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Exhibit 10.1

NIELSEN HOLDINGS PLC 

SEVERANCE POLICY

FOR SECTION 16 OFFICERS AND UNITED STATES-BASED SENIOR EXECUTIVES 

ARTICLE I

Purpose and Effectiveness

Nielsen Holdings plc (the “Company”) has adopted this Severance Policy for Section 16 Officers and United States-Based Senior Executives (the “Policy”), effective as of July 20, 2017, to provide eligible employees of the Company Group the opportunity to receive severance benefits following a qualifying termination of employment.  This Policy supersedes and replaces any preceding policy, plan, agreement or understanding adopted by or entered into by the Company relating to severance benefits for each Participant covered by this Policy.  This Policy is intended to be a top hat welfare benefit plan under ERISA, maintained for a select group of management or highly compensated employees.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Policy to the contrary, the CEO shall not become a Participant under this Policy until this Policy has been approved by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 of the United Kingdom.  

The severance benefits provided for herein further the Company’s goals of attracting and retaining executives, keeping senior executives focused on pursuing transaction opportunities that are in the best interest of shareholders and retaining key talent during times of substantial change or consolidation.

ARTICLE II

Definitions

For purposes of this Policy, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated below:

(a)“Average Bonus” means, as to any Participant, the average annual bonus earned under the Executive Annual Incentive Plan (or any successor annual bonus program) or other applicable annual incentive plan in which such Participant participates immediately prior to the Date of Termination and paid by the Company to the Participant for performance in the three fiscal years preceding the Date of Termination (excluding any special or one-time bonuses or any amounts not attributable to the applicable annual incentive plan).  If such Participant did not receive a bonus (or received a prorated bonus) in any of those three preceding fiscal years due to the Participant commencing employment with the Company, the applicable period of employment (i.e. the other one or two years of bonuses) shall be used to calculate the average. If such Participant is terminated prior to having been paid any bonus with respect to a fiscal year, then such Participant’s Average Bonus will be calculated with respect to such fiscal year based on the Participant’s target bonus under the Executive Annual Incentive Plan (or any successor annual bonus program) or other applicable annual incentive plan in which such Participant participates immediately prior to the Date of Termination.

(b)“Base Salary” means, as to any Participant, the amount the Participant is entitled to receive as annual base salary without reduction for any pre-tax contributions to benefit plans.  Base Salary does not include bonuses, incentives, commissions, overtime pay, shift pay, premium pay, cost of living allowances or income from stock options, stock grants or any other equity-based awards. 

(c)“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

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(d)“Cause” means, with respect to any Participant, the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: 

(i)The Participant’s willful misconduct with regard to the Company Group; 

(ii)The Participant’s conviction of, or entry into a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or an intentional crime involving material dishonesty other than, in any case, vicarious liability;

(iii)The Participant’s conduct involving the use of illegal drugs in the workplace; 

(iv)The Participant’s failure to attempt in good faith to follow a lawful directive of his or her supervisor (or, in the case of the CEO, the Board) within ten (10) days after written notice of such failure; or

(v)The Participant’s breach of any agreement with the Company Group which continues beyond ten (10) business days after written demand for substantial performance is sent to the Participant by the Company (to the extent that, in the reasonable judgment of the Committee, such breach can be cured by the Participant). 

(e)“CEO” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

	
(f)
	
“Change in Control” means any one or more of the following events:

(i)any “person” (as defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended, or any successor thereto (the “Exchange Act”), as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) or “group” (as such term is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (except that a “person” shall be a “Beneficial Owner” of all shares that any such “person” has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 40% of the total voting power of the voting stock of the Company (or any entity which controls the Company), including by way of merger, consolidation, tender or exchange offer or otherwise; 

(ii)a reorganization, recapitalization, merger or consolidation (a “Corporate Transaction”) involving the Company, unless securities representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company or the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction (or the parent of such corporation) are held subsequent to such transaction by the “person” or “persons” who were the Beneficial Owners of the outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction; 

(iii)during any rolling 12-month period looking back from any given date, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board (together with any new directors whose election by such Board or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company, then still in office, who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved (any such director, an “Incumbent Director”) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board, then in office; provided, that, no individual shall be an Incumbent Director who is elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of 

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an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any “person” other than the Board; or

(iv)the sale, liquidation or disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all, of the assets of the Company to any “person” or “group” other than the Permitted Holders.

In addition, if required to comply with Section 409A of the Code, the transaction or event described above must also constitute a “change in the ownership or effective control of the Company” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company,” as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5).

(g) “Change in Control Protection Period” means the 24-month period immediately following a Change in Control.

(h)“Clawback Policy” means the Company’s Clawback Policy (or any successor policy thereto adopted by the Company).

(i)“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

(j)“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board (or, in the absence of such a committee, the Board). 

(k)“Company Group” means the Company (or following a Change in Control, the surviving company) and each of its subsidiaries and affiliates.

(l)“Date of Termination” means the earliest occurrence of any of the following:

(i)If the Participant’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or due to Disability, the date on which the Participant is notified of such termination in writing;

(ii) If the Participant’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (and other than due to Disability), the date of termination set forth in the notice pursuant to which the Company notifies the Participant of such termination; provided, that, unless otherwise mutually agreed with such Participant, such date of termination will be no later than thirty (30) days after the date on which the Company sends such notification to the Participant;

(iii)If the Participant resigns with or without Good Reason, thirty (30) days after the date on which the Company receives, from the Participant, written notice of such resignation; provided, that, (A) if the Participant resigns without Good Reason, the Company, in its discretion, may choose to waive all or any portion of such 30-day notice period and provide an earlier Date of Termination, and (B) if the Participant resigns for Good Reason, the event(s) giving rise to Good Reason have not been cured during such 30-day notice period; or

(iv)If the Participant’s employment is terminated by reason of death, the date of the Participant’s death.

(m)“Disability” means, with respect to any Participant, “permanent disability” as determined under the Company’s governing long-term disability plan or, if no such plan exists or applies, such term will mean a determination that a person is “totally disabled” by the Social Security Administration. 

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(n)“ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 

(o)“Good Reason” means, with respect to any Participant, the occurrence of any one or more of the following events without a Participant’s prior written consent: 

(i)A reduction of the Participant’s Base Salary by greater than 10% as compared to the Base Salary amount immediately prior to such reduction, other than in connection with a general or across-the-board reduction of the base salaries of similarly situated employees;

(ii)A material diminution of the Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities; 

(iii)A change in Participant’s principal place of work to a location greater than 50 miles from the Participant’s principal place of work immediately prior to such a change; provided, that such change in location also materially increases the distance of Participant’s commute;

(iv)The failure of any successor to the Company to assume this Policy and abide by the material terms herein following a Change in Control; or

(v)For the CEO or any Group A Participant only, following a Change in Control, any adverse change in the Participant’s reporting relationship, such that, if the Participant is the CEO, such Participant no longer reports directly to the Board and, if the Participant is not the CEO, such Participant no longer reports to the CEO. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant shall not have Good Reason for termination unless the Company receives, from such Participant, written notice of termination for Good Reason within sixty (60) days after the event giving rise to Good Reason occurs, specifying in reasonable detail the event(s) alleged to constitute Good Reason, and the Company does not correct such event(s) within thirty (30) days after the date on which the Company receives such written notice of termination. 

(p)“Group A Participant” means each Section 16 Officer other than the CEO.

(q)“Group B Participant” means any employee of the Company Group (i) designated by the Company as either a Band I Executive or a Band II Executive and (ii) who is primarily employed in the United States.

(r)“Participant” means each of the CEO, the Group A Participants and the Group B Participants.

(s)“Permitted Holder”  means any and all of an employee benefit plan (or trust forming a part thereof) maintained by (A) the Company or (B) any corporation or other person of which a majority of its voting power of its voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.

(t)“Qualifying Termination” means a termination of employment with the Company Group by either:

(i)the Company Group without Cause (other than due to death or Disability); or

(ii)the Participant for Good Reason. 

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(u)“Section 16 Officer” means an officer of the Company who is subject to the reporting rules under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. 

(v)“Severance Period” means (i) with respect to the CEO, the 24-month period immediately following the Date of Termination, (ii) with respect to any Group A Participant, if the Date of Termination falls outside of the Change in Control Protection Period, the 12-month period immediately following such Date of Termination and, if the Date of Termination falls within the Change in Control Protection Period, the 24-month period immediately following such Date of Termination, and (iii) with respect to any Group B Participant, the 12-month period following such Date of Termination, in each case, if that termination is determined to be a Qualifying Termination.

ARTICLE III

Administration

3.1Interpretation.  This Policy shall be interpreted, administered and operated by the Committee, which may delegate its duties and powers in whole or in part to any subcommittee thereof or such other persons from time to time as it may designate; provided that, the Committee may not delegate its authority to administer this Policy with respect to any Section 16 Officer except to a subcommittee of the Committee.  The Committee is authorized to interpret this Policy, to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to this Policy, to resolve ambiguities under this Policy, and to make any other determinations that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of this Policy.  The Committee shall have the full power and authority, in its sole discretion but subject to the provisions of this Policy, including, without limitation, to determine who shall be a Band I Executive or a Band II Executive (and therefore a Group B Participant hereunder) and to establish the terms and conditions of any payment or benefit payable under this Policy.  Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and administration of this Policy, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, but not limited to, Participants and any of their beneficiaries or successors). Whenever this Policy refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless business days are specified.

3.2Related Expenses.  All expenses and liabilities which members of the Committee or any subcommittee, or any delegatees thereof, incur in connection with the administration of this Policy shall be borne by the Company. The Committee or any subcommittee, or delegatees thereof, may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers, or other persons in connection with such administration, and the Committee, any subcommittee (and delegatees thereof), the Company and the Company’s officers and directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons.  No member of the Committee or any subcommittee, or any delegatees thereof, shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Policy and all members of the Committee and any subcommittee, and the delegatees thereof, shall be fully protected by the Committee in respect of any such action, determination or interpretation.

ARTICLE IV

Eligibility and Exclusive Participation

4.1Determination of Eligibility.  Each employee who is either (a) a Section 16 Officer, or (b) an employee who is not a Section 16 Officer but who has been designated as a Band I Executive or a Band II Executive by the Company, shall be a Participant who is eligible to receive payments and benefits under this Policy.

4.2Exclusivity.  None of the Participants shall be eligible to receive any other severance payments or severance benefits under any other severance plan, policy or program of the Company, or pursuant to the 

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terms of any employment or other agreement with the Company, as may be in effect from time to time.  Any severance payments or severance benefits payable to a Participant under this Policy shall be in lieu of any severance payments or benefits to which such Participant may otherwise have been entitled to pursuant to any other severance plan, policy or program of the Company, or pursuant to the terms of any employment or other agreement with the Company.  For the avoidance of doubt, any Participant will also be eligible for any benefits provided upon termination pursuant to the Amended and Restated Nielsen Holdings 2010 Stock Incentive Plan or other applicable equity incentive plan maintained by the Company.

ARTICLE V

Termination Benefits and Payments

5.1Payment of Accrued Benefits Following Any Termination.  If a Participant incurs a termination of employment for any reason at any time, the Participant or the Participant’s estate, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive the following payments and benefits: 

5.1.1Payment of any (a) unpaid Base Salary, as accrued through the Date of Termination, and (b) unpaid expense reimbursement owed to Participant as of the Date of Termination.  This payment will be in the form of a single lump-sum payment within 30 days following the Date of Termination (or earlier, to the extent required by applicable law).

5.1.2Except for a termination by the Company for Cause, payment of any earned but unpaid annual bonus for any fiscal year preceding the fiscal year of the Date of Termination, payable in a single lump-sum on the date on which annual bonuses are paid to other similarly situated employees of the Company.

5.2Severance Payments Upon a Qualifying Termination Outside of the Change in Control Protection Period.  If a Participant incurs a Qualifying Termination at any time outside of the Change in Control Protection Period, then such Participant shall be entitled to receive the following severance payments, subject to compliance with Article VI of this Policy:

5.2.1With regard to the CEO, an amount equal to the product of (a) 2 multiplied by (b) the sum of the CEO’s Base Salary plus the CEO’s Average Bonus, which amount shall be paid during the length of the Severance Period beginning on the first payroll date following the date on which the Severance Agreement (as defined below) becomes irrevocable and in accordance with the Company’s usual payroll practices (except as is otherwise provided in Section 7.6 below).

