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EXHIBIT 10.1

 

TREATMENT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement ("Agreement") is made as of December 03, 2014, by and between Have Gun Will Travel Entertainment, Inc., a Nevada Corporation ("Owner") and Brian Cox, an individual ("Purchaser")

 

Owner and Purchaser hereby agree as follows with reference to that certain intellectual material entitled "The Closers" (the “Treatment”) created by Owner.

 

1. GRANT OF RIGHTS. Upon the execution of this Agreement, Purchaser shall own, and Owner hereby sells, transfers, assigns and grants to Purchaser, exclusively and perpetually, throughout the universe, all right, title and interest in and to the Work (including all stories, plots, characters, characterizations, dialogue, screenplays, treatments, drafts revisions and other adaptations thereof whether heretofore or hereafter created by Owner or any other person) (the "Rights"), including, without limitation, the following: (a) all rights of copyright (including all renewals and extensions thereof); (b) the sole and exclusive motion picture (silent, sound, musical and/or talking) television and all other audio-visual rights, and allied and incidental rights, including radio, legitimate stage, theatrical, television(whether live, filmed, taped or otherwise recorded, and including series rights, subscription, pay, cable, satellite and free television rights), cassette, disc and other video devices, interactive, internet, sequel, remake, phonograph record, advertising, publication, novelization and promotion rights(including the rights to broadcast and/or telecast by television and/or radio or any other process, now known or hereafter devised, any part of the Work or any adaptation or version thereof, and announcements of and concerning same); (c) all rights to exploit, distribute and exhibit any content or other production produced hereunder in all media now known or hereafter devised; (d) all rights to make any and all changes to, and adaptations of the Work; (e) all merchandising, commercial tie-in, sound track, music publishing and exploitation rights; and (f) all other rights customarily obtained in connection with formal literary purchase agreements. Owner hereby waives and releases any and all "separated rights," "moral rights," rights to reversion of title to the 'Work, and any other rights or claims which Owner may have or hereafter acquire in the Work. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring Purchaser to exercise or exploit any of the rights granted to or acquired by Purchaser under this Agreement. Owner shall not be entitled to the customary passive royalties should there be any remake, sequel or television movie, mini-series, pilot, series, or spin-off.

 

Additionally, Owner shall not have a turnaround or reversion rights to the original Treatment if the show is not produced within 5 years from the date of Purchase hereunder.

 

2. CONSIDERATION. In consideration for the sale and transfer of the Rights herein, Purchaser agrees to pay Owner TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2500).

 

3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AGREEMENT. Concurrently with the execution hereof, Owner is executing and delivering to Purchaser the Short Form Assignment which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A."

 

	 
	
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4. CREDITS. Owner shall not be entitled to credits as per WGA, whether or not WGA applies. Owner hereby waives and releases Producer and its successors and assigns, in perpetuity, of and from any and all claims, demands, obligations and liabilities of every kind and character whatsoever relating thereto. If the content is produced and the Work is the final shooting script with or without material changes, Owner shall not receive sole "story by" credit and "written by" screen credit in the main titles. If the Work is rewritten, Owner shall receive neither sole nor shared "written by" screen credit in the main titles. In any case, the determination as to whether to accord Owner sole or shared credit shall be at Producer's discretion. Subject to the foregoing, all other aspects of any such credit shall be at Producer's sole discretion. No casual or inadvertent failure by Producer to comply with this paragraph, nor any failure by third parties, shall constitute a breach hereof.

 

5. NO PARTNERSHIP. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to make Owner and Purchaser partners, joint venturers or agents of one another, or give Owner any interest whatsoever in any of the results or proceeds derived from the exercise of the Rights granted or agreed to be granted hereunder.

 

6. NO OBLIGATION TO PROCEED. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to obligate Purchaser to produce television or programs based on the Work or make any other use of any right, title or interest in and to the Work acquired by Purchaser hereunder.

 

7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Owner hereby represents and warrants that: (a) the Work was written solely by and is original with Owner; (b) neither the Work nor any element thereof infringes upon any other literary property; (c) Owner is the sole and exclusive owner, throughout the universe, of all rights(including the rights of copyright), title and interest of every kind in and to the Work as specified in Paragraph 1 hereof free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, claims or litigation, whether pending or threatened; (d) Owner has full and sole right and power to make and perform this Agreement; (e) that, to the best of Owner's knowledge (or that which Owner should have known in the exercise of reasonable prudence), the production or exploitation of any production based on the Work will not violate the rights to privacy of any person or constitute a defamation against any person, nor will production or exploitation of any production based on the Work in any other way violate the rights of any person or entity; and (1) the Work has not previously been exploited as a motion picture, television production, play or otherwise, and no rights have been granted to any third party to do so. Owner agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Purchaser and Purchaser's officers, shareholders, employees, successors and assigns, and each of them, harmless from and against any loss, claim, demand, liability, obligation, expense, lien, action and cause of action (including the payment of reasonable outside attorneys' fees and costs actually incurred, whether or not in connection with litigation) based on, or in connection with, or arising out of any uncured material breach or failure of any of Owner's material warranties, representations or covenants herein and hereunder.

