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Exhibit 4.3 

EXECUTION VERSION 

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT 

by and among 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 

WELLS FARGO RETAIL FINANCE, LLC, and 

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION 

as ABL Agents, 

and 
 WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 as Second Lien Agent 

Dated as of October 12, 2010 
  

 

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	 ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
	  	2
			
	 Section 1.1
	  	UCC Definitions	  	2
	 Section 1.2
	  	Other Definitions	  	2
	 Section 1.3
	  	Rules of Construction	  	9
		
	 ARTICLE 2 LIEN PRIORITY
	  	9
			
	 Section 2.1
	  	Priority of Liens	  	9
	 Section 2.2
	  	Waiver of Right to Contest Liens	  	10
	 Section 2.3
	  	Remedies Standstill	  	11
	 Section 2.4
	  	Release of Liens	  	11
	 Section 2.5
	  	No New Liens	  	12
	 Section 2.6
	  	Waiver of Marshalling	  	12
		
	 ARTICLE 3 ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES
	  	12
			
	 Section 3.1
	  	Certain Actions Permitted	  	12
	 Section 3.2
	  	Agent for Perfection	  	13
	 Section 3.3
	  	Insurance	  	13
	 Section 3.4
	  	No Additional Rights For the Loan Parties Hereunder	  	13
	 Section 3.5
	  	Payments Over	  	14
		
	 ARTICLE 4 APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
	  	14
			
	 Section 4.1
	  	Application of Proceeds	  	14
	 Section 4.2
	  	Specific Performance	  	15
		
	 ARTICLE 5 INTERCREDITOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND WAIVERS
	  	15
			
	 Section 5.1
	  	Notice of Acceptance and Other Waivers	  	15
	 Section 5.2
	  	Modifications to ABL Documents and Second Lien Documents	  	16
	 Section 5.3
	  	Reinstatement and Continuation of Agreement	  	17
		
	 ARTICLE 6 INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS
	  	18
			
	 Section 6.1
	  	DIP Financing	  	18
	 Section 6.2
	  	Relief From Stay	  	19
	 Section 6.3
	  	No Contest; Adequate Protection	  	19
	 Section 6.4
	  	Asset Sales	  	19
	 Section 6.5
	  	Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification	  	20
	 Section 6.6
	  	Enforceability	  	20
	 Section 6.7
	  	ABL Obligations Unconditional	  	20
	 Section 6.8
	  	Second Lien Obligations Unconditional	  	21
		
	 ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	21
			
	 Section 7.1
	  	Rights of Subrogation	  	21
	 Section 7.2
	  	Further Assurances	  	21
	 Section 7.3
	  	Representations	  	22

  

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	 Section 7.4
	  	Amendments	  	22
	 Section 7.5
	  	Addresses for Notices	  	22
	 Section 7.6
	  	No Waiver; Remedies	  	23
	 Section 7.7
	  	Continuing Agreement, Transfer of Secured Obligations	  	23
	 Section 7.8
	  	Governing Law; Entire Agreement	  	23
	 Section 7.9
	  	Counterparts	  	23
	 Section 7.10
	  	No Third Party Beneficiaries	  	24
	 Section 7.11
	  	Headings	  	24
	 Section 7.12
	  	Severability	  	24
	 Section 7.13
	  	Attorneys’ Fees	  	24
	 Section 7.14
	  	VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER	  	24
	 Section 7.15
	  	Intercreditor Agreement	  	25
	 Section 7.16
	  	No Warranties or Liability	  	25
	 Section 7.17
	  	Conflicts	  	25
	 Section 7.18
	  	Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Loan Parties	  	25

  

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 INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT 

THIS INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof,
this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 12, 2010 by and among BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (“Bank of America”), in its capacity as administrative agent and co-collateral agent, WELLS
FARGO RETAIL FINANCE, LLC, in its capacity as co-collateral agent, and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, in its capacity as co-collateral agent (together with their respective successors and assigns in such capacities, the
“ABL Agents”) for (i) the financial institutions party from time to time to the ABL Credit Agreement referred to below (such financial institutions, together with their respective successors, assigns and transferees, the
“ABL Lenders”) and (ii) any ABL Bank Product Affiliates and ABL Cash Management Affiliates (each as defined below) (such ABL Bank Product Affiliates and ABL Cash Management Affiliates, together with the ABL Agents and
the ABL Lenders, the “ABL Secured Parties”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee and collateral agent (in such capacity, and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“Second Lien Agent”) for the holders of the Notes issued under that certain Indenture referred to below (such holders, together with their respective successors, assigns and transferees, the
“Noteholders”) (such Second Lien Agent and the Noteholders, the “Second Lien Secured Parties”). 

RECITALS 
 A.
Pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 21, 2009 by and among Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp. and Kmart Corporation, (collectively, the “ABL Borrowers”), Sears Holdings
Corporation (“Holdings”), the ABL Lenders and the ABL Agents (as such agreement has been or may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, the
“ABL Credit Agreement”), the ABL Lenders have agreed to make certain loans and provide other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of Holdings and certain of its subsidiaries. 

B. Pursuant to a certain Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of May 21, 2009 (as the same has been or
may be amended, supplemented, restated and/or otherwise modified, the “ABL Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”) by Holdings and certain of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the ABL Borrowers) in
favor of the ABL Agents for the benefit of the ABL Secured Parties, (1) Holdings and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, with Holdings, the “ABL Guarantors”) have guaranteed the payment and performance of the ABL
Borrowers’ Obligations under the ABL Documents (as hereinafter defined), and (2) the ABL Borrowers and the ABL Guarantors (collectively, the “ABL Loan Parties”) have granted a security interest and lien in certain
of their assets (including, without limitation, credit card accounts receivables, pharmacy receivables, inventory and other assets related thereto) to secure the respective obligations of each of the ABL Loan Parties under the ABL Documents.

 C. Pursuant to that certain Indenture dated as of October 12, 2010 by and among Sears Holdings Corporation,
(“Holdings” or the “Second Lien Borrower”), the Second Lien Guarantors (as defined below) and the Second Lien Agent (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, the “Indenture”), Holdings has issued the Notes (as defined in the Indenture) and the Noteholders have purchased the Notes. 

 

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 D. Pursuant to the Indenture and a certain Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof
(the “Second Lien Security Agreement) by Holdings and certain of its subsidiaries in favor of the Second Lien Agent for the benefit of the Second Lien Secured Parties, (1) certain subsidiaries of Holdings (collectively, the
“Second Lien Guarantors”) have guaranteed the payment and performance of Holdings’ Obligations under the Indenture and the other Second Lien Documents, and (2) Holdings and the Second Lien Guarantors (collectively,
the “Second Lien Loan Parties”) have granted a security interest and lien in the Second Lien Collateral (as defined below) to secure the respective obligations of each of the Second Lien Loan Parties under the Indenture and
the other Second Lien Documents. 
 E. Each of the ABL Agents (on behalf of the ABL Secured Parties) and the Second Lien Agent
(on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties) desire to agree to the relative priority of Liens on the Collateral (as defined below) and certain other rights, priorities and interests as provided herein. 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE 1 

DEFINITIONS 

Section 1.1 UCC Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning herein as in
the Uniform Commercial Code. 
 Section 1.2 Other Definitions. Subject to Section 1.1, as used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: 
 “ABL Agents” shall have the meaning assigned
to that term in the introduction to this Agreement and shall include any successors thereto as well as any Person designated as the “Agent”, “Administrative Agent”, “Collateral Agent” or “Co-Collateral Agent”
under any ABL Credit Agreement. 
 “ABL Bank Products Affiliate” shall mean any ABL Lender or any
Affiliate of any ABL Lender that has entered into a Swap Contract or other Bank Product with an ABL Loan Party with the obligations of such ABL Loan Party thereunder being secured by one or more ABL Collateral Documents, together with their
respective successors, assigns and transferees. 
 “ABL Borrowers” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in the recitals to this Agreement. 
 “ABL Cash Management Affiliate” shall mean any ABL
Lender or any Affiliate of an ABL Lender that provides Cash Management Services to any of the ABL Loan Parties with the obligations of such ABL Loan Parties thereunder being secured by one or more ABL Collateral Documents, together with their
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 “ABL Collateral” shall mean all Property now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Borrower or any Guarantor in or upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to the ABL Agents (and in all events includes the Second Lien Collateral) under any of the ABL Collateral Documents, together with all
substitutions, additions, products and Proceeds thereof. 
 “ABL Collateral Documents” shall mean the
ABL Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with all other security agreements, account control agreements, freight forwarder and/or customs broker’s agreements, collateral access agreements, license agreements and other collateral
documents executed and delivered in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. 

“ABL Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement and shall
include any other agreement extending the maturity of, consolidating, restructuring, refunding, replacing or refinancing all or any portion of the ABL Obligations, whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders. 

“ABL Documents” shall mean the ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Documents, all Swap Contracts and other
Bank Products between any ABL Loan Party and any ABL Bank Products Affiliate, all Cash Management Services agreements between any ABL Loan Party and any ABL Cash Management Affiliate, those other ancillary agreements to which any ABL Secured Party
is a party or beneficiary and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any ABL Loan Party and delivered to the ABL Agents or any other ABL Secured Party, in connection with any of
the foregoing or with the ABL Credit Agreement or the ABL Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

 “ABL Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals
to this Agreement and shall also include any other agreement amending or replacing such agreement, whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders. 

