Exhibit 10.4





Exhibit 10.4




 





FIRST LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT




made by




K. HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.,

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.




and certain of their respective Subsidiaries




in favor of




WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY




as Collateral Agent




Dated as of October 20, 2009




 





 












 







TABLE OF CONTENTS



 






	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE 1
Defined Terms
	 
	Section 1.01. Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2
Grant of Security Interest

	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 3
Representations and Warranties

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01. Title: No Other Liens
	 	 	10	 
	Section 3.02. Perfected First Priority Liens
	 	 	10	 
	Section 3.03. Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office
	 	 	10	 
	Section 3.04. Farm Products
	 	 	10	 
	Section 3.05. Investment Property
	 	 	10	 
	Section 3.06. Receivables
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 4
Covenants

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01. Maintenance of Perfected
Security Interest; Further Documentation
	 	 	11	 
	Section 4.02. Changes In Name, Etc.
	 	 	11	 
	Section 4.03. Delivery of Instruments,
Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper
	 	 	11	 
	Section 4.04. Intellectual Property
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 5
Investing Amounts in the Securities Accounts
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01. Investments
	 	 	12	 
	Section 5.02. Liability
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 6
Remedial Provisions
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01. Certain Matters Relating to Receivables
	 	 	13	 
	Section 6.02. Communications with Obligors: Grantors Remain Liable
	 	 	13	 






 


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	Section 6.03. Proceeds to Be Turned Over to Agent
	 	 	14	 
	Section 6.04. Application of Proceeds
	 	 	15	 
	Section 6.05. Code and Other Remedies
	 	 	15	 
	Section 6.06. Subordination
	 	 	16	 
	Section 6.07. Deficiency
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 7
The Agent
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01. Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-fact, Etc.
	 	 	16	 
	Section 7.02. Duty of Agent
	 	 	18	 
	Section 7.03. Execution of Financing Statements
	 	 	18	 
	Section 7.04. Authority of Agent
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8
Miscellaneous
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01. Amendments in Writing
	 	 	19	 
	Section 8.02. Notices
	 	 	19	 
	Section 8.03. No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies
	 	 	19	 
	Section 8.04. Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification
	 	 	20	 
	Section 8.05. Successors and Assigns
	 	 	20	 
	Section 8.06. Set-off
	 	 	20	 
	Section 8.07. Counterparts
	 	 	21	 
	Section 8.08. Severability
	 	 	21	 
	Section 8.09. Section Headings
	 	 	21	 
	Section 8.10. Integration
	 	 	21	 
	Section 8.11. Governing Law
	 	 	21	 
	Section 8.12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers
	 	 	22	 
	Section 8.13. Acknowledgements
	 	 	22	 
	Section 8.14. Additional Grantors
	 	 	23	 
	Section 8.15. Releases
	 	 	23	 
	Section 8.16. Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	23	 
	Section 8.17. Control Agreements
	 	 	23	 
	Section 8.18. Agent Privileges, Powers and Immunities
	 	 	23	 
	 
	Schedule A — List of Entities
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule B — Commercial Tort Claims
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule C — Perfection Certificate
	 	 	 	 
	Schedule D — Actions Required To Perfect
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Exhibit A — Intellectual Property Security Agreement
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B — Joinder Agreement
	 	 	 	 





 


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FIRST LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT




THIS FIRST LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of October 20, 2009, is made by
K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a California corporation (the “Issuer”), Hovnanian Enterprises,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Hovnanian”) and each of the signatories listed on Schedule A hereto
(together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the “Grantors”),
in favor of Wilmington Trust Company, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the
benefit of itself, the Trustee (as defined below) and the Noteholders (as defined below).



W I T N E S S E T H:




WHEREAS, the Issuer, Hovnanian and each of the other Guarantors have entered into the
Indenture dated as of October 20, 2009 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) with Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Issuer has issued,
and may from time to time issue, its 10 5/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (collectively, the
“Secured Notes”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;



WHEREAS, the Issuer, Hovnanian and each of the other Guarantors party thereto entered into the
indenture dated as of May 27, 2008, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, with Wilmington Trust Company (as successor to Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company) as trustee pursuant to which the Issuer issued its 11 1/2 % Senior Secured Notes due
2013;



WHEREAS, the Issuer, Hovnanian and each of the other Guarantors party thereto have entered
into the indenture dated as of December 3, 2008, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, with Wilmington Trust Company as trustee pursuant to which
the Issuer issued its 18.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2017;



WHEREAS, the Issuer, Hovnanian, certain subsidiaries of Hovnanian party thereto, PNC Bank,
National Association, as Senior Credit Agent and Wilmington Trust Company, as Mortgage Tax
Collateral Agent have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of May 27, 2008, as amended
by the First Amendment dated as of October 20, 2009 (as amended, supplemented, amended or restated
or otherwise modified from time to time, the “May 2008 Intercreditor Agreement”);



WHEREAS, the Issuer, Hovnanian, certain subsidiaries of Hovnanian party thereto, PNC Bank,
National Association, as Senior Credit Agent and



 


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First-Lien Administrative Agent, the Senior Trustee, the Senior Noteholder Collateral Agent,
the Junior Trustee, the Junior Agent and Wilmington Trust Company, as Mortgage Tax Collateral Agent
have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of December 3, 2008, as amended by the First
Amendment dated as of October 20, 2009 (as amended, supplemented, amended or restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, together with the May 2008 Intercreditor Agreement, the “Intercreditor
Agreements”);



WHEREAS, the Secured Notes constitute First Lien Indebtedness under each of the Intercreditor
Agreements;



WHEREAS, the Issuer is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes Hovnanian,
the Issuer’s parent company, and each other Grantor;



WHEREAS, the Issuer and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor
will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the issuance of the Secured Notes; and



NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce Noteholders to purchase Secured
Notes, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties,
as follows:



ARTICLE 1

Defined Terms




Section 1.01. Definitions. (a) Definitions set forth above are incorporated herein and
unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture and used herein shall have the
meanings respectively given to them in the Indenture, and the following terms are used herein as
defined in the New York UCC: Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Account,
Documents, Equipment, Electronic Chattel Paper, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangibles,
Goods, Payment Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Investment Property, Letter of Credit Rights,
Payment Intangibles, Securities Accounts, Software and Supporting Obligations.



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



“Additional Pari Passu Liens”: any liens on the Collateral which secure Additional Secured
Obligations on an equal and ratable basis with the Secured Obligations, provided that such liens
are permitted by clauses (i)(a)(ii), (i)(a)(iii) and (i)(b) of the definition of Permitted Liens in
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“Additional Pari Passu Collateral Agent”: the agent or other representative with respect to
any Additional Secured Obligations in favor of which any Additional Pari Passu Liens are granted.



“Additional Secured Obligations”: any obligations arising pursuant to any Indebtedness
permitted to be secured on a pari passu basis with the Secured Notes pursuant to clauses
(i)(a)(ii), (i)(a)(iii) and (i)(b) of the definition of Permitted Liens in the Indenture (including
for the avoidance of doubt any guarantees with respect thereto).



“Agreement”: this Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.



“Cash Equivalents”: (i) cash, marketable direct obligations of the United States of America or
any agency thereof, and certificates of deposit, demand deposits, time deposits, or repurchase
agreements issued by any bank with a capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 organized under
the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, state or municipal securities with a
rating of A-1 or better by Standard & Poor’s or by Moody’s or F-1 by Fitch, provided that such
obligations, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, time deposits, and repurchase agreements
have a maturity of less than one year from the date of purchase, and (ii) investment grade
commercial paper or debt or commercial paper issued by any bank with a capital and surplus of at
least $25,000,000 organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof
having a maturity date of one year or less from the date of purchase, and (iii) funds holding
assets primarily consisting of those described in clause (i) and (ii).



“Collateral”: as defined in Article 2.



“Collateral Agency Agreement”: an intercreditor or collateral agency agreement entered into
between the Additional Pari Passu Collateral Agent(s) and the Agent on terms reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent, the Issuer and Hovnanian, setting forth the respective rights of the
Secured Parties and the Additional Pari Passu Collateral Agent(s) and the holders of Additional
Secured Obligations with respect to the Collateral and providing, among other things, that (x) the
Additional Pari Passu Liens shall rank equally with or junior to the liens securing the Secured
Obligations, (y) any proceeds of the Collateral shall be applied ratably to the Secured Obligations
and the Additional Secured Obligations and (z) the Agent, including at the direction of the
Noteholders, shall be entitled to take such actions, or to direct any agent appointed pursuant to
the Collateral Agency Agreement to take such actions, as are permitted hereby, by the Indenture and
by the Intercreditor Agreements independently of any direction or vote of the holders of the
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“Contracts”: any contracts and agreements for the purchase, acquisition or sale of real or
personal property or the receipt or performance of services, any contract rights relating thereto,
and all other rights to such contract or agreements and any right to payment for or to receive
moneys due or to become due for items sold or leased or for services rendered, together with all
rights of any Grantor to damages arising thereunder or to perform and to exercise all remedies
thereunder.



