Document:

EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY (this “Guaranty”) dated as of December 22, 2015, executed and delivered by
each of the undersigned, whether one or more, (individually and collectively, “Guarantor”), in favor of (a) KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “Agent”) for the Lenders and
the Issuing Bank under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of even date herewith, by and among STRATEGIC STORAGE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its Subsidiaries party to the Credit
Agreement (collectively, the “Borrower”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees in accordance therewith (the “Lenders”), and the Agent (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Credit Agreement”) and (b) the Lenders. 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders have made available to the Borrower certain
financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement; 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower and
Guarantor, though separate legal entities, are mutually dependent on each other in the conduct of their respective businesses and have determined it to be in their mutual best interests to obtain financing from the Agent and the Lenders through
their collective efforts; 
 WHEREAS, Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
Agent and the Lenders making such financial accommodations available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and, accordingly, Guarantor is willing to guarantee the Borrower’s obligations to the Agent and the Lenders on the terms and
conditions contained herein; and 
 WHEREAS, Guarantor’s execution and delivery of this Guaranty is one of the
conditions precedent to the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders making, or continuing to make, such financial accommodations to the Borrower; 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by
Guarantor, Guarantor agrees as follows: 
 Section 1.   Guaranty.   Guarantor hereby absolutely
and unconditionally guaranties the due and punctual payment and performance of all of the following when due (collectively referred to as the “Obligations”): (a) all indebtedness and obligations owing by the Borrower to any of the
Lenders, the Issuing Bank, or the Agent under or in connection with the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document, including without limitation, the repayment of all principal of the Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower under the Credit
Agreement, the repayment of all LC Disbursements with respect of all Letters of Credit issued under the Credit Agreement, and the payment of all interest, fees, charges, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other amounts payable to any Lender, the
Issuing Bank, or the Agent thereunder or in connection therewith (including any Hedging Agreement); (b) any and all extensions, renewals, modifications, amendments or substitutions of the foregoing; and (c) all expenses, including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, that are incurred by the 

  
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Lenders or the Agent in the enforcement of any of the foregoing or any obligation of such Guarantor hereunder. Notwithstanding anything in this Guaranty to the contrary, the obligations
guaranteed under this Guaranty shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations. 
 Section 2.   Guaranty of
Payment and Not of Collection.   This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and performance, and not of collection, and a debt of Guarantor for its own account. Accordingly, the Lenders and the Agent shall not be obligated or required
before enforcing this Guaranty against any Guarantor: (a) to pursue any right or remedy the Lenders or the Agent may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or commence any suit or other proceeding against the Borrower,
any other Guarantor or any other Person in any court or other tribunal; (b) to make any claim in a liquidation or bankruptcy of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person; or (c) to make demand of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or
any other Person or to enforce or seek to enforce or realize upon any collateral security held by the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, or the Agent which may secure any of the Obligations. In this connection, Guarantor hereby waives the right of such
Guarantor to require any holder of the Obligations to take action against the Borrower as provided by any legal requirement of any Governmental Authority. 

Section 3.   Guaranty Absolute.   Guarantor guarantees that the Obligations will be paid strictly
in accordance with the terms of the documents evidencing the same, regardless of any legal requirement now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Agent or the Lenders with respect thereto. The
liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional in accordance with its terms and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, suspended, discharged, terminated or otherwise
affected by, any circumstance or occurrence whatsoever (other than the full and final payment and performance of the Obligations), including, without limitation, the following (whether or not such Guarantor consents thereto or has notice thereof):

 (a)        (i) any change in the amount, interest rate or due date or other term
of any of the Obligations; (ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of all or any portion of the Obligations; (iii) any amendment or waiver of, or consent to the departure from or other indulgence with respect to, the Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other document or instrument evidencing or relating to any Obligations; or (iv) any waiver, renewal, extension, addition, or supplement to, or deletion from, or any other action or inaction under or in
respect of, the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any other documents, instruments or agreements relating to the Obligations or any other instrument or agreement referred to therein or evidencing any Obligations or any assignment
or transfer of any of the foregoing; 
 (b)        any lack of validity or
enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any other document, instrument or agreement referred to therein or evidencing any Obligations or any assignment or transfer of any of the foregoing; 

(c)        any furnishing to the Agent or the Lenders of any security for the
Obligations, or any sale, exchange, release or surrender of, or realization on, any collateral security for the Obligations; 

