ABL Security Agreement



 Exhibit 10.3 
 EXECUTION COPY 
 ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT

 Dated as of 
 July 31, 2007 
 Among 
 TOWER AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS USA, LLC, 
 THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO 
 and 
 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., 
 as Agent 







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  
  
  

					
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	SECTION 1.	 	Definitions	  	1
	SECTION 2.	 	Grant of Transaction Liens	  	10
	SECTION 3.	 	General Representations and Warranties	  	11
	SECTION 4.	 	Further Assurances; General Covenants	  	13
	SECTION 5.	 	Equipment	  	14
	SECTION 6.	 	Recordable Intellectual Property	  	15
	SECTION 7.	 	Investment Property	  	15
	SECTION 8.	 	Controlled Deposit Accounts	  	18
	SECTION 9.	 	Cash Collateral Accounts	  	18
	SECTION 10.	 	Operation of Collateral Accounts	  	19
	SECTION 11.	 	Transfer Of Record Ownership	  	20
	SECTION 12.	 	Right to Vote Securities	  	20
	SECTION 13.	 	Remedies upon Event of Default	  	21
	SECTION 14.	 	Application of Proceeds	  	22
	SECTION 15.	 	Fees and Expenses; Indemnification	  	24
	SECTION 16.	 	Authority to Administer Collateral	  	25
	SECTION 17.	 	Limitation on Duty in Respect of Collateral	  	25
	SECTION 18.	 	General Provisions Concerning the Agent	  	26
	SECTION 19.	 	Termination of Transaction Liens; Release of Collateral	  	27
	SECTION 20.	 	Additional Lien Grantors	  	27
	SECTION 21.	 	Notices	  	27
	SECTION 22.	 	No Implied Waivers; Remedies Not Exclusive	  	27
	SECTION 23.	 	Successors and Assigns	  	27
	SECTION 24.	 	Amendments and Waivers	  	28
	SECTION 25.	 	Choice of Law	  	28
	SECTION 26.	 	Waiver of Jury Trial	  	28
	SECTION 27.	 	Severability	  	28
	SECTION 28.	 	Credit Agreement	  	28
	SECTION 29.	 	Intercreditor Agreement	  	28








 SCHEDULES: 
  

			
	Schedule 1	  	Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Affiliates Owned by Original Lien Grantors
		
	Schedule 2	  	Other Investment Property Owned by Original Lien Grantors

 EXHIBITS: 
  

			
	Exhibit A	  	Security Agreement Supplement
		
	Exhibit B	  	Copyright Security Agreement
		
	Exhibit C	  	Patent Security Agreement
		
	Exhibit D	  	Trademark Security Agreement
		
	Exhibit E	  	Perfection Certificate
		
	Exhibit F	  	Issuer Control Agreement
		
	Exhibit G	  	Securities Account Control Agreement
		
	Exhibit H	  	Deposit Account Control Agreement

  

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 Exhibit 10.3 
 ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT 
 ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated
as of July 31, 2007 (this “Agreement”) among TOWER AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS USA, LLC, the GUARANTORS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”). 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower is entering into the Credit Agreement described in Section 1 hereof, pursuant to which the Borrower intends to
borrow funds and obtain letters of credit for the purposes set forth therein; 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower is willing to secure
(i) its obligations under the Credit Agreement, (ii) its obligations under interest rate hedging arrangements designed to mitigate the risk that interest rates payable under the Credit Agreement will fluctuate and (iii) certain other
obligations, by granting Liens on its assets to the Agent as provided in the Security Documents; 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, Holdings, Holdco and Foreign Holdco are guaranteeing the foregoing obligations of the Borrower, and Holdco and Foreign Holdco are willing to secure their guarantees thereof by granting Liens on their assets to the Agent as provided
in the Security Documents; 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Borrower is causing each of its domestic
subsidiaries to guarantee the foregoing obligations of the Borrower, and the Borrower is willing to cause each of its domestic subsidiaries to secure its guarantee thereof by granting Liens on its assets to the Agent as provided in the Security
Documents; 
 WHEREAS, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender are not willing to make loans or issue or participate in letters of
credit under the Credit Agreement, and the counterparties to the interest rate hedging arrangements referred to above are not willing to enter into or maintain them, unless (i) the foregoing obligations of the Borrower are secured and
guaranteed as described above and (ii) each guarantee thereof is secured by Liens on assets of the relevant Guarantor as provided in the Security Documents; and 
 WHEREAS, upon any foreclosure or other enforcement of the Security Documents, the net proceeds of the relevant Collateral are to be received by or paid over to the Agent and applied as provided herein and
in the Intercreditor Agreement; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1.
Definitions.  
 (a) Terms Defined in Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise
defined in subsection (b) or (c) of this Section have, as used herein, the respective meanings provided for therein. 







 (b) Terms Defined in UCC. As used herein, each of the following terms has the meaning
specified in the UCC: 
  

			
	 Term
	  	UCC
		
	 Account
	  	9-102
	 Authenticate
	  	9-102
	 Certificated Security
	  	8-102
	 Chattel Paper
	  	9-102
	 Commodity Account
	  	9-102
	 Commodity Customer
	  	9-102
	 Deposit Account
	  	9-102
	 Document
	  	9-102
	 Entitlement Holder
	  	8-102
	 Entitlement Order
	  	8-102
	 Equipment
	  	9-102
	 Financial Asset
	  	8-102 & 103
	 General Intangibles
	  	9-102
	 Instrument
	  	9-102
	 Inventory
	  	9-102
	 Investment Property
	  	9-102
	 Proceeds
	  	9-102
	 Record
	  	9-102
	 Securities Account
	  	8-501
	 Securities Intermediary
	  	8-102
	 Security
	  	8-102 & 103
	 Security Entitlement
	  	8-102
	 Supporting Obligations
	  	9-102
	 Uncertificated Security
	  	8-102

 (c) Additional Definitions.
The following additional terms, as used herein, have the following meanings: 
 “ABL Termination Date” shall
have the meaning given such term in the Intercreditor Agreement. 
 “Applicable Agent” shall mean (i) for
purposes of the definition of Controlled Deposit Account and Controlled Securities Account as such definitions are used in this Agreement, (A) at all times prior to the ABL Termination Date, the Agent, (B) at all times after the ABL
Termination Date but prior to the First Lien Term Loan Facility Termination Date, the First Lien Term Loan Agent and (C) at all times after the ABL Termination Date and after the First Lien Term Loan Facility Termination Date, the Second Lien
Term Loan Agent and (ii) for all other purposes, (A) at all times prior to the First Lien Term

  