“ABL Guarantors” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement and shall also
include any other Person who becomes a guarantor under the ABL Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. 
 “ABL
Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement. 
 “ABL
Loan Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement. 
 “ABL
Obligations” shall mean all obligations of every nature of each ABL Loan Party from time to time owed to the ABL Secured Parties, or any of them, under any ABL Document, whether for principal, interest, reimbursement of amounts drawn
under letters of credit, payments for early termination of Swap Contracts, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, and all other amounts owing or due under the terms of the ABL Documents (including interest, fees, indemnification payments,
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filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such ABL Loan Party, would have accrued on or been payable with respect to any ABL Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such
ABL Loan Party for such interest, fees, indemnification payments, expense reimbursements and other amounts in the related bankruptcy proceeding), as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time
to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. 
 “ABL Recovery” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.3(a). 
 “ABL Secured Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
the introduction to this Agreement. 
 “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any
other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. 

“Agent(s)” means individually the ABL Agents or the Second Lien Agent and collectively means both the ABL Agents
and the Second Lien Agent. 
 “Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the
introduction to this Agreement. 
 “Bank Products” shall have the meaning provided in the ABL Credit
Agreement. 
 “Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code , as now or hereafter in
effect or any successor thereto. 
 “Borrower” shall mean with respect to the ABL Obligations, the ABL
Borrowers and, with respect to the Second Lien Obligations, Holdings and collectively means all of them. 
 “Cash
Management Services” shall have the meaning provided in the ABL Credit Agreement. 

“Collateral” shall mean collectively, all ABL Collateral and all Second Lien Collateral. 

“Control Collateral” shall mean any Collateral consisting of any Deposit Account, Instruments and any other
Collateral as to which a Lien may be perfected through possession or control by the secured party, or any agent therefor. 

“Credit Documents” shall mean the ABL Documents and the Second Lien Documents. 

“Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, as
well as all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States federal or state law or of any
applicable foreign law from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally. 
 “DIP
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 “Discharge of ABL Obligations” shall mean (a) the payment in
full in cash of all outstanding ABL Obligations including, with respect to (i) amounts available to be drawn under outstanding letters of credit issued thereunder (or indemnities or other undertakings issued pursuant thereto in respect of
outstanding letters of credit), the cancellation of such letters of credit or the delivery or provision of money or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in compliance with the terms of any ABL Credit Agreement (which shall not exceed an
amount equal to 105% of the aggregate undrawn amount of such letters of credit) and (ii) outstanding ABL Obligations with respect to Bank Products and Cash Management Services (or indemnities or other undertakings issued pursuant thereto in
respect of outstanding Bank Products and Cash Management Services) or the delivery or provision of cash collateral in respect thereof in compliance with the terms of any ABL Credit Agreement and (b) the termination of all commitments to extend
credit under the ABL Documents. 
 “Discharge of Second Lien Obligations” shall mean the discharge or
defeasance of all outstanding Second Lien Obligations in accordance with the Indenture. 
 “Event of
Default” shall mean an Event of Default as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable. 

“Exercise (of) Any Secured Creditor Remedies” or “Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies”
shall mean, except as otherwise provided in the final sentence of this definition: 
 (a) the taking by any
Secured Party of any action to enforce or realize upon any Lien, including the institution of any foreclosure proceedings or the noticing of any public or private sale pursuant to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law;

 (b) the exercise by any Secured Party of any right or remedy provided to a secured creditor on account of a
Lien under any of the Credit Documents, under applicable law, in an Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, including the election to retain any of the ABL Collateral or Second Lien Collateral, as applicable, in satisfaction of a Lien; 

(c) the taking of any action by any Secured Party or the exercise of any right or remedy by any Secured Party in respect
of the collection on, set off against, marshaling of, injunction respecting or foreclosure on the ABL Collateral or Second Lien Collateral, as applicable, or the Proceeds thereof; 

(d) the appointment on the application of a Secured Party, of a receiver, receiver and manager or interim receiver of all
or part of the ABL Collateral or Second Lien Collateral, as applicable; 
 (e) the sale, lease, license, or other
disposition of all or any portion of the ABL Collateral or Second Lien Collateral by private or public sale conducted by a Secured Party or any other means at the direction of a Secured Party permissible under applicable law; and 

 

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 (f) the exercise of any other right of a secured creditor under Part 6 of
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or under provisions of similar effect other applicable law. 
 For the avoidance of doubt, none of the
following shall be deemed to constitute an Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies: (i) the filing of a proof of claim in any Insolvency Proceeding or seeking adequate protection (subject to Section 6.3 below), (ii) the exercise of
rights by the ABL Agents during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), including, without limitation, the notification of account debtors, depository institutions or any other Person to deliver proceeds of
the ABL Collateral to the ABL Agents, (iii) the consent by the ABL Agents to a store closing sale, going out of business sale or other disposition by any Loan Party of any of the ABL Collateral, (iv) the reduction of advance rates or
sub-limits by the ABL Agents, or (v) the imposition of Availability Reserves or Inventory Reserves (in each case as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) by the ABL Agents. 

“Governmental Authority” shall mean any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof
and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government. 

“Guarantor” shall mean any of the ABL Guarantors or Second Lien Guarantors. 

“Holdings” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement. 

“Indebtedness” shall mean (i) all obligations of a Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments; (ii) the maximum amount of all letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments
issued or created by or for the account of such Person; (iii) obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract; (iv) indebtedness secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse, and
(v) any guarantees of the foregoing. 
 “Indenture” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
the recitals to this Agreement and shall include any other agreement extending the maturity of, consolidating, restructuring, refunding, replacing or refinancing all or any portion of the Second Lien Obligations. 

“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental
Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors
or other similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors; in each case covered by clauses (a) and (b) undertaken under any Debtor Relief Laws. 

 

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 “Lender(s)” means individually, the ABL Lenders or the Noteholders
and collectively means all of the ABL Lenders and the Noteholders. 
 “Lien” shall mean, with respect to
any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, collateral assignment, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset. 

“Lien Priority” shall mean with respect to any Lien of the ABL Secured Parties or the Second Lien Secured Parties
in the Collateral, the order of priority of such Lien as specified in Section 2.1. 
 “Loan
Parties” shall mean the ABL Loan Parties and the Second Lien Loan Parties. 
 “Noteholders”
shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement. 
 “Notes” shall
have the meaning provided in the Indenture. 
 “Party” shall mean the ABL Agents or the Second Lien
Agent, and “Parties” shall mean both the ABL Agents and the Second Lien Agent. 
 “Person”
shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever
nature. 
 “Proceeds” shall mean (a) all “proceeds,” as defined in Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code, with respect to the Collateral, and (b) whatever is recoverable or recovered when any Collateral is sold, exchanged, collected, or disposed of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. 

“Property” shall mean any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible
or intangible. 
 “Second Lien Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction
to this Agreement and shall include any successor thereto. 
 “Second Lien Collateral” shall mean all
“Collateral”, as defined in the Second Lien Security Agreement, and any other asset which becomes subject to a Lien securing the Second Lien Obligations. 

“Second Lien Collateral Documents” shall mean the Second Lien Security Agreement, together with all other
security agreements, account control agreements, freight forwarder and/or customs broker’s agreements, collateral access agreements, license agreements and other collateral documents executed and delivered in connection with the Indenture, in
each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. 
  

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 “Second Lien Documents” shall mean the Indenture, the Second Lien
Collateral Documents, and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Second Lien Loan Party or any of its respective Affiliates, and delivered to the Second Lien Agent, in
connection with the Indenture, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. 

“Second Lien Guarantors” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement and shall
also include any other Person who becomes a guarantor under the Indenture. 
 “Second Lien Loan Parties”
shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement. 
 “Second Lien
Obligations” shall mean all obligations of every nature of each Second Lien Loan Party from time to time owed to the Second Lien Secured Parties or any of them, under any Second Lien Document, whether for principal, interest (including
interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Second Lien Loan Party, would have accrued on any Second Lien Obligation to the extent a claim is allowed against such Second Lien Loan Party for such interest in
the related bankruptcy proceeding), fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, and all other amounts owing or due under the terms of the Second Lien Documents, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or
in part from time to time. 
 “Second Lien Recovery” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3(b). 
 “Second Lien Secured Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
the introduction to this Agreement. 
 “Second Lien Security Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned
to that term in the recitals to this Agreement. 
 “Secured Parties” shall mean the ABL Secured Parties
and the Second Lien Secured Parties. 
 “Subsidiary” shall mean with respect to any Person (the
“parent”) at any date, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, or other entity (a) of which equity interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a
partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and
one or more subsidiaries of the parent. 
 “Swap Contract” shall have the meaning provided in the ABL
Credit Agreement. 
 “Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may,
from time to time, be in effect in the State of New York; provided that to the extent that the Uniform Commercial Code is used to define any term in any security document and such term is defined differently in differing Articles of the
Uniform Commercial Code, the definition of such term contained in Article 9 shall govern; provided further that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, publication or
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or remedies with respect to, Liens of any Party is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code or foreign personal property security laws as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the
State of New York, the term “Uniform Commercial Code” will mean the Uniform Commercial Code or such foreign personal property security laws as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof
relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions. 
 Section 1.3
Rules of Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the term “including” is not limiting and shall
be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation,” and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The words “hereof,”
“herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Article, section, subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit
references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, restatements, extensions, modifications, renewals,
replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, restatements, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions,
joinders, and supplements set forth herein). Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any reference herein to the repayment in full of an obligation shall mean the payment in full in
cash of such obligation, or in such other manner as may be approved in writing by the requisite holders or representatives in respect of such obligation. Any reference herein to a time of day means Eastern time. 

