Document:

EX-10.11

  
 Exhibit 10.11

 EXECUTION VERSION 

AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINDER AGREEMENT 

AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of June 30, 2014 (this “Agreement” or
“Joinder Agreement”), by and among Jefferies Finance LLC (“Jefferies”), MIHI LLC (“MIHI”), Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (“Mizuho”), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
(“Sumitomo”), Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC (“Nomura”) and KKR Corporate Lending LLC (“KCL”; together with Jefferies, Mizuho, MIHI, Sumitomo and Nomura, each, a “New Term Loan Lender”
and a “New Revolving Loan Lender”; collectively, the “New Lenders”), the Borrower (as defined below), Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., as a Letter of Credit Issuer, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. 
 This Joinder Agreement amends and restates and supersedes in its entirety that certain Joinder
Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2014 (the “Original Joinder Agreement”), by and among Jefferies, MIHI, Mizuho, Sumitomo, Nomura and KCL, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and such Original Joinder
Agreement shall be of no further force or effect. 
 RECITALS: 

WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2013 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Garden Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), The Brickman Group Ltd. LLC, successor in interest to Garden Merger Sub, LLC (the
“Borrower”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”) and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined
herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement or, as applicable, the Fee and Syndication Letter dated the date hereof among the Borrower, the New Lenders and certain affiliates thereof (the “Fee and Syndication
Letter”)); 
 WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may establish New Term Loan
Commitments and New Revolving Credit Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Joinder Agreements with New Term Loan Lenders and New Revolving Loan Lenders, as applicable; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 21, 2014 together with all exhibits and schedules thereto,
collectively, as may be amended, the “Acquisition Agreement”) entered into among the Borrower, Brickman Parent L.P., Blade Merger Sub, Inc., ValleyCrest Holding Co. and MSD Valley Investments, LLC, solely in its capacity as the
initial Holder Representative thereunder (as defined therein), the Borrower intends, directly or indirectly, to acquire (the “Acquisition”) the entity previously identified to the New Lenders as “Viper” (the
“Target”); 
 WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing it is intended that the Borrower will obtain up to
$725.0 million of incremental term loans (the “New Term Loans”; the commitments in respect thereof, the “New Term Loan Commitments”) and up to $100.0 million of incremental revolving commitments (the
“New Revolving Credit Commitments”; together with the New Term Loan Commitments, the “New Loan Commitments”) pursuant to the terms of this Joinder Agreement in order to finance a portion of the consideration for the
Acquisition and for general corporate purposes (the transactions set forth above, the “Transactions”); 
 WHEREAS,
the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected by this Joinder Agreement, including increasing the Letter of Credit Commitment to $100,000,000, are necessary or appropriate and permitted under the Credit Agreement (including pursuant to
Section 2.14(f) thereof); 

  
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 NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

Each New Term Loan Lender party hereto hereby severally and not jointly agrees to commit to provide its respective New Term Loan Commitment as
set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms set forth in this Agreement and subject solely to the conditions set forth in Section 10 below, to make New Term Loans on the Acquisition Closing Date (as defined below) to the
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such New Term Loan Commitment. 
 Each New Revolving Loan Lender party hereto hereby
severally and not jointly agrees to commit to provide its respective New Revolving Credit Commitment as set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms set forth in this Agreement and subject solely to the conditions set forth in
Section 10 below, to make New Revolving Credit Commitments on the Acquisition Closing Date (as defined below) to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such New Revolving Credit Commitment. 

Each New Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the exhibits thereto,
together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other New Lender or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit
Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (iv) agrees that it
will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a New Term Loan Lender or New Revolving Loan Lender, as the case may be. 

Each New Lender hereby agrees that its respective New Loan Commitment will be made on the following terms and conditions: 

 

	1.	Initial Drawing. The New Term Loans shall be denominated in Dollars and shall be made in a single drawing on the Acquisition Closing Date. Revolving Credit Loans under the New Revolving Credit Commitments may be
made available on the Acquisition Closing Date to finance the Acquisition and working capital and any amount needed to fund any OID or upfront fees required to be funded on the Acquisition Closing Date and to fund the New Revolving Loan
Lender’s pro rata share of any existing Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the Acquisition Closing Date. 

  

	2.	Applicable Margin.

 The Applicable ABR Margin or Applicable LIBOR Margin, as applicable,
for the New Term Loans shall be the same as those applicable to Initial Term Loans. 
 The Applicable ABR Margin or Applicable LIBOR Margin,
as applicable, for Loans under the New Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the same as those applicable to Revolving Credit Loans. 

