Document:

Pledge Agreement, Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent

 Exhibit 10.8 
 CONFORMED COPY 
 PLEDGE AGREEMENT 

PLEDGE AGREEMENT dated as of March 8, 2011 among Del Monte Foods Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
each of the Subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature pages hereto or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 29 hereof (each such Subsidiary being a “Subsidiary Pledgor” and, collectively, the
“Subsidiary Pledgors”), Blue Acquisition Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”; Holdings, the Subsidiary Pledgors and the Company are referred to collectively as the “Pledgors”) and Bank
of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the benefit of the Secured Parties. 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, the Company is party to the Credit
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, Holdings, the other Borrowers from
time to time party thereto, the Lender Parties from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent; 
 WHEREAS, (a) pursuant to the Credit Agreement, among other things, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrowers and the Issuing Banks have agreed to issue Letters of Credit for
the account of the Borrowers upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein and (b) one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements
with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries; 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guarantee, dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee”), each Subsidiary Pledgor and Holdings has agreed to unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations (as defined below); 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit will be used in part to enable the Company to make valuable
transfers to the Subsidiary Pledgors and Holdings in connection with the operation of their respective businesses; 
 WHEREAS,
each Pledgor acknowledges that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit; 
 WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective Loans to the Borrowers and to the obligations of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit under the
Credit Agreement that the Company, Holdings and the Subsidiary Pledgors shall have executed and delivered this Pledge Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and 

WHEREAS, (a) the Pledgors are the legal and beneficial owners of the Equity Interests, described in Schedule 1 hereto and issued by
the entities named therein (such Equity Interests are, together with any Equity Interests of the issuer of such Equity Interests or any other Subsidiary directly held by 

 
any Pledgor in the future (the “After-acquired Shares”), in each case, except to the extent excluded from the Collateral for the applicable Obligations pursuant to the last
paragraph of Section 2 below, referred to collectively herein as the “Pledged Shares”) and (b) each of the Pledgors is the legal and beneficial owner of the Indebtedness described in Schedule 1 hereto (together with any
other Indebtedness owed to any Pledgor hereafter and required to be pledged pursuant to Section 9.12(a) of the Credit Agreement, the “Pledged Debt”); 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lender Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make
their respective Loans to the Borrowers and the Issuing Banks to Issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Lenders or Affiliates of Lenders to enter into Secured Cash Management
Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, the Pledgors hereby agree with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows: 

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

(b) “Collateral” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2. 

(c) “Equity Interests” shall mean, collectively, Stock and Stock Equivalents. 

(d) “Intercreditor Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 26. 

(e) “Obligations” shall mean the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement). 

(f) “Proceeds” and any other term used herein or in the Credit Agreement without definition that is defined in the UCC
has the meaning given to it in the UCC. 
 (g) “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to
time in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’
security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other
jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions. 
 (h) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Pledge Agreement shall refer to this Pledge Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Pledge Agreement, and Section references are to Sections of this Pledge Agreement unless otherwise specified. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed
by the phrase “without limitation”. 
 (i) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of such terms. 
 2. Grant of Security. Each Pledgor hereby transfers, assigns and
pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and a security interest in (the “Security Interest”) all of such
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title and interest in, to and under the following, whether now owned or existing or at any time hereafter acquired or existing (collectively, the “Collateral”): 

(a) the Pledged Shares held by such Pledgor and the certificates representing such Pledged Shares and any interest of such Pledgor in the
entries on the books of the issuer of the Pledged Shares or any financial intermediary pertaining to the Pledged Shares and all dividends, cash, warrants, rights, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Shares. 
 (b) the Pledged Debt and the
instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt owed to such Pledgor, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such
Pledged Debt; and 
 (c) to the extent not covered by clauses (a) and (b) above, respectively, all Proceeds of any or
all of the foregoing Collateral. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral for the Obligations shall not include any
Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents. 
 3. Security for Obligations. This Pledge Agreement secures the payment of all
the Obligations of each Credit Party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Pledge Agreement secures the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the Obligations and would be owed by any of the Credit Parties to the Secured
Parties under the Credit Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving any Credit Party. 

4. Delivery of the Collateral. All certificates or instruments, if any, representing or evidencing the Collateral shall be
promptly delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto to the extent required by the Credit Agreement and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of
transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall have the right, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, and with notice to the relevant Pledgor, to transfer to or to register in the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its nominees any or all of the Pledged Shares. Each delivery of Collateral (including any
After-acquired Shares) shall be accompanied by a notice to the Collateral Agent describing the securities theretofore and then being pledged hereunder. 
 5. Representations and Warranties. Each Pledgor represents and warrants as follows: 
 (a) Schedule 1 hereto (i) correctly represents as of the Closing Date (A) the issuer, the certificate number, the Pledgor and the record and beneficial owner, the number and class and the
percentage of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such class of all Pledged Shares and (B) the issuer, the initial principal amount, the Pledgor and holder, date of issuance and maturity date of all Pledged Debt and
(ii) together with the comparable schedule to each supplement hereto, includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes required to be pledged hereunder. Except as set forth on Schedule 1, and except for Excluded Stock and
Stock Equivalents, the Pledged Shares represent all (or 65% in the case of pledges of the Voting Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each class of Equity Interests in the issuer on the Closing Date.

  
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 (b) Such Pledgor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral pledged or assigned by
such Pledgor hereunder free and clear of any Lien, except for Permitted Liens and the Lien created by this Pledge Agreement. 

(c) As of the Closing Date, the Pledged Shares pledged by such Pledgor hereunder have been duly authorized and validly issued and, in the
case of Pledged Shares issued by a corporation, are fully paid and non-assessable. 
 (d) The execution and delivery by such
Pledgor of this Pledge Agreement and the pledge of the Collateral pledged by such Pledgor hereunder pursuant hereto create a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in such Collateral (with respect to Collateral consisting of Stock of Foreign
Subsidiaries, to the extent the creation of such Security Interest is governed by the UCC) and, upon delivery of such Collateral to the Collateral Agent in the State of New York, shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on and security interest in
the Collateral, securing the payment of the Obligations, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (with respect to Collateral consisting of Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent the creation and perfection of
such Security Interest is governed by the UCC), except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity. 

(e) Such Pledgor has full power, authority and legal right to pledge all the Collateral pledged by such Pledgor pursuant to this Pledge
Agreement and this Pledge Agreement, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Pledgor (with respect to Collateral consisting of Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent the enforceability of such Security Interest is governed by
the UCC), enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity. 

6. Certification of Limited Liability Company, Limited Partnership Interests, Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries and Pledged
Debt. 
 (a) In the event that any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that is organized as a limited liability company or
limited partnership and pledged hereunder shall be represented by a certificate, the applicable Pledgor shall cause the issuer of such interests to elect to treat such interests as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the
Uniform Commercial Code of its jurisdiction of organization or formation, as applicable, by including in its organizational documents language substantially similar to the following and, accordingly, such interests shall be governed by Article 8 of
the Uniform Commercial Code: 
 “The Partnership/Company hereby irrevocably elects that all membership interests in the
Partnership/Company shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of [jurisdiction of organization or formation, as applicable]. Each certificate evidencing partnership/membership interests in the Partnership/Company shall
bear the following legend: “This certificate evidences an interest in [name of Partnership/LLC] and shall be a security for purposes of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code.” No change to this provision shall be effective until all
outstanding certificates have been surrendered for cancellation and any new certificates thereafter issued shall not bear the foregoing legend.” 
 (b) Each Pledgor will comply with Section 9.12(b) of the Credit Agreement. 

  
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 (c) In the event that any Equity Interests in any Foreign Subsidiary pledged hereunder are
not represented by a certificate, the Pledgors agree not to permit such Foreign Subsidiary to issue Equity Interests represented by a certificate to any other Person. 
 7. Further Assurances. Each Pledgor agrees that at any time and from time to time, at the expense of such Pledgor, it will execute or otherwise authorize the filing of any and all further
documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents), which may be required under
any applicable law, or which the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order (x) to perfect and protect any pledge, assignment or security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby (including the
priority thereof) or (y) to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral. 
 8. Voting Rights; Dividends and Distributions; Etc. 
 (a) So long as no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing: 
 (i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and
all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Pledge Agreement or the other Credit Documents. 

(ii) The Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to each Pledgor all such
proxies and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and other rights that it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (i) above. 