  
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 (d)        any settlement or compromise
of any of the Obligations, any security therefor, or any liability of any other party with respect to the Obligations, or any subordination of the payment of the Obligations to the payment of any other liability of the Borrower; 

(e)        any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment,
dissolution, liquidation or other like proceeding relating to any other Guarantor, the Borrower or any other Person, or any action taken with respect to this Guaranty by any trustee or receiver, or by any court, in any such proceeding; 

(f)        any nonperfection of any security interest or other Lien on any of the
collateral securing any of the Obligations; 
 (g)        any act or failure to act
by the Borrower or any other Person which may adversely affect such Guarantor’s subrogation rights, if any, against the Borrower to recover payments made under this Guaranty; 

(h)        any application of sums paid by the Borrower or any other Person with
respect to the liabilities of the Borrower to the Agent or the Lenders, regardless of what liabilities of the Borrower remain unpaid; 

(i)        any defect, limitation or insufficiency in the borrowing powers of the
Borrower or in the exercise thereof; or 
 (j)        any other circumstance which
might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Guarantor hereunder. 
 Section 4.
  Action with Respect to Obligations.   The Lenders, the Issuing Bank, and the Agent may in accordance with the Credit Agreement, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor, and
without discharging any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder take any and all actions described in Section 3 and may otherwise: (a) amend, modify, alter or supplement the terms of any of the Obligations (consistent with the requirements
for amendment, modification, alteration or supplementation, if any, contained in the instruments giving rise to the Obligations), including, but not limited to, extending or shortening the time of payment of any of the Obligations or the interest
rate that may accrue on any of the Obligations; (b) amend, modify, alter or supplement the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (consistent with the requirements for amendment, modification, alteration or supplementation, if any, contained in
the Credit Agreement or any of the Loan Documents); (c) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with all, or any part, of any collateral securing any of the Obligations; (d) release any Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of
the Obligations; (e) exercise, or refrain from exercising, any rights against the Borrower or any other Person (including, without limitation, any other Guarantor); and (f) apply any sum, by whomsoever paid or however realized, to the Obligations in
such order as the Lenders or the Agent shall elect in accordance with the Credit Agreement. 

  
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 Section 5.   Representations and Warranties.
  Guarantor hereby makes to the Agent and the Lenders all of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower with respect to or in any way relating to such Guarantor in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as if the
same were set forth herein in full. 
 Section 6.   Covenants.   Guarantor will comply with all
covenants which the Borrower is to cause such Guarantor to comply with under the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents. 

Section 7.   Waiver.   Guarantor, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, hereby waives
notice of acceptance hereof or any presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, and any other act or thing, or omission or delay to do any other act or thing, which in any manner or to any extent might vary the risk of such Guarantor or which
otherwise might operate to discharge such Guarantor from its obligations hereunder. 
 Section 8.   Inability
to Accelerate Loan.   If the Agent and/or the Lenders are prevented from demanding or accelerating payment thereof by reason of any automatic stay or otherwise, the Agent and/or the Lenders shall be entitled to receive from Guarantor,
upon demand therefor, the sums which otherwise would have been due had such demand or acceleration occurred. 
 Section 9.
  Reinstatement of Obligations.   Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, with respect to any Obligations if at any time payment of any such Obligations is
rescinded or otherwise must be restored by the Agent and/or the Lenders upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor or otherwise. 

Section 10.   Subrogation.   Until all of the Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in
full, any right of subrogation a Guarantor may have shall be subordinate to the rights of Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders and Guarantor hereby waives any right to enforce any remedy which the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and/or the Lenders now
have or may hereafter have against the Borrower, and Guarantor hereby waives any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders to secure payment or performance of any of
the Obligations other than as may be expressly provided for in the Credit Agreement, including but not limited to payments as contemplated in Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement. 

Section 11.   Payments Free and Clear.   All sums payable by Guarantor hereunder shall be made free
and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or Other Taxes (as defined in the Credit Agreement); provided that if any Guarantor shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), the Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any
Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made; (ii) such Guarantor shall make such deductions; and (iii) such Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in accordance with applicable law. 

  
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 Section 12.   Set-off.   Guarantor hereby grants to
Agent, on behalf of the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, a security interest in and lien on all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by Agent to or for the credit
or the account of any Guarantor. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, the Issuing Bank and each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but excluding any funds held by the Borrower on behalf of tenants or other third parties) at any time held and other
obligations at any time owing by the Issuing Bank or such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any of and all the obligations of such Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty held by the Issuing Bank or
such Lender then due and payable. Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any holder of a participation in a Note, whether or not acquired pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Credit
Agreement, may exercise rights of setoff or counterclaim and other rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such holder of a participation were a direct creditor of such Guarantor in the amount of such participation. 

