Document:

EX-10.17

  
 Exhibit 10.17

 EXECUTION VERSION 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT 

This Amendment No. 1 to Second Lien Credit Agreement (this “Amendment No. 1”) is dated as of
March 1, 2018, by and among BrightView Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”, a successor to Garden Acquisition Holdings, Inc.), BrightView Landscapes, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Borrower”, a successor to Garden Merger Sub, LLC) and Credit Suisse AG, as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”) under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of December 18,
2013 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among inter alios Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto. 

WHEREAS, the Borrower is changing its fiscal year-end from December 31 to September 30 (the
“Fiscal Year Modification”), and pursuant to Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement, Holdings and the Administrative Agent are authorized by the Lenders to make any adjustments to the Credit Agreement that are necessary in order to
reflect the Fiscal Year Modification; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained and
for other valuable considerations, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 Section 1. Definitions. Each capitalized term used
herein and not otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 1 shall be defined in accordance with the Credit Agreement, and section references shall be references to the applicable sections in the Credit Agreement unless otherwise specified. 

Section 2. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (as defined below), the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 
 2.1 Amendments to Section 1.1. (a) The definition of Asset Sale Prepayment Event is hereby
amended by adding the following proviso at the end thereof: 
 “; provided that for the fiscal year of Holdings ending
September 30, 2018, Net Cash Proceeds during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2017, shall be excluded from such calculation” 

(b) The definition of Casualty Event is hereby amended by adding the following proviso at the end thereof: 

“; provided that for the fiscal year of Holdings ending September 30, 2018, Net Cash Proceeds during the fiscal quarter ended
December 31, 2017, shall be excluded from such calculation” 
 2.2 Amendment to Section 5.2(a)(ii). Section 5.2(a)(ii)
is hereby amended by adding the following provision at the end thereof: 
 “ ; provided, that (i) no Excess Cash Flow payment
hereunder shall be required for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, (ii) the Excess Cash Flow payment, if any, that would have been required to be made hereunder in respect of the fiscal year of Holdings ended December 31, 2017, if
the fiscal year-end of Holdings had not been changed to September 30, shall be paid in respect of such period of four fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2017, no later than it would have been
required to be made in respect of the fiscal year if it had ended on December 31, 2017, and (iii) the Excess Cash Flow payment, if any, required hereunder to be made in respect of the fiscal year of Holdings ending September 30, 2018,
shall exclude any Excess Cash Flow from the calculation thereof, and any deductions from the required payment of Excess Cash Flow in respect thereof, for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2017.” 

  
 2.3 Amendment to
Section 9.1(a). Section 9.1(a) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso: 
 “;
provided that no such financial statements shall be required in respect of the period of four fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2017, and such financial statements in respect of the fiscal year of Holdings ended September 30, 2017, shall
(i) cover the period of three fiscal quarters then ended, (ii) present comparative figures for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, and (iii) be delivered no later than such financial statements would have been required to be
delivered for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, if the fiscal year-end of Holdings had not been changed to September 30”. 

2.4 Amendment to Section 9.1(c). Section 9.1(c) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following
proviso: 
 “; provided that no such Projections shall be required in respect of the period of four fiscal quarters beginning
January 1, 2018, and such Projections in respect of the fiscal year of Holdings beginning October 1, 2017, shall be delivered no later than such Projections would have been required to be delivered for the fiscal year beginning
January 1, 2018, if the fiscal year-end of Holdings had not been changed to September 30”. 

Section 3. Representations. 

Each Credit Party hereby represents and warrants that: 

3.1 All representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained herein, in the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment
No. 1) or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in all respects (after giving effect to such
qualification)) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier
specified date or period, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made or for the respective period, as the case may be. 

3.2 On the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately before or after giving effect to the
effectiveness hereof. 
 Section 4. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be effective on the date (the “Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date”) on which each of the following conditions have been satisfied (or waived) in accordance with the terms therein: 

(a) this Amendment No. 1 shall have been executed and delivered by each of Holdings, Borrower and the Administrative
Agent; 
 (b) all fees and out-of-pocket
expenses required to be paid or reimbursed by Holdings and the Borrower pursuant to Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement in connection with this Amendment No. 1 shall have been paid or reimbursed by (or on behalf of) Holdings and the
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 (c)
the representations and warranties in Section 3 of this Amendment No. 1 shall be true and correct in all material respects (or if qualified by “materiality,” “material adverse effect” or similar language, in all
respects (after giving effect to such qualification)) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. 
 Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 5.1 Credit Agreement Unaffected. Each reference that is made in the Credit Agreement or any Credit Document to the Credit Agreement
shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby. Except as herein otherwise specifically provided, all provisions of the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be unaffected hereby and this
Amendment No. 1 will not by implication or otherwise alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement
or any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and will continue in full force and effect. This Amendment No. 1 is a Credit Document. 

