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Exhibit
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SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 9, 2006, among: (1) W LAB ACQUISITION CORP., a
Delaware corporation (hereinafter, together with its successors in title and assigns, called the
“Borrower”); (2) NEXTERA ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter, together
with its successors in title and assigns, called the “Parent Company” and, together with
the Borrower, called, collectively, the “Principal Companies” and, singly, a “Principal
Company”); (3) the Subsidiaries of the Parent Company and of the Borrower from time to time
party hereto (all of the Subsidiaries of the Parent Company or of the Borrower from time to time
party hereto or bound hereby being hereinafter, together with their successors in title and
assigns, called, collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) (the Parent Company, the
Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party to and otherwise bound by
this Agreement being hereinafter called, collectively, the “Grantors”, and, singly, a
“Grantor”); and (4) NEWSTAR FINANCIAL, INC., as administrative agent and collateral agent
for the benefit of Secured Parties (hereinafter, together with its successors as administrative
agent for the benefit of Secured Parties called “Administrative Agent`”).

RECITALS:

     A. The Parent Company, the Borrower, the several Lenders from time to time party
thereto, and NewStar Financial, Inc., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, are party to the
Credit Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2006, providing for the making Credit Extensions to the
Borrower, all as contemplated and provided thereby.

     B. Each Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time party hereto is a direct or indirect Subsidiary
of the Parent Company or of the Borrower.

     C. The Parent Company, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors have guaranteed all of the
Obligations of each of the other Loan Parties under the Loan Documents pursuant to the Guaranty
Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Guaranty Agreement”), entered into by the Parent Company, the Borrower,
Subsidiary Guarantors and NewStar Financial, Inc., as the administrative agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties.

     D. It is a condition precedent to the initial Credit Extension made under the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents that each of the Parent Company, the Borrower and the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement.

     E. Each Grantor will obtain substantial direct or indirect financial and other benefits from
Credit Extensions made or to be made to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and, accordingly, each Grantor desires to enter into this Agreement in order to satisfy
the condition precedent described in preceding Recital D and in order to induce Secured
Parties to make Credit Extensions to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the substantial direct or indirect
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hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby, jointly and severally, makes the following
representations and warranties to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties
and hereby, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of Secured Parties as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     The following terms have the meanings herein specified unless the context otherwise requires.
Such definitions shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Except as otherwise defined herein, terms used herein and defined in or by reference in the Credit
Agreement shall be used herein as so defined therein.

     “Additional Grantors” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.5 hereof.

     “Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning specified in the Preamble
hereto.

     “Agreement” shall mean this Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified,
extended, renewed, replaced, restated or supplemented from time to time.

     “Borrower” shall have the meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.

     “Cash Collateral Account” shall mean any noninterest-bearing cash collateral account
under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.

     “Chattel
Paper” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC.

     “Commercial Tort Claims” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC.

     “Contract
Rights” shall mean all of the rights of any Grantor (including, without
limitation, all rights to payment) under any Contract.

     “Contracts”
shall mean all contracts or agreements to which any Grantor is a party (including,
without limitation, (a) each partnership, joint venture or limited liability company agreement to
which such Grantor is a party, (b) each lease, license or sublicense, evidence of Indebtedness,
mortgage, indenture, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract, commitment or obligation
to which such Grantor is a party, and (c) any Specified Swap Agreement to which such Grantor is a
party, but excluding any contract, license or lease if and to the extent that the terms thereof
prohibit the assignment of, or the granting of a security interest in, such contract, license or
lease (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding the foregoing, all rights to payment of
money due or to become due pursuant to, and all rights to the Proceeds from the sale of, any such
excluded contract, license or lease shall be and at all times remain subject to the security
interests created by this Agreement).

     “Copyrights” shall mean any United States copyrights or copyrightable works (whether or not
registered, statutory or common law) to which any Grantor now or from time to time

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hereafter has
title, including all reissues, renewals or extensions thereof, as well as any
registrations of any copyrights in the United States Copyright Office or applications for
United States copyright registrations now or from time to time hereafter made with the United
States Copyright Office by any Grantor, and all rights provided by international treaties or
conventions with respect to any of the foregoing.

     “Credit
Agreement” shall mean the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2006, among
the Parent Company, the Borrower, the several Persons from time to time party thereto as Lenders
thereunder, and the Administrative Agent, providing for the making of Credit Extensions to the
Borrower, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

     “Documents” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC.

     “Equipment” shall mean any “equipment”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now or
from time to time hereafter owned by any Grantor and, in any event, shall include, but shall not be
limited to, all machinery, equipment, furnishings and movable trade or other fixtures now or from
time to time hereafter owned by any Grantor, and any and all additions, substitutions and
replacements of any of the foregoing, wheresoever located, together with all accessions,
attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto.

     “General
Intangibles” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC, and shall in any
event include, in relation to any Grantor, all of such Grantor’s claims, rights, powers,
privileges, authority, options, security interests, Liens and remedies under any partnership
agreement or limited liability company agreement to which such Grantor is a party or with respect
to any partnership or limited liability company of which such Grantor is a partner or a member.

     “Goods” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC.

     “Grantor” and “Grantors” shall have the meaning specified in the
Preamble hereto.

     “Guaranty Agreement” shall have the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.

     “Imprints” shall mean the imprints, series, colophons and brands owned by or licensed
to any Grantor.

     “Intellectual Property” shall mean United States, international or foreign (a)
Patents, divisions, continuations, continuations in part, (b) Marks, (c) Copyrights, (d)
confidential and proprietary information, including, without limitation, all trade secrets,
technology, ideas, know-how, formulae and customer and supplier lists, (e) computer software
(including source codes, object codes, data and related documentation), (f) Works, (g) Imprints,
and (h) all Trade Secret Rights and other proprietary rights.

     “Indemnitee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.1 hereof.

     “Instrument” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC.

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     “Inventory” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC, and shall in any event include any
merchandise, inventory or goods now or from time to time hereafter owned by any Grantor,
and all accessions, additions, substitutions and replacements thereof, wheresoever located,
together with all goods, supplies, incidentals, packaging materials, labels, materials and any
other items used or usable in manufacturing, processing, packaging or shipping the same, in all
stages of production, from raw materials through work-in-process to finished goods, and all
products and proceeds of whatsoever sort and wheresoever located, and any portion thereof which may
be returned, rejected, reclaimed or repossessed by the Administrative Agent from such Grantor’s
customers, and shall specifically include all “inventory”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now
or from time to time hereafter owned by such Grantor.

     “Investment Property” shall have the meaning given such term in Section
9-102(a)(49) of the UCC.

     “Letter-of-Credit Rights” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC.

     “Marks” shall mean any trademarks and service marks now held or hereafter acquired by
any Grantor which are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any other
similar office or agency of the United States or any state thereof or any political subdivision
thereof and any application for such trademarks and service marks, as well as any unregistered
marks used by any Grantor in the United States and trade dress, including logos, proprietary icons,
designs, trade names, trade styles, company names, corporate names, business names, URLs,
fictitious business names and other business or source identifiers in connection with which any of
such registered or unregistered marks are used in the United States, and including all common law
rights therein, and registrations and applications for registration therefor, all rights provided
by international treaties or conventions with respect to the foregoing, and all reissuances,
extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing, and all goodwill associated therewith.

     “Parent Company” shall have the meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.

     “Patent” shall mean any United States patent to which any Grantor now or from time to
time hereafter has title, including any divisions, continuations, reissues, reexaminations,
extensions or renewals thereof, all inventions or improvements thereto, any application for a
United States patent now or hereafter made by any Grantor, and any rights provided by international
treaty or convention with respect to any of the foregoing.

     “Principal Companies” and “Principal Company” shall have the meaning set forth
in the Preamble hereto.

     “Proceeds” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC or under other relevant law,
and, in any event, shall include, but not be limited to: (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance,
indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to the Administrative Agent or to any Grantor from time to
time with respect to any of the Security Agreement Collateral; (b) any and all payments (in any
form whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Grantor from time to time in connection with any
requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Security
Agreement Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or by any Person

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acting under color of any
Governmental Authority); and (c) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under
or in connection with any of the Security Agreement Collateral.

     “Receivables” shall mean any “account”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now or
from time to time hereafter owned by any Grantor, and, in any event, shall include, but shall not
be limited to, all of such Grantor’s rights to payment for goods sold or leased or services
performed by such Grantor, whether now in existence or arising from time to time hereafter,
including, without limitation, rights evidenced by an account, note, contract, security agreement,
chattel paper or other evidence of Indebtedness or security, together with: (a) all security
pledged, assigned, hypothecated or granted to or held by such Grantor to secure the foregoing; (b)
all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to any goods, the sale of which gave rise
thereto; (c) all guarantees, endorsements and indemnifications on, or of, any of the foregoing; (d)
all powers of attorney for the execution of any evidence of Indebtedness or security or other
writing in connection therewith; (e) all books, records, ledger cards, and invoices relating
thereto; (f) all evidences of the filing of financing statements and other statements and the
registration of other Instruments in connection therewith and amendments thereto, notices to other
creditors or secured parties, and certificates from filing or other registration officers; (g) all
credit information, reports and memoranda relating thereto; and (h) all other writings related in
any way to the foregoing.

     “Securities Accounts” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC.

     “Securities Intermediary” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC.

     “Security Agreement Collateral” shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.1(a) hereof.

     “Subsidiary Guarantors” shall have the meaning specified in the Preamble
hereto.

     “Supporting Obligations” shall have the meaning specified in the UCC.

     “Termination Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.10(a)
hereof.

     “Trade Secret Rights” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1 hereof.

     “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York
from time to time; provided that, if perfection or priority of any security interest in any
item or portion of Security Agreement Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions
hereof relating to such perfection or priority and purposes of definitions relating to such
provisions.

     “URLs” shall mean, in relation to any Grantor, all internet domain names that are used
primarily in connection with the business of such Grantor and that are owned or otherwise used by
such Grantor.

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     “Works” shall mean all of the works and other related products published under the
Contracts or otherwise, including original and revised editions, and any and all existing works and
works in progress, and regardless of whether such works are stored or published in print,
electronic (including online) software or other media.

ARTICLE II

SECURITY INTERESTS

     2.1. Grant of Security Interests.

          (a) As security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due of all of the
Obligations, each Grantor does hereby pledge, collaterally assign and transfer unto the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of each of the Secured Parties, and does hereby grant to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of each of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest
in and Lien upon, all of the right, title and interest of such Grantor in, to and under all
personal and fixture Property of every kind and nature, whether tangible or intangible, including,
without limitation, all of the right, title and interest of such Grantor in, to and under each of
the following, whether now existing or from time to time hereafter created, arising or acquired:
(i) each and every Receivable; (ii) all Contracts, together with all Contract Rights arising
thereunder; (iii) all Inventory; (iv) all Equipment; (v) all Marks, Patents and Copyrights, and all
other Intellectual Property; (vi) all computer programs and computer software of every description
and all intellectual property rights therein, and all other proprietary information, including, but
not limited to, Trade Secret Rights; (vii) all other Goods, General Intangibles, Chattel Paper,
Documents and Instruments; (viii) all Deposit Accounts; (ix) all Letter-of-Credit Rights; (x) all
Commercial Tort Claims; (xi) all Investment Property; (xii) all Supporting Obligations; (xiii) to
the extent not already included above, all claims, demands, judgements, rights, choses in action,
equities, credits, bank accounts, investment and Securities Accounts, cash on hand and in banks or
with other financial institutions, lock boxes and other post office boxes, bonds and all other
securities of every description, investments, insurance policies, including the cash surrender
value thereof and all proceeds thereof, and all federal, state and local tax refunds and/or
abatements to which such Grantor is or may from time to time become entitled, no matter how or when
arising, including, but not limited to, any loss carryback tax refunds; (xiv) each Cash Collateral
Account established for such Grantor and all monies, securities and Instruments deposited or
required to be deposited in any such Cash Collateral Account; and (xv) all Proceeds and products of
any and all of the foregoing (all of the Property identified or described in foregoing clauses
(i) through (xv), inclusive, being herein called, collectively, the “Security
Agreement Collateral”).

          (b) The security interests and Liens granted to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement
extend (i) to all Property of the kind which is the subject of this Agreement which any Grantor may
own or otherwise acquire at any time or from time to time during the continuation of this
Agreement, and (ii) to any and all Proceeds or products thereof.

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing the Security Agreement Collateral shall not include (i) any
Property in which a Grantor is not permitted, by Applicable Law or by the terms of any Instrument
to which such Grantor is a party or by which such Grantor or any of its

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Property is bound, to grant
a security interest or Lien and (ii) Investment Property held by the Parent Company in any of the
Excluded Subsidiaries; provided, however, that all Proceeds of any and all Property
and Investment Property described in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (c) shall
in any event constitute Security Agreement Collateral in which the Administrative Agent shall have
a security interest and Lien.

     2.2. Security for Obligations; Supplement to Credit Agreement; etc.

          (a) This Agreement (and the Security Agreement Collateral) secures the prompt payment in full
and performance when due of all and each of the Obligations of each of the Loan Parties (including
the Borrower), including all Obligations of each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

          (b) This Agreement, the security interests and Liens created hereby, and the covenants and
other agreements contained herein, are in addition and supplemental to the provisions of the Credit
Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, and the rights, powers and remedies
given to the Secured Parties hereby are cumulative and are in addition to all of the rights, powers
and remedies created by or existing under the Credit Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement and the
Pledge Agreement.

     2.3. Loan Parties Remain Liable. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding:

          (a) each of the Loan Parties shall remain liable under all agreements and Instruments included
in the Security Agreement Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its duties
and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed;

          (b) except as otherwise provided herein, the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any
rights hereunder shall not release any Loan Party from any of its duties or obligations under any
agreements or Instruments included in the Security Agreement Collateral; and

          (c) except as otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not
have any obligation or liability under any agreements or Instruments included in the Security
Agreement Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent be obligated
to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Loan Party thereunder or to take any action to
collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.

     2.4. Power of Attorney. Each Grantor hereby constitutes and appoints the
Administrative Agent its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, irrevocably, with full power during the
continuation of any Event of Default (in the name of such Grantor or otherwise), to act, require,
demand, receive, compound and give acquittance for any and all monies and claims for monies due or
to become due to such Grantor under or arising out of all or any part of the Security Agreement
Collateral, to endorse any checks or other instruments or orders in connection therewith and to
file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which the Administrative Agent may
reasonably deem to be necessary or advisable in the premises, which appointment as attorney is
coupled with an interest.