“Collateral Account”: any collateral account established by the Agent as provided in Section
6.01 or 6.03.



“Copyright Licenses”: any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee,
granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of rights to
distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.



“Copyrights”: (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether
published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications
in the United States Copyright Office, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.



“Deposit Accounts”: the collective reference to each Deposit Account (as such term is defined
in Section 1.01(a) hereof) in the name of the applicable Grantor, together with any one or more
securities accounts into which any monies on deposit in any such Deposit Account may be swept or
otherwise transferred now or hereafter and from time to time, and any additional, substitute or
successor Deposit Account.



“Excluded Accounts” shall mean at any time those deposit, checking or securities accounts of
any of the Grantors (i) that individually have an average monthly balance (over the most recent
ended 3-month period) less than $250,000 and which together do not have an average monthly balance
(for such 3-month period) in excess of $2,000,000 in the aggregate, (ii) all escrow accounts (in
which funds are held for or of others by virtue of customary real estate practice or contractual or
legal requirements) and (iii) such other accounts with respect to which Hovnanian determines that
the cost of perfecting a Lien thereon is excessive in relation to the benefit thereof (as
reasonably determined by Hovnanian’s Board of Directors in a board resolution delivered to the
Agent).



“Guarantors”: the collective reference to each Grantor other than the Issuer.



“Intellectual Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges,
whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws,



 


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in, to and under the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the
Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any
infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages
therefrom.



“Investment Property”: the collective reference to (i) all “investment property” as such term
is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC, and (ii) whether or not constituting
“investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes.



“Issuers”: the collective reference to each issuer of any Investment Property.



“Law”: any law (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule,
ordinance, opinion, release, ruling, order, injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment, authorization
or approval, lien or award of or settlement agreement with any Official Body.



“New York UCC”: the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New
York.



“Noteholder”: “Holder” or “Holder of Notes” as defined in the Indenture.



“Noteholder Collateral Document”: any agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a
Lien is granted by the Issuer or any Guarantor to secure any Secured Obligations or under which
rights or remedies with respect to any such Liens are governed, as the same may be amended,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.



“Noteholder Document”: collectively, (a) the Indenture, the Secured Notes and the Noteholder
Collateral Documents and (b) any other related document or instrument executed and delivered
pursuant to any Noteholder Document described in clause (a) above evidencing or governing any
Secured Obligations as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.



“Official Body”: any national, federal, state, local or other governmental or political
subdivision or any agency, authority, board, bureau, central bank, commission, department or
instrumentality of either, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, in each case whether
foreign or domestic.



“Patent License”: all written agreements providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any
right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent.


 


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“Patents”: (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, (ii) all applications for letters patent
of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and
continuations-in-part thereof, and (iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the
foregoing.



“Perfection Certificate”: with respect to any Grantor, a certificate substantially in the form
of Schedule D, completed and supplemented with the schedules contemplated thereby, and signed by an
officer of such Grantor.



“Pledged Notes”: all promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor.



“Proceeds”: all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC
and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the
Investment Property, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.



“Receivable”: any right to payment for real or personal property sold or leased or for
services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by a Contract, an Instrument or Chattel
Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including, without limitation, any
Account).



“Secured Obligations”: all Indebtedness and other Obligations under the Indenture, the Secured
Notes, the Guarantees and the Noteholder Collateral Documents, together with any extensions,
renewals, replacements or refundings thereof and all costs and expenses of enforcement and
collection, including reasonable attorney’s fees.



“Secured Parties”: the collective reference to the Agent, the Trustee and the Noteholders, in
each case to which any Secured Obligations are owed.



“Securities Accounts”: the collective reference to the securities accounts in the name of the
applicable Grantor and any additional, substitute or successor account.



“Trademark License”: any written agreement providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any
right to use any Trademark.



“Trademarks”: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names,
fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business
identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now owned or hereafter acquired, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States,
any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof,



 


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and all common-law rights related thereto, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.



“Vehicles”: all cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving equipment and other
vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state and all tires and other appurtenances
to any of the foregoing.



Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.



(a) The words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when
used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision
of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.



(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.



(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when
used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part
thereof.



ARTICLE 2

Grant of Security Interest




Each Grantor hereby grants to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest in, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by
such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right,
title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and
complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) of the Secured Obligations:



(a) all Accounts;



(b) all Chattel Paper (including, Electronic Chattel Paper);



(c) all Commercial Tort Claims (including those claims listed on Schedule B hereto, in which
the claim amount individually exceeds $2,000,000, as such schedule is amended or supplemented from
time to time);



(d) all Contracts;



(e) all Securities Accounts;



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(g) all Documents (other than title documents with respect to vehicles);



(h) all Equipment;



(i) all Fixtures;



(j) all General Intangibles;



(k) all Goods;



(l) all Instruments;



(m) all Intellectual Property;



(n) all Inventory;



(o) all Investment Property;



(p) all letters of credit;



(q) all Letter of Credit Rights;



(r) all Payment Intangibles;



(s) all Vehicles and title documents with respect to Vehicles;



(t) all Receivables;



(u) all Software;



(v) all Supporting Obligations;



(w) to the extent, if any, not included in clauses (a) through (v) above, each and every other
item of personal property whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired;



(x) all books and records pertaining to any of the Collateral; and



(y) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of
any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with
respect to any of the foregoing;



provided, however, that notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Article 2
(and notwithstanding any recording of the Agent’s Lien in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or
other registry office in any jurisdiction), this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a
security interest in, and the Collateral shall not include, (i) any property or assets constituting
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the Indenture or (ii) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is
prohibited by any applicable Law of an Official Body, requires a consent not obtained of any
Official Body pursuant to such Law or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or
results in the termination of or gives rise to any right of acceleration, modification or
cancellation or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement,
instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property or, in the case of any
Investment Property, or Pledged Note, any applicable shareholder or similar agreement, except to
the extent that such Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other
document or shareholder or similar agreement providing for such prohibition, breach, default or
termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable Law including Sections 9-406,
9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the New York UCC (or any successor provision or provisions); provided,
further, that no security interest shall be granted in United States “intent-to-use” trademark or
service mark applications unless and until acceptable evidence of use of the trademark or service
mark has been filed with and accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to Section
1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act (U.S.C. 1051, et. seq.), and to the extent that, and solely
during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or
enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark or service mark applications under applicable
federal Law. After such period and after such evidence of use has been filed and accepted, each
Grantor acknowledges that such interest in such trademark or service mark applications will become
part of the Collateral. The Agent agrees that, at any Grantor’s reasonable request and expense, it
will provide such Grantor confirmation that the assets described in this paragraph are in fact
excluded from the Collateral during such limited period only upon receipt of an Officers’
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel to that effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event
that Rule 3-16 of Regulation S X under the Securities Act requires (or is replaced with another
rule or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted, which would require) the
filing with the SEC of separate financial statements of any Guarantor or of K. Hovnanian JV
Holdings, L.L.C., then the capital stock or other securities of such Guarantor or of K. Hovnanian
JV Holdings, L.L.C. shall automatically be deemed released and not to be and not to have been part
of the Collateral but only to the extent necessary to not be subject to such requirement. In such
event, this Agreement may be amended or modified, without the consent of any Noteholder, upon the
Agent’s receipt of a written authorization from the Issuer stating that such amendment is permitted
hereunder, which the Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, to the extent necessary to
evidence the release of the lien created hereby on the shares of capital stock or other securities
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ARTICLE 3

Representations and Warranties




To induce the Noteholders to purchase the Secured Notes, each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants to the Agent and each other Secured Party that:



Section 3.01. Title: No Other Liens. Except for the security interest granted to the Agent
for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement, such Grantor owns each
item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others except for the
Permitted Liens. No financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of
the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except with respect to Permitted
Liens.



Section 3.02. Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests granted pursuant to
this Agreement (a) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule D (which,
in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered,
or will be delivered within the time periods set forth in Schedule D, to the Agent in completed
form) will constitute valid perfected (to the extent such security interest can be perfected by
such filings or actions) security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Secured Obligations,
enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any
Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior to all other
Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Permitted Liens.