  
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	3.	Principal Payments. The Borrower shall make principal payments on the New Term Loans on each Initial Term Loan Repayment Date occurring after the Acquisition Closing Date in an amount equal to 0.25% of the
aggregate principal amount of the New Term Loans made on the Acquisition Closing Date. Any remaining outstanding amount of New Term Loans shall be repaid in full on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date. 

 

	4.	Voluntary and Mandatory Prepayments. 

  

	 	(a)	Section 5.1(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference to “the Closing Date” therein and replacing it with “June 30, 2014”. 

 

	 	(b)	Scheduled installments of principal of the New Term Loans set forth above shall be reduced in connection with any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the New Term Loans in accordance with Sections 5.1 and
5.2 of the Credit Agreement respectively, subject to the six month “soft call 101” call protection provision identical to that benefitting the Initial Term Loans (as amended pursuant to the foregoing clause 4(a)). 

 

	5.	Terms Generally. 

  

	 	(a)	Other than as set forth herein, for all purposes under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the New Term Loans shall have the same terms as the Initial Term Loans and shall be treated for purposes of
voluntary and mandatory prepayments (including for scheduled principal payments) and all other terms as the same Class of Term Loans as the Initial Term Loans. Upon the funding of the New Term Loans on the Acquisition Closing Date, the New Term
Loans shall automatically and without further action by any Person constitute, for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, Initial Term Loans. The Administrative Agent shall take any and all action as may be reasonably
necessary to ensure that the New Term Loans are included in each Borrowing and repayment of Initial Term Loans, on a pro rata basis. In furtherance of the foregoing, on the Acquisition Closing Date, there shall commence an initial Interest Period
with respect to the New Term Loans, which Interest Period shall, in the case of Initial Term Loans only, end on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Initial Term Loans as in effect immediately prior to the Acquisition Closing Date.

  

	 	(b)	Each New Revolving Credit Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Credit Commitment and each Loan made under a New Revolving Credit Commitment shall be deemed, for all purposes, Revolving Credit Loans.

  

	 	(c)	The following definitions in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows: 

“‘Letter of Credit Commitment’ shall mean $100,000,000, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 3.1.” 
 “‘Letter of Credit Issuer’ shall mean (i) in the case of standby Letters of Credit only,
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., Jefferies Finance LLC, Jefferies LLC and MIHI LLC, and any of their applicable respective Affiliates or branches or designated fronting entities and (ii) any replacement, additional issuer, or successor pursuant to
Section 3.6. References herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the
context requires.” 

  
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	 	(d)	Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. as a Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be obligated to issue Letters of Credit in excess of $50,000,000, (ii) Jefferies Finance LLC and Jefferies LLC as
a Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be obligated to issue Letters of Credit in excess of $25,000,000 and (iii) MIHI LLC as a Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be obligated to issue Letters of Credit in excess of $25,000,000. 

 

	6.	Proposed Borrowing. This Agreement represents a request by the Borrower to borrow New Term Loans from the New Term Loan Lenders, and Revolving Credit Loans from the New Revolving Loan Lenders, as set forth on the
applicable Borrowing notice to be delivered by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement. 

  

	7.	New Lenders. 

  

	 	(a)	To the extent not already a Lender, each New Term Loan Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement that such New Term Loan Lender shall become a “Lender” under, and for all
purposes of, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a Lender thereunder. 

 

	 	(b)	To the extent not already a Lender, each New Revolving Loan Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement that such New Revolving Loan Lender shall become a “Lender” under, and for
all purposes of, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a Lender thereunder. 

 

	8.	Credit Agreement Governs. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the New Term Loans and the New Revolving Credit Commitments shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other
Credit Documents. 

  

	9.	Effective Date Conditions. This Agreement will become effective on the date (the “Effective Date”) on which this Agreement is executed by the Borrower, each New Lender, the Administrative Agent,
the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender. 

  

	10.	Acquisition Closing Date Conditions. The obligation of each New Term Loan Lender to make a New Term Loan, and of each New Revolving Loan Lender to make available its New Revolving Credit Commitment, is subject
solely to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth on Schedule B hereto (the date such conditions are satisfied or waived (the “Acquisition Closing Date”). 

 

	11.	Notice. For purposes of the Credit Agreement, the initial notice address of each New Lender shall be as separately identified to the Administrative Agent. 