5.2.2With regard to a Group A Participant or a Group B Participant, an amount equal to the sum of the Participant’s Base Salary plus the Participant’s Average Bonus, which amount shall be paid during the length of the Severance Period beginning on the first payroll date following the date on which the Severance Agreement becomes irrevocable and in accordance with the Company’s usual payroll practices (except as is otherwise provided in Section 7.6 below).

5.3Severance Payments Upon a Qualifying Termination During the Change in Control Protection Period.  If a Participant incurs a Qualifying Termination at any time during the Change in Control Protection Period, the Participant shall be entitled to receive the following severance payments (in lieu of the severance payments provided in Section 5.2 above), subject to compliance with Article VI of this Policy:

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5.3.1With regard to the CEO or a Group A Participant, an amount equal to the product of (a) 2 multiplied by (b) the sum of the Participant’s Base Salary plus the Participant’s Average Bonus, which amount shall be paid in a single lump sum on the first payroll date following the date on which the Severance Agreement becomes irrevocable (except as is otherwise provided in Section 7.6 below).

5.3.2With regard to a Group B Participant, an amount equal to the sum of the Participant’s Base Salary plus the Participant’s Average Bonus, which amount shall be paid during the length of the Severance Period beginning on the first payroll date following the date on which the Severance Agreement becomes irrevocable and in accordance with the Company’s usual payroll practices (except as is otherwise provided in Section 7.6 below).

5.4Payment of Additional Benefits Following a Qualifying Termination.  If a Participant incurs a Qualifying Termination at any time, the Participant shall be entitled to receive the following additional payments and benefits, subject to compliance with Article VI of this Policy:

5.4.1Pro rata annual bonus for the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs, based on the Company’s actual performance, which pro rata bonus, if any, shall be paid to the Participant at such time as bonuses are paid to other similarly situated employees of the Company.  

5.4.2In the event a Participant elects under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) to continue health care coverage under the Company’s group health benefits plans, such Participant will be required to pay the premiums for coverage of such Participant and such Participant’s eligible dependents, but a portion of such premiums will be reimbursed by the Company for a period of time equal to the Severance Period (beginning on the date such premiums begin) such that the Participant shall continue to pay the same amount of monthly premiums as in effect for an active employee with the same coverage; provided, that if the Participant becomes eligible for coverage under the group health benefit plans of a subsequent employer, the reimbursement of such premiums shall cease to be effective as of the date the Participant becomes eligible for such health coverage.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) if any plan pursuant to which the Company is providing such coverage is not, or ceases to be, exempt from the application of Code Section 409A under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(a)(5), or (b) the Company is otherwise unable to continue to cover the Participant under its group health plans or the continuation of such coverage would result in adverse tax consequences for the Participant or the imposition of fines or penalties on the Company, then, in either case, an amount equal to the difference between the full monthly COBRA premium payment and the current monthly premium the Participant would have paid as an active employee shall thereafter be paid to the Participant as currently taxable compensation in substantially equal monthly installments over the Severance Period, or the remaining portion thereof.

5.4.3Outplacement assistance and support services for one year following the Date of Termination in accordance with the Company’s policy in effect on the Date of Termination.

5.5Rules for Participation by Section 16 Officers Employed Primarily Outside the United States.  With respect to any Section 16 Officer who is employed primarily in a non-United States jurisdiction, the severance benefits provided in this Policy (a) will be reduced by any notice period (or payment in lieu of notice) and/or separation payments required by applicable law, and (b) will be increased if necessary to ensure that such Section 16 Officer receives all of the severance benefits he or she is entitled to receive under applicable law.

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ARTICLE VI

Release of Claims and Restrictive Covenants

6.1Release and Other Conditions to Severance. Any payments or benefits that may be provided to a Participant under Section 5.2, Section 5.3 and/or Section 5.4 of this Policy shall be conditioned upon the following events: 

6.1.1The Participant’s execution, delivery and non-revocation of an effective release of claims against the Company Group, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as modified to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable law of the jurisdiction in which such Participant was primarily employed prior to the Date of Termination, the “Severance Agreement”), which Severance Agreement shall be delivered to the Participant within five (5) days following the Date of Termination and which must be executed (and not revoked) by the Participant within 60 days following the Date of Termination (the “Release Period”); 

6.1.2At the Company’s request, the Participant’s return of all property belonging to the Company Group (including, but not limited to, any Company Group-provided laptops, computers, cell phones, wireless electronic mail devices or other equipment, or documents and property belonging to the Company Group); 

6.1.3The Participant’s continued compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 6.2; and

6.1.4Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Committee determines, in its reasonable good faith and discretion, that a Participant has not satisfied any of the conditions precedent or subsequent in Section 6.2, (a) any entitlement of the Participant to receive any payments or benefits due under this Policy (other than pursuant to Section 5.1) shall be forfeited, and (b) the Participant shall be obligated to promptly repay the Company all amounts of payments and benefits the Participant previously received under this Policy (other than pursuant to Section 5.1); provided, that if a court subsequently determines that the Participant did satisfy such conditions, the Participant’s entitlement to receive such payments and benefits shall be reinstated in accordance with the terms thereof. 

6.2Compliance with Restrictive Covenants. As a condition precedent and subsequent to the initial and continued receipt of any payments or benefits provided to a Participant under Sections 5.2, 5.3 and/or 5.4 of this Policy, the Participant must comply with any restrictive covenants to which such Participant is subject pursuant to the Severance Agreement or any other agreement to which such Participant is a party with any member of the Company Group. 

ARTICLE VII

Section 409A

7.1Interpretation and Compliance.  To the extent applicable, this Policy shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and any regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Policy to the contrary, to the extent that the Committee determines that any payments or benefits under this Policy may not be compliant with or exempt from Section 409A of the Code and related guidance, the Committee may at its sole discretion adopt such amendments to this Policy or take such other actions that the Committee determines are necessary or appropriate to (a) exempt the compensation and benefits payable under this Policy from Section 409A of the Code and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of such compensation and benefits, or (b) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related guidance; provided, that this 

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Section 7.1 shall not create any obligation on the part of the Committee to adopt any such amendment or take any other action.

7.2Delay of Payments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Policy, no amounts shall be paid to any Participant under this Policy during the 6-month period following such Participant’s Date of Termination to the extent that the Committee reasonably determines that paying such amounts at the time or times indicated in this Policy would result in a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(b)(i) of the Code.  If the payment of any such amounts is delayed as a result of the previous sentence, then on the first business day following the end of such 6-month period (or such earlier date upon which such amount can be paid under Section 409A of the Code without resulting in a prohibited distribution, including as a result of the Participant’s death), the Participant shall receive payment of a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amount that would have otherwise been payable to the Participant during such 6-month period without interest thereon. 

7.3Separation from Service.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Policy providing for the payment of amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination is also a Separation from Service with the Company, as set forth in Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).  For purposes of any such provision of this Policy, references to a “resignation,” “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean Separation from Service. 

7.4Separate Payments.  For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each payment made under this Policy shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

7.5Reimbursement Payments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, except to the extent any expense, reimbursement or in-kind benefit provided pursuant to this Policy does not constitute a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, (a) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to the Participant during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided to the Participant in any other calendar year, (b) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Participant is entitled shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred, and (c) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits hereunder may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.

7.6Release Period Straddles Two Calendar Years.  Notwithstanding Sections 5.2 and 5.3 to the contrary, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, if the Release Period begins in one calendar year and ends in the next calendar year, the severance payment (or, in the case of payments pursuant to Section 5.2, the first installment of the severance payment) described therein shall be paid on the first regularly scheduled payroll date that occurs in the second (2nd) calendar year (and, in the case of payments pursuant to Section 5.2, such installment shall include all payments that would otherwise have been paid prior to such date).  In other words, a Participant is not permitted to influence the calendar year of payment based on the timing of his signing of the Severance Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

Section 280G

8.1Best-After-Tax Cutback.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Policy to the contrary, if any payment or benefit received or to be received by a Participant, whether pursuant to the terms of this Policy or any other plan, arrangement or agreement (all such payments and benefits being hereinafter referred to as the “Total Payments”), would be subject (in whole or part), to the excise tax imposed under 

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Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then, after taking into account any reduction in the Total Payments provided by reason of Section 280G of the Code in such other plan, arrangement or agreement, the Total Payments shall be reduced, as set forth herein, to the extent necessary such that no portion of the Total Payments is subject to the Excise Tax, but only if the net amount of such Total Payments, as so reduced (and after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such reduced Total Payments), is greater than the net amount of such Total Payments without such reduction (but after subtracting the net amount of federal, state and local income taxes on such Total Payments and the amount of Excise Tax to which the Participant would be subject in respect of such unreduced Total Payments).  The Total Payments shall be reduced by the Company or the Committee in its reasonable discretion.  No such reduction shall apply to any such payment or benefit that constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) to the extent that such reduction would result in any prohibited acceleration or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code.

8.2Total Payments.  For purposes of determining whether and the extent to which the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax, (a) no portion of the Total Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Participant has waived at such time and in such manner as not to constitute a “payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code shall be taken into account, (b) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of an independent nationally recognized accounting firm or consulting firm (“Independent Advisors”) selected by the Company, does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code) and, in calculating the Excise Tax, no portion of such Total Payments shall be taken into account which, in the opinion of Independent Advisors, constitutes reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the Base Amount (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) allocable to such reasonable compensation, and (c) the value of any non-cash benefit or any deferred payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the Independent Advisors in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and 280G(d)(4) of the Code. 

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

9.1No Waiver.  No waiver by the Company or any Participant, as the case may be, at any time of any breach by the other party of, or of any lack of compliance with, any condition or provision of this Policy to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. All other plans, policies, agreements and arrangements of the Company in which a Participant participates during the term of this Policy shall be interpreted so as to avoid the duplication of benefits paid hereunder. 

9.2No Right to Employment.  Nothing contained in this Policy or any documents relating to this Policy shall (a) confer upon any Participant any right to continue as a Participant or in the employ or service of any member of the Company Group, (b) constitute any contract or agreement of employment, or (c) interfere in any way with any “at-will” nature (if applicable) of the Participant’s employment with the Company Group. 

9.3Unfunded Obligations. The amounts to be paid to any Participant under the Policy are unfunded obligations of the Company. The Company is not required to segregate any monies or other assets from its general funds with respect to these obligations. Participants shall not have any preference or security interest in any assets of the Company other than as a general unsecured creditor.

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operation of law or otherwise, including, without limitation, by execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge or in any manner; no attempted assignment or transfer thereof shall be effective; and no right or interest of any Participant under this Policy shall be liable for, or subject to, any obligation or liability of such Participant. When a payment is due under this Policy to a Participant who is unable to care for his or her affairs, payment may be made directly to the Participant’s legal guardian or personal representative.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant dies while any amount would still be payable to the Participant hereunder (other than amounts which, by their terms, terminate upon the death of the Participant) if the Participant had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Policy to the executors, personal representatives or administrators of the Participant’s estate.

9.5Tax Withholding.  All amounts payable under the terms of this Policy shall be subject to withholdings for applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S. taxes and other required payroll deductions. 

9.6Governing Law.  It is intended that this Policy be an “employee welfare benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA, and this Policy shall be administered in a manner consistent with such intent. This Policy and all rights hereunder shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with ERISA and, to the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the State of New York. 

9.7Validity; Severability.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Policy shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Policy, which shall remain in full force and effect. 

9.8Recovery of Overpayments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the power, discretion, and authority to take any and all actions it deems necessary or advisable to recover any overpayments made under this Policy, including deducting the amount of any such overpayments made to any Participant from any future payments or benefits to be made or provided to such Participant.

9.9Clawback/Forfeiture.  Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the payment of any amount or provision of any benefit pursuant to Section 5.2, Section 5.3 and/or Section 5.4 above shall be conditioned upon and subject to the Clawback Policy.

9.10Claims Procedure.  With respect to any claim for benefits which are provided for under this Policy, the claim shall be approved or denied by the Committee or a panel designated by the Committee within 90 days following the receipt of the information necessary to process the claim.  If the Committee denies a claim for benefits in whole or in part, it will give written notice of the decision to the claimant or the claimant’s authorized representative, setting forth the specific reasons for such denial, make specific reference to the pertinent Policy provisions on which the decision was based, and provide any other additional information as may be required by Section 503 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder.

9.11Termination and Amendment.  This Policy, including any exhibits attached hereto, may be amended or terminated, and any provision thereof may be modified or waived, for one or more Participants at any time by the Committee in its sole discretion, in any case, so long as such amendment, termination or modification does not affect any benefits to which a Participant is entitled pursuant to a termination of employment or resignation occurring prior to the date such amendment, termination or modification becomes effective.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Policy may not be amended in any manner that is adverse to a Participant without such Participant’s prior written consent at any time during the two (2) year period immediately following a Change in Control.