 

8. FURTHER INSTRUMENTS. Owner agrees to duly execute, acknowledge and ,deliver to Purchaser, or procure the due execution, acknowledgment, and delivery to Purchaser, of any and all further assignments and other instruments, consistent herewith and provided that Owner will have right to submit any documents to Owner's attorney for any customary review or comment, in form approved by counsel for Purchaser (including, without limitation, the Short Form Assignment which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A"), necessary or expedient to further evidence or carry out and effectuate the purposes and intent of the parties as herein expressed and to convey to Purchaser all the Rights herein granted and agreed to be granted to Purchaser. If Owner shall fail, refuse or neglect to so execute and deliver or cause to be so executed and delivered any such assignment or other instrument, Purchaser shall be deemed to be, and Owner hereby irrevocably appoints Purchaser, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of Owner (which appointment is coupled with an interest), with full right of substitution and delegation, to execute, verify, acknowledge and/or deliver any and all such assignments and other instruments and to do any and all acts and things reasonably required in the premises, in the name of Owner or otherwise.

 

	 
	
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9. TERMINATION OF RIGHTS AND RIGHT OF LAST REFUSAL If at any time Owner or any other party succeeding to Owner's termination interest, or otherwise claiming by or through Owner or any other party so empowered by law, is deemed to have any right to terminate any or all of the Rights granted to Purchaser hereunder pursuant to the Copyright Act or any other laws of the United States or any of its subdivisions or of any foreign country, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to preclude Owner from freely exercising said right to terminate; provided, however, Owner hereby agrees not to sell, license or otherwise dispose of the Rights to any party (other than Purchaser) on terms less favorable to Owner than those terms contained in Owner's last offer to Purchaser, unless Owner first has offered such less favorable terms to Purchaser in writing and Purchaser has not, within thirty (30) days after the offering of such terms to Purchaser, accepted them by written notice to Owner. Purchaser shall not be required to meet any non-monetary terms which are not as readily performed by Purchaser as by any other party.

 

10. REMEDIES. In the event of any failure or omission by Purchaser constituting a breach of this Agreement, Owner's rights and remedies shall be limited to an action at law for damages, if any Purchaser and Owner shall have no right in such event to seek or obtain injunctive or other equitable relief or to rescind or terminate this Agreement or any of Purchaser's rights hereunder. Purchaser shall not be deemed in breach of this Agreement unless and until Purchaser receives written notice from Owner specifying the alleged breach and unless Purchaser fails to cure such breach within ten (10) business days after receipt of such notice.

 

11. ASSIGNMENT. Purchaser shall have the irrevocable right to assign Purchaser's rights hereunder to any person, firm or corporation, as and to the extent Purchaser may elect. The Purchaser remains liable in the case of any assignment. In the event of any such assignment, reference to and provisions relating to Purchaser herein shall be deemed to refer to and relate to Purchaser's assignee to the extent and subject to the limitation of the assignment.

 

12. NOTICES. Any notices, requests and demands in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be served personally on the party to whom notice is to be, given, or mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid and properly addressed as set forth below unless otherwise specified in a notice given pursuant to this paragraph setting forth a new address:

 

OWNER

 

Have Gun Will Travel Entertainment, Inc.

c/o Tommie Ray

5850 Canoga Ave.

4th Floor

Woodland Hills, CA 91367

 

Copy TO

 

Matthew McMurdo Esq. – Attorney-at-Law

c/o Matthew McMurdo

28 West 44th Street

16th Floor

New York, NY 10036

 

	 
	
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PURCHASER

 

Brian Cox

5250 Lankershim Blvd.

North Hollywood, California, 91601

  

Notices provided hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given on the date of service if served personally or on the third day after mailing, if mailed as provided herein.

 

13. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, including the Short Form Assignment attached hereto as Exhibit "A," constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and cannot be modified except by written instrument executed and delivered by Purchaser and Owner. Neither Purchaser nor Owner has made any representations, promises or warranties expressed or implied, not set forth herein or in any exhibit and each of the parties acknowledges that this Agreement has not been executed by such party in reliance upon any such representation, promise or warranty of the other party.

 

14. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall in all respects be governed and controlled by the laws of the State of California.

 

15. ARBITRATION. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the enforcement, interpretation or alleged breach of this Agreement, shall be submitted to and resolved by binding arbitration in Los Angeles, California before one neutral arbitrator appointed in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator may be entered in and enforceable by any court having jurisdiction. If the 'Writers Guild of America ("WGA") has jurisdiction over the content then the WGA will have the jurisdiction over the arbitration.

 

	 
	
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered the day and year first above written.