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     2.5. Protection of Collateral. The Administrative Agent may from time to time, at its
option, perform any act which any Grantor shall have agreed hereunder or under any other Loan
Document to perform and which such Grantor shall fail to perform within a reasonable period of time
after being requested in writing to so perform (it being understood that no such request need be
given during the continuance of any Event of Default), and the Administrative Agent may from time
to time take any other action which the Administrative Agent reasonably deems
necessary for the maintenance, preservation or protection of any of the Security Agreement
Collateral or of the security interests therein. The Administrative Agent will exercise reasonable
care in the custody and preservation of the Security Agreement Collateral in its possession.

     2.6. Administrative Agent Has No Duty. The powers conferred on the Administrative
Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Security Agreement Collateral and shall
not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except as provided in Section
2.5, the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder and other duties imposed by
the UCC upon Secured Parties (unless otherwise modified hereby), the Administrative Agent shall
have no duty as to any Security Agreement Collateral or responsibility for taking any necessary
steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Security
Agreement Collateral.

     2.7. Waiver of Suretyship Defenses; etc.

          (a) Each Grantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably waives, to the extent
permitted under Applicable Law, all suretyship and other similar defenses to the payment and
performance by such Grantor of any of its Obligations to the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement.

          (b) This Agreement shall be effective as to, and shall be enforceable by the Administrative
Agent against, each Grantor from and after the execution and delivery by such Grantor of a
counterpart of this Agreement. The agreements and Obligations of each Grantor under this Agreement
are separate and independent from, and in addition to, the agreements and Obligations under this
Agreement, the other Collateral Documents and the Guaranty Agreement of each of the other Grantors
and shall be enforceable by the Administrative Agent against each Grantor notwithstanding: (i) the
failure of any of the other Grantors to execute and deliver a counterpart of this Agreement, any of
the other Collateral Documents or the Guaranty Agreement; (ii) the invalidity, unenforceability or
inadmissibility in evidence of this Agreement, any of the other Collateral Documents or the
Guaranty Agreement against any one or more of the other Grantors; (iii) the release by the
Administrative Agent of all or any of the other Grantors from all or any part of their Obligations
to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any of the other Collateral Documents or the
Guaranty Agreement, or the release by the Administrative Agent of all or any part of the Collateral
granted by all or any of the other Grantors to the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan
Documents; or (iv) any waiver, termination or cancellation by the Administrative Agent of, or any
consent by the Administrative Agent to any departure from, any of the agreements or Obligations of
any of the other Grantors under this Agreement, any of the other Collateral Documents or the
Guaranty Agreement on any occasion or occasions, or any failure by the Administrative Agent to
enforce any of the agreements or Obligations of any of the other Grantors under this Agreement, any
of the other Collateral Documents or the Guaranty Agreement on any occasion or occasions.

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ARTICLE III

GENERAL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

     Each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants, which representations, warranties and
covenants shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as follows:

     3.1. Necessary Filings. Upon the making of all filings, including all financing
statements, registrations and recordings necessary or appropriate to create, preserve, protect and
perfect the security interests and Liens granted by each Grantor to the Administrative Agent hereby
in respect of the Security Agreement Collateral, the security interests granted to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement in and to the Security Agreement Collateral will
constitute perfected security interests therein superior and prior to the rights of all other
Persons therein, subject to no other Liens (other than Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement) and
are entitled to all of the rights, priorities and benefits afforded by the Uniform Commercial Code
or other relevant law as enacted in any relevant jurisdiction to perfected security interests, in
each case, to the extent that the Security Agreement Collateral consists of the type of Property in
which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted in any relevant jurisdiction or in the United States Copyright Office.

     3.2. No Liens. The Grantors are, and as to the Security Agreement Collateral acquired
by them from time to time after the date hereof, such Grantors will own or hold all Security
Agreement Collateral, free from any Lien of any Person (other than Liens permitted by the Credit
Agreement), and each Grantor shall defend the Security Agreement Collateral against all claims and
demands of all Persons at any time claiming the same or any interest (other than Liens permitted by
the Credit Agreement) therein adverse to the Administrative Agent.

     3.3. Other Financing Statements. So long as any of the Commitments remain in effect
or any Loans remain outstanding or any of the Obligations remain unpaid, such Grantor will not file
or authorize to be filed in any public office any financing statement (or other similar statement
or instrument of registration under the laws of any jurisdiction) relating to the Security
Agreement Collateral, except (i) financing statements filed or to be filed in respect of
and covering the security interests granted hereby by such Grantor or in respect of Liens permitted
by the Credit Agreement, or (ii) financing statements filed or authorized to be filed with the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

     3.4. Legal Status. The exact legal name, type of organization, jurisdiction of
organization and organizational identification number, if any, of each Grantor is specified on
Schedule A hereto. Each Grantor agrees that it will not, without providing at least thirty
(30) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its name or organizational
identification number, its type of organization, its jurisdiction of organization or its legal
structure. If any Grantor does not have an organizational identification number and later obtains
one, such Grantor will forthwith notify the Administrative Agent of such organizational
identification number. With respect to any proposed change described in this Section 3.4,
each Grantor shall, prior to effecting such change, take all action, satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, to maintain the security interests of the Administrative Agent in the
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be granted hereby at all times fully perfected and in full force and effect
and to provide to the Administrative Agent evidence that all such actions (including the payment of
all filing fees and taxes, if any, payable in connection with such filings) have been taken.
Promptly after the occurrence of any change with respect to any Grantor described in this
Section 3.4, such Grantor
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a supplement to Schedule A hereto so as to
cause Schedule A hereto to be complete and accurate.

     3.5. Recourse. This Agreement is made with full recourse to each Grantor and pursuant
to and upon all of the warranties, representations, covenants and agreements on the part of such
Grantor contained herein, in the other Loan Documents and otherwise in writing in connection
herewith or therewith.

ARTICLE IV

SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING

RECEIVABLES; CONTRACT RIGHTS; INSTRUMENTS

     4.1. Maintenance of Records. Each Grantor will keep and maintain, at its own cost and
expense, materially accurate records of its Receivables and Contracts, including, but not limited
to, the originals of all documentation (including each Contract) with respect thereto, records of
all payments received, all credits granted thereon, all merchandise returned and all other dealings
therewith, and each such Grantor will make the same available on such Grantor’s premises to the
Administrative Agent for inspection, at such Grantor’s own cost and expense, at any and all
reasonable times upon prior notice to an authorized officer of such Grantor; provided,
however, if no Event of Default is then continuing, the Administrative Agent shall give
such Grantor prior written notice of any such inspection; provided, further, that, so long as no
Event of Default is then continuing, such Grantor shall not be responsible for the costs and
expenses of more than one such visit and inspection by the Administrative Agent per year as set
forth in Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement. Upon the reasonable request of the Administrative
Agent during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Grantor shall, at its own cost and
expense, deliver all tangible evidence of its Receivables and Contract Rights (including, without
limitation, all documents evidencing the Receivables and all Contracts) and such books and records
to the Administrative Agent or to its representatives (copies of which evidence and books and
records may be retained by such Grantor). During the continuance of any Event of Default, if the
Administrative Agent so directs, such Grantor shall legend, in form and manner reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such tangible evidence of the Receivables and the
Contracts, as well as books, records and documents of such Grantor evidencing or pertaining to such
Receivables and Contracts, with an appropriate reference to the fact that such Receivables and
Contracts have been assigned to the Administrative Agent and that the Administrative Agent has
security interests therein.

     4.2. Direction to Account Debtors; Contracting Parties; etc. If the Administrative
Agent so directs any Grantor during the continuance of any Event of Default, such Grantor agrees
(a) if such Grantor has been required to cash collateralize any of its Obligations pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to create any other account
thereunder, to cause all payments on account of the Receivables and Contracts to be made directly
to such account, (b) that the Administrative Agent may, at its option, directly

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notify the obligors
with respect to any Receivables and/or under any Contracts to make payments with respect thereto as
provided in the preceding clause (a), and (c) that the Administrative Agent may enforce
collection of any such Receivables and Contracts and may adjust, settle or compromise the amount of
payment thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as such
Grantor. Without notice to or assent by any Grantor, the Administrative Agent may apply any
or all amounts then in, or thereafter deposited in, such account which application shall be
effected in the manner provided in Section 8.4 of this Agreement. The reasonable costs and
expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred or sustained in connection with collection, whether
incurred or sustained by any Grantor or the Administrative Agent, shall be borne by such Grantor.

     4.3. Modification of Terms; etc. No Grantor shall rescind or cancel any indebtedness
evidenced by any material Receivable or under any material Contract, or modify in any material
respect any term relating to such indebtedness or make any material adjustment with respect
thereto, or extend or renew the same, or compromise or settle any material dispute, claim, suit or
legal proceeding relating thereto, or sell any material Receivable or material Contract, or
interest therein, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, except (a)
as permitted by Section 4.4 hereof, or (b) in the ordinary course of business so long as
(i) no Event of Default is then continuing and (ii) the Administrative Agent has not given notice
that this exception is no longer applicable. Each Grantor will duly fulfill all material
obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in connection with the material Receivables and
material Contracts, except to the extent such Contract is being contested in good faith, by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and will do nothing to impair in any material respect
the rights of the Administrative Agent in the Receivables or Contracts.

     4.4. Collection. Each Grantor shall endeavor, in accordance with reasonable business
practices, to cause to be collected from the account debtor named in each of its Receivables or
obligor under any Contract, as and when due, any and all amounts owing under or on account of such
Receivable or Contract, and apply forthwith, upon receipt thereof, all such amounts as are so
collected to the outstanding balance of such Receivable or under such Contract, except
that, unless any Event of Default is continuing, such Grantor may allow in the ordinary course of
its business as adjustments to amounts owing under its Receivables and Contracts (a) an extension
or renewal of the time or times of payment, or settlement for less than the total unpaid balance,
which such Grantor finds appropriate in accordance with its reasonable business judgment, and (b) a
refund or credit due as a result of returned or damaged merchandise or improperly performed
services or for other reasons which such Grantor finds appropriate in accordance with its
reasonable business judgment. The reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees) incurred or sustained in connection with collection, whether incurred or sustained
by such Grantor or the Administrative Agent, shall be borne by such Grantor.

     4.5. Instruments. If any Grantor owns or acquires any Instruments constituting
Security Agreement Collateral, such Grantor will, upon request by the Administrative Agent from
time to time, promptly deliver such Instruments to the Administrative Agent appropriately endorsed
to the order of the Administrative Agent as further security hereunder.

     4.6. Further Actions. Each Grantor will, at its own expense, make, execute, endorse,
acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent from time to time such vouchers,
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endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, reports and other assurances or instruments and
take such further steps relating to its Receivables, Contracts, Instruments and other Property or
rights covered by the security interests hereby granted, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
require from time to time to give effect to the purposes of this Agreement.

ARTICLE V

SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING MARKS

     5.1. Additional Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor represents and warrants
that it owns or possesses the right to use all material Marks that are reasonably necessary for the
operation of its business. To the knowledge of each Grantor no material third-party claim that any
aspect of such Grantor’s present or contemplated business operations infringes or will infringe any
material Mark or material trade name except for such infringements that could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent
an absolute power of attorney to sign during the continuance of any Event of Default any document
which may be required by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order to effect an
absolute assignment of all right, title and interest in each Mark and associated goodwill and
record the same.

     5.2. Licenses and Assignments. Except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents, each Grantor hereby agrees not to divest itself of any material
rights under any material Marks other than in the ordinary course of business without (in each
case) the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent.

     5.3. Infringements. Each Grantor agrees, promptly upon obtaining knowledge thereof,
to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the name and address of, and to furnish such
pertinent information that may be available with respect to, any Person who such Grantor believes
to be infringing or diluting or otherwise violating in any material respect any of such Grantor’s
material rights in and to any material Mark, or with respect to any Person claiming that such
Grantor’s use of any material Mark violates in any material respect any property right of that
Person, in each case where such infringement, dilution or violation could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Grantor further agrees, if consistent with good business
practice, diligently to prosecute any Person infringing any Mark, where such infringement could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, in a manner in accordance with its
reasonable business practices.

     5.4. Preservation of Marks. Each Grantor agrees to use its material Marks in
interstate commerce during the time in which this Agreement is in effect, sufficiently to preserve
such Marks (and any registrations thereof) as trademarks or service marks registered under the laws
of the United States; provided, however, that no Grantor shall be obligated to
preserve any Mark in the event such Grantor determines, in its reasonable business judgment, that
the preservation of such Mark is no longer necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business.

     5.5. Maintenance of Registration. Each Grantor shall, at its own expense, diligently
process all documents required by the Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051 et seq., to maintain
its material trademark registrations, including, but not limited to, affidavits of use and

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applications for renewals of registration in the United States Patent and Trademark Office for all
of its registered material Marks pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §§ 1058(a), 1059 and 1065, and shall pay all
required fees in connection therewith, and shall not abandon any such filing of affidavit of use or
any such application of renewal prior to the exhaustion of all judicial remedies without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that no Grantor
shall be
obligated to maintain any Mark in the event that such Grantor determines, in its reasonable
business judgment, that the maintenance of such Mark is no longer necessary or desirable in the
conduct of its business.

     5.6. Future Registered Marks. If any Mark registration issues at any time hereafter
to any Grantor as a result of any application now or hereafter pending before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, such Grantor shall, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative
Agent from time to time, deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent a copy of such certificate
and a grant of security in such Mark to the Administrative Agent, confirming the grant thereof
hereunder, the form of such confirmatory grant of security to be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

     5.7. Remedies. If any Event of Default shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent
may, by written notice to any Grantor, take any or all of the following actions, all to the extent
necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to realize on the Security Agreement Collateral: (a)
declare the entire right, title and interest of such Grantor in and to each of such Grantor’s Marks
and the goodwill of the business associated therewith, together with all trademark rights and
rights of protection to the same, vested in the Administrative Agent, in which event such rights,
title and interest shall immediately vest in the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement; (b) take and use or sell the Marks and the goodwill of
such Grantor’s business symbolized by the Marks and the right to carry on the business and use the
assets of such Grantor in connection with which the Marks have been used; and (c) direct such
Grantor to use commercially reasonable efforts to refrain, in which event such Grantor shall
refrain, from using the Marks in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, and, if reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent, change such Grantor’s name to eliminate therefrom any use of
any Mark and execute such other and further documents that the Administrative Agent may from time
to time reasonably request to further confirm this and to transfer ownership of the Marks and
registrations and any pending trademark application in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or any equivalent government agency or office in any foreign jurisdiction to the
Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE VI

SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING

PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS

     6.1. Additional Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor represents and warrants
that it is the true and lawful owner of or possesses the right to use, all material rights in (a)
all material trade secrets and proprietary information necessary to operate the business of each
Grantor (the “Trade Secret Rights”). Each Grantor represents and warrants that it does not
own, on or as of the date hereof, any registered Copyrights.