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Loan Facility Termination Date, the First Lien Term Loan Agent, (B) at all times after the First Lien Term Loan Facility Termination Date but prior to the Second Lien Term Loan Facility
Termination Date, the Second Lien Term Loan Agent and (C) at all times after the First Lien Term Loan Facility Termination Date and after the Second Lien Term Loan Facility Termination Date, the Agent. 
 “Cash Collateral Accounts” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 9(a). 
 “Collateral” shall mean all property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, on which a Lien is granted or purports to be
granted to the Agent pursuant to the Security Documents. When used with respect to a specific Lien Grantor, the term “Collateral” means all its property on which such a Lien is granted or purports to be granted. 
 “Collateral Accounts” shall mean the Cash Collateral Accounts, the Controlled Deposit Accounts and the Controlled
Securities Accounts. 
 “Common Collateral” shall have the meaning given such term in the Intercreditor
Agreement. 
 “Contingent Secured Obligation” shall mean, at any time, any Secured Obligation (or portion
thereof) that is contingent in nature at such time, including any Secured Obligation that is: 
 (i) an
obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter of credit issued by it; 
 (ii) an
obligation under a Hedging Agreement to make payments that cannot be quantified at such time; 
 (iii) any other
obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in nature at such time; or 
 (iv) an obligation to
provide collateral to secure any of the foregoing types of obligations. 
 “Control” shall have the following
meanings: 
 (a) when used with respect to any Security or Security Entitlement, the meaning specified in UCC
Section 8-106; and 
 (b) when used with respect to any Deposit Account, the meaning specified in UCC
Section 9-104. 
 “Controlled Deposit Account” shall mean a Deposit Account (i) that is subject to a
Deposit Account Control Agreement in the form of Exhibit H or in such other form as is reasonably acceptable to the Applicable Agent or (ii) as to which the Applicable Agent is the Depositary Bank’s “customer” (as defined in UCC
Section 4-104). 
  

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 “Controlled Securities Account” shall mean a Securities Account that
(i) is maintained in the name of a Lien Grantor at an office of a Securities Intermediary located in the United States and (ii) together with all Financial Assets credited thereto and all related Security Entitlements, is subject to a
Securities Account Control Agreement among such Lien Grantor, the Applicable Agent and such Securities Intermediary. 
 “Copyright License” shall mean any agreement now or hereafter in existence granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor grants to any other Person, any right to use, copy, reproduce, distribute,
prepare derivative works, display or publish any records or other materials on which a Copyright is in existence or may come into existence, including any agreement identified in Schedule 1 to any Copyright Security Agreement. 
 “Copyrights” shall mean all the following: (i) all copyrights under the laws of the United States or any other country
(whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published), all registrations and recordings thereof, all copyrightable works of authorship (whether or not published), and all applications for copyrights under the laws of the United
States or any other country, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof, including those described in Schedule 1 to any Copyright Security Agreement, (ii) all renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing, and
(iv) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof. 
 “Copyright Security Agreement” shall mean a Copyright Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, executed
and delivered by a Lien Grantor in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. 
 “Credit
Agreement” shall mean the Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of July 31, 2007 among Tower Automotive Holdings USA, LLC, as borrower, Tower Automotive, LLC, Tower Automotive Holdings I, LLC, Tower Automotive Holdings
II(a), LLC, Tower Automotive Holdings II(b), LLC and the other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. 
 “Depositary Bank” shall mean a bank at which a Controlled Deposit Account is maintained. 
 “Equity Interest” shall mean (i) in the case of a corporation, any shares of its capital stock, (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, any membership interest therein,
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general or limited) therein, (iv) in the case of any other business entity, any participation or other interest in the equity or profits thereof, (v) any warrant, option or other right
to acquire any Equity Interest described in this definition or (vi) any Security Entitlement in respect of any Equity Interest described in this definition. 
 “First Lien Term Loan Agent” shall have the meaning given such term in the Intercreditor Agreement. 
 “First Lien Term Loan Agreement” shall mean that certain First Lien Term Loan and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2007, by and among Tower Automotive Holdings USA, LLC and
Tower Automotive Holdings Europe B.V., as borrowers, the other guarantors party thereto, the lenders parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. 
 “First Lien Term Loan Facility Termination Date” shall have the meaning given such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 “First Lien Term Loan Security Agreement” shall have the meaning given such term in the Intercreditor
Agreement. 
 “Intellectual Property Filing” shall mean (i) with respect to any Patent, Patent License,
Trademark or Trademark License, the filing of the applicable Patent Security Agreement or Trademark Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, together with an appropriately completed recordation form, and (ii) with
respect to any Copyright or Copyright License, the filing of the applicable Copyright Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office, together with an appropriately completed recordation form, in each case sufficient to record the
Transaction Lien granted to the Agent in such Recordable Intellectual Property. 
 “Intellectual Property Security
Agreement” shall mean a Copyright Security Agreement, a Patent Security Agreement or a Trademark Security Agreement. 
 “Issuer Control Agreement” shall mean an Issuer Control Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F (with any changes that the Agent shall have approved). 
 “Lien Grantors” shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors (other than Holdings). 
 “Liquidity Trigger Period shall have the meaning given such term in the ABL Credit Agreement. 
 “LLC Interest” shall mean a membership interest or similar interest in a limited liability company. 
  

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 “Non-Contingent Secured Obligation” shall mean at any time any Secured
Obligation (or portion thereof) that is not a Contingent Secured Obligation at such time. 
 “Original Lien
Grantor” shall mean any Lien Grantor that grants a Lien on any of its assets hereunder on the Closing Date. 
 “own” refers to the possession of sufficient rights in property to grant a security interest therein as contemplated by UCC Section 9-203, and “acquire” refers to the acquisition of any such rights.

 “Partnership Interest” shall mean a partnership interest, whether general or limited. 
 “Patent License” shall mean any agreement now or hereafter in existence granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which
any Lien Grantor grants to any other Person, any right with respect to any Patent or any invention now or hereafter in existence, whether patentable or not, whether a patent or application for patent is in existence on such invention or not, and
whether a patent or application for patent on such invention may come into existence or not, including any agreement identified in Schedule 1 to any Patent Security Agreement. 
 “Patents” shall mean (i) all letters patent and design letters patent of the United States or any other country and
all applications for letters patent or design letters patent of the United States or any other country, including applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State
thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, including those described in Schedule 1 to any Patent Security Agreement, (ii) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations in part, revisions and extensions of any of
the foregoing, (iii) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing and (iv) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing,
including damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof. 
 “Patent Security Agreement” shall
mean a Patent Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, executed and delivered by a Lien Grantor in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. 
 “Perfection Certificate” shall mean, with respect to any Lien Grantor, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
E, completed and supplemented with the schedules contemplated thereby to the satisfaction of the Agent, and signed by an officer of such Lien Grantor. 
 “Permitted Liens” shall mean (i) the Transaction Liens and (ii) any other Liens on the Collateral permitted to be created or assumed or to exist pursuant to Section 6.01 of
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 “Personal Property Collateral” shall mean all property included in the
Collateral except Real Property Collateral. 
 “Pledged”, when used in conjunction with any type of asset,
shall mean at any time an asset of such type that is included (or that creates rights that are included) in the Collateral at such time. For example, “Pledged Equity Interest” means an Equity Interest that is included in the Collateral at
such time. 
 “Post-Petition Interest” shall mean any interest that accrues after the commencement of any case,
proceeding or other action relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of any one or more of the Lien Grantors (or would accrue but for the operation of applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws), whether or not such interest is allowed
or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding. 
 “Real Property Collateral” shall mean all real property
(including leasehold interests in real property) included in the Collateral. 
 “Recordable Intellectual
Property” shall mean (i) any Patent registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and any Patent License with respect to a Patent so registered, (ii) any Trademark registered with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, and any Trademark License with respect to a Trademark so registered, (iii) any Copyright registered with the United States Copyright Office and any Copyright License with respect to a Copyright so registered, and all rights in
or under any of the foregoing. 
 “Release Conditions” shall mean the following conditions for terminating all
the Transaction Liens: 
 (i) all Revolving Credit Commitments under the Credit Agreement shall have expired or
been terminated; 
 (ii) all Non-Contingent Secured Obligations (other than any Non-Contingent Secured
Obligations in respect of Secured Hedging Obligations) shall have been paid in full; and 
 (iii) no Contingent
Secured Obligations (other than any Contingent Secured Obligations (i) in respect of Secured Hedging Obligations and (ii) in respect of contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations as to which no claim shall have been
asserted) shall remain outstanding; 
 provided that the condition in clause (iii) shall not apply to outstanding Letters of Credit
if the Borrower has granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in cash (or causes a bank acceptable to the Agent and the Issuing Lender to issue a letter of credit naming the Issuing Lender as beneficiary) in an amount
not less than 105% of the LC Exposure (plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon) as of the date of such termination, on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Issuing Lender. 