 

	AGREED AND ACCEPTED:	 
	 	 	 
	/s/ Tommie Ray	 
	Have Gun Will Travel Entertainment, Inc.	 
	("Owner")	 
	 	 
	By:	Tommie Ray	 
		
 

	
	Its:	
President

	 
	 	 	 
	
AGREED AND ACCEPTED

	 
	
("Purchaser")

	 
	 	 	 
	
/s/ Brian Cox

	 
	
Brian Cox

	 
	
("Purchaser")

 

	 
	
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EXHIBIT "A"

 

SHORT FORM ASSIGNMENT

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That in consideration of the payment of good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the under- signed, Have Gun Will Travel Entertainment, Inc.("Owner") does hereby sell, assign, transfer, grant, set over and convey to Brian Cox ("Purchaser") and its assigns, successors, licensees and transferees, all rights of every kind, now known or hereafter devised, including, without limitation, all rights of copyright (including all renewals and extensions thereof) and all audio-visual and publishing rights, including, without limitation, the sole and exclusive motion picture (silent, sound, musical and/or talking), sequel, remake, television, phonograph record, publication, interactive, internet, merchandising and commercial tie-up rights, and all allied and ancillary rights, throughout the universe, in perpetuity, in and to that certain original, entirely-fictional, unexploited literary material and screenplay described as follows:

 

TITLE:

 

"The Closers" (the “Treatment”)

 

AUTHOR: Have Gun Will Travel Entertainment, Inc. ("Author")

 

COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION # N/A

 

Including, without limitation, all stories, plots, characters, Characterizations, dialogue, 'treatments, drafts, revisions and other adaptations thereof.

 

Owner and Purchaser have entered into that certain Treatment Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of December 03, 2014, relating to the transfer and assignment of the foregoing rights in and to the Work.

 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Short Form Assignment shall be deemed to include, and shall be limited to, those rights of whatever nature which are included within the Agreement, -which is not limited, added to, modified or amended thereby, and this Short Form Assignment is expressly made subject to all of the terms conditions and provisions contained in the Agreement.

 

	 
	
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Assignment as of December 03, 2014.

 

	AGREED AND ACCEPTED:	 
	 	 	 
	/s/ Tommie Ray	 
	Have Gun Will Travel Entertainment, Inc.	 
	("Owner")	 
	 	 
	By:	Tommie Ray	 
		
 

	
	Its:	
President

	 
	 	 	 
	
AGREED AND ACCEPTED

	 
	 	 	 
	
/s/ Brian Cox

	 
	
Brian Cox

	 
	
("Purchaser")

 

 

7Issuing and Paying Agent Agreement, including Master Note

 Exhibit 10.1 

ISSUING AND PAYING AGENT AGREEMENT 

THIS ISSUING AND PAYING AGENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of December 2, 2014 by and between U.S.
Bank National Association (the “Bank”) with offices at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005 and Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (the “Company”) regarding the commercial paper program of the Company
(hereinafter referred to as the “Program”): 
 WITNESSETH: 

WHEREAS, at the request of the Company, the Bank is prepared to (a) act as depositary for the safekeeping of certain notes of the
Company which may be issued and sold in the United States commercial paper market under the Program (the “Commercial Paper Notes”; such Commercial Paper Notes when issued in book-entry form being
hereinafter referred to as “Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes” and when issued in the form of certificated promissory notes being hereinafter referred to as “Certificated Commercial Paper
Notes”), (b) as issuing agent on behalf of the Company in connection with the issuance of the Commercial Paper Notes, (c) as paying agent to undertake certain obligations to make payments in respect of the Commercial Paper Notes, and
(d) as depositary to receive certain funds on behalf of the Company, as set forth herein, and 
 WHEREAS, this Agreement will
govern the Bank’s rights, powers and duties as such depositary, issuing agent and paying agent for the Commercial Paper Notes and the Company’s rights and obligations in connection therewith. 

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

1. Appointment of Bank. The Company hereby appoints the Bank and the Bank hereby agrees to act, on the terms and conditions
specified herein, as depositary, and issuing and paying agent for the Commercial Paper Notes issued under the Program. The Commercial Paper Notes will be sold through such commercial paper dealers and/or placement agents as the Company shall have
notified the Bank in writing from time to time (collectively, the “Dealers”). The Dealer(s) are currently                     . 

2. Letter of Representations. The Company will promptly deliver to the Bank an executed version of the form of Letter of
Representations (the “Letter of Representations”) provided by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). The Company understands and agrees that such Letter of Representations when executed by the Company, the Bank and DTC shall
supplement the provisions of this Agreement and that the Company, the Bank, and DTC shall be bound by the terms and provisions of the Letter of Representations, including any procedures and operational arrangements applicable thereunder. 

 3. Supply of Commercial Paper Notes. 

(a) The Company will from time to time furnish the Bank with an adequate supply of Commercial Paper Notes, which shall be Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes and/or Certificated Commercial Paper Notes, as the Company in its sole and absolute discretion considers appropriate. If Certificated Commercial Paper Notes are to be issued, they
shall be in the form provided by the Company, shall be serially numbered and shall have been executed by manual or facsimile signature of an Authorized Representative (as hereafter defined), but shall otherwise be uncompleted. Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes shall be substantially in the forms attached to the Letter of Representations and shall be represented by one or more master notes (“Master Note” or “Master
Notes”) which shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature by an Authorized Representative in accordance with the Letter of Representations. Pending receipt of instructions pursuant to this Agreement, the Bank will hold the Certificated
Commercial Paper Notes and Master Note(s) in safekeeping for the account of the Company or DTC, as the case may be, in accordance with the Bank’s customary practice. 