(b) Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain and use, free and clear of the Lien created
by this Pledge Agreement, any and all dividends, distributions, principal and interest made or paid in respect of the Collateral to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, as applicable; provided, however, that any and all
noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Shares or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any
Pledged Shares or received in exchange for Pledged Shares or Pledged Debt or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or
otherwise, shall be, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent to hold as, Collateral and shall, if received by such Pledgor, be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, be segregated from the other property or funds
of such Pledgor and be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement). 
 (c) Upon written notice to a Pledgor by the Collateral Agent following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, 

(i) all rights of such Pledgor to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights that it would
otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 8(a)(i) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise or refrain from exercising such voting
and other consensual rights during the continuance of such Event of Default, provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all Events of 

  
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Default have been cured or waived, each Pledgor will have the right, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, to exercise the voting and consensual rights that such Pledgor would
otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of Section 8(a)(i) (and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under Section 8(a)(ii) shall be reinstated); 

(ii) all rights of such Pledgor to receive the dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that such
Pledgor would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 8(b) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, shall
thereupon have the sole right to receive and hold as Collateral such dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments during the continuance of such Event of Default. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Collateral
Agent shall repay to each Pledgor (without interest) all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to receive, retain and use pursuant to the terms of Section 8(b); 

(iii) all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that are received by such Pledgor contrary to the
provisions of Section 8(b) shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Pledgor and shall forthwith be delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same
form as so received (with any necessary endorsements); and 
 (iv) in order to permit the Collateral Agent to
receive all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments to which it may be entitled under Section 8(b) above, to exercise the voting and other consensual rights that it may be entitled to exercise pursuant to
Section 8(c)(i) above, and to receive all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that it may be entitled to under Sections 8(c)(ii) and (c)(iii) above, such Pledgor shall from time to time execute and deliver to the
Collateral Agent, appropriate proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in writing, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. 

9. Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Collateral; Etc. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, each Pledgor shall:

 (a) not (i) except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, sell or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option or warrant
with respect to, any of the Collateral or (ii) create or suffer to exist any consensual Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, except for the Lien created by this Pledge Agreement provided that in the event such Pledgor
sells or otherwise disposes of assets as permitted by the Credit Agreement, and such assets are or include any of the Collateral, upon the request of the applicable Pledgor the Collateral Agent shall release such Collateral to such Pledgor free and
clear of the Lien created by this Agreement concurrently with the consummation of such sale; and 
 (b) defend its and the
Collateral Agent’s title or interest in and to all the Collateral (and in the Proceeds thereof) against any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens and the Lien created by this Agreement), however arising, and any and all Persons whomsoever.

 10. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Pledgor hereby appoints, which appointment is irrevocable and
coupled with an interest, the Collateral Agent as such Pledgor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor or otherwise, to take any action and to execute any instrument, in
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notice to such Pledgor, that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Pledge Agreement, including to receive, indorse and collect all
instruments made payable to such Pledgor representing any dividend, distribution or principal or interest payment in respect of the Collateral or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same. 

11. The Collateral Agent’s Duties. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest
in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no
duty as to any Collateral, as to ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Pledged Shares, whether or not the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party has or
is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care
in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property. 

12. Remedies. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, if any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

 (a) The Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for
herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and also may with notice to the relevant Pledgor, sell the Collateral or any
part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange broker’s board or at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, at such price or prices and upon such other
terms as are commercially reasonable irrespective of the impact of any such sales on the market price of the Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective
bidders or purchasers of Collateral to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and, upon consummation of any such
sale, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on
the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal that it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter
enacted. The Collateral Agent or any Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale, to purchase all or any part of the Collateral so sold, and the Collateral Agent or
such Secured Party may pay the purchase price by crediting the amount thereof against the Obligations. Each Pledgor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days’ notice to such Pledgor of the time and
place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The
Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. To the extent
permitted by law, each Pledgor hereby waives any claim against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price that might have been obtained
at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. 

  
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 (b) The Collateral Agent shall apply the Proceeds of any collection or sale of the
Collateral in the manner specified in Section 11.13 of the Credit Agreement. Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the
Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase
money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof. 
 (c) The
Collateral Agent may exercise any and all rights and remedies of each Pledgor in respect of the Collateral. 
 (d) All payments
received by any Pledgor in respect of the Collateral after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent
shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Pledgor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement). 

13. Amendments, etc. with Respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights. Each Pledgor shall remain obligated hereunder
notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Pledgor and without notice to or further assent by any Pledgor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may
be rescinded by such party and any of the Obligations continued, (b) the Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto,
may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (c) the Credit Agreement, the other Credit
Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith, the Secured Cash Management Agreements and the Secured Hedge Agreements and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended,
modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the applicable Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, or, in the case of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, the Cash Management
Bank or Hedge Bank party thereto) may deem advisable from time to time, and (d) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the Obligations may be
sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for this
Pledge Agreement or any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder against any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the Company or any Pledgor or
any other person, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the Company or any Pledgor or any other person or any release of the Company or any Pledgor or any other
person shall not relieve any Pledgor in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or any Pledgor not so released of its several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or
implied, or as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against any Pledgor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings. 

14. Continuing Security Interest; Assignments Under the Credit Agreement; Release. 

(a) This Pledge Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon
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shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns until all the Obligations (other than any
contingent indemnity obligations not then due) under the Credit Documents shall have been satisfied by payment in full, the Commitments shall be terminated and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and after all Letter of Credit
Outstandings have been reduced to zero (or all such Letters of Credit and Letter of Credit Outstandings have been Cash Collateralized or back-stopped in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Banks), notwithstanding that from
time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Credit Parties may be free from any Obligations. 
 (b) Subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, any Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Collateral of such Pledgor shall be automatically released upon such Pledgor ceasing to be a Credit Party in accordance with
Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement. 
 (c) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral shall be
automatically released from the Liens of this Agreement (i) to the extent provided for in Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted in
such Collateral pursuant to Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement. Any such release in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition of such Collateral shall result in such Collateral being sold, transferred or disposed of, as
applicable, free and clear of the Liens of this Agreement. 
 (d) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to the
foregoing paragraph (a), (b) or (c), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor or authorize the filing of, at such Pledgor’s expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination
or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent. 
 15. Reinstatement. Each Pledgor further agrees that, if any payment made by any Credit Party or other Person and applied to the Obligations is at any time annulled, avoided, set aside, rescinded,
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the Proceeds of Collateral are required to be returned by any Secured Party to such Credit Party, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other
Person, including any Pledgor, under any bankruptcy law, state, federal or foreign law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, any Lien or other Collateral securing such liability shall be and remain in full
force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never been made or, if prior thereto the Lien granted hereby or other Collateral securing such liability hereunder shall have been released or terminated by virtue of such cancellation or surrender),
such Lien or other Collateral shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect any Lien or other Collateral securing the obligations of any
Pledgor in respect of the amount of such payment. 
 16. Notices. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall
be made in accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Pledgor shall be given to it in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit
Agreement. 
 17. Counterparts. This Pledge Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Pledge
Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. 

  
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 18. Severability. Any provision of this Pledge Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the
economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions. 
 19.
Integration. This Pledge Agreement together with the other Credit Documents represents the agreement of each of the Pledgors with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by
the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents. 
 20. Amendments in Writing; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. 
 (a) None of
the terms or provisions of this Pledge Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the affected Pledgor and the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Credit
Agreement. 
 (b) Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant
to Section 20(a) hereof), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof. No
failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or
privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall
not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. 
 (c) The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law. 

21. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Pledge Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to
affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof. 
 22. Successors and
Assigns. This Pledge Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Pledgor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that no
Pledgor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Pledge Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. 
 23. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND
FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN. 
 24. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto irrevocably and
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 (a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this
Pledge Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United
States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof; 
 (b) consents that any such
action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and
agrees not to plead or claim the same; 
 (c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by
mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address referred to in Section 16 or at such other address of which the Collateral Agent shall have been
notified pursuant thereto; 
 (d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto (or any Secured
Party) to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of any party hereto (or any Secured Party) to sue in any other jurisdiction; and 

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding
referred to in this Section 24 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages. 
 25. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

26. Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens and security interests granted to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and the 1989 Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict
between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, all rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent (and the other Secured Parties) shall be subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as Revolving Credit Administrative Agent and Revolving Credit Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Initial Fixed Asset
Administrative Agent and Initial Fixed Asset Credit Collateral Agent, and, with respect to any Term Priority Collateral (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), until the Discharge of Fixed Asset Obligations (as such term is defined
in the Intercreditor Agreement), any obligation of any Pledgor hereunder or under any other Security Document with respect to the delivery or control of any Term Priority Collateral, the novation of any lien on any certificate of title, bill of
lading or other document, the giving of any notice to any bailee or other Person, the provision of voting rights or the obtaining of any consent of any Person shall be deemed to be satisfied if such Pledgor complies with the requirements of the
similar provision of the applicable Fixed Asset Collateral Documents (as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement). Until the Discharge of Fixed Asset Obligations, the delivery of any Term Priority Collateral to, or the control of any
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Documents shall be deemed to satisfy any delivery or control requirement hereunder or under any other Security Document with respect to Term Priority Collateral. 

27. Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. 
 (a) Each Pledgor agrees to pay any and all reasonable out of pocket expenses (including all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by any Secured Party in enforcing, or
obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, such Pledgor under this Pledge Agreement. 