9.12Successors.  Any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company shall assume this Policy 

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and all obligations of the Company hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be so obligated if no such succession had taken place.

9.13Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of a Participant’s employment by the Company with or without Cause or resignation by the Participant for Good Reason shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other party given in accordance with this Sections 9.13 and 9.14. The failure by the Participant or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Participant or the Company, respectively, under this Policy or preclude the Participant or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Participant’s or the Company’s rights under this Policy. 

9.14Notices and other Communication.  For the purpose of this Policy, notices and all other communications provided for in this Policy shall be given in writing and delivered by hand or sent by certified mail, and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to the Participant, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail and, if to the Company, to the address set forth below: 

To the Company:

Nielsen Holdings plc

Attention: Chief Legal Officer 

40 Danbury Rd.

Wilton, Connecticut 06897

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As adopted by the Compensation Committee 

of the Board of Directors of Nielsen Holdings plc 

on July 20, 2017. 

 

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
NIELSEN HOLDINGS PLC

	
 
	
 

	
By:
	
 
	
 

	
Name:

 

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Exhibit A 

FORM OF SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AND RELEASE

THIS SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AND RELEASE (the “Agreement”) is made by and between ________________________ residing at ____________________ (the “Participant”) and Nielsen Holdings plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, having its registered office in the United Kingdom (the “Company” and together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, the “Company Group”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Participant has been employed by the Company Group since the date specified in the Appendix; and 

 

WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to enter into an agreement in order to provide certain severance benefits to the Participant pursuant to the terms of the Nielsen Holdings plc Severance Policy for Section 16 Officers and United States-Based Senior Executives (the “Policy”);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter provided and of the actions taken pursuant thereto, the parties agree as follows:

1.The Participant’s employment with the Company Group, and the Participant’s membership on any committees, is terminated as of the “Date of Termination” specified in the Appendix.

2.Effective on such date, the Participant will incur a “Qualifying Termination” under the Policy, a summary plan description of which the Participant hereby acknowledges receipt, and will, accordingly, be entitled to the benefits set forth therein subject to the terms and conditions of such Policy and this Agreement.  A summary of the benefits to which the Participant is entitled under the Policy is set forth in the Appendix.

3.Through the “Severance Period” specified in the Appendix, the Participant will be reasonably available to consult on matters and will cooperate fully with respect to any claims, litigations or investigations, relating to the Company Group.  No reimbursement for expenses incurred after the commencement of a period of inactive employee status, or if there is no such period, after termination of employment, shall be made to the Participant unless authorized in advance by the Company.

4.All records, files, drawings, documents, models, disks, equipment and the like relating to the businesses of the Company Group shall remain the sole property of the Company Group and shall not be removed from the premises of the Company Group.  The Participant further agrees to return to the Company Group any property of the Company Group that the Participant may have, no matter where located, and not to keep any copies or portions thereof.

5.The Participant shall not make any derogatory statements about the Company Group and shall not make any written or oral statement, news release or other announcement relating to the Participant's employment by the Company Group or relating to the Company Group, its subsidiaries, customers or personnel, which is designed to embarrass or criticize any of the foregoing.  Nothing in this 

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Agreement shall be construed to limit, impede or impair the right of the Participant to engage in Protected Activity (as defined below).

6.In consideration of the Company entering into this Agreement with the Participant and subject to the consequences set forth in Paragraph 9 below, the Participant shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) at any time during or after the Participant’s employment with the Company Group, disclose any Confidential Information (as defined below) except (A) when required to perform his or her duties to the Company Group, (B) as required by law or judicial process, or (C) in connection with any Protected Activity by the Participant; or (ii) at any time during the Participant’s employment with the Company Group and for the duration of the Severance Period (A) associate with (whether as a proprietor, investor, director, officer, employee, consultant, partner or otherwise) or render services to any business that competes with the business of the Company Group, in any geographic or market area where the Company Group conducts business or provides products or services (or which the Participant has knowledge, at the time in question, that the Company Group has plans to commence engaging in within twelve (12) months); provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the Participant’s ownership of not more than 2% of the publicly-traded securities of any competing business, (B) induce, influence, encourage or solicit in any manner any client, prospective client with which the Participant had interactions in connection with his/her employment in the 18 months prior to termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company Group, vendor or supplier of the Company Group, to cease or reduce doing business with the Company Group or to do business with any business in competition with the business of the Company Group, or (C) solicit, recruit, or seek to hire, or otherwise assist or participate in any way in the solicitation or recruitment of, any person who has been employed or engaged by the Company Group at any time during the 6 months immediately preceding the termination of the Participant’s employment, or induce, influence, or encourage in any manner, or otherwise assist or participate in any way in the inducement, influence or encouragement of, any such person to terminate his or her employment or engagement with the Company Group or (D) hire or otherwise assist or participate in any way in the hiring of, any person who has been employed or engaged by the Company Group at any time during the 6 months immediately preceding the termination of the Participant’s employment.  The provisions hereof shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other agreement covering similar matters to which the Participant and the Company Group or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof are parties.  For purposes of this agreement, the “business of the Company Group” means consumer purchasing measurement and analytics, media audience measurement and analytics, and any other line of business in which the Company Group is engaged at the time of the termination of the Participant’s employment (or which the Participant has knowledge, at the time in question, that the Company Group has plans to commence engaging in within twelve (12) months). If the Participant is primarily providing services in California at the time the Participant’s employment with the Company Group terminates, then sub-clauses (A), (B) and (D) of clause (ii) of this Paragraph 6 shall not apply following such termination.

7.If the Participant performs services for an entity other than the Company Group at any time prior to the end of the Severance Period (whether or not such entity is in competition with the Company Group), the Participant shall notify the Company on or prior to the commencement thereof.  To “perform services” shall mean employment or services as an employee, consultant, owner, partner, associate, agent or otherwise on behalf of any person, principal, partnership, firm or corporation.

8.“Confidential Information” shall include all trade secrets and proprietary or other confidential information owned, possessed or used by the Company in any form, whether or not explicitly designated as confidential information, including, without limitation, business plans, strategies, customer lists, customer projects, cooperator lists, personnel information, financial information, pricing information, cost information, methodologies, software, data, and product research and development.  Confidential Information shall not include any information that is generally known to the industry or the 

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public other than as a result of the Participant’s breach of this covenant or any breach of other confidentiality obligations by the Participant, employees or third parties.

9.If at any time a court holds that the restrictions stated in Paragraph 6 above are unreasonable or otherwise unenforceable under circumstances then existing, the parties hereto agree that the maximum period, scope or geographic area determined to be reasonable under such circumstances by such court will be substituted for the stated period, scope or area or, if the court does not undertake such substitution, then the remainder of Paragraph 6 shall be given full effect without regard to the invalid portion.  Because the Participant’s services are unique and because the Participant has had access to Confidential Information, the parties hereto agree that money damages will be an inadequate remedy for any breach of this Agreement.  In the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, the Company or its successors or assigns may, in addition to other rights and remedies existing in their favor, (i) apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive relief in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof (without the posting of a bond or other security) or (ii) the Company may cease all payments or other benefits required to be made to the Participant under this Agreement and/or the Policy.  Notwithstanding any remedy sought by the Company under this Paragraph, the release provisions of Paragraphs 12, 13 and 14 shall remain in full force and effect.

10.The Participant acknowledges that the restrictions in Paragraph 6 above are not greater than required to protect the Company Group’s legitimate business interests, including without limitation the protection of its Confidential Information and the protection of its client relationships, and are reasonably limited in time or duration, geography and scope of activity.  The Participant further acknowledges that, viewed separately or together, the restrictions in Paragraph 6 above do not unfairly or unreasonably restrict the Participant’s ability to obtain other comparable employment, earn a living, work in any particular area or otherwise impose an undue hardship on Participant.

11.Protected Activity.  Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or impede the Participant from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation, or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided, that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law.  An individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.  An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.  Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph or under applicable law, under no circumstance is the Participant authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company Group’s attorney-client privilege or attorney work product, or the Company Group’s trade secrets, without the Company’s prior written consent.  The Participant does not need the prior authorization of (or to give notice to) the Company regarding any communication, disclosure, or activity described in this Paragraph.

12.To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Participant, for the Participant, the Participant's family, heirs, representatives, successors and assigns releases and forever discharges the Company Group and its successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and trustees or administrators of any Company Group plan from any and all claims, demands, debts, damages, 

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injuries, actions or rights of action of any nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, whether brought by or on behalf of the Participant, which the Participant had, now has or may have against the Company Group, its successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and trustees or administrators of any Company Group plan, from the beginning of the Participant's employment to and including the date of this Agreement relating to or arising out of the Participant's employment with the Company Group or the termination of such employment, including, but not limited to, any claim under the Civil Rights Acts (including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (all as amended) and/or any other local, state or federal law, order or regulation dealing with employment or the termination thereof, other than (i) a claim with respect to a vested right the Participant may have to receive benefits under any plan maintained by the Company Group, (ii) any claim that cannot be waived as a matter of law or public policy of the state whose law governs the claim, (iii) any rights to indemnification (including the advancement of legal fees) or expense reimbursement under any agreement between the Participant and any member of the Company Group or any organizational document of any member of the Company Group, or pursuant to any director’s and officer’s liability insurance policy, or (iv) any right of the Participant in his or her capacity as an equityholder of the Company’s securities.

13.To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Participant covenants that neither the Participant, nor any of the Participant's respective heirs, representatives, successors or assigns, will commence, prosecute or cause to be commenced or prosecuted against the Company or any of its successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and trustees or administrators of any Company Group plan any action or other proceeding (other than those charges, claims or complaints with those administrative agencies which as a matter of law the Participant may not be prohibited from filing) based upon any claims, demands, causes of action, obligations, damages or liabilities which are being released by this Agreement, although the Company’s acknowledgement of this exception does not limit the scope of the waiver and release stated in Paragraph 12 above.  The Participant further agrees not to seek to challenge the validity of this Agreement, except that this covenant not to sue set forth in this Paragraph 13 does not affect the Participant's future right to enforce appropriately the terms of this Agreement in a court of competent jurisdiction or to challenge the validity of this Agreement under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended. 

[[TO BE INCLUDED IF PARTICIPANT IS A RESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA]The Participant has read Section 1542 of the California Civil Code, which states in full: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.” The Participant expressly waives any rights that the Participant may have under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code to the full extent that the Participant may lawfully waive such rights pertaining to a general release of claims, and the Participant affirms that the Participant is releasing all known or unknown claims that the Participant has or may have against the Company or any of its successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and trustees or administrators of any Company Group plan.]

14.The Participant acknowledges that: 

i.The Participant is hereby advised to consult with an attorney at the Participant's own expense before executing this Agreement and that the Participant has been advised by an attorney or has knowingly waived the Participant's right to do so,

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ii.The Participant has had a period of at least [twenty-one (21)/ forty-five (45)]1 days within which to consider this Agreement [and the information set forth in Attachment A hereto, which provides the disclosures required by the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act],

iii.The Participant has a period of seven (7) days from the date that the Participant signs this Agreement within which to revoke it by written notice to the Company’s Human Resources Department, and that this Agreement will not become effective or enforceable until the expiration of this seven (7) day revocation period,

iv.The Participant fully understands the terms and contents of this Agreement and freely, voluntarily, knowingly and without coercion enters into this Agreement,

v.The Participant is receiving greater consideration hereunder than the Participant would receive had the Participant not signed this Agreement and that the consideration hereunder is given in exchange for all of the provisions hereof, and

vi.the waiver or release by the Participant of rights or claims in Paragraph 12 above is knowing and voluntary.  The Participant understands and agrees that the Company's payment or offer of money and other benefits to the Participant and the Participant's signing of this Agreement does not in any way indicate that the Participant has any viable claims against the Company Group or that the Company Group admits any liability whatsoever. 

15.This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties as to the Participant’s termination and severance benefits, and all prior negotiations or representations are merged herein.  It shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs and legal representatives but neither this Agreement nor any rights hereunder shall be assignable by the Participant without the Company’s written consent.  In addition, this Agreement supersedes any prior employment or compensation agreement, whether written, oral or implied in law or implied in fact between the Participant and the Company, which prior agreements are hereby terminated other than any restrictive covenant agreements or other agreements by which the Participant has agreed to comply with any restrictive covenants.  

