Exhibit 10.15

EXECUTION VERSION

FIRST LIEN SECURED NOTE NOTICE AND CONFIRMATION OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN
TRADEMARKS

THIS FIRST LIEN SECURED NOTE NOTICE AND CONFIRMATION OF GRANT OF SECURITY
INTEREST IN TRADEMARKS (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 12, 2012, is made
by each of the signatories hereto (each, a “Grantor”) in favor of WILMINGTON
TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wilmington Trust”), as note collateral agent (in
such capacity, the “First Priority Note Collateral Agent”) with respect to the
8 1/8% Senior Secured First Priority Notes due 2019 (the “First Priority Notes”)
issued by HD SUPPLY, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”) pursuant to the
Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended pursuant to the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, and as further amended,
amended and restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “First Priority Notes Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Subsidiary
Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, and Wilmington Trust.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, amended and restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the “First Priority Note Collateral Agreement”), among the Issuer,
certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer and the First Priority Note Collateral Agent,
each Grantor granted to the First Priority Note Collateral Agent a security
interest in its Intellectual Property, including Trademarks; and

WHEREAS, each Grantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, subject to the conditions of the First Priority Notes
Indenture, each Grantor agrees, for the benefit of the First Priority Note
Collateral Agent, as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or the context
other-wise requires, terms used in this Agreement, including its preamble and
recitals, have the meanings provided or provided by reference in the First
Priority Notes Indenture and the First Priority Note Collateral Agreement.

SECTION 2. Confirmation of Security Interest. Each Grantor hereby confirms that
pursuant to the First Priority Note Collateral Agreement, subject to existing
licenses to use the Trademarks granted by such Grantor in the ordinary course of
its business, it granted to the First Priority Note Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of the Trademarks of
such Grantor (including, without limitation, those items listed on Schedule A
hereto under such Grantor’s name) and to the extent not otherwise included, all
Proceeds and products of any and all of the Trademarks, as collateral security
for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations of such

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Grantor, except that no security interest is or will be granted pursuant thereto
or any other Note Security Document in any right, title or interest of such
Grantor under or in any Trademark Licenses with Persons other than the Issuer, a
Restricted Subsidiary or an Affiliate thereof for so long as, and to the extent
that, the granting of such a security interest pursuant thereto would result in
a breach, default or termination of such Trademark Licenses.

SECTION 3. Purpose. This Agreement has been executed and delivered by the
Grantors for the purpose of recording the security interest granted pursuant to
the First Priority Note Collateral Agreement with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office. This Agreement is expressly subject to the terms and
conditions of the First Priority Note Collateral Agreement. The First Priority
Note Collateral Agreement (and all rights and remedies of the First Priority
Note Collateral Agent thereunder) shall remain in full force and effect in
accordance with its terms.

SECTION 4. Acknowledgment. Each Grantor does hereby further acknowledge and
affirm that the rights and remedies of the First Priority Note Collateral Agent
with respect to the security interest in the Trademarks are fully set forth in
the First Priority Notes Indenture and the First Priority Note Collateral
Agreement, the terms and provisions of which (including the remedies provided
for therein) are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 5. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of
which will be deemed an original, but all of which together constitute one and
the same original.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as
of the day and year first above written.

 

CREATIVE TOUCH INTERIORS, INC. By:  

/s/ Vidya Chauhan

  Name:   Vidya Chauhan   Title:   Vice President

 

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HD SUPPLY REPAIR & REMODEL, LLC By:  

/s/ Vidya Chauhan

  Name:   Vidya Chauhan   Title:   Vice President

 

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HD SUPPLY FACILITIES MAINTENANCE, LTD. By: HD Supply GP & Management, Inc., its
general partner By:  

/s/ Vidya Chauhan

  Name:   Vidya Chauhan   Title:   Vice President

 

FIRST LIEN SECURED NOTE NOTICE AND CONFIRMATION OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN
TRADEMARKS

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HSI IP, INC. By:  

/s/ Vidya Chauhan

  Name:   Vidya Chauhan   Title:   Vice President

 

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WHITE CAP CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY, INC. By: HD Supply Support Services, Inc., its
managing member By:  

/s/ Vidya Chauhan

  Name:   Vidya Chauhan   Title:   Vice President

 

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TRADEMARKS

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WILLIAMS BROS. LUMBER COMPANY, LLC By:  

/s/ Vidya Chauhan

  Name:   Vidya Chauhan   Title:   Vice President

 

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TRADEMARKS

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HD SUPPLY SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. By:  