 

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 “Second Lien Term Loan Agent” shall have the meaning given such term
in the Intercreditor Agreement. 
 “Second Lien Term Loan Agreement” shall mean that certain Second Lien Term
Loan and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2007, by and among Tower Automotive Holdings USA, LLC and Tower Automotive Holdings Europe B.V., as borrowers, the other guarantors party thereto, the lenders parties thereto and Goldman Sachs
Credit Partners L.P., as administrative agent. 
 “Second Lien Term Loan Facility Termination Date” shall have
the meaning given such term in the Intercreditor Agreement. 
 “Second Lien Term Loan Security Agreement” shall
have the meaning given such term in the Intercreditor Agreement. 
 “Secured Agreement”, when used with respect
to any Secured Obligation, refers collectively to each instrument, agreement or other document that sets forth obligations of the Borrower, obligations of a guarantor and/or rights of the holder with respect to such Secured Obligation. 

“Secured Parties” shall mean the holders from time to time of the Secured Obligations. 
 “Security Agreement Supplement” shall mean a Security Agreement Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, signed
and delivered to the Agent for the purpose of adding a Subsidiary as a party hereto pursuant to Section 20 and/or adding additional property to the Collateral. 
 “Trademark License” shall mean any agreement now or hereafter in existence granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor grants to any other Person, any right to use
any Trademark, including any agreement identified in Schedule 1 to any Trademark Security Agreement. 
 “Trademarks” shall mean: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, brand names, trade dress, prints and labels on
which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, package and other designs, and all other source or business identifiers, and all general intangibles of like nature, and the rights in any of the foregoing which arise under applicable law,
(ii) the goodwill of the business symbolized thereby or associated with each of them, (iii) all registrations and applications in connection therewith, including registrations and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, including those described in Schedule 1 to any Trademark Security Agreement, (iv) all renewals of any
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claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing and (vi) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect to
any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof. 
 “Trademark Security
Agreement” shall mean a Trademark Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, executed and delivered by a Lien Grantor in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. 
 “Transaction Guarantee” shall mean, with respect to each Guarantor, its guarantee of the Secured Obligations under the
Credit Agreement or any Joinder Agreement. 
 “Transaction Liens” shall mean the Liens granted by the Lien
Grantors under the Security Documents. 
 “Type” shall have the meaning specified in the Intercreditor
Agreement. 
 “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New
York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any Transaction Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York,
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority. 
 (d) Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein (including those incorporated by reference to the UCC or to another document)
apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun includes the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the
context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document 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), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the
words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all
references herein to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (v) the word “property” shall be construed to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. 
  

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 SECTION 2. Grant of Transaction Liens.  
 (a) The Borrower, in order to secure the Secured Obligations, and each Guarantor listed on the signature pages hereof, in order to secure
its Transaction Guarantee, grants to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing security interest in all the following property of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, whether now owned or existing or hereafter
acquired or arising and regardless of where located: 
 (i) all Accounts; 
 (ii) all Chattel Paper; 
 (iii) all Deposit Accounts; 
 (iv) all Documents; 
 (v) all Equipment; 
 (vi) all General Intangibles (including any Equity Interests in other Persons that do not constitute Investment Property); 
 (vii) all Instruments; 
 (viii) all Inventory; 
 (ix) all Investment Property; 

(x) all books and records (including customer lists, credit files, computer programs, printouts and other computer
materials and records) of such Original Lien Grantor pertaining to any of its Collateral; 
 (xi) such Original
Lien Grantor’s ownership interest in (1) its Collateral Accounts, (2) all Financial Assets credited to its Collateral Accounts from time to time and all Security Entitlements in respect thereof, (3) all cash held in its
Collateral Accounts from time to time and (4) all other money in the possession of the Agent; and 
 (xii)
all Proceeds of the Collateral described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (xi); 
 provided that the following property is
excluded from the foregoing security interests: (A) motor vehicles the perfection of a security interest in which is excluded from the Uniform Commercial Code in the relevant jurisdiction, (B) voting Equity Interests in any Foreign
Subsidiary, to the extent (but only to the extent) required to prevent the Collateral from including more than 65% of all voting Equity Interests in such Foreign Subsidiary, (C) United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent
that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability

  

