**Exhibit 10.9**

**INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT**

Intercreditor Agreement(this “Agreement”), dated as of December 3, 2009, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, with its successors and assigns, and as more specifically defined below, the “ABLRepresentative”) for the ABL Secured Parties (as defined below), U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), as collateral agent (in such capacity, with its successors and assigns, and as more specifically defined below,the “Note Representative”) for the Note Secured Parties (as defined below) and each of the Loan Parties (as defined below) party hereto. 

WHEREAS, Easton-Bell Sports, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), the subsidiary guarantors, the ABL Representative and certain financial institutions and other entities are partiesto the Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Existing ABL Agreement”), pursuant to which such financial institutions and other entities have agreed to make loans and extend other financial accommodations to the LoanParties; 

WHEREAS, Borrower, U.S. Bank, as trustee, the guarantors and other entities are parties to the Indenture dated as ofthe date hereof (the “Existing Note Agreement”), pursuant to which the Borrower has issued senior secured notes; 

WHEREAS, Borrower has granted to the ABL Representative security interests and liens in the Collateral (as defined below) as security for payment and performance of the ABL Obligations; and 

WHEREAS, Borrower has granted to the Note Representative security interests and liens in the Collateral as security for payment andperformance of the Note Obligations (as defined below). 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutualcovenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the existence and sufficiency of which is expressly recognized by all of the parties hereto, the parties agree as follows: 

**SECTION 1***. Definitions; Rules of Construction.*

1.1 UCC Definitions. The following terms which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code are used herein as so defined: Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts,Documents, Equipment, General Intangibles, Goods, Instruments, Inventory, Investment Property, Letter of Credit, Letter of Credit Rights, Records, Securities Account and Supporting Obligations. 

1.2. Defined Terms. The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings: 

“ABL Agreement” means the collective reference to (a) the Existing ABL Agreement, (b) any Additional ABLAgreement and (c) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has at anytime been incurred to extend, replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Existing ABL Agreement (regardless of whether such replacement, refunding or refinancing (i) is a“working capital” facility, asset-based facility, revolving loan facility, term loan facility or otherwise or (ii) was entered into after the ABL Obligations Payment Date), any Additional ABL Agreement or any other agreement orinstrument referred to in this clause (c) unless such agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not an ABL Agreement hereunder (a **“**Replacement ABL Agreement****”). Anyreference to the ABL Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any ABL Agreement then extant. 

“ABL Creditors” means, collectively, the “Lenders” and the“Secured Parties”, each as defined in the ABL Agreement. 

“ABL DIP Financing” has the meaning setforth in Section 5.2(a). 

“ABL Documents” means the ABL Agreement, each ABL Security Document,each ABL Guarantee and each other “Loan Document” as defined in the ABL Agreement (other than this Agreement). 

“ABL Guarantee” means any guarantee by any Loan Party of any or all of the ABL Obligations. 

“ABL Lien” means any Lien created by the ABL Security Documents. 

“ABL Obligations”means (a) all principal of and interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all loans made pursuant to the ABL Agreement or any ABL DIP Financing by the ABL Creditors, (b) all reimbursementobligations (if any) and interest thereon (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any letter of credit or similar instruments issued pursuant to the ABL Agreement, (c) all Swap Obligations, (d) all BankingServices Obligations and (e) all guarantee obligations, indemnities, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the ABL Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To theextent any payment with respect to any ABL Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as Proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, setaside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Note Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights andobligations of the ABL Secured Parties and the Note Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. 

“ABL Obligations Payment Date” means the first date on which (a) the ABL Obligations (other than those that constitute Unasserted Contingent Obligations) have been indefeasibly paidin cash in full (or cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the ABL Documents), (b) all commitments to extend credit under the ABL Documents have been terminated, (c) there are no outstanding letters of credit orsimilar instruments issued under the ABL Documents (other than such as have been cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the ABL Documents), and (d) so long as the Note Obligations Payment Date shall not have occurred,the ABL Representative has delivered a written notice to the Note Representative stating that the events described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) have occurred to the satisfaction of the ABL Secured Parties. 

“ABL Post-Petition Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(b). 

“ABL Priority Collateral” means all Collateral consisting of the following: 

(1) all Accounts; 

(2) all Inventory; 

(3) all Deposit Accounts (other than theNon-ABL Collateral Account); 

(4) all cash and cash equivalents (except to the extent held or required to beheld in the Non-ABL Collateral Account); 

 

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(5) to the extent evidencing or governing any of the items referred to inthe preceding clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) all Chattel Paper, Documents, Instruments, General Intangibles and Securities Accounts related thereto; provided that to the extent any of the foregoingalso relates to Note Priority Collateral only that portion related to the items referred to in the preceding clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) shall be included in the ABL Priority Collateral; 

(6) all books and records relating to the foregoing (including without limitation all books, databases, customer lists andrecords, whether tangible or electronic which contain any information relating to any of the foregoing); and 

(7) all Proceeds of and Supporting Obligations, including, without limitation, Letter of Credit Rights, with respect to any of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of theforegoing. 

“ABL Representative” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. In the caseof any Replacement ABL Agreement, the ABL Representative shall be the Person identified as such in such Agreement. 

“ABL Secured Parties” means the ABL Representative, the ABL Creditors and any other holders of the ABL Obligations. 

“ABL Security Documents” means the “Collateral Documents” as defined in the ABL Agreement, and any other documents that are designated under the ABL Agreement as “ABLSecurity Documents” for purposes of this Agreement. 

“Access Period” means, with respect to each parcelor item of Note Priority Collateral, the period, following the commencement of any Enforcement Action, which begins on the earlier of (a) the day on which the ABL Representative provides the Note Representative with the notice of its electionto request access to such parcel or item of Note Priority Collateral pursuant to Section 3.4(c) and (b) the fifth Business Day after the Note Representative provides the ABL Representative with notice that the Note Representative(or its agent) has obtained possession or control of such parcel or item of Note Priority Collateral and ends on the earliest of (i) the day which is 180 days after the date (the “Initial Access Date”) on which the ABLRepresentative initially obtains the ability to take physical possession of, remove or otherwise control physical access to, or actually uses, such parcel or item of Note Priority Collateral plus such number of days, if any, after the Initial AccessDate that it is stayed or otherwise prohibited by law or court order from exercising remedies with respect to associated ABL Priority Collateral, (ii) the date on which all or substantially all of the ABL Priority Collateral associated withsuch parcel or item of Note Priority Collateral is sold, collected or liquidated, (iii) the ABL Obligations Payment Date and (iv) the date on which the default which resulted in such Enforcement Action has been cured or waived in writing.

“Additional ABL Agreement” means any agreement for the incurrence of additional indebtedness that ispermitted to be secured by the ABL Priority Collateral pursuant to the Note Agreement and any agreement approved for designation as such by the ABL Representative and the Note Representative. 

“Additional Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(b). 

“Additional Note Agreement” means any agreement for the issuance of senior secured notes that is permitted bySection 6.01 of the Existing ABL Agreement (and any equivalent section of another ABL Agreement), and Sections 2.1 and 3.2 of the Existing Note Agreement (and any equivalent section of

 

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another Note Agreement), any agreement governing any indebtedness of any of the Loan Parties permitted to be incurred under Section 3.2 of the Existing Note Agreement and secured by lienspermitted pursuant to the second proviso to clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” therein and any agreement approved for designation as such by the ABL Representative and the Note Representative. 

“Banking Services Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligations of such Loan Party, whether absoluteor contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), owed to any ABL Secured Party (or any of its affiliates) in respect of thefollowing bank services: (a) credit cards for commercial customers (including, without limitation, “commercial credit cards” and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards and (c) treasury management services (including,without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services). 

“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §101 et seq.), as amended from time to time. 

“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the first WHEREAS clause above. 

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City areauthorized or required by law to remain closed. 

“Canadian Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect affiliateor shareholder (or equivalent) of Borrower or any of its affiliates which is organized under the laws of Canada (or any province or territory thereof). 

“Collateral” means, collectively, all property upon which a Lien is granted pursuant to the Security Documents; provided, however, that no property upon which a Lien is granted by aCanadian Subsidiary shall be “Collateral” hereunder. 

“Comparable Security Document” means, inrelation to any Senior Collateral subject to any Senior Security Document, that Junior Security Document (if any) that creates a security interest in the same Senior Collateral, granted by the same Loan Party, as applicable. 

“Copyrights” means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to thefollowing: (a) all copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works protectable by copyright, copyright registrations, and copyright applications; (b) all renewals of any of the foregoing; (c) all income, royalties, damages, andpayments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past or future infringements for any of the foregoing; (d) the right to sue for past, present, and futureinfringements of any of the foregoing; and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world. 

“Enforcement Action” means, with respect to the ABL Obligations or the Note Obligations, the exercise of any rights and remedies with respect to any Collateral securing such obligations or the commencement or prosecution ofenforcement of any of the rights and remedies under, as applicable, the ABL Documents or the Note Documents, or applicable law, including without limitation the exercise of any rights of set-off or recoupment, and the exercise of any rights orremedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or under the Bankruptcy Code. 

 

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“Existing ABL Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the first WHEREASclause of this Agreement. 

“Existing Note Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the third WHEREAS clause ofthis Agreement. 

“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding in respect of bankruptcy, insolvency, windingup, receivership, dissolution or assignment for the benefit of creditors, in each of the foregoing events whether under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or similar law.

“Intellectual Property” means, the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating tointellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the Patents, the Trademarks and the Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for anyInfringement thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. 

“Junior Collateral”shall mean with respect to any Junior Secured Party, any Collateral on which it has a Junior Lien. 