(b) Each Pledgor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties harmless from, any and all liabilities with
respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes that may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by
this Pledge Agreement. 
 (c) Each Pledgor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties harmless
from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration
of this Pledge Agreement to the extent the Company would be required to do so pursuant to Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement. 
 (d) The agreements in this Section 27 shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. 

28. Acknowledgments. Each party hereto hereby acknowledges that: 

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Pledge Agreement and the other Credit Documents to
which it is a party; 
 (b) neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty
to any Pledgor arising out of or in connection with this Pledge Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between the Pledgors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the other hand, in
connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and 
 (c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the
other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders and any other Secured Party or among the Pledgors and the Lenders and any other Secured Party. 

29. Additional Pledgors. Each Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a party to this Pledge Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Subsidiary Pledgor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Pledgor herein, for all purposes of this Pledge Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a
written supplement substantially in the form of Annex A hereto. The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Pledgor as a party to this Pledge Agreement shall not require the consent of any other Pledgor hereunder. The rights
and obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Pledgor as a party to this Pledge Agreement. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Pledge Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY, as Pledgor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard L. French

		 	Name:	 	Richard L. French
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
	
	DEL MONTE CORPORATION, as Pledgor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard L. French

		 	Name:	 	Richard L. French
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
	
	BLUE ACQUISITION GROUP, INC., as Pledgor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard L. French

		 	Name:	 	Richard L. French
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller

 [Signature Page to Pledge Agreement] 

 
			
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lisa Freeman

		 	Name: Lisa Freeman
		 	Title: SVP

 SCHEDULE 1 
 TO THE PLEDGE AGREEMENT 
 Pledged Shares 

Pledged Debt 

  
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 ANNEX A 
 TO THE PLEDGE AGREEMENT 
 SUPPLEMENT NO. [    ] dated as of
[            ] to the PLEDGE AGREEMENT dated as of March 8, 2011 among Del Monte Foods Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of the Subsidiaries of the
Company listed on the signature pages thereto or that becomes a party thereto pursuant to Section 29 of the Pledge Agreement (each such Subsidiary being a “Subsidiary Pledgor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary
Pledgors”), Blue Acquisition Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”; Holdings, the Subsidiary Pledgors and the Company are referred to collectively as the “Pledgors”) and Bank of America, N.A., as
Collateral Agent (the “Pledge Agreement”). 
 A. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of the date
of the Pledge Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company and the Other Borrowers from time to time party
thereto, Holdings, the Lender Parties from time to time parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent and the Guarantee dated as of the date of the Pledge Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented and or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee”), among the Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent. 
 B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pledge Agreement. 

C. The Pledgors have entered into the Pledge Agreement in order to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lender
Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement, to induce the Lenders to make their respective Loans to the Borrowers and the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more
Lenders or Affiliates of Lenders to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries. 
 D. The undersigned Guarantors (each an “Additional Pledgor”) are (a) the legal and beneficial owners of the Equity Interests described in Schedule 1 hereto and issued by the entities
named therein (such Equity Interests, together with any Equity Interests of the issuer of such Pledged Shares or any other Subsidiary held directly by any Additional Pledgor in the future (the “After-acquired Additional Pledged
Shares”), in each case, except to the extent excluded from the Collateral for the applicable Obligations pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 1 below, referred to collectively herein as the “Additional Pledged
Shares”) and (b) the legal and beneficial owners of the Indebtedness described in Schedule 1 hereto (together with any other Indebtedness owed to any Additional Pledgor hereafter and required to be pledged pursuant to
Section 9.12(a) of the Credit Agreement, the “Additional Pledged Debt”). 
 E. Section 9.11 of the
Credit Agreement and Section 29 of the Pledge Agreement provide that additional Subsidiaries may become Subsidiary Pledgors under the Pledge Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. Each undersigned
Additional Pledgor is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement and Section 29 of the Pledge Agreement to pledge to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties the
Additional Pledged Shares and the Additional Pledged Debt and to become a Subsidiary Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make their 

  
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respective Loans to the Borrowers and the Issuing Banks to Issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Lenders or Affiliates of
Lenders to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries. 

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and each undersigned Additional Pledgor agree as follows: 

SECTION 1. Each Additional Pledgor by its signature hereby transfers, assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Additional Pledgor’s right, title and interest in the following, whether now owned or existing or hereafter
acquired or existing (collectively, the “Additional Collateral”): 
 (a) the Additional Pledged
Shares held by such Additional Pledgor and the certificates representing such Additional Pledged Shares and any interest of such Additional Pledgor in the entries on the books of the issuer of the Additional Pledged Shares or any financial
intermediary pertaining to the Additional Pledged Shares and all dividends, cash, warrants, rights, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or
all of the Additional Pledged Shares; 
 (b) the Additional Pledged Debt and the instruments evidencing the
Additional Pledged Debt owed to such Additional Pledgor, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such
Additional Pledged Debt; and 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Additional Collateral for the Obligations shall not include
any Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents. 
 For purposes of the Pledge Agreement, the Collateral shall be deemed to include the
Additional Collateral. 
 SECTION 2. Each Additional Pledgor by its signature below becomes a Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement
with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Pledgor, and each Additional Pledgor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Pledge Agreement applicable to it as a Pledgor thereunder. Each reference to a
“Subsidiary Pledgor” or a “Pledgor” in the Pledge Agreement shall be deemed to include each Additional Pledgor. The Pledge Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference. 

SECTION 3. Each Additional Pledgor represents and warrants as follows: 

(a) Schedule 1 hereto correctly represents as of the date hereof (A) the issuer, the certificate number, the
Additional Pledgor and registered owner, the number and class and the percentage of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such class of all Additional Pledged Shares and (B) the issuer, the initial principal amount, the Additional
Pledgor and holder, date of and maturity date of all Additional Pledged Debt. Except as set forth on Schedule 1 and except for Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents, the Additional Pledged Shares

  
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represent all (or 65% in the case of pledges of the Voting Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each class of Equity Interests of the issuer on the
date hereof. 
 (b) Such Additional Pledgor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Additional Collateral
pledged or assigned by such Additional Pledgor hereunder free and clear of any Lien, except for the Lien created by this Supplement to the Pledge Agreement. 
 (c) As of the date of this Supplement, the Additional Pledged Shares pledged by such Additional Pledgor hereunder have been duly authorized and validly issued and, in the case of Additional Pledged Shares
issued by a corporation, are fully paid and non-assessable. 
 (d) The execution and delivery by such Additional
Pledgor of this Supplement and the pledge of the Additional Collateral pledged by such Additional Pledgor hereunder pursuant hereto create a valid and perfected security interest in the Additional Collateral (with respect to Collateral consisting of
Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent the creation of such Security Interest is governed by the UCC), and upon delivery of such Additional Collateral to the Collateral Agent in the State of New York, shall constitute a fully perfected lien
and security interest in the Additional Collateral (with respect to Collateral consisting of Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent the creation and perfection of such Security Interest is governed by the UCC), securing the payment of the
Obligations, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. 
 (e) Such Additional
Pledgor has full power, authority and legal right to pledge all the Additional Collateral pledged by such Additional Pledgor pursuant to this Supplement, and this Supplement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Additional
Pledgor (with respect to Collateral consisting of Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent the enforceability of such Security Interest is governed by the UCC), enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity. 
 SECTION 4. This Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of
said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Supplement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Collateral Agent and the Company. This Supplement shall become
effective as to each Additional Pledgor when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of such Additional Pledgor and the Collateral Agent. 

SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Pledge Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 

SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

  
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 SECTION 7. Any provision of this Supplement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and in the Pledge Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the
economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions. 
 SECTION 8.
All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 16 of the Pledge Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each Additional Pledgor shall be given to it in care of the Company at the
Company’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Additional Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this
Supplement to the Pledge Agreement as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	[NAME OF ADDITIONAL PLEDGOR]
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
	
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 SCHEDULE 1 
 TO SUPPLEMENT NO. [    ] 
 TO THE PLEDGE AGREEMENT 

Pledged Shares 
  

																	
	 Record owner
	 	Issuer	 	 	Certificate
No.	 	 	Number of
Shares	 	 	% of Shares
Owned	 
		 				 				 				 			
		 				 				 				 			
		 				 				 				 			
		 				 				 				 			
		 				 				 				 			

 Pledged Debt 

 

																	
	 Payee
	 	Issuer	 	 	Principal
Amount	 	 	Date of
Instrument	 	 	Maturity
DatePurchase Agreement

 Exhibit 10.9 
 $1,300,000,000 
 BLUE MERGER SUB INC. 