 

	12.	Tax Forms. For each relevant New Lender, delivered herewith to the Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as such
New Lender may be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(d) and/or Section 5.4(e) of the Credit Agreement. 

  
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	13.	Recordation of the New Loans. Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative Agent will record in the Register the New Term Loans made by each New Term Loan Lender and the New Revolving Credit Commitments
made by each New Revolving Loan Lender. 

  

	14.	Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

  

	15.	Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Fee and Syndication Letter, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

 

	16.	GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK;
provided, however, that it is understood and agreed that (a) the interpretation of the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” (as referenced in Schedule A hereto) (and whether or not such Material Adverse Effect
has occurred), (b) the determination of the accuracy of any Company Representations and whether as a result of any inaccuracy thereof you (or your affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate your (or
your affiliates’) obligations under the Acquisition Agreement or decline to consummate the Acquisition and (c) the determination of whether the Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, in
each case shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof. 

 

	17.	Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability
without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this
Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable. 

  

	18.	Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and
the same agreement. 

  

	19.	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PARTY RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF
THIS AGREEMENT LETTER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES HEREUNDER. 

  

	20.	Credit Document. On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, this Agreement shall constitute a “Credit Document” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (it being
understood that for the avoidance of doubt this Agreement may be amended or waived solely by the parties hereto as set forth in Section 14 above); provided that prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, the Credit Agreement and the other
Credit Documents shall not be amended or otherwise modified in a manner materially adverse to the New Lenders without the written consent of the New Lenders. 

[signature pages to follow] 

  
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 IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Joinder Agreement as of the date first set forth above. 

 

			
	THE BRICKMAN GROUP LTD. LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Anthony J. Skarupa

		 	Name: Anthony J. Skarupa
		 	Title: Cheif financial Officer

  
 [Viper - Joinder
Agreement] 

  
  

			
	JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ E. Joseph Hess

		 	Name: E. Joseph Hess
		 	Title: Managing Director

  
 [Viper - Joinder
Agreement] 

  
  

			
	MIHI LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Stephen Menos

		 	Name: Stephen Menos
		 	Title: Authorized Signatory

  

			
	
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ayesha Farooqi

		 	Name: Ayesha Farooqi
		 	Title: Authorized Signatory

  
 [Viper - Joinder
Agreement] 

  
  

			
	MIZUHO BANK, LTD.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James Yu

		 	Name: James Yu
		 	Title: Senior Vice President

  
 [Viper - Joinder
Agreement] 

  
  

			
	 SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING

CORPORATION

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kubo Katsuyuki

		 	Name: Kubo Katsuyuki
		 	Title: Executive Director

  
 [Viper - Joinder
Agreement] 

  
  

			
	 NOMURA CORPORATE FUNDING

AMERICAS, LLC

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Carl Mayer

		 	Name: Carl Mayer
		 	Title: Managing Director

  
 [Joinder Agreement] 

  
  

			
	KKR CORPORATE LENDING LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert Lewin

		 	Name: Robert Lewin
		 	Title: Authorized Signatory

  
 [Viper - Joinder
Agreement] 

  
  

			
	Consented to by:
	
	 MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swingline Lender

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Stephen B. King

		 	Name: Stephen B. King
		 	Title: VP

  
 [Viper - Joinder
Agreement] 

  
  

			
	Consented to by:
	
	 MORGAN STANLEY HANK, N.A .,

as Letter of Credit Issuer

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Stephen B. King

		 	Name: Stephen B. king
		 	Title: Authorized Signatory

  
 [Viper - Joinder
Agreement] 

  
 SCHEDULE A 

TO JOINDER AGREEMENT 
  

									
	 Name of New Term Loan Lender
	  	Type of Commitment	 	  	Commitment Amount	 
	 Jefferies Finance LLC
	  	 	New Term Loan Commitment	 	  	$	239,250,000	 
	 MIHI LLC
	  	 	New Term Loan Commitment	 	  	$	181,250,000	 
	 Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
	  	 	New Term Loan Commitment	 	  	$	105,125,000	 
	 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
	  	 	New Term Loan Commitment	 	  	$	70,687,500	 
	 Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC
	  	 	New Term Loan Commitment	 	  	$	70,687,500	 
	 KKR Corporate Lending LLC
	  	 	New Term Loan Commitment	 	  	$	58,000,000	 
		  				  	  