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     6.2. Licenses and Assignments. Except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents, each Grantor hereby agrees not to divest itself of any material
rights under any material Patents or Copyrights without (in each case) the prior written approval
of the Administrative Agent, other than in the ordinary course of business or in
the event that the Grantor determines, in its reasonable business judgment, that such Patents
or Copyrights are no longer necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business.

     6.3. Infringements. Each Grantor agrees, promptly upon learning thereof, to furnish
the Administrative Agent in writing with all pertinent material information available to such
Grantor with respect to any infringement of such Grantor’s material rights in any material Patent
or Copyright, or with respect to any material claim that practice of any material Patent or
Copyright violates in any material respect any Property right of a third party or with respect to
any misappropriation of any material Trade Secret Rights or any material claim that the practice of
a material Trade Secret Right violates in any material respect any Property right of a third party,
in each case where such infringement, claim or violation could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each Grantor further agrees diligently to prosecute, in accordance with
commercially reasonable business practices, any Person infringing any material Patent or Copyright
or misappropriating any material Trade Secret Right where such infringement or misappropriation
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     6.4. Maintenance of Patents. At its own expense, each Grantor shall make timely
payment of all post-issuance fees required pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 41 to maintain in force rights
under each of its material Patents; provided, however, that no Grantor shall be
obligated to maintain any Patent in the event that such Grantor determines in its reasonable
business judgment that the maintenance of such Patents is no longer necessary or desirable in the
conduct of its business.

     6.5. Prosecution of Patent Application. At its own expense, each Grantor shall
diligently prosecute all applications for United States Patents necessary to operate the business
of each Grantor and shall not abandon any such application prior to exhaustion of all reasonable
administrative and judicial remedies, without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent; provided, however, that no Grantor shall be obligated to prosecute any such
application in the event such Grantor determines, in its reasonable business judgment, that the
prosecution of such application is no longer necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business.

     6.6. Other Patents and Copyrights. Each Grantor shall provide to the Administrative
Agent, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent from time to time, a report setting
forth all acquisitions or issuances of United States Patents, registrations of Copyrights,
acquisitions of registered Copyrights, or filings of applications for United States Patents or
Copyrights, which occurred since the later of the Closing Date or the date of the report most
recently delivered pursuant to this Section 6.6, together with copies of certificates of
registration of, or applications for, said Patents and Copyrights. Each Grantor shall, at its own
expense, upon request of the Administrative Agent from time to time, also deliver to the
Administrative Agent all such other agreements and Instruments relating to the Liens and security
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reasonably
require, each of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.

     6.7. Remedies. If any Event of Default shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent
may, by written notice to any Grantor, take any or all of the following actions to the extent
necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to realize on the Security Agreement Collateral:
(a) declare the entire right, title and interest of such Grantor in each of the Patents and
Copyrights vested in the Administrative Agent, in which event such right, title and interest shall
immediately vest in the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to
this Agreement and the other applicable agreements pursuant to which all of such Grantor’s right,
title and interest to such Patents and Copyrights are or will be assigned to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties; (b) take and practice or sell the Patents and
Copyrights; and (c) direct such Grantor to refrain, in which event such Grantor shall refrain, from
practicing the Patents and Copyrights, directly or indirectly, and such Grantor shall execute such
other and applicable documents as the Administrative Agent may request from time to time further to
confirm this and to transfer ownership of the Patents and Copyrights to the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

ARTICLE VII

PROVISIONS CONCERNING

SECURITY AGREEMENT COLLATERAL

     7.1. Protection of Administrative Agent’s Security. No Grantor will do anything to
impair in any material respect the material rights of the Administrative Agent in the Security
Agreement Collateral. Each Grantor will at all times keep its Inventory and Equipment insured in
favor of the Administrative Agent, at such Grantor’s own expense, to the extent commercially
reasonable in the manner provided in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; all
policies or certificates with respect to such insurance shall be endorsed to the Administrative
Agent’s satisfaction for the benefit of the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, by
naming the Administrative Agent as loss payee and additional insured). If any Grantor shall fail
to insure its Inventory to the extent required by the Credit Agreement, or if any Grantor shall
fail to so endorse all policies or certificates with respect thereto, the Administrative Agent
shall have the right (but shall be under no obligation) to procure such insurance, and such Grantor
agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses of procuring
such insurance. The Administrative Agent shall apply any proceeds in accordance with Section
8.3 of the Credit Agreement. Each Grantor assumes all liability and responsibility in
connection with the Security Agreement Collateral acquired by it and the liability of such Grantor
to pay its Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished by reason of the fact that such
Security Agreement Collateral may be lost, destroyed, stolen, damaged or for any reason whatsoever
unavailable to such Grantor.

     7.2. Warehouse Receipts Non-Negotiable. Each Grantor agrees that if any warehouse
receipt or receipt in the nature of a warehouse receipt is issued with respect to any substantial
portion of its Inventory, such warehouse receipt or receipt in the nature thereof shall not be
“negotiable” (as such term is used in Section 7-104 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in any relevant jurisdiction or under other relevant law).

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     7.3. Promissory Notes and Tangible Chattel Paper. If any Grantor shall, now or at any
time hereafter, hold or acquire, otherwise than in the ordinary course of its business, any
promissory notes or tangible Chattel Paper, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and
deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or
assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify.

     7.4. Deposit Accounts.

          (a) The following provisions of this paragraph (a) shall be applicable to the
concentration accounts and the disbursement accounts from time to time established by the Parent
Company, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors as part of the cash management systems of the
Parent Company and its Subsidiaries (such concentration accounts and disbursement accounts being in
this paragraph (a) called, collectively, the “Cash Management Accounts”). Each
Grantor shall, not later than the Closing Date and except as otherwise permitted by the Credit
Agreement as agreed by the Administrative Agent, cause each depositary bank of the Deposit Accounts
listed on Schedule 4.1(a)(ii) to the Credit Agreement to enter into a control agreement, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which such
depositary bank (or, in the case of any Cash Management Account subject to the Applicable Laws of
jurisdictions outside of the United States, such other instruments in lieu thereof as may be
reasonably required by the Administrative Agent), shall agree to comply, without further consent of
such Grantor, with instructions from the Administrative Agent directing the disposition of funds
from time to time credited to such Cash Management Accounts. The Administrative Agent agrees with
each Grantor that the Administrative Agent shall not give any such instructions or withhold any
withdrawal rights from such Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
The obligations of the Grantors under this paragraph (a) shall not otherwise limit the
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent under paragraph (b) of this Section
7.4 or under Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 hereof during the continuation of
Events of Default. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any Deposit Accounts
specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit
payments to or for the benefit of any Grantor’s salaried employees.

          (b) With respect to each Deposit Account that any Grantor, now or at any time hereafter, opens
or maintains with any depositary institution, such Grantor shall, at the Administrative Agent’s
request and option from time to time following the occurrence of any Event of Default, immediately
provide to the Administrative Agent a list of account names and numbers, and the name, address and
contact information for each depositary institution, and shall, pursuant to a control agreement in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, cause the depositary bank
to agree to comply, without further consent of such Grantor, at any time with instructions from the
Administrative Agent to such depositary bank directing the disposition of funds from time to time
credited to such Deposit Account. The Administrative Agent agrees with each Grantor that the
Administrative Agent shall not give any such instructions or withhold any withdrawal rights from
such Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or unless a Default would
occur if effect were given to any withdrawal not otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents. The
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any Deposit Accounts specially and exclusively used
for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of
any Grantor’s salaried employees.

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     7.5. Securities Accounts. If any Securities, whether certificated or uncertificated,
or other Investment Property now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are held by such Grantor or
its nominee through a Securities Intermediary or commodity intermediary, such Grantor shall,
at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request and option from time to time following the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, promptly provide to the
Administrative Agent a list of such Securities and other Investment Property and related account
names and numbers, and the name, address and contact information for each Securities Intermediary
or commodity intermediary, and shall either (a) use reasonable efforts to cause such Securities
Intermediary or (as the case may be) commodity intermediary to agree to comply, in each case
without further consent of such Grantor or such nominee, at any time during the continuance of an
Event of Default with Entitlement Orders or other instructions from the Administrative Agent to
such Securities Intermediary as to such securities or other Investment Property, or (as the case
may be) to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by the
Administrative Agent to such commodity intermediary, all pursuant to a control agreement in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or (b) in the case of Financial
Assets or other Investment Property held through a Securities Intermediary, arrange for the
Administrative Agent to become the Entitlement Holder with respect to such Investment Property,
with such Grantor being permitted, only with the consent of the Administrative Agent, to exercise
rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such Investment Property. The Administrative Agent
agrees with each Grantor that the Administrative Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders
or instructions or directions to any such issuer, Securities Intermediary or commodity
intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing
rights by such Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

     7.6. Collateral in the Possession of a Bailee. If any substantial portion of the
Collateral is, now or at any time hereafter, in the possession of a bailee, the relevant Grantor
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the Administrative Agent’s
reasonable request and option following the occurrence of an Event of Default, shall assist the
Administrative Agent to obtain an acknowledgement from the bailee, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that the bailee holds such Collateral for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent and such bailee’s agreement to comply, without further consent of such
Grantor, at any time with instructions of the Administrative Agent as to such Collateral. The
Administrative Agent agrees with each Grantor that the Administrative Agent shall not give any such
instructions unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

     7.7. Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. If any Grantor, now or at any
time hereafter, holds or acquires, otherwise than in the ordinary course of its business, an
interest in any electronic Chattel Paper or any “transferable record”, as that term is defined in
Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in §16 of
the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, such Grantor
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the request and option of the
Administrative Agent following the occurrence of an Event of Default, shall take such action as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request to vest in the Administrative Agent control, under
§9-105 of the UCC, of such electronic chattel paper or control under Section 201 of the federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, §16 of the
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such

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transferable
record. The Administrative Agent agrees with each Grantor that the Administrative Agent will
arrange, pursuant to procedures satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and so long
as such procedures will not result in the Administrative Agent’s loss of control, for such
Grantor to make alterations to the electronic chattel paper or transferable record permitted under
UCC §9-105 or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act or §16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control to
make without loss of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

     7.8. Letter-of-Credit Rights. If any Grantor is, now or at any time hereafter, a
beneficiary under any letter of credit, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent
thereof and, at the request and option of the Administrative Agent from time to time following the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, such Grantor shall, pursuant to an
agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (a)
arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment to
the Administrative Agent of the proceeds of the letter of credit, or (b) arrange for the
Administrative Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit, with the
Administrative Agent agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of the letter of credit are to be
applied as provided in the Credit Agreement.

     7.9. Commercial Tort Claims. If any Grantor shall, now or at any time hereafter, hold
or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in
a writing signed by such Grantor of the particulars thereof and grant to the Administrative Agent
in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this
Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.

     7.10. Further Actions. Each Grantor will, at its own expense, make, execute, endorse,
acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent from time to time upon the reasonable
request of the Administrative Agent all such lists, descriptions and designations of its Security
Agreement Collateral, warehouse receipts, receipts in the nature of warehouse receipts, bills of
lading, documents of title, vouchers, invoices, schedules, confirmatory assignments, conveyances,
financing statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, reports and other
assurances or instruments and take all such further steps relating to the Security Agreement
Collateral and other Property or rights covered by the security interests hereby granted, which the
Administrative Agent shall from time to time reasonably deem appropriate to perfect, preserve or
protect its security interests in the Security Agreement Collateral.

     7.11. Financing Statements. Each Grantor irrevocably authorizes the Administrative
Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any filing office in any Uniform Commercial Code
jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto, in form reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent, as are necessary or desirable in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent to establish and maintain valid, enforceable and perfected security interests
(subject only to Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement) in the Security Agreement Collateral as
provided herein and the other rights and security contemplated hereby, all in accordance with the
Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in any and all relevant jurisdictions or any other relevant law.
Each Grantor will pay any applicable filing fees and related expenses.

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ARTICLE VIII

REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF EVENT OF DEFAULT

     8.1. Remedies; Obtaining the Security Agreement Collateral Upon Default. Each Grantor
agrees that, if any Event of Default shall be continuing, then, and in every such case, the
Administrative Agent, in addition to any other rights now or hereafter existing under Applicable
Law, shall have all rights as a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code in all relevant
jurisdictions and may:

          (a) personally, or by agents or attorneys, immediately take possession of the Security
Agreement Collateral or any part thereof from such Grantor or from any other Person who then has
possession of any part thereof, with or without notice or process of law, and for that purpose may
enter upon such Grantor’s premises where any of the Security Agreement Collateral is located and
remove the same and use, in connection with such removal, any and all services, supplies, aids and
other facilities of such Grantor;

          (b) instruct the obligor or obligors on any agreement, Instrument or other obligation
(including, without limitation, the Receivables) constituting the Security Agreement Collateral to
make any payment required by the terms of such agreement or instrument directly to the
Administrative Agent;

          (c) withdraw all monies, securities and other Instruments held in any account for application
to the Obligations in accordance with Section 8.4;

          (d) sell, assign or otherwise liquidate, or direct such Grantor to sell, assign or otherwise
liquidate, any or all of the Security Agreement Collateral or any part thereof in accordance with
Section 8.2 and take possession of the proceeds of any such sale or liquidation;

          (e) take possession of the Security Agreement Collateral, or any part thereof, by directing
such Grantor in writing to deliver the same to the Administrative Agent at any place or places
designated by the Administrative Agent, in which event such Grantor shall at its own expense:

          (i) forthwith cause the same to be moved to the place or places so designated by the
Administrative Agent and there delivered to the Administrative Agent;

          (ii) store and keep any Security Agreement Collateral so delivered to the
Administrative Agent at such place or places pending further action by the Administrative
Agent as provided in Section 8.2; and

          (iii) while the Security Agreement Collateral shall be so stored and kept, provide such
guards and maintenance services as shall be necessary to protect the same and to preserve
and maintain it in good condition; and

          (f) license or sublicense, whether on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, any Marks, Patents
or Copyrights included in the Security Agreement Collateral for such term and on such conditions
and in such manner as the Administrative Agent shall in its sole judgment

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determine (taking into account such provisions as may be necessary to protect and preserve
such Marks, Patents or Copyrights);

it being understood that such Grantor’s obligations to so deliver the Security Agreement Collateral
are of the essence of this Agreement and that, accordingly, upon application to a court of equity
having jurisdiction, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to a decree requiring specific
performance by such Grantor of said obligations.