“JuniorDocuments” shall mean, collectively, with respect to any Junior Obligations, any provision pertaining to such Junior Obligation in any Loan Document or any other document, instrument or certificate evidencing or delivered in connection withsuch Junior Obligation. 

“Junior Liens” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral, allLiens securing the Note Obligations and (b) with respect to any Note Priority Collateral, all Liens securing the ABL Obligations. 

“Junior Obligations” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral, all Note Obligations and (b) with respect to any Note Priority Collateral, all ABL Obligations. 

“Junior Representative” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABL Obligations or any ABL Priority Collateral, the NoteRepresentative and (b) with respect to any Note Obligations or any Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Representative. 

“Junior Secured Parties” shall mean (a) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, all Note Secured Parties and (b) with respect to the Note Priority Collateral, all ABL Secured Parties. 

“Junior Security Documents” shall mean with respect to any Junior Secured Party, the Security Documents that secure theJunior Obligations. 

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, deed tosecure debt, lien, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, assignation, debenture, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease ortitle retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party withrespect to such securities. 

 

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“Licenses” means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’sright, title, and interest in and to (a) any and all licensing agreements or similar arrangements in and to its Patents, Copyrights, or Trademarks, (b) all income, royalties, damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter due or payableunder and with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past and future breaches thereof, and (c) all rights to sue for past, present, and future breaches thereof. 

“Lien Priority” means with respect to any Lien of the ABL Representative or Note Representative in the Collateral, theorder of priority of such Lien specified in Section 2.1. 

“Loan Documents” shall mean,collectively, the ABL Documents and the Note Documents. 

“Loan Party” means Borrower and each direct orindirect affiliate or shareholder (or equivalent) of Borrower or any of its affiliates that is now or hereafter becomes a party to any ABL Document or any Note Document, in each case as a direct obligor or guarantor of the ABL Obligations or NoteObligations, as applicable, other than any Canadian Subsidiary. All references in this Agreement to any Loan Party shall include such Loan Party as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Loan Party in any Insolvency Proceeding.

“Non-ABL Collateral Account” means the “Collateral Account” as defined in the Note SecurityDocuments. 

“Notes” means the senior secured notes of the Borrower issued and sold on or after the“Issue Date” (as defined in the Note Agreement) pursuant to the Note Documents, any exchange notes issued in exchange therefor and any other indebtedness incurred, in each case, pursuant to the Note Agreement. 

“Note Agreement” means the collective reference to (a) the Existing Note Agreement, (b) any Additional NoteAgreement and (c) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has at anytime been incurred to extend, replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Existing Note Agreement, any Additional Note Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to inthis clause (c) unless such agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Note Agreement hereunder (a **“**Replacement Note Agreement****”). Any reference to the Note Agreementhereunder shall be deemed a reference to any Note Agreement then extant. 

“Note Creditors” means Note SecuredParties. 

“Note DIP Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(b). 

“Note Documents” means the Note Agreement, the Note Security Documents, the purchase agreement among the Borrower, theguarantors party thereto, and the initial purchasers thereunder with respect to the Notes and all other agreements, instruments and other documents (including collateral documents with respect thereto) pursuant to which the Notes have been or willbe issued or otherwise setting forth the terms of the Notes (other than this Agreement). 

**“**NoteLien****” means any Lien created by the Note Security Documents. 

“Note Obligations” means(a) all principal of and interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all indebtedness under the Note Agreement or any Note DIP Financing by the Note Secured Parties, and (b) all guaranteeobligations, indemnities, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the Note Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any Note

 

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Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as Proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in anyrespect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any ABL Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rightsand obligations of the ABL Secured Parties and the Note Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. 

“Note Obligations Payment Date” means first date on which (a) the Note Obligations (other than those that constitute Unasserted Contingent Obligations) have been indefeasibly paid incash in full, (b) all commitments to extend credit under the Note Documents have been terminated, and (c) so long as the ABL Obligations Payment Date shall not have occurred, the Note Representative has delivered a written notice to theABL Representative stating that the events described in clauses (a) and (b) have occurred to the satisfaction of the Note Secured Parties. 

“Note Post-Petition Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a). 

“Note Priority Collateral” means all Collateral other than the ABL Priority Collateral; provided, however, “Note Priority Collateral” shall not include Proceedsfrom the disposition of any Note Priority Collateral to the extent such Proceeds are not required to be deposited in the Non-ABL Collateral Account or not required to be applied to the mandatory prepayment or repurchase of the Note Obligationspursuant to the Note Documents, unless such Proceeds arise from a disposition of Note Priority Collateral resulting from Enforcement Action taken by the Note Secured Parties permitted by this Agreement. If such Proceeds are required to be depositedin the Non-ABL Collateral Account or are required to be applied to the mandatory prepayment or repurchase of the Note Obligations or arise from a disposition of Note Priority Collateral resulting from an Enforcement Action, such Proceeds shall notbe included in the ABL Priority Collateral (not withstanding anything in the definition thereof to the contrary, including anything in the definition of Accounts to the contrary) and shall be Note Priority Collateral. With respect to Proceedsdeposited in the Non-ABL Collateral Account only, such Proceeds shall be Note Priority Collateral until such time as the use of such Proceeds is no longer restricted by the Note Documents unless they have been applied to the payment of the NoteObligations. 

“Note Representative” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. The NoteRepresentative shall be the Person identified as the “Collateral Agent” in the Note Security Agreement. 

“Note Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined under the Note Security Agreement. 

“Note Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement entered into as of December 3, 2009 by and between the Borrower, and the other Persons listed on the signature pages thereof, as guarantors, and U.S.Bank, in its capacity as collateral agent for the secured parties and any other security agreement entered into in connection with a Note Agreement. 

“Note Security Documents” means the “Collateral Documents” as defined in the Note Agreement and any documents that are designated under the Note Agreement as “CollateralDocuments” for purposes of this Agreement. 

“Patents” means with respect to any Person, all of suchPerson’s right, title, and interest in and to: (a) any and all patents and patent applications; (b) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein; (c) all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions,and continuations-in-part thereof; (d) all income, royalties, damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past and future infringementsthereof; (e) all rights to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and (f) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world. 

 

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“Person” means any person, individual, sole proprietorship, partnership,joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, association, institution, entity, party, including any government and any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof. 

“Post-Petition Interest” means any interest or entitlement to fees or expenses or other charges that accrues after thecommencement of any Insolvency Proceeding (or would accrue but for the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding), whether or not allowed or allowable in any such Insolvency Proceeding. 

“Priority Collateral” means the ABL Priority Collateral or the Note Priority Collateral. 

“Proceeds” means (a) all “proceeds,” as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, with respect tothe Collateral, and (b) whatever is recoverable or recovered when any Collateral is sold, exchanged, collected, or disposed of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, including, without limitation, all proceeds of any insurance policy coveringthe Collateral. 

“Real Property” means any right, title or interest in and to real property, including anyfee interest, leasehold interest, easement, or license and any other right to use or occupy real property, including any right arising by contract. 

“Replacement ABL Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ABL Agreement.” 

“Replacement Note Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Note Agreement.” 

“Secured Obligations” shall mean the ABL Obligations and the Note Obligations. 

“Secured Parties” means the ABL Secured Parties and the Note Secured Parties. 

“Security Documents” means, collectively, the ABL Security Documents and the Note Security Documents. 

“Senior Collateral” shall mean with respect to any Senior Secured Party, any Collateral on which it has a Senior Lien. 

“Senior Documents” shall mean, collectively, with respect to any Senior Obligation, any provision pertaining to such SeniorObligation in any Loan Document or any other document, instrument or certificate evidencing or delivered in connection with such Senior Obligation. 

“Senior Liens” shall mean (a) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, all Liens securing the ABL Obligations and (b) with respect to the Note Priority Collateral, all Lienssecuring the Note Obligations. 

“Senior Obligations” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABL PriorityCollateral, all ABL Obligations and (b) with respect to any Note Priority Collateral, all Note Obligations. 

 

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“Senior Obligations Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to ABLObligations, the ABL Obligations Payment Date and (b) with respect to any Note Obligations, the Note Obligations Payment Date. 

“Senior Representative” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral, the ABL Representative and (b) with respect to any Note Priority Collateral, the Note Representative. 

“Senior Secured Parties” shall mean (a) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral, all ABL Secured Parties and(b) with respect to the Note Priority Collateral, all Note Secured Parties. 

“Senior Security Documents”shall mean with respect to any Senior Secured Party, the Security Documents that secure the Senior Obligations. 

“SwapObligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligations of such Loan Party owed to any ABL Creditor (or any of its affiliates) in respect of any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreementinvolving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similartransaction or any combination of these transactions or any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any these transactions. 

“Trademarks” means with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to the following: (a) all trademarks (including service marks), tradenames, trade dress, trade styles, brand names, corporate names, business names, domain names, logos and other source or business identifiers and the registrations and applications for registration thereof, all common-law rights related thereto, andthe goodwill of the business symbolized by the foregoing; (b) all renewals of the foregoing; (c) all income, royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages,claims, and payments for past and future infringements thereof; (d) all rights to sue for past, present, and future infringements of the foregoing, including the right to settle suits involving claims and demands for royalties owing; and(e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world. 

“Unasserted ContingentObligations” shall mean, at any time, ABL Obligations or Note Obligations, as applicable, for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities (excluding (a) the principal of, and interest and premium (ifany) on, and fees and expenses relating to, any ABL Obligation or Note Obligation, as applicable, and (b) with respect to ABL Obligations contingent reimbursement obligations in respect of amounts that may be drawn under outstanding letters ofcredit) in respect of which no assertion of liability (whether oral or written) and no claim or demand for payment (whether oral or written) has been made (and, in the case of ABL Obligations or Note Obligations, as applicable, for indemnification,no notice for indemnification has been issued by the indemnitee) at such time. 