	  
	 
		  	 	Total:	 	  	$	725,000,000	 
		  				  	  
	  
	 
			
	 Name of New Revolving Loan Lender
	  	Type of Commitment	 	  	Commitment Amount	 
	 Jefferies Finance LLC
	  	 	New Revolving Credit Commitment	 	  	$	33,000,000	 
	 MIHI LLC
	  	 	New Revolving Credit Commitment	 	  	$	25,000,000	 
	 Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
	  	 	New Revolving Credit Commitment	 	  	$	14,500,000	 
	 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
	  	 	New Revolving Credit Commitment	 	  	$	9,750,000	 
	 Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC
	  	 	New Revolving Credit Commitment	 	  	$	9,750,000	 
	 KKR Corporate Lending LLC
	  	 	New Revolving Credit Commitment	 	  	$	8,000,000	 
		  				  	  
	  
	 
		  	 	Total:	 	  	$	100,000,000	 
		  				  	  
	  
	 

  
 SCHEDULE B 

TO JOINDER AGREEMENT 

Conditions to Acquisition Closing Date 

1. Acquisition. The Acquisition shall have been or, substantially concurrently with the initial borrowing of New Term Loans and the
effectiveness of the New Revolving Credit Commitments shall be, consummated in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any modifications, amendments or express waivers or consents
thereto that are materially adverse to the New Lenders without the consent of the New Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (it being understood and agreed that (a) any change in the definition of “Material Adverse
Effect” or “Termination Date” contained in the Acquisition Agreement shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the New Lenders and (b) any increase or reduction in the purchase price shall not be deemed to be materially adverse
to the New Lenders; provided that any reduction shall be allocated to reduce the New Term Loan Commitments on a dollar for dollar basis). 

2. No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the Acquisition Agreement, there shall not have occurred any change, event,
circumstance, or development that shall have had, or would be reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) on the Target. 

3. Fees. All fees required to be paid on the Acquisition Closing Date pursuant to the Fee and Syndication Letter and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid on the Acquisition Closing Date pursuant to the Fee and Syndication Letter, to the extent invoiced at least three business days
prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower), shall, upon the initial borrowing of New Term Loans, have been, or will be substantially simultaneously, paid (which amounts may, at your option, be
offset against the proceeds of the New Term Loans). 
 4. Financial Statements. The New Lenders shall have received (a) the
audited consolidated balance sheets of the Target and its subsidiaries as of April 30, 2013 and April 30, 2012 and the audited consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, cash flow and changes in shareholders’ equity
of the Target and its subsidiaries for the years ended April 30, 2013 and April 30, 2012, and such financial statements of the Target and its subsidiaries as of the end of and for each subsequent fiscal year ended at least 95 days before
the Acquisition Closing Date, and (b) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and statement of operations, cash flow and changes in shareholders’ equity of the Target and its subsidiaries as of and for the eleven-month period ended
March 31, 2014 and the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and statement of operations, cash flow and changes in shareholders’ equity of the Target and its subsidiaries as of the end of and for each subsequent fiscal quarter (other than
the fourth fiscal quarter of any fiscal year) ended at least 65 days before the Acquisition Closing Date. The New Lenders hereby acknowledge receipt of (i) the audited financial statements referred to in clause (a) above as of, and for the
years ended, April 30, 2013 and April 30, 2012 and (ii) the unaudited financial statements referred to in clause (b) above as of, and for the eleven-month period ended March 31, 2014. 

5. Pro Forma Financial Information. The New Lenders shall have received customary summary pro forma financial
information consistent with the pro forma financial information reflected in the Borrower’s confidential information memorandum dated December 2013. 

6. Patriot Act. The Administrative Agent shall have received at least two business days prior to the Acquisition Closing Date all
documentation and other information about the Target and the subsidiaries of the Target that are required to become Guarantors under the Credit Documents (collectively, the “Target Guarantors”) as shall have been reasonably
requested in writing by the 

  
 Administrative Agent at least seven
calendar days prior to the Acquisition Closing Date and as is mutually agreed to be required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation
the PATRIOT Act. 
 7. Credit Documents. Subject in all respects to the Funding Conditions Provisions, the Administrative Agent shall
have received: 
 (a) a guarantor supplement substantially in the form of Annex A to the Guarantee, executed and delivered by
a duly authorized officer of the Target and the Target Guarantors; 
 (b) a pledge supplement in the form of Annex A to the
Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each entity referred to above in clause (a); 

(c) a supplement in the form of Annex A to the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each
entity referred to above in clause (a); and 
 (d) a reaffirmation agreement in customary form, executed and delivered
by the Credit Parties, pursuant to which each Credit Party shall have reaffirmed the applicable security interest and guarantees under the Guarantee, the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement, as applicable. 