     8.2. Remedies; Disposition of the Security Agreement Collateral. During the
continuance of any Event of Default, any Security Agreement Collateral repossessed by the
Administrative Agent under or pursuant to Section 8.1 and any other Security Agreement
Collateral, whether or not so repossessed by the Administrative Agent, may be sold, assigned,
leased or otherwise disposed of under one or more contracts or as an entirety, and without the
necessity of gathering at the place of sale the Property to be sold, and, in general, in such
manner, at such time or times, at such place or places and on such terms as the Administrative
Agent may determine to be commercially reasonable. Any of the Security Agreement Collateral may be
sold, leased or otherwise disposed of in the condition in which the same existed when taken by the
Administrative Agent or after any overhaul or repair (at the expense of each Grantor) which the
Administrative Agent shall determine to be commercially reasonable. Any such disposition which
shall be a private sale or other private proceedings shall be made upon not less than ten (10)
days’ prior written notice to the relevant Grantor specifying the time after which such disposition
is to be made and the intended sale price or other consideration therefor. Any such disposition
which shall be a public sale shall be made upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice
to the relevant Grantor specifying the time and place of such Sale. The Administrative Agent, on
behalf of the Secured Parties, may bid for and become the purchaser of the Security Agreement
Collateral or any item thereof offered for sale in accordance with this Section 8.2 without
accountability to the relevant Grantor. Each Grantor agrees to do or cause to be done all such
other acts and things as may be reasonably necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any
portion of the Security Agreement Collateral valid and binding and in compliance with all
Applicable Laws of any and all courts, arbitrators or other Governmental Authorities having
jurisdiction over any such sale or sales, all at such Grantor’s expense.

     8.3. WAIVER OF CLAIMS. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, EACH GRANTOR
HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY NOTICE OR JUDICIAL HEARING IN
CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TAKING POSSESSION, OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S
DISPOSITION, OF ANY OF THE SECURITY AGREEMENT COLLATERAL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND
ALL PRIOR NOTICE OR HEARING FOR ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY OR REMEDIES AND ANY SUCH RIGHT WHICH SUCH
GRANTOR WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OR ANY STATUTE OF THE UNITED STATES OR OF ANY
STATE, AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY FURTHER WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:

          (a) all damages occasioned by such taking of possession, except any damages which are
the direct result of the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct;

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          (b) all other requirements as to the time, place, manner or terms of sale or other
requirements with respect to the enforcement of the Administrative Agent’s rights hereunder; and

          (c) all rights of redemption, appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or moratorium now or
hereafter in force under any Applicable Law, and all other rights to prevent or delay the
enforcement of this Agreement or the absolute sale of the Security Agreement Collateral or any
portion thereof;

and each Grantor, for itself and all who may claim under it, insofar as it or they now or hereafter
lawfully may, hereby waives the benefit of all of such laws. Any sale of, or the grant of any
options to purchase, or any other realization upon, any Security Agreement Collateral shall operate
to divest all right, title, interest, claim and demand, either at law or in equity, of the relevant
Grantor therein and thereto, and shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against such
Grantor and against any and all Persons claiming or attempting to claim the Security Agreement
Collateral so sold, optioned or realized upon, or any part thereof, from, through and under such
Grantor.

     8.4. Application of Proceeds.

          (a) All monies collected by the Administrative Agent upon any sale or other disposition of all
or any part of the Security Agreement Collateral, together with all other monies from time to time
received by the Administrative Agent hereunder, shall be applied in accordance with Section
8.3 of the Credit Agreement.

          (b) All payments required to be made hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent under
the Credit Agreement for the account of the Secured Parties.

          (c) For purposes of applying payments received in accordance with this Section 8.4,
(i) the Administrative Agent shall determine the outstanding unpaid Obligations owed pursuant to
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (ii) the Administrative Agent may rely on
any Secured Party to determine any other Obligations owed to such Secured Party.

          (d) It is understood and agreed that each Grantor shall remain jointly and severally liable to
the extent of any deficiency remaining after the application of all of the proceeds of the Security
Agreement Collateral hereunder to the unpaid Obligations as provided by Section 8.4(a).

     8.5. Remedies Cumulative. Each and every right, power and remedy hereby specifically
given to the Administrative Agent shall be in addition to every other right, power and remedy
specifically given under this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity, or by statute, and each and every right, power and remedy whether
specifically herein given or otherwise existing may be exercised from time to time or
simultaneously and as often and in such order as may be deemed expedient by the Administrative
Agent. All such rights, powers and remedies shall be cumulative, and the exercise or the beginning
of exercise of one shall not be deemed a waiver of the right to exercise of any other or others.
No delay or omission of the Administrative Agent in the exercise of any

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such right, power or remedy and no renewal or extension of any of the Obligations and no
course of dealing between any Grantor and the Administrative Agent or any holder of any of the
Obligations shall impair any such right, power or remedy or shall be construed to be a waiver of
any Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. In the event that the Administrative
Agent shall bring any suit to enforce any of its rights hereunder and shall be entitled to
judgment, then in such suit the Administrative Agent may recover reasonable expenses actually
incurred or sustained, including attorneys’ fees actually incurred or sustained, and the amounts
thereof shall be included in such judgment.

     8.6. Discontinuance of Proceedings. In case the Administrative Agent shall have
instituted any proceeding to enforce any right, power or remedy under this Agreement by
foreclosure, Asset Sale, entry or otherwise, and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Administrative Agent, then,
and in every such case, the relevant Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the holders of any of
the Obligations shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder with respect to
the Security Agreement Collateral subject to the security interests created under this Agreement,
and all rights, remedies and powers of the Administrative Agent shall continue as if no such
proceeding had been instituted.

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNITY

     9.1. Indemnity.

          (a) Without duplication of the indemnities in any other Loan Documents, each Grantor jointly
and severally agrees to indemnify, reimburse and hold the Administrative Agent, each other Secured
Party and their respective successors, assigns, employees, agents and servants (hereinafter in this
Section 9.1 referred to individually as an “Indemnitee,” and, collectively as
“Indemnitees”) harmless from any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
injuries, penalties, claims, demands, actions, suits, judgments and any and all fees, costs and
expenses incurred or sustained (including the Attorney Costs for the Administrative Agent or any of
the Secured Parties) (for the purposes of this Section 9.1, the foregoing are collectively
called “Expenses”) of whatsoever kind and nature imposed on, asserted against or incurred
or sustained by any of the Indemnitees or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party (other
than another Indemnitee) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, or
otherwise connected with the enforcement of any of the terms of, or the preservation of any rights
hereunder or arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of the manufacture, ownership,
ordering, purchase, delivery, control, acceptance, lease, financing, possession, operation,
condition, sale, return or other Disposition, or use of the Security Agreement Collateral
(including, without limitation, latent or other defects, whether or not discoverable), the
violation of the laws of any Governmental Authority, or any tort (including, without limitation,
claims arising or imposed under the doctrine of strict liability, or for or on account of injury to
or the death of any Person (including any Indemnitee), or Property damage), or contract claim;
provided, however, that no Indemnitee shall be indemnified pursuant to this
paragraph (a) for losses, damages or liabilities to the extent caused by the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Each Grantor agrees that, upon written notice
by any Indemnitee of the

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assertion of such a liability, obligation, loss, damage, injury, penalty, claim, demand,
action, suit or judgment, such Grantor shall assume full responsibility for the defense thereof.
Each Indemnitee agrees to use its best efforts to promptly notify such Grantor of any such
assertion of which such Indemnitee has knowledge.

          (b) Without limiting the application of paragraph (a) of this Section 9.1,
each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to pay, or to reimburse the Administrative Agent for (if
the Administrative Agent shall have incurred fees, costs or expenses because such Grantor shall
have failed to comply with its Obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document), any
and all reasonable fees, costs and expenses of whatsoever kind or nature incurred or sustained in
connection with the creation, preservation or protection of the Administrative Agent’s Liens on,
and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral, including, without limitation, all
fees and taxes in connection with the recording or filing of Instruments and documents in public
offices, payment or discharge of any taxes or Liens upon or in respect of the Security Agreement
Collateral, premiums for insurance with respect to the Security Agreement Collateral and all other
reasonable fees, costs and expenses actually incurred or sustained in connection with protecting,
maintaining or preserving the Security Agreement Collateral and the Administrative Agent’s security
interests therein, whether through judicial proceedings or otherwise, or in defending or
prosecuting any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to the Security Agreement
Collateral.

          (c) If and to the extent that the obligations of any Grantor under this Section 9.1
are unenforceable for any reason, such Grantor hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to
the payment and satisfaction of such obligations which is permissible under Applicable Law.

     9.2. Indemnity Obligations Secured by Security Agreement Collateral; Survival. Any
amounts paid by any Indemnitee, as to which such Indemnitee has the right to reimbursement, shall
constitute Obligations secured by the Security Agreement Collateral. The indemnity obligations of
each Grantor contained in this Article IX shall continue in full force and effect
notwithstanding the full payment of all the Loans and other Credit Extensions made under the Credit
Agreement and the payment of all of the other Obligations and notwithstanding the discharge
thereof.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

     10.1. Notices; etc. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be delivered or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed:

          (a) if to any Grantor or the Administrative Agent, at such Person’s address set forth
underneath its signature below; and

          (b) if to any Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent), at such address as such
Secured Party shall have specified in the Credit Agreement;

or at such other address as shall have been furnished in writing by any Person described above to

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the party required to give notice hereunder.

     10.2. Waiver, Amendment.

          (a) Except as otherwise contemplated by Section 10.5 hereof, none of the terms or
conditions of this Agreement may be changed, waived, modified or varied in any manner whatsoever
unless in writing duly signed by each Grantor directly and adversely affected thereby and by the
Administrative Agent (with the consent of the Required Lenders, or, to the extent required by
Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement, with the consent of each of the Lenders).

          (b) No delay on the part of the Administrative Agent in exercising any of its rights,
remedies, powers and privileges hereunder, and no partial or single exercise thereof, shall
constitute a waiver thereof. No notice to or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle it to
any other or further notice or demand in any similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver
of any of the rights of the Administrative Agent to any other or further action in any
circumstances without notice or demand.

     10.3. Obligations Absolute.

          (a) The Obligations of each Grantor under this Agreement and the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement to which it is a party shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and
shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, suspended,
discharged, terminated or otherwise impaired or affected by, any circumstance or occurrence
whatsoever, including, without limitation, any of the circumstances or occurrences described or
referred to in paragraph (a) of Section 6 of the Guaranty Agreement or in
clauses (i) through (x) of Section 17(a) of the Pledge Agreement, except as
released pursuant to the terms of any of the Loan Documents.

          (b) Each of the Grantors hereby irrevocably agrees to be bound by the terms of each of
paragraph (b), paragraph (c) and paragraph (d) of Section 17 of the
Pledge Agreement and paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of Section 6 of
the Guaranty Agreement with the same full force and effect as if each of such paragraphs of
the Pledge Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement were set forth in full in this Agreement and the
Intellectual Property Security Agreement to which each such Grantor is a party and made applicable
to each of the Grantors as well as to the Pledgors and the Guarantors.

     10.4. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon each Grantor and
its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and its
successors and assigns; provided, however, that no Grantor may transfer or assign
any or all of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent. All agreements, statements, representations and warranties made by each
Grantor herein or in any certificate or other instrument delivered by each Grantor or on its behalf
under this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Secured Parties and shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, regardless of
any investigation made by the Secured Parties or on their behalf.

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     10.5. Additional Grantors. Additional Subsidiaries of the Parent Company or of
the Borrower (“Additional Grantors”) may from time to time hereafter become parties to and
bound by this Agreement by executing a counterpart hereof, or (alternatively) by executing a
supplement to this Agreement or a joinder agreement, (in each case) in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and there shall be no need to re-execute,
amend or restate this Agreement in connection therewith. Upon such execution and delivery of this
Agreement by any Additional Grantor, such Additional Grantor shall be deemed to have made the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, and shall be bound by all of the terms,
covenants and conditions hereof to the same extent as if such Additional Grantor had executed this
Agreement as of the date hereof, and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to all of the
benefits of such Additional Grantor’s Obligations hereunder.

     10.6. Headings Descriptive. The headings of the several sections of this Agreement
are inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of
any provision of this Agreement.

     10.7. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which 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.

     10.8. GOVERNING LAW AND WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; ETC.

              (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED
AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

              (b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 10.14 AND
SECTION 10.15 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT WITH THE SAME FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH
IN FULL HEREIN AND MADE EXPRESSLY APPLICABLE TO EACH PARTY HERETO.

     10.9. Grantor’s Duties. It is expressly agreed, anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, that each Grantor shall remain liable to perform all of the Obligations,
if any, assumed by it with respect to the Security Agreement Collateral, and the Administrative
Agent shall not have any obligations or liabilities with respect to any Security Agreement
Collateral by reason of or arising out of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent be
required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Grantor
under or with respect to any Security Agreement Collateral.

     10.10. Termination; Release.

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                 (a) On the Termination Date, this Agreement and the security interests granted hereunder,
shall terminate, and all rights to the Security Agreement Collateral shall revert to the applicable
Grantor, and the Administrative Agent, at the request and expense of any Grantor, will execute and
deliver to such Grantor a proper Instrument or Instruments (including Uniform Commercial Code
termination statements) acknowledging the satisfaction and termination of this Agreement, and will
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such Grantor (without recourse, and without any representation
or warranty) such of the Security Agreement Collateral as may be in the possession of the
Administrative Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to
this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, “Termination Date” shall mean the date upon
which all of the Commitments shall have terminated in full, no Loans or Notes under the Credit
Agreement shall be outstanding (and all Loans shall have been repaid in full), and all of the
Obligations (other than Obligations pursuant to the Specified Swap Agreement) shall have been paid
in full and in cash.

                 (b) In the event that any part of the Security Agreement Collateral is Disposed of in
connection with a Disposition permitted by Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise
released at the direction of the Required Lenders (or all Lenders if required by
Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement), such Security Agreement Collateral will be
Disposed of free and clear of the Liens created by this Agreement, the security interests granted
hereunder with respect to such Security Agreement Collateral shall terminate and the Administrative
Agent, at the request and expense of the respective Grantor, will execute and deliver to such
Grantor a proper Instrument or Instruments (including Uniform Commercial Code termination
statements) to evidence the release of such Security Agreement Collateral and will duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such Grantor (without recourse, and without any representation or warranty)
such of the Security Agreement Collateral as is then being (or has been) so Disposed of or released
and as may be in the possession of the Administrative Agent and has not theretofore been released
pursuant to this Agreement.

                 (c) The Administrative Agent shall have no liability whatsoever to any Secured Party as a
result of any release of Security Agreement Collateral by it in accordance with this Section
10.10.

     10.11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.

     10.12. The Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent will hold in accordance
with this Agreement all items of the Security Agreement Collateral at any time received under this
Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto and each Secured Party that
the obligations of the Administrative Agent as holder of the Security Agreement Collateral and
interests therein and with respect to the disposition thereof, and otherwise under this Agreement,
are only those expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall act hereunder
on the terms and conditions set forth in Article 9 of the Credit Agreement.