/s/ Katherine Boelte

  Name:   Katherine Boelte   Title:   Vice President

 

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TRADEMARKS

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PROVALUE, LLC By: HD Supply Support Services, Inc., its managing member By:  

/s/ Katherine Boelte

  Name:   Katherine Boelte   Title:   Vice President

 

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HDS IP HOLDING, LLC By:  

/s/ Ricardo Nunez

  Name:   Ricardo Nunez   Title:   Vice President

 

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TRADEMARKS

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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as First Priority Note Collateral Agent
By:  

/s/ Jane Schweiger

  Name:   Jane Schweiger   Title:   Vice President

 

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Schedule A

Trademarks

HD Supply Repair & Remodel, LLC

 

TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.    App. Date/
Reg. Date

CW CONTRACTORS’ WAREHOUSE and Design

   Registered    RN: 1,753,027    2/16/1993

Creative Touch Interiors, Inc.

 

TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.    App. Date/
Reg. Date

CTE CREATIVE TOUCH EXTERIORS and Design

   Registered    RN: 2,991,212    9/6/2005

CTI CREATIVE TOUCH INTERIORS and Design

   Registered    RN: 2,988,553    8/30/2005

CTM CREATIVE TOUCH MAINTENANCE

   Registered    RN: 2,988,552    8/30/2005

HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Ltd.

 

TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.      App. Date/
Reg. Date  

MAINTENANCE WAREHOUSE

   Registered      RN: 3,563,112         1/20/2009   

 

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HDS IP Holding, LLC

 

TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.    App. Date/
Reg. Date

ALWAYS ON THE JOB

   Registered    RN: 4,079,895    1/3/2012

AQUAGUARD

   Registered    RN: 0,720,199    8/22/1961

AQUATRAC

   Registered    RN: 2,945,650    5/3/2005

BEST BUSINESS ELECTRONIC SOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,611,013    4/28/2009

BRIGADE (Multistar stylization)

   Registered    RN: 3,845,600    9/7/2010

BRIGADE (Multistar stylization)

   Registered    RN: 3,928,403    3/8/2011

BRIGADE (star stylization)

   Registered    RN: 3,865,925    10/19/2010

CLEARCAN

   Registered    RN: 2,887,975    9/21/2004

COREPRO

   Registered    RN: 2,426,425    2/6/2001

COTTON BAY

   Registered    RN: 3,627,904    5/26/2009

COTTON BAY

   Registered    RN: 3,679,770    9/8/2009

CROWN BOLT

   Registered    RN: 1,644,947    5/21/1991

HD SUPPLY

   Registered    RN: 3,559,162    1/6/2009

HD SUPPLY FIRE PROTECTION (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,671,809    8/25/2009

HD SUPPLY (logo)

   Registered    RN: 3,454,324    6/24/2008

HD SUPPLY (logo)

   Registered    RN: 3,550,632    12/23/2008

HD SUPPLY WATERWORKS (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,468,515    7/15/2008

HOME IMPROVEMENT PRODUCTS DIRECT (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,478,426    7/29/2008

HOUSE-MATES HARDWARE

   Registered    RN: 2,286,367    10/12/1999

I (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,679,438    9/8/2009

IDEALLYGREEN

   Registered    RN: 3,523,340    10/28/2008

Design only

   Registered    RN: 2,621,865    9/17/2002

Design only

   Registered    RN: 2,779,848    11/4/2003

LOCAL SERVICE NATIONWIDE

   Registered    RN: 3,665,886    8/11/2009

PERFECT SEAL

   Registered    RN: 4,001,186    7/26/2011

POWERSCOPE

   Registered    RN: 3,461,922    7/8/2008

 

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TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.    App. Date/
Reg. Date

SEASONS (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,835,518    8/17/2010

SEASONS GOLD (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,850,430    9/21/2010

SHIELD SECURITY

   Registered    RN: 2,949,257    5/10/2005

TOTAL CHOICE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM

   Registered    RN: 3,911,575    1/25/2011

VISTRA

   Registered    RN: 3,895,271    12/21/2010

WE GOT IT YOU GET IT AND YOU’RE GONE

   Registered    RN: 3,632,249    6/2/2009

USA BLUEBOOK and Design

   Registered    RN: 2,266,004    8/3/1999

USABLUEBOOK

   Registered    RN: 2,236,393    4/6/1999

USABLUEBUCKS

   Registered    RN: 3,224,814    4/3/2007

UTILITY SUPPLY OF AMERICA

   Registered    RN: 2,252,348    6/15/1999

HSI IP, Inc.