(b) Each Certificated Commercial Paper Note or Master Note delivered to the Bank shall be accompanied by a letter from the Company, as the case
may be, identifying the Certificated Commercial Paper Note or Master Note(s) transmitted therewith, and the Bank shall acknowledge receipt of such Certificated Commercial Paper Note(s) or Master Note(s) on the copy of such letter or pursuant to some
other form of written receipt deemed appropriate by the Bank at the time of delivery to the Bank of such Certificated Commercial Paper Note(s) or Master Note(s). Pending the issuance of Certificated Commercial Paper Notes as provided in
Section 5 hereof, all Certificated Commercial Paper Notes and Master Note(s) delivered to the Bank shall be held by the Bank for the account of the Company or DTC, as the case may be, for safekeeping in accordance with the Bank’s customary
practice. 
 4. Authorized Representatives. With the delivery of this Agreement, the Company is furnishing to the Bank, and
from time to time thereafter may furnish to the Bank, and shall furnish to the Bank upon the Bank’s request, certificates (“Incumbency Certificates”) of a responsible officer (a “Responsible Officer”) of the Company
certifying the incumbency and specimen signatures of officers or agents of the Company authorized to execute Commercial Paper Notes on behalf of the Company by manual or facsimile signature and/or to take other action hereunder on behalf of the
Company (each an “Authorized Representative”); such Incumbency Certificate shall also specify the names of employees of Dealers who are authorized to give notices and/or issuance instructions to the Bank as provided herein (a “Dealer
Representative”). Until the Bank receives a subsequent Incumbency Certificate of the Company, the Bank is entitled to rely on the last such Incumbency Certificate delivered to the Bank for purposes of determining the Authorized Representatives
and Dealer Representatives. The Bank shall not have any responsibility to the Company to determine by whom or by what means a facsimile signature may have been affixed on the Commercial Paper Notes, or to determine whether any facsimile or manual
signature resembles the specimen signature(s) filed with the Bank by a duly authorized officer of the Company. Any Commercial Paper Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of a person who is an Authorized Representative on the date such
signature is affixed shall be binding on the Company after the authentication thereof by the Bank notwithstanding that such person shall have died or shall have otherwise ceased to hold his office on the date such Commercial Paper Note is
countersigned or delivered to the Bank. 

 5. Completion, Authentication and Delivery of Commercial Paper Notes. 

(a) In the case of Certificated Commercial Paper Notes, from time to time during the term of this Agreement and subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, and upon the Bank’s timely receipt of written, telecopy or telex instructions or notice transmitted directly to the Bank’s computers or in such other manner as the Bank then employs as the Bank’s normal business
practice, not later than 12:30 pm New York City time on a day on which the Bank is open for business (a “Business Day”), from an Authorized Representative or a Dealer Representative, on the date of issuance of any Certificated Commercial
Paper Notes (in the case of instructions from an Authorized Representative, a copy of such instructions shall be sent to the Dealer Representative by said Authorized Representative), the Bank shall withdraw the respective Certificated Commercial
Paper Notes from safekeeping and in accordance with the instructions so received, take the following actions with respect to each such Certificated Commercial Paper Note: 
  

	 	i.	date each such Certificated Commercial Paper Note the date of issuance thereof (which shall be a Business Day) and insert the maturity date thereof (provided that the Authorized Representative or Dealer Representative
shall ensure that such date is a Business Day and that it shall not be more than 270 days from the date of issue) and the face amount (provided that Authorized Representative or the Dealer Representative shall ensure that such face amount is
$250,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) thereof in figures; 

  

	 	ii.	authenticate (by countersigning) each such Certificated Commercial Paper Note in the appropriate space provided thereon; and 

  

	 	iii.	deliver in the Borough of Manhattan south of Chambers Street each such Certificated Commercial Paper Note to the Dealer, or the consignee, if any, designated by such Authorized Representative or Dealer Representative
for the account of the Dealer. 

  

	 	iv.	the interest rate and applicable discount amount. 

 (b) In the case of Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes, from time to time during the term of this Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, and upon the Bank’s timely receipt of written, telecopy or telex
instructions or notice transmitted directly to the Bank’s computers or in such other a manner as the Bank then employs as the Bank’s normal business practices, not later than 2:00 pm New York City time on a Business Day, from an Authorized
Representative or a Dealer Representative, on the date of issuance of any Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes (in the case of instructions from an Authorized Representative, a copy of such instructions shall be
sent to the Dealer Representative by said Authorized Representative), the Bank shall give issuance instructions for the issuance of Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes to DTC in a manner set forth in, and take
other actions as are required 

 
by, the Letter of Representations. Instructions for the issuance of Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes shall include the following information with respect
to each Book-Entry Commercial Paper Note: 
  

	 	i.	the date of issuance of each such Book-Entry Commercial Paper Note (which shall be a Business Day); 

 

	 	ii.	the maturity date of each such Book-Entry Commercial Paper Note (provided that the Representative or Dealer Representative shall ensure that such date is a Business Day and that
it shall not be more than 270 days from the date of issue); and 

  

	 	iii.	the face amount (provided that the Authorized Representative or the Dealer Representative shall ensure that such face amount is $250,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) in figures; and

  

	 	iv.	the interest rate and applicable discount amount. 

