitation on Guaranty of Guaranteed Obligations. In any action or
proceeding with respect to any Guarantor involving any state corporate law, the
Bankruptcy Code of the United States or any other Debtor Relief Law, if the
obligations of such Guarantor under Section 1 hereof would otherwise be held or
determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims
of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under said
Section 1, then, notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the
amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor,
any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent or any other Person, be automatically
limited and reduced to the highest amount which is valid and enforceable and not
subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or
proceeding.
     8. Information. Each of the Guarantors assumes all responsibility for being
and keeping itself informed of each Loan Party’s financial condition and assets,
and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the
Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such
Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the
Administrative Agent or the other Credit Parties will have any duty to advise
any of the Guarantors of information known to it or any of them regarding such
circumstances or risks.
     9. Luxembourg Guarantors. The Guaranteed Obligations of a Guarantor
incorporated in Luxembourg shall at all times, notwithstanding any other
provision hereof to the contrary, (a) be automatically limited and reduced to an
aggregate amount not exceeding the greater of (x) the aggregate of all principal
amounts (with interests accrued thereon) (if any) borrowed by such Guarantor
from one or several members of the Quiksilver Group (as defined below) that have
been financed directly or indirectly under the Credit Agreement, increased by
all fees incurred in relation to such borrowing or (y) the fair market value
(valeur de réalisation) of 100% of such Guarantor’s own assets as determined, by
an independent auditor (réviseur d’entreprises) designated upon the request of
the Administrative Agent by the President of the Luxembourg Institut des
Réviseurs d’Entreprises whose determinations shall be made in good faith and
shall be binding absent manifest error, on the date of actual realization
thereof less the lower of (ii) the subscribed and paid up capital of such
Guarantor increased by the legal reserve or (i) the total amount payable to the
other creditors of such Guarantor (excluding however creditors that are members
of the Quiksilver Group (as defined below)), provided, however that: (z) such
Guarantor shall not incur liabilities outside the normal course of business, nor
shall it change the nature of its business, without the prior written consent of
the Administrative Agent and any liabilities incurred in breach of these
requirements shall not be deductible for the purpose of determining the maximum
amount; and (b) shall not include any obligation which, if incurred, would
constitute financial assistance within the meaning of article 49-6 of, or an
abuse of assets as defined by article 171-1 of, the Luxembourg law on commercial
companies dated August 10, 1915 as amended. For purposes of this Section 9,
“Quiksilver Group” shall mean Quiksilver, Inc. and its direct and indirect
Subsidiaries.
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     10. Termination; Release.
     (a) This Guaranty (i) shall terminate when all of the Guaranteed
Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which claims
have not yet been asserted) have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash or
otherwise satisfied, and (ii) shall continue to be effective or be reinstated,
as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any
Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Credit
Party or any Guarantor upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Loan Party
or otherwise.
     (b) A Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations
hereunder upon the consummation of any transaction not prohibited by the Credit
Agreement as a result of which such Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary;
provided that each Lender (if any) that is required to consent to such
transaction pursuant to the Credit Agreement has consented to such transaction.
The Administrative Agent will, at such Guarantor’s expense, execute and deliver
to such Guarantor such documents as such Guarantor may reasonably request to
release such Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement and each other
applicable Loan Document, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Documents and Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement
     11. Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. This Guaranty, and all
covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Guarantors that are
contained in this Guaranty, shall be binding upon each of the Guarantors and
their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the other Credit Parties, and their respective
successors and permitted assigns, except that no Guarantor shall have the right
to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein
(and any such attempted assignment or transfer shall be void), except as
expressly permitted by this Guaranty or the Credit Agreement. Concurrently with
the Administrative Agent being replaced by an Affiliate pursuant to Section 9.06
of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent may assign its rights and
obligations under this Guaranty to such Affiliate. This Guaranty shall be
construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Guarantor and may be
amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any
Guarantor without the approval of any other Guarantor and without affecting the
obligations of any other Guarantor hereunder.
     12. Waivers; Amendment.
     (a) The rights, remedies, powers, privileges, and discretions of the
Administrative Agent hereunder and under applicable Law (herein, the
“Administrative Agent’s Rights and Remedies”) shall be cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have. No delay or
omission by the Administrative Agent in exercising or enforcing any of the
Administrative Agent’s Rights and Remedies shall operate as, or constitute, a
waiver thereof. No waiver by the Administrative Agent of any Event of Default or
of any default under any other agreement shall operate as a waiver of any other
default hereunder or under any other agreement (except as expressly set forth in
such waiver). No single or partial exercise of any of the Administrative Agent’s
Rights or Remedies, and no express or implied agreement or transaction of
whatever nature entered into between the Administrative Agent and any Person, at
any time, shall preclude the other or further exercise of the Administrative
Agent’s Rights and Remedies. No waiver by the Administrative Agent of any of the
Administrative Agent’s Rights and Remedies on any one occasion shall be deemed a
waiver on any subsequent occasion, nor shall it be deemed a continuing waiver.
The Administrative Agent’s Rights and Remedies may be exercised at such time or
times and in such order of preference as the Administrative Agent may determine.
The Administrative Agent’s Rights and Remedies may be exercised without resort
or regard to any other source of satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations. No
waiver of any provisions of this Guaranty or consent to any departure by any
Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
effected as described in clause (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for
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which given. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle
such Guarantor or any other Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand
in the same, similar or other circumstances.
     (b) Neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended
or modified except pursuant to a written agreement entered into in accordance
with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement.
     13. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     14. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as
otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in
Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement, provided that communications and notices
to the Guarantors may be delivered to the Borrower on behalf of each of the
Guarantors.
     15. Survival of Agreement; Severability.
     (a) All covenants, agreements, indemnities, representations and warranties
made by the Guarantors herein and in the certificates or other instruments
delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement
or any other Loan Document (i) shall be considered to have been relied upon by
the Administrative Agent and the other Credit Parties, (ii) shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and the making of any Loans by the Lenders, regardless of any
investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any other Credit Party or on
their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or other Credit
Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or
incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended,
(iii) shall continue in full force and effect until such time as this Guaranty
has been terminated or released in accordance with Section 10 hereof, and
(iv) shall be reinstated to the extent required by Section 10 hereof. The
provisions of Section 10 hereof shall survive and remain in full force and
effect regardless of the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations or the
termination of this Guaranty or any provision hereof.
     (b) Any provision of this Guaranty held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without
affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
hereof, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     16. Counterparts. This Guaranty may be executed in counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page to this Guaranty by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Guaranty.
     17. Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference
only, are not a part of this Guaranty and shall not affect the construction of,
or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Guaranty.
     18. Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in
Sections 1.02 through 1.07 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this
Guaranty.
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     19. Jurisdiction; Waiver of Venue; Consent to Service of Process.
     (a) EACH OF THE GUARANTORS AND EACH CREDIT PARTY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF,
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE
NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW
YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR
RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS AND EACH
CREDIT PARTY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE GUARANTORS AND EACH CREDIT
PARTY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY
SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS
GUARANTY OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY CREDIT
PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS
GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR OR ITS PROPERTIES IN
THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
     (b) EACH OF THE GUARANTORS AND EACH CREDIT PARTY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF,
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF
VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
SECTION 19. EACH OF THE GUARANTORS AND EACH CREDIT PARTY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE
HEREOF, IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
     (c) EACH OF THE GUARANTORS AND EACH CREDIT PARTY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF,
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN
SECTION 14. NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY GUARANTOR OR
ANY CREDIT PARTY TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW.
     (d) EACH OF THE GUARANTORS AGREES THAT IT WILL BRING ANY ACTION ASSERTING
ANY CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY ARISING UNDER OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SOLELY IN A COURT OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING
THEREIN AND CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS WITH RESPECT
TO ANY SUCH ACTION; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT, IN THE EVENT THAT ANY CREDIT PARTY
BRINGS AN ACTION ASSERTING A CLAIM AGAINST ANY
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GUARANTOR ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION OTHER THAN ONE OF THOSE REFERENCED
HEREIN, SUCH GUARANTOR SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ASSERT ANY COMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM
RELATED THERETO IN THE SAME COURT.
     20. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE GUARANTORS AND EACH CREDIT PARTY, BY
ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR
THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH OF THE
GUARANTORS AND EACH CREDIT PARTY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (A) CERTIFIES THAT
NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 20.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned Guarantors has duly executed
this Guaranty as of the day and year first above written.

          GUARANTORS:  QUIKSILVER, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           QUIKSILVER AMERICAS, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           DC SHOES, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           QS WHOLESALE, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           QS RETAIL, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           HAWK DESIGNS, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           MERVIN MANUFACTURING, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:        

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            QUIKSILVER CANADA CORP.
      By:           Name:           Title:           QS RETAIL CANADA CORP.
      By:           Name:           Title:           QUIKSILVER DELUXE S.Á R.L.
      By:           Name:           Title:           54TH STREET HOLDINGS S.Á
R.L.
      By:           Name:           Title:        