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of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law and (D) any property to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein is prohibited by any applicable law
or regulation, requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not
obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property or, in the case of any Investment Property, any applicable shareholder or similar agreement, except to the extent that such law
or regulation or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or similar agreement providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable
law. Each Original Lien Grantor shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain any such required consent that is reasonably obtainable. 
 (b) With respect to each right to payment or performance included in the Collateral from time to time, the Transaction Lien granted therein includes a continuing security interest in (i) any Supporting Obligation that supports such
payment or performance and (ii) any Lien that (x) secures such right to payment or performance or (y) secures any such Supporting Obligation. 
 (c) The Transaction Liens are granted as security only and shall not subject the Agent or any other Secured Party to, or transfer or in any way affect or modify, any obligation or liability of any Lien
Grantor with respect to any of the Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith. 
 SECTION 3. General
Representations and Warranties. Each Original Lien Grantor represents and warrants that: 
 (a) Such Lien Grantor is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction identified as its jurisdiction of organization in its Perfection Certificate. 
 (b) Schedule 1 lists all Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Affiliates owned by such Lien Grantor as of the Closing Date. Such Lien Grantor holds all such Equity Interests directly (i.e., not
through a Subsidiary, a Securities Intermediary or any other Person). 
 (c) Schedule 2 lists, as of the Closing Date,
(i) all Securities owned by such Lien Grantor (except Securities evidencing Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Affiliates) and (ii) all Securities Accounts to which Financial Assets are credited in respect of which such Lien Grantor owns
Security Entitlements. Such Lien Grantor owns no Commodity Account in respect of which such Lien Grantor is the Commodity Customer. 
 (d) All Pledged Equity Interests owned by such Lien Grantor are owned by it free and clear of any Lien other than (i) the Transaction Liens and (ii) any inchoate tax liens. All shares of capital stock included in such Pledged
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Interests (including shares of capital stock in respect of which such Lien Grantor owns a Security Entitlement) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.
None of such Pledged Equity Interests is subject to any option to purchase or similar right of any Person. Such Lien Grantor is not and will not become a party to or otherwise bound by any agreement (except the Loan Documents) which restricts in any
manner the rights of any present or future holder of any Pledged Equity Interest with respect thereto. 
 (e) Such Lien Grantor
has good and marketable title to all its Collateral (subject to exceptions that are, in the aggregate, not material), free and clear of any Lien other than Permitted Liens. 
 (f) Such Lien Grantor has not performed any acts that might prevent the Agent from enforcing any of the provisions of the Security Documents
or that would limit the Agent in any such enforcement. No financing statement, security agreement, mortgage or similar or equivalent document or instrument covering all or part of the Collateral owned by such Lien Grantor is on file or of record in
any jurisdiction in which such filing or recording would be effective to perfect or record a Lien on such Collateral, except financing statements, mortgages or other similar or equivalent documents with respect to Permitted Liens. After the Closing
Date, no Collateral owned by such Lien Grantor will be in the possession or under the Control of any other Person having a claim thereto or security interest therein, other than a Permitted Lien. 
 (g) The Transaction Liens on all Personal Property Collateral owned by such Lien Grantor (i) have been validly created, (ii) will
attach to each item of such Collateral on the Closing Date (or, if such Lien Grantor first obtains rights thereto on a later date, on such later date) and (iii) when so attached, will secure all the Secured Obligations or such Lien
Grantor’s Transaction Guarantee, as the case may be. 
 (h) When the relevant Mortgages have been duly executed and
delivered, the Transaction Liens on all Real Property Collateral owned by such Lien Grantor as of the Closing Date will have been validly created and will secure all the Secured Obligations or such Lien Grantor’s Transaction Guarantee, as the
case may be. When such Mortgages (and memoranda of lease with respect to any leasehold interests included in such Real Property Collateral) have been duly recorded, such Transaction Liens will rank prior to all other Liens (except Permitted Liens)
on such Real Property Collateral. 
 (i) Such Lien Grantor has delivered a Perfection Certificate to the Agent. The information
set forth therein is correct and complete as of the Closing Date. 
 (j) When UCC financing statements describing the Collateral
as “all personal property” have been filed in the offices specified in such Perfection Certificate, the Transaction Liens will constitute perfected security interests in the Personal Property Collateral owned by such Lien Grantor to the
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security interest therein may be perfected by filing pursuant to the UCC, prior to all Liens and rights of others therein except Permitted Liens. When, in addition to the filing of such UCC
financing statements, the applicable Intellectual Property Filings have been made with respect to such Lien Grantor’s Recordable Intellectual Property (including any future filings required pursuant to Sections 4(a) and 6(a)), the Transaction
Liens will constitute perfected security interests in all right, title and interest of such Lien Grantor in its Recordable Intellectual Property to the extent that security interests therein may be perfected by such filings, prior to all Liens and
rights of others therein except Permitted Liens. Except for (i) the filing of such UCC financing statements, (ii) such Intellectual Property Filings, (iii) the due recordation of memoranda of lease with respect to the Pledged
leasehold interests and (iv) the due recordation of the Mortgages, no registration, recordation or filing with any governmental body, agency or official is required in connection with the execution or delivery of the Security Documents or is
necessary for the validity or enforceability thereof or for the perfection or due recordation of the Transaction Liens or for the enforcement of the Transaction Liens. 
 (k) Such Lien Grantor has taken, and will continue to take, all actions necessary under the UCC to perfect its interest in any Accounts or Chattel Paper purchased or otherwise acquired by it, as against
its assignors and creditors of its assignors. 
 (l) Such Lien Grantor’s Collateral is insured as required by the Credit
Agreement. 
 (m) All of such Lien Grantor’s Inventory has or will have been produced in compliance with the applicable
requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended. 
 SECTION 4. Further Assurances; General Covenants.
Each Lien Grantor covenants as follows: 
 (a) Such Lien Grantor will, from time to time, at the Borrower’s expense,
execute, deliver, file and record any statement, assignment, instrument, document, agreement or other paper and take any other action (including any Intellectual Property Filing and any filing of financing or continuation statements under the UCC)
that from time to time may be reasonably necessary or desirable, or that the Agent may reasonably request, in order to: 
 (i) create, preserve, perfect, confirm or validate the Transaction Liens on such Lien Grantor’s Collateral; 
 (ii) in the case of Pledged Deposit Accounts and Pledged Investment Property, cause the Agent to have Control thereof; 
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 (iv) enable the Agent to exercise and enforce any of its rights, powers and
remedies with respect to any of such Lien Grantor’s Collateral. 
 To the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lien Grantor authorizes
the Agent to execute and file such financing statements or continuation statements without such Lien Grantor’s signature appearing thereon. Such Lien Grantor constitutes the Agent its attorney-in-fact to execute and file all Intellectual
Property Filings and other filings required or so requested for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; and such power, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable until all the Transaction
Liens granted by such Lien Grantor terminate pursuant to Section 19. The Borrower will pay the costs of, or incidental to, any Intellectual Property Filings and any recording or filing of any financing or continuation statements or other
documents recorded or filed pursuant hereto. 
 (b) Such Lien Grantor will not (i) change its name or corporate structure,
(ii) change its location (determined as provided in UCC Section 9-307) or (iii) become bound, as provided in UCC Section 9-203(d) or otherwise, by a security agreement entered into by another Person, unless it shall have given
the Agent at least 30 days prior notice thereof. 
 (c) Except for sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business, such
Lien Grantor will not sell, lease, exchange, assign or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of its Collateral; provided that such Lien Grantor may do any of the foregoing unless (i) doing so would violate a
covenant in the Credit Agreement or (ii) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Agent shall have notified such Lien Grantor that its right to do so is terminated, suspended or otherwise limited. Concurrently with any
sale, lease or other disposition (except a sale or disposition to another Lien Grantor or a lease) permitted by the foregoing proviso, the Transaction Liens on the assets sold or disposed of (but not in any Proceeds arising from such sale or
disposition) will cease immediately without any action by the Agent or any other Secured Party. The Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the relevant Lien Grantor such documents as such Lien Grantor shall reasonably
request to evidence the fact that any asset so sold or disposed of is no longer subject to a Transaction Lien. 
 (d) Such Lien
Grantor will, promptly upon request, provide to the Agent all information and evidence concerning such Lien Grantor’s Collateral that the Agent may reasonably request from time to time to enable it to enforce the provisions of the Security
Documents. 
 SECTION 5. Equipment. Each Lien Grantor covenants that it will not permit any of its Pledged
Equipment to become a fixture to real estate or an accession to any personal property that is not included in the Collateral. 
  