 (c) The Company understands that although
the Bank has been instructed to deliver Commercial Paper Notes against payment, delivery of Commercial Paper Notes will, in accordance with the custom prevailing in the commercial paper market, be made before receipt of payment in immediately
available funds. Therefore, once the Bank has delivered a Commercial Paper Note to a Dealer or its agent as provided herein, the Company shall bear the risk that a Dealer or its agent fails to remit payment for the Commercial Paper Note to the Bank.
The Bank shall have no liability to the Company for any failure or inability on the part of the Dealer to make payment for Commercial Paper Notes. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Bank to purchase any Commercial Paper Note or expend the
Bank’s own funds for the purchase price of a Commercial Paper Note or Commercial Paper Notes. 
 (d) Except as may otherwise be provided
in the Letter of Representations, if at any time the Company instructs the Bank to cease issuing Certificated Commercial Paper Notes and to issue only Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes, the Bank agrees that
all Commercial Paper Notes will be issued as Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes and that no Certificated Commercial Paper Notes shall be exchanged for Book-Entry
Commercial Paper Notes unless and until the Bank has received written instructions from an Authorized Representative (any such instructions from a Dealer Representative shall not be sufficient for this purpose) to the contrary. 

(e) It is understood that the Bank is not under any obligation to assess or review the financial condition or creditworthiness of any person to
or for whose account the Bank delivers a Commercial Paper Note pursuant to instructions from an Authorized Representative or Dealer Representative or advise the Company as to the results of any such appraisal or investigation the Bank may have
conducted on its own or of any adverse information concerning any such person that may in any way have come to the Bank’s attention. 

 (f) It is understood that DTC may request the delivery of Certificated Commercial Paper Notes in
exchange for Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes upon the termination of DTC’s services pursuant to the DTC Letter of Representations. Accordingly, upon such termination, the Bank is authorized to complete
and deliver Certificated Commercial Paper Notes in partial or complete substitution for Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes of the same face amount and maturity as requested by DTC. Upon the completion or
delivery of any such Certificated Commercial Paper Note, the Bank shall annotate the Bank’s records regarding the Master Note with respect to such Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes to reflect a
corresponding reduction in the face amount of the outstanding Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes. The Bank’s authority to so complete and deliver such Certificated Commercial Paper Notes shall be
irrevocable at all times from the time a Book-Entry Commercial Paper Note is purchased until the indebtedness evidenced thereby is paid in full. 

(g) If the Bank shall receive written or telecopy instructions (confirmed in writing in accordance with this Agreement) from the Company not to
issue or deliver Commercial Paper Notes, until revoked in writing or superseded by further written instructions from the Company, the Bank shall not issue or deliver Commercial Paper Notes, provided, however, that notwithstanding contrary
instructions from the Company, the Bank shall be required to deliver Commercial Paper Notes with respect to agreements for the sale of Commercial Paper Notes concluded by an Authorized Representative or Dealer Representative prior to receipt by the
Authorized Representative or Dealer Representative of notice of such instructions from the Company, which the Authorized Representative or Dealer Representative shall be required to confirm to the Bank in writing prior to the Bank’s delivery of
the Commercial Paper Notes. For purposes of the preceding provision, the Bank may rely on written notice given or delivered to the Bank by an Authorized Representative or Dealer Representative as to whether any particular Commercial Paper Notes are
to be issued in respect of such agreements concluded by such Authorized Representative or Dealer Representative, and the Bank shall have no obligation to make any other or further investigation. 

6. Proceeds of Sale of the Commercial Paper Notes. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and for
the purposes of this Agreement, the Bank will establish an account designated as the Leggett & Platt, Incorporated Note Account (the “Note Account”). On each day on which a Dealer or its agent receives Commercial Paper Notes
(whether through the facilities of DTC in the manner set forth in the Letter of Representations or by delivery in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement), all proceeds received by the Bank in connection with such sale shall be credited in
immediately available funds to the Note Account. From time to time upon written instructions received by the Bank from an Authorized Representative, the Bank agrees to transfer immediately available funds from the Note Account to any bank or trust
company in the United States for the Company’s account. If the Bank chooses, in its sole discretion, to credit the Company’s account before the Bank has collected funds for delivery of Commercial Paper Notes, it is understood that such
credit shall be an advance to the Company to be promptly repaid to the Bank from the proceeds of sale of Commercial Paper Notes. If any such advance is not repaid on the day it is used, the Company shall repay such advance on the next business day
together with interest thereon at the rate charged by the Bank for such advance (which rate shall be no less than the “Prime Rate”). As used in this Agreement, “Prime Rate” means the rate of per annum interest which U.S. Bank

 
National Association (“USBNA”) announces publicly or otherwise makes available to the public from time to time as its “prime rate” (currently calculated on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) with any change in the “prime rate” to be effective on and as of the date of any change in said “prime rate”. The Prime Rate and the calculation thereof may be established by
USBNA in its sole discretion and is not necessarily the lowest rate of interest offered by USBNA to its most creditworthy customers. The Prime Rate is a variable or fluctuating rate which increases or decreases from time to time. 