16.If for any reason any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held or deemed to be inoperative, unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such circumstances shall not have the effect of rendering such provision invalid in any other case or rendering any other provisions of this Agreement inoperative, unenforceable or invalid, except as otherwise required to carry out the intent of the parties hereunder, and only as required to bring this Agreement into compliance with the law.

17.This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York except to the extent superseded by applicable federal law.

 

	
	 

	
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 In the event of a group termination, each applicable severance agreement should provide for 45 days to consider the agreement and the additional information set forth in Attachment A.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Participant and the Company, by its duly authorized agent, have hereunder executed this Agreement.  

 

	
Dated:  
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
[INSERT THE PARTICIPANT’S NAME]

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
NIELSEN HOLDINGS PLC

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
By:

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
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Appendix 

 

 

 

Summary of Severance Benefit Entitlements Under The Nielsen Holdings plc Severance Policy for Section 16 Officers and United States-Based Senior Executives

 

	
Participant’s Group:
	
 
	
[CEO/ Group A Participant/Group B Participant]

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Date of Termination:
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Severance Period:
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Severance Payment:
	
 
	
$_________ [payable for [12 months / 24 months] in accordance with the Company’s usual payroll practices / payable in a lump sum]

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Group Health Benefit Continuation:
	
 
	
[INCLUDE MEDICAL AND DENTAL PLAN NAMES ONLY IF COVERED AT TERMINATION]

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Pro Rata Annual Bonus Payment:
	
 
	
[x/12] of the annual bonus otherwise payable to you at the time of normal payment.

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Outplacement:
	
 
	
For 1 year as provided by the Company.

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 

 

The description of benefits contained in this Appendix is only a summary

 and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Policy.  Refer to your summary plan description for more detail.

 

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ATTACHMENT A

As required by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Company is providing you with the following information.  

1.All [____________] employees of the Company (the “Decisional Unit”) were considered for this separation program.

2.Employees eligible to participate in the program are those employees in the Decisional Unit whose employment with the Company is being terminated by the Company [add any additional eligibility criteria].

3.Employees selected for the program have forty-five (45) days from the date of their receipt of this proposed Agreement to participate by signing and returning the Agreement.  Employees who choose to sign the Agreement shall have seven days after signing and returning it to the Company to revoke it by delivering a signed revocation notice to the Company as provided in the Agreement.

4.The job titles and ages of all individuals selected for the program and all individuals in the same job titles not selected for the program are as follows: 

 

	
Position
	
Organization
	
Age of those selected for termination
	
Age of those not selected for termination

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

 

096412-0004-16811-Active.22400881.19AMERCO,
Issuer 

             

            to 

             

            U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Trustee 

             

            _____________________

             

            THIRTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE 

             

            Dated as of
October 24, 2017

             

            TO 

             

            U-HAUL INVESTORS CLUB INDENTURE 

             

            Dated as of
February 14, 2011

             

            _____________________

             

            FIXED RATE SECURED NOTES SERIES UIC-2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G, 7G, 8G, 9G, 10G, 11G, 12G, 13G, 14G and 15G

        
            

            

        

        

        

        
        
            

        

            THIS THIRTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 24, 2017 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), is entered into between AMERCO, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (hereinafter called the “Company”), having its principal executive office located at 5555 Kietzke Lane, Suite 100, Reno, Nevada 89511, and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).  

            RECITALS

            The Company and the Trustee entered into the U-Haul Investors Club Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2011 (the “Base Indenture”, and together with the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (hereinafter called the “Securities”), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series.  

            The Company has duly authorized, and desires to cause to be established, a series of its notes to be known as its “Fixed Rate Secured Notes Series UIC-2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G, 7G, 8G, 9G, 10G, 11G, 12G, 13G, 14G and 15G” (the “Notes”), the form and substance of and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

             

            The Board of Directors of the Company has duly authorized the issuance of the Notes and the other amendments to the Indenture provided for in this Supplemental Indenture, and has authorized the proper officers of the Company to execute any and all appropriate documents necessary or appropriate to effect each such issuance.

            This Supplemental Indenture is being entered into pursuant to the provisions of Sections 301 and 901 of the Base Indenture.  All terms used in this Supplemental Indenture that are not otherwise defined herein will have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Base Indenture.

            The Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture, and do all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms.

            NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Indenture, the forms and terms of the Notes, the Company covenants and agrees, with the Trustee, as follows:

            Article one

            GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

            Section 1.01   Designation.  The Notes, designated as the “Fixed Rate Secured Notes Series UIC-2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G, 7G, 8G, 9G, 10G, 11G, 12G, 13G, 14G and 15”, are hereby authorized and established as a series of Securities under the Indenture.

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

            Section 1.02   Form and Denomination of Notes.

            The Notes will be issued as Book-entry Securities.  Therefore, the Notes will not be certificated, and will be registered in the name of the Holders in book-entry form only with the Securities Registrar.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes will be issued without coupons, and all references to “Global Securities”, “Bearer Securities” and “Coupons” do not apply to the Notes and will be disregarded.

            The Notes will be issued in denominations of $100 and integral multiples of $100 in excess thereof.  

            The Notes will be issued over a period of time and from time to time, in two separate series, with each series having one or more separate sub-series bearing a unique interest rate and term as provided herein.  Prospective investors shall have the opportunity to select the sub-series of the Notes for which such prospective investor is subscribing.   As sub-series of the Notes are issued, the Company shall so notify the Trustee.  Such notification shall set forth the following, with respect to each such sub-series so issued:  the issue date; the dollar-amount funded; the sub-series number; identification of the Collateral; the maturity date; and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes previously issued.   

            Section 1.03   Principal, Maturity and Interest; Payment Amortization Schedule.

            With respect to each series of the Notes, sub-series may be issued, and such sub-series may have varying terms and interest rates, as follows:

             

            8 year term:    4.93%

            9 year term:    5.23%

            10 year term:   5.52%

            11 year term:   5.80%

            12 year term:   6.07%

             

            Upon not less than ten (10) business days’ prior written notice which we may provide on our uhaulinvestorsclub.com website, the Company shall have the right to change the interest rate of Notes prior to their issuance from time to time, in the Company’s sole discretion.  In such event, prospective investors have the right to cancel their Note subscription in their sole discretion prior to investing in the applicable Notes.      

            The Notes shall have such other terms as are stated herein, in the form of definitive Notes or in the Indenture.  

             

            As Notes are offered, prospective investors shall have the opportunity to select the series and sub-series of Notes for which such prospective investor is subscribing.   Each of the sub-series of Notes shall bear a term and corresponding initial interest rate to be determined by Company management prior to the closing of the first subseries of Notes under such Note series, in accordance with the terms immediately above.  At that time, the initial Collateral which shall secure such series of Notes shall be selected and assigned to the series.

                

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

            The Notes are fully amortizing.   Principal and interest on the notes will be credited to each holder’s U-Haul Investors Club® account in arrears every three months, beginning three months from the issue date of the first subseries of notes issued to any investor under such respective series and shall be based on the actual number of days the holder is invested in such notes during such quarter.

             

            The Regular Record Date for installments of principal and interest payments on the Notes is the first day of the month preceding the related Credit Date; provided, however, that if a Credit Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required installment payment of principal and interest will be made on the next Business Day as if made on the applicable Credit Date, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after the applicable Credit Date to the next Business Day.

             

            Section 1.04   Limit on Amount of Series:   

            Each series shall be limited in its issuance to the following maximum founding amounts:  

            	
                        UIC Series Number

                    	
                        Name of asset serving as collateral

                    	
                        City

                    	
                        State

                    	
                        Maximum Funding amounts

                    
	
                        UIC-02G

                    	
                        U-Haul Downtown Box Store

                    	
                        SAN FRANCISCO

                    	
                        CA

                    	
                        $300,000

                    
	
                        UIC-03G

                    	
                        U-Haul of Stockton

                    	
                        STOCKTON

                    	
                        CA

                    	
                        $410,000

                    
	
                        UIC-04G

                    	
                        U-Haul at Dunlap & I-17

                    	
                        PHOENIX

                    	
                        AZ

                    	
                        $460,000

                    
	
                        UIC-05G

                    	
                        U-Haul of Westside

                    	
                        ALBUQUERQUE

                    	
                        NM

                    	
                        $530,000

                    
	
                        UIC-06G

                    	
                        U-Haul of Cooks Corner

                    	
                        BRUNSWICK

                    	
                        ME

                    	
                        $270,000

                    
	
                        UIC-07G

                    	
                        U-Haul at Elm St

                    	
                        WATERVILLE

                    	
                        ME

                    	
                        $140,000

                    
	
                        UIC-08G

                    	
                        U-Haul Moving & Storage at A&M University

                    	
                        COLLEGE STATION

                    	
                        TX

                    	
                        $510,000

                    
	
                        UIC-09G

                    	
                        U-Haul Storage of Pascagoula

                    	
                        PASCAGOULA

                    	
                        MS

                    	
                        $300,000

                    
	
                        UIC-10G

                    	
                        U-Haul Moving & Storage of Niles

                    	
                        NILES

                    	
                        IL

                    	
                        $300,000

                    

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

            	
                        UIC-11G

                    	
                        U-Haul Moving & Storage of Maumee River

                    	
                        TOLEDO

                    	
                        OH

                    	
                        $400,000

                    
	
                        UIC-12G

                    	
                        U-Haul at Brook Pk

                    	
                        BROOK PARK

                    	
                        OH

                    	
                        $410,000

                    
	
                        UIC-13G

                    	
                        U-Haul of Kent-Stow

                    	
                        KENT

                    	
                        OH

                    	
                        $440,000

                    
	
                        UIC-14G

                    	
                        U-Haul of Ravenna

                    	
                        RAVENNA

                    	
                        OH

                    	
                        $150,000

                    
	
                        UIC-15G

                    	
                        U-Haul at Lincoln Way East

                    	
                        MASSILLON

                    	
                        OH

                    	
                        $350,000

                    
	
                        Total

                    	
                         

                    	
                         

                    	
                         

                    	
                        $4,970,000

                    

            Section 1.05   Ranking.

            The Notes are the obligations of the Company only.  The Notes are not guaranteed by any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates, and will be structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future liabilities of the Company’s Subsidiaries.  The Notes are secured in the Collateral (as defined in Section 1.06 below) and will rank equally among themselves.

            Section 1.06   Security Agreement; Events of Default.

            The Company, the Trustee and the Company’s subsidiary Amerco Real Estate Company, will enter into a Pledge and Security Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Pledge and Security Agreement”), concurrently with the execution of this Supplemental Indenture.  The Trustee is hereby directed to execute the Pledge and Security Agreement and to perform its duties as specified therein.  

             

            Pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement and related financing statements and mortgages and deeds of trust which shall be executed and recorded from time to time, each of the series of Notes shall be secured by the following Collateral, as the initial Collateral for such series, subject to collateral substitutions as provided herein:

             

            	
                        UIC Series Number

                    	
                        Name of asset

                    	
                        City

                    	
                        State

                    	
                        Maximum Funding amounts

                    
	
                        UIC-02G

                    	
                        U-Haul Downtown Box Store

                    	
                        SAN FRANCISCO

                    	
                        CA

                    	
                        $300,000

                    
	
                        UIC-03G

                    	
                        U-Haul of Stockton

                    	
                        STOCKTON

                    	
                        CA

                    	
                        $410,000

                    
	
                        UIC-04G

                    	
                        U-Haul at Dunlap & I-17

                    	
                        PHOENIX

                    	
                        AZ

                    	
                        $460,000

                    
	
                        UIC-05G

                    	
                        U-Haul of Westside

                    	
                        ALBUQUERQUE

                    	
                        NM

                    	
                        $530,000

                    

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

            	
                        UIC-06G

                    	
                        U-Haul of Cooks Corner

                    	
                        BRUNSWICK

                    	
                        ME

                    	
                        $270,000

                    
	
                        UIC-07G

                    	
                        U-Haul at Elm St

                    	
                        WATERVILLE

                    	
                        ME

                    	
                        $140,000

                    
	
                        UIC-08G

                    	
                        U-Haul Moving & Storage at A&M University

                    	
                        COLLEGE STATION

                    	
                        TX

                    	
                        $510,000

                    
	
                        UIC-09G

                    	
                        U-Haul Storage of Pascagoula

                    	
                        PASCAGOULA

                    	
                        MS

                    	
                        $300,000

                    
	
                        UIC-10G

                    	
                        U-Haul Moving & Storage of Niles

                    	
                        NILES

                    	
                        IL

                    	
                        $300,000

                    
	
                        UIC-11G

                    	
                        U-Haul Moving & Storage of Maumee River

                    	
                        TOLEDO

                    	
                        OH

                    	
                        $400,000

                    
	
                        UIC-12G

                    	
                        U-Haul at Brook Pk

                    	
                        BROOK PARK

                    	
                        OH

                    	
                        $410,000

                    
	
                        UIC-13G

                    	
                        U-Haul of Kent-Stow

                    	
                        KENT

                    	
                        OH

                    	
                        $440,000

                    
	
                        UIC-14G

                    	
                        U-Haul of Ravenna

                    	
                        RAVENNA

                    	
                        OH

                    	
                        $150,000

                    
	
                        UIC-15G

                    	
                        U-Haul at Lincoln Way East

                    	
                        MASSILLON

                    	
                        OH

                    	
                        $350,000

                    
	
                        Total

                    	
                         

                    	
                         

                    	
                         

                    	
                        $4,970,000

                    

             

            As new sub-series of the Notes are issued, or as additional Notes are issued under a given sub-series of the Notes, new schedules to the Pledge and Security Agreement will be added thereto and provided to the Trustee, to identify the specific Collateral being pledged under such sub-series of the Notes.  Pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Collateral is being pledged by Pledgor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes.  Subject to certain conditions set forth therein, the Company has the right, in its sole discretion, to make Collateral substitutions.  The Pledge and Security Agreement describes, without limitation, the Company’s right to make Collateral substitutions and the release of the Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral.  