ARTICLE 2 

LIEN PRIORITY 

Section 2.1 Priority of Liens. 

(a) Notwithstanding (i) the date, time, method, manner, or order of grant, attachment, or perfection of any Liens granted to the ABL
Secured Parties in respect of all or any portion of the ABL Collateral or of any Liens granted to the Second Lien Secured Parties in respect of all or any portion of the Second Lien Collateral and regardless of how any such Lien was acquired
(whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise), (ii) the order or time of filing or recordation of any document or instrument for perfecting the Liens in favor of the ABL Agents for the benefit of the ABL Secured
Parties in any ABL Collateral or the Second Lien Agent for the benefit of the Second Lien Secured Parties in any Second Lien Collateral, (iii) any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, Debtor Relief Laws or any other applicable law, or of
the ABL Documents or the Second Lien Documents, (iv) whether the ABL Agents or the Second Lien Agent, in each case, either directly or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or any part of the Collateral, (v) the
date on which the ABL Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations are advanced or made available to the Loan Parties, or (vi) any failure of the ABL Agents or the Second Lien Agent to perfect its Lien in the ABL Collateral or the Second Lien
Collateral, as applicable, the subordination of any Lien on the ABL Collateral securing any ABL Obligations or on any Second Lien Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations, as applicable, to any Lien securing any other obligation of any
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Guarantor, or the avoidance, invalidation or lapse of any Lien on the ABL Collateral securing any ABL Obligations or on any Second Lien Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations, the ABL
Agents, on behalf of themselves and the ABL Secured Parties, and the Second Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, hereby agree that the following priorities apply to the Collateral: 

(A) First, to the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders to the extent of the ABL Obligations; 

(B) Second, to the Second Lien Agent and the Noteholders to the extent of the Second Lien Obligations. 

(b) The ABL Agents, for and on behalf of themselves and the ABL Secured Parties, acknowledge and agree that, concurrently herewith, the
Second Lien Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, has been, or may be, granted Liens upon the Second Lien Collateral and the ABL Agents hereby consent thereto. The subordination of Lien by the Second Lien Agent in
favor of the ABL Agents as set forth herein shall not be deemed to subordinate the Second Lien Agent’s Liens to the Liens of any other Person. 

Section 2.2 Waiver of Right to Contest Liens. 

(a) The Second Lien Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees that it and they shall not (and hereby
waives any right to) take any action to contest or challenge (or assist or support any other Person in contesting or challenging), directly or indirectly, whether or not in any proceeding (including in any Insolvency Proceeding), the validity,
priority, enforceability, or perfection of the Liens of the ABL Agents and the ABL Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral or the provisions of this Agreement. The Second Lien Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties,
agrees that none of the Second Lien Agent or the Second Lien Secured Parties will take any action that would interfere with any Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies undertaken by the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party under the ABL Documents with
respect to the Collateral. The Second Lien Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties, hereby waives any and all rights it or the Second Lien Secured Parties may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to contest,
protest, object to, or interfere with the manner in which the ABL Agents or any ABL Lender seeks to enforce its Liens in any Collateral. The foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit the Second Lien Agent from enforcing the provisions of this
Agreement or otherwise acting in accordance with this Agreement. 
 (b) The ABL Agents, for and on behalf of themselves and the
ABL Secured Parties, agrees that it and they shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take any action to contest or challenge (or assist or support any other Person in contesting or challenging), directly or indirectly, whether or not in any
proceeding (including in any Insolvency Proceeding), the validity, priority, enforceability, or perfection of the Liens of the Second Lien Agent or the Second Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Second Lien Collateral or the provisions of this
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 Section 2.3 Remedies Standstill. 

(a) The Second Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees that, from the date hereof until the date upon
which the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred, neither the Second Lien Agent nor any Second Lien Secured Party will Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies with respect to any of the Collateral, and will not take, receive or accept any
Proceeds of Collateral. From and after the date upon which the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred, the Second Lien Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party may Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies under the Second Lien Documents or
applicable law as to any Second Lien Collateral. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.3(a) or any other provision
of this Agreement, nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent any Agent or any Secured Party from (i) filing a claim or statement of interest with respect to the ABL Obligations or Second Lien Obligations owed to it in any
Insolvency Proceeding commenced by or against any Loan Party, (ii) taking any action (not adverse to the Lien Priority of the Liens of the ABL Agents or ABL Secured Parties on the Collateral or the rights of the ABL Agent or any of the ABL
Secured Parties to Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its Lien on any ABL Collateral or Second Lien Collateral, as applicable, (iii) filing any necessary
or responsive pleadings in opposition to any motion, adversary proceeding or other pleading filed by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking disallowance of the claim or Lien of such Agent or Secured Party, (iv) voting on any plan of
reorganization or filing any proof of claim in any Insolvency Proceeding of any Loan Party, or (v) objecting to the proposed retention of the Collateral by the ABL Agents or any other ABL Secured Party in full or partial satisfaction of any ABL
Obligations, in each case (i) through (v) above to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. 

(c) Each of the Second Lien Agent, each Second Lien Secured Party, the ABL Agents and each ABL Secured Party agrees (i) that it will
not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit, Insolvency Proceeding or other proceeding any claim, in the case of the Second Lien Agent and each Second Lien Secured Party, against either the ABL Agents or any other ABL Secured
Party, and in the case of the ABL Agents and each other ABL Secured Party, against either the Second Lien Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party, seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise,
with respect to, any action taken or omitted to be taken by such Person with respect to the ABL Collateral or Second Lien Collateral, as applicable, which is consistent with the terms of this Agreement, and none of such Parties shall be liable for
any such action taken or omitted to be taken, or (ii) it will not be a petitioning creditor or otherwise assist in the filing of an involuntary Insolvency Proceeding. 

Section 2.4 Release of Liens. 

In the event of (A) any private or public sale of all or any portion of the Collateral in connection with any Exercise of Secured
Creditor Remedies by the ABL Agents or by the ABL Loan Parties with the consent of the ABL Agents, or (B) any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral, so long as such sale, transfer or other disposition is
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Lien Agent agrees, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties that such sale, transfer or other disposition will be free and clear of the Liens, if any, on such Collateral securing
the Second Lien Obligations, and the Second Lien Agent’s and the Second Lien Secured Parties’ Liens, if any, with respect to the Collateral so sold, transferred, or disposed shall terminate and be automatically released without further
action concurrently with, and to the same extent as, the release of the ABL Secured Parties’ Liens on such Collateral. In furtherance of, and subject to, the foregoing, the Second Lien Agent agrees that it will promptly execute any and all Lien
releases or other documents reasonably requested in writing and provided by the ABL Agents in connection therewith. The Second Lien Agent hereby appoints the ABL Agents and any officer or duly authorized person of the ABL Agents, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in the place and stead of the Second Lien Agent and in the name of the Second Lien Agent or in the ABL Agents’ own name, from time to time, in the ABL
Agents’ sole discretion, for the purposes of carrying out the terms of this paragraph, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver or file any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to
accomplish the purposes of this paragraph, including any financing statements, endorsements, assignments, releases or other documents or instruments of transfer (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable). 

Section 2.5 No New Liens. Until the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred, the parties hereto agree that no Second Lien Secured
Party shall acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Second Lien Obligation which assets are not also subject to the Lien of the ABL Agents under the ABL Documents. If any Second Lien Secured Party shall nonetheless
acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Second Lien Obligation which assets are not also subject to the Lien of the ABL Agents under the ABL Documents, then the Second Lien Agent (or the relevant Second Lien Secured
Party) shall, without the need for any further consent of any other Second Lien Secured Party, any Second Lien Borrower or any Second Lien Guarantor and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Second Lien Document, be deemed to also
hold and have held such Lien as agent or bailee for the benefit of the ABL Agents as security for the ABL Obligations (subject to the terms of the ABL Credit Agreement) and shall promptly notify the ABL Agents in writing of the existence of such
Lien. 
 Section 2.6 Waiver of Marshalling. 

Until the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the Second Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees not to
assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available
under applicable law with respect to the Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law. 

ARTICLE 3 

ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES 

Section 3.1 Certain Actions Permitted. The Second Lien Agent and the ABL Agents may make such demands or file such claims in respect of the
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 Section 3.2 Agent for Perfection. (a) The ABL Agents, for and on behalf of themselves and each
ABL Secured Party, agree to hold all Second Lien Collateral in their possession, custody, or control (or in the possession, custody, or control of agents or bailees for either) as agent for the Second Lien Secured Parties solely for the purpose of
perfecting the security interest granted to the Second Lien Agent in such Second Lien Collateral, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 3.2. 