7.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2019 
 PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
 February 1, 2011 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED 
 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED 
 As Representative of the several 

      Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I attached hereto, 
 c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 
 One Bryant Park 

New York, New York 10036 
 Ladies and Gentlemen:

 Blue Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), proposes, upon the terms and conditions
set forth in this agreement (this “Agreement”), to issue and sell to you, as the initial purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”), $1,300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 7.625% Senior Notes
due 2019 (the “Notes”). Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“Morgan Stanley”), have
agreed to act as the representatives of the several Initial Purchasers (the “Representatives”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes. 
 The Notes are being issued in connection with the acquisition (the “Acquisition”) by investment funds affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., Vestar Capital
Partners V, L.P. and Centerview Capital, L.P. and (collectively, the “Sponsors”), and certain other investors, of all of the outstanding equity interests of Del Monte Foods Company, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”). 
 Blue Acquisition Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation formed by the Sponsors
(“Holdings”), has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 24, 2010 (as amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), with Merger Sub and the Company, pursuant to
which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving corporation following the merger (the “Merger”). Immediately prior to the consummation of the Acquisition (the date of the
consummation of the Acquisition, the “Merger Date”), the Sponsors, as well as certain other investors, shall have contributed cash of approximately $1,600.0 million (the “Equity Investment”), and upon
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, the Sponsors and other investors will own, indirectly, 100% of the capital stock of the Company. 

 If the Closing Date (as defined below) occurs prior to the Merger Date, the Issuer, the
Trustee (as defined below) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent, will enter into the Escrow Agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”), to be dated as of the Closing Date, pursuant to which, on the
Closing Date, Merger Sub will deposit in an escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) the Purchase Price (as defined below) and Merger Sub will contribute or cause to be contributed an additional amount in cash and Eligible
Escrow Investments (as defined in the Escrow Agreement) necessary (together with the Purchase Price) to fund the redemption of the Notes and to pay all regularly scheduled interest that would accrue on the Notes through, but not including, the date
of redemption set forth in the Escrow Agreement (collectively, with any other property from time to time held by the Escrow Agent, the “Escrow Property”), and will remain in escrow until the Escrow Property is released upon
satisfaction of the conditions precedent to such release as set forth in the Escrow Agreement. 
 The Escrow Property will be
held in the Escrow Account in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in the Escrow Agreement, and released on the earlier to occur of (i) the Merger Date, if the conditions to the release of the Escrow Property to Merger Sub set
forth in the Escrow Agreement have been satisfied on such date (the “Completion Date”) and (ii) the date on which a Special Mandatory Redemption (as defined in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum (as defined below) is
required to occur) and, in each case, shall be released from the Escrow Account as provided in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (each as defined below). 

References to the “Issuer” refer (i) prior to consummation of the Merger, solely to
Merger Sub and (ii) following consummation of the Merger and upon execution of the Joinder Agreement (as defined below), to the Company. References to the “Guarantors” refer to each entity set forth on
Schedule II attached hereto following consummation of the Merger and upon execution of the Joinder Agreement (each a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the
“Guarantors”). 
 The Notes will (i) have terms and provisions that are
summarized in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (each as defined below), and (ii) are to be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Initial Indenture”) to be entered into between Merger Sub
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company and the Guarantors will enter into a supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental
Indenture”) with the Trustee pursuant to which the Company will assume the rights and obligations of Merger Sub under the Initial Indenture and the Guarantors will guarantee such obligations effective as of and from the Merger Date. As
used herein, the term “Indenture” shall mean the Initial Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture. The Company will succeed to Merger Sub’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture. Following the
Merger Date, the obligations of the Company, including the due and punctual payment of interest on the Notes, will be fully, irrevocably, and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally (the
“Guarantees”) by (i) the Guarantors, and (ii) any domestic subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the Closing Date that is required to execute a supplemental indenture to provide a guarantee in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns. As used herein, the term “Notes” shall include the Guarantees, unless the context otherwise requires. This Agreement is to confirm the
agreement concerning the purchase of the Notes from the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers. 

  
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 On the Merger Date, simultaneously with the consummation of the Merger, the Issuer shall and
shall cause each Guarantor to execute and deliver a joinder agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, whereby the Issuer and each Guarantor will agree to observe and
fully perform all of the rights, obligations and liabilities contemplated herein as if it were an original signatory hereto. 

On the Merger Date, simultaneously with the consummation of the Merger (x) the Issuer and the Guarantors will enter into new senior
secured credit facilities to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “Senior Credit Facilities” and, together with the documents, agreements or instruments delivered in connection therewith, the “Senior Credit
Facilities Documentation”) and (y) the Issuer shall use the net proceeds from the issue and sale of the Notes, the funding of the Senior Credit Facilities and the Equity Investment to finance the Transactions (as defined below).

 For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Transactions” is used in the same
way as such term is used in the Pricing Disclosure Package (as defined below) and means, collectively, (i) the issuance and sale of the Notes; (ii) the Merger; (iii) the execution and delivery of the credit agreements related to the
Senior Credit Facilities; (iv) the Equity Investment; (v) the cash tender offers (the “Tender Offers”) for any and all of the
6 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 and 7 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2019 issued by Del
Monte Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned direct subsidiary of the Company, (vi) the refinancing of certain other existing indebtedness of the Company and (vii) the payment of all fees and expenses related to the
foregoing. 
 The term “Transaction Documents” refers to this Agreement, the
Joinder Agreement, the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement Joinder and the Escrow Agreement. 
 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the representations, warranties, authorizations, acknowledgements, covenants and agreements of each of the Company and the Guarantors contained
in this Agreement shall not become effective until the consummation of the Merger, at which time such representations, warranties, authorizations, acknowledgements, covenants and agreements shall become effective as of the date hereof pursuant to
the terms of the Joinder Agreement. 
 1. Purchase and Resale of the Notes. The Notes will be offered and sold to the
Initial Purchasers without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on an exemption pursuant to Section 4(2) under the Securities Act. The Issuer has prepared a
preliminary offering memorandum, dated January 26, 2011 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), a pricing term sheet substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule III (the “Pricing Term
Sheet”) setting forth the terms of the Notes omitted from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and an offering memorandum, dated February 1, 2011 (the “Final Offering Memorandum”), setting forth information
regarding the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Notes, the Exchange Notes (as defined herein), the Guarantees and the Exchange Guarantees (as defined herein). The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended as of the Applicable Time (as
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“Pricing Disclosure Package”. The Issuer hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum
in connection with the offering and resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers. “Applicable Time” means 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement. 

You have advised the Issuer that you will offer and resell (the “Exempt Resales”) the Notes purchased by you
hereunder on the terms set forth in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, solely to (i) persons whom you reasonably believe to be “qualified institutional buyers” as
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“QIBs”), and (ii) outside the United States to certain persons who are not U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation
S”)) (such persons, “Non-U.S. Persons”) in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S. As used herein, the terms “offshore transaction” and “United States” have the meanings assigned to
them in Regulation S. Those persons specified in clauses (i) and (ii) are referred to herein as “Eligible Purchasers”. 
 Holders (including subsequent transferees) of the Notes will have the registration rights set forth in the registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) among
the Issuer and the Initial Purchasers to be dated the Closing Date (as defined herein). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, and subject to the consummation of the Merger, the parties thereto will agree to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the circumstances set forth therein, a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to a series of senior notes identical in all material respect to the Notes (the
“Exchange Notes”) and the Exchange Guarantees (the “Exchange Guarantees”) to be offered in exchange for the Notes and the Guarantees. Such portion of the offering is referred to as the
“Exchange Offer”. Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company shall and shall cause each Guarantor to join the Registration Rights Agreement by execution of a counterpart signature page thereto or the joinder attached
thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement Joinder”) on the Merger Date. 
 2. Representations,
Warranties and Agreements of Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors. (x) As of the Applicable Time, Merger Sub represents, warrants and covenants to each Initial Purchaser (it being understood that, prior to the execution and delivery
of the Joinder Agreement, all representations and warranties of Merger Sub with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries are made to the best knowledge of Merger Sub, after due inquiry), and (y) as of the Merger Date, the Company and the
Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and covenant to each Initial Purchaser, as follows: 
 (a)
When the Notes, including the Guarantees, are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, such Notes and Guarantees will not be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act) as securities of Merger Sub, the
Company or the Guarantors that are listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). 

(b) Assuming the accuracy of your representations and warranties in Section 3(b), the offer, sale and delivery of the
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(including pursuant to the Exempt Resales) are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 

(c) No form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Regulation D (including, but not limited
to, advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or
general advertising) was used by Merger Sub, the Company, the Guarantors, any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective representatives (other than you, as to whom Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) in
connection with the offer and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees. 
 (d) No directed selling efforts within the
meaning of Rule 902 under the Securities Act were used by Merger Sub, the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective representatives (other than you, as to whom Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors
make no representation) with respect to Notes sold outside the United States to Non-U.S. Persons, and Merger Sub, the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective representatives and any person acting on
its or their behalf (other than you, as to whom Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) has complied with and will implement the “offering restrictions” required by Rule 902 under the Securities Act. 

(e) Each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, each as
of its respective date, contains all the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. 
 (f) Neither Merger Sub, the Company, any Guarantor, any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective representatives nor any other person acting on behalf of Merger Sub, the Company or any
Guarantor has sold or issued any securities that would be integrated with the offering of the Notes contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Securities Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or the interpretations thereof by the Commission.