Section 13.   Subordination.   Guarantor hereby expressly covenants and agrees for the benefit of
the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders that all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower or any other Guarantor to such Guarantor of whatever description, including without limitation, all intercompany receivables of such Guarantor from the
Borrower or any other Guarantor (collectively, the “Junior Claims”) shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Obligations; provided, however, that payment thereof may be made so long as no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then no Guarantor shall accept any direct or indirect payment (in cash, property, securities by setoff or otherwise) from the Borrower or any other
Guarantor on account of or in any manner in respect of any Junior Claim until all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, except as expressly provided for in the Credit Agreement, including but not limited to payments as contemplated
in Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement. 
 Section 14.   Avoidance Provisions.   It is the
intent of Guarantor, the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders that in any Proceeding, such Guarantor’s maximum obligation hereunder shall equal, but not exceed, the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the obligations of such
Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor in such Proceeding as a result of applicable law, including without limitation,
(a) Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended (the “Bankruptcy Code”) and (b) any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in such Proceeding, whether by virtue of Section 544 of the
Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. The applicable laws under which the possible avoidance or unenforceability of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders)
shall be determined in any such Proceeding are referred to as the “Avoidance Provisions.” Accordingly, to the extent that the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder would otherwise be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance
Provisions, the maximum Obligations for which such Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall be reduced to that amount which, as of the 

  
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time any of the Obligations are deemed to have been incurred under the Avoidance Provisions, would not cause the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder (or any other obligations of such Guarantor
to the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders), to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions. This Section is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders hereunder to the maximum extent that
would not cause the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, and no Guarantor nor any other Person shall have any right or claim under this Section as against the Agent, the Issuing Bank, and
the Lenders that would not otherwise be available to such Person under the Avoidance Provisions. 
 Section 15.
  Information.   Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Borrower, of the other Guarantors and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of
nonpayment of any of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any Lender shall have any duty whatsoever to advise any
Guarantor of information regarding such circumstances or risks. 
 Section 16.   Governing Law.
  THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

Section 17.   Jurisdiction; Venue; JURY WAIVER. 

(a)        Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and
its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in New York, New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, or
for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such State or, to the extent
permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided
by law. Nothing in this Guaranty shall affect any right that the Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Guaranty or any other Loan Document against the Guarantor or its properties
in the courts of any jurisdiction. 
 (a)        Guarantor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty
or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such
action or proceeding in any such court. 
 (b)        WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING 

  
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DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND
(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. 

(b)        [Intentionally Omitted.] 

Section 18.   Loan Accounts.   The Agent may maintain books and accounts setting forth the amounts
of principal, interest and other sums paid and payable with respect to the Obligations, and in the case of any dispute relating to any of the outstanding amount, payment or receipt of Obligation or otherwise, the entries in such account shall be
binding upon Guarantor as to the outstanding amount of such Obligations and the amounts paid and payable with respect thereto absent manifest error. The failure of the Agent to maintain such books and accounts shall not in any way relieve or
discharge any Guarantor of any of its obligations hereunder. 
 Section 19.   Waiver of Remedies.
  No delay or failure on the part of the Agent, the Issuing Bank, or the Lenders in the exercise of any right or remedy it may have against any Guarantor hereunder or otherwise shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial
exercise by the Agent or the Lenders of any such right or remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right or remedy. 