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 SECTION 6. Recordable Intellectual Property. Each Lien Grantor covenants
as follows: 
 (a) On the Closing Date (in the case of an Original Lien Grantor) or the date on which it signs and delivers its
first Security Agreement Supplement (in the case of any other Lien Grantor), such Lien Grantor will sign and deliver to the Agent Intellectual Property Security Agreements with respect to all Recordable Intellectual Property then owned by it. Within
30 days after each June 30 and December 31 thereafter, it will sign and deliver to the Agent an appropriate Intellectual Property Security Agreement covering any Recordable Intellectual Property owned by it on such June 30 or
December 31 that is not covered by any previous Intellectual Property Security Agreement so signed and delivered by it. Each Lien Grantor hereby authorizes the Agent to make all Intellectual Property Filings necessary to record the Transaction
Liens on its Recordable Intellectual Property. 
 (b) Such Lien Grantor will notify the Agent promptly if it knows that any
application or registration relating to any Recordable Intellectual Property owned or licensed by it that is material to its business may become abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse determination or development (including the
institution of, or any adverse determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Copyright Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding such Lien Grantor’s ownership of such Recordable
Intellectual Property, its right to register or patent the same, or its right to keep and maintain the same. If any of such Lien Grantor’s rights to any Recordable Intellectual Property are infringed, misappropriated or diluted in any material
respect by a third party, such Lien Grantor will notify the Agent within 30 days after it learns thereof and will, unless such Lien Grantor shall reasonably determine that such action would be of negligible value, economic or otherwise, promptly sue
for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and take such other actions as such Lien Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to
protect such Recordable Intellectual Property. 
 SECTION 7. Investment Property. Each Lien Grantor
represents, warrants and covenants as follows: 
 (a) Certificated Securities. On the Closing Date (in the case of an
Original Lien Grantor) or the date on which it signs and delivers its first Security Agreement Supplement (in the case of any other Lien Grantor), such Lien Grantor will deliver to the Applicable Agent as Collateral hereunder all certificates
representing Pledged Certificated Securities then owned by such Lien Grantor. Thereafter, whenever such Lien Grantor acquires any other certificate representing a Pledged Certificated Security, such Lien Grantor will immediately deliver such
certificate to the Applicable Agent as Collateral hereunder. The provisions of this subsection are subject to the limitation in Section 7(j) in the case of voting Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary. 
  

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 (b) Uncertificated Securities. On the Closing Date (in the case of an Original Lien
Grantor) or the date on which it signs and delivers its first Security Agreement Supplement (in the case of any other Lien Grantor), such Lien Grantor will enter into (and cause the relevant issuer to enter into) an Issuer Control Agreement in
respect of each Pledged Uncertificated Security then owned by such Lien Grantor and deliver such Issuer Control Agreement to the Applicable Agent (which shall enter into the same). Thereafter, whenever such Lien Grantor acquires any other
Pledged Uncertificated Security, such Lien Grantor will enter into (and cause the relevant issuer to enter into) an Issuer Control Agreement in respect of such Pledged Uncertificated Security and deliver such Issuer Control Agreement to the
Applicable Agent (which shall enter into the same). The provisions of this subsection are subject to the limitation in Section 7(j) in the case of voting Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary. 
 (c) Security Entitlements. On the Closing Date (in the case of an Original Lien Grantor) or the date on which it signs and delivers
its first Security Agreement Supplement (in the case of any other Lien Grantor), such Lien Grantor will, with respect to each Security Entitlement then owned by it, enter into (and cause the relevant Securities Intermediary to enter into) a
Securities Account Control Agreement in respect of such Security Entitlement and the Securities Account to which the underlying Financial Asset is credited and will deliver such Securities Account Control Agreement to the Applicable Agent (which
shall enter into the same). Thereafter, whenever such Lien Grantor acquires any other Security Entitlement, such Lien Grantor will, as promptly as practicable, cause the underlying Financial Asset to be credited to a Controlled Securities Account.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause (c), the Lien Grantors have the right not to comply therewith with respect to Securities Accounts having an aggregate value of less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Lien Grantors;
provided, that if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Applicable Agent may terminate the foregoing right not to comply, or reduce the amount thereof, by giving at least 10 Business Days’ notice of such termination or
reduction to the relevant Lien Grantors. 
 (d) Perfection as to Certificated Securities. When such Lien Grantor delivers
the certificate representing any Pledged Certificated Security owned by it to the Applicable Agent and complies with Section 7(h) in connection with such delivery, (i) the Transaction Lien on such Pledged Certificated Security will be
perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others (except Liens permitted under Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement), (ii) the Applicable Agent will have Control of such Pledged Certificated Security and (iii) the
Applicable Agent will be a protected purchaser (within the meaning of UCC Section 8-303) thereof. 
 (e) Perfection as
to Uncertificated Securities. When such Lien Grantor, the Applicable Agent and the issuer of any Pledged Uncertificated Security owned by such Lien Grantor enter into an Issuer Control Agreement with respect thereto, (i) the Transaction
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have Control of such Pledged Uncertificated Security and (iii) the Applicable Agent will be a protected purchaser (within the meaning of UCC Section 8-303) thereof. 
 (f) Perfection as to Security Entitlements. So long as the Financial Asset underlying any Security Entitlement owned by such Lien
Grantor is credited to a Controlled Securities Account, (i) the Transaction Lien on such Security Entitlement will be perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others (except Liens and rights of the relevant Securities Intermediary that
are Permitted Liens and any other Liens consented to by the Applicable Agent, and Liens permitted under Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement), (ii) the Applicable Agent will have Control of such Security Entitlement and (iii) no
action based on an adverse claim to such Security Entitlement or such Financial Asset, whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien or other theory, may be asserted against the Applicable Agent or any other Secured
Party. 
 (g) Agreement as to Applicable Jurisdiction. In respect of all Security Entitlements owned by such Lien
Grantor, and all Securities Accounts to which the related Financial Assets are credited, the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction (determined as provided in UCC Section 8-110(e)) will at all times be located in the United States.

 (h) Delivery of Pledged Certificates. All Pledged Certificates, when delivered to the Applicable Agent, will be in
suitable form for transfer by delivery, or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, with signatures appropriately witnessed, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Applicable Agent. 
 (i) Communications. Each Lien Grantor will promptly give to the Applicable Agent copies of any material notices and communications
received by it with respect to (i) Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Lien Grantor or its nominee and (ii) Pledged Security Entitlements as to which such Lien Grantor is the Entitlement Holder. 
 (j) Foreign Subsidiaries. A Lien Grantor will not be obligated to comply with the provisions of this Section at any time with respect
to any voting Equity Interest in a Foreign Subsidiary if and to the extent (but only to the extent) that such voting Equity Interest is excluded from the Transaction Liens at such time pursuant to clause (B) of the proviso at the end of
Section 2(a) and/or the comparable provisions of one or more Security Agreement Supplements. 
 (k) Compliance with
Applicable Foreign Laws. If and so long as the Collateral includes (i) any Equity Interest in, or other Investment Property issued by, a legal entity organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States or (ii) any
Security Entitlement in respect of a Financial Asset issued by such a foreign legal entity, the relevant Lien Grantor will take all such action as may be required under the laws of such foreign jurisdiction to ensure that the Transaction Lien on
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 SECTION 8. Controlled Deposit Accounts. Each Lien Grantor represents,
warrants and covenants as follows: 
 (a) All cash owned by such Lien Grantor will be deposited, upon or promptly after the
receipt thereof, in one or more Controlled Deposit Accounts. Each Controlled Deposit Account will be operated as provided in Section 10. 
 (b) In respect of each Controlled Deposit Account, the Depositary Bank’s jurisdiction (determined as provided in UCC Section 9-304) will at all times be a jurisdiction in which Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code is in effect. 
 (c) So long as the Applicable Agent has Control of a Controlled Deposit Account, the
Transaction Lien on such Controlled Deposit Account will be perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others (except the Depositary Bank’s right to deduct its normal operating charges and any uncollected funds previously credited
thereto and any other Liens consented to by the Applicable Agent, and Liens permitted under Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement). 
 (d) Materiality Exception. The Lien Grantors have the right not to comply with the foregoing provisions of this Section with respect to (i) Deposit Accounts that are payroll or trust accounts
and (ii) other Deposit Accounts having total collected balances that do not at any time exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate for all Lien Grantors. 
 SECTION 9. Cash Collateral Accounts. (a) The Lien Grantors will establish the following Deposit Accounts (each such Deposit Account, a “Cash Collateral Account”),
which will be operated as provided in this Section and Section 10: 
 (i) the Collection Account, which
shall be under the exclusive control of the Agent; and 
 (ii) the Letter of Credit Account, which shall be under
the exclusive control of the Agent. 
 (b) The following amounts shall be deposited into the Cash Collateral Accounts:

 (i) the Lien Grantors shall deposit to the Collection Account all amounts required pursuant to Sections
2.12(b) and 5.11(b) of the Credit Agreement; 
 (ii) the Lien Grantors shall deposit to the Letter of Credit
Account all amounts required pursuant to Sections 2.03(k) and 2.12(a)(ii) and Article 7 of the Credit Agreement; and 
  

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 (iii) the Agent shall deposit to the Collection Account each amount realized
or otherwise received with respect to assets of any Lien Grantor upon any exercise of remedies pursuant to any Security Document. 
 (c) The Agent shall maintain such records and/or establish such sub-accounts as shall be required to enable it to identify the amounts held in each Cash Collateral Account from time to time pursuant to each clause of subsection (b) of
this Section, as applicable. 
 (d) The Agent shall withdraw amounts from the Cash Collateral Accounts and apply them for the
following purposes: 
 (i) any amounts deposited in the Collection Account shall be applied by the Agent on each
Business Day to prepay outstanding Loans or to increase the amount of Cash Collateralization in the Letter of Credit Account in accordance with Section 2.12(c) of the Credit Agreement; and 
 (ii) any amounts deposited to the Letter of Credit Account shall (i) be held as collateral security for the
Borrower’s reimbursement obligations in respect of any LC Exposure and withdrawn and applied against the Borrower’s reimbursement obligations in respect of any unreimbursed LC Disbursements, (ii) if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or if the maturity of the Loans shall have been accelerated pursuant to Article 7 of the Credit Agreement, be held as collateral security for the Secured Obligations and, in the discretion of the Agent, transferred to the
Collection Account or (iii) be returned to the Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. 
 SECTION 10. Operation of Collateral Accounts. (a) Funds held in any Cash Collateral Account may, until withdrawn, be invested and reinvested in such Permitted Investments as the Borrower shall request from time to
time; provided that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent (in the case of the Collection Account and the Letter of Credit Account) or the Applicable Agent (in the case of all other Cash Collateral Accounts)
may select such Permitted Investments. Funds held in any Controlled Deposit Account or Controlled Securities Account may, until withdrawn, be invested and reinvested in such Permitted Investments as the Borrower shall request from time to time;
provided that if a Liquidity Trigger Period shall be continuing, the Applicable Agent may select such Permitted Investments. 
 (b) With respect to each Controlled Deposit Account and each Controlled Securities Account (it being understood that the provisions of Section 9 shall apply to all Cash Collateral Accounts), the Applicable Agent will instruct the
relevant Securities Intermediary or Depositary Bank that the relevant Lien Grantor may withdraw, or direct the disposition of, funds held therein unless and until the Applicable Agent rescinds such instruction. The Applicable Agent will not rescind
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 (c) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent (with respect to
the Collection Account and the Letter of Credit Account) and the Applicable Agent (with respect to any other Collateral Account) may retain or liquidate, or instruct the relevant Securities Intermediary or Depositary Bank to retain or liquidate, any
or all cash or investments then held in such Collateral Account and/or withdraw any amounts held therein and apply such amounts as provided in Section 14. 
 SECTION 11. Transfer Of Record Ownership. At any time when an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Applicable Agent may (and to the extent that action by it is
required, the relevant Lien Grantor, if directed to do so by the Applicable Agent, will as promptly as practicable) cause each of the Pledged Securities (or any portion thereof specified in such direction) to be transferred of record into the name
of the Applicable Agent or its nominee. Each Lien Grantor will take any and all actions reasonably requested by the Applicable Agent to facilitate compliance with this Section. If the provisions of this Section are implemented, Section 7(b)
shall not thereafter apply to any Pledged Security that is registered in the name of the Applicable Agent or its nominee. The Applicable Agent will promptly give to the relevant Lien Grantor copies of any notices and other communications received by
the Agent with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of the Agent or its nominee. 
 SECTION 12.
Right to Vote Securities. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lien Grantor will have the right, from time to time, to vote and to give consents, ratifications and waivers with respect to any Pledged
Security owned by it and the Financial Asset underlying any Pledged Security Entitlement owned by it, and the Agent will, upon receiving a written request from such Lien Grantor, deliver to such Lien Grantor or as specified in such request such
proxies, powers of attorney, consents, ratifications and waivers in respect of any such Pledged Security that is registered in the name of the Agent or its nominee or any such Pledged Security Entitlement as to which the Agent or its nominee is the
Entitlement Holder, in each case as shall be specified in such request and be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Applicable Agent will have no right to take any
action which the owner of a Pledged Partnership Interest or Pledged LLC Interest is entitled to take with respect thereto, except the right to receive payments and other distributions to the extent provided herein. 
 (b) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Applicable Agent will have the right (but not the obligation), to the
extent permitted by law (and, in the case of a Pledged Partnership Interest or Pledged LLC Interest, by the relevant partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement or other governing document), to vote, to give
consents, ratifications and waivers and to take any other action with respect to the Pledged Investment Property, the other Pledged Equity Interests (if any) and the

  