Section 3.03. Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, such
Grantor’s exact legal name, jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the
jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or
sole place of business or principal residence, as the case may be, are specified in the Perfection
Certificate.



Section 3.04. Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm
Products.



Section 3.05. Investment Property. Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and
has good title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or
options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the Permitted Liens.



Section 3.06. Receivables. No amount payable in excess of $2,000,000 in the aggregate to all
Grantors under or in connection with any Receivables is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel
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ARTICLE 4

Covenants




Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Agent and the other Secured Parties that, from and
after the date of this Agreement until the payment in full of all outstanding Secured Obligations:



Section 4.01. Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. (a) Such
Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security
interest to the extent required by this Agreement having at least the priority described in Section
3.02 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons
whomsoever other than any holder of Permitted Liens.



(b) At any time and from time to time, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor
will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and
documents and take such further actions as shall be required by applicable law for the purpose of
obtaining, perfecting or preserving the security interests purported to be granted under this
Agreement and of the rights and remedies herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) filing
any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws)
in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the
case of the Deposit Accounts, Investment Property, Letter of Credit Rights and the Securities
Accounts and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the Agent to
obtain “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect
thereto, provided that the Grantor shall not be required to take any of the actions set forth in
this clause (ii) with respect to Excluded Accounts.



(c) If any Grantor shall at any time acquire a Commercial Tort Claim, in which the claim
amount individually exceeds $2,000,000, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Agent in a writing
signed by such Grantor of the details thereof and grant to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties in such writing a security interest therein and in the Proceeds thereof, with such writing
to be in form and substance required by applicable law and such writing shall constitute a
supplement to Schedule B hereto.



Section 4.02. Changes In Name, Etc. Such Grantor will, within thirty (30) calendar days
after any change its jurisdiction of organization or change its name, provide written notice
thereof to the Agent.



Section 4.03. Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper. If any
amount in excess of $2,000,000 in the aggregate payable under or in connection with any of the
Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument, certificated



 


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security or Chattel Paper,
such Instrument, certificated security or Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Agent, duly indorsed, to be held
as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.



Section 4.04. Intellectual Property. (a) Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through
any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the registration of any
Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States
Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision
thereof, such Grantor shall report such filing to the Agent on or before the date upon which the
Issuer is required to file reports with the Trustee pursuant to Section [4.15] of the Indenture for
the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have
recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as may be necessary to create
and perfect the Agent’s and the other Secured Parties’ security interest in any registered or
applied for Copyright, Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and General Intangibles of such Grantor
relating thereto or represented thereby.



(b) Such Grantor’s obligations under Section 4.04(a) above shall include executing and
delivering, and having recorded, with respect to such Collateral, an agreement substantially in the
form of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.



ARTICLE 5

Investing Amounts in the Securities Accounts




Section 5.01. Investments. If requested by the Issuer in writing, the Agent will, from time
to time, invest amounts on deposit in the Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts in which the
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties holds a first priority, perfected security interest,
in Cash Equivalents pursuant to the written instructions of the Issuer. All investments may, at
the option of the Agent, be made in the name of the Agent or a nominee of the Agent and in a manner
that preserves the Issuer’s ownership of, and the Agent’s perfected first priority Lien on, such
investments. All income received from such investments shall accrue for the benefit of the Issuer
and shall be credited (promptly upon receipt by the Agent) to a Deposit Account or Securities
Account, in which Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties holds a first priority, perfected
security interest. The Issuer will only direct the Agent to make investments in which the Agent
can obtain a first priority, perfected security interest, and the Issuer hereby agrees to execute
promptly any documents which may be required to implement or effectuate the provisions of this
Section.



Section 5.02. Liability. The Agent shall have no responsibility to the Issuer for any loss
or liability arising in respect of the investments in the Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts
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Parties holds a first priority perfected security interest (including, without limitation, as
a result of the liquidation of any thereof before maturity), except to the extent that such loss or
liability is found to be based on the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined
by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction.



ARTICLE 6

Remedial Provisions




Section 6.01. Certain Matters Relating to Receivables.



(a) At any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right
to make test verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it
reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information
as the Agent may require in connection with such test verifications. The Agent shall endeavor to
provide the Issuer with notice at or about the time of such verifications, provided that the
failure to provide such notice shall not in any way compromise or adversely affect the exercise of
such remedy or the Agent’s rights hereunder.



(b) The Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s Receivables and the
Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default. The Agent shall endeavor to provide the Issuer with notice at
or about the time of the exercise of its rights pursuant to the preceding sentence, provided that
the failure to provide such notice shall not in any way compromise or adversely affect the exercise
of any rights or remedies hereunder. If requested in writing by the Agent at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when
collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within two Business Days)
deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Agent if
required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the Agent,
subject to withdrawal by the Agent for the account of the Secured Parties only as provided in
Section 6.04, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Agent
and the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor.



(c) At the Agent’s written request at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Agent all original and other documents
evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables,
including without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.



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(a) The Agent in its own name or in the name of others may after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables and parties to
the Contracts to verify with them to the Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of
any Receivables or Contracts. The Agent shall endeavor to provide the Issuer with notice at or
about the time of the exercise of its rights pursuant to the preceding sentence, provided that the
failure to provide such notice shall not in any way compromise or adversely affect the exercise of
any rights or remedies hereunder.



(b) Upon the written request of the Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables and
parties to the Contracts that the Receivables and the Contracts, as the case may be, have been
assigned to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and that payments in respect
thereof shall be made directly to the Agent.



(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under
each of the Receivables and Contracts to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to
be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement
giving rise thereto. Neither the Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability
under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or Contract by reason of or arising out
of this Agreement or the receipt by the Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating thereto,
nor shall the Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the
obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise
thereto) or Contract, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency
of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder,
to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the
payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any
time or times.



Section 6.03. Proceeds to Be Turned Over to Agent. In addition to the rights of the Agent
and the Secured Parties specified in Section 6.01 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, upon written request from the Agent, all Proceeds
received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such
Grantor in trust for the Agent and the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such
Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Agent in the
exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Agent, if requested). All
Proceeds received by the Agent hereunder shall be held by the Agent in a Collateral Account
maintained under its sole dominion and control. All such Proceeds while held by the Agent in a
Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Agent and the Secured Parties) shall
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held as collateral security for all the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment
thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.04.



Section 6.04. Application of Proceeds. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, at any time at the Agent’s election, subject to any Collateral Agency Agreement, the
Agent may apply all or any part of the Collateral, whether or not held in the Deposit Accounts, the
Securities Accounts or any other Collateral Account, in payment of the Secured Obligations in the
order set forth in the Indenture.



Section 6.05. Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing,
the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and
remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing,
evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under
the New York UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Agent, without prior demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or
notice of any kind (except any prior notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any
Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices
are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize
upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or
options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or
contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at
any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Agent or any Secured Party or elsewhere upon such
terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or
on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Agent shall endeavor to
provide the Issuer with notice at or about the time of the exercise of remedies in the proceeding
sentence, provided that the failure to provide such notice shall not in any way compromise or
adversely affect the exercise of such remedies or the Agent’s rights hereunder. The Agent or any
Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted
by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so
sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby
waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Agent’s request, to assemble the
Collateral and make it available to the Agent at places which the Agent shall reasonably select,
whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any
action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.05, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses
of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of
the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Agent and the Secured
Parties hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to
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such order as the Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by
the Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation,
Section 9-615(a)(3) of the New York UCC, need the Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any
Grantor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and
demands it may acquire against the Agent or any Secured Party arising out of the exercise by them
of any rights hereunder. If any prior notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral
shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10
days before such sale or other disposition.




Section 6.06. Subordination. Each Grantor hereby agrees that, upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, unless otherwise agreed by the Agent, all Indebtedness
owing to it by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer shall be fully subordinated to the
indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations.



Section 6.07. Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the
proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay the Secured
Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Agent or any Secured
Party to collect such deficiency.