“Uniform Commercial Code”shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the applicable jurisdiction. 

1.3 Rules ofConstruction. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. Thewords “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word“shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any

 

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definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,(c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all referencesherein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to havethe same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. 

**SECTION 2.***Lien Priority*. 

2.1 Lien Subordination.Notwithstanding the date, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Junior Lien in respect of any Collateral or of any Senior Lien in respect of any Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, any applicable law, anySecurity Document, any alleged or actual defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing or any other circumstance whatsoever, the Junior Representative, on behalf of each Junior Secured Party, in respect of such Collateral hereby agrees that:

(a) any Senior Lien in respect of such Collateral, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute,operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be and shall remain senior and prior to any Junior Lien in respect of such Collateral (whether or not such Senior Lien is subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation); and 

(b) any Junior Lien in respect of such Collateral, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law,subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to any Senior Lien in respect of such Collateral. 

2.2 Prohibition on Contesting Liens. In respect of any Collateral, the Junior Representative, on behalf of each Junior Secured Party, agrees that it shall not, and hereby waives any right to: 

(a) contest, or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency Proceeding), thepriority, validity or enforceability of any Senior Lien on such Collateral; or 

(b) demand, request, plead orotherwise assert or claim the benefit of any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or similar right which it may have in respect of such Collateral or the Senior Liens on such Collateral, except to the extent that such rights are expressly granted inthis Agreement. 

2.3 Nature of Obligations. The Note Representative on behalf of itself and the other Note SecuredParties acknowledges that a portion of the ABL Obligations represents debt that is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased, reduced or repaid and subsequentlyreborrowed, and that the terms of the ABL Obligations and any ABL Agreement or any provision thereof may be waived, modified, extended, amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the ABL Obligations may beincreased, replaced or refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Note Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof. The ABL Representative on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties acknowledges thatNote Obligations may be replaced or refinanced and the amount of any

 

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Note Obligations may be increased, reduced, or repaid, and any Note Document or any provision thereof may be waived, modified, extended, amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, andthat the aggregate amount of the Note Obligations may be increased, replaced or refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the ABL Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof. The Lien Priorities provided inSection 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or refinancing of either the ABL Obligations or theNote Obligations, or any portion thereof. 

2.4 No New Liens. (a) Until the ABL Obligations Payment Date, no NoteSecured Party shall acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Note Obligation which assets are not also subject to the Lien of the ABL Representative under the ABL Documents (except with respect to Real Property), subjectto the Lien Priority set forth herein. If any Note Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Note Obligation which assets are not also subject to the Lien of the ABLRepresentative under the ABL Documents (except with respect to Real Property), subject to the Lien Priority set forth herein, then the Note Representative (or the relevant Note Secured Party) shall, without the need for any further consent of anyother Note Secured Party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Note Document be deemed to also hold and have held such lien for the benefit of the ABL Representative as security for the ABL Obligations (subject to the LienPriority and other terms hereof) and shall promptly notify the ABL Representative in writing of the existence of such Lien. 

(b) Until the Note Obligations Payment Date, no ABL Secured Party shall acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any ABL Obligation which assets are not also subject to a Lien under the Note Documents, subject tothe Lien Priority set forth herein. If any ABL Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any ABL Obligation which assets are not also subject to a Lien under the NoteDocuments, subject to the Lien Priority set forth herein, then the ABL Representative (or the relevant ABL Secured Party) shall, without the need for any further consent of any other ABL Secured Party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary inany other ABL Document be deemed to also hold and have held such lien for the benefit of the Note Representative as security for the Note Obligations (subject to the Lien Priority and other terms hereof) and shall promptly notify the NoteRepresentative in writing of the existence of such Lien. 

2.5 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification.Each Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that (i) the grants of Liens pursuant to the ABL Security Documents and the Note Security Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens and (ii) because of, among other things,their differing rights in the Collateral, the Note Obligations are fundamentally different from the ABL Obligations and should be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency Proceeding. To furthereffectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the ABL Secured Parties and the Note Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral constitute claims in the same class (ratherthan separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then the ABL Secured Parties and the Note Secured Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of ABL Obligation claims andNote Obligation claims against the Loan Parties (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the ABL Priority Collateral or Note Priority Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the otherSecured Parties), the ABL Secured Parties or the Note Secured Parties, respectively, shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing inrespect of Post-Petition Interest that are available from each pool of Priority Collateral for each of the ABL Secured Parties and the Note Secured Parties, respectively, before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the

 

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other Secured Parties, with the other Secured Parties hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the respective other Secured Parties amounts otherwise received or receivable by them tothe extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the aggregate recoveries. 

2.6 Agreements Regarding Actions to Perfect Liens. (a) The ABL Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties that all mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds and similarinstruments (collectively, “mortgages”) now or hereafter filed against Real Property in favor of or for the benefit of the ABL Representative shall contain the following notation: “The lien created by this mortgage on theproperty described herein is junior and subordinate to the lien on such property created by any mortgage, deed of trust or similar instrument now or hereafter granted to U.S. Bank National Association, as Note Representative, in accordance with theprovisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of December 3, 2009, as amended from time to time.” 

(b) Each ofthe ABL Representative and the Note Representative hereby acknowledges that, to the extent that it holds, or a third party holds on its behalf, physical possession of or “control” (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) over Collateralpursuant to the ABL Security Documents or the Note Security Documents, as applicable, such possession or control is also for the benefit of the Note Representative and the other Note Secured Parties or the ABL Representative and the other ABLSecured Parties, as applicable, solely to the extent required to perfect their security interest (if any) in such Collateral. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed to impose any duty on the ABL Representative or the NoteRepresentative (or any third party acting on either such Person’s behalf) with respect to such Collateral or provide the Note Representative, any other Note Secured Party, the ABL Representative or any other ABL Secured Party, as applicable,with any rights with respect to such Collateral beyond those specified in this Agreement, the ABL Security Documents and the Note Security Documents, as applicable, provided that subsequent to the occurrence of the ABL Obligations PaymentDate (so long as the Note Obligations Payment Date shall not have occurred), the ABL Representative shall (i) deliver to the Note Representative, at the Loan Parties’ sole cost and expense, the Collateral in its possession or controltogether with any necessary endorsements to the extent required by the Note Documents or (ii) direct and deliver such Collateral as a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise directs; provided, further, that subsequent to theoccurrence of the Note Obligations Payment Date (so long as the ABL Obligations Payment Date shall not have occurred), the Note Representative shall (i) deliver to the ABL Loan Representative, at the Loan Parties’ sole cost and expense,the Collateral in its possession or control together with any necessary endorsements to the extent required by the ABL Documents or (ii) direct and deliver such Collateral as a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise directs; provided,further, that (i) prior to the occurrence of the Note Obligations Payment Date, upon the request of the Note Representative or the Company, the ABL Loan Representative shall turn over to the Note Representative any Note PriorityCollateral of which it has physical possession, and (ii) prior to the occurrence of the ABL Obligations Payment Date, upon the request of the ABL Representative or the Company, the Note Representative shall turn over to the ABL Representativeany ABL Priority Collateral of which it has physical possession. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the ABL Secured Parties and the Note Secured Parties and shall not impose onthe ABL Secured Parties or the Note Secured Parties any obligations in respect of the disposition of any Collateral (or any proceeds thereof) that would conflict with prior perfected Liens or any claims thereon in favor of any other Person that isnot a Secured Party. 

 

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**SECTION 3***. Enforcement Rights.*

3.1 Exclusive Enforcement. Until the Senior Obligations Payment Date has occurred, whether or not an Insolvency Proceeding has beencommenced by or against any Loan Party, the Senior Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to take and continue any Enforcement Action (including the right to credit bid their debt) with respect to the Senior Collateral, without anyconsultation with or consent of any Junior Secured Party, but subject to the proviso set forth in Section 5.1. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a default or an event of default under the Senior Documents, the SeniorRepresentative and the other Senior Secured Parties may take and continue any Enforcement Action with respect to the Senior Obligations and the Senior Collateral in such order and manner as they may determine in their sole discretion in accordancewith the terms and conditions of the Senior Documents. 

3.2 Standstill and Waivers. Each Junior Representative, onbehalf of itself and the other Junior Secured Parties, agrees that, until the Senior Obligations Payment Date has occurred, but subject to the proviso set forth in Section 5.1: 

(i) they will not take or cause to be taken any action, the purpose or effect of which is to make any Lien on any SeniorCollateral that secures any Junior Obligation pari passu with or senior to, or to give any Junior Secured Party any preference or priority relative to, the Liens on the Senior Collateral securing the Senior Obligations; 

(ii) they will not contest, oppose, object to, interfere with, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicialproceedings (including without limitation the filing of an Insolvency Proceeding) or otherwise, any foreclosure, sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Senior Collateral by any Senior Secured Party or any other EnforcementAction taken (or any forbearance from taking any Enforcement Action) in respect of the Senior Collateral by or on behalf of any Senior Secured Party; 

(iii) they have no right to (x) direct either the Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to the Senior Collateral or pursuant tothe Senior Security Documents in respect of the Senior Collateral or (y) consent or object to the exercise by the Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to the Senior Collateral orpursuant to the Senior Security Documents with respect to the Senior Collateral or to the timing or manner in which any such right is exercised or not exercised (or, to the extent they may have any such right described in this clause (iii), whetheras a junior lien creditor in respect of the Senior Collateral or otherwise, they hereby irrevocably waive such right); 

(iv) they will not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit, Insolvency Proceeding or other proceeding any claim against any Senior Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance,instructions or otherwise, with respect to, and no Senior Secured Party shall be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Senior Secured Party with respect to the Senior Collateral or pursuant to the Senior Documents in respect ofthe Senior Collateral; 

(v) they will not commence judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings withrespect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of any Senior Collateral, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action toenforce their interest in or realize upon, the Senior Collateral; and 

(vi) they will not seek, and herebywaive any right, to have the Senior Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of the Senior Collateral. 