8. Representations and Warranties; Events of Default. 

(a) On the Acquisition Closing Date, the Company Representations and the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in
all material respects. 
 “Company Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties made by the Target
with respect to the Target, its subsidiaries and their respective businesses in the Acquisition Agreement, as are material to the interests of the New Lenders, but only to the extent that the Borrower (or one of the Borrower’s Affiliates) has
the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its obligations under such Acquisition Agreement or decline to consummate the Acquisition as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in such Acquisition
Agreement. 
 “Specified Representations” shall mean the Specified Representations (as defined in the Credit
Agreement); provided that for purposes hereof the references in Section 8.17 and 8.18 to the “Closing Date” shall be deemed to be replaced with “Acquisition Closing Date”. 

(b) No Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement shall exist on the Acquisition
Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions. 
 9. Collateral. Subject in all respects to the Funding Conditions Provisions:

 (a) all outstanding equity interests in whatever form of the Target and each Restricted Subsidiary of the Target that is
required to be pledged pursuant to the Security Documents shall have been pledged pursuant thereto; and 
 (b) all Uniform
Commercial Code or other applicable personal property and financing statements, reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens on the assets of the Target and the Target Guarantors intended to be

  
 created by any
Security Document and to perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, such Security Document shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or recording. 

10. Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Borrower, the Target and the other Target
Guarantors dated the Acquisition Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, executed by two Authorized Officers (which for this purpose may include one of the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary) of each such Credit Party, and attaching copies of the relevant resolutions, charters, bylaws and incumbency certificates (or similar documents) of each of the Target and the other Target Guarantors and, in the case of the Borrower,
certifying that the amount of New Loan Commitments do not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount (together with supporting calculations therefor). 

11. Legal Opinion. Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinion, in customary form, of Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower. The Borrower hereby instructs and agrees to instruct the other Credit Parties to have such counsel deliver such legal opinion. 

12. Marketing Period. The Lead Arrangers shall have been afforded a period (the “Marketing Period”) of at least
15 consecutive business days following receipt of the financial statements referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 above to market the Facilities; provided that (x) the Marketing Period shall exclude July 3, 2014 through July 6, 2014
and November 26, 2014 through November 30, 2014 (and there shall not be a failure to achieve 15 consecutive business days solely by reason of such exclusions) and (y) the Marketing Period shall either (i) end on or prior to
August 15, 2014 or begin on or after September 2, 2014 or (ii) end on or prior to December 19, 2014 or begin on or after January 5, 2015. 

13. Solvency Certificate. The Borrower shall provide a solvency certificate certifying the solvency of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries, substantially in the form provided under the Credit Agreement. 
 14. Expiration Date. The Expiration Date shall not
have occurred. “Expiration Date” shall mean the earliest to occur of (i) after execution of the Acquisition Agreement and prior to the consummation of the Acquisition, the termination of the Acquisition Agreement by you (or
your Affiliates) or with your (or your Affiliates’) written consent or otherwise in accordance with its terms (other than with respect to provisions therein that expressly survive termination), prior to closing of the Acquisition, (ii) the
consummation of the Acquisition with or without the funding of the New Term Loans and (iii) 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on February 16, 2015.EX-10.12

  
 Exhibit 10.12

 EXECUTION VERSION 

FIRST LIEN GUARANTEE 

THIS FIRST LIEN GUARANTEE dated as of December 18, 2013 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, this “Guarantee”), by each of the signatories listed on the signature pages hereto and each of the other entities that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 20 (the
“Guarantors,” and individually, a “Guarantor”), in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. 