ARTICLE 7

The Agent




Section 7.01. Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-fact, Etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in
the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the
purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to
execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor
hereby gives the Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without prior notice to or
assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following:




(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and
indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the
payment of moneys due under any Receivable or Contract or with respect to any other
Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law
or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Agent for the purpose of collecting any
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(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have
recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Agent may
request to evidence the Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ security interest in such
Intellectual Property and the goodwill and General Intangibles of such Grantors relating
thereto or represented thereby;




(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the
Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement
and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;




(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.05, any
endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to
the Collateral; and




(v) (A) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make
payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Agent or as
the Agent shall direct; (B) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt
for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in
respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (C) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or
express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors,
assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the
Collateral; (D) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in
equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion
thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (E) defend any suit,
action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (F)
settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection
therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Agent may deem appropriate; (G) assign
any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any
such Copyright, Patent or Trademark pertains), through the world for such term or terms,
on such conditions, in such manner, as the Agent shall in its sole discretion determine;
and (H) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or
otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Agent were
the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Agent’s option and such
Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Agent
deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Agent’s and
the Secured Parties’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this
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The Agent shall endeavor to provide the Issuer with notice at or about the time of the
exercise of its rights in the preceding clause (a), provided that the failure to provide such
notice shall not in any way compromise or adversely affect the exercise of any rights or remedies
hereunder.



(b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the
Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise
cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.



(c) The expenses of the Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in
this Section 7.01, together with, if past due, interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the
interest rate on the Secured Notes, from the date when due to the Agent to the date reimbursed by
the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Agent upon not less than five (5)
Business Days notice.



(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled
with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests
created hereby are released.



Section 7.02. Duty of Agent. The Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping
and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York
UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Agent deals with similar
property for its own account. Neither the Agent, any Secured Party nor any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize
upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or
otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take
any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred
on the Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Agent’s and the Secured
Parties’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Agent or any Secured
Party to exercise any such powers. The Agent and the Secured Parties shall be accountable only for
amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor
any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any
act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.



Section 7.03. Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to any applicable law, each
Grantor authorizes the Agent to file or record financing statements and other filing or recording
documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in
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under this Agreement. Each Grantor authorizes the Agent to use the collateral description “all
personal property” or “all assets” in any such financing statements.



Section 7.04. Authority of Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and
responsibilities of the Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Agent or
the exercise or non-exercise by the Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other
right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between
the Agent and the Secured Parties, be governed by the Indenture and by such other agreements with
respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Agent and the
Grantors, the Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Secured Parties
with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any
obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.



ARTICLE 8

Miscellaneous




Section 8.01. Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may
be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with the Indenture.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer and the Agent may, without the need to obtain the consent of
the Noteholders, amend, supplement or otherwise modify any provision hereof or of any other
Noteholder Collateral Document (including by entering into any Collateral Agency Agreement or any
other new or supplemental agreements) to reflect and give effect to the matters referred to in the
definition of Collateral Agency Agreement in connection with the incurrence of Additional Secured
Obligations and the granting of Additional Pari Passu Liens, to the extent such incurrence or grant
is permitted by, and in accordance with, the Indenture.



Section 8.02. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Agent or any Grantor
hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section [13.03] the Indenture.



Section 8.03. No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the Agent nor any
Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.01), delay,
indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have
acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising,
on the part of the Agent or any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege
hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
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occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Agent or such
Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided
are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights
or remedies provided by law.



Section 8.04. Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Grantor agrees to pay or
reimburse each Secured Party and the Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or
preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Noteholder Documents to which such Grantor
is a party, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
(including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to the Agent and the Secured
Parties.



(b) Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Agent and the Secured Parties harmless from,
any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp,
excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any
of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.



(c) Each Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Agent and the Secured Parties harmless from,
any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent the Issuer would be
required to do so pursuant to Section 7.07 of the Indenture except those resulting from the Agent’s
or any Secured Party’s willful misconduct or gross negligence.



(d) The agreements in this Section 8.04 shall survive repayment of the Secured Obligations and
termination of the Noteholder Documents.



Section 8.05. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors
and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Agent and the Secured Parties and
their successors and assigns; provided that except as permitted by the Indenture, no Grantor may
assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the
prior written consent of the Agent.



Section 8.06. Set-off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent and each other
Secured Party at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly
waived by each Grantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits,
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contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Agent or such other Secured
Party to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as
the Agent or such other Secured Party may elect, against and on account of the obligations and
liabilities of such Grantor to the Agent or such other Secured Party hereunder and claims of every
nature and description of the Agent or such other Secured Party against such Grantor, in any
currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Indenture or any other Noteholder Document, as the
Agent or such other Secured Party may elect, whether or not the Agent or any other Secured Party
has made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be
contingent or unmatured. The Agent and each other Secured Party shall endeavor to notify the Issuer
promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the Agent or such other Secured Party of
the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity
of such set-off and application. The rights of the Agent and each other Secured Party under this
Section 8.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other
rights of set-off) which the Agent or such other Secured Party may have.



Section 8.07. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to
this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.



Section 8.08. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.



Section 8.09. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into
consideration in the interpretation hereof.



Section 8.10. Integration. This Agreement and the other Noteholder Documents represent the
agreement of the Grantors, the Agent and the Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the
Agent or any Secured Parties relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth
or referred to herein or in the other Noteholder Documents.



Section 8.11. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
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Section 8.12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally:



(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement and the other Noteholder Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the
courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern
District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;



(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any
such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to
plead or claim the same;



(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing
a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage
prepaid, to such Grantor at its address referred to in Section 8.02 or at such other address of
which the Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;



(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any
other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and



(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or
recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary,
punitive or consequential damages.



Section 8.13. Acknowledgements. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:



(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Noteholder Documents to which it is a party;



(b) neither the Agent nor any Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any
Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Noteholder
Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Agent and Secured
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(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Noteholder Documents or otherwise
exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Secured Parties or among the
Grantors and the Secured Parties;



(d) the Agent may at any time and from time to time appoint a collateral agent to maintain any
of the Collateral, maintain books and records regarding any Collateral, release Collateral, and
assist in any aspect arising in connection with the Collateral as Agent may desire; and the Agent
may appoint itself, any affiliate or a third party as the Collateral Agent, and all reasonable
costs of the Collateral Agent shall be borne by the Grantors;



Section 8.14. Additional Grantors. Each Restricted Subsidiary of Hovnanian shall become a
Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a
Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.



Section 8.15. Releases. (a) Upon the indefeasible payment in full of all outstanding Secured
Obligations, the Collateral shall be automatically released from the Liens created hereby, and this
Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of
the Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall automatically terminate, all without delivery of any
instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to
the Grantors.



(b) All or a portion of the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and a
Grantor may be released from its obligations hereunder, in each case pursuant to and as provided in
Section [11.04] of the Indenture.



Section 8.16. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
NOTEHOLDER DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.



Section 8.17. Control Agreements. In connection with each agreement made at any time
pursuant to Sections 9-104 or 8-106 of the Uniform Commercial Code among the Agent, any one or more
Grantors, and any depository financial institution or issuer of uncertificated mutual fund shares
or other uncertificated securities and any other Person party thereto, the Agent shall not deliver
to any such depository or issuer, instructions directing the disposition of the deposit or
uncertificated fund shares or other securities unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at such time.



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entitled to the privileges, powers and immunities afforded to it as Collateral Agent under the
Indenture. The Agent shall be entitled to refuse to take or refrain from taking any discretionary
action or exercise any discretionary powers set forth in this Agreement unless it has received with
respect thereto written direction of the Issuer or a majority of Noteholders in accordance with the
Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Agent shall have no
responsibility for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any liens
securing Secured Obligations (including, but not limited to, no obligation to prepare, record,
file, re-record or re-file any financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument in
any public office).



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Security Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Secured Party:



WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as

Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Patrick J. Healy
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Patrick J. Healy 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	K. HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC., as Issuer

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David G. Valiaveedan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	David G. Valiaveeda 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President — Finance 	 
	 
	 	HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David G. Valiaveedan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	David G. Valiaveeda 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President — Finance 	 
	 
	 	On behalf of each of the entities listed on

Schedule A hereto

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David G. Valiaveedan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	David G. Valiaveedan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President — Finance 	 



 


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SCHEDULE A — LIST OF ENTITIES




Auddie Enterprises, L.L.C.




Builder Services NJ, L.L.C.




Builder Services NY, L.L.C.




Builder Services PA, L.L.C.




Dulles Coppermine, L.L.C.




EASTERN TITLE AGENCY, INC.




F&W MECHANICAL SERVICES, L.L.C.




Founders Title Agency of Maryland, L.L.C.




FOUNDERS TITLE AGENCY, INC.




Governor’s Abstract Co., Inc.




Homebuyers Financial Services, L.L.C.




HOVNANIAN DEVELOPMENTS OF FLORIDA, INC.




Hovnanian Land Investment Group of California, L.L.C.