(b) The Second Lien Agent, for and on behalf of itself and each Second Lien Secured Party, agree to hold all Collateral in their
possession, custody, or control (or in the possession, custody, or control of agents or bailees for either) as agent for the ABL Secured Parties solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted to the ABL Agents in such Collateral,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 3.2. 
 (c) None of the ABL Agents, the ABL Secured Parties, the Second
Lien Agent, or the Second Lien Secured Parties, as applicable, shall have any obligation whatsoever to the others to assure that the Collateral is genuine or owned by any Borrower, any Guarantor, or any other Person or to preserve rights or benefits
of any Person. The duties or responsibilities of the ABL Agents and the Second Lien Agent under this Section 3.2 are and shall be limited solely to holding or maintaining control of the Collateral or Second Lien Collateral, as applicable, as
agent for the other Party for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by the Second Lien Agent or the ABL Agents, as applicable. The ABL Agents are not and shall not be deemed to be a fiduciary of any kind for the Second Lien Secured Parties or any
other Person. The Second Lien Agent is not and shall not be deemed to be a fiduciary of any kind for the ABL Secured Parties, or any other Person. 

Section 3.3 Insurance. Proceeds of Collateral include insurance proceeds and, therefore, the Lien Priority shall govern the ultimate
disposition of casualty insurance proceeds. The ABL Agents and the Second Lien Agent shall each be named as additional insured or loss payee, as applicable, with respect to all insurance policies maintained by the Borrowers or Guarantors relating to
the ABL Collateral and Second Lien Collateral, respectively. Until the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the ABL Agents shall have the sole and exclusive right, as against the Second Lien Agent, to adjust settlement of insurance claims in the event of
any covered loss, theft or destruction of any Collateral and take other such actions with respect to insurance covering the Collateral as set forth in the ABL Credit Agreement. All proceeds of such insurance shall be remitted to the ABL Agents, and
the Second Lien Agent shall cooperate (if necessary) in a reasonable manner in effecting the payment of insurance proceeds in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof. The ABL Agents are hereby authorized to make any endorsements as agent for the
Second Lien Agent or any such other Second Lien Secured Parties in accordance with the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.4 above. 

Section 3.4 No Additional Rights For the Loan Parties Hereunder. If any ABL Secured Party or Second Lien Secured Party shall enforce its
rights or remedies in violation of the terms of this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall not be entitled to use such violation as a defense to any action by any ABL Secured Party or Second Lien Secured Party, nor to assert such violation as a
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 Section 3.5 Payments Over. 

So long as the Discharge of ABL Obligations has not occurred, any Collateral or Proceeds thereof received by the Second Lien Agent or any
Second Lien Secured Parties in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set off) relating to the Collateral in contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the ABL Agents for
the benefit of the ABL Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The ABL Agents are hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the
Second Lien Agent or any such Second Lien Secured Parties. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until such time as this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. 

ARTICLE 4 

APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS 

Section 4.1 Application of Proceeds. 

(a) Revolving Nature of ABL Obligations. The Second Lien Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties,
expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) the ABL Credit Agreement includes a revolving commitment, that in the ordinary course of business the ABL Agents and the ABL Lenders will apply payments and make advances thereunder, and that no
application of any Collateral or the release of any Lien by the ABL Agents upon any portion of the Collateral in connection with a permitted disposition by the ABL Loan Parties under any ABL Credit Agreement shall constitute the Exercise of Secured
Creditor Remedies under this Agreement; (ii) the amount of the ABL Obligations that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, and that the terms of the ABL Obligations may be
modified, extended or amended from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the ABL Obligations may be increased, replaced or refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Second Lien Secured Parties and without affecting the
provisions hereof; and (iii) all Collateral received by the ABL Agents may be applied, reversed, reapplied or credited, in whole or in part, to the ABL Obligations at any time. The Lien Priority shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any
such amendment, modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or refinancing of either the ABL Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations, or any portion thereof. 

(b) Application of Proceeds of Collateral. The ABL Agents and the Second Lien Agent hereby agree that all Collateral and all other
Proceeds thereof, received by either of them in connection with any Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies with respect to the Collateral shall be applied, 

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 second, to the payment of the ABL Obligations in accordance with the
ABL Documents until the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred, 
 third, to the payment of the
Second Lien Obligations in accordance with the Second Lien Documents until the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations shall have occurred, and 

fourth, the balance, if any, to the Loan Parties or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. 

(c) Limited Obligation or Liability. In exercising remedies, whether as a secured creditor or otherwise, the ABL Agents shall have
no obligation or liability to the Second Lien Agent or to any Second Lien Secured Party regarding the adequacy of any Proceeds or for any action or omission, except solely for an action or omission that breaches the express obligations undertaken by
each Party under the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, none of the Parties hereto waives any claim that it may have against a Secured Party on the grounds that any sale, transfer or other disposition
by the Secured Party was not commercially reasonable in every respect as required by the Uniform Commercial Code. 
 (d)
Turnover of Collateral. Upon the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the ABL Agents shall deliver to the Second Lien Agent or shall execute such documents as the Second Lien Agent may reasonably request (at the expense of the Second Lien Borrower)
to enable the Second Lien Agent to have control over any Control Collateral constituting Second Lien Collateral still in the ABL Agents’ possession, custody, or control in the same form as received with any necessary endorsements, or as a court
of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, subject to the reinstatement provisions of Section 5.3 below. 
 Section 4.2 Specific
Performance. Each of the ABL Agents and the Second Lien Agent is hereby authorized to demand specific performance of this Agreement, whether or not any Borrower or any Guarantor shall have complied with any of the provisions of any of the
Credit Documents, at any time when the other Party shall have failed to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to it. Each of the ABL Agents, for and on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, and the Second Lien Agent,
for and on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law that might be asserted as a bar to such remedy of specific performance. 

ARTICLE 5 

INTERCREDITOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND WAIVERS 

Section 5.1 Notice of Acceptance and Other Waivers. 

(a) All ABL Obligations at any time made or incurred by any Borrower or any Guarantor shall be deemed to have been made or incurred in
reliance upon this Agreement, and the Second Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, hereby waives notice of acceptance, or proof of reliance by the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party of this Agreement and notice of the
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 (b) None of the ABL Agents, any ABL Secured Party, or any of their respective Affiliates,
directors, officers, employees, or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect, or realize upon any of the Collateral or any Proceeds, or for any delay in doing so, or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any
Collateral or Proceeds thereof or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part or Proceeds thereof. If the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party honors (or fails to honor) a request by any Borrower for an extension of
credit pursuant to any ABL Credit Agreement or any of the other ABL Documents, whether the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party have knowledge that the honoring of (or failure to honor) any such request would constitute a default under the terms of
any Indenture or any other Second Lien Document or an act, condition, or event that, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute such a default, or if the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party otherwise should exercise
any of its contractual rights or remedies under any ABL Documents (subject to the express terms and conditions hereof), neither the ABL Agents nor any ABL Secured Party shall have any liability whatsoever to the Second Lien Agent or any Second Lien
Secured Party as a result of such action, omission, or exercise (so long as any such exercise does not breach the express terms and provisions of this Agreement). The ABL Agents and the ABL Secured Parties shall be entitled to manage and supervise
their loans and extensions of credit under any ABL Credit Agreement and any of the other ABL Documents as they may, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or
interests that the Second Lien Agent or any of the Second Lien Secured Parties have in the Collateral, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Second Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees
that neither the ABL Agents nor any ABL Secured Party shall incur any liability as a result of a sale, lease, license, application, or other disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral or Proceeds thereof, pursuant to the ABL Documents, so
long as such disposition is conducted in accordance with mandatory provisions of applicable law and does not breach the provisions of this Agreement. 

Section 5.2 Modifications to ABL Documents and Second Lien Documents. 

(a) The Second Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, hereby agrees that, without affecting the obligations
of the Second Lien Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties hereunder, the ABL Agents and the ABL Secured Parties may, at any time and from time to time, in their sole discretion without the consent of or notice to the Second Lien Agent or any
Second Lien Secured Party, and without incurring any liability to the Second Lien Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party or impairing or releasing the Lien Priority provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, refinance, extend,
consolidate, restructure, or otherwise modify any of the ABL Documents in any manner whatsoever. 
 (b) The ABL Agents, on
behalf of themselves and the ABL Secured Parties, hereby agree that, without affecting the obligations of the ABL Agents and the ABL Secured Parties hereunder, the Second Lien Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties may, at any time and from time
to time, in their sole discretion without the consent of or notice to the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party, and without incurring any liability to the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party or impairing or releasing the Lien Priority provided for
herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure, or otherwise modify any of the Second Lien Documents in any manner whatsoever except that the following shall require the prior written consent of the ABL
Agents: 
 (1) except as provided in Section 2.5, retain or obtain a Lien on any Property of any Person to
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 (2) amend the Second Lien Documents in any manner which would have the
effect of contravening the terms of this Agreement or the ABL Documents. 
 (c) The ABL Obligations and the Second Lien
Obligations may be refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is required pursuant to Section 5.2(b) above or to permit the refinancing transaction under any ABL Document or
any Second Lien Document) of the ABL Agents, the ABL Secured Parties, the Second Lien Agent or the Second Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, all without affecting the Lien Priority provided for herein or the other provisions hereof,
provided, however, that the holders of such refinancing Indebtedness (or an authorized agent or trustee on their behalf) bind themselves in writing to the terms of this Agreement pursuant to such documents or agreements (including
amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the ABL Agents or the Second Lien Agent, as the case may be, shall reasonably request and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the ABL Agents or the Second Lien Agent, as the case may be, and
any such refinancing transaction shall be in accordance with any applicable provisions of both the ABL Documents and the Second Lien Documents (to the extent such documents survive the refinancing). 