Section 20.   Successors and Assigns.   Each reference herein to the Agent or the Lenders shall be
deemed to include such Person’s respective successors and assigns (including, but not limited to, any holder of the Obligations) in whose favor the provisions of this Guaranty also shall inure, and each reference herein to any Guarantor shall
be deemed to include the Guarantor’s successors and assigns, upon whom this Guaranty also shall be binding. The Lenders and the Agent may, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Credit Agreement, assign, transfer or sell any
Obligation, or grant or sell participation in any Obligations, to any Person or entity without the consent of, or notice to, any Guarantor and without releasing, discharging or modifying such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. Guarantor hereby
consents to the delivery by the Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any Lender to any assignee, transferee or participant of any financial or other information regarding the Borrower or any Guarantor. Guarantor may not assign or transfer its obligations
hereunder to any Person. 
 Section 21.   Amendments.   This Guaranty may not be amended except
as provided in the Credit Agreement. 
 Section 22.   Payments.   All payments made by any
Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds to the Agent at the place and time provided for in the Credit Agreement on the date one (1) Business Day after written demand therefor to such Guarantor by
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 SECTION 23.   JOINT AND SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS.   THE
OBLIGATIONS OF GUARANTOR HEREUNDER AND UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE JOINT AND SEVERAL, AND ACCORDINGLY, GUARANTOR (BUT NOT ITS LIMITED PARTNERS, SHAREHOLDERS OR MEMBERS) CONFIRMS THAT IT (BUT NOT ITS LIMITED PARTNERS, SHAREHOLDERS OR
MEMBERS) IS LIABLE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER AND UNDER ALL OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. 
 Section 24.
  Notices.   All notices, requests and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given as provided in the Credit Agreement. Guarantor’s address for notice is set forth below its signature hereto.

 Section 25.   Severability.   In case any provision of this Guaranty shall be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 26.   Headings.   Section headings used in this Guaranty are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction of this Guaranty. 
 Section 27.   Definitions.   (a) For the
purposes of this Guaranty: 
 “Proceeding” means any of the following: (i) a voluntary or involuntary case
concerning any Guarantor shall be commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy laws; (ii) a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy laws) is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or
any substantial part of the property of any Guarantor; (iii) any other proceeding under any applicable law, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or composition for adjustment of debts, whether now or
hereafter in effect, is commenced relating to any Guarantor; (iv) any Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; (v) any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction; (vi)
any Guarantor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vii) any Guarantor shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; (viii) any Guarantor shall call
a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition or adjustment of its debts; (ix) any Guarantor shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or (x) any corporate
action shall be taken by any Guarantor for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing. 

(b)        Terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the respective
meanings given them in the Credit Agreement. 
 Section 28.   Amendment and Restatement.    This
Amended and Restated Guaranty amends and restates in its entirety that certain Guaranty dated January 20, 2015, by Guarantor in favor of the Agent and the Lenders. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty as of
the date and year first written above. 
  

					
	STRATEGIC STORAGE TRUST II, INC.,
	a Maryland corporation	 	
			
	By:	 	   /s/ Michael S. McClure
	 	
	Name:	 	Michael S. McClure	 	
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	

  

			
	Address for Notices:	 	
		
	Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc.	 	
	111 Corporate Drive, Suite 120	 	
	Ladera Ranch, CA 92694	 	
	Attention:  H. Michael Schwartz	 	
		
	With a copy to:	 	
		
	Mastrogiovanni Mersky & Flynn, P.C.	 	
	2001 Bryan Street, Suite 1250	 	
	Dallas, Texas 75201	 	
	Attention:  Charles Mersky, Esq.exhibit.htm

BERRY PLASTICS GROUP, INC.

EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN

(Under the Berry Plastics Group, Inc. 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan)

 

Amended and Restated December 22, 2015

Effective as of September 27, 2015

 

	
1.  

	
Purpose

 

This Executive Bonus Plan (the “Bonus Plan”) is intended to provide an incentive for superior work and to motivate eligible executives of Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries toward even higher achievement and business results, to tie their goals and interests to those of the Company and its stockholders and to enable the Company to attract and retain highly qualified executives.  The Bonus Plan is for the benefit of certain key executives of the Company as selected under Section 3 hereof. With respect to Covered Employees (as defined herein), this Bonus Plan is designed to ensure that the bonuses paid hereunder to eligible participants are deductible under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), and the regulations and interpretations promulgated thereunder.

 

Effective as of September 27, 2015, the Bonus Plan is established under Section 3.5 of the Berry Plastics Group, Inc. 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “2015 LTIP”) as an Award Program (as defined in the 2015 LTIP) and is subject to the terms thereof.  If the terms of this Bonus Plan conflict with the terms of the 2015 LTIP in a manner that would make compliance with the terms of both this Bonus Plan and the 2015 LTIP impossible, the terms of the 2015 LTIP shall control.  This Bonus Plan amends and restates the prior version of the Bonus Plan adopted October 2, 2012.

 

	
2.  

	
Administration

 

Subject to applicable law and regulation, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”) shall have the sole discretion and authority to administer and interpret the Bonus Plan and any determination made by the Committee under this Bonus Plan shall be final and conclusive.   This Bonus Plan shall be interpreted in view of the intention that any grant of compensation to Covered Employees (as defined herein) pursuant to this Bonus Plan is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation with the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and the regulations and interpretations promulgated thereunder.