            With respect to the Notes, “Event of Default”, in addition to the meaning given in Section 501 of the Base Indenture, shall include (i) the Company’s or Pledgor’s default in the performance, or breach of any covenant or representation and warranty in the Pledge and Security Agreement, and continuance of such default or breach (without such default or breach having been waived in accordance of the provisions of this Indenture) for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and the Pledgor by the

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

             Trustee if it has notice or actual knowledge of such event of default or to the Company, the Pledgor and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 51% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” under the Indenture, (ii) the repudiation or disaffirmation by the Company or the Pledgor of its material obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement, and (iii) the determination in a judicial proceeding that the Pledge and Security Agreement is unenforceable or invalid against the Pledgor for any reason with respect to a material portion of the Collateral.

            Section 1.07   Maturity Date.

            The Notes will mature the specified number of years as indicated in Section 1.03 herein following such Note’s respective issue date.  The schedules to the Pledge and Security Agreement shall set forth the different respective maturity dates of the Notes.  

            Section 1.08   Further Issues.

            Without the consent of Holders of not less than 51% of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Company will not issue additional Notes secured by the Collateral.  However, the Company has the right, from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, but in compliance with the terms of the Indenture, issue other Securities.

            Section 1.09   Optional Redemption; Sinking Fund.

            The Notes, including any sub-series thereof and any portion of any sub-series thereof, may be redeemed by the Company in its sole discretion at any time, in whole or in part, without any penalty, premium or fee, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount then outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, through the date of redemption.  A partial redemption may be on a pro rata basis or on such other basis as is determined by the company in its sole discretion.  The Company will not be obligated to redeem fractions of Notes.   In the event of a redemption, the Company will cause notices of redemption to be emailed to the email address associated with each respective Holder’s U-Haul Investors Club account in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Base Indenture.

            The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund, and the Company is not obligated to repay any principal and interest due on the Notes before such payments become due.  For the avoidance of doubt, Articles XII and XIII contained in the Indenture will not be applicable to the Notes.

            Section 1.10   Payment.

            Principal and interest payments on the Notes, including without limitation the payment due on each date of Stated Maturity with respect to the Notes, will be credited to each Holder’s U-Haul Investors Club account, in U.S. dollars.  For the avoidance of doubt, Article XIV of the Indenture will not be applicable to the Notes. 

            Principal and interest payments on the Notes will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company into one or more segregated accounts maintained by Servicer (as defined in Section

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

             1.16 below) (collectively, the “Investment Account”) with a third party financial institution.  Servicer, on behalf of the Company, will maintain sub-accounts under the Investment Account for each Holder, which are referred to as “U-Haul Investors Club accounts”.  The U-Haul Investors Club accounts are record-keeping sub-accounts under the Investment Account that are purely administrative and reflect balances and transactions concerning the funds of each Holder with respect to the Notes.  Funds in the Investment Account will always be maintained at an FDIC member financial institution.  

             

            Cash funds may remain in a Holder’s U-Haul Investors Club account indefinitely and will not earn interest.  Upon request by a Holder, made through the U-Haul Investors Club website and such Holder’s U-Haul Investors Club account, but subject to specified hold periods as disclosed in the Terms of Use, the Company will transfer, or will cause Servicer to transfer, funds in such Holder’s U-Haul Investors Club account to such Holder’s linked U.S. outside bank account, by a transfer through the ACH System, provided such funds are not already committed to the purchase of other Securities, or to offset any fees payable by such Holder, pursuant to the U-Haul Investors Club.    

            Section 1.11   Restrictions on Transfer.

            The Notes are not transferable except between members of the U-Haul Investors Club through privately negotiated transactions relating exclusively to non-qualified (non-retirement/non IRA) accounts, as to which neither the Company, the Servicer, the Trustee, nor any of their respective affiliates will have any involvement.  The Notes are not being listed on any securities exchange, there is no anticipated public market for the Notes, and it is unlikely that a secondary “over-the-counter” market for the notes will develop between bond dealers or bond trading desks at investment houses.  Transfers of the notes held in qualified accounts are not permissible, other than transfers constituting Required Minimum Distributions (RMD).  

            Upon a transfer of one or more Notes following a privately negotiated transaction with another member of the Company’s U-Haul Investors Club, the transferor the transferee and must notify the Company through the U-Haul Investors Club website.  Thereafter, the Company will recognize the transfer and re-register the applicable notes in the name of the transferee.  

            Section 1.12   Fees.  

            The Company will charge a transfer fee for a Note transfer permitted by Section 1.11 of this Supplemental Indenture equal to $25.00 per transaction, assessed to the transferor.  Such fee will be automatically deducted from the funds in such Holder’s U-Haul Investor Club account.

            Section 1.13   Company and Trustee Notices.

            Holders of the Notes agree to receive all documents, communications, notices, contracts, securities offering materials, account statements, agreements and tax documents, including IRS Form 1099s, arising from the U-Haul Investors Club, or required to be delivered by the Indenture or any Security Documents applicable to the Notes, and to submit all documents, statements, communications, records and notices due from the Holders to the Company, electronically through the U-Haul Investors Club website and the Holders’ U-Haul Investors Club accounts.  In

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

             addition, the Security Registrar agrees to deliver on behalf of the Trustee, and the Holders of the Notes agree to receive, electronically through the U-Haul Investors Club website and the Holders’ U-Haul Investors Club accounts, all reports of the Trustee required to be delivered to the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 703 of the Base Indenture) or any Security Documents applicable to the Notes.

            Section 1.14   Place of Payment.

            Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indenture to the contrary, no Place of Payment for the Notes shall be maintained by the Company.  The Notes may only be presented or surrendered for payment, surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, or surrendered in connection with an optional redemption by the Company described in Section 1.09 of this Supplemental Indenture, electronically through the Company’s U-Haul Investors Club website.

            Section 1.15   Security Registrar and Paying Agent.

            The Security Registrar and Paying Agent shall be the Company’s Affiliate, U-Haul International, Inc., a Nevada corporation, or its designee (in such capacity, “Servicer”). 

            Section 1.16   Non-Applicable Provisions.

            The Notes will not (i) be convertible into and/or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities or property, (ii) be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, or (iii) be guaranteed by any Person on the date of issuance.  The Company will not pay Additional Amounts on such Securities.  

            ARTICLE TWO

            ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES

            Section 2.01   Original Issue of Notes.

            The Notes may, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be issued by the Company in the form provided in Section 1.02.

            ARTICLE Three

            
MISCELLANEOUS

            Section 3.01   Arbitration.

            In the event that the Company, on the one hand, and one or more of the Holders, or the Trustee on behalf of one or more of the Holders, on the other hand, are unable to resolve any dispute, claim or controversy between them (“Dispute”) related to the Indenture, the Notes or the U-Haul Investors Club, as applicable, such parties agree to submit the Dispute to binding arbitration in accordance with the following terms:

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

            (a)   Any party in its reasonable discretion may give written notice to the other applicable parties that the Dispute be submitted to arbitration for final resolution.  Within fifteen (15) calendar days after receipt of such notice, the receiving parties shall submit a written response.  If the Dispute remains following the exchange of the written notice and response, the parties involved in the Dispute shall mutually select one arbitrator within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of the response and shall submit the matter to that arbitrator to be settled in accordance with this Section 3.01(a).  If these parties cannot mutually agree on a single arbitrator during such fifteen (15) day period, these parties shall no later than the expiration of that fifteen (15) day period jointly submit the matter to the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) for expedited arbitration proceedings to be conducted at the AAA offices, or at another mutually agreeable location, in Phoenix, Arizona pursuant to the Association Commercial Arbitration Rules then in effect (the “Rules”).  The AAA will follow the Rules to select a single arbitrator within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the matter is jointly submitted to the AAA.  The arbitrator (whether selected by the parties or by the AAA) shall hold a hearing within forty-five (45) calendar days following the date that the arbitrator is selected and shall provide a timeline for the parties to submit arguments and supporting materials with sufficient advance notice to enable the arbitrator to hold the hearing within that forty-five (45) day period.  The arbitrator shall issue a tentative ruling with findings of fact and law within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date of the hearing.  The arbitrator shall provide the parties an opportunity to comment on the tentative ruling within a timeframe established by the arbitrator, provided that the arbitrator shall render a final ruling within thirty (30) calendar days after the date of the hearing.  The arbitrator shall have the authority to grant any equitable and legal remedies that would be available in any judicial proceeding to resolve a disputed claim, including, without limitations, the authority to impose sanctions, including attorneys’ fees and costs, to the same extent as a competent court of law or equity.

            (b)   The Company, Trustee and each of the Holders agree that judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in the courts of the State of Arizona or in the United States District Courts located in Arizona.  Such court may enforce the provisions of this Section 3.01(b), and the party seeking enforcement shall be entitled to an award of all costs and fees, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to be paid by the party against whom enforcement is ordered.  The parties involved in a Dispute may terminate any arbitration proceeding by mutually resolving any Dispute prior to the issuance of a final arbitration ruling pursuant to this Section 3.01. 

            (c)   For the avoidance of doubt, where a dispute arises related to the Indenture, the Notes, the U-Haul Investors Club or the Security Documents applicable to the Notes between (i) the Trustee and the Company (other than with respect to when the Trustee is acting on behalf of one or more of the Holders), (ii) the Trustee and one or more of the Holders, or (iii) the Trustee and any third party, then in no event will the arbitration provisions set forth in this Section 3.01 apply to such dispute.

            Section 3.02   Ratification of Indenture.

            The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture will be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided; provided that the provisions of this

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

             Supplemental Indenture apply solely with respect to the Notes and not to any other Securities that may be issued pursuant to the U-Haul Investors Club.  To the extent there is a conflict between the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture will govern.

            Section 3.03   Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.

            The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.  The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, the Pledge and Security Agreement or the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement).

            Section 3.04   Governing Law.

            This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

            Section 3.05   Separability.

            In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes will for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes, but this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes will be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

            Section 3.06   Counterparts.

            This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which will be an original; but such counterparts will together constitute but one and the same instrument.  This Supplemental Indenture will be effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by the parties hereto and delivered (including by electronic transmission) to the other parties.

            

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        

        
        
            

        

            [Signature page to Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture, Series UIC-2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G, 7G, 8G, 9G, 10G, 11G, 12G, 13G, 14G and 15G]

             

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

            AMERCO, as the Company

            By:  _______________________________
Name:  Jason A. Berg
Title:  Chief Financial Officer

            U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Trustee

            By:  _______________________________
Name:
Title: 

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        

        
        
            

        

            EXHIBIT A TO THIRTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE 

             

             

            PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

            THIS PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 24, 2017, by and among AMERCO, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), its affiliate identified on the signature page hereto (such affiliates, collectively, the “Pledgor”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association in its capacity as Trustee under the Indenture (the “Trustee”).