Section 5.3 Reinstatement and Continuation of Agreement. 

(a) If the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party is required in any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the
estate of any Borrower, any Guarantor, or any other Person any payment made in satisfaction of all or any portion of the ABL Obligations (an “ABL Recovery”), then the ABL Obligations shall be reinstated to the
extent of such ABL Recovery. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such ABL Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect in the event of such ABL Recovery, and such prior termination shall not diminish,
release, discharge, impair, or otherwise affect the obligations of the Parties from such date of reinstatement. All rights, interests, agreements, and obligations of the ABL Agents, the Second Lien Agent, the ABL Secured Parties, and the Second Lien
Secured Parties under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue irrespective of the commencement of, or any discharge, confirmation, conversion, or dismissal of, any Insolvency Proceeding by or against any Borrower or
any Guarantor or any other circumstance which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of any Borrower or any Guarantor in respect of the ABL Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations. No priority or right of the ABL Agents
or any ABL Secured Party shall at any time be prejudiced or impaired in any way by any act or failure to act on the part of any Borrower or any Guarantor or by the noncompliance by any Person with the terms, provisions, or covenants of any of the
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 (b) If the Second Lien Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party is required in any Insolvency
Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of any Borrower, any Guarantor, or any other Person any payment made in satisfaction of all or any portion of the Second Lien Obligations (a “Second Lien
Recovery”), then the Second Lien Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Second Lien Recovery. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Second Lien Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full
force and effect in the event of such Second Lien Recovery, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair, or otherwise affect the obligations of the Parties from such date of reinstatement. All rights, interests,
agreements, and obligations of the ABL Agents, the Second Lien Agent, the ABL Secured Parties, and the Second Lien Secured Parties under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue irrespective of the commencement of, or
any discharge, confirmation, conversion, or dismissal of, any Insolvency Proceeding by or against any Borrower or any Guarantor or any other circumstance which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of any Borrower or any
Guarantor in respect of the ABL Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations. No priority or right of the Second Lien Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party shall at any time be prejudiced or impaired in any way by any act or failure to act on the
part of any Borrower or any Guarantor or by the noncompliance by any Person with the Second Liens, provisions, or covenants of any of the Second Lien Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof which the Second Lien Agent or any Second Lien
Secured Party may have. 
 ARTICLE 6 

INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS 

Section 6.1 DIP Financing. 

(a) If any Borrower or any Guarantor shall be subject to any Insolvency Proceeding at any time prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations,
and the ABL Agents or any of the ABL Secured Parties shall seek to provide any Borrower or any Guarantor with, or consent to a third party providing, any financing under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or consent to any order for the use of
cash collateral constituting Collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any foreign Debtor Relief Laws or under a court order in respect of measures granted with similar effect under any foreign Debtor
Relief Laws) (each, a “DIP Financing”), with such DIP Financing to be secured by all or any portion of the Collateral (including assets that, but for the application of Section 552 of the Bankruptcy Code would be
Collateral), then the Second Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees that it will raise no objection and will not support any objection to such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral or to the Liens securing the
same on any basis, including, without limitation, on the grounds of a failure to provide “adequate protection” for the Liens of the Second Lien Agent securing the Second Lien Obligations (and will not request any adequate protection solely
as a result of such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, and will not offer or support any debtor-in-possession financing which would compete with such DIP Financing); provided that (i) the Second Lien Agent retains its Lien on the
Collateral to secure the Second Lien Obligations (in each case, including Proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of the case under the any Debtor Relief Laws), subject to the terms of this Agreement, to the Liens in favor of the ABL Secured
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senior priority of the DIP Financing, (ii) all Liens on the Collateral securing any such DIP Financing shall be senior to or on a parity with the Liens of the ABL Agents and the ABL Secured
Parties securing the ABL Obligations on the Collateral and (iii) the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.1(a) shall not prevent the Second Lien Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties from objecting to any provision in any DIP
Financing relating to any provision or content of a plan of reorganization or other plan of similar effect under any Debtor Relief Laws. 

(b) All Liens granted to the ABL Agents or the Second Lien Agent in any Insolvency Proceeding, whether as adequate protection or
otherwise, are intended by the Parties to be and shall be deemed to be subject to the Lien Priority and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement. 

Section 6.2 Relief From Stay. Until the Discharge of ABL Obligations has occurred, the Second Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees not to seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding in respect of any portion of the Collateral without the ABL Agents’ express written consent. 

Section 6.3 No Contest; Adequate Protection. (a) The Second Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees
that, prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations, none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (i) any request by the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party for adequate protection of its interest in the Collateral,
(ii) subject to Section 6.1(a) above, any proposed provision of DIP Financing by the ABL Agents and the ABL Secured Parties (or any other Person proposing to provide DIP Financing with the consent of the ABL Agents) or (iii) any
objection by the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party to any motion, relief, action, or proceeding based on a claim by the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party that its interests in the Collateral are not adequately protected (or any other similar
request under any law applicable to an Insolvency Proceeding), so long as any Liens granted to the ABL Agents as adequate protection of its interests are subject to this Agreement. 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this Section 6.3, in any Insolvency Proceeding, if the ABL Secured Parties (or any
subset thereof) are granted adequate protection with respect to the Collateral in the form of additional collateral (even if such collateral is not of a type which would otherwise have constituted Collateral), then the ABL Agents, on behalf of
themselves and the ABL Secured Parties, agrees that the Second Lien Agent, on behalf of itself or any of the Second Lien Secured Parties, may seek or request (and the ABL Secured Parties will not oppose such request) adequate protection with respect
to its interests in such Collateral in the form of a Lien on the same additional collateral, which Lien will be subordinated to the Liens securing the ABL Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens of the Second Lien Agent on Collateral.

 Section 6.4 Asset Sales. The Second Lien Agent agrees, on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, that it will
not oppose any sale consented to by the ABL Agents of any Collateral pursuant to Section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision under the law applicable to any Insolvency Proceeding or under a court order in respect of measures
granted with similar effect under any foreign Debtor Relief Laws) so long as the Liens of the Parties attach to the proceeds of such sale consistent with the Lien Priority set forth herein on the assets sold and such proceeds are otherwise applied
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 Section 6.5 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. Each Second Lien Secured
Party and each ABL Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that (i) the grants of Liens pursuant to the ABL Security Documents and the Second Lien Security Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens and (ii) because of,
among other things, their differing rights in the Collateral, the Second Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the ABL Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization (or other plan of similar effect under any
Debtor Relief Laws) proposed or adopted in an Insolvency Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the ABL Secured Parties and the Second Lien
Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then the Second Lien Secured Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that all distributions shall be made
as if there were separate classes of ABL Obligation claims and Second Lien Obligation claims against the Loan Parties, with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all
claims held by the other Secured Parties), the ABL Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of
post-petition interest that is available from the Collateral before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Second Lien Secured Parties from such Collateral, with the Second Lien Secured Parties hereby acknowledging and
agreeing to turn over to ABL Secured Parties amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the aggregate recoveries. 

Section 6.6 Enforceability. The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be and shall be enforceable under Section 510(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code. 
 Section 6.7 ABL Obligations Unconditional. All rights of the ABL Agents hereunder, and all agreements and
obligations of the Second Lien Agent and the Loan Parties (to the extent applicable) hereunder, shall, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, remain in full force and effect irrespective of: 

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any ABL Document; 

(ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any portion of the ABL
Obligations, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of any ABL Document; 

(iii) any exchange, release, voiding, avoidance or non perfection of any security interest in any Collateral or any other
collateral, or any release, amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding, restatement or increase of all or any portion of the ABL Obligations or any guarantee or
guaranty thereof; or 
 (iv) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the ABL Obligations, or of any of the Second Lien Agent or any Loan Party, to the extent applicable, in respect of this Agreement. 

 

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 Section 6.8 Second Lien Obligations Unconditional. All rights of the Second Lien Agent
hereunder, all agreements and obligations of the ABL Agents and the Loan Parties (to the extent applicable) hereunder, shall, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, remain in full force and effect irrespective of: 

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Second Lien Document; 

(ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other Second Lien of, all or any portion of the
Second Lien Obligations, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of any Second Lien Document (but solely to the extent permitted pursuant to
Section 5.2(b) above); 
 (iii) any exchange, release, voiding, avoidance or non perfection of any security
interest in any Collateral, or any other collateral, or any release, amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding, restatement or increase of all or any portion of the
Second Lien Obligations or any guarantee or guaranty thereof; or 
 (iv) any other circumstances that otherwise
might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the Second Lien Obligations, or of any of the ABL Agents or any Loan Party, to the extent applicable, in respect of this Agreement. 