7. Payment of Matured Commercial Paper Notes. 

(a) By 1:00 pm, New York time, on the date that any Commercial Paper Notes are scheduled to mature, the Company shall ensure that there shall
have been transferred to the Bank for deposit in the Note Account immediately available funds at least equal to the amount of Commercial Paper Notes maturing on such date. If Commercial Paper Notes are being issued on the same day that Commercial
Paper Notes are maturing, the Company shall ensure that immediately available funds are wired into the Note Account by 1:00 pm, New York time on such date in an amount equal to the amount by which the face value of the Commercial Paper Notes
maturing on such date exceeds the face value of Commercial Paper Notes being issued on such date,. When any matured Commercial Paper Note is presented to the Bank for payment by the holder thereof (which may, in the case of Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes, be DTC or a nominee of DTC), payment shall be made from and charged to the Note Account to the extent funds are available in said account. 

(b) Each Commercial Paper Note presented to the Bank for payment at or prior to 2:15 pm, New York City time, on any Business Day at or after
the maturity date of such Commercial Paper Note shall be paid by the Bank on the same day as such presentation (or if presented after 2:15 pm, New York City time on any such Business Day, then on the next succeeding Business Day) to the extent funds
are available in the Note Account. 
 8. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby warrants and
represents to the Bank, and, each request to issue Commercial Paper Notes shall constitute the Company’s continuing warranty and representation, as follows: 

(a) This Agreement is, and all Commercial Paper Notes delivered to the Bank pursuant to this Agreement will be, duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company. The Bank’s appointment to act for the Company hereunder is duly authorized by the Company. 
 (b) The issuance
and delivery of the Commercial Paper Notes will not violate any state or federal law and the Commercial Paper Notes do not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

(c) This Agreement constitutes, and the Commercial Paper Notes, when completed, countersigned, and delivered pursuant hereto, will constitute,
the Company’s legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general principles of equity. 

 (d) The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Missouri
and no liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy, windup or similar proceedings have been instituted with respect to the Company. 
 (e) The
Company has, and at all relevant times has had, all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to issue the Commercial Paper Notes. 

(f) The Company has taken all actions which are required for the authorization of the issuance of the Commercial Paper Notes, and for the
authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and such actions do not require the approval or consent of any holder or trustee of any indebtedness or obligations of the Company. 

(g) The issuance of Commercial Paper Notes by the Company (i) does not and will not contravene any provision of any governmental law,
regulation or rule applicable to the Company, and (ii) does not and will not conflict with, breach or contravene the provisions of any contract or other instrument binding upon the Company. 

(h) Each instruction given to the Bank in accordance with Section 5 hereof shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company
that the issuance and delivery of such Commercial Paper Note(s) have been duly and validly authorized by the Company. 
 9. Reliance on
Instructions. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Bank shall incur no liability to the Company in acting hereunder upon telephonic or other instructions contemplated hereby which the Bank reasonably believed in good faith to have been
given by an Authorized Representative or a Dealer Representative, as the case may be. In the event a discrepancy exists with respect to such instructions, the telephonic instructions as understood by the Bank will be deemed the controlling and
proper instructions, unless such instructions are required by this Agreement to be in writing. 
 10. Cancellation of Commercial Paper
Notes. Upon payment by the Bank of Certificated Commercial Paper Note(s) presented for payment, the Bank shall mark such Certificated Commercial Paper Note(s) as paid and (i) in due course cancel Certificated Commercial Paper Note(s)
presented for payment and from time to time return such canceled Certificated Commercial Paper Notes to the Company, or (ii) destroy such Certificated Commercial Paper Notes(s) and deliver to the Company from time to time a destruction
certificate identifying all Certificated Commercial Paper Notes destroyed since the issuance of the prior destruction certificate. After payment of any matured Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes, the Bank shall
annotate the Bank’s records to reflect the face amount of Book-Entry Commercial Paper Notes outstanding in accordance with the Letter of Representations. Promptly upon the written request of the Company,
the Bank agrees to cancel and return to the Company all unissued Certificated Commercial Paper Notes in the Bank’s possession at the time of such request. 

 11. Notices; Addresses. 

(a) All communications to the Bank by or on behalf of the Company or a Dealer, by writing, telecopy, telex or telephone, and which relates to
the completion, delivery or payment of the Commercial Paper Note(s), are to be directed to Commercial Paper Operations at the address indicated in Section 11(b) below. 