HOVNANIAN LAND INVESTMENT GROUP OF FLORIDA, L.L.C.




Hovnanian Land Investment Group of Georgia, L.L.C.




Hovnanian Land Investment Group of Maryland, L.L.C.




Hovnanian Land Investment Group of New Jersey, L.L.C.




Hovnanian Land Investment Group of North Carolina, L.L.C.




Hovnanian Land Investment Group of Pennsylvania, L.L.C.




Hovnanian Land Investment Group of Texas LLC




Hovnanian Land Investment Group of Virginia, L.L.C.




Hovnanian Land Investment Group, L.L.C.




K. H. San Marcos Conservancy Holdings, L.L.C.




K. HOV INTERNATIONAL, INC.




K. HOV IP, II, Inc.




K. HOV IP, INC.




K. Hovnanian Acquisitions, Inc.



 


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K. Hovnanian at 4S, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Acqua Vista, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Aliso, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Allenberry, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Allentown, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Almond Estates, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Arbor Heights, LLC




K. HOVNANIAN AT AVENUE ONE, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Bakersfield 463, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Barnegat I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Barnegat II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Bella Lago, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Berkeley, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Bernards IV, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Bernards V, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Blue Heron Pines, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT BRANCHBURG III, INC.




K. Hovnanian at Bridgeport, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Bridgewater I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Bridgewater VI, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Broad and Walnut, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Burlington III, Inc.




K. HOVNANIAN AT BURLINGTON, INC.




K. Hovnanian at Calabria, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Camden I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Cameron Chase, Inc.




K. HOVNANIAN AT CAMP HILL, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT CAPISTRANO, L.L.C.



 


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K. Hovnanian at Carmel Del Mar, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Carmel Village, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Castile, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Cedar Grove III, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Cedar Grove IV, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Chaparral, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Charter Way, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Chester I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Chesterfield, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Cielo, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT CLARKSTOWN, INC.




K. Hovnanian at Clifton II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Clifton, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Coastline, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Cortez Hill, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Cranbury, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Crestline, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Curries Woods, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Denville, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Deptford Township, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Dominguez Hills, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Dover, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at East Brandywine, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian At East Whiteland I, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Eastlake, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Edgewater II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Edgewater, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Egg Harbor Township II, L.L.C.



 


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K. Hovnanian at Egg Harbor Township, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at El Dorado Ranch II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at El Dorado Ranch, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Elk Township, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Encinitas Ranch, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Evergreen, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Ewing, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Fiddyment Ranch, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Fifth Avenue, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Florence I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Florence II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Forest Meadows, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT FORKS TWP. I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Franklin, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Freehold Township I, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Freehold Township, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Fresno, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Galloway, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT GASLAMP SQUARE, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Great Notch, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Gridley, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Guttenberg, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Hackettstown II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Hackettstown, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Hamburg Contractors, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Hamburg, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Hawthorne, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Hazlet, L.L.C.



 


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K. Hovnanian at Hershey’s Mill, Inc.




K. HOVNANIAN AT HIGHLAND SHORES, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Highland Vineyards, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Hilltop, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Hopewell IV, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Hopewell VI, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Howell Township, Inc.




K. HOVNANIAN AT HUDSON POINTE, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Jackson I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Jackson, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Jaeger Ranch, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Jersey City IV, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Jersey City V Urban Renewal Company, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Keyport, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at King Farm, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Kings Grant I, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at La Costa Greens, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at La Costa, LLC




K. Hovnanian at La Habra Knolls, LLC




K. Hovnanian at La Laguna, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at La Terraza, Inc.




K. Hovnanian At Lafayette Estates, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lake Rancho Viejo, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Lake Ridge Crossing, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lake Terrapin, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lakewood, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Landmark, LLC




K. Hovnanian at LaPaz, LLC



 


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K. Hovnanian at Larkspur, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Lawrence V, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lee Square, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Linwood, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Little Egg Harbor Contractors, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Little Egg Harbor III, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Little Egg Harbor Township II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Little Egg Harbor, L.L.C




K. Hovnanian at Live Oak II, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Long Branch I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lower Macungie Township I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lower Macungie Township II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lower Makefield Township I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lower Moreland I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lower Moreland II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lower Moreland III, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Lower Saucon, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Macungie, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT MAHWAH II, INC.




K. Hovnanian at Mahwah VI, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Mahwah VII, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Malan Park, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Manalapan III, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Manalapan, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Mansfield I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Mansfield II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Mansfield III, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Maple Avenue, L.L.C.



 


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K. Hovnanian at Marlboro II, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Marlboro Township III, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Marlboro Township IV, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Marlboro Township IX, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Marlboro Township V, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Marlboro Township VIII, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Marlboro VI, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Marlboro VII, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Matsu, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Melanie Meadows, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Mendham Township, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Menifee, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Middle Township II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Middle Township, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Middletown II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Middletown, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Millville I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Millville II, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT MONROE II, INC.




K. Hovnanian at Monroe III, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Monroe IV, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Monroe NJ, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Montgomery I, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Montvale, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Mosaic, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Mt. Olive Township, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Muirfield, LLC




K. HOVNANIAN AT NEW BRUNSWICK URBAN RENEWAL, L.L.C.



 


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K. Hovnanian at New Windsor, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at North Bergen. L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT NORTH BRUNSWICK VI, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at North Caldwell II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at North Caldwell III, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at North Caldwell, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at North Haledon, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at North Wildwood, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Northampton. L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT NORTHERN WESTCHESTER, INC.




K. Hovnanian at Northfield, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Northlake, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Ocean Township, Inc




K. HOVNANIAN AT OCEAN WALK, INC.




K. Hovnanian at Oceanport, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Old Bridge, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Olde Orchard, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Pacific Bluffs, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Paramus, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Park Lane, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Parkside, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Parsippany-Troy Hills, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Perkiomen I, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Perkiomen II, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Philadelphia II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Philadelphia III, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Philadelphia IV, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Piazza D’Oro, L.L.C.



 


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K. Hovnanian at Piazza Serena, L.L.C




K. Hovnanian at Pittsgrove, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT PORT IMPERIAL URBAN RENEWAL IV, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT PORT IMPERIAL URBAN RENEWAL V, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT PORT IMPERIAL URBAN RENEWAL VI, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT PORT IMPERIAL URBAN RENEWAL VII, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT PORT IMPERIAL URBAN RENEWAL VIII, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Prado, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Rancho Cristianitos, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Rancho Santa Margarita, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Randolph I, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT RAPHO, L.L.C




K. Hovnanian at Readington II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Red Bank, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Reservoir Ridge, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Ridgemont, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Ridgestone, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Riverbend, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Rivercrest, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Roderuck, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT ROSEMARY LANTANA, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Rowland Heights, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Sage, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at San Sevaine, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Santa Nella, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Saratoga, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Sawmill, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Sayreville, L.L.C.



 


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K. HOVNANIAN AT SCOTCH PLAINS II, INC.




K. Hovnanian at Scotch Plains, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Sierra Estates, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Silver Spring, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Skye Isle, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Smithville III, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Smithville, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Somers Point, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at South Brunswick V, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at South Brunswick, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Sparta, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT SPRINGCO, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Stone Canyon, Inc.




K. HOVNANIAN AT STONY POINT, INC.




K. Hovnanian at Sunsets, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Sycamore, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Tannery Hill, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Teaneck, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at The Bluff, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at The Crosby, LLC




K. Hovnanian at The Gables, LLC




K. Hovnanian at The Monarch, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at The Preserve, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Thompson Ranch, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Thornbury, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Tierrasanta, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Trail Ridge, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Trenton, L.L.C.



 


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K. Hovnanian at Trovata, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Union Township I, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Union Township II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Upper Freehold Township I, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Upper Freehold Township II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Upper Freehold Township III, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Upper Makefield I, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Upper Uwchlan II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Upper Uwchlan, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Vail Ranch, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Valle Del Sol, LLC




K. HOVNANIAN AT VERONA URBAN RENEWAL, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Victorville, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT VINELAND, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Vista Del Sol, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Wall Township VI, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Wall Township VIII, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Wanaque, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Warren Township, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Washington, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT WASHINGTONVILLE, INC.




K. Hovnanian at Wayne III, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Wayne IX, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Wayne V, Inc.




K. HOVNANIAN AT WAYNE, VIII, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at West Bradford, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at West Milford, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at West View Estates, L.L.C.



 


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K. Hovnanian at West Windsor, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Westshore, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Wheeler Ranch, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Wildrose, Inc.