 

	
3.  

	
Participation

 

From time to time, the Committee may select certain key executives of the Company (such executive, if selected by the Committee to participate in the Bonus Plan, a “Participant”) to be eligible to receive bonuses hereunder for a “Plan Year” (i.e., the Company’s fiscal year).  Once a person becomes a Participant under this Bonus Plan, the Participant shall remain a Participant until any bonuses payable to such Participant pursuant to this Bonus Plan have been paid out or forfeited.   A Participant who is a “covered employee” (as such term is defined under Code Section 162(m)(3)) shall be referred to as a “Covered Employee”.

  

  

  

 

	
4.  

	
Bonus Determinations

 

The Company may pay bonuses to Participants under the Bonus Plan based upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may in its discretion determine.  However, with respect to awards under this Bonus Plan to Covered Employees: (a) the Committee shall establish the “Performance Goals” (as such term is defined under the 2015 LTIP) for the payment thereunder no later than the ninetieth (90th) day of each Plan Year; (b) the Committee shall establish the maximum bonus that can be made pursuant to this Bonus Plan to a Covered Employee, subject to Section 2.4(c) of the 2015 LTIP; (c) the Committee may reduce (but not increase) the bonus payable to a Covered Employee based upon the Committee determination of the individual performance of such Participant for such Plan Year and such other factors as the Committee deems appropriate; and (d) the Committee shall certify the level of achievement of the Performance Goals as soon as practical after the end of the Plan Year for which the determination is being made, including by certifying that the Performance Goals were not attained, if applicable.

 

	
5.  

	
Bonus Payment

 

The payment of a bonus to a Participant with respect to a performance period shall be conditioned upon the Participant’s employment by the Company on the last day of the performance period; provided, however, that the Committee may make exceptions to this requirement, in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, in the case of a Participant’s termination of employment, retirement, death or disability, or as may be required by or contemplated in an individual employment or similar agreement.  No bonus shall be paid to a Covered Employee prior to the certification by the Committee of the level to which the Performance Goals have been attained.  Bonuses under this Section will be paid within thirty (30) days following such certification, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year in which the Plan Year ends.  If the Committee exercises discretion in Section 4(b) to reduce a Covered Employee’s bonus to zero dollars, or if the Committee certifies that the Performance Goals have not been met, the bonus will be deemed paid as of the date such discretion is exercised or certification is made, as applicable.

 

	
6.  

	
Amendment and Termination

 

The Board reserves the right to amend or terminate the Bonus Plan at any time in its sole discretion.  Any amendments to the Bonus Plan shall require stockholder approval only to the extent required by any applicable law, rule or regulation.

 

	
7.  

	
No Employment Rights

 

Nothing in the Bonus Plan shall confer upon any Participant the right to continue in the employ of the Company or affect any right which the Company may have to terminate such employment.

 

	
8.  

	
Rights Unsecured.

 

The right of any Participant to receive vested bonuses under this Bonus Plan shall constitute an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company.

  

  

  

 

	
9.  

	
Nonalienation of Benefits.

 

Except as expressly provided herein, neither a Participant nor his or her heirs, executors, or Committees shall have the power or right to transfer, hypothecate, alienate, assign, or otherwise encumber the Participant’s interest under this Bonus Plan.  The Company’s obligations under this Bonus Plan are not assignable or transferable except to a corporation which acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any corporation into which the Company may be merged or consolidated.

 

	
10.  

	
No Limitation on Corporate Actions.

 

Nothing contained in this Bonus Plan shall be construed to prevent the Company or any affiliate from taking any corporate action which is deemed by it to be appropriate or in its best interest, whether or not such action would have an adverse effect on this Bonus Plan or any awards made under this Bonus Plan.  No employee, Participant or other person shall have any claim against the Company or any of its affiliate as a result of any such action.

 

	
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Required Taxes

 

No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of a Participant for federal, state, local or foreign income or employment or other tax purposes with respect to any award under the Bonus Plan, such Participant shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment of, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount.  The obligations of the Company under the Bonus Plan shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company and its affiliates shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to such Participant.

 

	
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Governing Law

 

All questions concerning the construction, interpretation and validity of the Bonus Plan shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the State of Delaware will control the interpretation and construction of this Bonus Plan, even if under such jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply.

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