 

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3.3 Judgment Creditors. In the event that any Note Secured Party becomes a judgmentlien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor, such judgment lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the ABL Liens and the ABLObligations) to the same extent as all other Liens securing the Note Obligations are subject to the terms of this Agreement. In the event that any ABL Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of itsenforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor, such judgment lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the Note Liens and the Note Obligations) to the same extent as all other Liens securingthe ABL Obligations are subject to the terms of this Agreement. 

3.4 Cooperation; Sharing of Information and Access.(a) The Note Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Note Secured Parties, agrees that each of them shall take such actions as the ABL Representative shall request in connection with the exercise by the ABL Secured Parties of theirrights set forth herein in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral. The ABL Representative, on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties, agrees that each of them shall take such actions as the Note Representative shall request in connectionwith the exercise by the Note Secured Parties of their rights set forth herein in respect of the Note Priority Collateral. 

(b) In the event that the ABL Representative shall, in the exercise of its rights under the ABL Security Documents or otherwise, receive possession or control of any books and Records of any Loan Party which contain information identifyingor pertaining to the Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Representative shall promptly notify the Note Representative of such fact and, upon request from the Note Representative and as promptly as practicable thereafter, either make available to theNote Representative such books and Records for inspection and duplication or provide to the Note Representative copies thereof. In the event that a Note Representative shall, in the exercise of its rights under the Note Security Documents orotherwise, receive possession or control of any books and records of any Loan Party which contain information identifying or pertaining to any of the ABL Priority Collateral, the Note Representative shall promptly notify the ABL Representative ofsuch fact and, upon request from the ABL Representative and as promptly as practicable thereafter, either make available to the ABL Representative such books and records for inspection and duplication or provide the ABL Representative copiesthereof. The Note Representative hereby irrevocably grants the ABL Representative a non-exclusive worldwide license or right to use, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent of the Note Representative’s interesttherein, exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation, to use any of the Intellectual Property now or hereafter owned by, licensed to, or otherwise used by the Loan Parties in order for the ABL Representative and ABL Secured Partiesto purchase, use, market, repossess, possess, store, assemble, manufacture, process, sell, transfer, distribute or otherwise dispose of any asset included in the ABL Priority Collateral in connection with the liquidation, disposition or realizationupon the ABL Priority Collateral in accordance with the terms and conditions of the ABL Security Documents and the other ABL Documents. The Note Representative agrees that any sale, transfer or other disposition of any of the Loan Parties’Intellectual Property (whether by foreclosure or otherwise) will be subject to the ABL Representative’s rights as set forth in this Section 3.4. 

(c) If the Note Representative, or any agent or representative thereof, or any receiver, shall, after the commencement of any Enforcement Action, obtain possession or physical control of any of the NotePriority Collateral, the Note Representative shall promptly notify the ABL Representative in writing of that fact, and the ABL Representative shall, within ten Business Days thereafter, notify the Note Representative in writing as to whether the ABLRepresentative desires to exercise access rights under this Agreement. In addition, if the ABL Representative, or any agent or representative of the ABL Representative, or any receiver, shall obtain possession or physical control of any of the NotePriority

 

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Collateral in connection with an Enforcement Action, then the ABL Representative shall promptly notify the Note Representative that the ABL Representative is exercising its access rights underthis Agreement and its rights under Section 3.4 under either circumstance. Upon delivery of such notice by the ABL Representative to the Note Representative, the ABL Representative and Note Representative shall confer in good faith tocoordinate with respect to the ABL Representative’s exercise of such access rights, with such access rights to apply to any parcel or item of Note Priority Collateral access to which is reasonably necessary to enable the ABL Representativeduring normal business hours to convert ABL Priority Collateral consisting of raw materials and work-in-process into saleable finished goods and/or to transport such ABL Priority Collateral to a point where such conversion can occur, to otherwiseprepare ABL Priority Collateral for sale and/or to arrange or effect the sale of ABL Priority Collateral, all in accordance with the manner in which such matters are completed in the ordinary course of business. Consistent with the definition of“Access Period,” access rights will apply to differing parcels or items of Note Priority Collateral at differing times, in which case, a differing Access Period will apply to each such parcel or items. During any pertinent AccessPeriod, the ABL Representative and its agents, representatives and designees shall have an irrevocable, non-exclusive right to have access to, and a rent-free right to use, the relevant parcel or item the Note Priority Collateral for the purposesdescribed above. The ABL Representative shall take proper and reasonable care under the circumstances of any Note Priority Collateral that is used by the ABL Representative during the Access Period and repair and replace any damage (ordinarywear-and-tear excepted) caused by the ABL Representative or its agents, representatives or designees and the ABL Representative shall comply with all applicable laws in all material respects in connection with its use or occupancy or possession ofthe ABL Priority Collateral. The ABL Representative shall indemnify and hold harmless the Note Representative and the Note Creditors for any injury or damage to Persons or property (ordinary wear-and-tear excepted) caused by the acts or omissions ofPersons under its control; provided, however, that the ABL Representative and the ABL Creditors will not be liable for any diminution in the value of Note Priority Collateral caused by the absence of the ABL Priority Collateraltherefrom. The ABL Representative and the Note Representative shall cooperate and use reasonable efforts to ensure that their activities during the Access Period as described above do not interfere materially with the activities of the other asdescribed above, including the right of Note Representative to show the Note Priority Collateral to prospective purchasers and to ready the Note Priority Collateral for sale. Consistent with the definition of the term “AccessPeriod,” if any order or injunction is issued or stay is granted or is otherwise effective by operation of law that prohibits the ABL Representative from exercising any of its rights hereunder, then the Access Period granted to the ABLRepresentative under this Section 3.4 shall be stayed during the period of such prohibition and shall continue thereafter for the number of days remaining as required under this Section 3.4. The Note Representative shall notforeclose or otherwise sell, remove or dispose of any of the Note Priority Collateral during the Access Period with respect to such Collateral if the ABL Representative (acting in good faith) informs the Note Representative in writing that suchCollateral is reasonably necessary to enable the ABL Representative to convert, transport or arrange to sell the ABL Priority Collateral as described above. 

3.5 No Additional Rights For the Loan Parties Hereunder. Except as provided in Section 3.6 hereof, if any ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party shall enforce its rights or remedies inviolation of the terms of this Agreement, no Loan Party shall be entitled to use such violation as a defense to any action by any ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party, nor to assert such violation as a counterclaim or basis for set off orrecoupment against any ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party. 

3.6 Actions Upon Breach. (a) If any ABL SecuredParty or Note Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, commences or participates in any action or proceeding against any Loan Party or the Collateral, such Loan Party, with the prior written consent of the ABL Representative or the NoteRepresentative, as applicable, may interpose as a defense or dilatory plea the making of this Agreement, and any ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party, as applicable, may intervene and interpose such defense or plea in its or their name or in thename of such Loan Party. 

 

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(b) Should any ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in anyway take, attempt to or threaten to take any action with respect to the Collateral (including, without limitation, any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement), or fail to take any action required by thisAgreement, any ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party (in its own name or in the name of the relevant Loan Party), as applicable, or the relevant Loan Party, may obtain relief against such ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party, as applicable, byinjunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief, it being understood and agreed by each of the ABL Representative on behalf of each ABL Secured Party and the Note Representative on behalf of each Note Secured Party that(i) the ABL Secured Parties’ or Note Secured Parties’, as applicable, damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each Note Secured Party or ABL Secured Party, asapplicable, waives any defense that the Loan Parties and/or the Note Secured Parties and/or ABL Secured Parties, as applicable, cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages. 

**SECTION 4***. Application of Proceeds of Senior Collateral; Dispositions and Releases of Lien; Notices and Insurance.*

4.1 Application of Proceeds. 

(a) Application of Proceeds of Senior Collateral. The Senior Representative and Junior Representative hereby agree that all Senior Collateral, and all Proceeds thereof, received by either of themin connection with the collection, sale or disposition of Senior Collateral shall be applied, 

first,to the payment of costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses and court costs) of the Senior Representative in connection with such Enforcement Action, 

second, to the payment of the Senior Obligations in accordance with the Senior Documents until the Senior ObligationsPayment Date, 

third, to the payment of the Junior Obligations, to the extent such Senior Collateralalso constitutes Junior Collateral, in accordance with the Junior Documents, and 

fourth, the balance,if any, to the Loan Parties or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. 

All Proceeds of any sale of a Loan Party as a whole, or substantially all of the assets of any Loan Party where the consideration received is not allocated by type of asset, in connection with orresulting from any Enforcement Action, and whether or not pursuant to an Insolvency Proceeding, shall be distributed as follows under clause “second” above: first to the ABL Representative for application to the ABL Obligations inaccordance with the terms of the ABL Documents, up to the amount of the book value of the ABL Priority Collateral disposed of in such sale or owned by such Loan Party (in the case of a sale of such Loan Party as a whole), second to the NoteRepresentative for application to the Note Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Note Documents to the extent such Proceeds exceed the book value of the ABL Priority Collateral. 

 

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(b) Limited Obligation or Liability. In exercising remedies, whether as a securedcreditor or otherwise, the Senior Representative shall have no obligation or liability to the Junior Representative or to any Junior Secured Party, regarding the adequacy of any Proceeds or for any action or omission, save and except solely for anaction or omission that breaches the express obligations undertaken by each party under the terms of this Agreement. 