            RECITALS

            A.   Pursuant to the terms of the U-Haul Investors Club Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2011, by and between the Company and the Trustee (the “Base Indenture”), and the Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture relating to the Fixed Rate Secured Notes Series UIC-2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G, 7G, 8G, 9G, 10G, 11G, 12G, 13G, 14G and 15G, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”; the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture collectively the “Indenture”), the Company is authorized to issue from time to time a series of its notes to be known as its “Fixed Rate Secured Notes Series UIC-2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G, 7G, 8G, 9G, 10G, 11G, 12G, 13G, 14G and 15G” (collectively the “Notes”), such Notes to be issued in sub-series over a period of time and from time to time, as determined by the Company.  Capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

            B.   Under the Indenture, a condition of issuance of the Notes is that the Company’s obligations under the Notes be secured by a first priority lien, equally and ratably, on specified assets owned by the applicable Pledgor (the “Collateral”).  The Collateral is described in Exhibit A hereto, as such Exhibit A shall be supplemented from time to time as provided herein.

             

            C.   The applicable Pledgor is willing to grant the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes (the “Holders”), such first priority lien on such Collateral or portion thereof, on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AGREED THAT:

            1.   Definitions and Terms.

            Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following definitions:

            “Collateral” means (i) that portion of the property of the applicable Pledgor described in Exhibit A, as amended or supplemented from time in accordance with the terms hereof, which relates to the particular sub-series of the Notes in question, and (ii) all Proceeds of such property.

            “Company” shall include both of the named Company and any other Person at any time assuming or otherwise becoming primarily liable for all or any part of the Obligations under the Financing Documents, including the trustee and the debtor‐in‐possession in any bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving the named Company.

        
            

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            “Financing Documents” means this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes and all other documents entered into by the Company or the Pledgor with respect to the Obligations. 

            “Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or under any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, including assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, extension generally with its creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other relief.

            “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement, encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or assets, conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

            “Obligations” means (i) all principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the Notes and the Indenture and all other obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every kind, nature and description owing by the Company under the Notes and the Indenture, in each case whether now or hereafter existing, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, renewed or restructured, whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, including all such obligations which would become due but for the operation of the (A) automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, (B) Section 502(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (C) Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, including interest accruing under the Notes and the Indenture after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency  Proceeding, and (ii) all other obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every kind, nature and description owing by the Pledgor hereunder, in each case whether now or hereafter existing, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, renewed or restructured, whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, including all such obligations which would become due but for the operation of the (A) automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, (B) Section 502(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (C) Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, including interest accruing hereunder after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency  Proceeding.

            “Permitted Liens” means Liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, repairmen, materialmen and landlords and other similar Liens imposed by law, in each case for sums not overdue or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Company, and easements granted in the ordinary course of business that do not have a material adverse impact upon the property in question. 

            “Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102(a) of the UCC.

            “Required Holders” means the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes.

        
            

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            “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result of such law to be applied in connection with perfection of security interests.

             

            2.   Other Terms.  All other capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

             

            3.   Grant of Security Interest.  As an inducement for the Holders to purchase the Notes, and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all the Obligations with respect to any given sub-series of the Notes, the Pledgor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably pledges and grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of each Holder of each individual sub-series of the Notes that may be issued from time to time, and to the Trustee, a continuing security interest in and to, and a Lien against that portion of the Collateral identified in the applicable schedule hereto with respect to the applicable sub-series of the Notes for which such Holder is an investor.  The obligations of the Company with respect to each sub-series of the Notes will be initially secured by a first-priority lien, equally and ratably, on a specified pool of assets owned by Pledgor and identified on the applicable portion of Exhibit A hereto.  As new sub-series of the Notes are issued, or as additional Notes are issued under any given sub-series of the Notes, new schedules hereto will be added, to identify the specific Units of Collateral being pledged under such sub-series or further issuance of the Notes, to the extent applicable.  The Units of Collateral securing one sub-series of the Notes or securing an additional issuance of the Notes under a given sub-series, shall not serve as Collateral for other sub-series of the Notes or other issuances of Notes under the same sub-series. 

            Once an initial investment has been made with us with respect to any individual Series of notes as specified above, we will grant and convey to the trustee, for the benefit of the noteholders, a first priority mortgage or deed of trust lien, as appropriate, on the respective individual property as identified in the Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture, and such mortgage or deed of trust, as the case may be, shall be promptly recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the individual property is located.

             

            Notwithstanding any provision hereof or any of the other Financing Documents, none of the Company, the Pledgor or the Trustee has any obligation to maintain and keep the Collateral in good condition, repair and working order or to replace lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed Collateral or Collateral taken through condemnation or deed in lieu of condemnation.  There shall be no obligation to repay the Notes with proceeds from any condemnation or deed in lieu of condemnation.   

             

            4.   No Recourse to Pledgor.  The Pledgor’s grant of the Lien against the Collateral secured the prompt and punctual payment of the Obligations, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and is not merely a guaranty of collection from the Company.  The Pledgor has and shall have no personal liability or obligation with respect to payment of the Obligations, which are payable solely by the Company.

             

        
            

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            5.   Perfection of Security Interest.  Each Pledgor hereby authorizes the Company to file or cause the filing, from time to time, of financing statements and any other collateral documents as may be necessary or appropriate, without notice to the Pledgor, with all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect or protect the Trustee’s interest or rights hereunder.  Each Pledgor shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Company to perfect and to give notice of the Trustee’s Lien against the Collateral.  To the extent perfection of the Trustee’s interest or rights hereunder requires the modification of one or more certificates of title, if any, representing the Collateral, upon the request from time to time by the Trustee, the Pledgor shall provide the Trustee with a list of all such certificates of title issued in electronic form by the relevant governmental department, as well as any applications for such certificates of title submitted with the relevant governmental department and such other information as the Pledgor has in its possession related to such certificates of title.

             

            6.   Release of Security Interest; Substitution of Collateral.  The Trustee’s Lien against any equipment or property constituting Collateral shall be automatically released upon (i) the sale or other disposition of such equipment or property to a buyer in the ordinary course of business, in accordance with Section 9-320 of the UCC, or (ii) a casualty loss of such equipment or property, provided that the Trustee’s Lien attaches to the Proceeds, if any, of such disposition or loss.  In addition, the Company shall have the right from time to time, so long as no Event of Default exists, to have the Trustee’s Lien against any equipment, property or Proceeds constituting Collateral released by the Trustee; provided that the Company causes one or more of the Pledgor, and/or any other third parties or Affiliates of the Company (each, an “Additional Pledgor”) to pledge, in replacement of such Collateral, other equipment or property with a value, as determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion, that is not less than the value of such Collateral at the time of substitution; and provided further that if an Additional Pledgor pledges any such equipment or property in replacement thereof, then the Company, such Additional Pledgor and the Trustee shall promptly enter into separate pledge and security agreement in substantially the form of this Agreement, granting the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders, a first priority lien, equitably and ratably, in such equipment or property, on such terms and conditions set forth therein (each, a “New Pledge and Security Agreement”).  The Company shall exercise such right by delivering to the Trustee an officers’ certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Officers’ Certificate”), which shall provide the Trustee with notice of the equipment, property or Proceeds constituting Collateral for which the Trustee’s Lien is requested to be released, and shall describe the equipment or property that is requested to replace such Collateral, and which shall certify that the Company has determined, in accordance with this Section 5, that the value of such equipment or property is not less than the value of the Collateral to be released from the Trustee’s Lien at the time of substitution.  The Trustee, within five (5) days of receipt of the Company’s Officer’s Certificate, shall provide the Company and the Pledgor with a written notice acknowledging the release and substitution of equipment or property as Collateral under this Agreement and/or as collateral under a New Pledge and

        
            

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             Security Agreement, as applicable.  The Company shall have the right to amend Exhibit A to reflect each release of any such equipment or property as Collateral hereunder and each addition of equipment as Collateral hereunder pledged by the Pledgor, as applicable.  The Pledgor shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Trustee to evidence and to give effect to the addition of equipment or property as Collateral hereunder, as applicable.  The Company shall not be required to obtain any appraisal of equipment or property to be released from the Trustee’s Lien or to be added as Collateral hereunder and/or as collateral under a New Pledge and Security Agreement, in connection with the Company’s determination of the value of substitute equipment or property in accordance with this Section 5, and neither the Company nor the Pledgor shall have any liability to the Trustee or the Holders if the value of such substitute equipment or property is subsequently determined to be less than the value of the Collateral released from the Trustee’s Lien in accordance with this Section 5.  The Company’s determination as to the value of substitute equipment or property as Collateral in accordance with this Section 5 shall be final and binding on the Trustee and the Holders, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability to the Holders or any other person with respect thereto.

            In addition, the Trustee’s Lien against any equipment or property constituting Collateral shall be released upon the repayment in full of all Obligations and the delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an officer’s certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto.   

            7.   Termination of Security Interest.  In addition to the provisions of Section 5 above, if this Agreement is terminated, the Trustee’s Lien in the Collateral with respect to any given sub-series of the Notes shall continue until the Obligations under such sub-series of the Notes are repaid in full.  Upon the crediting in full of the Obligations to each Holder’s U-Haul Investors Club account with respect to any given sub-series or any additional issuance of the Notes under any given sub-series, and the termination of such sub-series or additional issuance of the Notes and payment to the Trustee of all amounts due and owing to it, the Trustee shall, at the Pledgor’s sole cost and expense, release its Liens in the Collateral and all rights therein shall revert to the Pledgor.  

             

            8.   The Trustee’s Rights.  The Pledgor authorizes the Trustee, without giving notice to the Pledgor or obtaining the Pledgor’s consent and without affecting the Pledgor’s liability for the Obligations to the extent described herein, from time to time, to:

            a.   compromise, settle, renew, extend the time for payment, change the manner or terms of payment, discharge the performance of, decline to enforce, or release all or any of the Obligations; grant other indulgences to the Company in respect thereof; or modify in any manner any documents (other than this Agreement) relating to the Obligations, in each case (other than with respect to decisions not to enforce and to grant indulgences) in accordance with Financing Documents;

            b.   declare all Obligations due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default;

        
            

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            c.   take and hold security for the performance of the Obligations and exchange, enforce, waive and release any such security; 

            d.   apply and reapply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine;

            e.   release, surrender or exchange any deposits or other property securing the Obligations or on which the Trustee at any time may have a Lien; release, substitute or add any one or more endorsers or guarantors of the Obligations; or compromise, settle, renew, extend the time for payment, discharge the performance of, decline to enforce, or release all or any obligations of any such endorser or the Pledgor or other Person who is now or may hereafter be liable on any Obligations or release, surrender or exchange any deposits or other property of any such Person; and

            f.   apply payments received by the Trustee from the Company, if any, to any Obligations, in such order as the Trustee shall determine, in its sole discretion. 

            9.   The Pledgor’s Waivers.

            The Pledgor waives:

            a.   any defense based upon any legal disability or other defense of the Company, or by reason of the cessation or limitation of the Company’s liability from any cause (other than full payment of all Obligations), including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction, and usury;

            b.   any defense based upon any legal disability or other defense of any other Person;

            c.   any defense based upon any lack of authority of the officers, directors or agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of the Company or any defect in the formation of the Company;

            d.  any defense based upon the application by the Company of the proceeds of the Notes for purposes other than the purposes represented by the Company to the Trustee or the Holders;

            e.   any defense based on the Pledgor’s rights, under statute or otherwise, to require the Trustee to sue the Company or otherwise to exhaust its rights and remedies against the Company or any other Person or against any other collateral before seeking to enforce this Agreement;

            f.   any defense based on the Trustee’s failure at any time to require strict performance by the Company of any provision of the Financing Documents or by the Pledgor of this Agreement.  The Pledgor agrees that no such failure shall waive, alter or diminish any right of the Trustee thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance therewith.  Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Trustee from foreclosing on the Lien of any other security

        
            

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             agreement, or exercising any rights available to the Trustee thereunder, and the exercise of any such rights shall not constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Pledgor; 

            g.   any defense arising from any act or omission of the Trustee which changes the scope of the Pledgor’s risks hereunder;

            h.   any defense based upon the Trustee’s election of any remedy against the Pledgor or the Company or both; any defense based on the order in which the Trustee enforces its remedies;

            i.   any defense based on (A) the Trustee’s surrender, release, exchange, substitution, dealing with or taking any additional collateral, (B) the Trustee’s abstaining from taking advantage of or realizing upon any Lien or other guaranty, and (C) any impairment of collateral securing the Obligations, including, but not limited to, the Company’s failure to perfect, or maintain the perfection or priority of, a Lien in such collateral;

            j.   any defense based upon the Trustee’s failure to disclose to the Pledgor any information concerning the Company’s financial condition or any other circumstances bearing on the Company’s ability to pay the Obligations;

            k.   any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in any other respects more burdensome than that of a principal; 

            l.   any defense based upon the Trustee’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor statute; 

            m.   any defense based upon any borrowing or any grant of a Lien under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code; 

            n.   any defense based on the Trustee’s failure to be diligent or to act in a commercially reasonable manner, or to satisfy any other standard imposed on a secured party, in exercising rights with respect to collateral securing the Obligations;

            o.   notice of acceptance hereof; notice of the existence, creation or acquisition of any Obligation; notice of any Event of Default; notice of the amount of the Obligations outstanding from time to time; notice of any other fact which might increase the Pledgor’s risk; diligence; presentment; demand of payment; protest; filing of claims with a court in the event of the Company’s Insolvency Proceeding and all other notices and demands to which the Pledgor might otherwise be entitled (and agrees the same shall not have to be made on the Company as a condition precedent to the Pledgor’s obligations hereunder);

            p.   any defense based on the Trustee’s failure to seek relief from stay or adequate protection in the Company’s Insolvency Proceeding or any other act or omission by the Trustee which impairs Pledgor’s prospective subrogation rights;

        
            

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            q.   any defense based on legal prohibition of the Trustee’s acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations during the occurrence of an Event of Default or any other legal prohibition on enforcement of any other right or remedy of the Trustee with respect to the Obligations and the security therefor; and 

            r.   the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting the Pledgor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof.

