EX-10.16



 Exhibit 10.16 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 FIRST LIEN SECURED NOTE GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN
COPYRIGHTS 
 THIS FIRST LIEN SECURED NOTE GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN COPYRIGHTS (this
“Agreement”), dated as of April 12, 2012, is made by each of the signatories hereto (each, a “Grantor”) in favor of WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wilmington Trust”), as note
collateral agent (in such capacity, the “First Priority Note Collateral Agent”) with respect to the 8 1/8% Senior Secured First Priority Notes due 2019 (the “First Priority Notes”) issued by HD SUPPLY, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”)
pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, and as further amended, amended and restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “First Priority Notes Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, and Wilmington Trust. 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Priority Note
Collateral Agreement”), among the Issuer, certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer and the First Priority Note Collateral Agent, each Grantor granted to the First Priority Note Collateral Agent a security interest in its Intellectual Property,
including Copyrights; and 
 WHEREAS, each Grantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement. 
 NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, subject to the
conditions of the First Priority Notes Indenture, each Grantor agrees, for the benefit of the First Priority Note Collateral Agent, as follows: 
 SECTION 1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided or provided
by reference in the First Priority Notes Indenture and the First Priority Note Collateral Agreement. 
 SECTION 2. Grant of
Security Interest. Each Grantor hereby grants, subject to existing licenses to use the Copyrights granted by such Grantor in the ordinary course of its business, to the First Priority Note Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, a security interest in all of the Copyrights of such Grantor (including, without limitation, those items listed on Schedule A hereto under such Grantor’s name) and to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products
of any and all of the Copyrights, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations of such Grantor, except that no security interest
is or will be granted pursuant thereto or any other 







 
Note Security Document in any right, title or interest of such Grantor under or in any Copyright Licenses with Persons other than the Issuer, a Restricted Subsidiary or an Affiliate thereof for
so long as, and to the extent that, the granting of such a security interest pursuant hereto would result in a breach, default or termination of such Copyright Licenses. 
 SECTION 3. Purpose. This Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Grantors for the purpose of recording the security interest granted pursuant to the First Priority Note Collateral
Agreement with the United States Copyright Office. This Agreement is expressly subject to the terms and conditions of the First Priority Note Collateral Agreement. The First Priority Note Collateral Agreement (and all rights and remedies of the
First Priority Note Collateral Agent thereunder) shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. 
 SECTION
4. Acknowledgment. Each Grantor does hereby further acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the First Priority Note Collateral Agent with respect to the security interest in the Copyrights are fully set forth in the First
Priority Notes Indenture and the First Priority Note Collateral Agreement, the terms and provisions of which (including the remedies provided for therein) are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. 

SECTION 5. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of
which together constitute one and the same original. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	CREATIVE TOUCH INTERIORS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Vidya Chauhan

		 	Name:	 	Vidya Chauhan
		 	Title:	 	Vice President



  

FIRST LIEN SECURED NOTE GRANT OF
SECURITY INTEREST IN COPYRIGHTS 








 
					
	WILLIAMS BROS. LUMBER COMPANY, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Vidya Chauhan

		 	Name:	 	Vidya Chauhan
		 	Title:	 	Vice President



  

FIRST LIEN SECURED NOTE GRANT OF
SECURITY INTEREST IN COPYRIGHTS 








 
					
	HDS IP HOLDING, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ricardo Nunez

		 	Name:	 	Ricardo Nunez
		 	Title:	 	Vice President



  

FIRST LIEN SECURED NOTE GRANT OF
SECURITY INTEREST IN COPYRIGHTS 








 
					
	WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as First Priority Note Collateral Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jane Schweiger

		 	Name:	 	Jane Schweiger
		 	Title:	 	Vice President



  

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








 Schedule A 
 Copyrights 
 Creative Touch Interiors, Inc. 

 

							
	 Title
	  	Registration No.	 	  	Registration Date
	 NL-16
	  	 	VA 1-048-833	  	  	3/27/2000

 HDS IP Holding, LLC 
  

							
	 Title
	  	Registration No.	 	  	Registration Date
	 Powerscope
	  	 	TX 7-364-190	  	  	3/5/2009
	 WaterCity
	  	 	VA 1-708-882	  	  	8/5/2008

 Williams Bros. Lumber Company, LLC 
  

							
	 Title
	  	Registration No.	 	  	Registration Date
	 Architectural millwork sales catalog
	  	 	TX 3-036-953	  	  	3/5/1991


  
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