(c)Segregation of Collateral. Until the occurrence of the Senior Obligations Payment Date, any Senior Collateral that may be received by any Junior Secured Party in violation of this Agreement shall, to the extent practicable and in accordancewith its normal practices, be segregated and held in trust and promptly paid over to the Senior Representative, for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, and each Junior SecuredParty hereby authorizes the Senior Representative to make any such endorsements as agent for the Junior Representative (which authorization, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable). 

4.2 Releases of Liens. (a) (i) Upon any release, sale or disposition of ABL Priority Collateral permitted pursuant to theterms of the ABL Documents that results in the release of the ABL Lien (other than release of the ABL Lien due to the occurrence of the ABL Obligations Payment Date, and any release of the ABL Lien after the occurrence and during the continuance ofany event of default under the Note Agreement) on any ABL Priority Collateral, the Note Lien on such ABL Priority Collateral (excluding any portion of the proceeds of such ABL Priority Collateral remaining after the ABL Obligations Payment Dateoccurs) shall be automatically and unconditionally released with no further consent or action of any Person so long as such release, sale or disposition of ABL Priority Collateral is permitted pursuant to the terms of the Note Documents. 

(ii) Upon any release, sale or disposition of ABL Priority Collateral pursuant to any Enforcement Action that results in the release ofthe ABL Lien (other than release of the ABL Lien due to the occurrence of the ABL Obligations Payment Date) on any ABL Priority Collateral pursuant to any Enforcement Action, the Note Lien on such ABL Priority Collateral (excluding any portion ofthe proceeds of such ABL Priority Collateral remaining after the ABL Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be automatically and unconditionally released with no further consent or action of any Person so long as the proceeds of such ABL PriorityCollateral are applied in accordance with Section 4.1(a) (with, in the case of ABL Obligations consisting of debt of a revolving nature, a corresponding permanent reduction in the commitments thereto). 

(iii) The Note Representative shall execute and deliver such release documents and instruments and shall take such further actions as theABL Representative or the Borrower shall reasonably request in writing to evidence any release of the Note Lien described herein. The Note Representative hereby appoints the ABL Representative and any officer or duly authorized person of the ABLRepresentative, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in the place and stead of the Note Representative and in the name of the Note Representative or in the ABLRepresentative’s own name, from time to time, in the ABL Representative’s sole discretion, for the purposes of carrying out the terms of this Section 4.2, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver anyand all documents and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 4.2, including, without limitation, any financing statements, endorsements, assignments, releases or other documents orinstruments of transfer (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable). 

(b) (i) Upon any release,sale or disposition of Note Priority Collateral permitted pursuant to the terms of the Note Documents that results in the release of the Note Lien (other than release of the Note Lien due to the occurrence of the Note Obligations Payment Date, andany release of the Note Lien after

 

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the occurrence and during the continuance of any event of default under the ABL Agreement) on any Note Priority Collateral, the ABL Lien on such Note Priority Collateral (excluding any portion ofthe proceeds of such Note Priority Collateral remaining after the Note Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be automatically and unconditionally released with no further consent or action of any Person so long as such release, sale or dispositionof Note Priority Collateral is permitted pursuant to the terms of the ABL Documents. 

(ii) Upon any release, sale ordisposition of Note Priority Collateral pursuant to any Enforcement Action that results in the release of the Note Lien (other than release of the Note Lien due to the occurrence of the Note Obligations Payment Date) on any Note Priority Collateralpursuant to any Enforcement Action, the ABL Lien on such Note Priority Collateral (excluding any portion of the proceeds of such Note Priority Collateral remaining after the Note Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be automatically andunconditionally released with no further consent or action of any Person so long as the proceeds of such Note Priority Collateral are applied in accordance with Section 4.1(a) (with, in the case of Note Obligations consisting of debt ofa revolving nature, a corresponding permanent reduction in the commitments thereto). 

(iii) The ABL Representative shallpromptly execute and deliver such release documents and instruments and shall take such further actions as the Note Representative or the Borrower shall request in writing to evidence any release of the ABL Lien described herein. The ABLRepresentative hereby appoints the Note Representative and any officer or duly authorized person of the Note Representative, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in theplace and stead of the ABL Representative and in the name of the ABL Representative or in the Note Representative’s own name, from time to time, in the Note Representative’s sole discretion, for the purposes of carrying out the terms ofthis Section 4.2, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 4.2, including, without limitation, anyfinancing statements, endorsements, assignments, releases or other documents or instruments of transfer (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable). 

4.3 Certain Real Property Notices; Insurance. (a) The Note Representative shall give the ABL Representative at least 30 daysnotice prior to commencing any Enforcement Action against any Real Property owned by any Loan Party at which ABL Priority Collateral is stored or otherwise located or to dispossess any Loan Party from such Real Property. 

(b) Proceeds of Collateral include insurance proceeds and therefore the Lien Priority shall govern the ultimate disposition of casualtyinsurance proceeds. The ABL Representative and Note Representative shall be named as additional insureds and loss payees with respect to all insurance policies relating to Collateral. The ABL Representative shall have the sole and exclusive right,as against the Note Representative, to adjust settlement of insurance claims in the event of any covered loss, theft or destruction of ABL Priority Collateral. The Note Representative shall have the sole and exclusive right, as against the ABLRepresentative, to adjust settlement of insurance claims in the event of any covered loss, theft or destruction of Note Priority Collateral. All proceeds of such insurance shall be remitted to the ABL Representative or the Note Representative, asthe case may be, and each of the Note Representative and ABL Representative shall cooperate (if necessary) in a reasonable manner in effecting the payment of insurance proceeds in accordance with Section 4.1. 

 

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****SECTION 5****. *Insolvency Proceedings.*

5.1 Filing of Motions. Until the Senior Obligations Payment Date has occurred, the Junior Representative agrees on behalf of itselfand the other Junior Secured Parties that no Junior Secured Party shall, in or in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding, file any pleadings or motions, take any position at any hearing or proceeding of any nature, or otherwise take any actionwhatsoever, in each case in respect of any of the Senior Collateral, including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of any Liens or claims held by the Senior Representative (including the validity and enforceability thereof) or anyother Senior Secured Party in respect of any Senior Collateral or the value of any claims of such parties under Section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; provided that the Junior Representative may (i) file a proof ofclaim in an Insolvency Proceeding, and (ii) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition of any motion or other pleadings made by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of any Person objecting to orotherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Junior Secured Parties on the Senior Collateral, subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement and only if consistent with the terms and the limitations on the Junior Representativeimposed hereby. 

5.2 Financing Matters**. (a) If any Loan Party becomes subject to any Insolvency Proceedingin the United States at any time prior to the ABL Obligations Payment Date, and if the ABL Representative or the other ABL Secured Parties desire to consent (or not object) to the use of cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or to providefinancing to any Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or not object) to the provision of such financing to any Loan Party by any third party (any such financing, “ABL DIP Financing”), then the Note Representativeagrees, on behalf of itself and the other Note Secured Parties, that each Note Secured Party (i) (x) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any other Person objecting to, the use of such cashcollateral or to such ABL DIP Financing on the grounds of a failure to provide “adequate protection” for the Note Representative’s Lien on the Collateral to secure the Note Obligations or on any other grounds and (y) will notrequest any adequate protection solely as a result of such ABL DIP Financing except as set forth in Section 5.4 below and (ii) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) the Note Liens on any ABL PriorityCollateral (A) to such ABL DIP Financing on the same terms as the ABL Liens are subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), (B) to any adequate protection provided to the ABLSecured Parties and (C) to any “carve-out” agreed to by the ABL Representative or the other ABL Secured Parties, so long as (x) the Note Representative retains their Lien on the Collateral to secure the Note Obligations (in eachcase, including Proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of the case under the Bankruptcy Code) and, as to the Note Priority Collateral only, such Lien has the same priority as existed prior to the commencement of the case under theBankruptcy Code and any Lien securing such ABL DIP Financing is junior and subordinate to the Lien of the Note Representative on the Note Priority Collateral, (y) all Liens on ABL Priority Collateral securing any such ABL DIP Financing shall besenior to or on a parity with the Liens of the ABL Representative and the ABL Lenders securing the ABL Obligations on ABL Priority Collateral and (z) if the ABL Representative receives a replacement or adequate protection Lien on post-petitionassets of the debtor to secure the ABL Obligations, and such replacement or adequate protection Lien is on any of the Note Priority Collateral, (1) such replacement or adequate protection Lien on such post-petition assets which are part of theNote Priority Collateral (the “Note Post-Petition Assets”) is junior and subordinate to the Lien in favor of the Note Representative on the Note Priority Collateral and (2) the Note Representative also receives a replacement oradequate protection Lien on such Note Post-Petition Assets of the debtor to secure the Note Obligations. In no event will any of the ABL Secured Parties seek to obtain a priming Lien on any of the Note Priority Collateral and nothing containedherein shall be deemed to be a consent by Note Secured Parties to any adequate protection payments using Note Priority Collateral. 