W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Garden Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Garden Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “Initial Borrower”), The Brickman Group Ltd. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Surviving Borrower”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (each a
“Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”) and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, and the other parties party thereto,
pursuant to which, among other things, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrower, the Swingline Lender has agreed to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuers have agreed to issue Letters of Credit
for the account of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Extensions of Credit”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein and one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks
may from time to time enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements with Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries; 

WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings and each Guarantor (other than Holdings) is a direct or indirect wholly-owned
Subsidiary of Holdings; 
 WHEREAS, the Extensions of Credit will be used in part to enable valuable transfers to the Guarantors in
connection with the operation of their respective businesses; 
 WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it will derive substantial direct
and indirect benefit from the Extensions of Credit; and 
 WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders and the
Letter of Credit Issuer to make their respective Extensions of Credit to Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Guarantee to the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer to enter into the Credit Agreement, to induce the Lenders, Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make their respective Extensions of Credit to Holdings, the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements with Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries, the Guarantors
hereby agree with the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows: 
 1. Defined Terms. 

(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement. 

  
 (b)
“Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d). 
 (c) Section 1.2, 1.5, 1.9
and 1.10 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis. 
 2. Guarantee. 

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably,
guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Obligations of anyone other than such Guarantor (including amounts that would become due but for operation of the automatic stay under 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)). 

(b) Each Guarantor further agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses (including all reasonable and documented
fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any
or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, the Guarantors under this Guarantee, in each case subject to the limitations on reimbursement of costs and expenses set forth in Section 13.5 of the
Credit Agreement. 
 (c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability
of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder. 

(d) No payment or payments made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by
the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off
or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding
any such payment or payments, other than payments made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or payments received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations, remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability
of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations under the Credit Documents (other than contingent indemnity obligations, Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations) are paid in full, the Commitments are terminated and no
Letters of Credit shall be outstanding or the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been Cash Collateralized (such date, the “Termination Date”). 

(e) Each Guarantor agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to the Collateral Agent or any other
Secured Party on account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Collateral Agent in writing that such payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose, but the failure to notify the Collateral Agent of any such payment will not create a
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 The Collateral Agent shall have its
own independent right to demand payment of the amounts payable by each applicable Guarantor under this Section 2, irrespective of any discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations to pay those amounts to the other Secured Parties resulting
from failure by them to take appropriate steps in insolvency proceedings affecting that Guarantor to preserve their entitlement to be paid those amounts. 

Any amount due and payable by a Guarantor to the Collateral Agent under this Section 2 shall be decreased to the extent that the other Secured Parties
have received (and are able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under the other provisions of the Credit Documents and any amount due and payable by a Guarantor to the Collateral Agent under those provisions shall be decreased to
the extent that the Collateral Agent has received (and is able to retain) payment in full of the corresponding amount under this Section 2. 

3. Limitation of Guarantee. Anything herein or in any other Credit Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of
each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall in no event exceed the amount that can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable laws relating to fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers or
the insolvency of debtors. 
 4. Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have
paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder (including by way of set-off rights being exercised against it), such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and
against any other Guarantor hereunder who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 6 hereof. The provisions of this Section 4
shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties up to the maximum
liability of such Guarantor hereunder. 
 5. Right of Set-off. In addition to any rights and
remedies of the Secured Parties provided by law, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each Secured Party at any time and from time to time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, without notice to such
Guarantor or any other Guarantor but with the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by such Guarantor
hereunder (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final)
(other than payroll, trust, tax, fiduciary and petty cash accounts), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time
held or owing by such Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor. Each Secured Party shall notify such Guarantor promptly of any such set-off and the appropriation and application made
by such Secured Party, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. 

6. Postponement of Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any of the Guarantors hereunder or any set-off or appropriation and application of funds of any of the Guarantors by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights (or if subrogated
by operation of law, such Guarantor hereby waives such rights to the extent permitted by applicable law) of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against the Borrower or any Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of
offset held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of any of the Obligations, nor shall any 

  
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 Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek
any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any Guarantor or other guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, in each case, until the Termination Date. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of
such subrogation rights at any time prior to the Termination Date, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon
receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations whether matured or
unmatured, in accordance with Section 5.4 of the Security Agreement. 
 7. Amendments, etc. with Respect to the Obligations; Waiver
of Rights. Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the
Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by such party and any of the Obligations continued, (b) the Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral
security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any
other Secured Party, (c) the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Letters of Credit and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith and the Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements and
any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, or, in the case of any Secured
Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, the Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank party thereto) may deem advisable from time to time and (d) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral
Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of any of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or
insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for this Guarantee or any property subject thereto. 
 8.
Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. 
 (a) Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, contraction, incurrence,
renewal, extension, amendment, waiver or accrual of any of the Obligations, and notice of or proof of reliance by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee. All Obligations shall conclusively
be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended, waived or accrued, in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and
the other Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives diligence, promptness,
presentment, protest and notice of protest, demand for payment or performance, notice of default or nonpayment, notice of acceptance and any other notice in respect of the Obligations or any part of them, and any defense arising by reason of any
disability or other defense of the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that this Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment
without regard to (a) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Letter of Credit, any Secured Cash Management Agreement, any Secured Hedge Agreement, any of the Obligations or any
collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or
counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) that may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured 