ARTICLE 7 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 7.1 Rights of Subrogation. The Second Lien Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees that no
payment to the ABL Agents or any ABL Secured Party pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle the Second Lien Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Discharge of ABL
Obligations. 
 Section 7.2 Further Assurances. The Parties will, at their own expense and at any time and from time to time,
promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary or desirable, or that either Party may reasonably request, in order to protect any right or interest granted or purported to be
granted hereby or to enable the ABL Agents or the Second Lien Agent to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder; provided, however, that no Party shall be required to pay over any payment or distribution, execute any
instruments or documents, or take any other action referred to in this Section 7.2, to the extent that such action would contravene any law, order or other legal requirement or any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, and in the event
of a controversy or dispute, such Party may interplead any payment or distribution in any court of competent jurisdiction, without further responsibility in respect of such payment or distribution under this Section 7.2. 

 

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 Section 7.3 Representations. The Second Lien Agent represents and warrants to the ABL Agents,
that it has entered into this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture and the directions of the Second Lien Loan Parties and Noteholders as stated therein, that it has the requisite power and authority under the Second Lien Documents
to enter into, execute, deliver, and carry out the terms of this Agreement on behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties and that this Agreement shall be binding obligations of the Second Lien Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties,
enforceable against the Second Lien Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties in accordance with its terms (it being understood that such representation as it relates to the Noteholders is made based solely on the representation made by the
Noteholders pursuant to the express terms of the Indenture). The ABL Agents represent and warrant to the Second Lien Agent that they have the requisite power and authority under the ABL Documents to enter into, execute, deliver, and carry out the
terms of this Agreement on behalf of themselves and the ABL Secured Parties and that this Agreement shall be binding obligations of the ABL Agents and the ABL Secured Parties, enforceable against the ABL Agents and the ABL Secured Parties in
accordance with its terms. 
 Section 7.4 Amendments. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement nor consent to any
departure by any Party hereto shall be effective unless it is in a written agreement executed by the Second Lien Agent and the ABL Agents and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose
for which given. 
 Section 7.5 Addresses for Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other
communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, or sent by overnight express courier service or United States mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person
or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or three (3) days after deposit in the United States mail (certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of
a change thereof is delivered as provided in this Section) shall be as set forth below or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties. 

 

			
	ABL Agents:	 	Bank of America, N.A.
		 	100 Federal Street
		 	Boston, Massachusetts 02109
		 	Attention: Stephen J. Garvin
		
		 	With a copy to:
		
		 	Riemer & Braunstein, LLP
		 	Three Center Plaza
		 	Boston, MA 02108
		 	Attention: David S. Berman, Esquire
		 	Fax: (617) 880-3456
		
	Second Lien Agent:	 	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
		 	230 West Monroe Street, Suite 2900
		 	Chicago, Illinois 60606
		 	Facsimile: (312) 726-2158
		 	Attention: Corporate Trust Services

  

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 Section 7.6 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Party to exercise, and no delay
in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. 
 Section 7.7 Continuing Agreement, Transfer of Secured
Obligations. This Agreement is a continuing agreement and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the earlier of the Discharge of ABL Obligations (subject to Section 4.1(d)) or the Discharge of Second Lien Obligations,
(b) be binding upon the Parties and their successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors, transferees and assigns. Nothing herein is intended, or shall be construed
to give, any other Person any right, remedy or claim under, to or in respect of this Agreement or any Collateral. All references to any Loan Party shall include any Loan Party as debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Loan Party
in any Insolvency Proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), the ABL Agents, any ABL Secured Party, the Second Lien Agent, or any Second Lien Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the ABL
Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations, as applicable, to any other Person (other than any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Affiliate of any Borrower or any Guarantor and any Subsidiary of any Borrower or any Guarantor), and such other Person
shall thereupon become vested with all the rights and obligations in respect thereof granted to the ABL Agents, the Second Lien Agent, any ABL Secured Party, or any Second Lien Secured Party, as the case may be, herein or otherwise. The ABL Secured
Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the other parties hereto, to extend credit and other financial accommodations, lend monies and provide Indebtedness to, or for the benefit of, any Loan Party
on the faith hereof. 
 Section 7.8 Governing Law; Entire Agreement. The validity, performance, and enforcement of this
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, but without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the applicable of the law of another jurisdiction would be
required thereby. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto. 

Section 7.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and it is not necessary that the signatures of all
Parties be contained on any one counterpart hereof, each counterpart will be deemed to be an original, and all together shall constitute one and the same document. 
  

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 Section 7.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of the ABL
Agents, ABL Secured Parties, Second Lien Agent and Second Lien Secured Parties. No other Person (including any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Affiliate of any Borrower or any Guarantor, or any Subsidiary of any Borrower or any Guarantor) shall be
deemed to be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement. 
 Section 7.11 Headings. The headings of the articles and sections of
this Agreement are inserted for purposes of convenience only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. 

Section 7.12 Severability. If any of the provisions in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement and shall not invalidate the Lien Priority or the application of Proceeds and other priorities set forth in this Agreement.

 Section 7.13 Attorneys’ Fees. The Parties agree that if any dispute, arbitration, litigation, or other proceeding is
brought with respect to the enforcement of this Agreement or any provision hereof, the prevailing party in such dispute, arbitration, litigation, or other proceeding shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other
costs and expenses incurred in the enforcement of this Agreement, irrespective of whether suit is brought. 
 Section 7.14 VENUE;
JURY TRIAL WAIVER. 
 (a) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY,
TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY
BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY ABL SECURED PARTY OR ANY SECOND LIEN SECURED PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY SECOND LIEN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY ABL DOCUMENTS AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. 
  

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 (b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO REPRESENTS
THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

 (c) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION
7.5. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. 

Section 7.15 Intercreditor Agreement. This Agreement is the Intercreditor Agreement referred to in the ABL Credit Agreement and the
Indenture. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to subordinate the obligations due to (i) any ABL Secured Party to the obligations due to any Second Lien Secured Party or (ii) any Second Lien Secured Party to the obligations due to
any ABL Secured Party (in each case, whether before or after the occurrence of an Insolvency Proceeding), it being the intent of the Parties that this Agreement shall effectuate a subordination of Liens but not a subordination of Indebtedness.

 Section 7.16 No Warranties or Liability. The Second Lien Agent and the ABL Agents acknowledge and agree that neither has
made any representation or warranty with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any other ABL Document or any Second Lien Document. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Second
Lien Agent and the ABL Agents will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective extensions of credit to any Loan Party in accordance with law and their usual practices, modified from time to time as they deem appropriate. 

Section 7.17 Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any ABL Document or any
Second Lien Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern. 
 Section 7.18 Information Concerning Financial Condition of
the Loan Parties. (a) Each of the Second Lien Agent and the ABL Agents hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Loan Parties and all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment
of the ABL Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations. The Second Lien Agent and the ABL Agents hereby agree that no party shall have any duty to advise any other party of information known to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances.
In the event the Second Lien Agent or the ABL Agents, in their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any information to any other party to this Agreement, (a) they shall be under no obligation (i) to
provide any such information to such other party or any other party on any subsequent occasion, (ii) to undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, or (iii) to disclose any other information, (b) they make
no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of any such information and shall not be liable for any information contained therein, and (c) the Party receiving such information hereby agrees 

 

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to hold the other providing Party harmless from any action the receiving Party may take or conclusion the receiving Party may reach or draw from any such information, as well as from and against
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses to which such receiving Party may become subject arising out of or in connection with the use of such information. 

(b) The Loan Parties agree that any information provided to the ABL Agents, the Second Lien Agent, any ABL Secured Party or any Second
Lien Secured Party may be shared by such Person with any ABL Secured Party, any Second Lien Secured Party, the ABL Agents or the Second Lien Agent notwithstanding a request or demand by such Loan Party that such information be kept confidential;
provided that such information shall otherwise be subject to the respective confidentiality provisions in the ABL Credit Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable. 

Section 7.19 Concerning the Second Lien Agent. 

Notwithstanding any term herein to the contrary, it is hereby expressly agreed and acknowledged that the agreements set forth herein by
the Second Lien Agent are made solely in its capacity as collateral agent under the Indenture and related Second Lien Documents pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture and the directions of the Second Lien Loan Parties and Noteholders as stated
therein, and not in its individual capacity. The Second Lien Agent shall not have any duties, obligations, or responsibilities under this Agreement except as expressly set forth herein, and shall have the benefit of all exculpatory provisions,
presumptions, indemnities, protections, benefits, immunities or reliance rights contained in the Indenture in the acceptance, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement as though fully set forth herein. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the ABL Agents, for and on behalf of themselves and the ABL Lenders, and
the Second Lien Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the Noteholders, have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written. 