 

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(b) If any Loan Party becomes subject to any Insolvency Proceeding in the United States atany time prior to the Note Obligations Payment Date, and if the Note Representative or the other Note Secured Parties desire to consent (or not object) or to provide financing to any Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or not object)to the provision of such financing to any Loan Party by any third party (any such financing, “Note DIP Financing”), then the ABL Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties, that each ABL SecuredParty (i) (x) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any other Person objecting to such Note DIP Financing on the grounds of a failure to provide “adequate protection” for the ABLRepresentative’s Lien on the Collateral to secure the ABL Obligations or on any other grounds and (y) will not request any adequate protection solely as a result of such Note DIP Financing except as set forth in Section 5.4below and (ii) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) the ABL Liens on any Note Priority Collateral (A) to such Note DIP Financing on the same terms as the Note Liens are subordinated thereto (and suchsubordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), (B) to any adequate protection provided to the Note Secured Parties and (C) to any “carve-out” agreed to by the Note Representative or the other NoteSecured Parties, so long as (x) the ABL Representative retains its Lien on the Collateral to secure the ABL Obligations (in each case, including Proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of the case under the Bankruptcy Code) and, as tothe ABL Priority Collateral only, such Lien has the same priority as existed prior to the commencement of the case under the Bankruptcy Code and any Lien securing such Note DIP Financing is junior and subordinate to the Lien of the ABLRepresentative on the ABL Priority Collateral, (y) all Liens on Note Priority Collateral securing any such Note DIP Financing shall be senior to or on a parity with the Liens of the Note Representative and the Note Secured Parties securing theNote Obligations on Note Priority Collateral and (z) if the Note Representative receives a replacement or adequate protection Lien on post-petition assets of the debtor to secure the Note Obligations, and such replacement or adequate protectionLien is on any of the ABL Priority Collateral, (1) such replacement or adequate protection Lien on such post-petition assets which are part of the ABL Priority Collateral (the “ABL Post-Petition Assets”) is junior andsubordinate to the Lien in favor of the ABL Representative on the ABL Priority Collateral and (2) the ABL Representative also receives a replacement or adequate protection Lien on such ABL Post-Petition Assets of the debtor to secure the ABLObligations. In no event will any of the Note Secured Parties seek to obtain a priming Lien on any of the ABL Priority Collateral, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a consent by the ABL Secured Parties to any adequate protectionpayments using ABL Priority Collateral. 

(c) All Liens granted to the Note Representative or the ABL Representative in anyInsolvency Proceeding, whether as adequate protection or otherwise, are intended to be and shall be deemed to be subject to the Lien Priority and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement. 

5.3 Relief From the Automatic Stay. Until the ABL Obligations Payment Date, the Note Representative agrees, on behalf of itself andthe other Note Secured Parties, that none of them will seek relief from the automatic stay or from any other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case in respect of any ABL Priority Collateral, withoutthe prior written consent of the ABL Representative. Until the Note Obligations Payment Date, the ABL Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties, that none of them will seek relief from the automatic stay or fromany other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case in respect of any Note Priority Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Note Representative. In addition, neither the Note Representativenor the ABL Representative shall seek any relief from the automatic stay with respect to any Collateral without providing 30 days’ prior written notice to the other, unless otherwise agreed by both the ABL Representative and the NoteRepresentative. 

 

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5.4 Adequate Protection. (a) The Note Representative, on behalf of itself andthe other Note Secured Parties, agrees that, prior to the ABL Obligations Payment Date, so long as the ABL Representative and the other ABL Secured Parties comply with Section 5.4(b), none of them shall object, contest, or support anyother Person objecting to or contesting, (i) any request by the ABL Representative or the other ABL Secured Parties for adequate protection of its interest in the Collateral or any adequate protection provided to the ABL Representative or theother ABL Secured Parties or (ii) any objection by the ABL Representative or any other ABL Secured Parties to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on a claim of a lack of adequate protection in the Collateral or (iii) the paymentof interest, fees, expenses or other amounts to the ABL Representative or any other ABL Secured Party under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; provided that any action described in the foregoing clauses(i) and (ii) does not violate Section 5.2. The Note Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Note Secured Parties, further agrees that, prior to the ABL Obligations Payment Date, none of them shall assert or enforceany claim under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise that is senior to or on a parity with the ABL Liens for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any ABL Priority Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to thecontrary set forth in this Section and in Section 5.2(a)(i)(y), but subject to all other provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 5.2(a)(i)(x) and Section 5.3), in any InsolvencyProceeding, if the ABL Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection consisting of additional collateral that constitutes ABL Priority Collateral (with replacement liens on such additional collateral) and superpriorityclaims in connection with any ABL DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, and the ABL Secured Parties do not object to the adequate protection being provided to them, then in connection with any such ABL DIP Financing or use of cash collateral theNote Representative, on behalf of itself and any of the Note Secured Parties, may, as adequate protection of their interests in the ABL Priority Collateral, seek or accept (and the ABL Representative and the ABL Secured Parties shall not object to)adequate protection consisting solely of (x) a replacement Lien on the same additional collateral, subordinated to the Liens securing the ABL Obligations and such ABL DIP Financing on the same basis as the other Note Liens on the ABL PriorityCollateral are so subordinated to the ABL Obligations under this Agreement and (y) superpriority claims junior in all respects to the superpriority claims granted to the ABL Secured Parties, provided, however, that the Note Representative shallhave irrevocably agreed, pursuant to Section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, on behalf of itself and the Note Secured Parties, in any stipulation and/or order granting such adequate protection, that such junior superpriority claims may bepaid under any plan of reorganization in any combination of cash, debt, equity or other property having a value on the effective date of such plan equal to the allowed amount of such claims. 

(b) The ABL Representative, on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties, agrees that, prior to the Note Obligations Payment Date,so long as the Note Representative and the other Note Secured Parties comply with Section 5.4(a), none of them shall object, contest, or support any other Person objecting to or contesting, (i) any request by the Note Representativeor the other Note Secured Parties for adequate protection of its interest in the Collateral or any adequate protection provided to the Note Representative or the other Note Secured Parties or (ii) any objection by the Note Representative or anyother Note Secured Parties to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on a claim of a lack of adequate protection in the Collateral or (iii) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts to the Note Representative or any otherNote Secured Party under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; provided that any action described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) does not violate Section 5.2. The ABL Representative, onbehalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties, further agrees that, prior to the Note Obligations Payment Date, none of them shall assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise that issenior to or on a parity with the Note Liens for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Note Priority Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section and in Section 5.2(b)(i)(y), but subject toall other provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 5.2(b)(i)(x)

 

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and Section 5.3), in any Insolvency Proceeding, if the Note Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection consisting of additional collateral thatconstitutes Note Priority Collateral (with replacement liens on such additional collateral) and superpriority claims in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, and the Note Secured Parties do not object to the adequateprotection being provided to them, then in connection with any such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral the ABL Representative, on behalf of itself and any of the ABL Secured Parties, may, as adequate protection of their interests in the NotePriority Collateral, seek or accept (and the Note Representative and the Note Secured Parties shall not object to) adequate protection consisting solely of (x) a replacement Lien on the same additional collateral, subordinated to the Lienssecuring the Note Obligations on the same basis as the other ABL Liens on the Note Priority Collateral are so subordinated to the Note Obligations under this Agreement and (y) superpriority claims junior in all respects to the superpriorityclaims granted to the Note Secured Parties, provided, however, that the ABL Representative shall have irrevocably agreed, pursuant to Section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, in any stipulationand/or order granting such adequate protection, that such junior superpriority claims may be paid under any plan of reorganization in any combination of cash, debt, equity or other property having a value on the effective date of such plan equal tothe allowed amount of such claims. 

5.5 Avoidance Issues. If any Senior Secured Party is required in any InsolvencyProceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of any Loan Party, because such amount was avoided or ordered to be paid or disgorged for any reason, including without limitation because it was found to be a fraudulentor preferential transfer, any amount (a “Recovery”), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of set-off or otherwise, then the Senior Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery anddeemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Senior Obligations Payment Date shall be deemed not to have occurred. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated infull force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto. The Junior Secured Parties agree that none of them shall be entitled to benefit from anyavoidance action affecting or otherwise relating to any distribution or allocation made in accordance with this Agreement, whether by preference or otherwise, it being understood and agreed that the benefit of such avoidance action otherwiseallocable to them shall instead be allocated and turned over for application in accordance with the priorities set forth in this Agreement. 

5.6 Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency Proceeding. Neither the Junior Representative nor any other Junior Secured Party shall, in an Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, oppose any sale ordisposition of any Senior Collateral that is supported by the Senior Secured Parties, and the Junior Representative and each other Junior Secured Party will be deemed to have consented under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) toany sale of any Senior Collateral supported by the Senior Secured Parties and to have released the Junior Liens on such assets. 

5.7 Other Matters. To the extent that the Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any of the Collateral on which ithas a Junior Lien, such Senior Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Senior Secured Parties, not to assert any of such rights without the prior written consent of the Junior Representative; provided that if requested by theJunior Representative, such Senior Representative shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the Junior Representative, including any rights to payments in respect of such rights. 

5.9 Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceedings. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordinationagreement” under section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding. 

 

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**SECTION 6*****.****Note Documents and ABL Documents.*

(a) Each Loan Party and the Note Representative, on behalf of itself and the Note Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not at any timeexecute or deliver any amendment or other modification to any of the Note Documents in violation of this Agreement. 

(b) EachLoan Party and the ABL Representative, on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment or other modification to any of the ABL Documents in violation of this Agreement.

(c) In the event the Senior Representative enters into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the SeniorSecurity Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Senior Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties thereunder, in each case solelywith respect to any Senior Collateral, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the Comparable Security Document without the consent of or action by any Junior Secured Party (with all suchamendments, waivers and modifications subject to the terms hereof); provided that, (i) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect of removing assets subject to the Lien of any Junior Security Document, except to theextent that a release of such Lien is permitted by Section 4.2, (ii) any such amendment, waiver or consent that materially and adversely affects the rights of the Junior Secured Parties and does not affect the Senior Secured Partiesin a like or similar manner shall not apply to the Junior Security Documents without the consent of the Junior Representative, (iii) no such amendment, waiver or consent with respect to any provision applicable to the Junior Representativeunder the Junior Loan Documents shall be made without the prior written consent of the Junior Representative, (iv) notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall be given to the Junior Representative no later than 30 days after itseffectiveness, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof and (v) such amendment, waiver or modification to the applicable Junior Security Documents shall be approved by theBorrower in writing. 