            The Pledgor agrees that the payment of all sums payable under the Financing Documents or any part thereof or other act which tolls any statute of limitations applicable to the Financing Documents shall similarly operate to toll the statute of limitations applicable to Pledgor’s liability hereunder.

            10.   Subrogation.  The Pledgor shall not exercise any rights which it may acquire by reason of any payment of the Obligations made hereunder through enforcement of the Lien against any of the Collateral, whether by way of subrogation, reimbursement or otherwise, until (i) the prior payment, in full and in cash, of all Obligations and (ii) the termination of the Notes.  

            11.   The Pledgor’s Representations and Warranties.  The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Trustee that:

            a.   Each Pledgor’s name as of the date hereof as it appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation is as set forth on the applicable signature page hereto with respect to such Pledgor.   

            b.   the Pledgor’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (i) do not contravene any law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Pledgor or by which the Pledgor’s assets may be affected; and (ii) do not require any authorization or approval or other action by, or any notice to or filing with, any other Person except such as have been obtained or made;

            c.   there are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be in full force and effect and binding on the Pledgor as of the date hereof, regardless of whether the Trustee or the Holders obtain collateral or any guaranties from other Persons or takes any other action contemplated by the Pledgor; 

            d.   this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general principles of equity; and

            e.   the Pledgor has established adequate means of obtaining from sources other than the Trustee, on a continuing basis, financial and other information pertaining to the Company’s financial condition and the status of Company’s performance of obligations imposed by the Financing Documents, and the Pledgor agrees to keep adequately informed from such means of any facts, events or circumstances which might in any way affect the Pledgor’s risks

        
            

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             hereunder and neither the Trustee nor any of the Holders has made any representation or warranty to the Pledgor as to any such matters.

            12.   The Pledgor’s and Company’s Covenants.  The Pledgor covenants with the Trustee that:

            a.   The Pledgor shall not change its name or jurisdiction of organization without giving thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee; and 

            b.   The Collateral will not become subject to any Lien other than Permitted Liens and the Trustee’s Lien.  

            c.   During the continuance of an Event of Default, the proceeds payable under any liability policy, to the extent that they relate to the Collateral, shall be payable to the Trustee on account of the Obligations.  The foregoing notwithstanding, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Pledgor shall have the option, but not the obligation, of applying such proceeds toward the replacement or repair of destroyed or damaged Collateral; provided that any such replaced or repaired property (i) shall be of equal or like value as the replaced or repaired Collateral, as determined by the Company in its reasonable judgment in accordance with Section 5, and (ii) shall be deemed Collateral in which the Trustee has been granted a first priority Lien.

            d.   The Pledgor shall notify the Trustee and the Company in writing promptly, but in no event more than two business days after the occurrence of an event which constitutes a breach of its obligations or duties under this Agreement.  

            (e)   The Company covenants with the Trustee that it will notify the Trustee and the Pledgor in writing promptly of an event which constitutes an Event of Default.  

            13.   The Trustee’s and Holders’ Rights, Duties and Liabilities.

            a.   Each Holder, by acceptance of its Note, appoints the Trustee to act as its agent under this Agreement.  Each Holder hereby irrevocably authorizes the Trustee to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other documents relating to the Collateral (together with this Agreement, the “Security Documents”) and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Trustee by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and the Trustee shall hold all Collateral, charges and collections received pursuant to this Agreement, for the ratable benefit of the Holders.  The Trustee may perform any of its duties hereunder by or through its agents or employees or a co-trustee.  As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement the Trustee shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Holders, and such instructions shall be binding; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to take any action which in the Trustee’s reasonable discretion exposes it to liability or which is contrary to this Agreement, the Indenture or the other Security Documents or applicable law unless the Trustee is furnished with an indemnification by the Holders acceptable to the Trustee in its sole discretion with respect thereto and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any

        
            

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             misconduct or negligence on the part of any of the agents appointed with due care by the Trustee.  The Trustee shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement.  The Trustee shall not be under any obligation to any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents.  The Trustee shall not have by reason of this Agreement a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Holder; and nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Trustee any obligations in respect of this Agreement except as expressly set forth herein.

            b.   The Pledgor assumes all responsibility and liability arising from or relating to the use, sale, license or other disposition of the Collateral.  The Obligations shall not be affected by any failure to take any steps to perfect the Trustee’s Liens or to collect or realize upon the Collateral, nor shall loss of or damage to the Collateral release the Company from any of the Obligations or the Pledgor from its obligations hereunder.  

            c.   The Pledgor shall remain liable under each of its contracts and each of its licenses relating to the Collateral.  Neither the Trustee nor any Holder shall have any obligation or liability under any such contract or license by reason of or arising out of this Agreement.  Neither the Trustee nor any Holder shall be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the Pledgor’s obligations under or pursuant to any such contract or license or to enforce any of the Pledgor’s rights under or pursuant to any contract or license.

            d.   In no event shall the Trustee or any Holder be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

            e.   In acting hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights, protections, privileges and immunities afforded to the Trustee under the Indenture, and all such rights, protections, privileges and immunities are incorporated by reference herein and shall inure to the benefit of the trustee herein.

            f.   No provision of this Agreement shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or any exercise of any rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to perform or be responsible for the performance of any of the obligations of the Company or the Pledgor.  

            g.   The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any matter including without limitation any default or Event of Default or any breach by the Pledgor or the Company unless one of its Responsible Officers has actual knowledge thereof or written notice thereof is received by the trustee and such notice references this Agreement or the Indenture.

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             imposed upon and undertaken by the trustee as pledgee hereunder and the Trustee shall only be liable to the extent of its gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with its duties hereunder.  

            14.   Remedies and Rights During Event of Default. 

            a.   In addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it under this Agreement, the Indenture, and under any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to any of the Obligations, during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Trustee may exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Pledgor expressly agrees that in any such event the Trustee or any agent acting on behalf of the Trustee, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon the Pledgor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the UCC and other applicable law), may forthwith enter upon the premises of the Pledgor where any Collateral is located through self-help, without judicial process, without first obtaining a final judgment or giving the Pledgor or any other Person notice and opportunity for a hearing on the Trustee’s claim or action and may collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and may forthwith sell, lease, license, assign, give an option or options to purchase, or sell or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral (or contract to do so), or any part thereof, in one or more parcels at a public or private sale or sales, at any exchange at such prices as it may deem acceptable, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk.  The Trustee or any Holder shall have the right but not the obligation upon any such public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase for the benefit of the Trustee and Holders, the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which equity of redemption the Pledgor hereby releases.  Such sales may be adjourned and continued from time to time with or without notice.  The Trustee shall have the right to conduct such sales on the Pledgor’s premises or elsewhere and shall have the right to use the Pledgor’s premises without charge for such time or times as the Trustee reasonably deems necessary or advisable.

            b.   The Pledgor further agrees, at the Trustee’s request, to provide such information as may be needed to enable the Trustee to assemble the Collateral and, to the extent required by the UCC, to make it available to the Trustee at a place or places designated by the Trustee which are reasonably convenient to the Trustee and the Pledgor, whether at the Pledgor’s premises or elsewhere.  Until the Trustee is able to effect a sale, lease, or other disposition of Collateral, the Trustee shall have the right to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving the Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by the Trustee.  The Trustee shall have no obligation to the Pledgor to maintain or preserve the rights of the Pledgor as against third parties with respect to Collateral while Collateral is in the Trustee’s possession.  The Trustee may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of the Trustee’s remedies (for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment.  The Trustee shall apply the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale to the Obligations as provided herein and in the Indenture, and only after so paying over such net

        
            

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             proceeds, and after the payment by the Trustee of any other amount required by any provision of law, need the Trustee account for the surplus, if any, to the Pledgor.  To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Pledgor waives all claims, damages, and demands against the Trustee or any Holder arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral except such as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final nonappealable judgment to have resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee or such Holder.  The Pledgor agrees that ten (10) days’ prior written notice by the Trustee of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale may take place is reasonable notification of such matters.  The Company shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all Obligations, including any reasonable attorneys’ fees or other out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred by the Trustee or any Holder to collect such deficiency. 

            c.   Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Pledgor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Agreement or any Collateral.

            d.   To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on the Trustee to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, the Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for the Trustee (i) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed significant by the Trustee to prepare Collateral for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to remove Liens on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (v) to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as the Pledgor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral, (vi) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, (vii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (viii) to dispose of Collateral  in wholesale rather than retail markets, (ix) to disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment, (x) to purchase insurance to insure the Trustee against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to the Trustee a guaranteed return from the disposition of Collateral, or (xi) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Trustee, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist the Trustee in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral.  The Pledgor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 13(d) is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Trustee would not be commercially unreasonable in the Trustee’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Trustee shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 13(d).  Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 13(d) shall be construed to grant any rights to the Pledgor or to impose any duties on the Trustee that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section 13(d).

        
            

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            (e)   Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be required to obtain title to any Collateral that constitutes real property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise acquire possession of, or take any other action with respect to, any such Collateral if, as a result of any such action, the Trustee for itself or on behalf of the Holders would be considered to hold title to, to be a “mortgagee-in-possession” of, or to be an “owner” or “operator” of such Collateral within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Trustee has previously determined based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by an independent Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:

            (i)   such Collateral is in compliance with applicable environmental laws or, if not, that it would be in the best economic interest of the Holders to take such actions as are necessary to bring the Collateral into compliance therewith; and

            (ii)   there are no circumstances present at such Collateral relating to the use, management or disposal of any hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, or petroleum-based materials for which  investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation could be required under any federal, state or local law or regulation, or that if any such materials are present for which such action could be required, that it would be in the best economic interest of the Holders to take such actions with respect to the affected Collateral.

            The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by this Section shall be advanced by the Company.

            During the continuance of an Event of Default, if the Trustee determines that it is in the best economic interest of the Holders to take such actions as are necessary to bring any such Collateral into compliance with applicable environmental laws, or to take such action with respect to the containment, clean-up or remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, or petroleum-based materials affecting any such Collateral, then the Trustee shall take such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Holders.  The cost of any such compliance, containment, cleanup or remediation shall be advanced by the Company.

             

            15.   Power of Attorney.  The Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints the Trustee as its lawful attorney-in-fact, exercisable during the continuance of an Event of Default, to: (a) make, settle, and adjust all claims under the Pledgor’s insurance policies with respect to the Collateral, if any; (b) pay, contest or settle any Lien or adverse claim in or to the Collateral, or any judgment based thereon, or otherwise take any action to terminate or discharge the same; and (c) transfer the Collateral into the name of the Trustee or a third party as the UCC permits.  The Pledgor hereby appoints the Company as its lawful attorney-in-fact to sign the Pledgor’s name on any documents necessary to perfect or continue the perfection of any security interest regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred until all Obligations have been satisfied in full, in cash, and the Notes have terminated.  The Company’s foregoing appointment as the Pledgor’s attorney in fact, and all of the Company’s rights and powers, coupled with an interest, are irrevocable until all Obligations have been satisfied in full, in cash and the Notes have terminated.

        
            

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            16.   Cost and Expenses; Indemnification.

            The Company agrees to pay to the Trustee, for its benefit, on demand, (i) all fees, costs and expenses that the Trustee pays or incurs as provided in that fee letter dated January 26, 2011 between the Company and the Trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time; and (ii) sums paid or incurred to pay any amount or take any action required of the Pledgor under this Agreement that the Pledgor fails to pay or take; and (iii) costs and expenses of preserving and protecting the Collateral or taking any other action contemplated or required by this Agreement or the other Security Documents.  The foregoing shall not be construed to limit any other directly contrary provisions of this Agreement regarding costs and expenses to be paid by the Pledgor or the Company.