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Financial Assets underlying the Pledged Security Entitlements, with the same force and effect as if the Applicable Agent were the absolute and sole owner thereof, and each Lien Grantor will take
all such action as the Applicable Agent may reasonably request from time to time to give effect to such right. 
 SECTION 13. Remedies upon Event of Default. (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent may exercise (or cause its sub-agents to exercise) any or all of the remedies available to it
(or to such sub-agents) under the Security Documents. 
 (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement with respect to each Type of Common Collateral, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent may exercise on behalf of the Secured Parties all the rights of a secured party under the
UCC (whether or not in effect in the jurisdiction where such rights are exercised) with respect to any Personal Property Collateral and, in addition, the Agent (with respect to the Collection Account and the Letter of Credit Account) and the
Applicable Agent (with respect to any other Collateral Account) may, without being required to give any notice, except as herein provided or as may be required by mandatory provisions of law, withdraw all cash held in such Collateral Account and
apply such cash as provided in Section 14 and, if there shall be no such cash or if such cash shall be insufficient to pay all the Secured Obligations in full, sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof.
Notice of any such sale or other disposition shall be given to the relevant Lien Grantor(s) as required by Section 16. The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall apply to Real Property Collateral only to the extent permitted by
applicable law and the provisions of any applicable Mortgage or other document. 
 (c) Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement with respect to each Type of Common Collateral: 
 (i) the Agent may license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or non-exclusive
basis, any Pledged intellectual property (including any Pledged Recordable Intellectual Property) throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions and in such manner as the Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; provided
that such licenses or sublicenses do not conflict with any existing license of which the Agent shall have received a copy; 
 (ii) the Agent may (without assuming any obligation or liability thereunder), at any time and from time to time, in its sole and reasonable discretion, enforce (and shall have the exclusive right to
enforce) against any licensee or sublicensee all rights and remedies of any Lien Grantor in, to and under any of its Pledged intellectual property and take or refrain from taking any action under any thereof, and each Lien Grantor releases the Agent
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hold the Agent and each other Secured Party free and harmless from and against any claims and expenses arising out of, any lawful action so taken or omitted to be taken with respect thereto,
except for claims and expenses arising from the Agent’s or such Secured Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; and 
 (iii) upon request by the Agent (which shall not be construed as implying any limitation on its rights or powers), each Lien Grantor will execute and deliver to the Agent a power of attorney, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent, for the implementation of any sale, lease, license or other disposition of any of such Lien Grantor’s Pledged intellectual property or any action related thereto. In connection with any such disposition, but
subject to any confidentiality restrictions imposed on such Lien Grantor in any license or similar agreement, such Lien Grantor will supply to the Agent its know-how and expertise relating to the relevant intellectual property or the products or
services made or rendered in connection with such intellectual property, and its customer lists and other records relating to such intellectual property and to the distribution of said products or services. 
 SECTION 14. Application of Proceeds. (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Agent may apply (i) any cash held in the Collection Account and the Letter of Credit Account and (ii) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement with respect to each Type of Common Collateral, any amounts held in any other
Collateral Account and the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral, in the following order of priorities: 
 first, to pay the expenses of such sale or other disposition, including reasonable compensation to agents of and counsel for the Agent, and all expenses, liabilities and advances incurred or made
by the Agent in connection with the Security Documents, and any other amounts then due and payable to the Agent pursuant to Section 15 or pursuant to Section 10.05 of the Credit Agreement; 
 second, to pay the unpaid principal of the Obligations ratably (or provide for the payment thereof pursuant to
Section 14(b)), until payment in full of the principal of all Obligations shall have been made (or so provided for); 
 third, to pay ratably (i) all interest (including Post-Petition Interest) on the Obligations and (ii) all Fees payable under the Credit Agreement, until payment in full of all such
interest and Fees shall have been made; 
 fourth, to pay all other Secured Obligations ratably (or
provide for the payment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)), until payment in full of all such other Secured Obligations shall have been made (or so provided for); 
  


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 fifth, to the First Lien Term Loan Agent and the Second Lien Term
Loan Agent to be applied in accordance with the First Lien Term Loan Security Agreement and the Second Lien Term Loan Security Agreement; and 
 finally, to pay to the relevant Lien Grantor, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, any surplus then remaining from the proceeds of the Collateral owned by it; 
 provided that (i) Collateral owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor and any proceeds thereof shall be applied pursuant to the foregoing clauses only to
the extent that the value thereof does not exceed the largest amount that would not render the Transaction Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable
provisions of applicable law. The Agent may make such distributions hereunder in cash or in kind or, on a ratable basis, in any combination thereof. 
 (b) If at any time any portion of any monies collected or received by the Agent would, but for the provisions of this Section 14(b), be payable pursuant to Section 14(a) in respect of a
Contingent Secured Obligation, the Agent shall not apply any monies to pay such Contingent Secured Obligation but instead shall request the holder thereof, at least 10 days before each proposed distribution hereunder, to notify the Agent as to the
maximum amount of such Contingent Secured Obligation if then ascertainable (e.g., in the case of a letter of credit, the maximum amount available for subsequent drawings thereunder). If the holder of such Contingent Secured Obligation does
not notify the Agent of the maximum ascertainable amount thereof at least two Business Days before such distribution, such holder will not be entitled to share in such distribution. If such holder does so notify the Agent as to the maximum
ascertainable amount thereof, the Agent will allocate to such holder a portion of the monies to be distributed in such distribution, calculated as if such Contingent Secured Obligation were outstanding in such maximum ascertainable amount. However,
the Agent will not apply such portion of such monies to pay such Contingent Secured Obligation, but instead will hold such monies or invest such monies in Permitted Investments. All such monies and Permitted Investments and all proceeds thereof will
constitute Collateral hereunder, but will be subject to distribution in accordance with this Section 14(b) rather than Section 14(a). The Agent will hold all such monies and Permitted Investments and the net proceeds thereof in trust until
all or part of such Contingent Secured Obligation becomes a Non-Contingent Secured Obligation, whereupon the Agent at the request of the relevant Secured Party will apply the amount so held in trust to pay such Non-Contingent Secured Obligation;
provided that, if the other Secured Obligations theretofore paid pursuant to the same clause of Section 14(a) (i.e., clause second or fourth) were not paid in full, the Agent will apply the amount so held in trust to
pay the same percentage of such Non-Contingent Secured Obligation as the percentage of such other Secured Obligations theretofore paid pursuant to the same clause of Section 14(a). If (i) the holder of such Contingent Secured Obligation
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(ii) the Agent still holds any amount held in trust pursuant to this Section 14(b) in respect of such Contingent Secured Obligation (after paying all amounts payable pursuant to the
preceding sentence with respect to any portions thereof that became Non-Contingent Secured Obligations), such remaining amount will be applied by the Agent in the order of priorities set forth in Section 14(a). 
 (c) In making the payments and allocations required by this Section, the Agent may rely upon information supplied to it pursuant to
Section 18(c). All distributions made by the Agent pursuant to this Section shall be final (except in the event of manifest error) and the Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by any Secured Party of any amount distributed
to it. 
 SECTION 15. Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) The Borrower will forthwith upon
demand pay to the Agent: 
 (i) the amount of any taxes that the Agent may have been required to pay by reason of
the Transaction Liens or to free any Collateral from any other Lien thereon; 
 (ii) the amount of any and all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including transfer taxes and reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and other experts, that the Agent may incur in connection with (x) the administration or enforcement of the Security Documents, including
such expenses as are incurred to preserve the value of the Collateral or the validity, perfection, rank or value of any Transaction Lien, (y) the collection, sale or other disposition of any Collateral or (z) the exercise by the Agent of
any of its rights or powers under the Security Documents; 
 (iii) the amount of any fees that the Borrower shall
have agreed in writing to pay to the Agent and that shall have become due and payable in accordance with such written agreement; and 
 (iv) the amount required to indemnify the Agent for, or hold it harmless and defend it against, any loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and any experts or
sub-agents appointed by it hereunder) incurred or suffered by the Agent in connection with the Security Documents, except to the extent that such loss, liability or expense arises from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or a
breach of any duty that the Agent has under this Agreement (after giving effect to Sections 17 and 18). 
 Any such amount not paid to the Agent
on demand will bear interest for each day thereafter until paid at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 2% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans for such day. 
 (b) If any transfer tax, documentary stamp tax or other tax is payable in connection with any transfer or other transaction provided for in the Security Documents, the Borrower will pay such tax and
provide any required tax stamps to the Agent or as otherwise required by law. 
  