****SECTION 7***. Purchase Options.*

7.1 Notice of Exercise. (a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an “Event of Default” under the ABLDocuments, if such Event of Default remains uncured or unwaived for at least sixty (60) consecutive days and the requisite ABL Lenders have not agreed to forbear from the exercise of remedies, all or a portion of the Note Creditors, acting as asingle group, shall have the option at any time upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the ABL Representative to purchase all of the ABL Obligations from the ABL Secured Parties. Such notice from such Note Creditors to theABL Representative shall be irrevocable. 

(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an “Event ofDefault” under the Note Documents, if such Event of Default remains uncured or unwaived for at least sixty (60) consecutive days and the Note Representative has not agreed to forbear from the exercise of remedies, all or a portion of theABL Creditors, acting as a single group, shall have the option at any time upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Note Representative to purchase all of the Note Obligations from the holders of the Notes. Such notice fromsuch ABL Creditors to the Note Representative shall be irrevocable. 

7.2 Purchase and Sale. (a) On the datespecified by the relevant Note Creditors in the notice contemplated by Section 7.1(a) above (which shall not be less than five (5) Business Days, nor more than twenty (20) calendar days, after the receipt by the ABLRepresentative of the notice of the relevant Note

 

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Creditor’s election to exercise such option), the ABL Lenders shall sell to the relevant Note Creditors, and the relevant Note Creditors shall purchase from the ABL Lenders, the ABLObligations, provided that, the ABL Representative and the ABL Secured Parties shall retain all rights to be indemnified or held harmless by the Loan Parties in accordance with the terms of the ABL Documents but shall not retain any rights tothe security therefor. 

(b) On the date specified by the relevant ABL Creditors in the notice contemplated bySection 7.1(b) above (which shall not be less than five (5) Business Days, nor more than twenty (20) calendar days, after the receipt by Note Representative of the notice of the relevant ABL Creditor’s election to exercisesuch option), the holders of the Notes shall sell to the relevant ABL Creditors, and the relevant ABL Creditors shall purchase from the holders of the Notes, the Note Obligations, provided that, the Note Representative and the Note SecuredParties shall retain all rights to be indemnified or held harmless by the Loan Parties in accordance with the terms of the Note Documents but shall not retain any rights to the security therefor. 

7.3 Payment of Purchase Price. Upon the date of such purchase and sale, the relevant Note Creditors or the relevant ABL Creditors, asapplicable, shall (a) pay to the ABL Representative for the benefit of the ABL Lenders (with respect to a purchase of the ABL Obligations) or to the Note Representative for the benefit of the holders of the Notes (with respect to a purchase ofthe Note Obligations) as the purchase price therefor the full amount of all the ABL Obligations or Note Obligations, as applicable, then outstanding and unpaid (including principal, interest, fees and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’fees and legal expenses but specifically excluding any prepayment premium, termination or similar fees), (b) with respect to a purchase of the ABL Obligations, furnish cash collateral to the ABL Representative in a manner and in such amounts asthe ABL Representative determines is reasonably necessary to secure the ABL Representative, the ABL Secured Parties, letter of credit issuing banks and applicable affiliates in connection with any issued and outstanding letters of credit, hedgingobligations and cash management obligations secured by the ABL Documents, (c) with respect to a purchase of the ABL Obligations, agree to reimburse the ABL Representative, the ABL Secured Parties and letter of credit issuing banks for any loss,cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) in connection with any commissions, fees, costs or expenses related to any issued and outstanding letters of credit as described above and any checks or otherpayments provisionally credited to the ABL Obligations, and/or as to which the ABL Representative has not yet received final payment, (d) agree to reimburse the ABL Secured Parties or the Note Secured Parties, as applicable, and with respect toa purchase of the ABL Obligations letter of credit issuing banks, in respect of indemnification obligations of the Loan Parties under the ABL Documents or the Note Documents, as applicable, as to matters or circumstances known to the ABLRepresentative or the Note Representative, as applicable, at the time of the purchase and sale which would reasonably be expected to result in any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) to theABL Secured Parties, the Note Secured Parties or letter of credit issuing banks, as applicable, and (e) agree to indemnify and hold harmless the ABL Secured Parties or the Note Secured Parties, as applicable, and with respect to a purchase ofthe ABL Obligations letter of credit issuing banks, from and against any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) arising out of any claim asserted by a third party in respect of the ABLObligations or the Note Obligations, as applicable, as a direct result of any acts by any Note Secured Party or any ABL Secured Party, as applicable, occurring after the date of such purchase. Such purchase price and cash collateral shall beremitted by wire transfer in federal funds to such bank account in New York, New York as the ABL Representative or the Note Representative, as applicable, may designate in writing for such purpose. 

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Note Representative, as applicable) and without recourse of any kind, except that the selling party shall represent and warrant: (a) the amount of the ABL Obligations or Note Obligations, asapplicable, being purchased from it, (b) that such ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party, as applicable, or the Borrower owns the ABL Obligations or Note Obligations, as applicable, free and clear of any Liens or encumbrances and(c) that such ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party, as applicable, has the right to assign such ABL Obligations or Note Obligations, as applicable, and the assignment is duly authorized. 

**SECTION 8***. Reliance; Waivers; etc.*

8.1 Reliance. The ABL Documents are deemed to have been executed and delivered, and all extensions of credit thereunder are deemed to have been made or incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement.The Note Representative, on behalf of it itself and the other Note Secured Parties, expressly waives all notice of the acceptance of and reliance on this Agreement by the ABL Representative and the other ABL Secured Parties. The Note Documents aredeemed to have been executed and delivered and all extensions of credit thereunder are deemed to have been made or incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement. The ABL Representative, on behalf of itself and the other ABL Secured Parties, expresslywaives all notices of the acceptance of and reliance on this Agreement by the Note Representative and the other Note Secured Parties. 

8.2 No Warranties or Liability. The Note Representative and the ABL Representative acknowledge and agree that neither has made any representation or warranty with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness,collectability or enforceability of any other ABL Document or any Note Document. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Note Representative and the ABL Representative will be entitled to manage and supervise the respective extensions ofcredit to any Loan Party in accordance with law and their usual practices, modified from time to time as they deem appropriate. 

8.3 No Waivers. No right or benefit of any party hereunder shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of such party or any other party hereto or by any noncompliance by any LoanParty with the terms and conditions of any of the ABL Documents or the Note Documents. 

**SECTION 9***. Obligations Unconditional.*All rights, interests, agreements and obligations hereunder of the Senior Representative and the Senior Secured Parties in respect of any Collateral and the Junior Representative and the Junior Secured Parties in respect of such Collateral shallremain in full force and effect regardless of: 

(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Document or anyJunior Document and regardless of whether the Liens of the Senior Representative and Senior Secured Parties are not perfected or are voidable for any reason; 

(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, includingany increase in the amount thereof or any refinancing, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any Senior Document or any Junior Document; 

(c) any exchange, release or lack of perfection of any Lien on any Collateral or any other asset, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise,of all or any of the Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations or any guarantee thereof; 

 

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(d) the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding in respect of any Loan Party; or

(e) any other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party inrespect of any Secured Obligation or of any Junior Secured Party in respect of this Agreement. 

****SECTION 10****.*Miscellaneous.*

10.1 Rights of Subrogation. The Note Representative, for and on behalf of itself and the NoteSecured Parties, agrees that no payment to the ABL Representative or any ABL Secured Party pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle the Note Representative or any Note Secured Party to exercise any rights of subrogation in respectthereof until the ABL Obligations Payment Date. Following the ABL Obligations Payment Date, the ABL Representative agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as the Note Representative or any Note Secured Party may reasonablyrequest to evidence the transfer by subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the ABL Obligations resulting from payments to the ABL Representative by such Person, so long as all costs and expenses (including all reasonable legal fees anddisbursements) incurred in connection therewith by the ABL Representative are paid by such Person upon request for payment thereof. The ABL Representative, for and on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, agrees that no payment to the NoteRepresentative or any Note Secured Party pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle the ABL Representative or any ABL Secured Party to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Note Obligations Payment Date.Following the Note Obligations Payment Date, the Note Representative agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as the ABL Representative or any ABL Secured Party may reasonably request to evidence the transfer by subrogation toany such Person of an interest in the Note Obligations resulting from payments to the Note Representative by such Person, so long as all costs and expenses (including all reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incurred in connection therewith bythe Note Representative are paid by such Person upon request for payment thereof. 

10.2 Further Assurances. Each of theNote Representative and the ABL Representative will, at any time and from time to time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the other party mayreasonably request, in order to protect any right or interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the ABL Representative or the Note Representative to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder; provided,however, that no party shall be required to pay over any payment or distribution, execute any instruments or documents, or take any other action referred to in this Section 10.2, to the extent that such action would contravene anylaw, order or other legal requirement or any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, and in the event of a controversy or dispute, such party may interplead any payment or distribution in any court of competent jurisdiction, without furtherresponsibility in respect of such payment or distribution under this Section 10.2. 

10.3 Conflicts. In theevent of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any ABL Document or any Note Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern; provided, however, the rights, benefits, privileges, indemnitiesand protections of the Note Representative as Collateral Agent under the Note Security Documents shall apply to this Agreement. 