K. Hovnanian at Wildwood Bayside, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Willow Brook, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN AT WINCHESTER, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Woodcreek West, LLC




K. Hovnanian at Woodhill Estates, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian at Woolwich I, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Cambridge Homes, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN CENTRAL ACQUISITIONS, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Classics CIP, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Classics, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Communities, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Companies Metro D.C. North, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Companies Northeast, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Companies of California, Inc.




K. HOVNANIAN COMPANIES OF MARYLAND, INC.




K. HOVNANIAN COMPANIES OF NEW YORK, INC.




K. Hovnanian Companies of Pennsylvania, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Companies of Southern California, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Companies of Virginia, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Companies, LLC




K. Hovnanian Connecticut Acquisitions, L.L.C.




K.
Hovnanian Construction II, Inc.




K.
Hovnanian Construction III, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Construction Management, Inc.



 


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K. Hovnanian CraftBuilt Homes of South Carolina, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Delaware Acquisitions, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN DEVELOPMENTS OF ARIZONA, INC.




K. Hovnanian Developments of California, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Connecticut, Inc.




K. HOVNANIAN DEVELOPMENTS OF D.C., INC.




K. HOVNANIAN DEVELOPMENTS OF DELAWARE, INC.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Georgia, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Illinois, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Indiana, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Kentucky, Inc.




K. HOVNANIAN DEVELOPMENTS OF MARYLAND, INC.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Michigan, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Minnesota, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of New Jersey II, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of New Jersey, Inc.




K. HOVNANIAN DEVELOPMENTS OF NEW YORK, INC.




K. Hovnanian Developments of North Carolina, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Ohio, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Pennsylvania, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of South Carolina, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Texas, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of Virginia, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Developments of West Virginia, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Eastern Pennsylvania, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN FIRST HOMES, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Florida Realty, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Forecast Homes Northern, Inc.



 


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K. Hovnanian Four Seasons @ Historic Virginia, LLC




K. Hovnanian Four Seasons at Gold Hill, LLC




K. HOVNANIAN GREAT WESTERN BUILDING COMPANY, LLC




K. HOVNANIAN GREAT WESTERN HOMES, LLC




K. Hovnanian Holdings NJ, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes — DFW, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Cameron Station, LLC




K. Hovnanian Homes at Camp Springs, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Fairwood, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Forest Run, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Greenway Farm Park Towns, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Greenway Farm, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Jones Station 1, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Jones Station 2, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Maxwell Place, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN HOMES AT PAYNE STREET, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Primera, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Renaissance Plaza, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes at Russett, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes of D.C., L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN HOMES OF DELAWARE, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes of Georgia, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes of Houston, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes of Indiana, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes of Maryland, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Homes of Minnesota, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.




K. HOVNANIAN HOMES OF PENNSYLVANIA, L.L.C.



 


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K. Hovnanian Homes of South Carolina, LLC




K. Hovnanian Homes of Virginia, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Homes of West Virginia, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian North Central Acquisitions, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian North Jersey Acquisitions, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Northeast Services, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian of Houston II, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Ohio Realty, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN OSTER HOMES, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian PA Real Estate, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Pennsylvania Acquisitions, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Port Imperial Urban Renewal, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Properties of Red Bank, Inc.




K. Hovnanian Shore Acquisitions, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian South Jersey Acquisitions, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Southern New Jersey, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN STANDING ENTITY, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Summit Holdings, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Summit Homes of Kentucky, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Summit Homes of Michigan, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Summit Homes of Pennsylvania, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Summit Homes of West Virginia, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian Summit Homes, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian T&C Homes at Florida, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian T&C Homes at Illinois, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian T&C Homes at Minnesota, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN T&C INVESTMENT, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian T&C Management Co., L.L.C.



 


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K. Hovnanian Venture I, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN WINDWARD HOMES, LLC




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Ashburn Village, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Bailey’s Glenn, L.L.C.




K. HOVNANIAN’S FOUR SEASONS AT BAKERSFIELD, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Beaumont, LLC




K. HOVNANIAN’S FOUR SEASONS AT CHARLOTTESVILLE, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Dulles Discovery Condominium, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Dulles Discovery, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Hamptonburgh, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Hemet, LLC




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Huntfield, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Kent Island Condominiums, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Kent Island, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Los Banos, LLC




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Moreno Valley, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at New Kent Vineyards, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Palm Springs, LLC




K. HOVNANIAN’S FOUR SEASONS AT RENAISSANCE, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Rush Creek, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at St. Margarets Landing, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Vint Hill, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Westshore, LLC




K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons, LLC




K. Hovnanian’s Parkside at Towngate, L.L.C.




K. Hovnanian’s Private Home Portfolio, L.L.C.




KHIP, L.L.C.




LANDARAMA, INC.



 


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M & M
at Long Branch, Inc.




M&M at Chesterfield, LLC




M&M AT Copper Beech, L.L.C.




M&M AT Crescent Court, L.L.C.




M&M at East Rutherford, L.L.C.




M&M AT MORRISTOWN, L.L.C.




M&M AT SPINNAKER POINTE, L.L.C.




M&M AT SPRUCE HOLLOW, L.L.C.




M&M AT SPRUCE RUN, L.L.C.




M&M at Station Square, L.L.C.




M&M at Tamarack Hollow, L.L.C.




M&M AT UNION, L.L.C.




M&M at West Orange, L.L.C.




M&M at Wheatena Urban Renewal, L.L.C.




M&M INVESTMENTS, L.P.




Matzel & Mumford at Egg Harbor, L.L.C.




MATZEL & MUMFORD AT MONTGOMERY, L.L.C.




Matzel & Mumford at South Bound Brook Urban Renewal, L.L.C.




MCNJ, Inc.




Midwest Building Products & Contractor Services of Kentucky, L.L.C.




Midwest Building Products & Contractor Services of Michigan, L.L.C.




Midwest Building Products & Contractor Services of Pennsylvania, L.L.C.




Midwest Building Products & Contractor Services of West Virginia, L.L.C.




MIDWEST BUILDING PRODUCTS & CONTRACTOR SERVICES, L.L.C.




MMIP, L.L.C.




Natomas Central Neighborhood Housing, L.L.C.




New Land Title Agency, L.L.C.




PADDOCKS, L.L.C.



 


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PARK TITLE COMPANY, LLC




Pine Ayr, LLC




RIDGEMORE UTILITY ASSOCIATES OF PENNSYLVANIA, L.L.C.




Ridgemore Utility, L.L.C.




SEABROOK ACCUMULATION CORPORATION




STONEBROOK HOMES, INC.




Terrapin Realty, L.L.C.




The Matzel
& Mumford Organization, Inc.




Washington Homes at Columbia Town Center, L.L.C.




Washington Homes, Inc.




Westminster Homes of Alabama, L.L.C.




Westminster Homes of Mississippi, LLC




Westminster Homes of Tennessee, Inc.




WESTMINSTER HOMES, INC.




WH LAND I,
INC.




WH PROPERTIES, INC.




WH/PR Land Company, L.L.C.




Woodland Lake Condominiums at Bowie New Town, L.L.C.





 


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SCHEDULE B




COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS



 


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SCHEDULE C




FORM OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE




The undersigned is a duly authorized officer of each of the entities listed on Schedule
1 hereto (each such entity, a “Grantor”). With reference to the Security Agreement dated as of
October 20, 2009 among                                         , the Guarantors party thereto and                     
                    , as
Collateral Agent (terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), each of the
undersigned certifies to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party as follows:



1. Names. The exact legal name of each of Grantor (as it appears in each respective
certificate or articles of incorporation, limited liability membership agreement or similar
organizational documents), the type of organization, the jurisdiction of organization (or
formation, as applicable) and the organizational identification number for each Grantor is set
forth in Schedule 1 hereto.



2. Lien Search Guarantors. (a) Set forth on Schedule 2(a) is the name of each Grantor selected
for lien searches (the “Lien Search Grantors”) and the county in which each Lien Search Grantor’s
chief executive office is located, if such office is not located at                                         ,
as applicable.



(b) Set forth in Schedule 2(b) hereto is each other corporate name (including trade
names or similar appellations) each Lien Search Grantor has had in the last five years, together
with the date of the relevant change.



(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 2(c) hereto, no Lien Search Grantor has changed
its identity or corporate structure in any way within the past five years.



3. UCC Filings. In order to perfect the Liens granted by the Grantor, a duly completed
financing statement on Form UCC-1, with the collateral described as set forth on Schedule 3
hereto, has been delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing in the Uniform Commercial Code filing
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
                     day of
                                        ,
2009.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Name of Grantor]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 



 


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SCHEDULE D




ACTIONS REQUIRED TO PERFECT





	1.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Alabama as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Alabama Secretary of State.