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Exhibit F
SECURITY AGREEMENT
     SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 31, 2009, by and
among (a) Quiksilver Americas, Inc. (the “Borrower”), (b) each of the Persons
listed on Schedule I hereto (each such Person, individually, a “Guarantor” and,
collectively, the “Guarantors”) (the Borrower and the Guarantors are hereinafter
referred to, individually, as a “Grantor” and, collectively with any other
Person now or hereafter party hereto as a Guarantor, as the “Grantors”), and
(c) Rhône Group L.L.C., acting in its capacity as sub-agent (in such capacity,
the “Collateral Agent”) for (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent (as defined
herein) for the ratable benefit of the U.S. Credit Parties (as defined herein)
and (ii) the Euro Administrative Agent (as defined herein) for the ratable
benefit of the Euro Credit Parties (as defined herein), in consideration of the
mutual covenants contained herein and benefits to be derived herefrom.
WITNESSETH:
     WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among
(i) the Borrower, (ii) Quiksilver, Inc., (iii) the lenders from time to time
party thereto (the “U.S. Lenders”) and (iv) Rhône Group L.L.C., as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “U.S. Administrative Agent”),
pursuant to which the U.S. Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrower,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Credit Agreement;
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Guaranty, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Guaranty”), executed by the
Guarantors party thereto in favor of the U.S. Administrative Agent pursuant to
which each such Guarantor guarantees the payment and performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty); and
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as
of July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Euro Term Loan Agreement”), among
Quiksilver, Inc., Mountain & Wave S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited
liability company (the “Euro Borrower”), the lenders party thereto (the “Euro
Lenders”) and Rhône Group L.L.C., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Euro Administrative Agent”);
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Guaranty, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Euro Guaranty”), executed by the
guarantors party thereto in favor of the Euro Administrative Agent pursuant to
which each such guarantor guarantees the payment and performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Euro Guaranty);
     WHEREAS, the U.S. Administrative Agent and the Euro Administrative Agent
have appointed Rhône Group L.L.C. to act as their sub-agent pursuant to the
terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement, dated the date hereof (as amended,
amended and restated, modified, supplemented or restated and in effect from time
to time, the “Collateral Agency Agreement”), among the Collateral Agent, the
U.S. Administrative Agent and the Euro Administrative Agent; and
     WHEREAS, the obligations of the U.S. Lenders and the Euro Lenders to make
Loans under the Credit Agreement and the Euro Term Loan Agreement, respectively,
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things, the execution and delivery by the Grantors of an agreement in the form
hereof to secure the Secured Obligations (as defined herein).
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements
set forth in this Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantors and the
Collateral Agent, on behalf of (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent for the ratable
benefit of the U.S. Credit Parties and (ii) the Euro Administrative Agent for
the ratable benefit of the Euro Credit Parties, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
     SECTION 1.01 Generally. All references herein to the “UCC” shall mean the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York;
provided, however, that if a term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC differently
than in another Article thereof, the term shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9; provided further that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law,
any or all of the perfection or priority, or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection, of the Security Interest in any Collateral or the availability
of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in a jurisdiction other than New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof
relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or
availability of such remedy, as the case may be.
     SECTION 1.02 Definition of Certain Terms Used Herein. Unless the context
otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. In addition, as used herein, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
     “Accessions” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Account” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Account Debtor” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Collateral Agent’s Rights and Remedies” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in SECTION 8.08(a) of this Agreement.
     “Blue Sky Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in SECTION
6.01(c) of this Agreement.
     “Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of
this Agreement.
     “Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Collateral” shall mean all: (a) Accounts, (b) Chattel Paper,
(c) Commercial Tort Claims (including, but not limited to, those Commercial Tort
Claims listed on Schedule 3.07 hereto), (d) Deposit Accounts and Money,
(e) Documents, (f) Equipment, (g) Financial Assets, (h) Fixtures, (i) General
Intangibles, (j) Goods, (k) Instruments, (l) Inventory, (m) Investment Property,
(n) Letters of Credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights, (o) Software, (p) Supporting
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insurance, (r) all books, records, and information relating to any of the
foregoing (a) through (q) or evidencing any Grantor’s assets or liabilities, and
all property in which such books, records, and information are stored, recorded
and maintained, (s) all insurance proceeds, refunds, and premium rebates,
including, without limitation, proceeds of fire and credit insurance, whether
any of such proceeds, refunds, and premium rebates arise out of any of the
foregoing (a) through (r) or otherwise, (t) all liens, guaranties, rights,
remedies, and privileges pertaining to any of the foregoing (a) through (s),
(u) any of the foregoing, whether now owned or now due, or in which any Grantor
has an interest, or hereafter acquired, arising, or to become due, or in which
any Grantor obtains an interest, wherever located, and all products, Proceeds,
substitutions, and Accessions of or to any of the foregoing and (v) and all
other personal property of each Grantor; provided, however, that the Collateral
shall not include, and the Security Interest shall not attach to, any Excluded
Assets.
     “Collateral Agency Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
     “Commercial Tort Claim” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Commodity Account” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Commodity Intermediary” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Control” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
recitals of this Agreement.
     “Credit Parties” shall mean the U.S. Credit Parties and the Euro Credit
Parties.
     “Deposit Account” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC and
shall also include all demand, time, savings, passbook, or similar accounts
maintained with a bank (as defined in the UCC).
     “Documents” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Electronic Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning given that term in the
UCC.
     “Equipment” shall mean “equipment”, as defined in the UCC, and shall also
include Accessions or additions thereto.
     “Euro Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the recitals of this Agreement.
     “Euro Credit Party” and “Euro Credit Parties” shall mean “Credit Party” and
“Credit Parties” (each as defined in the Euro Term Loan Agreement),
respectively.
     “Euro Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
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     “Event of Default” means an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement or
under the Euro Term Loan Agreement.
     “Excluded Assets” shall mean (a) any lease, license, contract or agreement
to which any Grantor is a party (including any of its rights or interests
thereunder) or any asset or property rights of such Grantor of any nature to the
extent the grant of such security interest shall constitute or result in (i) the
abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of
such Grantor under such lease, license, contract, agreement, asset or property
right or result in such Grantor’s loss of use of such asset or property right or
(ii) a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of such lease, license,
contract or agreement, or a default under, any such lease, license, contract,
agreement or property right (other than to the extent that any such term would
be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the
UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or
any other applicable Law (including the bankruptcy code) or principles of
equity), (b) any lease, license, contract, or agreement to which any Grantor is
a party (including any of its rights or interests thereunder) or any asset or
property right of any nature to the extent that any applicable Law prohibits the
creation of a security interest thereon (other than to the extent that any such
term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or
9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant
jurisdiction or any other applicable Law or principles of equity), (c) any
application for trademarks and service marks filed in the United States Patent
and Trademark Office pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1051 Section 1(b), only to the
extent that the grant of a security interest therein would result in the
abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of such application or rights
hereunder and only until evidence of the use of such trademark or service mark
in commerce, as defined in 15 U.S.C. Section 1127, is submitted to the United
States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1051 Section 1(c) or
1(d), following which filing all such applications shall automatically become
Collateral and (d) any Excluded Equity Interests; provided, however, that any
Equity Interests in QS Mexico Holdings shall not constitute “Excluded Assets”.
     “Excluded Deposit Accounts” means (i) any Deposit Accounts specifically and
exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit
payments in the ordinary course of business to or for the benefit of the
Grantor’s salaried employees, (ii) any Deposit Account the balance of which is
swept at the end of each Business Day into a Deposit Account subject to a
control agreement among the Grantor, the depository bank and the Collateral
Agent that establishes the Collateral Agent’s control over such Deposit Account,
so long as such daily sweep is not terminated or modified without the consent of
the Collateral Agent, and (iii) Deposit Accounts not otherwise subject to
clauses (i) and (ii) of this definition that do not at any time have more than
$1,500,000 on deposit in the aggregate for all such Deposit Accounts.
     “Excluded Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest or group of Equity
Interests issued by any Foreign Subsidiary other than 66% of voting equity
interests of European Borrower.
     “Financial Asset” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Financing Statement” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Fixtures” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “General Intangibles” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC,
including, without limitation, all: Payment Intangibles; rights to payment for
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any Grantor; warranty claims; tax refunds and abatements; insurance refunds and
premium rebates; all means and vehicles of investment or hedging, including,
without limitation, options, warrants, and futures contracts; customer lists;
goodwill; causes of action; judgments; rights to collect payments under any
settlement or other agreement; literary rights; rights to performance;
royalties; license and/or franchise fees; rights of admission; licenses;
franchises; license agreements, including all rights of any Grantor to enforce
same; permits, certificates of convenience and necessity, and similar rights
granted by any governmental authority; developmental ideas and concepts;
proprietary processes; blueprints, drawings, designs, diagrams, plans, reports,
and charts; catalogs; technical data; tapes, disks, semi-conductors chips and
printouts; IP Collateral; proposals; cost estimates, and reproductions on paper,
or otherwise, of any and all concepts or ideas, and any matter related to, or
connected with, the design, development, manufacture, sale, marketing, leasing,
or use of any or all property produced, sold, or leased, by or credit extended
or services performed, by any Grantor, whether intended for an individual
customer or the general business of any Grantor, or used or useful in connection
with research by any Grantor.
     “Goods” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Grantor” and “Grantors” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in
the preamble of this Agreement.
     “Guarantor” and “Guarantors” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms
in the preamble of this Agreement.
     “Guaranty” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of
this Agreement.
     “Instruments” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Inventory” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC, and shall
also include, without limitation, all Goods which (i) are leased by a Person as
lessor, (ii) are held by a Person for sale or lease or to be furnished under a
contract of service, (iii) are furnished by a Person under a contract of
service, or (iv) consist of raw materials, work in process, or materials used or
consumed in a business, whether or not the Goods of said description are in
transit, returned, repossessed or rejected.
     “Investment Property” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “IP Collateral” shall have the meaning given that term in the Intellectual
Property Security Agreement.
     “Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning given that term in the
Intellectual Property Security Agreement.
     “Joinder Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto.
     “Letter-of-Credit Right” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC
and shall also mean any 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.
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     “Money” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Payment Intangible” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC and
shall also mean any General Intangible under which the Account Debtor’s primary
obligation is a monetary obligation.
     “Proceeds” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Secured Obligations” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Obligations (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) and (b) the Obligations (as defined in the Euro
Term Loan Agreement) solely of the Euro Borrower.
     “Securities Act” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in SECTION
6.01(c) of this Agreement.
     “Securities Account” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Securities Intermediary” shall have the meaning given that term in the
UCC.
     “Security” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Security Entitlement” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Security Interest” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in SECTION
2.01 of this Agreement.
     “Software” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC.
     “Supporting Obligation” shall have the meaning given that term in the UCC
and shall also refer to a Letter-of-Credit Right or secondary obligation that
supports the payment or performance of an Account, Chattel Paper, a Document, a
General Intangible, an Instrument, or Investment Property.
     “U.S. Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the recitals of this Agreement.
     “U.S. Credit Party” and “U.S. Credit Parties” shall mean “Credit Party” and
“Credit Parties” (each as defined in the Credit Agreement), respectively.
     “U.S. Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statement of this Agreement.
     SECTION 1.03 Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified
in Sections 1.02 through 1.07 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to
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ARTICLE 2
Security Interest
     SECTION 2.01 Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance,
as the case may be, in full of its respective Secured Obligations, each Grantor
hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the
benefit of (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the U.S.
Credit Parties and (ii) the Euro Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of
the Euro Credit Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right,
title and interest in, to and under the Collateral (the “Security Interest”).
Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file in any jurisdiction
with any office one or more Financing Statements, amendments to Financing
Statements and continuation statements as the Collateral Agent may deem
necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, or
protecting the Security Interest granted by each Grantor, without the signature
of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantors, as debtors, and the
Collateral Agent, as secured party. Any such Financing Statement may indicate
the Collateral as “all assets of the debtor, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired or arising”, “all personal property of the debtor, whether now owned of
hereafter acquired or arising” or words of similar effect, regardless of whether
any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of
Article 9 of the UCC.
     SECTION 2.02 No Assumption of Liability. The Security Interest is granted
as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any Credit Party
to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor
with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.
ARTICLE 3
Representations and Warranties
     Each Grantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, the U.S.
Lenders and the Euro Lenders that:
     SECTION 3.01 Non-Contravention. The execution of this Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof will not result in a breach of any of the terms
or provisions of, or constitute a default under the limited liability company
agreement, partnership agreement, charter, by-laws or other governing documents,
as applicable, of such Grantor as presently in effect, or any applicable Law
respecting such Grantor, or result in the termination or cancellation of or, in
any material respect, any default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
deed to secure debt or other agreement or instrument to which such Grantor is a
party or by which such Grantor is bound or affected, except where such
violations, breaches or defaults, if any, singly or in the aggregate, have not
had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     SECTION 3.02 Title and Authority. Each Grantor has good and valid rights
in, and title to, the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant
a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the
Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto and
has taken all necessary action, corporate or otherwise, to authorize the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval
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     SECTION 3.03 Validity and Perfection of Security Interest. This Agreement
is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of
(i) the U.S. Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the U.S. Credit
Parties and (ii) the Euro Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Euro Credit Parties) a valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral
securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations. In the case of
the types of Collateral described in the following clauses (1) through (6), such
security interest will be perfected upon (1) in the case of all Collateral in
which a security interest can be perfected by filing a UCC financing statement,
the completion of the filing of the UCC financing statements and other filings
delivered by the Loan Parties to the Collateral Agent on the Closing Date (which
are in appropriate form for filing in the applicable offices) in the
jurisdictions set forth on Schedule 3.03, (2) in the case of all Intellectual
Property that is issued by, or registered or applied for in, the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office constituting
IP Collateral, the filings described in clause (1) above and the filing and
recordation of the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark Security
Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Copyright
Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office with respect to each
Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (as such terms are defined in the
Intellectual Property Security Agreement) that are issued by, or registered or
applied for in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United
States Copyright Office (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office
may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks, trademark
applications, issued patents and patent applications and copyrights acquired by
the Grantors after the date hereof), (3) the execution of an agreement that
creates “control” (as defined in Sections 9-104, 9-106 or 8-106 of the UCC, as
applicable) in favor of the Collateral Agent with respect to all Deposit
Accounts and Securities Accounts, (4) in the case of Letter of Credit Rights,
the Collateral Agent obtaining “control” (as defined in Section 9-107 of the
UCC), (5) in the case of Money, the Collateral Agent obtaining possession of
such Money, and (6) the delivery to the Collateral Agent of all Collateral
consisting of Instruments and Certificated Securities, in each case properly
endorsed for transfer to the Collateral Agent or in blank. Except as set forth
in this section, no action is necessary to perfect the security interest granted
by the Grantors under this Agreement in any Collateral other than Collateral
consisting of (i) real property, (ii) as-extracted collateral or timber to be
cut, (iii) any policy of insurance or interest or claim therein or thereunder,
including unearned premiums, (iv) goods subject to a certificate of title
statute, (v) Collateral, the validity and/or perfection of which is governed by
a state law or federal law other than the UCC or federal laws governing
intellectual property, (vi) Collateral consisting of property rights that have
arisen under laws of a jurisdiction other that the United States or a state
thereof and (vii) Collateral with respect to which actions are required for
perfection in jurisdictions other than the United States or a state thereof or
the District of Columbia. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any
other Lien on any of the Collateral except for Permitted Encumbrances.
     SECTION 3.04 Absence of Other Liens. The Collateral is owned by the
Grantors or the Grantors otherwise have sufficient rights to use the Collateral
free and clear of any Lien, except for (i) Permitted Encumbrances or (ii) Liens
for which termination statements or releases (or payoff letters providing for
the delivery or filing of termination statements or releases) have been
delivered to the Collateral Agent on or prior to the date of this Agreement.
Except, in each case, for Permitted Encumbrances, no Grantor has (a) filed or
consented to the filing of (i) any Financing Statement or analogous document
under the UCC or any other applicable Law covering any Collateral, (ii) any
security agreement or similar instrument covering any Collateral with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or any
foreign equivalent or (iii) any Collateral or any security agreement or similar
instrument covering any Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or
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entered into any agreement in which any Grantor grants Control over any
Collateral, which Financing Statement, control agreement or analogous document,
assignment, security agreement or similar instrument or other agreement is still
in effect.
     SECTION 3.05 Records. As of the date hereof, each Grantor’s exact legal
name, jurisdiction of organization and principal place of business or chief
executive office is located at the locations set forth on Schedule 3.05(a)
hereto. If different from the addresses set forth on Schedule 3.05(a), all other
locations in which any Grantor maintains a material portion of any books or
records relating to any Collateral of such Grantor is set forth on
Schedule 3.05(b) hereto
     SECTION 3.06 Bailees, Warehousemen, Etc. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.06 hereto, as of the date hereof, no Inventory of any Grantor with a
value in excess of $1,000,000 is in the care or custody of any third party or
stored or entrusted with a bailee or other third party.
     SECTION 3.07 Commercial Tort Claims. As of the date hereof, none of the
Collateral consists of a Commercial Tort Claim with a value in excess of
$1,000,000, except as set forth on Schedule 3.07 hereto.
     SECTION 3.08 Instruments and Chattel Paper. As of the date hereof, no
amounts payable under or in connection with, or consisting of, any of the
Collateral are evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper with a value in
excess of $1,000,000, other than such Instruments and Chattel Paper listed in
Schedule 3.08 hereto. Each Instrument and each item of Chattel Paper listed in
Schedule 3.08 hereto has been properly endorsed, assigned and delivered to the
Collateral Agent, accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment duly
executed in blank.
     SECTION 3.09 Securities Accounts, Commodity Accounts and Deposit Accounts.
As of the date hereof, no Grantor has any Securities Accounts, Commodity
Accounts or Deposit Accounts other than those listed in Schedule 3.09 hereto.
     SECTION 3.10 Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. As of the
date hereof, no amount under or in connection with, or consisting of, any of the
Collateral is evidenced by any Electronic Chattel Paper or any “transferable
record” (as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic
Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act, as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction) with a
value in excess of $1,000,000, other than such Electronic Chattel Paper and
transferable records listed in Schedule 3.10 hereto.
     SECTION 3.11 Intellectual Property. This Agreement is effective to create a
valid and continuing Lien on and, upon filing and recordation of the Copyright
Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office and the Patent
Security Agreement and the Trademark Security Agreement with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, in addition to the filing of all UCC
financing statements and other filings described in SECTION 3.03(1),
first-priority perfected Lien, subject to Permitted Encumbrances, in favor of
the Collateral Agent on each Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (as
such terms are defined in the Intellectual Property Security Agreement) that are
issued by, or registered or applied for in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office to the extent perfection
in such Collateral can be accomplished by such filings (it being understood that
subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the
United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered
trademarks, trademark applications issued patents and patent applications and
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after the date hereof). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Grantors shall not have any obligation to perfect Liens in the IP Collateral in
any jurisdiction other than the United States, Canada and Luxembourg.
     SECTION 3.12 Former names. As of the date hereof, except as set forth in
Schedule 3.12 hereto, no Grantor has changed its legal name, jurisdiction of
organization or type of organization, or the location of its principal place of
business or chief executive office, or merged or consolidated with or into any
other person or entity within the past five (5) years.
ARTICLE 4
Covenants
     SECTION 4.01 Protection of Security. Each Grantor shall, at its own cost
and expense, take any and all actions reasonably necessary or appropriate to
defend title to the Collateral against all Persons and to defend the Security
Interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral and the priority thereof
against any Lien or claim of any other person (in each case other than Permitted
Encumbrances).
     SECTION 4.02 Further Assurances.
     (a) Subject to the limitations and exceptions set forth herein or in any
other Loan Document, each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute,
acknowledge, promptly deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further
documents, Financing Statements, agreements and instruments and take all such
further actions as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request
to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the
rights and remedies created hereby or the validity or priority of such Security
Interest, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security
Interest and the filing of any Financing Statements or other documents in
connection herewith or therewith and the delivery, upon the reasonable request
of the Collateral Agent, to the Collateral Agent of statements and schedules
further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in
connection with the Collateral. Without limiting the foregoing and subject to
the limitations and exceptions set forth herein or in any other Loan Document,
each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and
cause to be duly filed all such further documents, Financing Statements,
agreements and instruments and take all such further actions as the Collateral
Agent may from time to time reasonably request to perfect the Collateral Agent’s
Security Interest in all Accounts, Inventory, Deposit Accounts, Investment
Property, and the Proceeds therefrom (including causing the Collateral Agent to
have Control of any such Collateral to the extent required under the Credit
Agreement or the Euro Term Loan Agreement and to the extent perfection in such
Collateral can be accomplished by Control), excluding Excluded Assets and
Excluded Deposit Accounts.
     (b) Subject to the limitations and exceptions set forth herein or in any
other Loan Document, (i) at any time and from time to time, the Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to file and/or record any or all such Financing Statements,
instruments and documents held by it, and any or all such further Financing
Statements, instruments and documents, relative to the Collateral or any part
thereof in each instance, and to take all such other actions as the Collateral
Agent may reasonably deem appropriate to perfect and to maintain perfected the
security interests granted herein and (ii) each Grantor hereby authorizes the
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Financing Statements and any continuation statements or amendments thereto,
relative to all or any part of the Collateral.
     SECTION 4.03 Continuing Obligations of the Grantors. Each Grantor shall
remain liable to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be
observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument
relating to the Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Collateral Agent and the Credit Parties from and against any and
all liability for such performance other than any failure arising from the gross
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any such indemnified Person.
     SECTION 4.04 Use and Disposition of Collateral. None of the Grantors shall
make or permit to be made a collateral assignment, pledge or hypothecation of
the Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Collateral or
shall grant Control of any Collateral to any Person, in each case except for
Permitted Encumbrances. Except for transactions permitted by the Credit
Agreement and the Euro Term Loan Agreement, none of the Grantors shall make or
permit to be made any transfer of the Collateral.
     SECTION 4.05 Insurance. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes
and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents
designated by the Collateral Agent and acting on behalf of the Collateral Agent)
during the continuance of any Event of Default as such Grantor’s true and lawful
agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose of making, settling and adjusting
claims in respect of Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name
of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the
proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and
decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Grantor at any time or
times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required
by the Credit Agreement or the Euro Term Loan Agreement, as the case may be, or
to pay any premium in whole or in part relating thereto, the Collateral Agent
may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Grantors
hereunder or any Default or Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and
maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other
actions with respect thereto as the Collateral Agent deems advisable. All sums
disbursed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this SECTION 4.05,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges
relating thereto, shall be payable, promptly upon written demand (accompanied by
reasonable backup documentation therefor), by the Grantors to the Collateral
Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.
     SECTION 4.06 Commercial Tort Claims. If any Grantor shall at any time hold
or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim having a value in excess of $1,000,000, such
Grantor shall promptly (but, in any event, within thirty (30) Business Days or
such longer period of time as Collateral Agent shall agree) notify the
Collateral Agent in writing of the details thereof, and such Grantor shall take
such actions as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request in order to grant
to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent
for the ratable benefit of the U.S. Credit Parties and (ii) the Euro
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Euro Credit Parties, a
perfected security interest therein and in the Proceeds thereof.
     SECTION 4.07 [Intentionally Omitted].
     SECTION 4.08 Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment,
perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce,
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Collateral, each Grantor covenants and agrees, in each case at such Grantor’s
own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following
Collateral:
     (a) If any amount then payable under or in connection with any of the
Collateral shall become evidenced by, or consist of, any Instrument or Chattel
Paper with a value in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the
aggregate, other than such Instruments and Chattel Paper listed in Schedule 3.08
hereto, the Grantor acquiring such Instrument or Chattel Paper shall promptly
(but, in any event, within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof or such longer
period of time as Collateral Agent shall agree) endorse, assign and 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) No Grantor shall hereafter establish and maintain any Securities
Account or Commodity Account with any Securities Intermediary or Commodity
Intermediary unless (i) such Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary,
as the case may be, and such Grantor shall have duly executed and delivered a
control agreement with respect to such Securities Account (including any
security entitlements with respect to the financial assets credited to such
Securities Account) or Commodity Account, as the case may be or (ii) the
aggregate value of investment property held in such Securities Accounts or
Commodities Accounts does not exceed $1,000,000 individually and $5,000,000 in
the aggregate.
     (c) No Grantor shall hereafter establish and maintain any Deposit Account
(other than any Excluded Deposit Account) with any bank unless such bank and
such Grantor shall have duly executed and delivered a control agreement with
respect to such Deposit Account.
     (d) As between the Collateral Agent and the Grantors, the Grantors shall
bear the investment risk with respect to the Investment Property and Pledged
Securities (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), and the risk of loss of, damage
to, or the destruction of, the Investment Property and Pledged Securities
(except where a court of competent jurisdiction determines by final and
nonappealable judgment that such loss, damage or destruction has resulted from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent), whether in
the possession of, or maintained as a Security Entitlement or deposit by, or
subject to the Control of, the Collateral Agent, a Securities Intermediary, a
Commodity Intermediary, any Grantor or any other Person.
     (e) If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral
shall become evidenced by, or consist of, any Electronic Chattel Paper or any
transferable record with an individual face value in excess of $1,000,000 (or,
with respect to all such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable records, an
aggregate face value in excess of $5,000,000), other than such Electronic
Chattel Paper and transferable records listed in Schedule 3.10 hereto, the
Grantor acquiring such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record shall
promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and each Grantor shall take such
action as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to vest in the Collateral
Agent Control of such Electronic Chattel Paper under Section 9-105 of the UCC or
control under Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act, as in effect in such jurisdiction, of such
transferable record.
     (f) If any Grantor is at any time a beneficiary under a Letter of Credit
now or hereafter issued having a face value in an amount in excess of $1,000,000
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such Letters of Credit, having an aggregate face value in an amount in excess of
$5,000,000), such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and
each Grantor shall, at the request of the Collateral Agent, use commercially
reasonable efforts to either (i) pursuant to an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, arrange for the issuer and any
confirmer of such Letter of Credit to consent to an assignment to the Collateral
Agent of the proceeds of any drawing under the Letter of Credit and to cause the
proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit to be paid directly to the
Collateral Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, or (ii) pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, arrange for the Collateral Agent to become
the transferee beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, with the Collateral Agent
agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the Letter of
Credit are to be paid directly to the Collateral Agent after the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default and applied as provided in the
Credit Agreement or the Euro Term Loan Agreement, as the case may be.
     SECTION 4.09 Joinder of Additional Grantors. To the extent required by
Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement, upon any Person becoming a Domestic
Subsidiary of any Grantor that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any Loan Party
and not an Immaterial Subsidiary, then such Grantor shall, at such Grantor’s
expense, cause such Domestic Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Collateral
Agent a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and to
comply with the requirements of Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement, within the
time periods specified therein, and, upon such execution and delivery, such
Subsidiary shall constitute a “Grantor” for all purposes hereunder with the same
force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and
delivery of such Joinder Agreement shall not require the consent of any Grantor
hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party
to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 5
Power of Attorney
     SECTION 5.01 Power of Attorney. Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes
and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents
designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Grantor’s true and lawful agent and
attorney-in-fact, and in such capacity the Collateral Agent shall have the
right, with power of substitution for each Grantor and in each Grantor’s name or
otherwise, for the use and benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Credit
Parties, (a) at any time, whether or not a Default or Event of Default has
occurred, to make any filing described in SECTION 2.01 of this Agreement and
such other documents as the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or
desirable to protect or perfect the interest of the Collateral Agent in the
Collateral (subject to the limitations and exceptions set forth herein or in any
other Loan Document) and (b) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, (i) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt
for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (ii) to
sign the name of any Grantor on any invoices, schedules of Collateral, freight
or express receipts, or bills of lading storage receipts, warehouse receipts or
other documents of title relating to any of the Collateral; (iii) to sign the
name of any Grantor on any notice to such Grantor’s Account Debtors; (iv) to
sign the name of any Grantor on any proof of claim in bankruptcy against Account
Debtors, and on notices of lien, claims of mechanic’s liens, or assignments or
releases of mechanic’s liens securing the Accounts; (v) to sign change of
address forms to change the address to which each Grantor’s mail is to be sent
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(vi) to receive and open each Grantor’s mail, remove any Proceeds of Collateral
therefrom and turn over the balance of such mail either to the Borrower or to
any trustee in bankruptcy or receiver of a Grantor, or other legal
representative of a Grantor whom the Collateral Agent reasonably determines to
be the appropriate person to whom to so turn over such mail; (vii) to commence
and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in
any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or
any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral;
(viii) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or
proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (ix) to take all such
action as may be reasonably necessary to obtain the payment of any letter of
credit and/or banker’s acceptance of which any Grantor is a beneficiary; (x) to
repair, manufacture, assemble, complete, package, deliver, alter or supply
goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in part the purchase order of
any customer of any Grantor; (xi) in the case of IP Collateral, to execute and
deliver, and record or have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments,
documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may request to evidence the
Collateral Agent’s security interest in such IP Collateral, (xii) to use,
sublicense, license or transfer any or all General Intangibles of any Grantor,
subject to those restrictions to which such Grantor is subject under applicable
Law and by contract; (xiii) to cause all Documents (including, without
limitation, freight or express receipts, or bills of lading storage receipts,
warehouse receipts or other documents of title) to name the Collateral Agent as
consignee and to obtain control over the Documents; and (xiv) to use, sell,
assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal
with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things
reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and
completely as though the Collateral Agent was the absolute owner of the
Collateral for all purposes; provided, however, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent or any other
Credit Party to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or
sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent or any other Credit
Party, or to present or file any claim or notice. It is understood and agreed
that the appointment of the Collateral Agent as the agent and attorney-in-fact
of each Grantor for the purposes set forth above is coupled with an interest
and, subject to the termination of this Agreement, is irrevocable.
     SECTION 5.02 No Obligation to Act. The Collateral Agent shall not be
obligated to do any of the acts or to exercise any of the powers authorized by
SECTION 5.01, but if the Collateral Agent elects to do any such act or to
exercise any of such powers, it shall not be accountable for more than it
actually receives as a result of such exercise of power, and shall not be
responsible to any Grantor for any act or omission to act, except where a court
of competent jurisdiction determines by final and nonappealable judgment that
the subject act or omission to act has resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent. The provisions of SECTION 5.01 shall
in no event relieve any Grantor of any of its obligations hereunder or under any
other Loan Document with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or impose
any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any other Credit Party to proceed in
any particular manner with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof, or in
any way limit the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any other Credit Party of
any other or further right which it may have on the date of this Agreement or
hereafter, whether hereunder, under any other Loan Document, by applicable Law
or otherwise.
ARTICLE 6
Remedies
     SECTION 6.01 Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall
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hereof is sought, in addition to all other rights and remedies, the rights and
remedies of a secured party under the UCC or other applicable Law. In addition,
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent shall include, without limitation,
the right to take any or all of the following actions at the same or different
times:
     (a) With respect to any Collateral consisting of Accounts, General
Intangibles (including Payment Intangibles), Letter-of-Credit Rights,
Instruments, Chattel Paper, Documents, and Investment Property, the Collateral
Agent may collect the Collateral with or without the taking of possession of any
of the Collateral.
     (b) With respect to any Collateral consisting of Accounts, the Collateral
Agent may: (i) demand, collect and receive any amounts relating thereto, as the
Collateral Agent may determine; (ii) commence and prosecute any actions in any
court for the purposes of collecting any such Accounts and enforcing any other
rights in respect thereof; (iii) defend, settle or compromise any action brought
and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral
Agent may reasonably deem appropriate; (iv) without limiting the Collateral
Agent’s rights set forth in SECTION 5.01 hereof, receive, open and dispose of
mail addressed to any Grantor and endorse checks, notes, drafts, acceptances,
money orders, bills of lading, warehouse receipts or other instruments or
documents evidencing payment, shipment or storage of the goods giving rise to
such Accounts or securing or relating to such Accounts, on behalf of and in the
name of such Grantor; and (v) sell, assign, transfer, make any agreement in
respect of, or otherwise deal with or exercise rights in respect of, any such
Accounts or the goods or services which have given rise thereto, as fully and
completely as though the Collateral Agent was the absolute owner thereof for all
purposes.
     (c) With respect to any Collateral consisting of Investment Property, the
Collateral Agent may: (i) exercise all rights of any Grantor with respect
thereto, including without limitation, the right to exercise all voting and
corporate rights at any meeting of the shareholders of the Issuer of any
Investment Property and to exercise any and all rights of conversion, exchange,
subscription or any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to any
Investment Property as if the Collateral Agent was the absolute owner thereof,
including the right to exchange, at its discretion, any and all of any
Investment Property upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization or other readjustment of the Issuer thereof, all without
liability except to account for property actually received as provided in
SECTION 5.02 hereof; (ii) transfer such Collateral at any time to itself, or to
its nominee, and receive the income thereon and hold the same as Collateral
hereunder or apply it to the Secured Obligations; and (iii) demand, sue for,
collect or make any compromise or settlement it deems desirable. The Grantors
recognize that (a) the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of
all or a part of the Investment Property by reason of certain prohibitions
contained in the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §77 (as amended and in
effect, the “Securities Act”) or the Securities laws of various states (the
“Blue Sky Laws”), but may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales to
a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree, among other
things, to acquire the Investment Property for their own account, for investment
and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof, (b) that private
sales so made may be at prices and upon other terms less favorable to the seller
than if the Investment Property were sold at public sales, (c) that neither the
Collateral Agent nor any other Credit Party has any obligation to delay sale of
any of the Investment Property for the period of time necessary to permit the
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registered for public sale under the Securities Act or the Blue Sky Laws, and
(d) that private sales made under the foregoing circumstances shall be deemed to
have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, no Grantor shall be required to register, or cause the
registration of, any Investment Property under the Securities Act or any Blue
Sky Laws.
     (d) With respect to any Collateral consisting of Inventory, Goods, and
Equipment, the Collateral Agent may conduct one or more going out of business
sales, in the Collateral Agent’s own right or by one or more agents and
contractors. Such sale(s) may be conducted upon any premises owned, leased, or
occupied by any Grantor. The Collateral Agent and any such agent or contractor,
in conjunction with any such sale, may augment the Inventory with other goods
(all of which other goods shall remain the sole property of the Collateral Agent
or such agent or contractor). Any amounts realized from the sale of such goods
which constitute augmentations to the Inventory (net of an allocable share of
the costs and expenses incurred in their disposition) shall be the sole property
of the Collateral Agent or such agent or contractor and neither any Grantor nor
any Person claiming under or in right of any Grantor shall have any interest
therein. Each purchaser at any such going out of business sale shall hold the
property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any
Grantor.
     (e) With respect to any Collateral consisting of Securities Accounts,
Commodity Accounts or Deposit Accounts that are subject to a control agreement,
the Collateral Agent may exercise any rights thereunder with respect to such
Collateral.
     (f) With or without legal process and with or without prior notice or
demand for performance, the Collateral Agent may enter upon, occupy, and use any
premises owned or occupied by each Grantor and may exclude the Grantors from
such premises or portion thereof as may have been so entered upon, occupied, or
used by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall not be required to
remove any of the Collateral from any such premises upon the Collateral Agent’s
taking possession thereof and may render any Collateral unusable to the
Grantors. In no event shall the Collateral Agent be liable to any Grantor for
use or occupancy by the Collateral Agent of any premises pursuant to this
SECTION 6.01, nor for any charge (such as wages for the Grantors’ employees and
utilities) incurred in connection with the Collateral Agent’s exercise of the
Collateral Agent’s Rights and Remedies (as defined herein) hereunder, other than
for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Collateral Agent as determined by a final and nonappealable
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
     (g) The Collateral Agent may notify any obligors on the Collateral that the
Collateral has been assigned to the Collateral Agent and that all payments
thereon, or performance with respect thereto, are to be made directly and
exclusively to the Collateral Agent.
     (h) The Collateral Agent may require any Grantor to assemble the Collateral
and make it available to the Collateral Agent at such Grantor’s sole risk and
expense at a place or places which are reasonably convenient to both the
Collateral Agent and such Grantor.
     (i) The Collateral Agent may require any Grantor to name the Collateral
Agent as consignee on any Documents and to furnish the Collateral Agent with
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     (j) Each Grantor agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have the right,
subject to applicable Law, to sell, assign or lease or otherwise dispose of all
or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale, for cash, upon credit
or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate. Each
purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from
any claim or right on the part of any Grantor.
     (k) The Collateral Agent shall give the Grantors at least ten (10) days’
prior written notice, by authenticated record, of the date, time and place of
any proposed public sale, and of the date after which any private sale or other
disposition of the Collateral may be made. Each Grantor agrees that such written
notice shall constitute reasonable notification and shall be deemed to satisfy
all requirements for notice to such Grantor which are imposed under the UCC or
other applicable Law with respect to the exercise of the Collateral Agent’s
Rights and Remedies upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale or
other disposition of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so,
regardless of the fact that notice of sale or other disposition of such
Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or
publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be
adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for
sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place
to which the same was so adjourned.
     (l) Any public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary
business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and
state in the notice of such sale. At any sale or other disposition, the
Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety
or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute
discretion) determine. If any of the Collateral is sold, leased, or otherwise
disposed of by the Collateral Agent on credit, the Secured Obligations shall not
be deemed to have been reduced as a result thereof unless and until payment in
full is received thereon by the Collateral Agent. In the event that the
purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, the Collateral Agent may resell the
Collateral and apply the proceeds from such resale in accordance with the terms
of SECTION 6.02 of this Agreement.
     (m) At any public (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, private)
sale made pursuant to this SECTION 6.01, the Collateral Agent or any other
Credit Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by
applicable Law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on
the part of any Grantor, the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and
may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to
the Collateral Agent or such other Credit Party from any Grantor on account of
the Secured Obligations as a credit against the purchase price, and the
Collateral Agent or such other Credit Party may, upon compliance with the terms
of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further
accountability to any Grantor therefor.
     (n) For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or
any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof. The Collateral Agent
shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor
shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject
thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have
entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied
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     (o) As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon
it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to
foreclose upon the Collateral and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof
pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent
jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver.
     (p) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Grantor hereby waives
all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal which such Grantor now
has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now
existing or hereafter enacted, and all claims, damages and demands it may
acquire against the Collateral Agent or any Credit Party arising out of the
exercise by the Collateral Agent or such Credit Party of any rights hereunder.
     SECTION 6.02 Application of Proceeds. After the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default and acceleration of the Secured Obligations,
the Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection or sale of the
Collateral, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash, or any Collateral
granted under any other of the Security Documents, in accordance with
Section 2.5 of the Collateral Agency Agreement (as in effect on the date
hereof).
     Upon any sale or other disposition of the Collateral by the Collateral
Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a
judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Collateral Agent
or by the officer making the sale or other disposition shall be a sufficient
discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold or otherwise
disposed of and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to
the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral
Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication
thereof.
     SECTION 6.03 Deficiency. If the proceeds of sale, collection or other
realization of or upon the Collateral pursuant to the provisions of SECTION 6.01
are insufficient to cover the costs and expenses of such realization and the
payment in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor shall remain liable for
any deficiency.
ARTICLE 7
Perfection of Security Interest
     SECTION 7.01 Perfection by Filing. This Agreement constitutes an
authenticated record, and each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent,
pursuant to the provisions of SECTION 2.01 and SECTION 5.01, to file one or more
Financing Statements, continuation statements and all other documents or
instruments, and amendments thereto, relative to all or any part of the
Collateral, in such filing offices as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably deem
appropriate (subject to the last sentence of Section 3.11 with respect to IP
Collateral), and the Grantors shall pay the Collateral Agent’s reasonable costs
and expenses incurred in connection therewith.
     SECTION 7.02 Other Perfection, Etc. Each Grantor shall at any time and from
time to time take such steps as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for
the Collateral Agent (a) to the extent required by SECTION 4.08 and subject to
any other limitation set forth herein or any other Loan Document, to obtain
Control of any Investment Property, Deposit Accounts, Letter-of-Credit Rights or
Electronic Chattel Paper, with any agreements establishing Control to be in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (b) to the
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subject to any other limitation set forth herein or any other Loan Document,
otherwise to insure the continued perfection of the Collateral Agent’s security
interest in any of the Collateral with the priority described in Section 3.03
and of the preservation of its rights therein.
     SECTION 7.03 Savings Clause. Nothing contained in this ARTICLE 7 shall be
construed to narrow the scope of the Collateral Agent’s Security Interest in any
of the Collateral or the perfection or priority thereof or to impair or
otherwise limit any of the Collateral Agent’s Rights and Remedies hereunder
except (and then only to the extent) as mandated by the UCC.
ARTICLE 8
Miscellaneous
     SECTION 8.01 Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall
(except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows as follows, and all notices and
other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone
shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