  
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 Party or (c) any other
circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Obligations, or of such Guarantor under
this Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Collateral Agent and any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and remedies
as it may have against the Borrower or any Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any Guarantor or any such other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release
of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any such other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve such Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether
express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties against such Guarantor. 
 (b) This
Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Guarantor and the successors and assigns thereof and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured
Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns permitted under the Credit Agreement until the Termination Date, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement and any Secured Cash
Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement the Credit Parties may be free from any Obligations. 
 (c) A Guarantor shall automatically
be released from its obligations hereunder and the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall be automatically released under the circumstances described in Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement. 

(d) The Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Guarantors and the Secured Parties, the Obligations under the Credit
Documents may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 11 of the Credit Agreement (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in such Section) for purposes of
Section 2, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Borrower and that, in the event of such
declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of
Section 2. 
 9. Reinstatement. This Guarantee shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation
or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or
otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made. 
 10. Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder
will be paid to the Collateral Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars (based on the Dollar Equivalent amount of such Obligations on the date of payment) at the Collateral Agent’s office. Each
Guarantor agrees that the provisions of Sections 5.4 and 13.19 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to such Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee. 

  
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 11.
Representations and Warranties; Covenants. 
 (a) Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor and in the other Credit Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, each of which hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier
date), and the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein. 

(b) Each Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party that, from and after the date of this
Guarantee until the Termination Date, such Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, all actions that are necessary to be taken or not taken so that no violation of any provision, covenant or agreement contained in
Section 9 or Section 10 of the Credit Agreement and so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by any act or failure to act of such Guarantor. 

12. Authority of the Collateral Agent. 

(a) The Collateral Agent enters into this Guarantee in its capacity as agent for the Secured Parties from time to time. The rights and
obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Guarantee at any time are the rights and obligations of the Secured Parties at that time. Each of the Secured Parties has (subject to the terms of the Credit Documents) a several entitlement to each
such right, and a several liability in respect of each such obligation, in the proportions described in the Credit Documents. The rights, remedies and discretions of the Secured Parties, or any of them, under this Guarantee may be exercised by the
Collateral Agent. No party to this Guarantee is obliged to inquire whether an exercise by the Collateral Agent of any such right, remedy or discretion is within the Collateral Agent’s authority as agent for the Secured Parties. 

(b) Each party to this Guarantee acknowledges and agrees that any changes (in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents) in the
identity of the persons from time to time comprising the Secured Parties gives rise to an equivalent change in the Secured Parties, without any further act. Upon such an occurrence, the persons then comprising the Secured Parties are vested with the
rights, remedies and discretions and assume the obligations of the Secured Parties under this Guarantee. Each party to this Guarantee irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to give effect to the change in Lenders contemplated in this
Section 12(b) by countersigning an Assignment and Acceptance. 
 (c) Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be liable to any party for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with
this Agreement or any Credit Document (except for its or such other Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction). 
 13. Notices. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 13.2
of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Guarantor shall be given to it in care of Holdings at the Holdings’ address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. 

14. Counterparts. This Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Guarantee on any number of separate counterparts
(including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Guarantee signed by all the parties shall be lodged with
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 15.
Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

16. Integration. This Guarantee, together with the other Credit Documents and each other document in respect of any Secured Hedge
Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement, represents the agreement of each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the
Guarantors or the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents or each other document in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreement or
any Secured Cash Management Agreement. 
 17. Amendments in Writing; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. 

(a) None of the terms or provisions of this Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with
Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement. 
 (b) Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall by any act (except by a
written instrument pursuant to Section 17(a)), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and
conditions hereof. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one
occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. 

(c) The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive
of any other rights or remedies provided by law. 
 18. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Guarantee are for
convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof. 