	2.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Arizona as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Arizona Secretary of State.






	3.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of California as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the California Secretary of State.






	4.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Connecticut as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral the Connecticut Secretary of State.






	5.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Delaware as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Delaware Secretary of State.






	6.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the District of Columbia as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the District of Columbia Recorder of
Deeds.






	7.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Florida as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Florida Secured Transaction
Registry.






	8.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Georgia as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Office of the Clerk of Superior
Court of any County of Georgia.






	9.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Illinois as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Illinois




 


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	 	 	Secretary of State.






	10.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Indiana as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Indiana Secretary of State.






	11.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Kentucky as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Kentucky Secretary of State.






	12.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Maryland as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and Taxation.






	13.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Michigan as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Michigan Secretary of State.






	14.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Minnesota Secretary of State.






	15.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Mississippi as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Mississippi Secretary of State.






	16.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of New Jersey as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the New Jersey Division of Commercial
Recording.






	17.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of New York as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the New York Secretary of State.






	18.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of North Carolina as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the North Carolina Secretary of
State.




 


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	19.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Ohio as identified
on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statement
that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Ohio Secretary of State.






	20.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Pennsylvania Secretary of the
Commonwealth.






	21.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of South Carolina as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the South Carolina Secretary of
State.






	22.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Tennessee as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Tennessee Secretary of State.






	23.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Texas as identified
on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statement
that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Texas Secretary of State.






	24.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of Virginia as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the Virginia State Corporation
Commission.






	25.	 	With respect to each Loan Party organized under the laws of the state of West Virginia as
identified on Schedule D of this Agreement, the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing
Statement that reasonably identifies the Collateral with the West Virginia Secretary of State.






	26.	 	With respect to the Securities Accounts and the Deposit Accounts (other than the Excluded
Accounts), the bank with which such Securities Account and such Deposit Account are maintained
agreeing that it will comply with instructions originated by the Perfection Agent directing
disposition of the funds in such Securities Account and such Deposit Account without further
consent of the relevant Grantor; provided that the Grantors shall not be required to deliver
any such agreements on the Issue Date, but will deliver such agreements as soon as
commercially reasonable thereafter, but in no event later than 90 days following the Issue
Date.






	27.	 	With respect to each Grantor that owns registered or applied for Intellectual Property, the
filing of an Intellectual Property Security Agreement that reasonably identifies such
Grantor’s registered and applied for Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights with




 


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the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as
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EXHIBIT A




Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement




INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT




This Intellectual Property Security Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of October 20, 2009
is made by                                         , a California corporation (“the Grantor”) in favor of Wilmington Trust
Company, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the benefit of itself, the Trustee
(as defined below) and the Noteholders (as defined below).



WHEREAS, K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a California corporation (the “Borrower”), Hovnanian
Enterprises, Inc. (“Hovnanian”) and each of the other Guarantors party thereto entered into the
indenture dated as of May 27, 2008, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, with Wilmington Trust Company (as successor to Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company) as trustee pursuant to which the Issuer issued 11 1/2 % Senior Secured Notes due
2013;



WHEREAS, the Borrower, Hovnanian and each of the other Guarantors party thereto have entered
into the indenture dated as of December 3, 2008, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, with Wilmington Trust Company as trustee pursuant to which
the Issuer issued 18.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2017;



WHEREAS, the Borrower, Hovnanian and each of the other Guarantors have entered into the
Indenture dated as of October 20, 2009 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) with Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Issuer (as defined
in the Indenture) issued 10 5/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (collectively, the “Secured Notes”)
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;



WHEREAS, the Borrower, Hovnanian, certain subsidiaries of Hovnanian party thereto, PNC Bank,
National Association, as Senior Credit Agent and Wilmington Trust Company, as Mortgage Tax
Collateral Agent have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of May 27, 2008 (the “May
2008 Intercreditor Agreement”);



WHEREAS, the Borrower, Hovnanian, certain subsidiaries of Hovnanian party thereto, PNC Bank,
National Association, as Senior Credit Agent and First-Lien Administrative Agent, the Senior
Trustee, the Senior Noteholder Collateral Agent, the Junior Trustee, the Junior Agent and
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Company, as Mortgage Tax Collateral Agent have entered into the Intercreditor Agreement dated
as of December 3, 2008, as amended, supplemented, amended or restated or otherwise modified from
time to time (together with the May 2008 Intercreditor Agreement, the “Intercreditor Agreements”);



WHEREAS, the Secured Notes constitute First Lien Indebtedness under each of the Intercreditor
Agreements;



WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes Hovnanian,
the Borrower’s parent company, and each other Guarantor;



WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Guarantors are engaged in related businesses, and each
Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the issuance of the Secured
Notes;



WHEREAS, pursuant to and under the Indenture and the First Lien Security Agreement dated as of
October 20, 2009 (the “Security Agreement”) among the Borrower, Hovnanian, each of the signatories
listed on Schedule A thereto (together with any other entity that may become a party thereto) and
the Agent, the Grantor has agreed to enter into this Agreement in order to grant a security
interest to the Agent in certain Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and other Intellectual Property as
security for such loans and other obligations as more fully described herein; and



NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:



1. Defined Terms.




(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) capitalized terms used in this
Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Security Agreement
and (ii) the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.02 of the Indenture shall apply
to this Agreement. Where applicable and except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
terms used herein (whether or not capitalized) shall have the respective meanings assigned
to them in the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in New York as amended from time to time
(the “Code”).




(b) “Copyright Licenses” shall mean any written agreement naming any Grantor as
licensor or licensee, granting any right under any Copyright, including, without
limitation, the grant of rights to distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any
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(c) “Copyrights” shall mean (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United
States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or
unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings
thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all
registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office referred
to in Schedule A, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.




(d) “Intellectual Property” shall mean the collective reference to all rights,
priorities and privileges, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign
laws, in, to and under the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent
Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in
equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive
all proceeds and damages therefrom.




(e) “Patent License” shall mean all written agreements providing for the grant by or
to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or
in part by a Patent, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in
Schedule A.




(f) “Patents” shall mean (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof,
including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule A, (ii) all
applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all
divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including, without limitation,
any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule A, and (iii) all rights to obtain any
reissues or extensions of the foregoing.




(g) “Secured Obligations” shall mean all now existing and hereafter arising
Obligations (as defined in the Indenture) of the Borrower and each and every other
Grantor, together with any extensions, renewals, replacements or refundings thereof, and
all costs and expenses of enforcement and collection, including reasonable attorney’s
fees.




(h) “Secured Parties” shall mean the collective reference to the Agent, the Trustee
and the Noteholders, in each case to which any Secured Obligations are owed.




(i) “Trademarks” shall mean (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company
names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and
other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now owned or
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acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any
similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or
any political subdivision thereof, and all common-law rights related thereto, including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule A, and (ii) the right to
obtain all renewals thereof.




(j) “Trademark License” shall mean any written agreement providing for the grant by
or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark, including, without limitation, any of
the foregoing referred to in Schedule A.



2. To secure the full payment and performance of all Secured Obligations, the Grantor hereby
grants to the Agent a security interest in the entire right, title and interest of such Grantor in
and to all of its Intellectual Property; provided, however, that notwithstanding any of the other
provisions set forth in this Section 2 (and notwithstanding any recording of the Agent’s Lien made
in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Copyright Office, or other registry office in any
other jurisdiction), this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in any
property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any applicable Law
of an Official Body, requires a consent not obtained of any Official Body pursuant to such Law or
is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or
gives rise to any right of acceleration, modification or cancellation or requires any consent not
obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving
rise to such property, except to the extent that such Law or the term in such contract, license,
agreement, instrument or other document or similar agreement providing for such prohibition,
breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable Law
including 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the New York UCC (or any successor provision or
provisions); provided, further, that no security interest shall be granted in any United States
“intent-to-use” trademark or service mark applications unless and until acceptable evidence of use
of the trademark or service mark has been filed with and accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office pursuant to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act (U.S.C. 1051, et seq.), and to
the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein
would impair the validity or enforceability of such “intent-to-use” trademark or service mark
applications under applicable federal Law. After such period and after such evidence of use has
been filed and accepted, the Grantor acknowledges that such interest in such trademark or service
mark applications will become part of the Collateral. The Agent agrees that, at the Grantor’s
reasonable request and expense, it will provide such Grantor confirmation that the assets described
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the Collateral during such limited period only upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate or an
Opinion of Counsel to that effect.