         
 
  If to the Collateral Agent:   Rhône Group L.L.C.
 
      630 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor
 
      New York, NY 10111
 
      Phone: (212) 218-6700
 
      Fax: (212) 218-6789
 
      Attn: Baudoin Lorans and M. Allison Steiner
 
       
 
  If to any Grantor:   c/o Quiksilver, Inc.
 
      15202 Graham Street
 
      Huntington Beach, CA 92649
 
      Phone: (714) 889-2200
 
      Fax: (714) 889-2322
 
      Attention: Chief Financial Officer

     SECTION 8.02 Grant of Non-Exclusive License. Without limiting the
provisions of SECTION 6.01 hereof or any other rights of the Collateral Agent as
the holder of a Lien on any IP Collateral, at such times as the Collateral Agent
shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor
hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, and the representatives and independent
contractors of the Collateral Agent solely to the extent acting on behalf of the
Collateral Agent, a royalty free, non-exclusive, irrevocable license, to use,
the IP Collateral (including the right to apply, and affix any trademark,
service mark, trade name, logo, or other source identifier constituting IP
Collateral and to reasonable access to all media in which any of the IP
Collateral may be recorded or stored and to all Software used for the
compilation or printout thereof) in which any Grantor now or hereafter has
rights, such license to be effective only upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default and to be used solely for the purpose of
Collateral Agent’s exercise of the Collateral Agent’s Rights and Remedies
hereunder including, without limitation, in connection with any completion of
the manufacture of Inventory or any sale or other disposition of Inventory. The
license granted in this SECTION 8.02 shall remain in full force and effect
throughout the term of this Agreement; provided that (i) such license shall be
subject to the exclusive rights of any licensee under a license permitted under
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Agreement and the Euro Term Loan Agreement granted prior to such Event of
Default, and (ii) the quality of any services or products offered under or
bearing any source identifiers hereunder will not be materially inferior to the
quality of such services or products sold by such Grantor under such source
identifiers immediately prior to such Event of Default and such Grantor shall
have the right, upon reasonable request, to inspect any such products and
services to monitor compliance with such standard.
     SECTION 8.03 Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral Agent
hereunder, the Security Interest and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder
shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or
enforceability of the Credit Agreement, the Euro Term Loan Agreement, any other
Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or
any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) 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 Credit Agreement, the Euro Term Loan
Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other agreement or instrument,
(c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or
any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from the
Guaranty or any other guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the
Secured Obligations, or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of
the Secured Obligations or this Agreement (other than indefeasible payment in
full of the Secured Obligations).
     SECTION 8.04 Reinstatement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against
any Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should any Grantor become
insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or
should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any
Grantor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Secured Obligations,
or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in
amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Secured
Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference”, “fraudulent conveyance” or
otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the
event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or
returned, the Secured Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by
such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
     SECTION 8.05 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made by each Grantor herein and in any other Loan
Document and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in
connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
be considered to have been relied upon by the Collateral Agent and the other
Credit Parties and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any
investigation made by any such party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that
the Collateral Agent or any other Credit Party may have had notice or knowledge
of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is
extended under the Credit Agreement or the Euro Term Loan Agreement, and shall
continue in full force and effect unless terminated in accordance with SECTION
8.14 hereof.
     SECTION 8.06 Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. Whenever in
this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be
deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all covenants,
promises and agreements by or on behalf of each Grantor that are contained in
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each Grantor and its
respective successors and assigns. This Agreement, when executed and delivered,
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obligation of each Grantor and the Collateral Agent and their respective
successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of each Grantor, the
Collateral Agent and the other Credit Parties and their respective successors
and assigns, and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
the limitations on enforceability under applicable Law and limitations on the
availability of the remedy of specific performance imposed by the application of
general equity principles, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign
or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the
Collateral (and any such attempted assignment or transfer shall be void) except
as permitted by this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the Euro Term Loan
Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with
respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or
released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor
and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.
     SECTION 8.07 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     SECTION 8.08 Waivers; Amendment.
     (a) The rights, remedies, powers, privileges, and discretions of the
Collateral Agent hereunder (herein, the “Collateral Agent’s Rights and
Remedies”) shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which
it would otherwise have. No delay or omission by the Collateral Agent in
exercising or enforcing any of the Collateral Agent’s Rights and Remedies shall
operate as, or constitute, a waiver thereof. No waiver by the Collateral Agent
of any Event of Default or Default under any other agreement shall operate as a
waiver of any Event of Default or Default arising from any Grantor’s failure to
perform or observe any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on its
part to be performed or observed hereunder. No single or partial exercise of any
of the Collateral Agent’s Rights or Remedies, and no express or implied
agreement or transaction of whatever nature entered into between the Collateral
Agent and any Person, at any time, shall preclude the other or further exercise
of the Collateral Agent’s Rights and Remedies. No waiver by the Collateral Agent
of any of the Collateral Agent’s Rights and Remedies on any one occasion shall
be deemed a waiver on any subsequent occasion, nor shall it be deemed a
continuing waiver. The Collateral Agent’s Rights and Remedies may be exercised
at such time or times and in such order of preference as the Collateral Agent
may determine. The Collateral Agent’s Rights and Remedies may be exercised
without resort or regard to any other source of satisfaction of the Secured
Obligations. No waiver of any provisions of this Agreement or consent to any
departure by any Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be effected as described in paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver
or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose
for which given. No notice to or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle
such Grantor or any other Grantor to any other or further notice or demand in
similar or other circumstances.
     (b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended
or modified except pursuant to a written agreement entered into between the
parties hereto.
     SECTION 8.09 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
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(WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO
(A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL
WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.09.
     SECTION 8.10 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
     SECTION 8.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts
(and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a
single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Agreement by telecopy or e-mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
     SECTION 8.12 Headings. Article and Section headings used herein are for
convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not
affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
     SECTION 8.13 Jurisdiction; Waiver of Venue; Consent to Service of Process.
     (a) EACH OF THE GRANTORS IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR
ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY
THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY
JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A
FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE
ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL
AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT PARTY MAY
OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY OF THE GRANTORS OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE
COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

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     (b) EACH OF THE GRANTORS IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED
TO IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE
DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
IN ANY SUCH COURT.
     (c) EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 8.01                           . NOTHING
IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN
ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
     (d) EACH GRANTOR AGREES THAT ANY ACTION COMMENCED BY ANY GRANTOR ASSERTING
ANY CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT SOLELY IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN, AS THE
COLLATERAL AGENT MAY ELECT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, AND CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION.
     SECTION 8.14 Termination; Release of Collateral.
     (a) Any Lien upon any Collateral will be released automatically if the
Collateral constitutes property that is sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed
of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement or the Euro Term Loan
Agreement (other than a Disposition made pursuant to clause (b) of the
definition of Permitted Disposition). Upon at least five (5) Business Days’
prior written request by the Grantors, the Collateral Agent shall execute such
documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens upon any
Collateral described in this SECTION 8.14(a); provided, however, that (i) the
Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms
which, in its reasonable opinion, would, under applicable Law, expose the
Collateral Agent to liability or entail any adverse consequence other than the
release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall
not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any
Liens upon (or obligations of any Grantor in respect of) all interests in the
Collateral retained by any Grantor, including, without limitation, the Proceeds
of any sale of the Collateral, all of which shall continue to constitute part of
the Collateral.
     (b) Except for those provisions which expressly survive the termination
thereof, this Agreement and the Security Interest granted herein shall
automatically terminate when all of the Secured Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which claims have not yet been
asserted) have indefeasibly been paid in full in cash or otherwise satisfied, at
which time the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to the Grantors, at
the Grantors’ expense, all UCC termination statements, releases and similar
documents that the Grantors shall reasonably request to evidence such
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Interest granted herein shall be reinstated if at any time payment, or any part
thereof, of any Secured Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by
any Credit Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Grantor. Any
execution and delivery of termination statements, releases or other documents
pursuant to this SECTION 8.14 shall be without recourse to, or warranty by, the
Collateral Agent or any other Credit Party.
     SECTION 8.15 Conflict. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement
and the Pledge Agreement, the terms of the Pledge Agreement shall control with
respect to the Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) and the
terms of this Agreement shall control with respect to all other Collateral. In
the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement, the terms of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement
shall control with respect to the IP Collateral and the terms of this Agreement
shall control with respect to all other Collateral.
     SECTION 8.16 Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Lien and Security Interest granted to the Collateral Agent
pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the
Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the ABL
Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the
ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the
ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.

          GRANTORS: Borrower:

QUIKSILVER AMERICAS, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           Guarantors:

QUIKSILVER, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           DC SHOES, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           HAWK DESIGNS, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           MERVIN MANUFACTURING, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           QS WHOLESALE, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:      

 

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            QS RETAIL, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:      

 

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          COLLATERAL AGENT: RHÔNE GROUP L.L.C.
      By:           Name:           Title:      

 

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SCHEDULE I
Guarantors

     
1.
  Quiksilver, Inc.
2.
  DC Shoes, Inc.
3.
  Hawk Designs, Inc.
4.
  Mervin Manufacturing, Inc.
5.
  QS Wholesale, Inc.
6.
  QS Retail, Inc.

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EXHIBIT A
Form of Joinder Agreement
[Name of New Grantor]
[Address of New Grantor]
[Date]
Rhône Group L.L.C.,
as Collateral Agent
630 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor
New York, NY 10111
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Reference is made to the Security Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009 (as
amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or restated and in effect
from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), by and among (a) Quiksilver
Americas, Inc. (the “Borrower”), (b) each of the Persons listed on Schedule I to
the Security Agreement (the “Guarantors”) (the Borrower and the Guarantors are
hereinafter referred to, individually, as a “Grantor” and, collectively with any
other Guarantor now or hereafter party thereto, as the “Grantors”), and
(c) Rhône Group L.L.C., acting in its capacity as sub-agent (in such capacity,
the “Collateral Agent”) for the benefit of (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent for
the ratable benefit of the U.S. Credit Parties and (ii) the Euro Administrative
Agent for the ratable benefit of the Euro Credit Parties. All capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Security
Agreement.
     This Joinder Agreement supplements the Security Agreement and is delivered
by the undersigned, [        ] (the “New Grantor”), pursuant to Section 4.09 of
the Security Agreement. The New Grantor hereby agrees to be bound as a Guarantor
and as a Grantor 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. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the New Grantor hereby grants and pledges to the Collateral Agent,
its successors and assigns, for the benefit of (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent
for the ratable benefit of the U.S. Credit Parties and (ii) the Euro
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Euro Credit Parties, 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 Grantor under the Security
Agreement. The New Grantor hereby makes each of the representations and
warranties (other than representations and warranties which expressly speak as
of a particular date or are no longer true and correct as a result of a change
which is permitted by the Security Agreement) on and as the date hereof and
agrees to each of the covenants applicable to such New Grantor contained in the
Security Agreement.
     The New Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file in any
jurisdiction with any office one or more Financing Statements, amendments to
Financing Statements and continuation statements as the Collateral Agent may
deem reasonably necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting,
confirming, continuing, or protecting the Security Interest granted by New
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signature of any Grantor, and naming the New Grantor, as debtor, and the
Collateral Agent, as secured party. Any such Financing Statement may indicate
the Collateral as “all assets of the debtor, whether now owned of hereafter
acquired”, “all personal property of the debtor, whether now owned of hereafter
acquired” or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset
comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC.
     Annexed hereto are supplements to each of the schedules to the Security
Agreement with respect to the New Grantor. Such supplements shall be deemed to
be part of the Security Agreement.
     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 CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor has caused this Joinder Agreement to be
executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above
written.

            [NEW GRANTOR]
      By:           Name:           Title:        

          AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

RHÔNE GROUP L.L.C.,
as Collateral Agent
    By:         Name:         Title:        

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Exhibit G
EURO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
     EURO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as
of July 31, 2009, by and among (a) Mountain & Wave S.a.r.l. , a Luxembourg
private limited liability company (the “Borrower”), (b) 54th Street S.a.r.l, a
Luxembourg Societe a Responsabilite limitee (the “Euro Guarantor”) (the Borrower
and the Euro Guarantor are hereinafter referred to, individually, as a “Grantor”
and, collectively, as the “Grantors”), and (c) Rhône Group L.L.C., as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the
ratable benefit of the Euro Credit Parties (as defined herein), in consideration
of the mutual covenants contained herein and benefits to be derived herefrom.
WITNESSETH:
     WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Euro Term Loan Agreement”), among
Quiksilver, Inc., Borrower, the lenders party thereto (the “Euro Lenders”) and
the Administrative Agent;
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Guaranty, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Euro Guaranty”), executed by the
Guarantors party thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to which
each such Guarantor guarantees the payment and performance of the Guaranteed
Obligations (as defined in the Euro Guaranty);
     WHEREAS, the obligations of the Euro Lenders to make Loans under the Euro
Term Loan Agreement are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and
delivery by the Grantors of an agreement in the form hereof, pursuant to which
each Grantor grants to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the
Euro Credit Parties) a security interest in and to the IP Collateral (as defined
herein), in order to secure the Secured Obligations (as defined herein).
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements
set forth in this Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors and the Administrative
Agent, on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Euro Credit Parties (and
each of their respective successors or assigns), hereby agree as follows:
     SECTION 1. Definitions.
     1.1 Generally. All references herein to the UCC shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York;
provided, however, that if a term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC differently
than in another Article thereof, the term shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9; provided further that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law,
any or all of the perfection or priority, or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection, of the security interest in any IP Collateral or the
availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “UCC” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or
non-perfection or availability of such remedy, as the case may be.
     1.2 Definition of Certain Terms Used Herein. Unless the context otherwise
requires, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Euro Credit Agreement. In addition, as used herein,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:

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     “Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
recitals of this Agreement.
     “Accessions” shall have the meaning given to such term in the UCC.
     “Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of
this Agreement.
     “Copyrights” shall mean all copyrights, arising under the laws of the
United States, any other country, or any political subdivision thereof, in each
work of authorship or derivative work thereof, whether registered or
unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and
applications therefor, and all extensions, restorations and reversions thereof,
including the copyright registrations and copyright applications listed on
EXHIBIT A annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
     “Copyright Licenses” shall mean all agreements to which a Grantor is a
party, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of
any right under any Copyright.
     “Copyright Office” shall mean the United States Copyright Office or any
other federal governmental agency which may hereafter perform its functions.
     “Euro Credit Party” and “Euro Credit Parties” shall mean “Credit Party” and
“Credit Parties” (each as defined in the Euro Term Loan Agreement),
respectively.
     “Euro Guaranty” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
recitals of this Agreement.
     “Euro Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals
of this Agreement.
     “Euro Term Loan Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the recitals of this Agreement.
     “Event of Default” means an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement or
under the Euro Term Loan Agreement.
     “Excluded Assets” shall mean (a) any lease, license, contract or agreement
to which any Grantor is a party (including any of its rights or interests
thereunder) or any asset or property rights of such Grantor of any nature to the
extent that the grant of such security interest shall constitute or result in
(i) the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or
interest of such Grantor under such lease, license, contract, agreement, asset
or property right or result in such Grantor’s loss of use of such asset or
property right or (ii) a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of such
lease, license, contract or agreement, or a default under, any such lease,
license, contract, agreement or property right (other than to the extent that
any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407,
9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any
relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable Law (including the bankruptcy
code) or principles of equity), (b) any lease, license, contract or agreement to
which any Grantor is a party (including any of its rights or interests
thereunder) or any asset or property right of any nature to the extent that any
applicable Law prohibits the creation of a security interest thereon (other than
to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to
Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or
provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable Law or
principles of equity), and (c) any application for trademarks and service marks
filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §
1051 Section 1(b), only to the extent that the grant of a security interest
therein would result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of
such application or rights hereunder and only until evidence of the use of such
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submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to 15 U.S.C.
§ 1051 Section 1(c) or 1(d), following which filing all such applications shall
automatically become Collateral.
     “Grantor” and “Grantors” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in
the preamble of this Agreement.
     “Guarantor” and “Guarantors” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms
in the preamble of this Agreement.
     “Intellectual Property” shall mean, collectively, each of the items
respectively described in SECTION 2(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) other than
any Excluded Assets.
     “IP Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in SECTION 2
of this Agreement.
     “Licenses” shall mean, collectively, the Copyright Licenses, Patent
Licenses, Trademark Licenses, and any other agreement to which a Grantor is a
party, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of
any right under any Intellectual Property.
     “Material Licenses” shall mean (i) outbound Licenses under which the
minimum guaranteed royalty payments to Licensor exceed one million dollars
($1,000,000) per year, or under which royalty payments are reasonably expected
by such Grantor to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) per year (including
any upfront fees amortized over the term of such agreement), and (ii) inbound
Licenses material to the business of the Grantors, other than Licenses pursuant
to which a Grantor obtains the rights to use generally commercially available
software.
     “Patents” shall mean all patents and applications for patents issued or
pending under the laws of the United States, any other country, or any political
subdivision thereof, and the inventions and improvements therein disclosed, and
any and all divisions, revisions, reissues, continuations,
continuations-in-part, extensions, and reexaminations of said patents including
the patents and patent applications and patent applications listed on EXHIBIT B
annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
     “Patent Licenses” shall mean all agreements to which a Grantor is a party,
whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any
right under any Patent.
     “PTO” shall mean the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any other
federal governmental agency which may hereafter perform its functions.
     “Proceeds” shall have the meaning given to such term in the UCC.
     “Registered IP Collateral” shall mean all IP Collateral that is issued by,
registered with, renewed by or the subject of a pending application before any
Governmental Entity or Internet domain name registrar.
     “Secured Obligations” shall mean the Obligations (as defined in the Euro
Term Loan Agreement) solely of the Borrower.
     “Trademarks” shall mean all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
company names, business names, fictitious business names, Internet domain names,
trade dress, trade styles, service marks, brand names, designs, logos, slogans
and other source identifiers, whether registered or unregistered, all
registrations and applications therefor granted or pending under the laws of the
United States, any other country, or any political subdivision thereof,
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applications listed on EXHIBIT C annexed hereto and made a part hereof, all
common law rights related thereto throughout the world, together with any
goodwill of the business connected with, and symbolized by, any of the
foregoing.
     “Trademark Licenses” shall mean all agreements to which a Grantor is a
party, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of
any right under any Trademark.
     1.3 Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in
Sections 1.02 through 1.07 of the Euro Credit Agreement shall be applicable to
this Agreement.
     SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or
performance, as the case may be, in full of its respective Secured Obligations,
each Grantor hereby ratifies such security interest and grants to the
Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the
Euro Credit Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title
and interest in, to and under the following property of each Grantor whether now
owned or now due, or in which any Grantor has an interest now, or hereafter
acquired, arising, or to become due, or in which any Grantor obtains any
interest and all products, Proceeds, substitutions, Accessions of or to the
following property (collectively, the “IP Collateral”):
          (a) all Copyrights and Copyright Licenses;
          (b) all Patents and Patent Licenses;
          (c) all Trademarks and Trademark Licenses;
          (d) all other Licenses;
          (e) all renewals of any of the foregoing;
     (f) all trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary information;
inventions (whether or not patentable) and all improvements thereto; industrial
design applications and registered industrial designs; mask works and
semiconductor chip rights; intellectual property rights in books, records,
writings, computer tapes or disks, flow diagrams, specification sheets, computer
software, source codes, object codes, executable code, data, and databases and
other compilations of information; and all other intellectual property,
industrial and similar proprietary rights throughout the world;
     (g) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due
and/or payable under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including
payments under all Licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and
payments for past or future infringements, misappropriations, dilutions or other
violations thereof;
     (h) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements,
misappropriations, dilutions or other violations of any of the foregoing, and
any money damages awarded or received by the Grantors on account of such suit
(or the threat of such suit); and
     (i) all of the Grantors’ rights of priority and protection corresponding to
any of the foregoing throughout the world;
provided, however, that the IP Collateral shall not include, and the security
interest granted hereunder shall not attach to, any Excluded Assets.

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     SECTION 3. Protection of Intellectual Property By Grantors. Each of the
Grantors shall undertake the following with respect to the Intellectual
Property:
     (a) Give the Administrative Agent written notice along with the monthly
notice provided pursuant to Section 5(b), with reasonable detail, following the
occurrence of a Responsible Officer of such Grantor’s knowing (i) that any
application, registration or issuance of the Registered IP Collateral owned by
such Grantor or of the Intellectual Property licensed to such Grantor in a
Material License has become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or
invalidated in a way that is non-revivable, or (ii) of any adverse determination
on the merits in any proceeding in the United States in any court or in the PTO
before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board or the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences, or any other body that may hereafter perform the functions of
either, or in any foreign equivalent in Canada, regarding such Grantor’s
ownership of Intellectual Property, or the validity or enforceability of any
Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor, or such Grantor’s right to register
Intellectual Property or to own and maintain any registration, or any
application for registration, of any Intellectual Property, except, in either
the case of (i) or (ii) , to the extent that such Intellectual Property is no
longer used or, in such Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, useful, in the
conduct of such Grantor’s business in a manner that is material.
     (b) At the Grantors’ sole cost, expense, and risk (i) pay all renewal fees
and other fees and costs associated with maintaining the registrations and
applications for the Registered IP Collateral owned by such Grantor and with the
processing and prosecution of such registrations and applications for the
Registered IP Collateral owned by such Grantor, (ii) take all other commercially
reasonable actions necessary or, while an Event of Default exists, reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent, to maintain each registration and
issuance of the Registered IP Collateral owned by such Grantor (including the
filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, and affidavits of
incontestability), and (iii) perform the actions required in (i) and (ii) to the
extent that such Grantor has the obligation to do so under a Material License,
except, in each case of (i), (ii), and (iii), to the extent that such Registered
IP Collateral or such registered or applied-for Intellectual Property licensed
to such Grantor pursuant to such Material License is no longer used or, in such
Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, useful, in the conduct of such Grantor’s
business in a manner that is material. At the Grantors’ sole cost, expense, and
risk, take all commercially reasonable actions necessary or, while an Event of
Default exists, reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, to prevent any
of the Registered IP Collateral owned by such Grantor from becoming forfeited,
abandoned, dedicated to the public, or invalidated, except, in each case, to the
extent that such Registered Intellectual Property is no longer used or, in such
Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, useful, in the conduct of such Grantor’s
business in a manner that is material.
     (c) At the Grantors’ sole cost, expense, and risk, take all commercially
reasonable actions necessary or, while an Event of Default exists, reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent, to pursue the processing and prosecution
of each application for registration of the Registered IP Collateral owned by
such Grantor and not unreasonably abandon or delay any such efforts, except, in
each case, to the extent that such Registered Intellectual Property is no longer
used or, in such Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, useful, in the conduct
of such Grantor’s business in a manner that is material.
     (d) At the Grantors’ sole cost, expense, and risk, take any and all actions
which the Grantors reasonably deem necessary or desirable under the
circumstances or, while an Event of Default exists, reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, to protect the Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor
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violation, including prosecuting and defending infringement, misappropriation
and dilution actions and opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings,
seeking injunctive relief and recovering any and all damages, except, in each
case, to the extent that such Intellectual Property is no longer used or, in
such Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, useful, in the conduct of such
Grantor’s business in a manner that is material.
     (e) Not to, and not to cause its licensees to, knowingly infringe,
misappropriate, dilute or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of
any other Person in any manner that is reasonably likely to have an adverse
effect on the business of the Grantors, in any material respect.
     (f) Maintain, in all material respects, the quality of products and
services offered under any material trademark or service mark at a level that is
equal to or better than the level of quality associated with such products and
services as of the date hereof, unless the Grantor that owns the applicable
material trademark or service mark determines in its reasonable business
judgment that the standard of quality shall be modified, and take reasonable
measures to ensure that all licensed users of such trademarks or service marks
employ substantially similar standards of quality.
     (g) Use its Intellectual Property with all notices of registration and all
other legends required by applicable Intellectual Property Laws, except to the
extent that not using such notices and legends will not invalidate such
Grantor’s material Intellectual Property or result in such Grantor’s loss of its
ownership rights therein.
     (h) To the extent that such Grantor, in its reasonable business judgment,
deems appropriate in the operation of such Grantor’s business, collect all
amounts that are due, or that become due, to such Grantor that consist of
royalty payments or other license fees under the outbound Material Licenses to
which it is a party, provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall have
the right at any time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, to notify, or to require such Grantor to notify, any obligors with
respect to any such amounts of the existence of the security interest created
herein.
     (i) Use commercially reasonable efforts to secure all consents and
approvals necessary for the grant of a security interest therein to the
Administrative Agent of any Material License entered into after the Closing
Date.
     SECTION 4. Grantors’ Representations and Warranties. In addition to any
representations and warranties contained in any of the other Loan Documents,
each Grantor represents and warrants that:
     (a) EXHIBIT A is a true, correct and complete list, as of the date hereof,
of all Copyrights which are the subject of a registration or a pending
application for registration with the Copyright Office or any foreign equivalent
and are (i) owned by such Grantor; or (ii) licensed to such Grantor pursuant to
a Material License, noting in the case of both (i) and (ii) the relevant
registration or application number and the applicable filing jurisdiction (but
only to the extent that the Material License provides such information), and, in
the case of (ii), the title of the Material License, the parties to such
Material License and the date of such Material License.
     (b) EXHIBIT B is a true, correct and complete list, as of the date hereof,
of all Patents which are issued by or the subject of a pending application with
the PTO or any foreign equivalent and are (i) owned by such Grantor; or
(ii) licensed to such Grantor pursuant to a Material License, noting in the case
of both (i) and (ii) the relevant registration or application

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number and the applicable filing jurisdiction (but only to the extent that the
Material License provides such information) and, in the case of (ii), the title
of the Material License, the parties to such Material License and the date of
such Material License.
     (c) EXHIBIT C is a true, correct and complete list, as of the date hereof,
of all Trademarks which are issued by or the subject of a pending application
with the PTO or any foreign equivalent and are (i) owned by such Grantor; or
(ii) licensed to such Grantor pursuant to a Material License, noting in the case
of both (i) and (ii) the relevant registration or application number and the
applicable filing jurisdiction (but only to the extent that the Material License
provides such information), and, in the case of (ii), the title of the Material
License, parties to such Material License and the date of such Material License.
     (d) To the knowledge of such Grantor, all of the rights of such Grantor in
and to the Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor that are currently used
in such Grantor’s business, in any material respect, are valid and enforceable
and all of such Grantor’s registrations and applications for Registered IP
Collateral are subsisting, except those that are not currently used in such
Grantor’s business in any material respect.
     (e) Such Grantor owns, or is licensed or otherwise has sufficient rights to
use, all Intellectual Property necessary for or used in the conduct of its
business as currently conducted, except as would not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, no claim made in writing,
litigation, arbitration, opposition, cancellation or proceeding has been
asserted and is pending, or to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, by any
Person against such Grantor (i) challenging the Grantor’s use, or licensed right
to use any Intellectual Property, (ii) challenging the Grantor’s ownership of,
or the validity, registerability, or enforeceability of any Intellectual
Property, or (iii) concerning the Grantor’s infringement, dilution,
misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property, in each case,
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than
such actual or threatened claims, litigations, arbitrations, oppositions,
cancellations or proceedings listed in Schedule I hereto. To the knowledge of
such Grantor, (i) neither the use by such Grantor of the Intellectual Property
nor the conduct of such Grantor’s business as currently conducted infringes,
misappropriates, dilutes or otherwise violates the rights of any Person, and
(ii) no other Person is infringing upon, diluting, misappropriating or otherwise
violating any Intellectual Property right of such Grantor, in each case, in any
manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As
of the date hereof, no order, award, holding, decision or judgment or decree has
been rendered by any Governmental Authority against such Grantor which would
limit or cancel such Grantor’s rights in any of the Intellectual Property, in
each case, in any manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
     (f) Except as set forth on Schedule II, none of the Material Licenses set
forth on EXHIBITS A, B or C constitute Excluded Assets or requires any consent
for the grant of the security interest in the Grantor’s rights under such
Material License granted hereunder.
     (g) To the knowledge of such Grantor (i) each Material License is valid,
binding and in full force and effect, and (ii) such Grantor is not in material
breach or default and no event has occurred that, with notice and/or lapse of
time, would constitute such a breach or default or permit termination,
modification or acceleration under any such Material License. No party to any
Material License has given such Grantor notice of a material breach or default
under any such Material License, which breach or default has not been cured, or
of its intention to terminate or cancel any such Material License or convert
such Material License to a non-exclusive license.

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     (h) Such Grantor takes reasonable measures to protect the secrecy and
confidentiality of all material trade secrets owned or held by such Grantor
(including having a policy requiring officers, director and employees, and all
other Persons with access to material trade secrets owned or held by such
Grantor to maintain the confidentiality of such material trade secrets). To the
knowledge of such Grantor, such material trade secrets have not been disclosed
to any third party except pursuant to valid and appropriate non-disclosure
agreements or pursuant to operation of law.
     (i) The execution of this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof
will not result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
a default under the limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement,
charter, by-laws or other governing documents, as applicable, of such Grantor as
presently in effect, or any applicable Law respecting such Grantor, or result in
the termination or cancellation of or, in any material respect, any default
under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or other
agreement or instrument to which such Grantor is a party or by which such
Grantor is bound or affected, except where such violations, breaches or
defaults, if any, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     SECTION 5. Agreement Applies to Future Intellectual Property.
     (a) All of the provisions of this Agreement shall automatically apply to
any ownership and other rights in and to additional IP Collateral obtained or
acquired by any Grantor after the date hereof, all of which shall be deemed to
be and treated as “IP Collateral” within the meaning of this Agreement.
     (b) Within five (5) days after the end of each calendar month, each Grantor
shall notify the Administrative Agent of any (i) issued patents, patent
applications, and (ii) registrations and applications for copyrights and
trademarks, in which the Grantor obtains ownership or joint ownership during
such calendar month, and any Material License granted to a Grantor during such
calendar month (in each case, other than with respect to any Registered IP
Collateral or Material License for which the Grantors have already provided the
Administrative Agent notice pursuant to this SECTION 5(b) or Section 6.02 of the
Euro Term Loan Agreement).
     SECTION 6. Further Documentation and Perfection. Each of the Grantors shall
execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative
Agent’s security interest in any IP Collateral and shall, at Grantor’s sole
cost, expense and risk, duly file and record all such agreements, instruments,
documents and papers as required under applicable Law to perfect the
Administrative Agent’s security interest in any IP Collateral arising under the
laws of the United States, Canada or Luxembourg (including filing and/or
recordation of UCC Financing Statements with the appropriate filing offices, the
recording of the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark Security Agreement
with the PTO and the Copyright Security Agreement with the Copyright Office, and
the taking of any actions and the filing and recording of any documents
necessary to perfect the security interest in IP Collateral in Canada and
Luxembourg(including with respect to IP Collateral registered or pending in the
Benelux Office of Intellectual Property)), and each of the Grantors hereby
constitutes the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact to execute and file
(at such Grantor’s expense) all such writings for the foregoing purposes, all
such acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; provided,
however, that the Administrative Agent’s taking of such action shall not be a
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     SECTION 7. Grantors’ Rights To Enforce Intellectual Property. Except while
an Event of Default exists and then until such time as the Administrative Agent
provides notice to the contrary, the Grantors shall have the exclusive right to
sue for past, present and future infringement of the IP Collateral, including
the right to seek injunctions and/or money damages in an effort by the Grantors
to protect the IP Collateral against infringement, misappropriation, dilution or
other violation by third parties; provided, however, that:
     (a) Any money damages awarded or received by the Grantors on account of
such suit (or the threat of such suit) shall constitute IP Collateral.
     (b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default,
the Administrative Agent, by prior written notice to the Grantors, may terminate
or limit the Grantors’ rights under this SECTION 7.
     SECTION 8. Administrative Agent’s Actions To Protect IP Collateral. In the
event of the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent, acting in its own name or in that of any Grantor, may (but
shall not be required to) act in any Grantor’s place and stead and/or in the
Administrative Agent’s own right in connection with any reasonable actions
necessary to protect the IP Collateral.
     SECTION 9. Rights Upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to all other rights and remedies
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent may
exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or other
applicable Law, with respect to the IP Collateral, in addition to which the
Administrative Agent may sell, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose
of the IP Collateral, subject to those restrictions to which such Grantor is
subject under applicable Law and by contract. Any person may conclusively rely
upon an affidavit of an officer of the Administrative Agent that an Event of
Default has occurred and that the Administrative Agent is authorized to exercise
such rights and remedies.
     SECTION 10. Administrative Agent As Attorney-In-Fact.
     (a) Each of the Grantors hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints
the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated on
behalf of the Administrative Agent) as and for such Grantor’s true and lawful
agent and attorney-in-fact, and in such capacity the Administrative Agent shall
have the right, with power of substitution for each Grantor and in each
Grantor’s name or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the Administrative Agent
and the other Euro Credit Parties:
     (i) To supplement and amend from time to time EXHIBITS A, B and C of this
Agreement to include any newly applied for, registered, issued or acquired
Registered IP Collateral of such Grantor, or any Intellectual Property licensed
to such Grantor pursuant to a Material License which is the subject of a
registration, issuance or application with the PTO or Copyright Office or any
foreign equivalent.
     (ii) To execute, file and record or have recorded any all agreements,
instruments, documents and papers (including the filing of UCC Financing
Statements with the appropriate filing offices, all Patent Security Agreements
and Trademark Security Agreements with the PTO and all Copyright Security
Agreements with the Copyright Office), to evidence the Administrative Agent’s
security interest in any IP Collateral.

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     (iii) Following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, to exercise any of the rights and remedies referenced herein or in any
other Loan Document.
     (iv) Following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, to execute all such instruments, documents, and papers as the
Administrative Agent reasonably determines to be necessary or desirable in
connection with the exercise of such rights and remedies and to cause the sale,
license, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of the Intellectual
Property, subject to those restrictions to which such Grantor is subject under
applicable Law and by contract.
     (b) The power of attorney granted herein, being coupled with an interest,
shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated in writing by a duly
authorized officer of the Administrative Agent.
     SECTION 11. Administrative Agent’s Rights. Any use by the Administrative
Agent of the IP Collateral, as authorized hereunder in connection with the
lawful exercise of the Administrative Agent’s rights and remedies under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be coextensive with the applicable
Grantor’s rights thereunder and with respect thereto and without any liability
for royalties or other related charges.
     SECTION 12. Grant of Non-Exclusive License. Without limiting any other
rights of the Administrative Agent as the holder of a Lien on any IP Collateral,
at such times as the Administrative Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise
such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative
Agent, and the representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative
Agent solely to the extent acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent, a
royalty free, non-exclusive, irrevocable license, to use, the IP Collateral
(including the right to apply, and affix any trademark, service mark, trade
name, logo, or other source identifier constituting IP Collateral and to
reasonable access to all media in which any of the IP Collateral may be recorded
or stored and to all software used for the compilation or printout thereof) in
which any Grantor now or hereafter has rights, such license to be effective only
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and to be
used solely for the purpose of Administrative Agent’s exercise of the
Administrative Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder. The license granted in
this SECTION 12 shall remain in full force and effect throughout the term of
this Agreement; provided that (i) such license shall be subject to the exclusive
rights of any licensee under a license permitted under the Euro Term Loan
Agreement granted prior to such Event of Default, and (ii) the quality of any
services or products offered under or bearing any source identifiers hereunder
will not be materially inferior to the quality of such services or products sold
by such Grantor under such source identifiers immediately prior to such Event of
Default and such Grantor shall have the right, upon reasonable request, to
inspect any such products and services to monitor compliance with such standard.
     SECTION 13. Further Assurances. Each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to
execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further
documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments and take all such
further actions as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably
request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the security interest in
the IP Collateral granted pursuant to this Agreement and the rights and remedies
created hereby or the validity or priority of such security interest, including
the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the security interest and the filing
of any financing statements or other documents in connection herewith or
therewith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Grantors shall
not have any obligation to perfect Liens in the IP Collateral in any
jurisdiction other than the United States, Canada and Luxembourg.

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     SECTION 14. Termination; Release of IP Collateral.
     (a) Any Lien upon any IP Collateral will be released automatically if the
IP Collateral constitutes property that is sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Euro Term Loan Agreement (other
than a Disposition made pursuant to clause (b) or (e) of the definition of
Permitted Disposition). Upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written
request by a Grantor, the Administrative Agent shall execute such documents as
may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens upon any IP Collateral
described in this SECTION 14(a); provided, however, that (i) the Administrative
Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in its
reasonable opinion, would, under applicable Law, expose the Administrative Agent
to liability or create any obligation or entail any adverse consequence other
than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such
release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured
Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released).
     (b) Except for those provisions which expressly survive the termination
thereof, this Agreement and the security interest granted herein shall
automatically terminate when all of the Secured Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which claims have not yet been
asserted) have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash or otherwise satisfied, at
which time the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to the Grantors,
at the Grantors’ expense, all UCC termination statements, releases and similar
documents that the Grantors shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination; provided, however, that this Agreement, and the security interest
granted herein shall be reinstated if at any time payment, or any part thereof,
of any Secured Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Euro
Credit Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Grantor. Any execution
and delivery of termination statements, releases or other documents pursuant to
this SECTION 14 shall be without recourse to, or warranty by, the Administrative
Agent or any other Euro Credit Party.
     SECTION 15. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except
as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in
Section 10.02 of the Euro Term Loan Agreement.
     SECTION 16. Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. Whenever in
this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be
deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all covenants,
promises and agreements by or on behalf of each Grantor that are contained in
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each Grantor and its
respective successors and assigns. This Agreement, when executed and delivered,
shall be the valid and binding obligation of each Grantor and the Administrative
Agent and their respective successors and assigns enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject to the limitations on enforceability under applicable Law and
limitations on the availability of the remedy of specific performance imposed by
the application of general equity principles, and shall inure to the benefit of
each Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Euro Credit Parties and
their respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall have the
right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest
herein or in the IP Collateral (and any such attempted assignment or transfer
shall be void) except as permitted by this Agreement or the Euro Term Loan
Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with
respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or
released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor
and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.
     SECTION 17. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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     SECTION 18. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 18.
     SECTION 19. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
     SECTION 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts
(and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a
single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Agreement by telecopy or e-mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
     SECTION 21. Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of
reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
     SECTION 22. Jurisdiction; Waiver of Venue; Consent to Service of Process.
     (a) EACH OF THE GRANTORS IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR
ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY
THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY
JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A
FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE
ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL
AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT PARTY MAY
OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
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OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY OF THE GRANTORS OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS
OF ANY JURISDICTION.
     (b) EACH OF THE GRANTORS IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED
TO IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE
DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
IN ANY SUCH COURT.
     (c) EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02 OF THE EURO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT.
NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE
PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
     (d) EACH GRANTOR AGREES THAT ANY ACTION COMMENCED BY ANY GRANTOR ASSERTING
ANY CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT SOLELY IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN, AS THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY ELECT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, AND CONSENTS TO THE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantors and the Administrative Agent have caused
this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date
first above written.