10.4 Continuing Nature of Provisions. Subject to Section 5.5, this Agreement shall continue to be effective, and shall not be terminable by any party hereto, until the earlier of (i) the ABL Obligations Payment Dateand (ii) the Note Obligations Payment Date; provided that if a Replacement ABL Agreement or Replacement Note Agreement, as applicable, is entered into following such

 

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termination, the relevant Secured Parties agree to, upon the request of any Loan Party, restore this Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein until the earlier to occur of the nextfollowing ABL Obligations Payment Date or Note Obligations Payment Date. This is a continuing agreement and the ABL Secured Parties and the Note Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the other parties hereto, to extendcredit and other financial accommodations, lend monies and provide indebtedness to, or for the benefit of, any Loan Party on the faith hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing: 

(a) Upon receipt of a notice from the Loan Parties stating that the Loan Parties (or any of them) have entered into entered into aReplacement ABL Agreement (which notice shall include the identity of the new ABL Representative), the Note Representative shall promptly (i) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) asthe Loan Parties or the new ABL Representative shall reasonably request in order to provide to the new ABL Representative the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement,(ii) deliver to the new ABL Representative any ABL Priority Collateral held by it, together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the new ABL Representative to obtain control of such ABL Priority Collateral), and (iii) takesuch other actions as the Loan Parties or the new ABL Representative may reasonably request to provide the new ABL Representative or the applicable the ABL Creditors the benefits of this Agreement. The new ABL Representative shall agree in a writingaddressed to the Note Representative to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, and 

(b) Upon receipt of a notice from theLoan Parties stating that the Loan Parties (or any of them) have entered into entered into a Replacement Note Agreement (which notice shall include the identity of the new Note Representative, if applicable), the ABL Representative shall promptly(i) enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Loan Parties or the new Note Representative shall reasonably request in order to provide to the new Note Representative or theapplicable new Note Secured Parties the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) deliver to the new Note Representative any Note Priority Collateral held by it togetherwith any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the new Note Representative to obtain control of such Note Priority Collateral), and (iii) take such other actions as the Loan Parties or the new Note Representative may reasonably request toprovide the new Note Representative the benefits of this Agreement. The new Note Representative shall agree in a writing addressed to the ABL Representative to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. 

10.5 Amendments; Waivers. (a) No amendment or modification of or supplement to any of the provisions of this Agreement shall beeffective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the ABL Representative and the Note Representative, and, in the cases of amendments or modifications of or supplements to this Agreement that directly or indirectly affect the rights orduties of any Loan Party, including amendments or modifications of Sections 2.6(b), 3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 6, 10.4, 10.5, 10.7 or 10.8 that indirectly or directly affect the rights or duties ofany Loan Party, such Loan Party. The ABL Representative and the Note Representative shall notify the Borrower at the address specified in the signature pages to this Agreement of any amendment or modification of or supplement to any provisions ofthis Agreement which does not need to be signed by a Loan Party and provide the Borrower with a copy of such amendment, modification or supplement. 

(b) It is understood that the ABL Representative and the Note Representative, without the consent of any other ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party, may in their discretion determine that asupplemental agreement (which may take the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement) is necessary or appropriate to facilitate having additional indebtedness or other obligations (“Additional Debt”) of any of the LoanParties become ABL Obligations or Note Obligations, as the case may be, under this Agreement, which supplemental agreement shall specify whether such Additional Debt constitutes ABL Obligations or Note Obligations, provided, that suchAdditional Debt is permitted to be incurred by the ABL Agreement and Note Agreement then extant, and is permitted by such agreements to be subject to the provisions of this Agreement as ABL Obligations or Note Obligations, as applicable. 

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the terms of Section 10.5(a) and (b), in the event that the NoteRepresentative does not take the actions contemplated by Section 10.4(a)(i) in connection with any permitted Additional Debt within 10 days after the delivery of a written request to do so, the ABL Representative, without the consent of theNote Representative, may modify this Agreement (which modification may take the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement) for the purpose of having any Replacement ABL Agreement or Additional Debt of any of the Loan Parties become ABLObligations under this Agreement, which agreement shall specify that such Replacement ABL Agreement or Additional Debt constitutes ABL Obligations, provided, that such Additional Debt is permitted to be incurred pursuant to each NoteAgreement then extant, and is permitted by such agreements (as determined by the ABL Representative in good faith and certified by an officer of the Borrower to the Note Representative) to be subject to the provisions of this Agreement as ABLObligations, as applicable. 

(d) Notwithstanding the terms of Section 10.5(a) and (b), in the event that the ABLRepresentative does not take the actions contemplated by Section 10.4(b)(i) in connection with any permitted Additional Debt within 10 days after the delivery of a written request to do so, the Note Representative, without the consent of theABL Representative, may modify this Agreement (which modification may take the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement) for the purpose of having any Replacement Note Agreement or Additional Debt of any of the Loan Parties become NoteObligations under this Agreement, which agreement shall specify that such Replacement Note Agreement or Additional Debt constitutes Note Obligations, provided, that such Additional Debt is permitted to be incurred pursuant to each ABLAgreement then extant, and is permitted by such agreements (as determined by the Note Representative in good faith and certified by an officer of the Borrower to the ABL Representative) to be subject to the provisions of this Agreement as NoteObligations, as applicable. 

10.6 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Loan Parties. Each of the NoteRepresentative and the ABL Representative hereby assume responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Loan Parties and all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the ABL Obligations or the NoteObligations. The Note Representative and the ABL Representative hereby agree that no party shall have any duty to advise any other party of information known to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances (except as otherwise provided inthe ABL Documents and Note Documents). In the event the Note Representative or the ABL Representative, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any information to any other party to this Agreement, it shall beunder no obligation (a) to provide any such information to such other party or any other party on any subsequent occasion, (b) to undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, or (c) to disclose any otherinformation. 

10.7 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THESTATE OF NEW YORK. 

10.8 Submission to Jurisdiction; JURY TRIAL WAIVER. (a) Each ABL Secured Party, each NoteSecured Party and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United StatesDistrict Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each such party herebyirrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and

 

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determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each such party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusiveand may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the any ABL Secured Party or Note Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any actionor proceeding against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. 

(b) Each ABL Secured Party, eachNote Secured Party and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so (i) any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action orproceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section and (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding. 

(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.9.Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. 

(d) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS,BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENTOF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT. 

10.9 Notices.Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, or sent by overnight express courier service or United Statesmail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or five days after deposit in the United States mail (certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposeshereof, the addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change thereof is delivered as provided in this Section 10.9) shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereof, or, as to each party, at suchother address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties. 

10.10 Successors andAssigns**. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and each of the ABL Secured Parties and Note Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and nothing herein is intended,or shall be construed to give, any other Person any right, remedy or claim under, to or in respect of this Agreement or any Collateral. 

10.11 Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration ininterpreting, this Agreement. 

10.12 Severability**. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegalor unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; andthe invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

 

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10.13 Other Remedies. For avoidance of doubt, it is understood that nothing in thisAgreement shall prevent any ABL Secured Party or any Note Secured Party from exercising any available remedy to accelerate the maturity of any indebtedness or other obligations owing under the ABL Documents or the Note Documents, as applicable, orto demand payment under any guarantee in respect thereof. 

10.14 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. ThisAgreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executedcounterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by each party hereto.

10.15 Additional Loan Parties. Borrower shall cause each Person that becomes a Loan Party after the date hereof tobecome a party to this Agreement by execution and delivery by such Person of a Joinder Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto. 

[SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW] 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date firstwritten above. 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as ABL Representative for and on behalf of the ABL Secured Parties 

By: /s/ ChristyWest                                                            

Name: Christy West 

Title: Vice President 

 

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Note Representative for and on behalf of the NoteSecured Parties 

By: /s/ RichardProkosch                                                     

Name: Richard Prokosch

Title: Vice President 

Address for Notices: 

U.S. Bank National Association 

60 Livingston Avenue 

EP-MN-WS3C 

St. Paul, MN 55107-2292 

Attention: Rick Prokosch 

Facsimile No: (651) 495-8097 

 

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EASTON-BELL SPORTS, INC., a Delaware corporation 

By: /s/ Mark A.Tripp                                                

Name: Mark A. Tripp 

Title: Chief Financial Officer 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: 

ALL AMERICAN SPORTS CORPORATION 

BELL CHINA INVESTMENTS, INC. 

BELL RACING COMPANY 

BELL SPORTS CORP. 

BELL SPORTS, INC. 

CDT NEVADA, INC. 

EASTON SPORTS ASIA, INC. 

EASTON SPORTS, INC. 

EQUILINK LICENSING, LLC 

MACMARK CORPORATION 

RIDDELL, INC. 

RIDDELL SPORTS GROUP, INC. 

RIDMARK CORPORATION 

By: /s/ Mark A.Tripp                                                

Name: Mark A. Tripp 

Title: Chief Financial Officer 

 

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ANNEX 1 

JOINDER AGREEMENT 

THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”),dated as of ________ ____, 20__, is executed by _____________________________, a _________________ (the “New Subsidiary”) in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“ABL Representative”) and U.S. BANK NATIONALASSOCIATION (“Note Representative”), in their capacities as ABL Representative and Note Representative, respectively, under that certain Intercreditor Agreement (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), dated as ofDecember 3, 2009 among the ABL Representative, the Note Representative, Easton-Bell Sports, Inc., as borrower, and each of the other Loan Parties party thereto. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaningsset forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. 

The New Subsidiary, for the benefit of the ABL Representative and the NoteRepresentative, hereby agrees as follows: 

1. The New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges the Intercreditor Agreement andacknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, the New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a Loan Party under the Intercreditor Agreement and shall have all of the obligations of a Loan Party thereunder as if it had executedthe Intercreditor Agreement. The New Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Intercreditor Agreement. 

2. The address of the New Subsidiary for purposes of Section 10.09 of the Intercreditor Agreement is as follows: 

 
        
3. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE NEW SUBSIDIARY HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BYAND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by itsauthorized officer, as of the day and year first above written. 

[NEW SUBSIDIARY] 

By:                                                             

Name:                                                        

Title:                                                          

 

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