3. The Grantor covenants and warrants that:




(a) To the knowledge of the Grantor, on the date hereof, all material Intellectual
Property owned by the Grantor is valid, subsisting and unexpired, has not been abandoned
and does not, to the knowledge of the Grantor, infringe the intellectual property rights
of any other Person;




(b) The Grantor is the owner of each item of Intellectual Property listed on Schedule
A, free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others except for the Permitted Liens.
No financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the
Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except as permitted pursuant to
this Agreement or as permitted by the Indenture;



4. The Grantor agrees that, until all of the Secured Obligations shall have been indefeasibly
satisfied in full, it will not enter into any agreement (for example, a license agreement) which is
inconsistent with Grantor’s obligations under this Agreement, without Agent’s prior written consent
which shall not be unreasonably withheld except Grantor may license technology in the ordinary
course of business without the Agent’s consent to suppliers and customers to facilitate the
manufacture and use of such Grantor’s products.



5. Agent shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies given it by this Agreement
and those rights and remedies set forth in the Security Agreement and the Indenture, those allowed
by applicable Law and the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code
as enacted in any jurisdiction in which the Intellectual Property may be located and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, solely if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Agent may immediately, without demand of performance and without other notice (except
as set forth below) or demand whatsoever to the Grantor, all of which are hereby expressly waived,
and without advertisement, sell at public or private sale or otherwise realize upon, in a city that
the Agent shall designate by notice to the Grantor, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or elsewhere, the
whole or from time to time any part of the Intellectual Property, or any interest which the Grantor
may have therein and, after deducting from the proceeds of sale or other disposition of the
Intellectual Property all expenses (including fees and expenses for brokers and attorneys), shall
apply the remainder of such proceeds toward the payment of the Secured Obligations as the Agent, in
its sole discretion, shall determine. Any remainder of the proceeds after payment in full of the
Secured Obligations shall be paid over to the Grantor. Notice of any sale or other disposition of
the Intellectual Property shall be given to the Grantor at least ten (10) days before the time of
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disposition of the Intellectual Property is to be made, which the Grantor hereby agrees shall
be reasonable notice of such sale or other disposition. At any such sale or other disposition,
Agent may, to the extent permissible under applicable Law, purchase the whole or any part of the
Intellectual Property sold, free from any right of redemption on the part of the Grantor, which
right is hereby waived and released. The Agent shall endeavor to provide the Borrower with notice
at or about the time of the exercise of remedies in the preceding sentence, provided that the
failure to provide such notice shall not in any way compromise or adversely affect the exercise of
such remedies or the Agent’s rights hereunder.



6. All of Agent’s rights and remedies with respect to the Intellectual Property, whether
established hereby, by the Security Agreement or by the Indenture or by any other agreements or by
Law, shall be cumulative and may be exercised singularly or concurrently. In the event of any
irreconcilable inconsistency in the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the
Security Agreement shall control.



7. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any clause or provision shall be
held invalid and unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then such invalidity or
unenforceability shall affect only such clause or provision, or part thereof, in such jurisdiction,
and shall not in any manner affect such clause or provision in any other jurisdiction, or any
clause or provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction.



8. The benefits and burdens of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties, provided, however, that except
as permitted by the Indenture, the Grantor may not assign or transfer any of its rights or
obligations hereunder or any interest herein and any such purported assignment or transfer shall be
null and void.



9. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties under this agreement shall be
governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the Law of the State of New York.



10. The Grantor (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive general jurisdiction of the
courts of the State of New York and the courts of the United States of America for the Southern
District of New York, or any successor to said court (hereinafter referred to as the “New York
Courts”) for purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding which relates to this Agreement or
any other Noteholder Document, (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable Law, hereby waives and
agrees not to assert by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise in any such suit, action or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the New York Courts,
that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of such
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not be enforced in or by the New York Courts, (iii) hereby agrees not to seek, and hereby
waives, any collateral review by any other court, which may be called upon to enforce the judgment
of any of the New York Courts, of the merits of any such suit, action or proceeding or the
jurisdiction of the New York Courts, and (iv) waives personal service of any and all process upon
it and consents that all such service of process be made by certified or registered mail addressed
as provided in Section 13 hereof or at such other address of which the Agent shall have been
notified pursuant thereto and service so made shall be deemed to be completed upon actual receipt
thereof. Nothing herein shall limit any Secured Party’s right to bring any suit, action or other
proceeding against the Grantor or any of any of the Grantor’s assets or to serve process on the
Grantor by any means authorized by Law.



11. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any
number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.



12. THE GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY A JURY IN ANY LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTEHOLDER DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY
COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.



13. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Agent or the Grantor shall be effected in
the manner provided for in Section 13.03 of the Indenture.



14. In the performance of its obligations, powers and rights hereunder, the Agent shall be
entitled to the privileges, powers and immunities afforded to it as Collateral Agent under the
Indenture. The Agent shall be entitled to refuse to take or refrain from taking any discretionary
action or exercise any discretionary powers set forth in the Security Agreement unless it has
received with respect thereto written direction of the Issuer or a majority of Noteholders in
accordance with the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Agent shall have no responsibility for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or
protection of any liens securing Secured Obligations (including, but not limited to, no obligation
to prepare, record, file, re-record or re-file any financing statement, continuation statement or
other instrument in any public office).



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Intellectual Property Security
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Collateral Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Grantor:



[Name of Grantor]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 



 


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EXHIBIT B




Form of Joinder Agreement





This JOINDER AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT is made                      by                                            
                 , a
                                         (the “New Grantor”).



Reference is made to (i) the Indenture dated as of October 20, 2009 (as amended, supplemented,
amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) between the
K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a California corporation (“Issuer”), Hovnanian Enterprises,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Hovnanian”), each of the other Guarantors party thereto and
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee (in such capacity, the
“Trustee”), pursuant to which the Issuer has issued, and may from time to time issue, its
105/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (collectively, the “Secured Notes”), (ii) the
Supplemental Indenture dated [_____] pursuant to which the New Grantor became party to the Indenture
as a Guarantor, (iii) the First Lien Security Agreement by each of the Grantors (as defined
therein) in favor of the Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the benefit
of itself, the Trustee and the Noteholders (as the same may be modified, supplemented, amended or
restated, the “Security Agreement”), (iv) the First Lien Pledge Agreement by each of the
Pledgors (as defined therein) in favor of the Agent for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the
Noteholders (as the same may be modified, supplemented, amended or restated, the “Pledge
Agreement”), (v) the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of May 27, 2009, among the Issuer,
Hovnanian, certain subsidiaries of Hovnanian, the Collateral Agent, and Wilmington Trust Company,
as Mortgage Tax Collateral Agent, as amended by the First Amendment dated as of October 20, 2009
(the “Senior Intercreditor Agreement”) and (vi) Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of
December 3, 2009, among the Issuer, Hovnanian, certain subsidiaries of Hovnanian, the Collateral
Agent, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Mortgage Tax Collateral Agent, as amended by the First
Amendment dated as of October 20, 2009 (the “Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement”).
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the
Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, the Pledge Agreement.



The New Grantor hereby agrees that effective as of the date hereof it hereby is, and shall be
deemed to be, a Grantor under the Security Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement and a Pledgor
under the Pledge Agreement and agrees that from the date hereof until the payment in full of the
Secured Obligations and the performance of all other obligations of Issuer under the Noteholder
Documents, New Grantor has assumed the obligations of a Grantor and Pledgor under, and New Grantor
shall perform, comply with and be subject to and bound by, jointly and severally, each of the
terms, provisions and waivers of, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Intercreditor
Agreement and each of the other Noteholder Documents which are stated to apply to or are made by a
Grantor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Grantor hereby represents and
warrants that each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Security Agreement and
the Pledge Agreement is true and correct as to New Grantor on and as of the date hereof as if made
on and as of the date hereof by New Grantor.


 


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New Grantor hereby makes, affirms, and ratifies in favor of the Secured Parties and the Agent the
Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and each of the other Noteholder Documents given by the
Grantors to the Agent. In furtherance of the foregoing, New Grantor shall execute and deliver or
cause to be executed and delivered at any time and from time to time such further instruments and
documents and do or cause to be done such further acts as may be reasonably necessary to carry out
more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Joinder Agreement.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor has duly executed this Joinder Agreement and delivered the same
to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as of the date and year first written above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[NAME OF NEW GRANTOR]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 




 


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