          GRANTORS:   Borrower:

         
 
            MOUNTAIN & WAVE S.A.R.L..
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
            Euro Guarantor:
 
            54th STREET S,A,R,L.
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
        ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:   RHÔNE GROUP L.L.C.
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:

 

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Exhibit H
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
     INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of
July July 31, 2009, by and among (a) Quiksilver Americas, Inc. (the “Borrower”),
(b) each of the Persons listed on Schedule I hereto (each such Person,
individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”) (the Borrower
and the Guarantors are hereinafter referred to, individually, as a “Grantor”
and, collectively, as the “Grantors”), and (c) Rhône Group L.L.C., as collateral
agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the ratable benefit of the
Credit Parties (as defined herein), in consideration of the mutual covenants
contained herein and benefits to be derived herefrom.
WITNESSETH:
     WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among
(i) the Borrower, (ii) Quiksilver, Inc., (iii) the lenders from time to time
party thereto (the “U.S. Lenders”), and (iv) Rhône Group L.L.C., as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “U.S. Administrative Agent”),
pursuant to which the U.S. Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrower
upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Credit Agreement;
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Guaranty, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Guaranty”), executed by the
Guarantors party thereto in favor of the U.S. Administrative Agent pursuant to
which each such Guarantor guarantees the payment and performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty);
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as
of July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Euro Term Loan Agreement”), among
Quiksilver, Inc., Mountain & Wave S.à.r.l., a Luxembourg private limited
liability company (the “Euro Borrower”), the lenders party thereto (the “Euro
Lenders”) and Rhône Group L.L.C., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Euro Administrative Agent”);
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Guaranty, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Euro Guaranty”), executed by the
Guarantors party thereto in favor of the Euro Administrative Agent pursuant to
which each such Guarantor guarantees the payment and performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Euro Guaranty);
     WHEREAS, the U.S. Administrative Agent, the Euro Administrative Agent, each
U.S. Credit Party and each Euro Credit Party have appointed Rhône Group L.L.C.
to act as their collateral agent pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Agency
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated,
modified, supplemented or restated and in effect from time to time, the
“Collateral Agency Agreement”), among the U.S. Administrative Agent, the Euro
Administrative Agent, each U.S. Credit Party, each Euro Credit Party and the
Collateral Agent; and
     WHEREAS, the obligations of the U.S. Lenders and the Euro Lenders to make
Loans under the Credit Agreement and the Euro Term Loan Agreement, respectively,
are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery by the
Grantors of (i) that certain Security Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009 (as
amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or restated and in effect
from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), by and among the Grantors party
thereto and the Collateral Agent, pursuant to which each Grantor party thereto
grants to the Collateral Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Credit Parties) a
security interest in and to the Collateral (as defined herein), and (ii) an
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form hereof, pursuant to which each Grantor grants to the Collateral Agent (for
the ratable benefit of the Credit Parties) a security interest in and to the IP
Collateral (as defined herein), in order to secure the Secured Obligations (as
defined herein).
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements
set forth in this Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Grantors and the Collateral Agent,
on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Credit Parties (and each of their
respective successors or assigns), hereby agree as follows:
     SECTION 1. Definitions.
     1.1 Generally. All references herein to the UCC shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York;
provided, however, that if a term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC differently
than in another Article thereof, the term shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9; provided further that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law,
any or all of the perfection or priority, or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection, of the security interest in any IP Collateral or the
availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “UCC” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or
non-perfection or availability of such remedy, as the case may be.
     1.2 Definition of Certain Terms Used Herein. Unless the context otherwise
requires, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. In addition, as used herein, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
     “Accessions” shall have the meaning given to such term in the UCC.
     “Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of
this Agreement.
     “Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security
Agreement.
     “Collateral Agency Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the recitals of this Agreement.
     “Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
recitals of this Agreement.
     “Copyrights” shall mean all copyrights, arising under the laws of the
United States, any other country, or any political subdivision thereof, in each
work of authorship or derivative work thereof, whether registered or
unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and
applications therefor, and all extensions, restorations and reversions thereof,
including the copyright registrations and copyright applications listed on
EXHIBIT A annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
     “Copyright Licenses” shall mean all agreements to which a Grantor is a
party, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of
any right under any Copyright.
     “Copyright Office” shall mean the United States Copyright Office or any
other federal governmental agency which may hereafter perform its functions.
     “Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
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     “Credit Parties” shall mean the Collateral Agent, the U.S. Administrative
Agent, the Euro Administrative Agent, the U.S. Credit Parties, and the Euro
Credit Parties.
     “Euro Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the recitals of this Agreement.
     “Euro Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
recitals of this agreement.
     “Euro Credit Party” and “Euro Credit Parties” shall mean “Credit Party” and
“Credit Parties” (each as defined in the Euro Term Loan Agreement),
respectively.
     “Euro Guaranty” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
recitals of this Agreement.
     “Euro Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals
of this Agreement.
     “Euro Term Loan Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the recitals of this Agreement.
     “Event of Default” means an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement or
under the Euro Term Loan Agreement.
     “Excluded Assets” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Security Agreement.
     “Grantor” and “Grantors” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in
the preamble of this Agreement.
     “Guarantor” and “Guarantors” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms
in the preamble of this Agreement.
     “Guaranty” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of
this Agreement.
     “Intellectual Property” shall mean, collectively, each of the items
respectively described in SECTION 2(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) other than
any Excluded Assets.
     “IP Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in SECTION 2
of this Agreement.
     “Licenses” shall mean, collectively, the Copyright Licenses, Patent
Licenses, Trademark Licenses, and any other agreement to which a Grantor is a
party, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of
any right under any Intellectual Property.
     “Material Licenses” shall mean (i) outbound Licenses under which the
minimum guaranteed royalty payments to Licensor exceed one million dollars
($1,000,000) per year, or under which royalty payments are reasonably expected
by such Grantor to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) per year (including
any upfront fees amortized over the term of such agreement), and (ii) inbound
Licenses material to the business of the Grantors, other than Licenses pursuant
to which a Grantor obtains the rights to use generally commercially available
software.
     “Patents” shall mean all patents and applications for patents issued or
pending under the laws of the United States, any other country, or any political
subdivision thereof, and the inventions and improvements therein disclosed, and
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continuations-in-part, extensions, and reexaminations of said patents including
the patents and patent applications and patent applications listed on EXHIBIT B
annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
     “Patent Licenses” shall mean all agreements to which a Grantor is a party,
whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any
right under any Patent.
     “PTO” shall mean the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any other
federal governmental agency which may hereafter perform its functions.
     “Proceeds” shall have the meaning given to such term in the UCC.
     “Registered IP Collateral” shall mean all IP Collateral that is issued by,
registered with, renewed by or the subject of a pending application before any
Governmental Entity or Internet domain name registrar.
     “Secured Obligations” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Obligations (as
defined in the Credit Agreement), and (b) the Obligations (as defined in the
Euro Term Loan Agreement) solely of the Euro Borrower.
     “Security Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
recitals of this Agreement.
     “Security Interest” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Security Agreement.
     “Trademarks” shall mean all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
company names, business names, fictitious business names, Internet domain names,
trade dress, trade styles, service marks, brand names, designs, logos, slogans
and other source identifiers, whether registered or unregistered, all
registrations and applications therefor granted or pending under the laws of the
United States, any other country, or any political subdivision thereof,
including the trademark and service mark registrations and applications listed
on EXHIBIT C annexed hereto and made a part hereof, all common law rights
related thereto throughout the world, together with any goodwill of the business
connected with, and symbolized by, any of the foregoing.
     “Trademark Licenses” shall mean all agreements to which a Grantor is a
party, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of
any right under any Trademark.
     “U.S. Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the recitals of this Agreement.
     “U.S. Credit Party” and “U.S. Credit Parties” shall mean “Credit Party” and
“Credit Parties” (each as defined in the Credit Agreement), respectively.
     “U.S. Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the
recitals of this Agreement.
     1.3 Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in
Sections 1.02 through 1.07 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this
Agreement.
     SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. In furtherance and as confirmation
of the Security Interest granted by each of the Grantors to the Collateral
Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Credit
Parties, under the Security Agreement, and as further security for the payment
or performance, as the case may be, in full of its respective Secured
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ratifies such Security Interest and grants to the Collateral Agent, its
successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Credit Parties, a
security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and
under the following property of each Grantor whether now owned or now due, or in
which any Grantor has an interest now, or hereafter acquired, arising, or to
become due, or in which any Grantor obtains any interest and all products,
Proceeds, substitutions, Accessions of or to the following property
(collectively, the “IP Collateral”):
     (a) all Copyrights and Copyright Licenses;
     (b) all Patents and Patent Licenses;
     (c) all Trademarks and Trademark Licenses;
     (d) all other Licenses;
     (e) all renewals of any of the foregoing;
     (f) all trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary information;
inventions (whether or not patentable) and all improvements thereto; industrial
design applications and registered industrial designs; mask works and
semiconductor chip rights; intellectual property rights in books, records,
writings, computer tapes or disks, flow diagrams, specification sheets, computer
software, source codes, object codes, executable code, data, and databases and
other compilations of information; and all other intellectual property,
industrial and similar proprietary rights throughout the world;
     (g) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due
and/or payable under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including
payments under all Licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and
payments for past or future infringements, misappropriations, dilutions or other
violations thereof;
     (h) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements,
misappropriations, dilutions or other violations of any of the foregoing, and
any money damages awarded or received by the Grantors on account of such suit
(or the threat of such suit); and
     (i) all of the Grantors’ rights of priority and protection corresponding to
any of the foregoing throughout the world;
provided, however, that the IP Collateral shall not include, and the Security
Interest and the security interest granted hereunder shall not attach to, any
Excluded Assets.
     SECTION 3. Protection of Intellectual Property By Grantors. Each of the
Grantors shall undertake the following with respect to the Intellectual
Property:
     (a) Give the Collateral Agent written notice along with the monthly notice
provided pursuant to Section 5(b), with reasonable detail, following the
occurrence of a Responsible Officer of such Grantor’s knowing (i) that any
application, registration or issuance of the Registered IP Collateral owned by
such Grantor or of the Intellectual Property licensed to such Grantor in a
Material License has become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or
invalidated in a way that is non-revivable, or (ii) of any adverse determination
on the merits in any proceeding in the United States in any court or in the PTO
before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board or the Board of Patent Appeals and
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hereafter perform the functions of either, or in any foreign equivalent in
Canada, regarding such Grantor’s ownership of Intellectual Property, or the
validity or enforceability of any Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor,
or such Grantor’s right to register Intellectual Property or to own and maintain
any registration, or any application for registration, of any Intellectual
Property, except, in either the case of (i) or (ii) , to the extent that such
Intellectual Property is no longer used or, in such Grantor’s reasonable
business judgment, useful, in the conduct of such Grantor’s business in a manner
that is material.
     (b) At the Grantors’ sole cost, expense, and risk (i) pay all renewal fees
and other fees and costs associated with maintaining the registrations and
applications for the Registered IP Collateral owned by such Grantor and with the
processing and prosecution of such registrations and applications for the
Registered IP Collateral owned by such Grantor, (ii) take all other commercially
reasonable actions necessary or, while an Event of Default exists, reasonably
requested by the Collateral Agent, to maintain each registration and issuance of
the Registered IP Collateral owned by such Grantor (including the filing of
applications for renewal, affidavits of use, and affidavits of
incontestability), and (iii) perform the actions required in (i) and (ii) to the
extent that such Grantor has the obligation to do so under a Material License,
except, in each case of (i), (ii), and (iii), to the extent that such Registered
IP Collateral or such registered or applied-for Intellectual Property licensed
to such Grantor pursuant to such Material License is no longer used or, in such
Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, useful, in the conduct of such Grantor’s
business in a manner that is material. At the Grantors’ sole cost, expense, and
risk, take all commercially reasonable actions necessary or, while an Event of
Default exists, reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, to prevent any of
the Registered IP Collateral owned by such Grantor from becoming forfeited,
abandoned, dedicated to the public, or invalidated, except, in each case, to the
extent that such Registered IP Collateral is no longer used or, in such
Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, useful, in the conduct of such Grantor’s
business in a manner that is material.
     (c) At the Grantors’ sole cost, expense, and risk, take all commercially
reasonable actions necessary or, while an Event of Default exists, reasonably
requested by the Collateral Agent, to pursue the processing and prosecution of
each application for registration of the Registered IP Collateral owned by such
Grantor and not unreasonably abandon or delay any such efforts, except, in each
case, to the extent that such Registered Intellectual Property is no longer used
or, in such Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, useful, in the conduct of
such Grantor’s business in a manner that is material.
     (d) At the Grantors’ sole cost, expense, and risk, take any and all actions
which the Grantors reasonably deem necessary or desirable under the
circumstances or, while an Event of Default exists, reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent, to protect the Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor
from infringement, misappropriation, dilution or any other violation, including
prosecuting and defending infringement, misappropriation and dilution actions
and opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings, seeking injunctive
relief and recovering any and all damages, except, in each case, to the extent
that such Intellectual Property is no longer used or, in such Grantor’s
reasonable business judgment, useful, in the conduct of such Grantor’s business
in a manner that is material.
     (e) Not to, and not to cause its licensees to, knowingly infringe,
misappropriate, dilute or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of
any other Person in any manner that is reasonably likely to have an adverse
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     (f) Maintain, in all material respects, the quality of products and
services offered under any material trademark or service mark at a level that is
equal to or better than the level of quality associated with such products and
services as of the date hereof, unless the Grantor that owns the applicable
material trademark or service mark determines in its reasonable business
judgment that the standard of quality shall be modified, and take reasonable
measures to ensure that all licensed users of such trademarks or service marks
employ substantially similar standards of quality.
     (g) Use its Intellectual Property with all notices of registration and all
other legends required by applicable Intellectual Property Laws, except to the
extent that not using such notices and legends will not invalidate such
Grantor’s material Intellectual Property or result in such Grantor’s loss of its
ownership rights therein.
     (h) To the extent that such Grantor, in its reasonable business judgment,
deems appropriate in the operation of such Grantor’s business, collect all
amounts that are due, or that become due, to such Grantor that consist of
royalty payments or other license fees under the outbound Material Licenses to
which it is a party, provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall have the
right at any time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, to notify, or to require such Grantor to notify, any obligors with
respect to any such amounts of the existence of the security interest created
herein.
     (i) Use commercially reasonable efforts to secure all consents and
approvals necessary for the grant of a security interest therein to the
Collateral Agent of any Material License entered into after the Closing Date.
     SECTION 4. Grantors’ Representations and Warranties. In addition to any
representations and warranties contained in any of the other Loan Documents,
each Grantor represents and warrants that:
     (a) EXHIBIT A is a true, correct and complete list, as of the date hereof,
of all Copyrights which are the subject of a registration or a pending
application for registration with the Copyright Office or any foreign equivalent
and are (i) owned by such Grantor; or (ii) licensed to such Grantor pursuant to
a Material License, noting in the case of both (i) and (ii) the relevant
registration or application number and the applicable filing jurisdiction (but
only to the extent that the Material License provides such information), and, in
the case of (ii), the title of the Material License, the parties to such
Material License and the date of such Material License.
     (b) EXHIBIT B is a true, correct and complete list, as of the date hereof,
of all Patents which are issued by or the subject of a pending application with
the PTO or any foreign equivalent and are (i) owned by such Grantor; or
(ii) licensed to such Grantor pursuant to a Material License, noting in the case
of both (i) and (ii) the relevant registration or application number and the
applicable filing jurisdiction (but only to the extent that the Material License
provides such information) and, in the case of (ii), the title of the Material
License, the parties to such Material License and the date of such Material
License.
     (c) EXHIBIT C is a true, correct and complete list, as of the date hereof,
of all Trademarks which are issued by or the subject of a pending application
with the PTO or any foreign equivalent and are (i) owned by such Grantor; or
(ii) licensed to such Grantor pursuant to a Material License, noting in the case
of both (i) and (ii) the relevant registration or application number and the
applicable filing jurisdiction (but only to the extent that the Material License
provides such information), and, in the case of (ii), the title of the Material
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     (d) To the knowledge of such Grantor, all of the rights of such Grantor in
and to the Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor that are currently used
in such Grantor’s business, in any material respect, are valid and enforceable
and all of such Grantor’s registrations and applications for Registered IP
Collateral are subsisting, except those that are not currently used in such
Grantor’s business in any material respect.
     (e) Such Grantor owns, or is licensed or otherwise has sufficient rights to
use, all Intellectual Property necessary for or used in the conduct of its
business as currently conducted, except as would not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, no claim made in writing,
litigation, arbitration, opposition, cancellation or proceeding has been
asserted and is pending, or to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, by any
Person against such Grantor (i) challenging the Grantor’s use, or licensed right
to use any Intellectual Property, (ii) challenging the Grantor’s ownership of,
or the validity, registerability, or enforeceability of any Intellectual
Property, or (iii) concerning the Grantor’s infringement, dilution,
misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property, in each case,
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than
such actual or threatened claims, litigations, arbitrations, oppositions,
cancellations or proceedings listed in Schedule II hereto. To the knowledge of
such Grantor, (i) neither the use by such Grantor of the Intellectual Property
nor the conduct of such Grantor’s business as currently conducted infringes,
misappropriates, dilutes or otherwise violates the rights of any Person, and
(ii) no other Person is infringing upon, diluting, misappropriating or otherwise
violating any Intellectual Property right of such Grantor, in each case, in any
manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As
of the date hereof, no order, award, holding, decision or judgment or decree has
been rendered by any Governmental Authority against such Grantor which would
limit or cancel such Grantor’s rights in any of the Intellectual Property, in
each case, in any manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
     (f) Except as set forth on Schedule III, none of the Material Licenses set
forth on EXHIBITS A, B or C constitute Excluded Assets or requires any consent
for the grant of the security interest in the Grantor’s rights under such
Material License granted hereunder.
     (g) To the knowledge of such Grantor (i) each Material License is valid,
binding and in full force and effect, and (ii) such Grantor is not in material
breach or default and no event has occurred that, with notice and/or lapse of
time, would constitute such a breach or default or permit termination,
modification or acceleration under any such Material License. No party to any
Material License has given such Grantor notice of a material breach or default
under any such Material License, which breach or default has not been cured, or
of its intention to terminate or cancel any such Material License or convert
such Material License to a non-exclusive license.
     (h) Such Grantor takes reasonable measures to protect the secrecy and
confidentiality of all material trade secrets owned or held by such Grantor
(including having a policy requiring officers, director and employees, and all
other Persons with access to material trade secrets owned or held by such
Grantor to maintain the confidentiality of such material trade secrets). To the
knowledge of such Grantor, such material trade secrets have not been disclosed
to any third party except pursuant to valid and appropriate non-disclosure
agreements or pursuant to operation of law.
     (i) The execution of this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof
will not result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
a default under the limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement,
charter, by-laws or other governing documents, as applicable, of such Grantor as
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such Grantor, or result in the termination or cancellation of or, in any
material respect, any default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, deed
to secure debt or other agreement or instrument to which such Grantor is a party
or by which such Grantor is bound or affected, except where such violations,
breaches or defaults, if any, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     SECTION 5. Agreement Applies to Future Intellectual Property.
     (a) All of the provisions of this Agreement shall automatically apply to
any ownership and other rights in and to additional IP Collateral obtained or
acquired by any Grantor after the date hereof, all of which shall be deemed to
be and treated as “IP Collateral” within the meaning of this Agreement.
     (b) Within five (5) days after the end of each calendar month, each Grantor
shall notify the Collateral Agent of any (i) issued patents, patent
applications, and (ii) registrations and applications for copyrights and
trademarks, in which the Grantor obtains ownership or joint ownership during
such calendar month, and any Material License granted to a Grantor during such
calendar month (in each case, other than with respect to any Registered IP
Collateral or Material License for which the Grantors have already provided the
Collateral Agent notice pursuant to this SECTION 5(b), Section 6.02 of the
Credit Agreement or Section 6.02 of the Euro Term Loan Agreement).
     SECTION 6. Further Documentation and Perfection. Each of the Grantors shall
execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as
the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent’s
security interest in any IP Collateral and shall, at Grantor’s sole cost,
expense and risk, duly file and record all such agreements, instruments,
documents and papers as required under applicable Law to perfect the Collateral
Agent’s security interest in any IP Collateral arising under the laws of the
United States, Canada or Luxembourg (including filing and/or recordation of UCC
Financing Statements with the appropriate filing offices, the recording of the
Patent Security Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement with the PTO and the
Copyright Security Agreement with the Copyright Office, and the taking of any
actions and the filing and recording of any documents necessary to perfect the
security interest in IP Collateral in Canada and Luxembourg (including with
respect to IP Collateral registered or pending in the Benelux Office of
Intellectual Property)), and each of the Grantors hereby constitutes the
Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact to execute and file (at such Grantor’s
expense) all such writings for the foregoing purposes, all such acts of such
attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; provided, however, that the
Collateral Agent’s taking of such action shall not be a condition to the
creation or perfection of the security interest created hereby.
     SECTION 7. Grantors’ Rights To Enforce Intellectual Property. Except while
an Event of Default exists and then until such time as the Collateral Agent
provides notice to the contrary, the Grantors shall have the exclusive right to
sue for past, present and future infringement of the IP Collateral, including
the right to seek injunctions and/or money damages in an effort by the Grantors
to protect the IP Collateral against infringement, misappropriation, dilution or
other violation by third parties; provided, however, that:
     (a) Any money damages awarded or received by the Grantors on account of
such suit (or the threat of such suit) shall constitute IP Collateral.