 (g) The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum have
been prepared by Merger Sub for use by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Exempt Resales. No order or decree preventing the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, or
any order asserting that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has commenced or is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Issuer or any of the Guarantors, is contemplated. 
 (h) The Final Offering Memorandum will not, as of its date
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which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Final Offering Memorandum in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e). 

(i) The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in
or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which
information is specified in Section 8(e). 
 (j) The Issuer and the Guarantors have not made any offer to
sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” (if the offering of the Notes was made pursuant to a registered offering under the Securities Act), as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act (a “Free Writing Offering Document”) without the prior consent of the Representatives; any such Free Writing Offering Document the use of which has been previously consented to by the Initial Purchasers is
listed on Schedule IV(B) hereto. Each such Free Writing Offering Document, when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or
omissions made in each such Free Writing Offering Document in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for
use in any Free Writing Offering Document. 
 (k) Each of Merger Sub, the Company, the Guarantors and their
respective subsidiaries has been duly organized, is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation or other business entity under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a
foreign corporation or other business entity in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse
Effect”). Each of Merger Sub, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged except as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed on Schedule V hereto. 

  
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 (l) The Company has the actual capitalization set forth in each of the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum as of the date set forth therein. All of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are, to the extent applicable,
fully paid and non-assessable and all such shares owned directly or indirectly by the Company are free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for such liens, encumbrances, equities or claims as would not, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as incurred in connection with the Senior Credit Facilities. 
 (m) Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by Merger Sub and,
upon its execution and delivery and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of Merger Sub, enforceable against Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). Each of the Company and the Guarantors has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture (as
supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture). The Supplemental Indenture will, on or prior to the Merger Date, be duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors, and, upon its execution and delivery and, assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Indenture (as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture) will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). No qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Trust Indenture Act”) is required in connection with
the offer and sale of the Notes contemplated hereby or in connection with the Exempt Resales. The Indenture will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.

 (n) The Issuer has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, issue, sell and perform its
obligations under the Notes. On the Closing Date, the Notes will have been duly authorized by the Issuer and, when duly executed by the Issuer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, assuming due authentication of the Notes by the Trustee,
upon delivery to the Initial Purchasers against payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer entitled to the benefits of the Indenture,
enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Notes will conform in all material 

  
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respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum. 

(o) The Issuer has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, issue and perform its obligations under the
Exchange Notes. On the Closing Date, the Exchange Notes will have been duly and validly authorized by the Issuer and if and when issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered in accordance with the Exchange
Offer provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement, will be validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance
with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 (p) Each of the
Company and the Guarantors has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to enter into the Joinder Agreement. On the Merger Date, the Joinder Agreement will have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the
Guarantors and, upon consummation of the Merger, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors. 
 (q) Each Guarantor has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, issue and perform its obligations under the Guarantees. On the Merger Date, the Guarantees will have
been duly and validly authorized by the Guarantors and when the Supplemental Indenture is duly executed and delivered by the Guarantors in accordance with its terms and upon the due execution, authentication and delivery of the Notes in accordance
with the Indenture and the issuance of the Notes in the sale to the Initial Purchasers contemplated by this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 (r) Each
Guarantor has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to issue and perform its obligations under the Exchange Guarantees. On the Merger Date, the Exchange Guarantees will have been duly and validly authorized by the
Guarantors and if and when executed and delivered by the Guarantors in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and upon the due execution and authentication of the Exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture and the issuance and delivery of
the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, will be validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors entitled to the benefits of the Indenture,
enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’
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principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 (s) Each of Merger Sub, the Company and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement Joinder, as applicable. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by Merger Sub, and on the Merger Date the Registration Rights Agreement Joinder will have been duly and validly authorized by the
Company and the Guarantors, and when executed and delivered by Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will be validly executed and delivered, and (assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by you) the Registration Rights Agreement will be the legally valid and binding obligation of Merger Sub and, upon the execution and delivery of the Registration Rights Agreement Joinder, the Company and the Guarantors
in accordance with the terms thereof, enforceable against the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating
to or affecting creditor’s rights generally, by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and, as to rights of indemnification and contribution, by principles of
public policy. The Registration Rights Agreement will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum. 

(t) The Escrow Agreement has been duly authorized by Merger Sub, and if executed and delivered by Merger Sub on the
Closing Date as contemplated by this Agreement, will be a valid and binding agreement of Merger Sub, enforceable against Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 (u) If executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the provisions of the Escrow
Agreement will be effective to create a valid and enforceable security interest in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Notes in the right, title and interest of Merger Sub in the Escrow Account. The security interest granted
under the Escrow Agreement to the Trustee in the right, title and interest of Merger Sub in the Escrow Account, assuming all filings and other actions contemplated by the Escrow Agreement to perfect such security interest are made or taken, will
constitute a perfected, first priority (subject to any lien in favor of the Escrow Agent or the Trustee arising under the Escrow Agreement or the Indenture) security interest. 

(v) Merger Sub has and, on or prior to the date of the Merger, if the Merger Date occurs, the Company will have all
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 (w) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by Merger Sub. 
 (x) The issue and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and
performance by Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors of the Transaction Documents, as applicable, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of
any of the terms or provisions of, impose any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of Merger Sub, the Company or the Guarantors, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which Merger Sub, the Company or the Guarantors is a party or by which Merger Sub, the Company or the Guarantors is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Merger Sub, the Company or the Guarantors is
subject, other than any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of Merger Sub, the Company or the Guarantors incurred in connection with the Escrow Agreement or the Senior Credit Facilities, (ii) result in any violation of the
provisions of the charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of Merger Sub, the Company or the Guarantors, or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over Merger Sub, the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except with respect to clauses (i) and (iii), as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (y) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing,
registration or qualification with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over Merger Sub, the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets is required for the issue and
sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer and the Guarantors of the Transaction Documents, as applicable, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for
(i) the filing of a registration statement by the Issuer with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act as required by the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, (iii) a favorable vote of the stockholders of the Company approving the
acquisition and (iv) consummation of the Merger, in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv) above, each of which shall have been obtained or made on or prior to the Merger Date. 

(z) The historical financial statements (including the related notes and supporting schedules) included in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby, on the dates and for the periods indicated, and
have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as otherwise stated therein. 

  
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 (aa) The pro forma financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Memorandum include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments used in
the preparation thereof give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in
the Pricing Disclosure Package. The pro forma financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidance with respect to pro forma financial information (except as
otherwise noted in the Pricing Disclosure Package and Final Offering Memorandum). The pro forma financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum comply as to form with the applicable accounting
requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act (except that additional periods have been presented), and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements.

 (bb) KPMG LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company, whose report appears in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and who have delivered an initial letter referred to in Section 7(e) hereof, are independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder. 
 (cc) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the Company’s
financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and to maintain accountability for its assets, (iii) access to the Company’s assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for the Company’s assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 (dd) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Final Offering Memorandum, there has not been any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package. 
 (ee) The Issuer, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries own or lease all
such real and personal property necessary to the conduct of their respective businesses as presently conducted, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(ff) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have such certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate
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the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, except for any of the foregoing that would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum. Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries has received written notice of any proceedings related to the revocation or modification of any such Permits
that, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering
Memorandum. 
 (gg) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented
and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection with the business now operated by them. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received any written notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would
result in a Material Adverse Effect, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum. 
 (hh) Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby. To the Issuer’s and each
Guarantors’ knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others. 
 (ii) The Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are insured by insurers believed by the Company to be of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such amounts as are believed to be reasonable for the businesses in which they are engaged, except as described in the Offering Memorandum. 
 (jj) Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, no labor disturbance by or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to
the knowledge of the Issuer, is imminent that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(kk) Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, (i) there are no
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knowledge of the Issuer, threatened, against the Company or any of the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries under any laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, orders, judgments,
decrees, permits or other legal requirements of any governmental authority, including without limitation any international, foreign, national, state, provincial, regional, or local authority, relating to pollution, the protection of human health or
safety (to the extent related to exposure to hazardous or toxic substances), the environment, or natural resources, including with respect to the use, handling, storage, manufacturing, transportation, treatment, discharge, disposal or release of
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) in which a governmental authority is also a party, (ii) to the knowledge of the Issuer or the Guarantors, they are in compliance
with Environmental Laws, and there are no liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants and (iii) none of the Company, the Guarantors and their
respective subsidiaries anticipates capital expenditures relating to Environmental Laws, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(ll) Except, in each case, as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company, the Guarantors and each of their
respective subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes due, except those which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 
 (mm) Except, in each case, as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of all applicable
statutes, rules and regulations including ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions
effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) with respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (A) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is
reasonably expected to occur, (B) there is no current “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, and none is reasonably expected to occur,
and (C) neither the Company or any member of its Controlled Group has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA); and (iv) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)
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 (nn) As of the Merger Date, except as may be limited by applicable state
corporation law or comparable laws, no domestic subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from
repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum or contemplated in the Senior Credit Facilities Documentation. 
 (oo) None of Merger Sub, the Company or the Guarantors is, and after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of
Proceeds” in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum will be, an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. 
 (pp) Immediately
after the consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (i) the fair value and present fair saleable value of the assets of the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole on a going concern basis
will exceed the sum of their stated liabilities and identified contingent liabilities taken as a whole; and (ii) the Issuer and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not be (a) left with unreasonably small capital with which to
carry on their business as it is proposed to be conducted, (b) unable to pay their debts (contingent or otherwise) as they will mature or (c) otherwise insolvent. 