(b) Notices and other communications hereunder shall (except to the extent otherwise expressly provided) be in writing (which may be by
facsimile) and shall be addressed as follows, or to such other address as the party receiving such notice shall have previously specified to the party sending such notice: 
  

							
		 	if to the Company, at:	  	Leggett & Platt, Incorporated	  	
		 		  	1 Leggett Road	  	
		 		  	Carthage, MO 64836	  	
				
		 	Attention:	  	Treasurer	  	
				
		 	Facsimile No.:	  	417-358-8027	  	
		 	Telephone No.:	  	417-358-8131	  	
				
		 	if to the Bank,	  		  	
		
		 	concerning the daily issuance of Commercial Paper Notes:
		
		 	 U.S. Bank National Association

		 	 100 Wall Street, 16th Floor

		 	 New York, NY 10005

				
		 	Attention:	  	Commercial Paper Operations	  	
				
		 	Facsimile No.:	  	(212) 509-4529	  	
		 	Telephone No.:	  	(212) 951-8508	  	
			
		 	concerning all other matters:	  	
		
		 	 U.S. Bank National Association

		 	 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600

		 	 New York, NY 10005

				
		 	Attention:	  	Corporate Trust Administration	  	
				
		 	Facsimile No.:	  	(212) 509-3384	  	
		 	Telephone No.:	  	(212) 951-8561	  	

 (c) In any case where it is provided in this Agreement that a copy of any instruction, demand or
other notice is to be delivered to a Dealer, such copy shall be delivered to the Dealer at the address set forth below by the same means as the original thereof shall have been given, provided that the failure of such copy to be given to any Dealer
shall not invalidate or adversely affect the original thereof: 
  

							
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 Notices shall be deemed delivered when received at the address specified above. For purposes of
this Section 11, “when received” shall mean actual receipt (i) of an electronic communication by telecopier or issuance system specified in or pursuant to this Agreement; or (ii) of an oral communication by any person
answering the telephone at the office of the individual or department specified in or pursuant to this Agreement; or (iii) of a written communication hand-delivered at the office specified in or pursuant
to this Agreement. 
 12. Liability. Neither the Bank nor the Bank’s agents shall be liable for any act or omission
hereunder, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct as described in Section 13 herein. The Bank’s duties and obligations shall be determined by the express provisions of this Agreement, and the Letter of Representations
(including the documents referred to therein), and the Bank and the Bank’s agents shall be responsible for the performance of only such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth herein and therein, and no implied covenants shall be
read into any such document against the Bank or the Bank’s agents. Neither the Bank nor the Bank’s agents shall be required to ascertain whether any issuance or sale of Commercial Paper Note(s) (or any amendment or termination of this
Agreement) has been duly authorized or is in compliance with any other agreement to which the Company is a party (whether or not the Bank or any such agent is a party to such other agreement). 

13. Indemnity. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Bank, the Bank’s employees and any and all of the Bank’s
officers and agents harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities (including liabilities for penalties), actions, suits, judgments, demands, damages, costs and expenses of any nature (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees
and expenses) arising out of or resulting from this Agreement or the transactions or activities contemplated hereby or the exercise of the Bank’s rights and/or the performance of the Bank’s duties (or those of the Bank’s agents and
employees) hereunder; provided, however that the Company shall not be liable to indemnify or pay the Bank or any of the Bank’s officers or employees with respect to any loss, liability, action, suit, judgment, demand, damage, cost or expense
that results from or is attributable to the Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or that of the Bank’s officers or employees. The foregoing indemnity includes, but is not limited to, (a) any action taken or omitted to be
taken by the Bank or any of the Bank’s officers or employees upon written, telecopy, telephonic or other electronically transmitted instructions (authorized herein) received by the Bank from, or believed by the Bank in good faith to have been
given by, the proper person or persons, (b) the Bank’s improperly executing or failing to execute any instruction because of unclear instructions, failure of communications media or any other circumstances beyond the Bank’s control,
and (c) the actions or inactions of DTC. The provisions of this Section 13 shall survive (i) the Bank’s resignation or removal hereunder and (ii) the termination of this Agreement. In no event shall the Bank be liable for
special, indirect or consequential damages. 

 14. Termination. 

(a) This Agreement may be terminated at any time by either the Bank or the Company by 15 days’ prior written notice to the other, provided
that the Bank agrees to continue acting as issuing and paying agent hereunder until such time as the Bank’s successor has been selected and has entered into an agreement with the Company to that effect. Such termination shall not affect the
respective liabilities of the parties hereunder arising prior to such termination. 
 (b) If no successor has been appointed within 30 days,
then the Bank have the right to petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor issuing and paying agent hereunder. The Bank shall be reimbursed for any and all expenses in connection with any such petition and
appointment. 
 (c) On the Business Day following the date of termination of this Agreement, the Bank shall destroy all Certificated
Commercial Paper Notes in the Bank’s possession and shall transfer to the Company all funds, if any, then on deposit in the Note Account. The Bank shall promptly notify the Company of all Certificated Commercial Paper Notes so destroyed. 

15. Amendments and Modifications. No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent to any
departure by any party from any provision hereof binding upon such party, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by all the parties hereto. 

16. Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their
respective successors, including successors by merger, and assigns; provided, however, that no party hereto may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder, except with the prior written consent of all the other parties hereto. 

17. Governing Law. 

(a) This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and
performed in the State of New York and, to the extent applicable, operating circulars of the Federal Reserve Bank, federal laws and regulations as amended, New York Clearing House rules and, to the extent not otherwise inconsistent with this
Agreement, general commercial bank practices applicable to commercial paper issuance and payment. 
 (b) Each party irrevocably and
unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Federal courts located in the Borough of Manhattan and the courts of the State of New York located in the Borough of Manhattan. 

18. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts; each counterpart, when so executed
and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original; and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall
constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their
original signatures for all purposes. 

 19. Headings. Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. 
 20. Compensation and Expenses. The
Company shall pay the Bank from time to time following the execution of this Agreement reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Bank hereunder as agreed between the Bank and the Company. The Company shall reimburse the Bank upon the
Bank’s request for all expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Bank in accordance with any provision of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of the Bank’s agents and
counsel) except any expense or disbursement attributable to the Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. 
 21.
Miscellaneous. 
 (a) No implied covenants or obligations of or against the Bank are to read into this Agreement or any other
agreement. No provision of this Agreement shall require the Bank to risk the Bank’s own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of the Bank’s duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of the Bank’s
duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of the Bank’s rights and powers hereunder. If the Bank makes a deposit, payment or transfer of funds before the Bank receives immediately available funds, such deposit, payment or transfer shall
represent an advance by the Bank to the Company to be repaid from such funds or by the Company in the event that such funds are not promptly received by the Bank. It is intended that such advance be for no longer than 24 hours. Interest on each such
unpaid advance shall be at the rate charged by the Bank for such advance (which rate shall be no less than USBNA’s Prime Rate). The Company shall ensure the prompt reimbursement to the Bank of any such advance (including the interest thereon).

 (b) The Bank may consult with counsel, and any advice or written opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by the Bank, in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the Bank’s part, in reliance on such advice or opinion. 

(c) The Bank makes no representation as to, and shall have no responsibility for, the correctness of any statement contained in, or the
validity or sufficiency of, this Agreement or any documents or instruments referred to in this Agreement or as to or for the validity or collectibility of any obligation contemplated by this Agreement. The Bank shall not be accountable for the use
or application by any person of disbursements properly made by the Bank in conformity with the provisions of this Agreement. 
 (d) The Bank
may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any document or writing presented to the Bank hereunder and in good faith believed by the Bank to be genuine and to have been signed and presented by an authorized person or persons. 

 (e) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances,
nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent
with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances. 
 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT
PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT 
 The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like
all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an
account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
	
	 /s/ Sheri L. Mossbeck

		 	 Authorized Officer’s Signature

		
	Name:	 	Sheri L. Mossbeck
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President & Treasurer
	
	 /s/ Matthew C. Flanigan

		 	Authorized Officer’s Signature
		
	Name:	 	Matthew C. Flanigan
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President & Chief
		 	Financial Officer
	
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	
	 /s/ Millie Rolla

		 	Authorized Officer’s Signature
		
	Name:	 	Millie Rolla
	Title:	 	Vice President

 The Depository Trust Company 

A subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation 

CORPORATE COMMERCIAL PAPER – MASTER NOTE 

 

			
		 	 December 3, 2014

		 	(Date of Issuance)

 Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (“Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, or to registered assigns: (i) the principal amount, together with unpaid accrued interest thereon, if any, on the maturity date of each obligation identified on the records of
Issuer (the “Underlying Records”) as being evidenced by this Master Note, which Underlying Records are maintained by U.S. Bank National Association (“Paying Agent”); (ii) interest on the principal amount of each such
obligation that is payable in installments, if any, on the due date of each installment, as specified on the Underlying Records; and (iii) the principal amount of each such obligation that is payable in installments, if any, on the due date of
each installment, as specified on the Underlying Records. Interest shall be calculated at the rate and according to the calculation convention specified on the Underlying Records. Payments shall be made by wire transfer to the registered owner from
Paying Agent without the necessity of presentation and surrender of this Master Note. 
     REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER
PROVISIONS OF THIS MASTER NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. 
     This Master Note is a valid and binding obligation of Issuer.

 Not Valid Unless Countersigned for Authentication by Paying Agent. 
  

									
	 U.S. Bank National Association
	 		 	 Leggett & Platt, Incorporated

	(Paying Agent)	 		 	(Issuer)
					
	By:	 	 /s/ Millie Rolla
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew C. Flanigan

	(Authorized Countersignature)	 		 	(Authorized Signature)
				
		 		 		 	 Matthew C. Flanigan, Executive Vice

President and Chief Financial Officer

					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ John G. Moore

		 		 		 	(Authorized Signature)
				
		 		 		 	 John G. Moore, Senior Vice President,

Chief Legal & HR Officer, and Secretary

 CCPMN March 2014 

 (Reverse Side of Note) 

At the request of the registered owner, Issuer shall promptly issue and deliver one or more separate note certificates evidencing each obligation evidenced by
this Master Note. As of the date any such note certificate or certificates are issued, the obligations which are evidenced thereby shall no longer be evidenced by this Master Note. 

 
  

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto 
  

 
 (Name, Address. and Taxpayer
Identification Number of Assignee) 
 the Master Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
                                     , attorney to transfer
said Master Note on the books of Issuer with full power of substitution in the premises. 
  

					
	Dated:
                                         
           	  		  	  

		  		  	(Signature)
	Signature(s) Guaranteed:	  		  	
		  		  	Notice: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Master Note, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

  
  

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to Issuer or
its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE. OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof,
Cede & Co., has an interest herein. 
 CCPMN March 2014

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