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     (b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default,
the Collateral Agent, by prior written notice to the Grantors, may terminate or
limit the Grantors’ rights under this SECTION 7.
     SECTION 8. Collateral Agent’s Actions To Protect IP Collateral. In the
event of the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Collateral Agent, acting in its own name or in that of any Grantor, may (but
shall not be required to) act in any Grantor’s place and stead and/or in the
Collateral Agent’s own right in connection with any reasonable actions necessary
to protect the IP Collateral.
     SECTION 9. Rights Upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to all other rights and remedies
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent may
exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or other
applicable Law, with respect to the IP Collateral, in addition to which the
Collateral Agent may sell, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of
the IP Collateral, subject to those restrictions to which such Grantor is
subject under applicable Law and by contract. Any person may conclusively rely
upon an affidavit of an officer of the Collateral Agent that an Event of Default
has occurred and that the Collateral Agent is authorized to exercise such rights
and remedies.
     SECTION 10. Collateral Agent As Attorney-In-Fact.
     (a) Each of the Grantors hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints
the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated on behalf
of the Collateral Agent) as and for such Grantor’s true and lawful agent and
attorney-in-fact, and in such capacity the Collateral Agent shall have the
right, with power of substitution for each Grantor and in each Grantor’s name or
otherwise, for the use and benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Credit
Parties:
     (i) To supplement and amend from time to time EXHIBITS A, B and C of this
Agreement to include any newly applied for, registered, issued or acquired
Registered IP Collateral of such Grantor, or any Intellectual Property licensed
to such Grantor pursuant to a Material License which is the subject of a
registration, issuance or application with the PTO or Copyright Office or any
foreign equivalent.
     (ii) To execute, file and record or have recorded any all agreements,
instruments, documents and papers (including the filing of UCC Financing
Statements with the appropriate filing offices, all Patent Security Agreements
and Trademark Security Agreements with the PTO and all Copyright Security
Agreements with the Copyright Office), to evidence the Collateral Agent’s
security interest in any IP Collateral.
     (iii) Following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, to exercise any of the rights and remedies referenced herein or in any
other Loan Document.
     (iv) Following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, to exercise its rights under the license granted in Section 8.02 of the
Security Agreement.
     (v) Following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, to execute all such instruments, documents, and papers as the
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reasonably determines to be necessary or desirable in connection with the
exercise of such rights and remedies and to cause the sale, license, assignment,
transfer, or other disposition of the Intellectual Property, subject to those
restrictions to which such Grantor is subject under applicable Law and by
contract.
     (b) The power of attorney granted herein, being coupled with an interest,
shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated in writing by a duly
authorized officer of the Collateral Agent.
     SECTION 11. Collateral Agent’s Rights. Any use by the Collateral Agent of
the IP Collateral, as authorized hereunder in connection with the lawful
exercise of the Collateral Agent’s rights and remedies under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document shall be coextensive with the applicable Grantor’s
rights thereunder and with respect thereto and without any liability for
royalties or other related charges.
     SECTION 12. Security Agreement. It is intended that the security interest
granted pursuant to this Agreement is granted as a supplement to, and not in
limitation of, the Security Interest granted to the Collateral Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Credit Parties, under the Security Agreement. All
provisions of the Security Agreement (including the rights, remedies, powers,
privileges and discretions of the Collateral Agent thereunder) shall apply to
the IP Collateral. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the
Security Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control with respect to
the IP Collateral and the terms of the Security Agreement shall control with
respect to all other Collateral.
     SECTION 13. Further Assurances. Each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to
execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further
documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments and take all such
further actions as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request
to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the security interest in the IP
Collateral granted pursuant to this Agreement and the rights and remedies
created hereby or the validity or priority of such security interest, including
the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the security interest and the filing
of any financing statements or other documents in connection herewith or
therewith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Grantors shall
not have any obligation to perfect Liens in the IP Collateral in any
jurisdiction other than the United States, Canada and Luxembourg.
     SECTION 14. Termination; Release of IP Collateral.
     (a) Any Lien upon any IP Collateral will be released automatically if the
IP Collateral constitutes property that is sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement or the Euro Term
Loan Agreement (other than a Disposition made pursuant to clause (b) or (e) of
the definition of Permitted Disposition). Upon at least five (5) Business Days’
prior written request by a Grantor, the Collateral Agent shall execute such
documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens upon any IP
Collateral described in this SECTION 14(a); provided, however, that (i) the
Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms
which, in its reasonable opinion, would, under applicable Law, expose the
Collateral Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any adverse
consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty,
and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the
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     (b) Except for those provisions which expressly survive the termination
thereof, this Agreement and the security interest granted herein shall
automatically terminate when all of the Secured Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which claims have not yet been
asserted) have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash or otherwise satisfied, at
which time the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to the Grantors, at
the Grantors’ expense, all UCC termination statements, releases and similar
documents that the Grantors shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination; provided, however, that this Agreement, and the security interest
granted herein shall be reinstated if at any time payment, or any part thereof,
of any Secured Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any
Credit Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Grantor. Any execution
and delivery of termination statements, releases or other documents pursuant to
this SECTION 14 shall be without recourse to, or warranty by, the Collateral
Agent or any other Credit Party.
     SECTION 15. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except
as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in
Section 5.3 of the Collateral Agency Agreement.
     SECTION 16. Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. Whenever in
this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be
deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all covenants,
promises and agreements by or on behalf of each Grantor that are contained in
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each Grantor and its
respective successors and assigns. This Agreement, when executed and delivered,
shall be the valid and binding obligation of each Grantor and the Collateral
Agent and their respective successors and assigns enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject to the limitations on enforceability under applicable Law and
limitations on the availability of the remedy of specific performance imposed by
the application of general equity principles, and shall inure to the benefit of
each Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the other Credit Parties and their
respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall have the right
to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein
or in the IP Collateral (and any such attempted assignment or transfer shall be
void) except as permitted by this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the Euro
Term Loan Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement
with respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived
or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other
Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.
     SECTION 17. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     SECTION 18. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 18.

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     SECTION 19. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
     SECTION 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts
(and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a
single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Agreement by telecopy or e-mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
     SECTION 21. Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of
reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
     SECTION 22. Jurisdiction; Waiver of Venue; Consent to Service of Process.
     (a) EACH OF THE GRANTORS IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR
ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY
THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY
JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A
FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE
ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL
AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT PARTY MAY
OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY OF THE GRANTORS OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE
COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
     (b) EACH OF THE GRANTORS IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED
TO IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE
DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
IN ANY SUCH COURT.

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     (c) EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 5.3 OF THE COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT.
NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE
PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
     (d) EACH GRANTOR AGREES THAT ANY ACTION COMMENCED BY ANY GRANTOR ASSERTING
ANY CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT SOLELY IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN, AS THE
COLLATERAL AGENT MAY ELECT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, AND CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION.
     SECTION 23. Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the liens, security interests and pledges granted to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the
Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the ABL
Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the
ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the
ABL Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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

          GRANTORS:   Borrower:

QUIKSILVER AMERICAS, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           Guarantors:

QUIKSILVER, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           DC SHOES, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           HAWK DESIGNS, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           MERVIN MANUFACTURING, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           QS WHOLESALE, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:        

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            QS RETAIL, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:         COLLATERAL AGENT: RHÔNE GROUP
L.L.C.
      By:           Name:           Title:        

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SCHEDULE I to Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Guarantors
1. Quiksilver, Inc.
2. DC Shoes, Inc.
3. Hawk Designs, Inc.
4. Mervin Manufacturing, Inc.
5. QS Wholesale, Inc.
6. QS Retail, Inc.
[Schedule I to Intellectual Property Agreement]

 

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Exhibit I
PLEDGE AGREEMENT
     PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 31, 2009, by and
among (a) Quiksilver Americas, Inc. (the “Borrower”), (b) each of the Persons
listed on Schedule I hereto (each such Person, individually, a “Guarantor” and,
collectively, the “Guarantors”) (the Borrower and the Guarantors are hereinafter
referred to, individually, as a “Pledgor” and, collectively, as the “Pledgors”),
and (c) Rhône Group L.L.C., acting in its capacity as sub-agent (in such
capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent (as
defined herein) for the ratable benefit of the U.S. Credit Parties (as defined
herein) and (ii) the Euro Administrative Agent (as defined herein) for the
ratable benefit of the Euro Credit Parties (as defined herein), in consideration
of the mutual covenants contained herein and benefits to be derived herefrom.
WITNESSETH:
     WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among
(i) the Borrower, (ii) Quiksilver, Inc., (iii) the lenders from time to time
party thereto (the “U.S. Lenders”), and (iv) Rhône Group L.L.C., as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “U.S. Administrative Agent”),
pursuant to which the U.S. Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrower
upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Credit Agreement;
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Guaranty, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Guaranty”), executed by the
Guarantors party thereto in favor of the U.S. Administrative Agent pursuant to
which each such Guarantor party thereto guarantees the payment and performance
of the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty);
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Credit Agreement, July 31,
2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or restated and
in effect from time to time, the “Euro Term Loan Agreement”), among Quiksilver,
Inc., Mountain & Wave S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company
(the “Euro Borrower”), the lenders party thereto (the “Euro Lenders”) and Rhône
Group L.L.C., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Euro
Administrative Agent”);
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Guaranty, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Euro Guaranty”), executed by the
guarantors party thereto in favor of the Euro Administrative Agent pursuant to
which each such guarantor guarantees the payment and performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Euro Guaranty);
     WHEREAS, the U.S. Administrative Agent, the Euro Administrative Agent have
appointed Rhône Group L.L.C. to act as their sub-agent pursuant to the terms of
the Collateral Agency Agreement, dated the date hereof (as amended, amended and
restated, modified, supplemented or restated and in effect from time to time,
the “Collateral Agency Agreement”), among the Collateral Agent, the U.S.
Administrative Agent and the Euro Administrative Agent; and
     WHEREAS, the obligations of the U.S. Lenders and the Euro Lenders to make
Loans under the Credit Agreement and the Euro Term Loan Agreement, respectively,
are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery by the
Pledgors of (i) that certain Security Agreement, dated as of July

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31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or restated
and in effect from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), by and among the
Pledgors and the Collateral Agent, pursuant to which each Pledgor grants to the
Collateral Agent (for the benefit of (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent for the
ratable benefit of the U.S. Credit Parties and (ii) the Euro Administrative
Agent for the ratable benefit of the Euro Credit Parties) a security interest in
and to the Collateral (as defined herein), and (ii) this Agreement, pursuant to
which each Pledgor grants to the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of (i) the
U.S. Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the U.S. Credit Parties and
(ii) the Euro Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Euro Credit
Parties) a security interest in and to the Pledged Collateral (as defined
herein), in order to secure the Secured Obligations (as defined herein).
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements
set forth in this Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Pledgor and the Collateral Agent,
on behalf of (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the
U.S. Credit Parties and (ii) the Euro Administrative Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Euro Credit Parties, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1
Definitions
     1.1 Generally. All references herein to the “UCC” shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York;
provided, however, that if a term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC differently
than in another Article thereof, the term shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9; provided further that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law,
any or all of the perfection or priority, or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection, of the security interest in any Pledged Collateral or the
availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “UCC” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or
non-perfection or availability of such remedy, as the case may be.
     1.2 Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein. Unless the context otherwise
requires, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. In addition, as used herein, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
     “Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of
this Agreement.
     “Blue Sky Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.7
of this Agreement.
     “Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security
Agreement.
     “Collateral Agency Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
     “Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statement of this Agreement.
     “Credit Parties” shall mean the U.S. Credit Parties and the Euro Credit
Parties.

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     “Euro Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the recitals of this Agreement.
     “Euro Credit Party” and “Euro Credit Parties” shall mean “Credit Party” and
“Credit Parties” (each as defined in the Euro Term Loan Agreement),
respectively.
     “Euro Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statement of this Agreement.
     “Event of Default” means an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement or
under the Euro Term Loan Agreement.
     “Excluded Assets” shall mean (a) means any Equity Interest or group of
Equity Interests issued by any Foreign Subsidiary (other than 66% of the voting
equity interests of European Borrower), (b) any contract or agreement to which
any Pledgor is a party (including any of its rights or interests thereunder) or
any asset or property rights of such Pledgor of any nature to the extent the
grant of such security interest shall constitute or result in (i) the
abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of
such Pledgor under such contract, agreement, asset or property right or result
in such Pledgor’s loss of use of such asset or property right or (ii) a breach
or termination pursuant to the terms of such contract, agreement, asset or
property right or a default under, any such contract, asset, agreement or
property right (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered
ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any
successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other
applicable law (including the bankruptcy code) or principles of equity), (b) any
contract or agreement to which any Pledgor is a party (including any of its
rights or interests thereunder) or any asset or property right of any nature to
the extent that any applicable Law prohibits the creation of a security interest
thereon (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered
ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any
successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other
applicable Law or principles of equity); provided, however, that (i) any Equity
Interests in QS Mexico Holdings and (ii) the certificates (and equity interests
represented thereby) on Schedule II hereto shall not constitute “Excluded
Assets”.
     “Financing Statement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
UCC.
     “Guaranty” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary
statement of this Agreement.
     “Issuer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 of
this Agreement.
     “Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.4 of this Agreement.
     “Pledged Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
     “Pledgor” and “Pledgors” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the preamble of this Agreement.

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     “Secured Obligations” shall mean, collectively, (i) the “Obligations” (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) and (ii) the “Obligations” (as defined in the
Euro Term Loan Agreement) solely of the Euro Borrower.
     “Securities Act” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.7 of this Agreement.
     “Security Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statement of this Agreement.
     “U.S. Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the recitals of this Agreement.
     “U.S. Credit Party” and “U.S. Credit Parties” shall mean “Credit Party” and
“Credit Parties” (each as defined in the Credit Agreement), respectively.
     “U.S. Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statement of this Agreement.
     1.3 Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in
Sections 1.02 through 1.07 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this
Agreement.
SECTION 2
Pledge
     As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of
the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its
successors and assigns, for the benefit of (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent for
the ratable benefit of the U.S. Credit Parties and (ii) the Euro Administrative
Agent for the ratable benefit of the Euro Credit Parties, a security interest in
all of such Pledgor’s right, title and interest in, to and under:
     2.1 all shares of capital stock, partnership interests, limited liability
company membership interests and other equity interests owned by such Pledgor,
or in which such Pledgor now has or may acquire in the future any right, title
or interest, including, in any event in each entity designated as an “Issuer” on
Schedule II hereto (each such entity, an “Issuer”), and any shares of capital
stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or
other equity interests obtained in the future by such Pledgor, whether owned
beneficially or of record and whether by ownership, security interest, claim or
otherwise and the stock certificates or other security certificates (as defined
in the UCC) representing all such shares, membership interests or other equity
interests (collectively, the “Pledged Securities”); provided that, the Pledged
Securities shall not include any Excluded Assets;
     2.2 all dividends, distributions, cash, instruments and other property from
time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed or distributable, in
respect of, in exchange for, or upon conversion of, the Pledged Securities
referred to in clause 2.1 above;
     2.3 all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with respect to the property
referred to in clause 2.1 and 2.2 above; and

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     2.4 all proceeds of any of the foregoing, including whatever is receivable
or received when any of the foregoing is sold, exchanged, collected or otherwise
disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and
including, without limitation, proceeds of any indemnity or guaranty payable to
any Pledgors or the Collateral Agent from time to time with respect to any of
the Pledged Collateral (the items referred to in clauses 2.1 through 2.3 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
(i) the U.S. Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the U.S. Credit
Parties and (ii) the Euro Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Euro Credit Parties, until (x) all of the Secured Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which claims have not yet been
asserted) have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash or otherwise satisfied or
(y) the termination or release in accordance with Section 11 hereof; subject,
however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
     Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 3 of this
Agreement, all stock certificates or other securities now or hereafter included
in the Pledged Securities required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent shall
be accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank or other instruments of
transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and by such other
instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to
ensure validity and perfection of the security interest granted hereunder. Each
delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the
Pledged Securities theretofore and then being pledged hereunder, which schedule
shall supplement Schedule II attached hereto and made a part hereof.
SECTION 3
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral and Instructions of Collateral Agent
     3.1 On or before the Closing Date, the Pledgors shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to the Collateral Agent (i) any and all original certificates
representing any and all Pledged Securities pledged hereunder by the Pledgors as
of the Closing Date and (ii) any and all original certificates or other
instruments or documents representing any Pledged Collateral pledged hereunder
by the Pledgors as of the Closing Date, in each case other than any original
certificates representing equity interests of Fidra, Inc., Quiksilver
Entertainment, Inc., Mt. Waimea, Inc., Quiksilver Wetsuits, Inc., Q.S. Optics,
Inc. or DC Direct, Inc.
     3.2 With respect to any Pledged Securities pledged by any Pledgor hereunder
(other than with respect to the equity interests of Fidra, Inc., Quiksilver
Entertainment, Inc., Mt. Waimea, Inc., Quiksilver Wetsuits, Inc., Q.S. Optics,
Inc. or DC Direct, Inc.) that are not represented or evidenced by a certificate
or instrument, such Pledgor hereby authorizes and instructs such Issuer thereof
to comply with any instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in
writing that is in accordance with this Agreement, without further consent of
such Pledgor.
     3.3 After the Closing Date, promptly upon any Pledgor’s acquisition or
receipt of any Pledged Securities, and any original certificates or other
instruments or documents representing such Pledged Securities, such Pledgor
shall comply with the provisions of Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement.