(qq) None of Merger Sub, the Company or their respective affiliates have taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or that has constituted or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Issuer or the Guarantors in connection with the offering of the Notes.

 (rr) None of Merger Sub, the Company nor any of their respective subsidiaries are a party to any contract,
agreement or understanding with any person (other than fees contemplated by this Agreement) that could give rise to a valid claim against the Initial Purchasers for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the
offering and sale of the Notes. 
 (ss) None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes), will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U and X of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 
 (tt) None of Merger Sub, the Company or their respective
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could reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Issuer or the Guarantors in connection with the offering of the Notes.

 (uu) Neither Merger Sub, the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Issuer and the
Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of Merger Sub, the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated
or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. 

(vv) The operations of Merger Sub, the Company and any of its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in
compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and
any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving Merger Sub, the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened. 

(ww) Neither Merger Sub, the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Issuer, any director,
officer, agent, employee or affiliate of Merger Sub, the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”); and the Issuer will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for
the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC. 
 Any
certificate signed by any officer of Merger Sub, the Company or any Guarantor and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Initial Purchasers in connection with the offering of the Notes shall be deemed a representation and warranty by
Merger Sub, the Company or such Guarantor, jointly and severally, as to matters covered thereby, to each Initial Purchaser. 

3. Purchase of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, Agreements to Sell, Purchase and Resell. 

(a) The Issuer agrees, on the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Initial Purchasers
contained herein and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers on the Closing Date and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors

  
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herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase on the Closing Date from Merger Sub, at a
purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”), the principal amount of Notes set forth opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser in Schedule I hereto. Merger Sub agrees, if the Merger
Date is the Closing Date or if the Completion Date occurs, to pay on such date to each Initial Purchaser a fee equal to 2.50% of the principal amount of the Notes set forth opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser in Schedule I hereto. The
Issuer shall not be obligated to deliver any of the securities to be delivered hereunder except upon payment for all of the securities to be purchased as provided herein. 

(b) Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly hereby represents and warrants to the Issuer that it will
offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Pricing Disclosure Package. Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Issuer, on
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors, that such Initial Purchaser: (i) is a QIB with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as are necessary in order to evaluate
the merits and risks of an investment in the Notes; (ii) is purchasing the Notes pursuant to a private sale exempt from registration under the Securities Act; (iii) in connection with the Exempt Resales, will solicit offers to buy the
Notes only from, and will offer to sell the Notes only to, the Eligible Purchasers in accordance with this Agreement and on the terms contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package; and (iv) will not offer or sell the Notes, nor has it offered
or sold the Notes by, or otherwise engaged in, any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D, including, but not limited to, advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any
newspaper, magazine, or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising) and will not engage in any directed selling efforts within
the meaning of Rule 902 under the Securities Act, in connection with the offering of the Notes. The Initial Purchasers have advised the Issuer that it will offer the Notes to Eligible Purchasers at a price initially equal to 100.0% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance of the Notes. 
 (c) The Initial
Purchasers have not nor, prior to the later to occur of (A) the Closing Date and (B) completion of the distribution of the Notes, will not, use, authorize use of, refer to or distribute any material in connection with the offering and sale
of the Notes other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum, (ii) any written communication prepared by such Initial Purchaser and approved by the Issuer in writing, or
(iii) any written communication relating to or that contains the terms of the Notes and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.

 (d) Each of the Initial Purchasers hereby acknowledges that upon original issuance thereof, and until such
time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Notes (and all securities issued in exchange therefore or in substitution thereof) shall bear legends substantially in the forms as set forth in the
“Notice to Investors” section of the Pricing Disclosure Package and Final Offering Memorandum (along with such other legends as the Issuer and its counsel deem necessary). 

  
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 Each of the Initial Purchasers understands that the Issuer and, for purposes of the opinions
to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 5(n), 7(b) and 7(c) hereof, counsel to the Issuer and counsel to the Initial Purchasers, will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations, warranties and
agreements, and the Initial Purchasers hereby consent to such reliance. 
 4. Delivery of the Notes and Payment Therefor.
Payment for the Notes shall be made at the office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, (i) if the Merger has not been consummated by 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 16,
2011 (the “Closing Date”), by deposit of the Purchase Price in the Escrow Account or (ii) if the Merger is consummated on or prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date, by payment of the Purchase Price,
plus accrued interest, if any, to the Closing Date, to the account or accounts specified by the Issuer, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Notes
for the respective accounts of the several Initial Purchasers. For the avoidance of doubt, unless the Merger is consummated subsequent to the Closing Date, the Merger Date, as referred to herein, shall be the same date as the Closing Date. The place
of closing for the Notes and the Closing Date may be varied by agreement between the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer. 
 The
Notes will be delivered to the Initial Purchasers, or the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), against payment by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers of the purchase price therefor by wire
transfer in immediately available funds, by causing DTC to credit the Notes to the account of the Initial Purchasers at DTC. The Notes will be evidenced by one or more global securities in definitive form (the “Global Notes”)
and will be registered, in the case of the Global Notes, in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC, and in the other cases, in such names and in such denominations as the Initial Purchasers shall request prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the second business day preceding the Closing Date. The Notes to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers shall be made available to the Initial Purchasers in New York City for inspection and packaging not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date. 
 5. Agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors. The Issuer
agrees and, upon the execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree with each of the Initial Purchasers as follows: 

(a) The Issuer and the Guarantors will promptly furnish to the Initial Purchasers, without charge, such number of copies
of the Final Offering Memorandum as may then be amended or supplemented as they may reasonably request. 
 (b)
The Issuer will prepare the Final Offering Memorandum in a form approved by the Representatives and will not make any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package or to the Final Offering Memorandum of which the Representatives shall
not previously have been advised or to which it shall reasonably object after being so advised. 
 (c) The Issuer
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securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Notes are offered by the Initial Purchasers and by all dealers to whom Notes may be sold, in connection with the offering and sale of
the Notes. 
 (d) If, at any time prior to completion of the distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers
to Eligible Purchasers, any event occurs or information becomes known that, in the judgment of the Issuer or in the opinion of counsel for the Initial Purchasers, should be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum
so that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, does not include any untrue statement of material fact, or omit to state a material fact, necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum in order to comply with any law, the Issuer will forthwith
prepare an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will expeditiously furnish to the Initial Purchasers and dealers a reasonable number of copies thereof. 

(e) None of Merger Sub, the Company nor any Guarantor will make any offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the
Notes that would constitute a Free Writing Offering Document without the prior consent of the Representatives, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. 

(f) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request to qualify or register
(or obtain exemptions from qualifying or registering) the Notes for offering and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of
sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Notes; provided that in connection therewith the Issuer shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation in
any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise
be subject. 
 (g) For a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 90th day after the date of the
Final Offering Memorandum, the Issuer and the Guarantors agree not to, directly or indirectly, (i) offer for sale, sell, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or would be expected to, result in
the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any capital markets debt securities of the Issuer substantially similar to the Notes or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such debt securities of the Issuer, or sell or grant
options, rights or warrants with respect to such debt securities of the Issuer or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such debt securities of the Issuer, (ii) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such debt securities of the Issuer, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of debt securities of
the Issuer or other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iii) publicly announce an offering of any debt securities of the Issuer substantially similar to the Notes or securities convertible or

  
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exchangeable into such debt securities, in each case without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, on behalf of the Initial Purchasers. 