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             (b) Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, each of the Secured
Parties agrees that this Agreement may be enforced only by the action of the Administrative Agent,
in each case, acting upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and that no other Secured
Parties shall have any rights individually to seek to enforce or to enforce this Agreement or to
realize upon any of the Security Agreement Collateral or other security granted or to be granted by
any of the other Collateral Documents, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies
may be exercised by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms
of this Agreement and the other Collateral Documents. It is understood that the agreement of the
Secured Parties contained in this paragraph (b) is among, and solely for the benefit of,
the Secured Parties and that, if the Required Lenders so agree (without requiring the consent of
any Grantor), this Agreement may be directly enforced by any Secured Party.

     10.13. Marshalling. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to marshal any
present or future collateral security (including, but not limited to, this Agreement and the
Security Agreement Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Obligations or any of
them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular
order, and all of the rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder or in respect of such collateral
security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights,
however existing or arising. To the extent that it lawfully may, each Grantor hereby agrees that
it will not invoke any Applicable Law relating to the marshalling of collateral which might cause
delay in or impede the enforcement of the Administrative Agent’s rights under this Agreement or
under any other Instrument creating or evidencing any of the Obligations or under which any of the
Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations is secured or payment thereof is
otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it lawfully may, each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives
the benefits of all such laws.

     10.14. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the date
hereof when the Administrative Agent, the Parent Company, and the Borrower shall have signed a
counterpart hereof (whether the same or different counterparts) and shall have delivered (including
by way of facsimile transmission) the same to the Administrative Agent.

     10.15. Delivery by Facsimile. Delivery of the signature pages to this Agreement by
facsimile shall be as effective as delivery of manually executed counterparts of this Agreement.

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***Signature Pages to Security Agreement follow***

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this SECURITY AGREEMENT to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	The Borrower:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	W LAB ACQUISITION CORP.,	 	 
	 	 	as the Borrower and a Grantor	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:  
	/s/ Michael P. Muldowney	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     Name: Michael P. Muldowney	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     Title: CEO	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	The Parent Company:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NEXTERA ENTERPRISES, INC.,	 	 
	 	 	as the Parent Company and a Grantor	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:  
	/s/ Michael P. Muldowney	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     Name: Michael P. Muldowney
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	     Title: President & CFO	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Address of Grantors:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	c/o Nextera Enterprises, Inc.	 	 
	 	 	One Exeter Plaza	 	 
	 	 	699 Boylston Street	 	 
	 	 	Boston, MA 02116	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Attention:  Michael Muldowney	 	 
	 

	 	Telephone:  (617) 262-0055	 	 
	 

	 	Facsimile:  (617) 262-7105	 	 

**Signature Page to Security Agreement**

***Signature Page to Security Agreement follow***

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	 	 	The Administrative Agent:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NEWSTAR FINANCIAL, INC.,	 	 
	 	 	as Administrative Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Mark D. Cordes	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Mark D. Cordes	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Address of Administrative Agent:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NewStar Financial, Inc.	 	 
	 	 	500 Boylston Street	 	 
	 	 	Suite 1600	 	 
	 	 	Boston, MA 02116	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Attention:   Mark D. Cordes
	 	 
	 	 	Telephone:   (617) 848-2510	 	 
	 	 	Facsimile:   (617) 848-4300	 	 

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**Signature Page to Security Agreement**

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SCHEDULE A

LIST OF GRANTORS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Organizational
	 	 	 	 	Identification
	Name of Grantor	 	Jurisdiction and Type	 	Number
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	W Lab Acquisition Corp.

	 	Delaware corporation	 	4104121
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Nextera Enterprises, Inc.

	 	 Delaware corporation	 	2922330exv10w4

 

Exhibit 10.4

PLEDGE AGREEMENT

     PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of March 9, 2006, among: (1) W LAB ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware
corporation (hereinafter, together with its successors in title and assigns, called the
“Borrower”); (2) NEXTERA ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter, together with its
successors in title and assigns, called the “Parent Company”, and, together with the
Borrower, called, collectively, the “Principal Companies” and, singly, a “Principal
Company”); (3) the Subsidiaries of the Parent Company and of the Borrower from time to time
party hereto (all of the Subsidiaries of the Parent Company or of the Borrower from time to time
party hereto and bound hereby being hereinafter, together with their successors in title and
assigns, called, collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) (the Parent Company, the
Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time party to or otherwise bound by this
Agreement being hereinafter called, collectively, the “Pledgors”, and, singly, a
“Pledgor”); and (4) NEWSTAR FINANCIAL, INC., as administrative agent and collateral agent
for the benefit of Secured Parties (hereinafter, together with its successors as administrative
agent for the benefit of Secured Parties, called, the “Pledgee”).

RECITALS:

     A. The Parent Company, the Borrower, the several Lenders from time to time party thereto, and
NewStar Financial, Inc., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, are party to the Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2006, providing for the making of Credit Extensions to the
Borrower, all as contemplated and provided thereby.

     B. Each Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time party hereto is a direct or indirect Subsidiary
of the Parent Company or of the Borrower.

     C. The Parent Company, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors have guaranteed all of the
Obligations of each of the other Loan Parties under the Loan Documents pursuant to the Guaranty
Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Guaranty Agreement”), entered into by the Parent Company, the Borrower, and
NewStar Financial, Inc., as the administrative agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     D. It is a condition precedent to the initial Credit Extension made under the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents that each of the Parent Company, the Borrower and the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement.

     E. Each Pledgor will obtain substantial direct or indirect financial and other benefits from
Credit Extensions made or to be made to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and, accordingly, each Pledgor desires to enter into this Agreement in order to satisfy
the condition precedent described in preceding Recital D and in order to induce Secured
Parties to make Credit Extensions to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the substantial direct or indirect
financial and other benefits accruing to each Pledgor, the receipt and

 

 

sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Pledgor hereby, jointly and severally, makes the following
representations and warranties to the Pledgee for the benefit of Secured Parties and hereby,
jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with the Pledgee for the benefit of Secured Parties as
follows:

     1. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. This Agreement is made by each Pledgor for the benefit
of each of the Secured Parties in order to secure the full and prompt payment when due (whether at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Obligations (as that term is defined
in the Credit Agreement).

     2. DEFINITIONS. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used
herein and defined in the Credit Agreement shall be used herein as therein defined. Reference to
singular terms shall include the plural and vice versa.

     (b) The following capitalized terms used herein shall have the definitions specified below:

     “Adverse Claim” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(1) of the
UCC.

     “Agreement” shall mean this Pledge Agreement, as the same may from time to time be
amended, modified, extended, renewed, replaced, restated or supplemented.

     “Borrower” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

     “Certificated Security” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(4)
of the UCC.

     “Clearing Corporation” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(5)
of the UCC.

     “Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereof

     “Collateral Accounts” shall mean, in relation to any Pledgor, any and all accounts
established and maintained by the Pledgee in the name of such Pledgor and to which any Collateral
may from time to time be credited.

     “Credit Agreement” shall mean the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2006, among
the Parent Company, the Borrower, the several Persons from time to time party thereto as Lenders
thereunder, and the Administrative Agent, providing for the making of Credit Extensions to the
Borrower, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

     “Domestic Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of the term
“Stock.”

     “Financial Asset” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the
UCC).

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     “Foreign Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of the term
“Stock.”

     “Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11 hereof.

     “Instrument” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the
UCC.

     “Investment Property” shall have the meaning given such terms in Section 9-102(a)(49)
of the UCC.

     “Limited Liability Company Assets” shall mean all Property, whether tangible or
intangible, and whether real, personal or mixed (including, without limitation, all limited
liability company capital and interests in any other limited liability company), at any time owned
or represented by any Limited Liability Company Interests.

     “Limited Liability Company Interests” shall mean all of the limited liability company
membership interests at any time or from time to time owned or acquired by any Pledgor in any
limited liability company.

     “Non-Voting Stock” shall mean all Equity Interests of a Foreign Corporation which is
not Voting Stock.

     “Notes” shall mean, in relation to any Pledgor, all promissory notes or other similar
Instruments at any time issued to any Pledgor by the Parent Company or by any Subsidiary of the
Parent Company or of the Borrower.

     “Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.

     “Parent Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

     “Partnership Assets” shall mean all Property, whether tangible or intangible, and
whether real, personal or mixed (including, without limitation, all partnership capital and
interests in any other partnership), at any time owned or represented by any Partnership Interests.

     “Partnership Interests” shall mean all of the general partnership interests and all of
the limited partnership interests at any time or from time to time owned or acquired by any Pledgor
in any general partnership or limited partnership.

     “Pledged Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5 hereof.

     “Pledgee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

     “Pledgor” and “Pledgors” shall have the meanings set forth in the
Preamble hereto.

     “Principal Companies” and “Principal Company” shall have the meaning set forth
in the Preamble hereto.

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     “Proceeds” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC.

     “Securities Account” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-501(a) of the
UCC.

     “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as in effect from
time to time.

     “Security” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(15) of the UCC,
and shall in any event include all Stock and Notes (to the extent the same constitute “Securities”
under Section 8-102(a)(15)).

     “Security Entitlement” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(17)
of the UCC.

     “Stock” shall mean (a) with respect to any corporation that is incorporated under the
laws of the United States or any State or territory thereof (each, a “Domestic
Corporation”), all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Domestic Corporation
at any time owned or acquired by any Pledgor, and (b) with respect to any corporation that is not a
Domestic Corporation (each a “Foreign Corporation”), all of the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of any Foreign Corporation at any time owned or acquired by any Pledgor.

     “Subsidiary Guarantor” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble
hereto.

     “Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 19(a) hereof.

     “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York
from time to time; provided that, if perfection or priority of any security interest in any
item or portion of Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a
jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions hereof relating
to such perfection or priority and purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.

     “Uncertificated Security” shall have the meaning given such term in Section
8-102(a)(18) of the UCC.

     “Voting Stock” shall mean all classes of Equity Interests of any Foreign Corporation
entitled to vote.

     3. PLEDGE AND GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; ETC.

     3.1. Pledge. To secure the prompt payment and performance of all and each and every
part of the Obligations now or at any time hereafter owed or to be paid or performed by each or any of the Loan Parties, each Pledgor does hereby grant, pledge and assign to the
Pledgee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and does hereby create a continuing security

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interest and Lien (subject to Liens from time to time permitted to exist with respect to any
Collateral pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents from time to time in
effect) in favor of the Pledgee for the benefit of the Secured Parties in and upon, all of the
right, title and interest of such Pledgor in and to each of the following, whether now existing or
hereafter from time to time created, arising or acquired (collectively, the “Collateral”):

     (a) each of the Collateral Accounts of such Pledgor, including any and all of the Property of
whatsoever type or kind from time to time deposited by such Pledgor in each such Collateral
Account, whether such Property is now owned or existing or is hereafter created or acquired,
including, without limitation, all Financial Assets, Investment Property, moneys, checks, drafts,
Instruments, Securities or interests therein of any type or nature deposited or required by the
Credit Agreement or by any of the other Loan Documents to be deposited in such Collateral Account,
and all Investments and all certificates and other Instruments (including depository receipts, if
any) from time to time representing or evidencing the same, and all dividends, interest,
distributions, cash and other Property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the foregoing;

     (b) all Securities owned or acquired by such Pledgor from time to time;

     (c) all Limited Liability Company Interests owned or acquired by such Pledgor from time to
time, and all of its right, title and interest in each limited liability company to which each of
such interests relates, whether now existing or hereafter created, arising or acquired, including,
without limitation:

     (i) all of its capital therein and all of its interest in all profits, losses,
Limited Liability Company Assets and other distributions to which such Pledgor shall
at any time be entitled in respect of such Limited Liability Company Interests;

     (ii) all other payments due or to become due to such Pledgor in respect of such
Limited Liability Company Interests, whether under any limited liability company
agreement, other Governing Documents or otherwise, whether as contractual
obligations, damages, insurance proceeds or otherwise;

     (iii) all of its claims, rights, powers, privileges, authority, options,
security interests, Liens and remedies, if any, under any limited liability company
agreement, operating agreement or other Governing Documents, or at law, or otherwise
in respect of any such Limited Liability Company Interests;

     (iv) all present and future claims, if any, of such Pledgor against any such
limited liability company for moneys loaned or advanced, for services rendered or
otherwise;

     (v) all of such Pledgor’s rights under any limited liability company agreement,
operating agreement or other Governing Documents, or at law, to exercise and enforce
every right, power, remedy, authority, option and privilege of such Pledgor relating to such Limited Liability Company Interests, including

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any power to terminate, cancel or modify any limited liability company agreement,
operating agreement or other Governing Documents, to execute any Instruments and to
take any and all other action on behalf of and in the name of such Pledgor in
respect of such Limited Liability Company Interests and any such limited liability
company, to make determinations, to exercise any election (including, but not
limited to, election of remedies) or option or to give or receive any notice,
consent, amendment, waiver or approval, together with full power and authority to
demand, receive, enforce, collect or receipt for any of the foregoing or for any
Limited Liability Company Assets, to enforce or execute any checks or other
Instruments or orders, to file any claims and to take any action in connection with
any of the foregoing; and

     (vi) all other Property from time to time hereafter delivered in substitution
for or in addition to any of the foregoing, all certificates and Instruments
representing or evidencing such other Property, and all cash, Securities, interest,
dividends, rights and other Property at any time and from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all
thereof;

     (d) all Partnership Interests owned or acquired by such Pledgor from time to time, and all of
its right, title and interest in each partnership to which each of such interests relates, whether
now existing or hereafter created, arising or acquired, including, without limitation:

     (i) all of its capital therein and all of its interest in all profits, losses,
Partnership Assets and other distributions to which such Pledgor shall at any time
be entitled in respect of such Partnership Interests;

     (ii) all other payments due or to become due to such Pledgor in respect of such
Partnership Interests, whether under any partnership agreement, other Governing
Documents or otherwise, whether as contractual obligations, damages, insurance
proceeds or otherwise;

     (iii) all of its claims, rights, powers, privileges, authority, options,
security interests, Liens and remedies, if any, under any partnership agreement,
operating agreement or other Governing Documents, or at law, or otherwise in respect
of any such Partnership Interests;

     (iv) all present and future claims, if any, of such Pledgor against any such
partnership for moneys loaned or advanced, for services rendered or otherwise;

     (v) all of such Pledgor’s rights under any partnership agreement, operating
agreement or other Governing Documents, or at law, to exercise and enforce every
right, power, remedy, authority, option and privilege of such Pledgor relating to
such Partnership Interests, including any power to terminate, cancel or modify any partnership agreement, operating agreement or other

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Governing Documents, to execute any Instruments and to take any and all other action
on behalf of and in the name of such Pledgor in respect of such Partnership
Interests and any such partnership, to make determinations, to exercise any election
(including, but not limited to, election of remedies) or option or to give or
receive any notice, consent, amendment, waiver or approval, together with full power
and authority to demand, receive, enforce, collect or receipt for any of the
foregoing or for any Partnership Assets, to enforce or execute any checks, or other
Instruments or orders, to file any claims and to take any action in connection with
any of the foregoing; and

     (vi) all other Property from time to time hereafter delivered in substitution
for or in addition to any of the foregoing, all certificates and Instruments
representing or evidencing such other Property, and all cash, Securities, interest,
dividends, rights and other Property at any time and from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all
thereof;

     (e) all Security Entitlements owned or acquired by such Pledgor from time to time in any and
all of the foregoing;

     (f) all Financial Assets and Investment Property owned or acquired by such Pledgor from time
to time; and

     (g) all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing;

provided, however, that (i) (A) no Pledgor shall be required at any time to pledge
hereunder more than 65% of the Voting Stock of any Foreign Corporation, unless a pledge of more
than 65% of the Voting Stock of such Foreign Corporation would not trigger any adverse tax
consequences to any of the Principal Companies or their Subsidiaries, and (B) each Pledgor shall in
any event be required to pledge hereunder 100% of the Non-Voting Stock of any Foreign Corporation
at any time or from time to time owned or acquired by such Pledgor; and (ii) “Collateral” shall not
include (A) Equity Interests or other interests held by the Parent Company in any of the Excluded
Subsidiaries, and (B) any Property in which a Pledgor is not permitted, by Applicable Law or by the
terms of any Instrument to which such Pledgor is a party or by which such Pledgor or any of its
Property is bound, to grant a security interest or Lien.