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     3.4 Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, at any
time and from time to time, to file in any appropriate filing office, wherever
located, any Financing Statement describing the Pledged Collateral that contains
any information required by the UCC of the applicable jurisdiction for the
sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any Financing Statement. Each Pledgor
also authorizes the Collateral Agent to take any and all actions required by any
applicable Law to perfect and protect the security interest granted hereunder.
Each Pledgor shall provide the Collateral Agent with any information the
Collateral Agent shall reasonably request in connection with any of the
foregoing. The Pledgors shall pay to the Collateral Agent all reasonable fees
and expenses incurred in filing one or more Financing Statements and any
continuation statements or amendments thereto
SECTION 4
Representations, Warranties and Covenants
     Each Pledgor hereby represents, warrants and covenants, as to itself and
the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder, to the Collateral Agent that:
     4.1 the Pledged Securities represent that percentage of the issued and
outstanding shares of each class of the capital stock or other Equity Interest
of the Issuer with respect thereto as set forth on Schedule II as of the Closing
Date;
     4.2 subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, in each case except for
Liens granted hereunder and except as otherwise permitted in the Credit
Agreement, the Euro Term Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents, each
Pledgor: (i) is and will at all times continue to be the direct owner,
beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule II,
(ii) holds the Pledged Collateral free and clear of all Liens, (iii) will make
no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to
exist any security interest in, or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, and
(iv) other than as permitted in Section 6, will cause any and all distributions
in cash or in kind made on the Pledged Collateral to be forthwith deposited with
the Collateral Agent and pledged or assigned hereunder;
     4.3 (i) except to the extent not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or the
Euro Term Loan Agreement, no Pledgor will consent to or approve the issuance of
(a) any additional shares of any class of capital stock of any Issuer of the
Pledged Securities, or the issuance of any membership interests or other Equity
Interests in any such Person, (b) any securities convertible voluntarily by the
holder thereof or automatically upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any
event or condition into, or exchangeable for, any such shares, membership
interests or other Equity Interests, or (c) any warrants, options, rights, or
other commitments entitling any person to purchase or otherwise acquire any such
shares, membership interests or other Equity Interests and (ii) no Pledgor shall
permit any Issuer of the Pledged Securities that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of
such Pledgor to issue any additional Equity Interests unless such Equity
Interests are pledged hereunder as provided herein;
     4.4 each Pledgor (i) has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged
Collateral in the manner hereby done or contemplated and (ii) will defend its
title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than
Permitted Encumbrances), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;
     4.5 except for consents or approvals already obtained, no consent of any
other Person (including stockholders or creditors of each Pledgor), and no
consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or any securities exchange,
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to the disposition of the Pledged Collateral upon an Event of Default in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement;
     4.6 by virtue of the execution and delivery by each Pledgor of this
Agreement, the Collateral Agent will obtain a valid and enforceable Lien upon,
and security interest in, the Pledged Collateral as security for the payment and
performance of the Secured Obligations, and such security interest will be
perfected (i) with respect to any Collateral that is a “security” (as such term
is defined in the UCC) and is evidenced by a certificate, when such Collateral
is delivered to the Collateral Agent with duly executed stock powers with
respect thereto, (ii) with respect to any Collateral that is a “security” (as
such term is defined in the UCC) but is not evidenced by a certificate, when UCC
financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the appropriate filing
offices in the jurisdiction of organization of the applicable Pledgor or when
control is established by the Pledgee over such interests in accordance with the
provision of Section 8-106 of the UCC, or any successor provision, and
(iii) with respect to any such Collateral that is not a “security” (as such term
is defined in the UCC), when UCC financing statements in appropriate form are
filed in the appropriate filing offices in the jurisdiction of organization of
the applicable Pledgor; and except as set forth in this Section 4.6, no other
action is necessary to perfect the security interest granted by any Pledgor
under this Agreement;
     4.7 if a Pledgor shall receive any certificate, instrument, option or
rights in respect of any Collateral, whether in addition to, in substitution of,
as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any Collateral, or otherwise in respect
thereof, such Pledgor shall hold the same in trust for the Collateral Agent (for
the benefit of (i) the U.S. Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the
U.S. Credit Parties and (ii) the Euro Administrative Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Euro Credit Parties) and promptly deliver the same to the
Collateral Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Pledgor to
the Collateral Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power covering
such certificate (or other appropriate instrument of transfer) duly executed in
blank by such Pledgor and with, if the Collateral Agent so requests, signature
guaranteed, to be held by the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, as Collateral;
     4.8 all of the Pledged Securities set forth on Schedule II have been duly
authorized and validly issued and, to the extent applicable, are fully paid and
nonassessable;
     4.9 none of the Pledged Securities have been issued or transferred in
violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws
of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject;
     4.10 this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
each Pledgor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each
Pledgor enforceable against such Pledgor in accordance with its terms except as
affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law); and
     4.11 all information set forth herein relating to the Pledged Collateral is
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SECTION 5
Registration in Nominee Name; Copies of Notices
     Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Collateral Agent, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Credit Parties, shall
have the right (in its reasonable discretion) 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. During the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Pledgors will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or
other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities
registered in the name of the applicable Pledgor.
SECTION 6
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc.
     6.1 Unless and until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Pledgors shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other
consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of the Pledged Securities or
any part thereof.
     6.2 Unless and until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Pledgors shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all cash dividends
or other cash distributions paid on the Pledged Collateral to the extent, and
only to the extent, that such cash dividends or other cash distributions are
permitted by, and otherwise paid in accordance with, the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Euro Term Loan Agreement, the other
Loan Documents and applicable Law. All noncash dividends, and all dividends paid
or payable in cash or otherwise in connection with a partial or total
liquidation or dissolution, return of capital, capital surplus or paid-in
surplus, and all other distributions (other than dividends and distributions
referred to in the preceding sentence) made on or in respect of the Pledged
Collateral, whether paid or payable in cash or otherwise, whether resulting from
a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding capital stock,
membership interests or other Equity Interests of the Issuer of any Pledged
Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof,
or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, amalgamation,
arrangement, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which
such Issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged
Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, to the extent required to be paid
to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Euro
Term Loan Agreement, or the other Loan Documents, shall not be commingled by
such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate
and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent, in the same form
as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
     6.3 Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
all rights of the Pledgors to dividends or other cash distributions that the
Pledgors are authorized to receive pursuant to Section 6.2 above shall cease,
and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which
shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such
dividends or other cash distributions. Subject to the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement, all dividends or other cash distributions received by
any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 6.3 shall be held in
trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other
property or funds of such Pledgor and, at the request of the Collateral Agent,
shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same
form as so received (with any necessary endorsement). Any and all money and
other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the
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6.3 shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 8. After all
Events of Default have been cured or waived in writing by the Collateral Agent,
the Pledgors will have the right to receive the dividends or other cash
distributions that it would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to the
terms of Section 6.2 above.
     6.4 Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
upon notice from the Collateral Agent, all rights of the Pledgors to exercise
the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant
to Section 6.1 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in
the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and
authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided
that the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and
during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise
such rights. While no Event of Default exists, the Pledgors will have the right
to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers that it would otherwise
be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of Section 6.1.
     6.5 In order to permit the Collateral Agent to exercise the voting and
other consensual rights and powers that it may be entitled to exercise pursuant
to Section 6.4 and to receive all dividends and other cash distributions which
it may be entitled to receive under Section 6.2 or Section 6.3, each Pledgor
(a) shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered)
to the Collateral Agent all such proxies, dividend payment orders and other
instruments as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request and
(b) without limiting the effect of the immediately preceding clause (a), hereby
grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable proxy to vote the Pledged
Securities and to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to
which each Pledgor would be entitled , which proxy shall be effective,
automatically and without the necessity of any action (including the transfer of
any Pledged Securities on the record books of the Issuer thereof) by any other
Person (including the Issuer of the Pledged Securities or any officer or agent
thereof) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
and which proxy shall only terminate on the earlier of (i) such date on which
such Event of Default shall cease to be continuing, or (ii) the indefeasible
payment and satisfaction in full of the Secured Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which claims have not yet been
asserted).
     6.6 The grant by each Pledgor to the Collateral Agent of a security
interest in the Pledged Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall not
(a) relieve such Pledgor of any liability to any Person under or in respect of
any of the Pledged Securities or (b) impose on the Collateral Agent any such
liability or any liability for any act or omission on the part of such Pledgor
relative thereto.
SECTION 7
Remedies upon Default
     Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, it
is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have in any jurisdiction in which
enforcement hereof is sought, in addition to all other rights and remedies, the
rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or other applicable Law.
The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent shall include, without
limitation, the right to take any or all of the following actions at the same or
different times:
     7.1 The Collateral Agent may sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part
of the Pledged Collateral, at public or private sale or at any broker’s board or
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credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate.
Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free
from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor. With respect to any
Collateral held or maintained with a securities intermediary, the Collateral
Agent shall be entitled to notify such securities intermediary that such
securities intermediary should follow the entitlement orders of the Collateral
Agent and that such securities intermediary should no longer follow entitlement
orders of the Pledgor, without further consent of the Pledgor.
     7.2 The Collateral Agent shall give the Pledgors at least ten (10) days’
prior written notice, by authenticated record, of the Collateral Agent’s
intention to make any sale of the Pledged Collateral. Such notice, (i) in the
case of a public sale, shall state the date, time and place for such sale,
(ii) in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange,
shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day
on which the Pledged Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for
sale at such board or exchange, and (iii) in the case of a private sale, shall
state the date after which any private sale or other disposition of the Pledged
Collateral shall be made. Each Pledgor agrees that such written notice shall
satisfy all timing requirements for notice to such Pledgor which are imposed
under the UCC with respect to the exercise of the Collateral Agent’s rights and
remedies upon default. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any
sale or other disposition of any Pledged Collateral if it shall determine not to
do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale or other disposition of such
Pledged Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without
notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to
be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for
sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place
to which the same was so adjourned.
     7.3 Any public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary
business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and
state in the notice of such sale.
     7.4 At any public (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, private)
sale made pursuant to this Section 7, the Collateral Agent or any Credit Party
may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) from
any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of the
Pledgors, the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may
make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to the
Collateral Agent or such Credit Party from the Pledgors on account of the
Secured Obligations as a credit against the purchase price, and the Collateral
Agent or such Credit Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold,
retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to the
Pledgors therefor.
     7.5 For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Pledged
Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof. The
Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement
and the Pledgors shall not be entitled to the return of the Pledged Collateral
or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the
Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default
shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full.
     7.6 As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon
it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to
foreclose upon the Pledged Collateral and to sell the Pledged Collateral or any
portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having
competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed
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     7.7 Each Pledgor recognizes (a) that the Collateral Agent may be unable to
effect a public sale of all or a part of the Pledged Collateral by reason of
certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §77 (as
amended and in effect, the “Securities Act”) or the Securities laws of various
states (the “Blue Sky Laws”), but may be compelled to resort to one or more
private sales to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree,
among other things, to acquire the Pledged Collateral for their own account, for
investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof, (b) that
private sales so made may be at prices and upon other terms less favorable to
the seller than if the Pledged Collateral were sold at public sales, (c) that
neither the Collateral Agent nor any Credit Party has any obligation to delay
sale of any of the Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit
the Pledged Collateral to be registered for public sale under the Securities Act
or the Blue Sky Laws, and (d) that private sales made under the foregoing
circumstances shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable
manner.
     7.8 To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Pledgor hereby waives
all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal which such Pledgor now
has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now
existing or hereafter enacted. In dealing with or disposing of the Pledged
Collateral or any part thereof, neither the Collateral Agent nor any Credit
Party shall be required to give priority or preference to any item of Pledged
Collateral or otherwise to marshal assets or to take possession or sell any
Pledged Collateral with judicial process.
SECTION 8
Application of Proceeds of Sale
     After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and
acceleration of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent shall apply the
proceeds of any collection or sale of the Pledged Collateral, as well as any
Pledged Collateral consisting of cash, in accordance with Section [2.5] of the
Collateral Agency Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).
     The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of
application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this
Agreement. Upon any sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral by the
Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or
under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the
Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale or other disposition shall be
a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Pledged Collateral
so sold or otherwise disposed of and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be
obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over
to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the
misapplication thereof.
SECTION 9
Registration, Etc.
     Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, if
the Collateral Agent reasonably determines that it is necessary to sell any of
the Pledged Securities at a public sale, each Pledgor agrees that it will, at
any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Collateral
Agent, use commercially reasonable efforts to take or to cause the issuer of
such Pledged Securities to take such action and prepare, distribute and/or file
such documents, as are required or advisable in the reasonable opinion of
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Securities. Each Pledgor further agrees, upon such written request referred to
above, to use commercially reasonable efforts to qualify, file or register, or
cause the issuer of such Pledged Securities to qualify, file or register, any of
the Pledged Securities under the Securities Act, Blue Sky Laws or other
securities laws of such states as may be requested by the Collateral Agent and
keep effective, or cause to be kept effective, all such qualifications, filings
or registrations. Each Pledgor will bear all costs and expenses of carrying out
its obligations under this Section 9. Each Pledgor acknowledges that there is no
adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply with the provisions of this
Section 9 and that such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages,
and therefore agrees that its agreements contained in this Section 9 may be
specifically enforced.
SECTION 10
Further Assurances
     Each Pledgor agrees to do such further acts and things, and to execute and
deliver such additional conveyances, assignments, agreements and instruments, as
the Collateral Agent may at any time reasonably request in connection with the
administration and enforcement of this Agreement or with respect to the Pledged
Collateral or any part thereof or in order to (i) maintain the validity,
perfection, enforceability and priority of the security interest in the Pledged
Securities in accordance with this Agreement, (ii) protect and preserve the
Pledged Securities, and (iii) protect and preserve, and to enable the exercise
or enforcement of, the rights of the Collateral Agent therein and hereunder.
SECTION 11
Miscellaneous
     11.1 Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as
otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and shall be delivered by
hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or
sent by telecopier as follows as follows, and all notices and other
communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be
made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

         
 
  If to the Collateral Agent:   Rhône Group L.L.C.
 
      630 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor
 
      New York, NY 10111
 
      Phone: (212) 218-6700
 
      Fax: (212) 218-6789
 
      Attn: Baudoin Lorans and M. Allison Steiner
 
       
 
  If to any Pledgor:   c/o Quiksilver, Inc.
 
      15202 Graham Street
 
      Huntington Beach, CA 92649
 
      Phone: (714) 889-2200
 
      Fax: (714) 889-2322
 
      Attention: Chief Financial Officer

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     (a) Any Lien upon any Pledged Collateral will be released automatically if
the Pledged Collateral constitutes property being sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement or the Euro Term
Loan Agreement. Upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by
any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall execute such documents as may be
necessary to evidence the release of the Liens upon any Pledged Collateral
described in this Section 11.2 (a); provided, however, that (i) the Collateral
Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in its
reasonable opinion, would, under applicable Law, expose the Collateral Agent to
liability or create any obligation or entail any adverse consequence other than
the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release
shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or
any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of
such Pledgor in respect of) all interests retained by such Pledgor, including,
without limitation, the Proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to
constitute part of the Pledged Collateral.
     (b) Except for those provisions which expressly survive the termination
thereof, this Agreement and the security interest granted herein shall
automatically terminate when all of the Secured Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which claims have not yet been
asserted) have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash or otherwise satisfied, at
which time the Collateral Agent shall return all Pledged Collateral to the
Pledgors, and execute and deliver to the Pledgors, at the Pledgors’ expense, all
UCC termination statements, releases and similar documents that the Pledgors
shall reasonably request to evidence such termination; provided, however, that
this Agreement, and the security interest granted herein shall be reinstated if
at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Secured Obligation is rescinded
or must otherwise be restored by any Credit Party upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of any Pledgor. Any execution and delivery of termination
statements, releases or other documents pursuant to this Section 11.2(b) shall
be without recourse to, or warranty by, the Collateral Agent or any Credit
Party.
     11.3 Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. Whenever in this
Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be
deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all covenants,
promises and agreements by or on behalf of each Pledgor that are contained in
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each Pledgor and its
respective successors and assigns. This Agreement, when executed and delivered,
shall be the valid and binding obligation of each Pledgor and the Collateral
Agent and their respective successors and assigns enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject to the limitations on enforceability under applicable Law and
limitations on the availability of the remedy of specific performance imposed by
the application of general equity principles, and shall inure to the benefit of
each Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and the Credit Parties and their respective
successors and assigns, except that no Pledgor shall have the right to assign or
transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the
Pledged Collateral (and any such attempted assignment or transfer shall be void)
except as permitted by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement or the Euro Term
Loan Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with
respect to each Pledgor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or
released with respect to any Pledgor without the approval of any other Pledgor
and without affecting the obligations of any other Pledgor hereunder.
     11.4 Power of Attorney. Each Pledgor irrevocably makes, constitutes and
appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated
by the Collateral Agent) as such Pledgor’s true and lawful agent and
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the right following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, with power of substitution for each Pledgor and in each Pledgor’s name
or otherwise, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement,
(a) to perform any obligation of such Pledgor hereunder in such Pledgor’s name
or otherwise; (b) to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive, receipt and
give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue
of any Collateral; (c) to prepare, execute, file, record or deliver notices,
assignments, financing statements, continuation statements, applications for
registration or like papers to perfect, preserve or release the Collateral
Agent’s security interest in the Collateral; (d) to issue entitlement orders,
instructions and other orders to any securities intermediary in connection with
any of the Collateral held by or maintained with such securities intermediary;
(e) to endorse checks, drafts, orders and other instruments for the payment of
money payable to such Pledgor, representing any interest or dividend or other
distribution payable in respect of the Collateral or any part thereof or on
account thereof and to give full discharge for the same; (f) to exercise all
rights, powers and remedies which such Pledgor would have, but for this
Agreement, with respect to any of the Collateral; and (g) to take any action and
execute any instrument which the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary
or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, and to do all acts and things
and execute all documents in the name of such Pledgor or otherwise, reasonably
deemed by the Collateral Agent as necessary, proper and convenient in connection
with the preservation, perfection or enforcement of its rights hereunder;
provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring
or obligating the Collateral Agent or any Credit Party to make any commitment or
to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by
the Collateral Agent or any Credit Party, or to present or file any claim or
notice. It is understood and agreed that the appointment of the Collateral Agent
as the agent and attorney-in-fact of each Pledgor for the purposes set forth
above is coupled with an interest and, subject to the termination of this
Agreement, is irrevocable.
     11.5 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     11.6 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11.6.
     11.7 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     11.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by
different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
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together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic
transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Agreement.
     11.9 Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of
reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
     11.10 Jurisdiction; Waiver of Venue; Consent to Service of Process.
     (a) EACH OF THE PLEDGORS IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR
ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY
THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY
JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A
FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE
ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL
AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY CREDIT PARTY MAY OTHERWISE
HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY OF THE PLEDGORS OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY
JURISDICTION.
     (b) EACH OF THE PLEDGORS IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED
TO IN PARAGRAPH (a) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE
DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
IN ANY SUCH COURT.
     (c) EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.1. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
     (d) EACH PLEDGOR AGREES THAT ANY ACTION COMMENCED BY ANY PLEDGOR ASSERTING
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CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT
SOLELY IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR ANY
FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN, AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT MAY ELECT IN ITS SOLE
DISCRETION, AND CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS WITH
RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION.
     11.11 Conflict. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the
Security Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control with respect to
the Pledged Collateral and the terms of the Security Agreement shall control
with respect to all other Collateral.
SECTION 12
Intercreditor Agreement
     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Liens and security
interests granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Credit
Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by
the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreements. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreements and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the
applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.

          PLEDGORS:   Borrower:

QUIKSILVER AMERICAS, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           Guarantors:

QUIKSILVER, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           DC SHOES, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           HAWK DESIGNS, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           MERVIN MANUFACTURING, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:           QS WHOLESALE, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:      

 

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            QS RETAIL, INC.
      By:           Name:           Title:      

 

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          COLLATERAL AGENT:   RHÔNE GROUP L.L.C.
      By:           Name:           Title:      

 

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SCHEDULE I
Guarantors
1. Quiksilver, Inc.
2. DC Shoes, Inc.
3. Hawk Designs, Inc.
4. Mervin Manufacturing, Inc.
5. QS Wholesale, Inc.
6. QS Retail, Inc.
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SCHEDULE II
Pledged Securities

                                  Number of   Number of   Percentage of        
    Equity   Issued and   Equity         Class of   Interests held   Outstanding
  Interests held         Equity   by Record   Equity   by Record Issuer   Record
Owner   Interests   Owner   Interests   Owner
Quiksilver Americas, Inc.
  Quiksilver, Inc.   Common   1,000   1,000   100%
Quiksilver Alps LLC
  Quiksilver, Inc.   N/A   N/A   N/A   100%
Quiksilver Links LLC
  Quiksilver, Inc.   N/A   N/A   N/A   100%
DC Shoes, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.   Common   10,000,000   10,000,000   100%
Hawk Designs, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.   Common   100   100   100%
Mervin Manufacturing, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.   Common   10,000   10,000   100%
QS Wholesale, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.   Common   1,000   1,000   100%
QS Retail, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas, Inc.   Common   100   100   100%
Q.S. Optics, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas   Common   800   800   100%
Quiksilver Wetsuits, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas   Common   660   660   100%
Mt. Waimea, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas   Common   1,000   1,000   100%
Quiksilver Entertainment, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas   Common   1,000   1,000   100%
Fidra, Inc.
  Quiksilver Americas   Common   100   100   100%
DC Direct, Inc.
  DC Shoes, Inc.   N/A   N/A   N/A   100%
QS Mexico Holdings
  Quiksilver Americas   N/A   600   1000   60%
Mountain and Wave S.à r.l.
  Quiksilver, Inc.   Common   1,808,104   2,739,552   66%

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT
     The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Pledge
Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009 (the “Agreement”; capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Agreement), made by the Pledgors party thereto for the benefit of Rhône Group
L.L.C., as Collateral Agent.
     The undersigned agrees for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and each of
the Credit Parties (as defined in the Agreement) that the terms of Section 3.2
of the Agreement shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all
actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Agreement.

            [NAME OF ISSUER]
      By:           Name:           Title:        

       
 