 

			
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its capacity as an ABL Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Christine M. Scott

		 	Name: Christine M. Scott
		 	Title: SVP - Director
	
	WELLS FARGO RETAIL FINANCE, LLC, in its capacity as an ABL Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Joseph Burt

		 	Name: Joseph Burt
		 	Title: Director
	
	GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, in its capacity as an ABL Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kristina M. Miller

		 	Name: Kristina M. Miller
		 	Title: Duly Authorized Signatory
	
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as the Second Lien Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Gregory S. Clarke

		 	Name: Gregory S. Clarke
		 	Title: Vice President

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

Each Borrower and each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that it has received a copy of this Agreement and consents thereto, agrees to
recognize all rights granted thereby to the ABL Agents and the Second Lien Agent, and will not do any act or perform any obligation which is not in accordance with the agreements set forth in this Agreement. Each Borrower and each Guarantor further
acknowledges and agrees that it is not an intended beneficiary or third party beneficiary under this Agreement and (i) as between the ABL Secured Parties and the ABL Loan Parties, the ABL Documents remain in full force and effect as written and
are in no way modified hereby, and (ii) as between the Second Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Borrower and Second Lien Guarantors, the Second Lien Documents remain in full force and effect as written and are in no way modified hereby.

 [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW] 

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	SEARS ROEBUCK ACCEPTANCE CORP., as ABL Borrower and Guarantor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Vice President
	
	KMART CORPORATION, as ABL Borrower and Guarantor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Controller
	
	SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, as Second Lien Borrower and Guarantor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Senior Vice President, Controller and          Chief Accounting Officer
	
	 KMART HOLDING CORPORATION

KMART MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
 SEARS
HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

	SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., as Guarantors
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Controller

  

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	CALIFORNIA BUILDER APPLIANCES, INC.
	 FLORIDA BUILDER APPLIANCES, INC.

KLC, INC.
 KMART OF MICHIGAN, INC.

	 LANDS’ END DIRECT MERCHANTS, INC.

LANDS’ END, INC.
 PRIVATE BRANDS,
LTD.

	 SEARS BRANDS MANAGEMENT

CORPORATION
 SEARS HOME IMPROVEMENT
PRODUCTS, INC.
 SEARS OUTLET STORES, L.L.C.

	 SEARS PROTECTION COMPANY

SEARS, ROEBUCK DE PUERTO RICO, INC.

SOE, INC.

	STARWEST, LLC, as Guarantors
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Vice President
	
	KMART.COM LLC, as Guarantor
	
	By: Bluelight.com, Inc., its Member
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Vice President
	
	 KMART OF WASHINGTON LLC

KMART STORES OF ILLINOIS LLC
 KMART
STORES OF TEXAS LLC

	MYGOFER LLC, as Guarantors
	
	By: Kmart Corporation, its Member
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Controller

  

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	SEARS PROTECTION COMPANY (FLORIDA), L.L.C., as Guarantor
	
	By: Sears Protection Company, its Member
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Vice President
	
	 A&E HOME DELIVERY, LLC

A&E LAWN & GARDEN, LLC

A&E SIGNATURE SERVICE, LLC

	 SEARS AUTHORIZED HOMETOWN STORES, LLC

SEARS HOME APPLIANCE SHOWROOMS, LLC, as Guarantors

	
	By: Sears, Roebuck and Co., its Member
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Controller

  

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 Exhibit 4.4 

EXECUTION VERSION 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

by and among 

Sears Holdings Corporation 

and the Guarantors party hereto 

and 
 Banc of
America Securities LLC 
 Dated as of October 12, 2010 

 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 12, 2010,
by and among Sears Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”), and Banc of America Securities LLC, as Representative (the “Representative”)
of the several Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), who have agreed to purchase the Company’s
6 5/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the
“Initial Notes”) fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). The Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively
referred to as the “Initial Securities.” 
 This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated
September 30, 2010 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the
Initial Securities, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Securities, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(g) of the Purchase Agreement. 

The parties hereby agree as follows: 

SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings: 

Additional Interest Payment Date: With respect to the Initial Securities, each Interest Payment Date. 

Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act. 

Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust
companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to be closed. 
 Closing Date: The date of this
Agreement. 
 Commission: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence
of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement
continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of
Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 

 Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the
Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such
Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders. 

Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related
Prospectus. 
 Exchange Securities: The
6 5/8% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2018, of
the same series under the Indenture as the Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto, to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement. 

FINRA: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 

Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof. 

Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof. 

Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of October 12, 2010, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Initial Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 

Initial Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto. 

Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement. 
 Initial Purchasers: As defined in the preamble hereto. 

Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto. 

Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Initial Securities. 

Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political
subdivision thereof. 
 Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by
any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus. 

Purchase Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto. 

Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof. 

 

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 Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating to
(a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein. 

Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 

Shelf Effectiveness Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof. 

Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof. 

Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial
Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act (or, in the case of a Holder that is not
described in Section 4(a)(iii), the date an Exchange Offer is consummated in accordance with this Agreement which such Holder was not prohibited from participating in), (b) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively
registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act or by a Broker-Dealer
pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein). 

Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an
underwriter for reoffering to the public. 
 SECTION 2. Securities Subject to this Agreement. 

(a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted
Securities. 
 (b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities. 
 SECTION 3. Registered
Exchange Offer. 
 (a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission policy, each of
the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed with the Commission within 300 days after the Closing Date (or if such 300th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a
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(ii) in connection with the foregoing, file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become
effective, (B) if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the
Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iii) upon the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the
Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Initial Securities held by
Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof. 
 (b) The Company and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer;
provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 20 days after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state
securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest
practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 365 days after the Closing Date (or if such 365th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day). 

(c) The Company shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than
Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities
Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be
satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such resales by
Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Initial Securities held by any such
Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission. 
 Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof (subject to the proviso to the second paragraph of Section 4(a) hereof) to the
extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the
requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 45 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities. 

 

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 The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to
Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 45-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales. 

SECTION 4. Shelf Registration. 

(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company is not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate
the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy, (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated within 365 days after the Closing Date (or if such 365th day is not a Business Day,
the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or (B) such Holder
may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales
by such Holder, or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, then, upon such Holder’s written request, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the “Shelf Registration
Statement”) and cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission (or deemed automatically effective) on or prior to the earliest to occur of (1) the later of (x) the 90th day after the date on which
the Company determines that it is not required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and (y) the 365th day after the Closing Date, (2) the later of (x) the 90th day after the date on which the Company receives notice from
a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by Clause (iii) above and (y) the 365th day after the Closing Date and (3) in the event the Exchange Offer is not Consummated, the 365th day after the Closing Date (or if such
365th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (such date being the “Shelf Effectiveness Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities (other than any
such securities that were eligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer at the time of the Exchange Offer) the Holders of which shall have timely provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof. 

Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a
period of at least one year following the Closing Date (or shorter period that will terminate when all the Initial Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement);
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3(c) or any provision in Sections 6(b) or 6(c) hereof if the filing of any such supplement or amendment would (A) require the Company to make a public disclosure of material non-public
information, which disclosure in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Company (1) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement so that such Registration Statement would not be materially misleading and
(2) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement, or (B) would in the good faith and judgment of the board of directors of the Company be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Company or its business or on the Company’s ability to effect a planned or proposed acquisition, disposition, financing, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction, then the Company may upon giving
notice to the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders delay the filing of any such supplement or amendment for a period of up to 60 days in any three month period, not to exceed 90 days in any calendar year. 

(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 10 Business Days after receipt of a
request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein or amendment or supplement thereto. Each Holder as to which
any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

 SECTION 5. Additional Interest. If (i) the Shelf Registration Statement is required by this Agreement but has not
been declared effective by the Commission (or deemed automatically effective) on or prior to the Shelf Effectiveness Deadline, (ii) the Exchange Offer is required by this Agreement but has not been Consummated within 365 days after the Closing
Date or (iii) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded immediately by a post-effective
amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself immediately declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iii), a “Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees that
the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end
of the subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such increases in the aggregate exceed 0.50% per annum. Following the earlier of (x) the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities and
(y) the date that is two years after the Closing Date, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted Securities; provided,
however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions.

 Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the amount of additional interest payable shall not increase because more than one
Registration Default has occurred and is pending and (ii) a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities that is not entitled to the benefits of the Shelf Registration 

 

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Statement (because, e.g., such Holder has not elected to include information or has not timely delivered such information to the Company pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof) shall not be
entitled to additional interest with respect to a Registration Default that pertains to the Shelf Registration Statement. 
 All
obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such
time as all such obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full. 
 The Company shall deliver
notice to the Trustee as promptly as practicable after a Registration Default occurs specifying the nature of the Registration Default and the date such Additional Interest will begin to accrue. The Company shall also deliver a notice to the Trustee
as promptly as practicable after a Registration Default has been cured specifying the date such Additional Interest shall cease to accrue. 

SECTION 6. Registration Procedures. 

(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with
all of the applicable provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof. As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the
Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company,
(B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the
Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees
that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on
the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to
Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters, and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that
such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange
Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company. 
 (b)
Shelf Registration Statement. If required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 4 hereof, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and shall use its
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registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto each of the
Company and the Guarantors will as expeditiously as is commercially reasonable prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available
for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof. 