     3.2. Procedures. (a) To the extent that any Pledgor at any time or from time to time
owns, acquires or obtains any right, title or interest in any Collateral, such Collateral shall
automatically (and without the taking of any action by such Pledgor) be pledged and be subject to
pledge pursuant to Section 3.1 of this Agreement, and, in addition thereto, such Pledgor
shall (to the extent provided below) take the following actions and undertake the following
procedures as set forth below (as promptly as practicable after it first establishes ownership of
or otherwise acquires or obtains any right, title or interest in such Collateral) for the benefit
of the Pledgee and the other Secured Parties:

     (i) with respect to any Certificated Security (other than a Certificated
Security credited on the books of a Clearing Corporation), such Pledgor shall

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physically deliver such Certificated Security to the Pledgee, endorsed in blank
(with signature guaranteed);

     (ii) with respect to any Uncertificated Security (other than an Uncertificated
Security credited on the books of a Clearing Corporation), such Pledgor shall, if
requested by the Administrative Agent, use reasonable efforts to cause the issuer of
such Uncertificated Security to duly authorize and execute, and deliver to the
Pledgee, an agreement for the benefit of the Pledgee and the other Secured Parties
in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Pledgee pursuant to which such issuer shall
agree to comply with any and all instructions originated by the Pledgee without
further consent by the registered owner and not to comply with instructions
regarding such Uncertificated Security (and any Partnership Interests and Limited
Liability Company Interests issued by such issuer) originated by any other Person;
provided that the Pledgee shall not so originate any instructions to any such issuer
unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

     (iii) with respect to any Certificated Security, Uncertificated Security,
Partnership Interest or Limited Liability Company Interest credited on the books of
a Clearing Corporation (including a Federal Reserve Bank, Participants Trust Company
or The Depository Trust Company), such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Pledgee
thereof and shall promptly take all actions (A) required (1) to comply with the
applicable rules of such Clearing Corporation, and (2) to perfect the security
interests of the Pledgee under Applicable Law (including, in any event, under
Sections 9-312(a), 9-314(a), 9-106(a) and 8-106(d) of the UCC), and (B) as the
Pledgee reasonably deems necessary or desirable to effect the foregoing;

     (iv) with respect to any Partnership Interests or any Limited Liability Company
Interests (other than any Partnership Interests or Limited Liability Interests
credited on the books of a Clearing Corporation), (A) if such Partnership Interests
or Limited Liability Company Interests are represented by a certificate, such
Pledgor shall complete the procedures set forth in Section 3.2(a)(i), and
(B) if such Partnership Interests or Limited Liability Company Interests are not
represented by a certificate, such Pledgor shall complete the procedures set forth
in Section 3.2(a)(ii);

     (v) with respect to any Note, such Pledgor shall physically deliver such Note
to the Pledgee, endorsed in blank; and

     (vi) upon written request of the Pledgee while any Event of Default shall be
continuing, with respect to cash, (A) such Pledgor shall establish with the Pledgee
a cash account in the name of such Pledgor over which the Pledgee shall have
exclusive and absolute control and dominion (and no withdrawals or transfers may be
made therefrom by any Person without the prior written consent of the Pledgee), and
(B) such Pledgor shall deposit such cash in such cash account.

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     (b) In addition to the actions required to be taken pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
Section 3.2, each Pledgor shall take, or authorize the taking of, the following additional
actions with respect to the Collateral:

     (i) with respect to all Collateral of such Pledgor with respect to which the
Pledgee may obtain “control” thereof within the meaning of Section 8-106 of the UCC
(or under any provision of the UCC as same may be amended or supplemented from time
to time, or under the Applicable Laws of any relevant State), such Pledgor shall
take all actions as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the Pledgee so
that “control” of such Collateral is obtained and at all times held by the Pledgee;
and

     (ii) such Pledgor irrevocably authorizes the Pledgee at any time and from time
to time to file in any filing office in any Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction any
initial financing statements and amendments thereto, on forms covering all
Collateral hereunder (with the form of such financing statements to be reasonably
satisfactory to the Pledgee), to be filed in the relevant filing offices so that at
all times the Pledgee has a security interest and Lien in the Collateral which is
perfected by the filing of such financing statements (in each case to the maximum
extent perfection by filing may be obtained under the Applicable Laws of the
relevant States, including, without limitation, Section 9-312(a) of the UCC).

     3.3. Subsequently Acquired Collateral. If any Pledgor shall obtain or otherwise
acquire (by purchase, merger, stock dividend, capital contribution or otherwise) any additional
Collateral at any time or from time to time after the date hereof, such Collateral shall
automatically (and without any further action being required to be taken) be subject to the pledge
and security interests created pursuant to Section 3.1, and, furthermore, such Pledgor will
promptly thereafter take (or cause to be taken) all action with respect to such Collateral in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.2, and with respect to any Equity
Interests any Pledgor shall obtain or otherwise acquire after the Closing Date, will promptly
thereafter deliver to the Pledgee (a) a certificate executed by a principal executive officer of
such Pledgor describing such Collateral and certifying that the same has been duly pledged in favor
of the Pledgee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) hereunder, and (b) such supplements to
Annexes B and C hereto as are reasonably necessary to cause such Annexes to
be complete and accurate at such time.

     3.4. Transfer Taxes. Each pledge of Collateral pursuant to Section 3.1,
Section 3.2 or Section 3.3 shall be accompanied by any applicable transfer tax
stamps required in connection with the pledge of such Collateral.

     3.5. Definition of Pledged Notes. All Notes at any time pledged or required to be
pledged hereunder are hereinafter called the “Pledged Notes”.

     3.6. Certain Representations and Warranties Regarding the Collateral. Each Pledgor
represents and warrants that, except as the Annexes hereto may be supplemented from time to time
pursuant to Section 3.3: (a) each Subsidiary of such Pledgor, and the direct

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ownership thereof, is identified in Annex B hereto; (b) the Equity Interests held by
such Pledgor consists of the number and type of Equity Interests of the corporations, limited
liability companies and other entities identified in Annex C hereto; (c) such Equity
Interests constitute that percentage of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer
as is set forth in Annex C hereto; (d) such Pledgor does not hold any Notes; (e) except as
otherwise identified and described in Annex B and Annex C hereto, such Pledgor does
not hold any Limited Liability Company Interests; (f) such Pledgor does not hold any Partnership
Interests; (g) such Pledgor has complied with the applicable procedures set forth in Section
3.2(a) with respect to each item of Collateral described in Annexes B and C
hereto; and (h) such Pledgor owns no other Securities.

     3.7. Security for Obligations; Supplement to Credit Agreement; etc.

     (a) This Agreement (and the Pledged Collateral) secures the prompt payment in full and
performance when due of all and each of the Obligations of each of the Loan Parties (including the
Borrower), including all Obligations of the Borrower and the other Pledgors under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

     (b) This Agreement, the pledges, security interests and Liens created hereby, and the
covenants and other agreements contained herein, are in addition and supplemental to the provisions
of the Credit Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement and the Security Agreement, and the rights, powers
and remedies given to the Pledgee hereby are cumulative and are in addition to all of the rights,
powers and remedies created by or existing under the Credit Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement and
the Security Agreement.

     3.8. Security for Obligations; Supplement to Credit Agreement; etc.

     The Pledgee may from time to time, at its option, perform any act which any Pledgor shall have
agreed hereunder or under any other Loan Document to perform and which such Pledgor shall fail to
perform within a reasonable time after being requested in writing to so perform (it being
understood that no such request need be given during the continuance of any Default or Event of
Default), and the Pledgee may from time to time take any other action which the Pledgee reasonably
deems necessary for the maintenance, preservation or protection of any of the Collateral or of the
security interests therein. The Pledgee will exercise reasonable care in the custody and
preservation of the Collateral in its possession.

     4. APPOINTMENT OF SUB-AGENTS; ENDORSEMENTS; ETC. The Pledgee shall have the right to
appoint one or more sub-agents for the purpose of retaining physical possession of the Collateral,
which may be held (in the discretion of the Pledgee) in the name of the relevant Pledgor, endorsed
or assigned in blank or in favor of the Pledgee or any nominee or nominees of the Pledgee or a
sub-agent appointed by the Pledgee.

     5. VOTING; ETC., WHILE NO EVENT OF DEFAULT. Unless there shall be continuing any
Event of Default, each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting or other rights
attaching to any and all Collateral owned by it, and to give consents, waivers or ratifications in
respect thereof; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or any consent,
waiver or ratification given or any action taken which would violate, result in breach of any
covenant contained in, or be inconsistent with, any of the terms of this Agreement, the Credit

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Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or which would have the effect of materially
impairing the value of the Collateral or any material part thereof or the position or interests of
the Pledgee or any other Secured Party therein. All such rights of a Pledgor to vote and to give
consents, waivers and ratifications with respect to all or any part of the Collateral owned by it
shall cease if (a) any Event of Default shall be continuing, and (b) the Pledgee shall notify such
Pledgor in writing of the Pledgee’s decision to exercise such rights with respect to all or (as the
case may be) such part of such Collateral.

     6. DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. Unless any Event of Default shall be
continuing, and except as otherwise provided by the Credit Agreement or by the following sentences
of this Section 6, all cash dividends, cash distributions, cash Proceeds and other cash
amounts payable in respect of any Collateral owned by any Pledgor shall be paid to (and may be
retained by) such Pledgor. To the extent contemplated and provided by Section 3.3 hereof,
the Pledgee shall be entitled to receive directly, and to retain as part of the Collateral:

     (a) all other or additional Stock, Equity Interests, Notes, Limited Liability Company
Interests, Partnership Interests, Instruments or other Securities or Property (including, but not
limited to, cash, except as otherwise provided by the first sentence of this Section 6)
paid or distributed by way of dividend or otherwise in respect of the Collateral;

     (b) all other or additional Stock, Equity Interests, Notes, Limited Liability Company
Interests, Partnership Interests, Instruments or other Securities or Property (including, but not
limited to, cash, except as otherwise provided by the first sentence of this Section 6)
paid or distributed in respect of the Collateral by way of stock-split, spin-off, split-up,
reclassification, combination of shares or similar rearrangement;

     (c) all other or additional Stock, Equity Interests, Notes, Limited Liability Company
Interests, Partnership Interests, Instruments or other Securities or Property (including, but not
limited to, cash, except as otherwise provided by the first sentence of this Section 6)
which may be paid in respect of the Collateral by reason of any consolidation, merger, exchange of
stock, conveyance of assets, liquidation or similar corporate or other reorganization; and

     (d) if and as so requested by the Pledgee in writing during the continuation of any Event of
Default, all cash dividends, cash distributions, cash Proceeds and other cash amounts paid or
payable in respect of all or any part of the Collateral.

All rights of any Pledgor to receive and to retain any cash dividends, cash distributions, cash
Proceeds or other cash amounts paid or payable in respect of all or any part of the Collateral
owned by it shall cease if (i) any Event of Default shall be continuing, and (ii) the Pledgee shall
notify the Borrower or such Pledgor in writing of the Pledgee’s decision to receive all or (as the
case may be) any part of such cash dividends or other such cash amounts. Nothing contained in this
Section 6 shall limit or restrict in any way the Pledgee’s right to receive the Proceeds of
the Collateral in any form in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement. All dividends,
distributions or other payments which are received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of the
Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or this Section 6 or Section 7
hereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Pledgee and the other Secured Parties,
shall be segregated from other Property or funds of such Pledgor, and shall be forthwith paid over
to the

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Pledgee as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsements).

          7. REMEDIES IN CASE OF ANY EVENT OF DEFAULT. If any Event of Default shall be
continuing, the Pledgee shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights, powers and remedies
(whether vested in it by this Agreement or by any of the other Loan Documents or by law) for the
protection and enforcement of its rights and remedies in respect of the Collateral, including,
without limitation, all of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC,
and the Pledgee shall be entitled, without limitation, to exercise any or all of the following
rights and remedies, which each Pledgor hereby irrevocably agrees to be commercially reasonable:

          (a) to receive all amounts (including cash) payable or distributable in respect of the
Collateral;

          (b) to transfer all or any part of the Collateral into the Pledgee’s name or into the name of
any of its nominees or into the name of any of its sub-agents;

          (c) to accelerate any Pledged Note which may be accelerated in accordance with its terms, and
take any other lawful action to collect upon any Pledged Note (including, without limitation, to
make any demand for payment thereon);

          (d) to vote all or any part of the Collateral (whether or not transferred into the name of the
Pledgee) and give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect of the Collateral and
otherwise act with respect thereto as though the Pledgee were the outright owner thereof (each
Pledgor hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing the Pledgee the proxy and attorney-in-fact
of such Pledgor, with full power of substitution to do so);

          (e) at any time or from time to time to sell, assign and deliver, or grant options to
purchase, all or any part of the Collateral, or any interest therein, at any public or private
sale, without demand of performance, advertisement or notice of intention to sell or of the time or
place of sale or adjournment thereof or to redeem or otherwise (all of which are hereby waived by
each Pledgor), for cash, on credit or for other Property, for immediate or future delivery without
any assumption of credit risk, and for such price or prices and on such terms as the Pledgee in its
absolute discretion may determine; provided, however, that at least ten (10) days’
prior written notice of the time and place of any such sale shall be given to such Pledgor. The
Pledgee shall not be obligated to make any such sale of Collateral regardless of whether any such
prior written notice of sale has theretofore been given. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold
the Property so sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of each Pledgor, and each
Pledgor hereby irrevocably waives and releases to the fullest extent permitted by law any right or
equity of redemption with respect to the Collateral, whether before or after sale hereunder, all
rights, if any, to require marshalling of the Collateral or any other security for the Obligations
or otherwise, and all rights, if any, of stay and/or appraisal which such Pledgor now has or may at
any time in the future have under rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. At any
such sale, unless prohibited by Applicable Law, the Pledgee on behalf of all Secured Parties (or
certain of them) may bid for and purchase (by bidding in Obligations or otherwise) all or any part
of the Collateral so sold free from any such right or equity of redemption. Neither the Pledgee nor
any other Secured Party shall be liable for failure to collect

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or realize upon any or all of the
Collateral or for any delay in so doing nor shall any of them be under any obligation to take any
action whatsoever with regard thereto; and

          (f) to set-off all or any part of the Collateral against all or any part of the Obligations,
and to withdraw any and all cash or other Collateral from any and all Collateral Accounts and to
apply such cash and other Collateral to the payment of any and all Obligations.