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Exhibit J
PLEDGE AGREEMENT
     PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 31, 2009, by and
among (a) 54th Street Holdings (the “Pledgor”), and (b) Rhône Group L.L.C., as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for its own
benefit and the benefit of the other Credit Parties (as defined in the Credit
Agreement referred to below), in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein and benefits to be derived herefrom.
WITNESSETH:
     WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among
(i) Mountain & Wave S.à r.l. the (“Borrower”), (ii) Quiksilver, Inc., (iii) the
lenders from time to time party thereto (individually, a “Lender” and,
collectively, the “Lenders”), and (iv) the Administrative Agent, pursuant to
which the Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrower upon the terms and
subject to the conditions specified in the Credit Agreement;
     WHEREAS, reference is also made to that certain Guaranty, dated as of
July 31, 2009 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the “Guaranty”), executed by the
Guarantors (as defined in the Guaranty) in favor of the Administrative Agent
pursuant to which each such Guarantor guarantees the payment and performance of
the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty).
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements
set forth in this Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Pledgor and the Administrative
Agent, on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Credit Parties (and each of
their respective successors or assigns), hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1
Definitions
     1.1 Generally. All references herein to the “UCC” shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York;
provided, however, that if a term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC differently
than in another Article thereof, the term shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9; provided further that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law,
any or all of the perfection or priority, or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection, of the security interest in any Pledged Collateral or the
availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “UCC” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or
non-perfection or availability of such remedy, as the case may be.
     1.2 Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein. Unless the context otherwise
requires, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. In addition, as used herein, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
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     “Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preamble of this Agreement.
     “Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of
this Agreement.
     “Blue Sky Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.7
of this Agreement.
     “Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statement of this Agreement.
     “Excluded Assets” shall mean (a) any contract or agreement to which the
Pledgor is a party (including any of its rights or interests thereunder) or any
asset or property rights of the Pledgor of any nature to the extent the grant of
such security interest shall constitute or result in (i) the abandonment,
invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of the Pledgor
under such contract, agreement, asset or property right or result in the
Pledgor’s loss of use of such asset or property right or (ii) a breach or
termination pursuant to the terms of such contract, agreement, asset or property
right or a default under, any such contract, asset, agreement or property right
(other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective
pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor
provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable
law (including the bankruptcy code) or principles of equity) and (b) any
contract or agreement to which the Pledgor is a party (including any of its
rights or interests thereunder) or any asset or property right of any nature to
the extent that any applicable Law prohibits the creation of a security interest
thereon (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered
ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any
successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other
applicable Law or principles of equity).
     “Financing Statement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
UCC.
     “Guaranty” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary
statement of this Agreement.
     “Issuer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 of
this Agreement.
     “Lender” and “Lenders” shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
     “Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.4 of this Agreement.
     “Pledged Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
     “Pledgor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of
this Agreement.
     “Secured Obligations” shall mean the “Obligations” (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) solely of the Borrower.
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     “Securities Act” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.7 of this Agreement.
     1.3 Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in
Sections 1.02 through 1.07 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this
Agreement.
SECTION 2
Pledge
     As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of
the Secured Obligations, the Pledgor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent,
its successors and assigns, for its own benefit and the benefit of the other
Credit Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgor’s right, title and
interest in, to and under:
     2.1 all shares of capital stock, partnership interests, limited liability
company membership interests and other equity interests owned by the Pledgor, or
which the Pledgor now has or may acquire in the future any right, title or
interest, including, in any event, in each entity designated as an “Issuer” on
Schedule I hereto (each such entity, an “Issuer”), and any shares of capital
stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or
other equity interests obtained in the future by the Pledgor, whether owned
beneficially or of record and whether by ownership, security interest, claim or
otherwise and the stock certificates or other security certificates (as defined
in the UCC) representing all such shares, membership interests or other equity
interests (collectively, the “Pledged Securities”); provided that, the Pledged
Securities shall not include any Excluded Assets;
     2.2 all dividends, distributions, cash, instruments and other property from
time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed or distributable, in
respect of, in exchange for, or upon conversion of, the Pledged Securities
referred to in clause 2.1 above;
     2.3 all rights and privileges of the Pledgor with respect to the property
referred to in clause 2.1 and 2.2 above; and
     2.4 all proceeds of any of the foregoing, including whatever is receivable
or received when any of the foregoing is sold, exchanged, collected or otherwise
disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and
including, without limitation, proceeds of any indemnity or guaranty payable to
the Pledgor or the Administrative Agent from time to time with respect to any of
the Pledged Collateral (the items referred to in clauses 2.1 through 2.3 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 Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for its own benefit
and the benefit of the other Credit Parties, until (x) all of the Secured
Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which claims
have not yet been asserted) have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash or
otherwise satisfied or (y) the termination or release in accordance with
Section 11 hereof; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
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     Upon delivery to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3 of this
Agreement, all stock certificates or other securities now or hereafter included
in the Pledged Securities required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent
shall be accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank or other instruments
of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and by such
other instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request to ensure validity and perfection of the security interest granted
hereunder. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a
schedule describing the Pledged Securities theretofore and then being pledged
hereunder, which schedule shall supplement Schedule I attached hereto and made a
part hereof.
SECTION 3
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral and Instructions of Administrative Agent
     3.1 On or before the Closing Date, the Pledgor shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent (i) any and all original certificates
representing any and all Pledged Securities pledged hereunder by the Pledgor as
of the Closing Date and (ii) any and all original certificates or other
instruments or documents representing any Pledged Collateral pledged hereunder
by the Pledgor as of the Closing Date.
     3.2 With respect to any Pledged Securities pledged by the Pledgor hereunder
that are not represented or evidenced by a certificate or instrument, such
Pledgor hereby authorizes and instructs such Issuer thereof to comply with any
instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that is in
accordance with this Agreement, without further consent of the Pledgor.
     3.3 After the Closing Date, promptly upon the Pledgor’s acquisition or
receipt of any Pledged Securities, and any original certificates or other
instruments or documents representing such Pledged Securities, the Pledgor shall
comply with the provisions of Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement.
     3.4 The Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, at
any time and from time to time, to file in any appropriate filing office,
wherever located, any Financing Statement describing the Pledged Collateral that
contains any information required by the UCC of the applicable jurisdiction for
the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any Financing Statement. The
Pledgor also authorizes the Administrative Agent to take any and all actions
required by any applicable Law to perfect and protect the security interest
granted hereunder. The Pledgor shall provide the Administrative Agent with any
information the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with
any of the foregoing. The Pledgor shall pay to the Administrative Agent all
reasonable fees and expenses incurred in filing one or more Financing Statements
and any continuation statements or amendments thereto
SECTION 4
Representations, Warranties and Covenants
     The Pledgor hereby represents, warrants and covenants, as to itself and the
Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder, to the Administrative Agent that:
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     4.1 the Pledged Securities represent that percentage of the issued and
outstanding shares of each class of the capital stock or other Equity Interest
of the Issuer with respect thereto as set forth on Schedule I as of the Closing
Date;
     4.2 in each case except for the Liens granted hereunder and except as
otherwise permitted in the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the
Pledgor: (i) is and will at all times continue to be the direct owner,
beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule I,
(ii) holds the Pledged Collateral free and clear of all Liens, (iii) will make
no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to
exist any security interest in, or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, and
(iv) other than as permitted in Section 6, will cause any and all distributions
in cash or in kind made on the Pledged Collateral to be forthwith deposited with
the Administrative Agent and pledged or assigned hereunder;
     4.3 (i) except to the extent not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, the
Pledgor will not consent to or approve the issuance of (a) any additional shares
of any class of capital stock of any Issuer of the Pledged Securities, or the
issuance of any membership interests or other Equity Interests in any such
Person, (b) any securities convertible voluntarily by the holder thereof or
automatically upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any event or condition
into, or exchangeable for, any such shares, membership interests or other Equity
Interests, or (c) any warrants, options, rights, or other commitments entitling
any person to purchase or otherwise acquire any such shares, membership
interests or other Equity Interests and (ii) the Pledgor shall not permit any
Issuer of the Pledged Securities that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the
Pledgor to issue any additional Equity Interests unless such Equity Interests
are pledged hereunder as provided herein;
     4.4 the Pledgor (i) has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged
Collateral in the manner hereby done or contemplated and (ii) will defend its
title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than
Permitted Encumbrances), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;
     4.5 except for consents or approvals already obtained, no consent of any
other Person (including stockholders or creditors of the Pledgor), and no
consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or any securities exchange,
was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby or to the
disposition of the Pledged Collateral upon an Event of Default in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement;
     4.6 by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Pledgor of this
Agreement, under the UCC, the Administrative Agent will obtain a valid and
enforceable Lien upon, and security interest in, the Pledged Collateral as
security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations and such
security interest will be perfected when UCC financing statements delivered by
the Pledgor to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date (which are in
appropriate form for filing in the applicable office) are filed in the
Recorder’s Office of the District of Columbia; and except as set forth in this
Section 4.6, no other action is necessary to perfect the security interest
granted by any Pledgor under this Agreement;
     4.7 if the Pledgor shall receive any certificate, instrument, option or
rights in respect of any Pledged Collateral, whether in addition to, in
substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Collateral,
or otherwise in respect thereof, the Pledgor shall hold the same in trust for
the
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Administrative Agent (for its own benefit and the benefit of the other Credit
Parties) and promptly deliver the same to the Administrative Agent in the exact
form received, duly indorsed by the Pledgor to the Administrative Agent, if
required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate (or
other appropriate instrument of transfer) duly executed in blank by the Pledgor
and with, if the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be
held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms of this Agreement, as
Pledged Collateral;
     4.8 all of the Pledged Securities set forth on Schedule I have been duly
authorized and validly issued and, to the extent applicable, are fully paid and
nonassessable;
     4.9 none of the Pledged Securities have been issued or transferred in
violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws
of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject;
     4.10 this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Pledgor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor
enforceable against the Pledgor in accordance with its terms except as affected
by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and
general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law); and
     4.11 all information set forth herein relating to the Pledged Collateral is
accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof.
SECTION 5
Registration in Nominee Name; Copies of Notices
     Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent, on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Credit
Parties, shall have the right (in its reasonable discretion) 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 Pledgor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor
of the Administrative Agent. During the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Pledgor will promptly give to the Administrative Agent copies of any notices or
other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities
registered in the name of the Pledgor.
SECTION 6
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc.
     6.1 Unless and until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other
consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of the Pledged Securities or
any part thereof.
     6.2 Unless and until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all cash dividends
or other cash distributions paid on the Pledged Collateral to the extent, and
only to the extent, that such cash dividends or other cash distributions are
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permitted by, and otherwise paid in accordance with, the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable
Law. All noncash dividends, and all dividends paid or payable in cash or
otherwise in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution,
return of capital, capital surplus or paid-in surplus, and all other
distributions (other than dividends and distributions referred to in the
preceding sentence) made on or in respect of the Pledged Collateral, whether
paid or payable in cash or otherwise, whether resulting from a subdivision,
combination or reclassification of the outstanding capital stock, membership
interests or other Equity Interests of the Issuer of any Pledged Securities or
received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in
redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, amalgamation, arrangement,
consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such Issuer may
be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral,
and, if received by the Pledgor, to the extent required to be paid to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement or the other
Loan Documents, shall not be commingled by the Pledgor with any of its other
funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held
in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and shall be forthwith
delivered to the Administrative Agent, in the same form as so received (with any
necessary endorsement).
     6.3 Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
all rights of the Pledgor to dividends or other cash distributions that the
Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to Section 6.2 above shall cease, and
all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, which
shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such
dividends or other cash distributions. All dividends or other cash distributions
received by the Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 6.3 shall be
held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, shall be segregated
from other property or funds of the Pledgor and, at the request of the
Administrative Agent, shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent
as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by
the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.3 shall be
applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 8. After all Events of
Default have been cured or waived in writing by the Administrative Agent, the
Pledgor will have the right to receive the dividends or other cash distributions
that it would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of
Section 6.2 above.
     6.4 Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
upon notice from the Administrative Agent, all rights of the Pledgor to exercise
the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant
to Section 6.1 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in
the Administrative Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and
authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided
that the Administrative Agent shall have the right from time to time following
and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgor to
exercise such rights. While no Event of Default exists, the Pledgor will have
the right to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers that it would
otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of Section 6.1.
     6.5 In order to permit the Administrative Agent to exercise the voting and
other consensual rights and powers that it may be entitled to exercise pursuant
to Section 6.4 and to receive all dividends and other cash distributions which
it may be entitled to receive under Section 6.2 or Section 6.3, the Pledgor
(a) shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered)
to the Administrative Agent all such proxies, dividend payment orders and other
instruments as the
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Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request and (b) without
limiting the effect of the immediately preceding clause (a), hereby grants to
the Administrative Agent an irrevocable proxy to vote the Pledged Securities and
to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which the
Pledgor would be entitled, which proxy shall be effective, automatically and
without the necessity of any action (including the transfer of any Pledged
Securities on the record books of the Issuer thereof) by any other Person
(including the Issuer of the Pledged Securities or any officer or agent thereof)
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and which
proxy shall only terminate on the earlier of (i) such date on which such Event
of Default shall cease to be continuing, or (ii) the indefeasible payment and
satisfaction in full of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent
indemnification obligations for which claims have not yet been asserted).
     6.6 The grant by the Pledgor to the Administrative Agent of a security
interest in the Pledged Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall not
(a) relieve the Pledgor of any liability to any Person under or in respect of
any of the Pledged Securities or (b) impose on the Administrative Agent any such
liability or any liability for any act or omission on the part of the Pledgor
relative thereto.
SECTION 7
Remedies upon Default
     Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, it
is agreed that the Administrative Agent shall have in any jurisdiction in which
enforcement hereof is sought, in addition to all other rights and remedies, the
rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or other applicable Law.
The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent shall include, without
limitation, the right to take any or all of the following actions at the same or
different times:
     7.1 The Administrative Agent may sell or otherwise dispose of all or any
part of the Pledged Collateral, at public or private sale or at any broker’s
board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future
delivery as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate. Each purchaser at
any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or
right on the part of the Pledgor. With respect to any Pledged Collateral held or
maintained with a securities intermediary, the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to notify such securities intermediary that such securities
intermediary should follow the entitlement orders of the Administrative Agent
and that such securities intermediary should no longer follow entitlement orders
of the Pledgor, without further consent of the Pledgor.
     7.2 The Administrative Agent shall give the Pledgor at least ten (10) days’
prior written notice, by authenticated record, of the Administrative Agent’s
intention to make any sale of the Pledged Collateral. Such notice, (i) in the
case of a public sale, shall state the date, time and place for such sale,
(ii) in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange,
shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day
on which the Pledged Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for
sale at such board or exchange, and (iii) in the case of a private sale, shall
state the date after which any private sale or other disposition of the Pledged
Collateral shall be made. The Pledgor agrees that such written notice shall
satisfy all timing requirements for notice to the Pledgor which are imposed
under the UCC with respect to the exercise of the Administrative Agent’s rights
and remedies upon default. The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to
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any Pledged Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the
fact that notice of sale or other disposition of such Pledged Collateral shall
have been given. The Administrative Agent may, without notice or publication,
adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time
to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may,
without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so
adjourned.
     7.3 Any public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary
business hours and at such place or places as the Administrative Agent may fix
and state in the notice of such sale.
     7.4 At any public (or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, private)
sale made pursuant to this Section 7, the Administrative Agent or any other
Credit Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by
applicable Law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on
the part of the Pledgor, the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof offered for
sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and
payable to the Administrative Agent or such other Credit Party from the Pledgor
on account of the Secured Obligations as a credit against the purchase price,
and the Administrative Agent or such other Credit Party may, upon compliance
with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without
further accountability to the Pledgor therefor.
     7.5 For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Pledged
Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof. The
Administrative Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such
agreement and the Pledgor shall not be entitled to the return of the Pledged
Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that
after the Administrative Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all
Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in
full.
     7.6 As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon
it, the Administrative Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity
to foreclose upon the Pledged Collateral and to sell the Pledged Collateral or
any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having
competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed
receiver.
     7.7 The Pledgor recognizes (a) that the Administrative Agent may be unable
to effect a public sale of all or a part of the Pledged Collateral by reason of
certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §77 (as
amended and in effect, the “Securities Act”) or the Securities laws of various
states (the “Blue Sky Laws”), but may be compelled to resort to one or more
private sales to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree,
among other things, to acquire the Pledged Collateral for their own account, for
investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof, (b) that
private sales so made may be at prices and upon other terms less favorable to
the seller than if the Pledged Collateral were sold at public sales, (c) that
neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Credit Party has any obligation
to delay sale of any of the Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary
to permit the Pledged Collateral to be registered for public sale under the
Securities Act or the Blue Sky Laws, and (d) that private sales made under the
foregoing circumstances shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially
reasonable manner.
     7.8 To the extent permitted by applicable Law, the Pledgor hereby waives
all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal which the Pledgor now
has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now
existing or hereafter enacted. In dealing with or disposing of the
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Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, neither the Administrative Agent nor any
other Credit Party shall be required to give priority or preference to any item
of Pledged Collateral or otherwise to marshal assets or to take possession or
sell any Pledged Collateral with judicial process.
SECTION 8
Application of Proceeds of Sale
     After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and
acceleration of the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent shall apply
the proceeds of any collection or sale of the Pledged Collateral, as well as any
Pledged Collateral consisting of cash, in accordance with Section 8.03 of the
Credit Agreement.
     The Administrative Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of
application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this
Agreement. Upon any sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral by the
Administrative Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute
or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the
Administrative Agent or of the officer making the sale or other disposition
shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Pledged
Collateral so sold or otherwise disposed of and such purchaser or purchasers
shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase
money paid over to the Administrative Agent or such officer or be answerable in
any way for the misapplication thereof.
SECTION 9
Registration, Etc.
     Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, if
the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that it is necessary to sell any
of the Pledged Securities at a public sale, each Pledgor agrees that it will, at
any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative
Agent, use commercially reasonable efforts to take or to cause the issuer of
such Pledged Securities to take such action and prepare, distribute and/or file
such documents, as are required or advisable in the reasonable opinion of
counsel for the Administrative Agent to permit the public sale of such Pledged
Securities. Each Pledgor further agrees, upon such written request referred to
above, to use commercially reasonable efforts to qualify, file or register, or
cause the issuer of such Pledged Securities to qualify, file or register, any of
the Pledged Securities under the Securities Act, Blue Sky Laws or other
securities laws of such states as may be requested by the Administrative Agent
and keep effective, or cause to be kept effective, all such qualifications,
filings or registrations. The Pledgor will bear all costs and expenses of
carrying out its obligations under this Section 9. The Pledgor acknowledges that
there is no adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply with the
provisions of this Section 9 and that such failure would not be adequately
compensable in damages, and therefore agrees that its agreements contained in
this Section 9 may be specifically enforced.
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SECTION 10
Further Assurances
     The Pledgor agrees to do such further acts and things, and to execute and
deliver such additional conveyances, assignments, agreements and instruments, as
the Administrative Agent may at any time reasonably request in connection with
the administration and enforcement of this Agreement or with respect to the
Pledged Collateral or any part thereof or in order to (i) maintain the validity,
perfection, enforceability and priority of the security interest in the Pledged
Securities in accordance with this Agreement, (ii) protect and preserve the
Pledged Securities, and (iii) protect and preserve, and to enable the exercise
or enforcement of, the rights of the Administrative Agent therein and hereunder.
SECTION 11
Miscellaneous
     11.1 Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as
otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and shall be delivered by
hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or
sent by telecopier as follows as follows, and all notices and other
communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be
made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

     
If to the Administrative Agent:
  Rhône Group L.L.C.
 
  630 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor
 
  New York, NY 10111
 
  Phone: (212) 218-6700
 
  Fax: (212) 218-6789
 
  Attn: Baudoin Lorans and M. Allison Steiner
 
   
If to the Pledgor:
  c/o Quiksilver, Inc.
 
  15202 Graham Street
 
  Huntington Beach, CA 92649
 
  Phone: (714) 889-2200
 
  Fax: (714) 889-2322
 
  Attention: Chief Financial Officer

     11.2 Termination; Release of Pledged Collateral.
     (a) Any Lien upon any Pledged Collateral will be released automatically if
the Pledged Collateral constitutes property being sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement. Upon at least
five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Pledgor, the Administrative
Agent shall execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release
of the Liens upon any Pledged Collateral described in this Section 11.2 (a);
provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to
execute any such document on terms which, in its reasonable opinion, would,
under applicable Law, expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any
obligation or entail any adverse consequence other than the release of such
Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such
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release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured
Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or
obligations of such Pledgor in respect of) all interests retained by the
Pledgor, including, without limitation, the Proceeds of any sale, all of which
shall continue to constitute part of the Pledged Collateral.
     (b) Except for those provisions which expressly survive the termination
thereof, this Agreement and the security interest granted herein shall
automatically terminate when all of the Secured Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which claims have not yet been
asserted) have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash or otherwise satisfied, at
which time the Administrative Agent shall return all Pledged Collateral to the
Pledgor, and execute and deliver to the Pledgor, at the Pledgor’s expense, all
UCC termination statements, releases and similar documents that the Pledgor
shall reasonably request to evidence such termination; provided, however, that
this Agreement, and the security interest granted herein shall be reinstated if
at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Secured Obligation is rescinded
or must otherwise be restored by any Credit Party upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of any Pledgor. Any execution and delivery of termination
statements, releases or other documents pursuant to this Section 11.2(b) shall
be without recourse to, or warranty by, the Administrative Agent or any other
Credit Party.
     11.3 Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. Whenever in this
Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be
deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all covenants,
promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Pledgor that are contained in
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Pledgor and its
respective successors and assigns. This Agreement, when executed and delivered,
shall be the valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor and the Administrative
Agent and their respective successors and assigns enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject to the limitations on enforceability under applicable Law and
limitations on the availability of the remedy of specific performance imposed by
the application of general equity principles, and shall inure to the benefit of
the Pledgor, the Administrative Agent and the other Credit Parties and their
respective successors and assigns, except that the Pledgor shall not have the
right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest
herein or in the Pledged Collateral (and any such attempted assignment or
transfer shall be void) except as permitted by this Agreement or the Credit
Agreement.
     11.4 Power of Attorney. The Pledgor irrevocably makes, constitutes and
appoints the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees or agents
designated by the Administrative Agent) as the Pledgor’s true and lawful agent
and attorney-in-fact, and in such capacity the Administrative Agent shall have
the right following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, with power of substitution for the Pledgor and in the Pledgor’s name or
otherwise, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, (a) to
perform any obligation of the Pledgor hereunder in the Pledgor’s name or
otherwise; (b) to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive, receipt and give
acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of
any Pledged Collateral; (c) to prepare, execute, file, record or deliver
notices, assignments, financing statements, continuation statements,
applications for registration or like papers to perfect, preserve or release the
Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Pledged Collateral; (d) to issue
entitlement orders, instructions and other orders to any securities intermediary
in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral held by or maintained with such
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of money payable to the Pledgor, representing any interest or dividend or other
distribution payable in respect of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof or
on account thereof and to give full discharge for the same; (f) to exercise all
rights, powers and remedies which the Pledgor would have, but for this
Agreement, with respect to any of the Pledged Collateral; and (g) to take any
action and execute any instrument which the Administrative Agent may reasonably
deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, and to do all
acts and things and execute all documents in the name of the Pledgor or
otherwise, reasonably deemed by the Administrative Agent as necessary, proper
and convenient in connection with the preservation, perfection or enforcement of
its rights hereunder; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be
construed as requiring or obligating the Administrative Agent or any other
Credit Party to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or
sufficiency of any payment received by the Administrative Agent or any other
Credit Party, or to present or file any claim or notice. It is understood and
agreed that the appointment of the Administrative Agent as the agent and
attorney-in-fact of the Pledgor for the purposes set forth above is coupled with
an interest and, subject to the termination of this Agreement, is irrevocable.
     11.5 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     11.6 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11.6.
     11.7 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     11.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by
different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a
single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Agreement by telecopy or other electronic transmission shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
     11.9 Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of
reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
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     11.10 Jurisdiction; Waiver of Venue; Consent to Service of Process.
     (a) THE PLEDGOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS
PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN
RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW
YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH
FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY
SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT
THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO
BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT AGAINST THE PLEDGOR OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY
JURISDICTION.
     (b) THE PLEDGOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO
IN PARAGRAPH (a) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH
COURT.
     (c) EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.1. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
     (d) THE PLEDGOR AGREES THAT ANY ACTION COMMENCED BY THE PLEDGOR ASSERTING
ANY CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT SOLELY IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN, AS THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY ELECT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, AND CONSENTS TO THE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.

          PLEDGOR: 54TH STREET HOLDINGS
      By:           Name:           Title:        

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          ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: RHÔNE GROUP L.L.C.
      By:           Name:           Title:        

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SCHEDULE I
Pledged Securities

                                                                             
Percentage of                     Number of Equity   Number of Issued   Equity
Interests             Class of Equity   Interests held by   and Outstanding  
held by Record Issuer   Record Owner   Interests   Record Owner   Equity
Interests   Owner
Quiksilver Brazil
  54th Street Holdings     N/A       N/A       N/A       51 %

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT
     The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Pledge
Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009 (the “Agreement”; capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Agreement), made by the Pledgor party thereto for the benefit of Rhône Group
L.L.C., as Administrative Agent.
     The undersigned agrees for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and each
of the Credit Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referenced in the
Agreement) that the terms of Section 3.2 of the Agreement shall apply to it,
mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it
pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Agreement.

            [NAME OF ISSUER]
      By:           Name:           Title:        

       
 
  Address for Notices:
 
   
 
     
 
   
 
   
 
     
 
   
 
   
 
  Fax:

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