(h) So long as any of the Notes are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the
Securities Act, unless they become subject to and comply with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or file the periodic reports contemplated by such provisions pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, provide or make available electronically
to each holder of such restricted securities and to each prospective purchaser (as designated by such holder) of such restricted securities, upon the request of such holder or prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided by Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (it being acknowledged and agreed that, prior to the first date on which information is required to be provided under the Indenture, the information contained in the Final Offering Memorandum is sufficient for
this purpose and it being further agreed that delivery to the holders or prospective holders of the Notes of the information required to be delivered under the Indenture will be deemed to satisfy this requirement). This covenant is intended to be
for the benefit of the holders, and the prospective purchasers designated by such holders, from time to time of such restricted securities. 
 (i) The Issuer will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to be sold by it hereunder substantially in accordance with the description set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds.” 
 (j) The Issuer will use its reasonable best
efforts to permit the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC. 
 (k) During the period
from the Closing Date until one year after the Closing Date, the Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, resell any Notes that have been acquired by any of them except for Notes resold in a transaction registered under the
Securities Act. 
 (l) The Issuer shall and shall cause its affiliates to not seek the release of the Escrow
Property from the Escrow Account unless such release is in compliance with the terms of the Indenture and the Escrow Agreement. 
 (m) The Issuer and its controlled affiliates will not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) that would be
integrated with the sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale to the Initial Purchasers or the Eligible Purchasers of the Notes. The Issuer and the Guarantors will take reasonable
precautions designed to insure that any offer or sale, direct or indirect, in the United States or to any U.S. person (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act), of any Notes or any substantially similar security issued by Merger Sub, the
Company or any Guarantor, within six months subsequent to the date on which the distribution of the Notes has been completed (as notified to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers), is made under restrictions and other circumstances reasonably
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of the Notes in the United States and to U.S. persons contemplated by this Agreement as transactions exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, including any sales pursuant to
Rule 144A under, or Regulations D or S of, the Securities Act. 
 (n) On the Merger Date, the Company and each
Guarantor will (A) execute the Purchase Agreement Joinder, the Supplemental Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement Joinder and (B) cause (i) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP to furnish to the Initial Purchasers its
written opinion (for the avoidance of doubt, without any negative assurance letter), as counsel to the Company and the Guarantors, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Merger Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto
(with respect to those matters set forth therein that are contemplated to be given only on the Merger Date), and (ii) James Potter to furnish to the Initial Purchasers his written opinion, as General Counsel of the Company, addressed to the
Initial Purchasers and dated the Merger Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. 
 6. Expenses.
Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, Merger Sub agrees, and, on and after the Merger Date, the Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree, to pay all expenses,
costs, fees and taxes incident to and in connection with: (a) the preparation, printing, filing and distribution of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (including, without
limitation, financial statements and exhibits) and all amendments and supplements thereto (including the fees, disbursements and expenses of Merger Sub’s, the Company’s and the Guarantors’ accountants and counsel, but not, however,
legal fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers’ counsel incurred in connection therewith); (b) the preparation, printing (including, without limitation, word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement, the Joinder
Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Registration Rights Joinder Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, all Blue Sky memoranda and all other agreements, memoranda, correspondence and other documents printed and delivered in
connection therewith and with the Exempt Resales (but not, however, legal fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers’ counsel incurred in connection with any of the foregoing other than fees of such counsel plus reasonable disbursements
incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and delivery of such Blue Sky memoranda); (c) the issuance and delivery by the Issuer of the Notes and by the Guarantors of the Guarantees and any taxes payable in connection therewith;
(d) the qualification of the Notes and Exchange Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states and any foreign jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may designate (including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of the Initial Purchasers’ counsel relating to such registration or qualification); (e) the furnishing of such copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Memorandum, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the Exempt Resales; (f) the preparation of certificates for the Notes (including, without limitation, printing and
engraving thereof); (g) the approval of the Notes by DTC for “book-entry” transfer (including fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchasers); (h) the rating of the Notes and Exchange Notes; (i) the obligations of
the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee and the counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Notes and the Exchange Notes, and the costs and charges of the Escrow Agent (if any); (j) the performance by the Issuer and the
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representatives of Merger Sub and the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Notes, and expenses associated with any electronic road show (it
being understood that the Initial Purchasers, collectively, shall bear their own transportation expenses and one half of the costs associated with any chartered aircraft); and (l) any other expenses of Merger Sub and the Company incident to the
performance by Merger Sub and the Company of their obligations hereunder; provided, however that except as specifically provided in this Section 6 and in Section 11, the Initial Purchasers shall pay their own costs and
expenses in connection with presentations for prospective purchasers of the Notes. 
 7. Conditions to Initial
Purchasers’ Obligations. The respective obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder are subject to the accuracy in all material respects (except to the extent already qualified by materiality, in which case such obligations shall be
subject to the accuracy in all respects), when made and on and as of the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Issuer contained herein, and the performance by the Issuer of its obligations hereunder in all material respects, and
to each of the following additional terms and conditions: 
 (a) All corporate proceedings and other legal
matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of the Transaction Documents, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, and the Issuer shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such
matters. 
 (b) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers its
written opinion and negative assurance letter, as counsel to Merger Sub, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. 

(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have received from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the
Initial Purchasers, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum and other related matters as the Initial Purchasers may
reasonably require, and Merger Sub shall have furnished to such counsel such documents and information as such counsel reasonably requests for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. 

(d) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with
the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the
respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial
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(iii) covering such other matters as are ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings. 

(e) With respect to the letter of KPMG LLP referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the Initial Purchasers
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “initial letter”), the Company shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers a “bring-down letter” of KPMG LLP, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated
the Closing Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of
Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the Closing Date (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in each of the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date of the Closing Date), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the
initial letter, and (iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter. 
 (f) For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any change or development in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or
results of operations of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole and after giving effect to the Transactions, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), the effect of which is,
or would reasonably be expected to become, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in
the Pricing Disclosure Package (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). 
 (g) Merger Sub shall have
furnished or caused to be furnished to the Initial Purchasers dated as of the Closing Date a certificate of an officer of Merger Sub, a statement that: 
 (i) the representations, warranties and agreements of Merger Sub are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date, and Merger Sub has complied with all its agreements contained herein and satisfied all
the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and 
 (ii)
such officer has examined the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, and, in such officer’s opinion, (A) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, and the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its date
and as of the Closing Date, did not and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not and do not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
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has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum. 

(h) The Issuer shall have taken all acts reasonably required to be taken by it to have the Notes be eligible for clearance
and settlement through DTC. 
 (i) The Issuer shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights
Agreement, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an original copy thereof, duly executed by such parties. 
 (j) The Issuer and the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the Indenture, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an original copy thereof, duly executed by such parties. 

(k) Unless the Merger has been consummated on or prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date,
(i) the Issuer, the Trustee and the Escrow Agent shall have executed the Escrow Agreement and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an executed copy thereof; (ii) the Escrow Agent shall have established the Escrow Account and shall
have provided to the Initial Purchasers evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers; and (iii) all other actions to be taken under the Escrow Agreement by the Issuer as of the Closing Date in order to effect the escrow
arrangements contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package shall have been taken. 
 (l) Subsequent to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ or the NYSE Amex Equities or in the over-the-counter market, or trading
in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or materially limited or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been
established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been
declared by federal or state authorities, or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on
financial markets is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Notes as contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package (exclusive of any amendment or
supplement thereto). 
 (m) On or prior to the Closing Date, Merger Sub shall have furnished to the Initial
Purchasers such further customary certificates and documents as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request. 
 All opinions,
letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers.

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 (a) Merger Sub, on the date hereof, agrees to and, upon the execution and
delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Company and each Guarantor, hereby agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls
any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not
limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Notes), to which that Initial Purchaser, affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (B) recorded electronic roadshow made available to investors (the “Recorded Road Show”), or (ii) the omission or
alleged omission to state in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in the Recorded Road Show, any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and shall reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such director, officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon demand, for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by that Initial Purchaser, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Final Offering Memorandum, or in any such amendment or supplement thereto or in any the
Recorded Road Show, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Initial Purchaser furnished to Merger Sub or the Company through Merrill Lynch by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion
therein, which information consists solely of the information specified in Section 8(e) with respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability
that Merger Sub, the Company or the Guarantors may otherwise have to any Initial Purchaser or to any affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person of that Initial Purchaser. 