            (b)   The Company will save, indemnify and keep the Trustee, and the Trustee’s officers, employees, directors and agents, and the Holders harmless from and against all expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, including nay costs associated with the enforcement of this Section 16(b)), loss, claim, liability or damage arising out of their actions or inaction hereunder or in connection with the Collateral, the Indenture or any Security Document, except to the extent such expense, loss, claim, liability or damage is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee or the Holders as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.  This Section 15(b) shall be expressly construed to include, but not be limited to, such indemnities, compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances, losses, liabilities, damages and the like, as may pertain or relate to any environmental law or environmental matter.

             

            The benefits of this Section 15 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the removal or resignation of the Trustee.

            17.   Limitation on the Trustee’s and the Holders’ Duties with Respect to the Collateral.

            Neither the Trustee nor any Holder shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Trustee or such Holder.

            The Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral.  The Trustee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any agent or bailee selected by the Trustee in good faith.

            The Trustee shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to

        
            

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             act on its part hereunder, for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of the Pledgor to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral.

            The Pledgor bears all risk of loss for damage or destruction of the Collateral.

            18.   No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.  The Trustee’s failure, at any time or times, to require strict performance by the Pledgor of any provision of this Agreement or any other Financing Document shall not waive, affect, or diminish any right of the Trustee thereafter to demand strict performance and compliance herewith or therewith.  No waiver hereunder shall be effective unless signed by the Trustee and then is only effective for the specific instance and purpose for which it is given.  The Trustee’s rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents are cumulative.  The Trustee has all rights and remedies provided under the UCC, by law, or in equity.  The Trustee’s exercise of one right or remedy is not an election, and the Trustee’s waiver of any Event of Default is not a continuing waiver.  The Trustee’s delay in exercising any remedy is not a waiver, election, or acquiescence.

            19.   Marshaling of Assets.  The Trustee shall be under no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of Pledgor, the Company or any other Person liable for the Obligations or against or in payment of any Obligations.

            20.   Independent Obligations.  This Agreement is independent of the Company’s obligations under the Financing Documents.  The Trustee may bring a separate action to enforce the provisions hereof against the Pledgor without taking action against the Company or any other Person or joining the Company or any other Person as a party to such action.

            21.   Term; Revival.  

            a.   This Agreement is irrevocable by the Pledgor.  It shall terminate only upon the full satisfaction of the Obligations and termination of the Notes.  If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pledgor shall have any nonwaivable right under applicable law or otherwise to terminate or revoke this Agreement, the Pledgor agrees that such termination or revocation shall not be effective until the Trustee receives written notice of such termination or revocation.  Such notice shall not affect the Trustee’s right and power to enforce rights arising prior to receipt thereof.    

            b.   The Pledgor’s pledge hereunder of the Collateral shall be reinstated and revived, and the Trustee’s rights shall continue, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.  If any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

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             be given to or served upon any of the parties by any other party, or whenever any of the parties desire to give and serve upon the other party any communication with respect to this Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in writing and, in the case of the Company and the Trustee, shall be given in the manner, and deemed received, as provided for in the Indenture and in the case of the Pledgor shall be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Pledgor’s Treasurer at the address of its principal office specified below its signature block herein or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Pledgor. 

            23.   Miscellaneous.

            (a)   Arbitration.  In the event that the Company or the Pledgor, on the one hand, and one or more of the Holders, or the Trustee as pledgee on behalf of one or more of the Holders, on the other hand, are unable to resolve any dispute, claim or controversy between them (“Dispute”) related to this Agreement, such parties agree to submit the Dispute to binding arbitration in accordance with the following terms:

            (i)   Any party in its reasonable discretion may give written notice to the other applicable parties that the Dispute be submitted to arbitration for final resolution.  Within fifteen (15) calendar days after receipt of such notice, the receiving parties shall submit a written response.  If the Dispute remains following the exchange of the written notice and response, the parties involved in the Dispute shall mutually select one arbitrator within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of the response and shall submit the matter to that arbitrator to be settled in accordance with this Section 22(a).  If these parties cannot mutually agree on a single arbitrator during such fifteen (15) day period, these parties shall no later than the expiration of that fifteen (15) day period jointly submit the matter to the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) for expedited arbitration proceedings to be conducted at the AAA offices, or at another mutually agreeable location, in Phoenix, Arizona pursuant to the Association Commercial Arbitration Rules then in effect (the “Rules”).  The AAA will follow the Rules to select a single arbitrator within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the matter is jointly submitted to the AAA.  The arbitrator (whether selected by the parties or by the AAA) shall hold a hearing within forty-five (45) calendar days following the date that the arbitrator is selected and shall provide a timeline for the parties to submit arguments and supporting materials with sufficient advance notice to enable the arbitrator to hold the hearing within that forty-five (45) day period.  The arbitrator shall issue a tentative ruling with findings of fact and law within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date of the hearing.  The arbitrator shall provide the parties an opportunity to comment on the tentative ruling within a timeframe established by the arbitrator, provided that the arbitrator shall render a final ruling within thirty (30) calendar days after the date of the hearing.  The arbitrator shall have the authority to grant any equitable and legal remedies that would be available in any judicial proceeding to resolve a disputed claim, including, without limitations, the authority to impose sanctions, including attorneys’ fees and costs, to the same extent as a competent court of law or equity.

            (ii)   The Company, the Pledgor, Trustee and each of the Holders agree that judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in the courts of the State of Arizona or in the United States District Courts located in Arizona.  Such court may enforce the provisions of this Section 22(a)(ii), and the party seeking enforcement shall be entitled to an award of all costs and fees,

        
            

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             including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to be paid by the party against whom enforcement is ordered.  The parties involved in a Dispute may terminate any arbitration proceeding by mutually resolving any Dispute prior to the issuance of a final arbitration ruling pursuant to this Section 22(a). 

            (iii)   For the avoidance of doubt, where a dispute arises related to this Pledge and Security Agreement between (x) the Trustee and the Company or the Pledgor, (y) the Trustee and one or more of the Holders, or (z) the Trustee and any third party, then in no event will the arbitration provisions set forth in this Section 22 apply to such dispute.

             

            24.   No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.  Neither the Trustee nor any Holder shall by any act, delay or omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, and no waiver shall be valid unless in writing, signed by the Trustee and then only to the extent therein set forth.  A waiver by the Trustee of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Trustee would otherwise have had on any future occasion.  No failure to exercise nor any delay in exercising on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, any right, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The rights and remedies hereunder provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law.  

            25.   Limitation by Law.  All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.

            26.   Headings.  All headings appearing in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall be disregarded in construing this Agreement.

            27.   Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said State.  Perfection and enforcement of the security interest to be granted pursuant to the terms hereof, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state in which the applicable real property is located.  

            28.   Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE PLEDGOR, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

        
            

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            29.   Successor Person Substituted for the Pledgor.  Upon any consolidation by the Pledgor with or merger of the Pledgor into any other Person or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Pledgor to any Person in accordance with Section 801 of the Base Indenture, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Pledgor is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease or other conveyance is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Pledgor under this Agreement with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Pledgor herein; and thereafter the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Agreement.

            30.   Assignment; Binding Effect.  Except as provided in Section 22(g), the Pledgor may not assign this Agreement without the Trustee’s prior written consent.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the Pledgor, its successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee and its successors, transferees and assigns under the Indenture.

            31.   Entire Agreement; Modifications.  This Agreement is intended by the Pledgor, the Company and the Trustee to be the final, complete, and exclusive expression of the agreement among them with respect to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement supersedes all prior and contemporaneous oral and written agreements relating to such subject matter.  No modification, rescission, waiver, release, or amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be made, except by a written agreement signed by the Pledgor, the Company and the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may not enter into any such written agreement except with the written consent of the Required Holders, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Company, the Pledgor and the Trustee (such restriction shall not apply to the Trustee’s right to amend Exhibit A in accordance with Section 5).

            32.   Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that portion shall be deemed severed from this Agreement and the remaining parts shall remain in full force as though the invalid, illegal or unenforceable portion had never been part of this Agreement.

            33.   Incorporation by Reference.  All of the rights, protections, immunities and privileges granted to the Trustee under the Indenture are incorporated by reference herein and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee herein.

            34.   Counterparts.  This Agreement may be authenticated in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately constitute one and the same agreement.  This Agreement may be authenticated by manual signature, facsimile or, if approved in writing by the Trustee, electronic means, all of which shall be equally valid.

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            [Signature page to Pledge and Security Agreement, Series UIC-2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G, 7G, 8G, 9G, 10G, 11G, 12G, 13G, 14G and 15G]

             

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the undersigned as of the date first written above.

             

            AMERCO, a Nevada corporation, as the Company

             

             

            By:  _________________________________________

            Jason A. Berg, Chief Financial Officer

             

             

            Amerco Real Estate Company, a Nevada corporation, as a Pledgor

             

            By:  ____________________________________

            Jennifer M. Settles, Secretary  

             

             

             

             

             

             

             

            Address for Notices:

            c/o U-Haul International, Inc.

            2727 N. Central Avenue 

            Phoenix, AZ  85004 

            Attn:  Legal Department 

             

             

            U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Trustee

             

             

             

            By:  ____________________________________

            Name:  __________________________________

            Title:  ___________________________________

             

             

            

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        

        
        
            

        

            EXHIBIT A TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT SERIES UIC-2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G, 7G, 8G, 9G, 10G, 11G, 12G, 13G, 14G and 15G

            COLLATERAL - To be supplemented with additional Schedules from time to time, as new sub-series of Notes are issued.  

             

             

             

             

             

             

             

             

             

             

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

            EXHIBIT B

             

            FORM OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE – COLLATERAL SUBSTITUTION

             

            The undersigned, _________________________, _________________________ of AMERCO, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies to U. S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the U-Haul Investors Club Base Indenture dated as of February 14, 2011 (the “Base Indenture”), as follows:

             

            1.Pursuant to Section 5 of the Pledge Agreement dated as of ___________________ (“Pledge Agreement”), the equipment, property or Proceeds constituting Collateral under the _______ Supplemental Indenture dated as of _________________ to the Base Indenture (the “_______ Supplement”) and identified on Exhibit A hereto (“Initial Collateral”) is to be released from the Lien created pursuant to  the Pledge Agreement, such release to be effective as of ______________________ (such date, the “Date of Substitution”).  

             

            2.The equipment, property or other asset identified on Exhibit B hereto (“Replacement Collateral”) shall replace such Initial Collateral, pursuant to Section 5 of the Pledge Agreement.  

             

            3.The Company has determined, in accordance with Section 5 of the Pledge Agreement, that the value of such Replacement Collateral is not less than the value of the Initial Collateral as of the Date of Substitution.   

             

            4.I have read the conditions set forth in the Pledge Agreement and the _________ Supplement relating to the substitution of Collateral, and all conditions thereto have been satisfied. In my opinion, I have made such examination and investigation as is necessary to enable me to express an informed opinion with respect thereto.  

             

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned executes this Officer’s Certificate as of __________________________________.

             

             

             

             

            AMERCO, a Nevada corporation

             

            By: _____________________________________

             

            Its: _____________________________________

             

        
            

                 

            

        

        

        
        
            

        

            EXHIBIT C

             

            FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE - LIEN RELEASE UPON REPAYMENT IN FULL

             

            The undersigned, _________________________, _________________________ of AMERCO, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies to U. S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the U-Haul Investors Club Base Indenture dated as of February 14, 2011 (the “Base Indenture”), as follows:

             

            1.All conditions precedent set forth in the Base Indenture and in the _______ Supplemental Indenture thereto dated ____________________ (the “Indenture Supplement”) to the release of the Trustee’s Lien on the Collateral securing the obligations under the Indenture Supplement have been satisfied.  

             

            2.To the extent the Collateral includes box trucks or trailers evidenced by certificates of title, such Collateral is identified by VIN on the attachment hereto and the certificates of title with respect to such Collateral shall be sent by you to the following address: ______________________________________________________.

             

            We acknowledge that the Trustee is not responsible for determining whether the conditions to the release of Liens on the Collateral have been satisfied.  

             

             

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned executes this Officer’s Certificate as of __________________________________.

             

             

             

             

            AMERCO, a Nevada corporation

             

            By: _____________________________________

             

            Its: _____________________________________

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