5.2 Reaffirmation. Each of the undersigned Credit Parties acknowledges (i) all of its Obligations (as amended hereby) are
reaffirmed and remain in full force and effect on a continuous basis, (ii) its grant of security interests pursuant to the Credit Documents are reaffirmed and remain in full force and effect after giving effect to this Amendment No. 1, and
(iii) the execution of this Amendment No. 1 shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Credit
Documents or serve to effect a novation of the Obligations. 
 5.3 Counterparts. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in any
number of counterparts, by different parties hereto in separate counterparts and by facsimile signature, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the
same agreement. 
 5.4 Expenses. Holdings and the Borrower agree to pay all costs and expenses required to be paid or reimbursed
pursuant to Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement in accordance therewith incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment No. 1, including, without limitation, the
reasonable costs, fees, expenses and disbursements of the Administrative Agent’s legal counsel. 
 5.5 Severability. Any term or
provision of this Amendment No. 1 held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Amendment No. 1, and the effect thereof shall be confined to the term or
provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable. 
 5.6 Entire Agreement. This Amendment No. 1 is specifically limited to the
matters expressly set forth herein. This Amendment No. 1 and all other instruments, agreements and documents executed and delivered in connection with this Amendment No. 1 embody the final, entire agreement among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all prior commitments, agreements, representations and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the matters covered by this Amendment No. 1, and may not be contradicted or
varied by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements or discussions of the parties hereto. There are no oral agreements among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof or any other subject matter relating to the
Credit Agreement. 

  
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 5.7 Governing Law;
Submission to Jurisdiction, Venue. The provisions of Sections 13.12 and 13.13 of the Credit Agreement apply to this Amendment No. 1, mutatis mutandis. 

5.8 JURY TRIAL WAIVER. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
this Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	HOLDINGS:
	
	BRIGHTVIEW ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.

 
			
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Katriona Knaus

	Name: Katriona Knaus
	Title: Assistant Treasurer

 
			
	
	BORROWER:
	
	BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPES, LLC

 
			
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Katriona Knaus

	Name: Katriona Knaus
	Title: Assistant Treasurer

  
 [Amendment No.1 Signature
Page (BrightView Landscapes, LLC)] 

  
  

			
	THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
	
	CREDIT SUISSE AG,
	as Administrative Agent

 
			
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William O’Daly

	Name: William O’Daly
	Title: Authorized Signatory

 
			
		
	By:	 	 /s/ D. Andrew Maletta

	Name: D. Andrew Maletta
	Title: Authorized Signatory

  
 [Amendment No.1 Signature
Page (BrightView Landscapes, LLC)]EX-10.18

  
 Exhibit 10.18

 EXECUTION VERSION 

SECOND LIEN GUARANTEE 

THIS SECOND 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 Second 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 and Collateral Agent, and the other parties party thereto, pursuant to which, among other things, the
Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrower (collectively, the “Extensions of Credit”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; 

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 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 and the Lenders to
enter into the Credit Agreement, to induce the Lenders to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, 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) are paid in full and the Commitments are terminated (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
breach or default hereunder or result in any liability to such Guarantor. 
 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
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 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 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 

  
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 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 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) 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 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 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
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 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 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. 

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. 

  
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 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
the Collateral Agent and Holdings. 
 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, 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. 

  
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 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 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; 

  
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 (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. 
 [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW] 

  
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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

  
 [Second Lien Guarantee]

  
  

			
	 CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as the Collateral
Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Bill O’Grady

		 	Name: Bill O’Grady
		 	Title: Authorized Signatory
		
	By:	 	/s/ Michael D’Onofrio
		 	Name: Michael D’Onofrio
		 	Title: Authorized Signatory

  
 [Second Lien Guarantee]

  
 ANNEX A TO 

THE GUARANTEE 
 SUPPLEMENT
NO. [    ] dated as of [        ], 20[    ] to the SECOND 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 Credit Suisse AG, 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 Second 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 Credit Suisse AG, as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, 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 and the Lenders to enter
into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement. 

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 to make additional Extensions of Credit 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 Second
Lien Guarantee Supplement] 

  
  

			
	 CREDIT SUISSE AG,
as the Collateral Agent

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
 [Signature Page to Second
Lien Guarantee Supplement]

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