19. Successors and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the
benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns except that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written
consent of the Collateral Agent or as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement. 
 20. Additional Guarantors. Each Subsidiary of
Holdings that is required to become a party to this Guarantee pursuant to Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Guarantor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein, for all purposes of this
Guarantee, upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a written supplement substantially in the form of Annex A hereto (each such written supplement, a “Guarantor Supplement”). The execution and delivery

  
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 of any instrument adding an
additional Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee shall not require the consent of any other Guarantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new
Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee. 
 21. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN. 

22. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers; Service of Process. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: 

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Guarantee and the other Credit
Documents to which it is a party to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in each case sitting in New York City in the Borough of
Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof; 
 (b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such
courts and waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and
agrees not to plead or claim the same or to commence or support any such action or proceeding in any other courts; 
 (c)
agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address referred to in
Section 13 or at such other address of which the Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto; 

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of
process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any Guarantor in any other jurisdiction; and 

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or
proceeding referred to in this Section 22 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages. 
 Each Guarantor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally appoints the Borrower as its agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Guarantee and each other Credit Document and agrees that service of process in any such suit, action or
proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Guarantor in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in the Credit
Agreement and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Borrower (or such other substitute agent) to accept such service on its behalf. 

23. GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTEE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer or other representative as of the day and year first above written. 

 

			
	 GARDEN ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.,

as a Guarantor

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Max V. Alper

		 	Name: Max V. Alper
		 	Title: Vice President
	
	 BRICKMAN FACILITY SOLUTIONS LLC,

as a Guarantor

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark Hjelle

		 	Name: Mark Hjelle
		 	Title: President
	
	 BRICKMAN CHARGERS INC.,

as a Guarantor

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark Hjelle

		 	Name: Mark Hjelle
		 	Title: President
	
	 BRICKMAN ACQUISITION LLC,

as a Guarantor

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark Hjelle

		 	Name: Mark Hjelle
		 	Title: President

  
 [First Lien Guarantee]

  
  

			
	 MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as the Collateral Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nicholas Romig

		 	Name: Nicholas Romig
		 	Title: Authorized Signatory

  
 [First Lien Guarantee]

  
 ANNEX A TO 

THE GUARANTEE 
 SUPPLEMENT
NO. [    ] dated as of [        ], 20[    ] to the FIRST LIEN GUARANTEE dated as of December [●], 2013 (this “Supplement”), among each of the
Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto (each such subsidiary individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”), and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Collateral Agent for the
Secured Parties from time to time party to the Credit Agreement referred to below (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee”). 

A. Reference is made to that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of December [●], 2013 (as amended, restated, amended and
restated, refinanced, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Garden Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Garden Merger Sub, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Company” or the “Initial Borrower”), The Brickman Group Ltd. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Surviving Borrower”), the lending institutions
from time to time party thereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the
Swingline Lender, and the other parties party thereto. 
 B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Guarantee. 
 C. The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee in order to induce the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make their respective Extensions of Credit to Holdings,
the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower) under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements with
Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries. 
 D. Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement and Section 20 of the Guarantee provide that additional
Subsidiaries may become Guarantors under the Guarantee by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. Each undersigned Subsidiary (each a “New Guarantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with
the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee in order to induce the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make additional Extensions of Credit, to induce one or more Hedge Banks or
Cash Management Banks to enter into Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements and as consideration for Extensions of Credit previously made. 

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and each New Guarantor agrees as follows: 

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 20 of the Guarantee, each New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the
Guarantee with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor, and each New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents
and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in

  
 which case such representations and
warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date). Each reference to a Guarantor in the Guarantee shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor. The Guarantee is hereby incorporated herein by reference. 

SECTION 2. Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity. 
 SECTION 3. Anything herein or in any other Credit
Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall in no event exceed the amount that can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable
laws relating to fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers or the insolvency of debtors. 
 SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed by
one or more of the parties to this Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A
set of the copies of this Supplement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with Holdings and the Collateral Agent. This Supplement shall become effective as to each New Guarantor when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this
Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of such New Guarantor and the Collateral Agent. 
 SECTION 4. Except as expressly
supplemented hereby, the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect. 
 SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF
THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

SECTION 6. Any provision of this Supplement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and in the Guarantee, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 SECTION 7. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in
accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each New Guarantor shall be given to it in care of Holdings at Holdings’ address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW] 

  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
each New Guarantor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 [NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR],

as the New Guarantor

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
 [Signature Page to First
Lien Guarantee Supplement] 

  
  

			
	 MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as the Collateral Agent

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
 [Signature Page to
Guarantee Supplement]

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