          8. REMEDIES; ETC.; CUMULATIVE. (a) Each right, power and remedy of the Pledgee
provided for in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, or now or hereafter existing
at law or in equity or by statute, shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to
each and every other such right, power or remedy. The exercise or beginning of the exercise by the
Pledgee or any other Secured Party of any one or more of the rights, powers or remedies provided
for in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or by statute or otherwise shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by the
Pledgee or any other Secured Party of any or all such other rights, powers or remedies, and no
failure or delay on the part of the Pledgee or any other Secured Party to exercise any such right,
power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof. Unless otherwise required by the Loan Documents,
no notice to or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle such Pledgor to any other or
further notice or demand in similar other circumstances or constitute a waiver of any of the rights
of the Pledgee or of any other Secured Party to take any other or further action in any
circumstances without demand or notice.

          (b) Each of the Secured Parties agrees that this Agreement may be enforced only by the action
of the Pledgee, in each case, acting upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and that no
other Secured Parties shall have any right individually to seek to enforce or to enforce this
Agreement or to realize upon any of the Collateral granted or to be granted hereby, it being
understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised by the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Collateral
Documents. It is understood that the agreement of the Secured Parties contained in this
paragraph (b) is among, and solely for the benefit of, the Secured Parties and that, if the
Required Lenders so agree (without requiring the consent of any Pledgor), this Agreement may be
directly enforced by any Secured Party.

          9. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. (a) All moneys collected by the Pledgee upon any sale or
other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
together with all other moneys from time to time received by the Pledgee hereunder, shall be
applied in accordance with Section 8.3 of the Credit Agreement.

          (b) All payments required to be made hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent under
the Credit Agreement for the account of the Secured Parties.

          (c) For purposes of applying payments received in accordance with this Section 9, (i)
the Pledgee shall determine the outstanding unpaid Obligations owed to the Secured Parties under
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (ii) the Pledgee may rely on any Secured
Party to determine any other Obligations owed to such Secured Party.

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          (d) It is understood and agreed that each Pledgor shall remain jointly and severally liable to
the extent of any deficiency remaining after the application of all of the proceeds of the
Collateral hereunder to the unpaid Obligations as provided by Section 9(a)hereof.

          10. PURCHASERS OF COLLATERAL. Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Pledgee
hereunder (whether by virtue of the power of sale herein granted, pursuant to judicial process or
otherwise), the receipt of the Pledgee or the officer making such sale of the consideration paid or
delivered pursuant to such 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 all or any part of such consideration paid over or delivered to the Pledgee or such
officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof.

          11. INDEMNITY. Without duplication of the indemnities provided under any other Loan
Document, each Pledgor jointly and severally irrevocably agrees (a) to indemnify and hold harmless
the Pledgee, each other Secured Party and their respective successors, assigns, employees, agents
and servants (individually, an “Indemnitee”, and, collectively, the “Indemnitees”)
on demand from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, judgments and liabilities
(including liabilities for penalties) of whatsoever kind or nature, and (b) to reimburse each
Indemnitee on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses actually incurred by such Indemnitee,
including Attorney Costs for the Administrative Agent or any of the Secured Parties, in each case
arising out of or resulting from this Agreement or the exercise by any Indemnitee of any right or
remedy granted to it hereunder or under any other Loan Document (but excluding any claims, demands,
losses, judgments and liabilities (including liabilities for penalties) or expenses of whatsoever
kind or nature to the extent incurred or arising by reason of gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Indemnitee). In no event shall any Indemnitee hereunder be liable, in the
absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part, for any matter or thing in
connection with this Agreement other than to account for, preserve and protect, moneys or other
Property actually received by it in accordance with the terms hereof. If and to the extent that
the obligations of any Pledgor under this Section 11 are unenforceable for any reason, each
such Pledgor hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such
obligations which is permissible under Applicable Law. The indemnity obligations of each Pledgor
contained in this Section 11 shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the
full payment of all of the Credit Extensions made under the Credit Agreement, the termination of
all Specified Swap Agreements, and the payment of all of the other Obligations, and notwithstanding
the discharge thereof.

          12. FURTHER ASSURANCES; POWERS OF ATTORNEY. (a) Each Pledgor agrees that, upon
reasonable request of the Pledgee, such Pledgor will assist the Pledgee in executing, if reasonably
deemed necessary or appropriate by the Pledgee, and, at such Pledgor’s own cost and expense, filing
and refiling under the Uniform Commercial Code such financing statements, continuation statements
and other documents in such offices as the Pledgee (acting on its own or on the instructions of the
Required Lenders) may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate and wheresoever required or
permitted by law in order to perfect and preserve the Pledgee’s security interests in the
Collateral hereunder and hereby authorizes the

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Pledgee to file financing statements and amendments
thereto relative to all or any part of the Collateral without the signature of such Pledgor where
permitted by law, and agrees to do such further acts and things and to execute and deliver to the
Pledgee such additional conveyances, assignments, agreements and Instruments as the Pledgee may
reasonably require or deem advisable to carry into effect the purposes of this Agreement or to
further assure and confirm unto the Pledgee its rights, powers and remedies hereunder or
thereunder.

          (b) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints the Pledgee 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,
from time to time during the continuance of an Event of Default, in the Pledgee’s discretion to
take any action and to execute any Instrument which the Pledgee may reasonably deem necessary or
advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.

          13. THE PLEDGEE AS COLLATERAL AGENT. The Pledgee shall hold, in accordance with this
Agreement, all items of the Collateral at any time received by the Pledgee under this Agreement. It
is expressly understood and agreed that the obligations of the Pledgee as holder of the Collateral
and interests therein and with respect to the disposition thereof, and otherwise under this
Agreement, are only those expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Pledgee shall act hereunder on
the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Article 9 of the Credit Agreement.

          14. TRANSFER BY THE PLEDGORS. No Pledgor will sell or otherwise dispose of, grant any
option with respect to, or mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber all or any part of the Collateral
or any interest therein (except, in each case, in accordance with or as otherwise permitted by the
terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

          15. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE PLEDGORS. (a) Each Pledgor
represents, warrants and covenants that:

     (i) it is the legal, beneficial and record owner of, and has good legal title
to, all Collateral consisting of one or more Securities and that it has sufficient
interest in all Collateral in which a security interest is purported to be created
hereunder for such security interest to attach (subject, in each case, to no Lien,
except the Liens created by this Agreement or otherwise permitted by the
terms of the Credit Agreement);

     (ii) it has full power, authority and legal right to pledge all of the
Collateral pledged or to be pledged by it pursuant to this Agreement;

     (iii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
Pledgor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Pledgor
enforceable against such Pledgor in accordance with its terms, except to the extent
that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors’
rights and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
equity or at law) and principles of good faith and fair dealing;

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     (iv) except to the extent already obtained or made, no consent of any other
Person (including, without limitation, any stockholder, member, partner or creditor
of such Pledgor or of any of its Subsidiaries), and no consent, license, permit,
approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration,
filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained by
such Pledgor in connection with (A) the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement, (B) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, (C) the perfection
or enforceability of the Pledgee’s security interests in the Collateral, (D) except
for compliance with or as may be required by applicable federal and state securities
laws, the exercise by the Pledgee of any of its rights or remedies provided herein,
or (E) except for compliance with or as may required by any applicable partnership
agreement, limited liability company agreement or other Governing Document relating
to any partnership or limited liability company that is not a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Parent Company or of the Borrower, the exercise by the Pledgee of
any of its rights or remedies provided herein with respect to the Partnership
Interests or Limited Liability Company Interests relating to such partnership or
limited liability company;

     (v) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not violate
any provision of any Applicable Law or of any order, judgment, writ, award or decree
of any court, arbitrator or other Governmental Authority applicable to such Pledgor,
or of the Governing Documents of such Pledgor or of any Securities issued by such
Pledgor or by any of its Subsidiaries, or of any material mortgage, deed of trust,
indenture, lease, loan agreement, credit agreement or other contract, agreement or
Instrument or undertaking to which such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or which purports to be binding upon such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries
or upon any of their respective Property and will not result in the creation or
imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien on any of the
Property of such Pledgor or of any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Liens created
by the Loan Documents), except in such instances in which (A) such requirement of
Applicable Law, order, judgment, writ, award or decree is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (B) the failure to comply
therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

     (vi) all of the Collateral (consisting of Securities, Limited Liability Company
Interests or Partnership Interests) has been duly issued under and authorized by the
applicable Governing Documents and is not subject to capital call by such Pledgor
except as provided in the applicable Governing Documents; provided,
however, that Collateral consisting of Limited Liability Company Interests
or Partnership Interests may require further payments and/or assessments in respect
thereof in accordance with the partnership agreements, limited liability company
agreements or other Governing Documents relating thereto or Applicable Law;

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     (vii) to the Pledgors’ knowledge, each of the Pledged Notes constitutes, or
when executed by the obligor thereof will constitute, the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such obligor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the
extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting
creditors’ rights and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is
sought in equity or at law) and principles of good faith and fair dealing;

     (viii) the pledge, collateral assignment and delivery to the Pledgee of the
Collateral consisting of Certificated Securities (together with Instruments of
transfer therefor) pursuant to this Agreement creates a valid and perfected
first-priority security interest in such Securities, and the Proceeds thereof,
subject to no prior Liens or to any agreement purporting to grant to any third party
any Lien on the Property of such Pledgor which would include such Securities (in
each case, other than Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement), and the Pledgee
is entitled to all of the rights, priorities and benefits afforded by the UCC or
other Applicable Law as enacted in any applicable jurisdiction to perfected security
interests in respect of such Collateral; and

     (ix) Upon delivery of the security certificates representing such Certified
Securities to the Pledgee, effectively endorsed to the Pledgee in blank, “control”
(as defined in Section 8-106 of the UCC) has been obtained by the Pledgee over all
Collateral consisting of Securities (including Notes which are Securities) with
respect to which such “control” may be obtained pursuant to Section 8-106 of the
UCC; provided, however, that, in the case of the Pledgee obtaining
“control” over Collateral consisting of a Security Entitlement, such Pledgor shall
have taken all steps in its control so that the Pledgee obtains “control” over such
Security Entitlement.

          (b) Each Pledgor covenants and agrees that it will defend the Pledgee’s right, title and
security interest in and to the Securities and the Proceeds thereof against the claims and demands
of all Persons whomsoever (other than Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement); and each Pledgor
covenants and agrees that it will have like title to and right to pledge any other Property at any
time hereafter pledged to the Pledgee as Collateral hereunder and will likewise defend the right
thereto and security interests therein of the Pledgee and the other Secured Parties.

          16. LEGAL STATUS. With respect to any proposed change to the legal name, type of
organization, jurisdiction of organization and organizational identification number, if any, of
each Pledgor, each Pledgor shall prior to effecting such change take all action, satisfactory to
the Pledgee, to maintain the security interests of the Pledgee in the Collateral required to be
granted hereby at all times fully perfected and in full force and effect.

          17. PLEDGORS’ OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE; ETC. (a) The Obligations of each Pledgor under
this Agreement shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall remain in full force and
effect without regard to, and shall not be released,

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suspended, discharged, terminated or otherwise
impaired or affected by, any circumstance or occurrence whatsoever (other than termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 19 hereof or as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents),
including, without limitation:

     (i) the dissolution, termination of existence, winding up, bankruptcy,
liquidation, insolvency, appointment of a receiver for all or any part of the
Property of, assignment for the benefit of creditors by, or the commencement of any
Insolvency Proceeding by or against, any of the other Pledgors or any of the
Subsidiaries of any of the Pledgors;

     (ii) the absorption, merger or consolidation of, or the effectuation of any
other change whatsoever in the name, ownership, membership, constitution or place of
organization or formation of, any of the Pledgors or any of their Subsidiaries;

     (iii) any extension or postponement of the time for the payment of any of the
Obligations of any of the Pledgors, the acceptance of any partial payment thereon,
any and all other indulgences whatsoever by any of the Secured Parties in respect of
any of the Obligations of any of the Pledgors, the taking, addition, substitution or
release, in whole or in part, at any time or times, of any collateral or Liens
securing any of the Obligations of any of the Pledgors, or the addition,
substitution or release, in whole or in part, of any Person or Persons (including
any of the Pledgors or Subsidiary Guarantors) primarily or secondarily liable in
respect of any of the Obligations of any of the Pledgors;

     (iv) any action or delay in acting or failure to act on the part of any Secured
Party under any of the Loan Documents or in respect of any Obligations of any of the
Pledgors or any collateral or Liens securing any Obligations of any of the Pledgors
or otherwise, including (A) any action by any Secured Party to enforce any of its
rights, remedies or claims in respect of any collateral or Liens securing any
Obligations of any of the Pledgors, (B) any failure by any Secured Party strictly or
diligently to assert any rights or to pursue any remedies or claims against any of
the Pledgors or any other Person or Persons under any of the Loan Documents or
provided by statute or at law or in equity, (C) any failure by the Pledgee or by any
other Secured Party to perfect or to preserve the perfection or priority of any of
its Liens securing any of the Obligations of any of the Pledgors, or (D) any failure
or refusal by the Pledgee or by any other Secured Party to foreclose or to realize
upon any collateral or Liens securing any of the Obligations of any of the Pledgors,
or to take any action to enforce any of its rights, remedies or claims under any of
the Loan Documents;

     (v) any modification or amendment of, or any supplement or addition to, any of
the Loan Documents;

     (vi) any waiver, consent or other action or acquiescence by the Pledgee or by
any other Secured Party in respect of any default by any of the Pledgors in

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its performance or observance of or compliance with any term, covenant or condition
contained in any of the Loan Documents;

     (vii) the existence or creation at any time or times on or after the date of
this Agreement of any claim, defense, right of set-off or counterclaim of any nature
whatsoever of any Pledgor against any of the other Pledgors or Loan Parties or
against any of the Secured Parties;

     (viii) any incapacity or lack of authority of any Pledgor;

     (ix) any of the Obligations of any of the Pledgors or any of the Loan Documents
or any provision of any thereof or any of the Liens securing any of the Obligations
of any of the Pledgors shall at any time and for any reason whatsoever cease to be
in full force or effect with respect to any one or more of the Pledgors or shall be
declared null and void or illegal, invalid, unenforceable or inadmissible in
evidence in relation to any one or more of the Pledgors, or any of the Obligations
of any one or more of the Pledgors or any Liens securing any of the Obligations of
any one or more of the Pledgors shall be subject to avoidance, or shall be avoided,
as a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance, whether prior to or after the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceedings; or

     (x) the existence of any other condition or circumstance or the occurrence of
any other event or condition that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of or a suretyship defense to performance by any Pledgor of any of its
Obligations to any of the Secured Parties.