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 SECTION 16. Authority to Administer Collateral. Each Lien Grantor
irrevocably appoints the Agent its true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, in the name of such Lien Grantor, any Secured Party or otherwise, for the sole use and benefit of the Secured Parties, but at the Borrower’s expense,
to the extent permitted by law to exercise, at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of such Lien Grantor’s Collateral:

 (a) to demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all monies due or to become due upon
or by virtue thereof, 
 (b) to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any action or proceeding with
respect thereto, 
 (c) to sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of the same or the proceeds or avails
thereof, as fully and effectually as if the Agent were the absolute owner thereof, and 
 (d) to extend the time
of payment of any or all thereof and to make any allowance or other adjustment with reference thereto; 
 provided that, except in the
case of Personal Property Collateral that is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, the Agent will give the relevant Lien Grantor at least ten days’ prior written notice of
the time and place of any public sale thereof or the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition thereof will be made. Any such notice shall (i) contain the information specified in UCC Section 9-613, (ii) be
Authenticated and (iii) be sent to the parties required to be notified pursuant to UCC Section 9-611(c); provided that, if the Agent fails to comply with this sentence in any respect, its liability for such failure shall be limited
to the liability (if any) imposed on it as a matter of law under the UCC. 
 SECTION 17. Limitation on Duty in
Respect of Collateral. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody and preservation thereof, the Agent will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any sub-agent or bailee or
any income therefrom or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Agent will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession or
control if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and will not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of
any act or omission of any sub-agent or bailee selected by the Agent in good faith, except to the extent that such liability arises from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. 
  

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 SECTION 18. General Provisions Concerning the Agent.  
 (a) The provisions of Article 8 of the Credit Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Agent, and shall be binding upon all Lien Grantors
and all Secured Parties, in connection with this Agreement and the other Security Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, 1) the Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, 2) the Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Security Documents that the
Agent is required in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.09 of the Credit Agreement), and 3) except as expressly
set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for any failure to disclose, any information relating to any Group Member that is communicated to or obtained by the Agent or any of its
Affiliates in any capacity. The Agent shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Transaction Lien, whether impaired by operation of law or by
reason of any action or omission to act on its part under the Security Documents. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agent by a Lien Grantor or a Secured
Party. 
 (b) Sub-Agents and Related Parties. The Agent may perform any of its duties and exercise any of its rights and
powers through one or more sub-agents appointed by it. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of its duties and exercise any of its rights and powers through its Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of Section 17 and this
Section shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agent and any such sub-agent. 
 (c) Information
as to Secured Obligations and Actions by Secured Parties. For all purposes of the Security Documents, including determining the amounts of the Secured Obligations and whether a Secured Obligation is a Contingent Secured Obligation or not, or
whether any action has been taken under any Secured Agreement, the Agent will be entitled to rely on information from (i) its own records for information as to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender, their Secured Obligations and actions taken by
them, (ii) any Secured Party for information as to its Secured Obligations and actions taken by it, to the extent that the Agent has not obtained such information from its own records, and (iii) the Borrower, to the extent that the Agent
has not obtained information from the foregoing sources. 
 (d) Refusal to Act. The Agent may refuse to act on any
notice, consent, direction or instruction from any Secured Parties or any agent, trustee or similar representative thereof that, in the Agent’s opinion, (i) is contrary to law or the provisions of any Security Document, (ii) may
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such liability by the Secured Parties that gave such notice, consent, direction or instruction) or (iii) is unduly prejudicial to Secured Parties not joining in such notice, consent,
direction or instruction. 
 SECTION 19. Termination of Transaction Liens; Release of Collateral.
(a) The Transaction Liens granted by each Guarantor shall terminate when its Transaction Guarantee terminates in accordance with the Credit Agreement. 
 (b) The Transaction Liens shall terminate when all the Release Conditions are satisfied; provided, that if at any time any payment of a Secured Obligation is rescinded or must be otherwise restored
or returned upon the insolvency or receivership of the Borrower or otherwise, the Transaction Liens shall be reinstated. 
 (c)
At any time before the Transaction Liens terminate, the Agent may, at the written request of the Borrower, release any Collateral (but not all or substantially all the Collateral) with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders. 

(d) Upon any termination of a Transaction Lien or release of Collateral, the Agent will, at the expense of the relevant Lien Grantor,
execute and deliver to such Lien Grantor such documents as such Lien Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence the termination of such Transaction Lien or the release of such Collateral, as the case may be. 
 SECTION 20. Additional Lien Grantors. Any Subsidiary may become a party hereto by signing and delivering to the Agent a
Security Agreement Supplement, whereupon such Subsidiary shall become a “Lien Grantor” as defined herein. 
 SECTION 21. Notices. Each notice, request or other communication given to any party hereunder shall be given or made in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement. 
 SECTION 22. No Implied Waivers; Remedies Not Exclusive. No failure by the Agent or any Secured Party to exercise, and no
delay in exercising and no course of dealing with respect to, any right or remedy under any Security Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Agent or any Secured Party of any right or remedy under
any Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies specified in the Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by
law. 
 SECTION 23. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured
Parties. If all or any part of any Secured Party’s interest in any Secured Obligation is assigned or otherwise transferred in a transaction permitted under the Credit Agreement, the transferor’s rights

  

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hereunder, to the extent applicable to the obligation so transferred, shall be automatically transferred with such obligation. This Agreement shall be binding on the Lien Grantors and their
respective successors and assigns. 
 SECTION 24. Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any
provision hereof may be waived, amended, modified or terminated except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent, with the consent of such Lenders as are required to consent thereto under Section 10.09 of the
Credit Agreement. No such waiver, amendment or modification shall (i) be binding upon any Lien Grantor, except with the written consent of the Borrower or (ii) affect the rights of a Secured Party (other than a Lender) hereunder more
adversely than it affects the comparable rights of the Lenders hereunder, without the consent of such Secured Party. 
 SECTION 25. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, except as otherwise required by mandatory provisions of law and except to the extent that
remedies provided by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York are governed by the laws of such jurisdiction. 
 SECTION 26. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO
ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. 
 SECTION 27. Severability. Any provision of any Security Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a
particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 SECTION 28. Credit Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Credit Agreement and this Agreement but subject to Section 29, the provisions of the Credit Agreement shall
control. 
 SECTION 29. Intercreditor Agreement. Reference is made to the Intercreditor Agreement
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Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control. 
  

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

					
	 TOWER AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS USA, LLC, as Borrower

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dev B. Kapadia

		 	Name:	 	Dev B. Kapadia
		 	Title:	 	President


  

					
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard W. Duker

		 	Name:	 	Richard W. Duker
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director










					
	Guarantors:
	
	 TOWER AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS I, LLC

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dev B. Kapadia

		 	Name:	 	Dev B. Kapadia
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	 TOWER AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS II(a), LLC

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dev B. Kapadia

		 	Name:	 	Dev B. Kapadia
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	 TOWER AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS II(b), LLC

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dev B. Kapadia

		 	Name:	 	Dev B. Kapadia
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	 TOWER AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS USA I, LLC

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dev B. Kapadia

		 	Name:	 	Dev B. Kapadia
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	 TOWER AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS USA II, LLC

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dev B. Kapadia

		 	Name:	 	Dev B. Kapadia
		 	Title:	 	President