 

TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.    App. Date/
Reg. Date

ASPEN

   Registered    RN: 2,455,675    5/29/2001

BAJA

   Registered    RN: 2,243,286    5/4/1999

BRIGHTON

   Registered    RN: 3,086,948    5/2/2006

CHAMPION

   Registered    RN: 2,995,438    9/13/2005

CHAMPION METALS

   Registered    RN: 2,948,182    5/10/2005

CHAMPION PLUS

   Registered    RN: 2,944,121    4/26/2005

CHAMPION VINYL

   Registered    RN: 2,944,120    4/26/2005

CHAMPION WINDOW COVERINGS (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,535,469    11/18/2008

DUROGUARD

   Pending    SN: 77/841,144    10/5/2009

ELASCO

   Registered    RN: 1,818,239    1/25/1994

ELASCO (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 1,843,279    7/5/1994

EWARDS

   Registered    RN: 2,983,752    8/9/2005

H (and design w/shield)

   Registered    RN: 1,078,126    11/22/1977

 

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TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.    App. Date/
Reg. Date

HUGHES

   Registered    RN: 2,288,983    10/26/1999

HUGHES EWARDS

   Registered    RN: 3,004,848    10/4/2005

MARDEN SUSCO

   Registered    RN: 2,991,505    9/6/2005

MINALOY

   Registered    RN: 1,033,014    2/10/1976

MINE TUFF

   Registered    RN: 1,381,417    2/4/1986

PROFESSIONAL QUALITY. EXCEPTIONAL VALUE.

   Registered    RN: 3,288,848    9/4/2007

PROVALUE

   Registered    RN: 2,863,412    7/13/2004

RIO

   Registered    RN: 1,929,737    10/24/1995

SOLUTIONS. SUPPLY. SERVICE.

   Registered    RN: 3,054,307    1/31/2006

SOME YOU SEE SOME YOU DON’T

   Registered    RN: 2,597,962    7/23/2002

TERMINATOR

   Registered    RN: 2,729,726    6/24/2003

THE PRODUCTS YOU WANT! THE SERVICE YOU DESERVE!

   Registered    RN: 2,514,480    9/4/2001

THE SOURCE

   Registered    RN: 2,360,623    6/20/2000

HD Supply Support Services, Inc.

 

TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.    App. Date/
Reg. Date

HD SUPPLY SUPPORT SERVICES, INC.

   Registered    RN: 3,835,928    8/17/2010

ProValue, LLC

 

TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.    App. Date/
Reg. Date

PROVALUE

   Registered    RN: 3,545,345    12/9/2008

 

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White Cap Construction Supply, Inc.

 

TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.    App. Date/
Reg. Date

BLACK MARLIN

   Registered    RN: 3,299,068    9/25/2007

CONTRACTOR TRADER

   Registered    RN: 2,997,227    9/20/2005

PANEL-PRO

   Registered    RN: 2,966,934    7/12/2005

PANEL-PRO TILT-UP ESTIMATING SOFTWARE

   Registered    RN: 2,901,054    11/9/2004

PANEL-TRAK

   Registered    RN: 2,987,418    8/23/2005

WC and Design

   Registered    RN: 2,385,183    9/12/2000

WC PHENOLOIC PLY (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,416,045    4/22/2008

WCFP WHITE CAP FORMING PANEL (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,416,044    4/22/2008

WHITE CAP

   Registered    RN: 3,048,812    1/24/2006

WHITE CAP (Stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,026,834    12/13/2005

WHITE CAP (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 1,478,065    2/23/1988

WHITE CAP CONSTUCTION SUPPLY

   Registered    RN: 2,927,946    2/22/2005

WHITE CAP CUSTOM SHOP 1976-2006 (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,396,239    3/11/2008

WHITE CAP CUSTOM SHOP COAST TO COAST 19676-2006 (stylized)

   Registered    RN: 3,396,238    3/11/2008

Williams Bros. Lumber Company, LLC

 

TRADEMARK

   Status    Ser. No./Reg. No.    App. Date/
Reg. Date

THE NAME PROFESSIONALS BUILD ON

   Registered    RN: 3,070,996    3/21/2006

WB

   Registered    RN: 1,297,296    9/25/1984

WB

   Registered    RN: 1,241,620    6/7/1983

WB

   Registered    RN: 1,237,828    5/10/1983

WB

   Registered    RN: 1,297,295    9/25/1984

WB

   Registered    RN: 3,185,687    12/16/2006

 

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