(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the
sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Initial Securities by Broker-Dealers), each of the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the
period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, and provide all required financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any regulation thereunder, financial statements of the Guarantors for the period specified
in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable); 
 (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when
all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus; 

(iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such
advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective,
(B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not

  

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misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority
shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest practicable time; 
 (iv) furnish without charge
to each of the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement that has requested such copies, if any, and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any
Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (other than any documents that will be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or Prospectus), which documents will be
subject to the review and comment of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any such amendment
or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus to which an Initial Purchaser of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object in writing within five
Business Days after the receipt thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission within such period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such
Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission; 

(v) make the Company’s and the Guarantors’ representatives available to the Initial Purchaser for customary due
diligence matters, subject to customary confidentiality agreements; 
 (vi) make available, subject to customary
confidentiality agreements, at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, the managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such
Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of each of the Company and the Guarantors and cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and
employees to supply all information, in each case as shall be reasonably necessary to enable any such Initial Purchaser, underwriter, attorney or accountant to exercise any applicable responsibilities in connection with such Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent reasonably requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any; 

(vii) if requested by any selling Holders listed as selling securityholders in any Registration Statement
or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such appropriate information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may
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information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold
to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; 

(viii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration
Statement to be rated with Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, if so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any; 

(ix) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at
least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits
incorporated therein by reference), unless, in each case, publicly available; 
 (x) deliver to each selling
Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; each of the Company and the
Guarantors hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto; 
 (xi) in connection with an Underwritten
Offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and make such representations and warranties, and take all such other commercially reasonable actions in connection therewith in
order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities. In furtherance of the foregoing, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall: 

(A) furnish to the Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as
they may reasonably request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement: 

(1) certificates, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed by the
Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of the Company, confirming customary matters; 

(2) opinions of counsel relating to matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings; and

  

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 (3) a comfort letter from the Company’s independent accountants, in
the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; 

(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions
and procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and 

(C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance
with Section 6(c)(xi)(A) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company or any of the Guarantors pursuant to this Section 6(c)(xi), if any. 

If at any time after a Shelf Registration Statement has been filed, the representations and warranties of the Company and
the Guarantors contemplated in Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company or the Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested
by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing; 
 (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer
Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the state securities or blue sky
laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that none of the Company or the Guarantors shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that
would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject; 

(xiii) shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement and
only in connection with any valid sale of Initial Securities by such Holder pursuant to such registration statement (and provided that such Holder delivers such certificates or opinions reasonably requested by the Company in connection with such
sale), Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be registered in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Securities, as
the case may be; in return, the Initial Securities held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation; 

(xiv) subject to the terms of the Indenture, cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates or book-entry receipts, as applicable, representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities,

  

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or book-entry receipts, as applicable, to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to any
sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s); 
 (xv) use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or
the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xii) hereof; 

(xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, prepare a
supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; 

(xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement covering
such Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with one or more global notes for such Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action necessary to ensure that all such
Securities are eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company; 
 (xviii) cooperate and assist in any
filings required to be made with the FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the FINRA; 
 (xix) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 of the Securities Act (which need not be
audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to
underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement; 

(xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first
Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance
with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed
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 (xxi) if not publicly available, provide promptly to each Holder upon
request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act. 

Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of
any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof or any notice described in the proviso to the second paragraph of Section 4(a) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by
the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company
(at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event
the Company shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including
the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof or any notice described in the proviso to the second paragraph of Section 4(a) hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such
Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken
into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of such Additional Interest, it being agreed that the Company’s option to suspend use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this
paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of Section 5 hereof. 
 SECTION 7. Registration
Expenses. 
 (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of or compliance with this
Agreement will be borne by the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including
filings made by any Initial Purchaser or Holder with the FINRA); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing of Prospectuses),
messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and; solely under the circumstances described in Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities; (v) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance). 

Each of the Company and the Guarantors will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors. 

 

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 (b) In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the
Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement for the reasonable fees and disbursements of its
legal counsel. 
 SECTION 8. Indemnification. 

(a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree, subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 8, to indemnify
and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred to in this clause
(ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “controlling person”) and (iii) the respective officers, directors, and employees of any Holder or any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may
hereinafter be referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of all
reasonable costs of investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, to the extent based upon or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses are caused by or arise out of an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the
Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or any of the Guarantors may otherwise have. 

In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted
against any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company or the Guarantors, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company
and the Guarantors in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve any of the Company or the Guarantors of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement to the extent it is not prejudiced (through the
forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) as a result of such failure. In connection with any such action or proceeding, the Company will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it shall elect, shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Holder to represent the Indemnified Holder and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 8 that the Company may designate in such action or proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of
such counsel related to such action or proceeding, as incurred. In any such action or proceeding, any Indemnified Holder shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
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the Company and the Indemnified Holder and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them; provided
that the Company and the Guarantors shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be designated by the Holders. The Company and the
Guarantors shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding only if effected with the Company’s and the Guarantors’ prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and each of the Company and the
Guarantors agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantors. The
Company and the Guarantors shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder that is or could have been a party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or
threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder, unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of each such Indemnified
Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding. 
 (b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and their respective directors and officers who sign a Registration Statement, and any Person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or any of the Guarantors, and the respective officers, directors, and employees, of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the
Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of
investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel) to the extent based on or arising out of information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company, the
Guarantors or their respective directors or officers or any such controlling person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given the Company and
the Guarantors, and the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by the preceding paragraph. 

(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or
(b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the 
  

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Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the case of the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company and the
Guarantors from the Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest which did not become payable as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, and
such Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder on the other shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the
Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party
in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. 
 The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders (and its related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount
received by such Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to
contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint. 

SECTION 9. Rule 144A. At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act, the Company hereby
agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of
such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act if required to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, unless such Transfer Restricted Securities are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. 
  

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 SECTION 10. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in
any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such
arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 

SECTION 11. Selection of Underwriters. If requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in one Underwritten
Offering. The investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering;
provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. In no event shall the Company be required to reimburse any Holder for any underwriting commissions or discounts.

 SECTION 12. Miscellaneous. 

(a) Remedies. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 

(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Each of the Company and the Guarantors will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into
any agreement with respect to its securities that conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s or any of the
Guarantors’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 
 (c) Adjustments Affecting the
Securities. The Company will not voluntarily take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Securities that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer. 

(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents
to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted
Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted Securities held by
the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that
does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities being tendered or registered; 
  

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provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent
of each such Initial Purchaser with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective. 

(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery,
first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery: 

(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the
Registrar under the Indenture; and 
 (ii) if to the Company: 

Sears Holdings Corporation 

3333 Beverly Road 

Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60179 

Telecopier No.: (847) 286-1699 

Attention: Treasurer 

With a copy to: 

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 

51 West 52nd Street 

New York, New York 10019 

Telecopier No.: (212) 403-2000 

Attention: James Cole, Jr. 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery. 
 Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving
the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture. 
 (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided,
however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder. 

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile, email or other
electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. 
  

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 (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
 (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF. 
 (j)
Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in
every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 
 (k) Entire
Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter
contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above. 
  

			
	SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, as Issuer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	 Title: Senior Vice President, Controller and

Chief Accounting Officer

	
	 KMART CORPORATION

KMART HOLDING CORPORATION
 KMART MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION

	 SEARS HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT

CORPORATION
 SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.,

as Guarantors

		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Controller
	
	 CALIFORNIA BUILDER APPLIANCES, INC.

FLORIDA BUILDER APPLIANCES, INC.
 KLC,
INC.

	KMART OF MICHIGAN, INC.
	LANDS’ END DIRECT MERCHANTS, INC.
	 LANDS’ END, INC.

PRIVATE BRANDS, LTD.
 SEARS BRANDS MANAGEMENT

 CORPORATION

	 SEARS HOME IMPROVEMENT PRODUCTS, INC.

SEARS OUTLET STORES, L.L.C.

	SEARS PROTECTION COMPANY
	 SEARS ROEBUCK ACCEPTANCE CORP.

SEARS, ROEBUCK DE PUERTO RICO, INC.
 SOE, INC.

	STARWEST, LLC, as Guarantors
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Vice President

  

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	KMART.COM LLC, as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	Bluelight.com, Inc., its Member
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Vice President
	
	 KMART OF WASHINGTON LLC

KMART STORES OF ILLINOIS LLC
 KMART STORES OF
TEXAS LLC

	MYGOFER LLC, as Guarantors
		
	By:	 	Kmart Corporation, its Member
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Controller
	
	 SEARS PROTECTION COMPANY (FLORIDA),

L.L.C., as Guarantor

		
	By:	 	Sears Protection Company, its Member
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Vice President
	
	 A&E HOME DELIVERY, LLC

A&E LAWN & GARDEN, LLC
 A&E SIGNATURE
SERVICE, LLC

	 SEARS AUTHORIZED HOMETOWN STORES, LLC

SEARS HOME APPLIANCE SHOWROOMS,
 LLC, as
Guarantors

		
	By:	 	Sears, Roebuck and Co., its Member
		
	By:	 	 /s/ William K. Phelan

		 	Name: William K. Phelan
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Controller

  

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 The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date
first above written: 
  

			
	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
		
		 	 Acting on behalf of itself and

as Representative of the
 several Initial
Purchasers

		
	By:	 	Banc of America Securities LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Aaron Peyton

		 	Aaron Peyton
		 	Managing Director

  

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