(b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless as of the date hereof,
Merger Sub and, upon the execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Company, each Guarantor, their respective officers and employees, each of their respective affiliates, directors, and each person, if any, who controls, as of the date
hereof, Merger Sub and, upon the execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Company, and each Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any loss, claim,
damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which, as of the date hereof, Merger Sub and, upon the execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Company, any Guarantor or any such director, officer, employee or
controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
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Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (B) the Recorded Road Show, or (ii) the
omission or alleged omission to state in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in the Recorded Road Show, any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Initial Purchaser furnished to Merger Sub or the Company through Merrill Lynch by or on behalf of that Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which information
is limited to the information set forth in Section 8(e) with respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that any Initial Purchaser may
otherwise have to Merger Sub, the Company, any Guarantor or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person. 
 (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure and; provided, further, that the
failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it
shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party
under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that the indemnified party
shall have the right to employ counsel to represent the indemnified party and such indemnified party’s respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees and controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in
respect of which indemnity may be sought by the indemnified party against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, if (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have so mutually agreed; (ii) the indemnifying party
fails within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; (iii) the indemnified party and its respective directors, officers, employees and controlling persons shall have reasonably concluded, based on
the advice of counsel, that there may be legal defenses available to them that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and the indemnified party, on the other hand, and representation of both sets of parties by the same counsel would present a conflict due to actual or potential differing interests between them,
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indemnifying party shall (x) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of
any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such
claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include a statement as to, or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party, or (y) be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if
settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment. 
 (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall
for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or 8(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein (other than by virtue of
the failure of an indemnified party to notify the indemnifying party of its right to indemnification pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) above, where such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party (through the forfeiture of
substantive rights or defenses)), then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action
in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by Merger Sub, the Company and each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, from the offering of the
Notes, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of, as of the date hereof, Merger Sub and, upon the execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Company and each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that
resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by Merger Sub, the Company and each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial
Purchasers, on the other, with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by Merger Sub, the
Company and each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the total discounts received by the Initial Purchasers with respect to the Notes purchased under this Agreement, on the other hand, bear to the total gross proceeds from the offering of the Notes
under this Agreement as set forth on the cover page of the Final Offering Memorandum. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchasers on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances. For purposes of the preceding two sentences, the net proceeds deemed to be received by the Issuer shall be deemed to be also
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supplied by the Guarantors. Merger Sub and, upon the execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Company, each Guarantor, and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take into
account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be
deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 8(d), no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount of the total discount received by such Initial Purchaser with respect to the Notes purchased under this Agreement. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to
contribute as provided in this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations and not joint. 
 (e) The Initial Purchasers severally confirm and Merger Sub and, upon the execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Company and each Guarantor acknowledge and agree that the statements with
respect to the offering of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers set forth in the third sentence of the seventh paragraph and in the ninth paragraph under the heading “Plan of Distribution” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Memorandum are correct and constitute the only information concerning the Initial Purchasers furnished in writing to Merger Sub by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers specifically for inclusion in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the
Pricing Disclosure Package, any Free Writing Offering Document, the Recorded Road Show and the Final Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto. 
 9. Defaulting Initial Purchasers. 
 (a) If, on the Closing Date,
any Initial Purchaser defaults in its obligations to purchase the Notes that it has agreed to purchase under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchasers may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Notes by the
non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or other persons satisfactory to the Issuer on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Initial Purchaser, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not arrange for the
purchase of such Notes, then the Issuer shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers to purchase such Notes on such terms. In the event that within the
respective prescribed periods, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers notify the Issuer that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Notes, or the Issuer notifies the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers that it has so arranged for the purchase
of such Notes, either the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or the Issuer may postpone the Closing Date for up to seven full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Issuer or counsel for the Initial
Purchasers may be necessary in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or in any other document or arrangement, and the Issuer agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
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“Initial Purchaser” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule I hereto that, pursuant to this
Section 9, purchases Notes that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase. 
 (b) If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Issuer as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal
amount of such Notes that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Notes, then the Issuer shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of
Notes that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Initial Purchaser’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Notes that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Notes of such defaulting
Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made; provided that the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes that it
agreed to purchase on the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of Section 3. 
 (c) If, after giving effect to
any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Issuer as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that
remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Notes, or if the Issuer shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of
the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the Issuer or the Guarantors, except that the Issuer and each of the Guarantors will continue to be
liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Sections 6 and 11 and except that the provisions of Section 8 shall not terminate and shall remain in effect. 

(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to the Issuer, the
Guarantors or any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser for damages caused by its default. 
 10. Termination. The obligations
of the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be terminated by the Initial Purchasers by notice given to and received by the Issuer prior to delivery of and payment for the Notes if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Section 7(f) or
(m) shall have occurred or if the Initial Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Notes for any reason permitted under this Agreement. 
 11. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses. If the sale of the Notes provided for herein is not consummated because of any condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set
forth in Section 7 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Issuer or the Guarantors to perform any agreement herein or to comply
with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Initial Purchasers, including as described in Section 9 hereof, Merger Sub will reimburse the Initial Purchasers through the Representatives on behalf of the Initial
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disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Notes. 

12. Notices, etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and: 

(a) if to any Initial Purchaser, shall be delivered or sent by hand delivery, mail, telex, overnight courier or facsimile
transmission to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Legal Department (Fax: (917) 267-7085) with a copy to Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP,
Attention: James J. Clark (Fax: (212) 269-5420); 
 (b) if to the Issuer or any Guarantor, shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex, overnight courier or facsimile transmission to Del Monte Foods Company, P.O. Box 193575, San Francisco, CA 94119-3575, Attention: Chief Financial Officer (Fax: (412) 222-1632), with a copy to Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention: Joseph H. Kaufman (Fax: (212) 455-2502); 

provided, however, that any notice to an Initial Purchaser pursuant to Section 8(c) shall be delivered or sent by hand delivery, mail,
telex or facsimile or electronic transmission to such Initial Purchaser at its address set forth in its acceptance telex to Merrill Lynch, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by Merrill Lynch upon request. Any such statements,
requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Issuer shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by Merrill Lynch.

 13. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
Initial Purchasers, the Issuer, the Guarantors and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that the representations, warranties, indemnities and
agreements of Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of affiliates, directors, officers and employees of the Initial Purchasers and each person or persons, if any,
controlling any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 13, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. 
 14.
Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of Merger Sub, the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Notes and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or
any person controlling any of them. 
 15. Definition of the Terms “Business Day”, “Affiliate”, and
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Exchange, Inc. is open for trading, and (b) “affiliate” and “subsidiary” have the meanings set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. 

16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 17. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of Merger Sub, the Company, the Guarantors and each of the Initial Purchasers 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. 

18. No Fiduciary Duty. Each of Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that in connection with this
offering, or any other services the Initial Purchasers may be deemed to be providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or
subsequently made by the Initial Purchasers: (a) no fiduciary or agency relationship between Merger Sub, the Company, any Guarantor and any other person, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, exists; (b) the Initial
Purchasers are not acting as advisors, expert or otherwise, to Merger Sub, the Company or the Guarantors, including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of the purchase price of the Notes, and such relationship between Merger Sub,
the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length negotiations; (c) any duties and obligations that the Initial Purchasers may have to Merger Sub,
the Company and the Guarantors shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; (d) the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of Merger Sub, the Company and the
Guarantors; and (e) Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal and financial advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. Merger Sub, the Company and the Guarantors hereby waive any claims that Merger Sub, the
Company and the Guarantors may have against the Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the Notes. 
 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all
such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 
 20. Headings. The headings herein are
inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. 

  
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 If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between Merger Sub and the Initial
Purchasers, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	BLUE MERGER SUB INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ David J. Sorkin
		 	Name: David J. Sorkin
		 	Title: Vice President

  
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 Accepted: 
 On behalf of themselves and as Representatives of the several 
 Initial Purchasers 

 

			
	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
		
	By:	 	/s/ Adam Cady
		 	Name: Adam Cady
		 	Title: Managing Director

  

			
	MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
		
	By:	 	/s/ Emily Johnson
		 	Name: Emily Johnson
		 	Title: Authorized Signatory

 JOINDER AGREEMENT 
 March 8, 2011 
 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 

As Representative of the several 

    Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I 
     to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below), 
 c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated 
 One Bryant Park 
 New York, New York 10036 
 Reference is hereby made to that purchase agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”) dated February 1, 2011 among Blue Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and the Initial Purchasers relating to the issuance and sale to the Initial Purchasers of $1,300,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 7.625% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement. 

In connection with the Acquisition, the undersigned (other than Del Monte Foods Company) have guaranteed the Notes. This Joinder
Agreement is being executed and delivered by the undersigned on the date of the consummation of the Acquisition, after giving effect to the Acquisition. 
 1. Joinder. Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Purchase Agreement and acknowledges and agrees with the Initial Purchasers that by its execution and
delivery hereof it shall (i) join and become a party to the Purchase Agreement; (ii) be bound by all covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and acknowledgements applicable to such party as set forth in and in accordance with
the terms of the Purchase Agreement; and (iii) perform all obligations and duties as required of it in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. Each of the undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set
forth in the Purchase Agreement applicable to such party are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date hereof (except that
representations and warranties made as of a particular date were true and correct on and as of such particular date). 
 2.
Counterparts. This Joinder Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts (which may be delivered in original form or facsimile or “pdf” file thereof), each of which shall constitute an original when so executed and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
 3. Amendments. No amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Joinder Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties thereto. 

 4. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof. 
 5. APPLICABLE LAW. THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, AND THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered in New York, New York, by its proper and duly authorized officer as of the date set forth above. 
  

			
	DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard L. French

		 	 Name: Richard L. French

Title: Senior Vice President, Treasurer
 Chief Accounting Officer and
 Controller

 

			
	 DEL MONTE CORPORATION

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Richard L. French

		 	 Name: Richard L. French

Title: Senior Vice President, Treasurer
 Chief Accounting Officer and
 Controller

 

 The foregoing Joinder Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Initial Purchasers
as of the date first above written. 
 On behalf of themselves and as Representatives of the several 

Initial Purchasers 
 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE,
FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED 
  

			
	By:	 	 /s/ Adam Cady

		 	 Name: Adam Cady
 Title:
Managing Director

 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED 

 

			
	By:	 	 /s/ Emily Johnson

		 	 Name: Emily Johnson
 Title:
Vice President

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