          (b) Each Pledgor hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably waives, to the extent
permitted under Applicable Law, all suretyship and other similar defenses to performance by such
Pledgor of any of its Obligations to the Pledgee or to any of the other Secured Parties.

          (c) This Agreement shall be effective as to and shall be enforceable by the Pledgee against
each Pledgor from and after the execution and delivery by such Pledgor of a counterpart of this
Agreement. The agreements and obligations of each Pledgor under this agreement are separate and
independent from and in addition to the agreements and Obligations of each other Pledgor under the
Guaranty Agreement and the other Collateral Documents and shall be enforceable by the Pledgee
against each Pledgor notwithstanding (i) the failure of any other Pledgor party thereto to execute
and deliver a counterpart of this Agreement or the Guaranty Agreement, (ii) the invalidity,
unenforceability or inadmissibility in evidence of this Agreement or the Guaranty Agreement against
any other Pledgor party thereto, (iii) the release by the Pledgee of all or any of the other
Pledgors from all or any part of their Obligations under this Agreement or the Guaranty Agreement,
or the release by the Pledgee of all or any part of the Collateral granted by all or any of the
other Pledgors to the Pledgee under this Agreement or any of the other Collateral Documents, or
(iv) any waiver by the Pledgee of, or any consent by the Pledgee to any departure from, any of the
agreements or Obligations of any other Pledgor under this Agreement or the Guaranty Agreement on
any occasion or occasions, or any failure by the Pledgee to enforce any of the agreements or
Obligations of any other Pledgor under this

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Agreement, any of the other Collateral Documents or the
Guaranty Agreement on any occasion or occasions.

          (d) Each of the Pledgors hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assents to and
waives notice of, and waives any defenses that it may otherwise have as a result of, any and all
circumstances, occurrences and other matters specified in clauses (i) through (x)
of paragraph (a) of this Section 17.

          18. SALE OF COLLATERAL WITHOUT REGISTRATION. If at any time when the Pledgee shall
determine to exercise its right to sell all or any part of the Collateral consisting of Securities,
Limited Liability Company Interests or Partnership Interests pursuant to Section 7, and
such Collateral or the part thereof to be sold shall not, for any reason whatsoever, be effectively
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as then in effect, the Pledgee may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, sell such Collateral or part thereof by private sale in such manner and under
such circumstances as the Pledgee may deem reasonably necessary or advisable in order that such
sale may legally be effected without such registration. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, in any such event the Pledgee, in its sole and absolute discretion: (a) may proceed to
make such private sale notwithstanding that a registration statement for the purpose of registering
such Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under such Securities Act; (b) may approach
and negotiate with a single possible purchaser to effect such sale; and (c) may restrict such sale
to a purchaser who will represent and agree that such purchaser is purchasing for its own account,
for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale of such Collateral or part thereof.
In the event of any such sale, the Pledgee shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling
all or any part of the Collateral at a price which the Pledgee, in its sole and absolute
discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the
possibility that a substantially higher price might be realized if the sale were deferred until the
registration as aforesaid.

          19. TERMINATION; RELEASE. (a) On the Termination Date (as defined below), this
Agreement and the pledge and security interest granted hereunder, shall terminate and all rights to
the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Pledgor (provided that all indemnities set forth
herein including, without limitation, in Section 11 hereof shall survive any such
termination), and the Pledgee, at the request and expense of any Pledgor, will execute and deliver
to such Pledgor a proper Instrument or Instruments acknowledging the satisfaction and termination
of this Agreement (including, without limitation, UCC termination statements and Instruments of
satisfaction, discharge and/or reconveyance), and will duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
Pledgor (without recourse, and without any representation or warranty) such of the Collateral as
may be in the possession of the Pledgee and as has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied
or released pursuant to this Agreement, together with any moneys at the time held by the Pledgee or
any of its nominees or sub-agents hereunder, and, with respect to any Collateral consisting of an
Uncertificated Security (other than an Uncertificated Security credited on the books of a Clearing
Corporation), a Partnership Interest or a Limited Liability Company Interest, a termination of the
agreement relating thereto executed and delivered by the issuer of such Uncertificated Security
pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(ii) or by the respective partnership or limited liability
company pursuant to Section 3.2(a)(iv). As used in this Agreement, the term
“Termination Date” shall mean the date upon which all of the Commitments shall have

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terminated in full, no Loans or Notes under the Credit Agreement shall be outstanding, and all
Obligations (other than Obligations pursuant to the Specified Swap Agreements) shall have been paid
in full and in cash.

          (b) In the event that any part of the Collateral is Disposed of in connection with a
Disposition permitted by Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise released at the
direction of the Required Lenders (or all Lenders if required by Section 10.1 of
the Credit Agreement), and the proceeds of such Disposition or Dispositions or from such release
are applied in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, to the extent required to be so
applied, such Collateral will be Disposed of free and clear of the Liens created by this Agreement,
and the Administrative Agent, at the request and expense of the respective Pledgor, will execute
and deliver to such Pledgor a proper Instrument or Instruments (including Uniform Commercial Code
termination statements) to evidence the release of such Collateral and will duly assign, transfer
and deliver to such Pledgor (without recourse, and without any representation or warranty) such of
the Collateral as is then being (or has been) so Disposed of or released and as may be in the
possession of the Administrative Agent and has not theretofore been released pursuant to this
Agreement..

          20. NOTICES; ETC. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be delivered or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed:

          (a) if to any Pledgor or the Administrative Agent, at such person’s address set forth
underneath its signature below; and

          (b) if to any Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent), at such address as such
Secured Party shall have specified in the Credit Agreement;

or at such other address as shall have been furnished in writing by any Person described above to
the party required to give notice hereunder.

          21. THE PLEDGEE. The Pledgee will hold, directly or indirectly in accordance with
this Agreement, all items of the Collateral at any time received by it under this Agreement. It is
expressly understood and agreed that the obligations of the Pledgee with respect to the Collateral,
interests therein and the disposition thereof, and otherwise under this Agreement, are only those
expressly set forth in the UCC and in this Agreement.

          22. WAIVER; AMENDMENT. Except as contemplated in Section 25 hereof, none of
the terms or conditions of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated in any
manner whatsoever unless such change, waiver, discharge or termination is in writing duly signed by
each Pledgor directly and adversely affected thereby and by the Pledgee (with the consent of (a)
the Required Lenders, or (b) to the extent required by Section 10.1 of the Credit
Agreement, all of the Lenders).

          23. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the
Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force and effect, subject to release and/or termination as
set forth hereunder, (b) be binding upon each Pledgor, its successors and assigns;
provided, however, that no Pledgor shall assign any of its rights or obligations
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the prior written consent of the Pledgee (with the prior written
consent of the Required Lenders, or to the extent required by Section 10.1 of the Credit
Agreement, all of the Lenders), and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Pledgee
hereunder, to the benefit of the Pledgee, the other Secured Parties and their respective
successors, transferees and assigns. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The headings of the several sections and subsections in this Agreement are
for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or define the meaning hereof. This Agreement may
be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute but one instrument. In the event that any provision of this Agreement
shall prove to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed to be severable from the
other provisions of this Agreement which shall remain binding on all of the parties hereto.

          24. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; ETC. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO BE BOUND
BY THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 10.14 AND SECTION 10.15 OF THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT WITH THE SAME FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH IN FULL HEREIN AND MADE EXPRESSLY
APPLICABLE TO EACH PARTY HERETO.

          25. ADDITIONAL PLEDGORS. It is understood and agreed that any Subsidiary of the
Parent Company or of the Borrower that is required to become a party to and bound by this Agreement
pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall automatically (without
any action on the part of any party hereto) become a Pledgor hereunder by executing a counterpart
hereof, or (alternatively) by executing a supplement to this Agreement or a joinder agreement, (in
each case) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Pledgee, and (in each case) by
delivering the same to the Pledgee.

          26. FULL RECOURSE. This Agreement is made with full recourse to each of the Pledgors
and pursuant to and upon all of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements on the
part of each of the Pledgors contained herein and in the other Loan Documents and otherwise in
writing in connection herewith or therewith.

          27. OBLIGATIONS OF PLEDGORS.

          (a) It is the desire and intent of each of the Pledgors and the Secured Parties that this
Agreement shall be enforced against each Pledgor to the fullest extent permissible under the laws
and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought.

          (b) Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Pledge Agreement, each of the
Secured Parties agrees that this Agreement may be enforced only by the action of the Pledgee, in
each case, acting upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and that no other Secured Parties
shall have any right individually to seek to enforce or to enforce this Agreement
or to realize upon any of the Collateral or other security granted or to be granted by any of
the

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Collateral Documents, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be
exercised by the Pledgee for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of this Agreement
and the Collateral Documents. It is understood that the agreement of the Secured Parties contained
in this Section 27 is among and solely for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that, if
the Required Lenders so agree (without requiring the consent of any Pledgor), this Pledge Agreement
may be directly enforced by any Pledgee.

          28. PLEDGEE NOT A PARTNER OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY MEMBER. (a) Nothing herein
shall be construed to make the Pledgee or any other Secured Party liable as a member of any limited
liability company or partnership, and neither the Pledgee nor any other Secured Party by virtue of
this Agreement or otherwise (except as referred to in the following sentence) shall have any of the
duties, obligations or liabilities of a member of any limited liability company or partnership. The
parties hereto expressly agree that, unless the Pledgee shall become the absolute owner pursuant
hereto of Collateral consisting of Limited Liability Company Interests or Partnership Interests,
this Agreement shall not be construed as creating a partnership or joint venture among the Pledgee,
any other Secured Party and/or any Pledgor.

          (b) Except as provided in the last sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section
28, the Pledgee, by becoming a party to this Agreement, did not intend to become a member of
any limited liability company or partnership or otherwise intend to be a co-venturer with respect
to any Pledgor or any limited liability company or partnership either before or after an Event of
Default shall have occurred. The Pledgee shall have only those powers set forth herein, and the
Secured Parties shall assume none of the duties, obligations or liabilities of a member of any
limited liability company or partnership or any Pledgor, except as and to the extent
provided in the last sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 28.

          (c) The Pledgee and the other Secured Parties shall not be obligated to perform or discharge
any obligation of any Pledgor as a result of any of the pledges hereby effected.

          (d) The acceptance by the Pledgee of this Agreement, with all the rights, powers, privileges
and authority so created, shall not at any time or in any event obligate the Pledgee or any other
Secured Party to appear in or defend any action or proceeding relating to the Collateral, or to
take any action hereunder or thereunder, or to expend any money or incur any expenses or perform or
discharge any obligation, duty or liability under the Collateral.

          29. EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the date hereof
when the Pledgee, the Parent Company and the Borrower shall have signed a counterpart hereof
(whether the same or different counterparts) and shall have delivered (including by way of
facsimile transmission) the same to the Pledgee.

          30. DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE. Delivery of the signature pages to this Agreement by
facsimile shall be as effective as delivery of manually executed counterparts of this Agreement.

***Signature Pages to Pledge Agreement follow***

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this PLEDGE AGREEMENT to be duly executed
and delivered as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	The Borrower:

W LAB ACQUISITION CORP., as

the Borrower and a Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Michael P. Muldowney
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Michael P. Muldowney 	 
	 	 	Title:  	CEO 	 
	 
	 	The Parent Company:

NEXTERA ENTERPRISES, INC., as

the Parent Company and a Pledgor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Michael P. Muldowney
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Michael P. Muldowney 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President & CFO 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Address of Pledgors:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	c/o Nextera Enterprises, Inc.	 	 
	 

	 	One Exeter Plaza	 	 
	 

	 	699 Boylston Street	 	 
	 

	 	Boston, MA 02116	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Attention: Michael Muldowney	 	 
	 

	 	Telephone: (617) 262-0055	 	 
	 

	 	Facsimile: (617) 262-7105	 	 

**Signature Page to Pledge Agreement**

***Signature Page to Pledge Agreement follows***

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	 	The Pledgee:

NEWSTAR FINANCIAL, INC.

as Pledgee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Mark D. Cordes
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Mark D. Cordes 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Managing Director 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Address of Pledgee:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	NewStar Financial, Inc.	 	 
	 

	 	500 Boylston Street	 	 
	 

	 	Suite 1600	 	 
	 

	 	Boston, Massachusetts 02116	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Attention: Mark D. Cordes	 	 
	 

	 	Telephone: (617) 848-2510	 	 
	 

	 	Facsimile: (617) 848-4300	 	 

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PLEDGE AGREEMENT SCHEDULES

			
	Annex A	 	List of Pledgors

			
	Annex B	 	Ownership of Subsidiaries

			
	Annex C	 	List of Equity Interests and Other Securities

 

 

ANNEX A

LIST OF PLEDGORS

PRINCIPAL COMPANIES

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	W Lab Acquisition Corp.
	 	 	 	Delaware corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Nextera Enterprises, Inc.
	 	 	 	Delaware corporation	 	 

LIST OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Organizational
	 	 	Jurisdiction	 	Identification
	Name of Subsidiary Guarantor	 	and Type	 	Number

	None.
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

ANNEX B

OWNERSHIP OF SUBSIDIARIES

	 	 	 
	Name
of Subsidiary	 	Direct
Owner
	W LAB ACQUISITION CORP.

	 	NEXTERA ENTERPRISES, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

 

 

ANNEX C

LIST OF EQUITY INTERESTS AND OTHER SECURITIES

I. BORROWER.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Types of	 	Number of	 	Certificate Number	 	 
	Name of Issuer	 	Shares or Units	 	 Shares or Units	 	and % Ownership	 	Name of Owner
	W Lab Acquisition Corp.
	 	common stock	 	1,000	 	Certificate No. 1, 100%	 	Nextera Enterprises, Inc.

II. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Types of	 	Number of	 	Certificate	 	 
	Name of Issuer	 	Shares or Units	 	 Shares or Units	 	Number	 	Name of Owner
	None.

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