Document:

Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2009

 Exhibit 10.19 
 SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT 
 among 
 SOLYNDRA, INC., 
 as Sponsor 
 SOLYNDRA FAB 2 LLC, 
 as Borrower 
 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,

 as Credit Party 
 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, 
 as Loan Servicer 
 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 as Collateral Agent 
 Dated as of September 2, 2009 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION	  	2
	 1.1
	    	DEFINITIONS	  	2
	 1.2
	    	COMMON AGREEMENT DEFINITIONS	  	2
	 1.3
	    	INTERPRETATION	  	2
		
	ARTICLE II. SPONSOR SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS	  	2
	 2.1
	    	RETENTION OF EQUITY INTEREST.	  	2
	 2.2
	    	BORROWER AND OPERATOR PERFORMANCE.	  	3
	 2.3
	    	SPONSOR REIMBURSEMENT TO BORROWER.	  	3
	 2.4
	    	NO FEDERAL FUNDS.	  	3
		
	ARTICLE III. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS; FEES AND INDEMNITIES	  	4
	 3.1
	    	SHARED FACILITIES.	  	4
	 3.2
	    	REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES	  	4
	 3.3
	    	INDEMNITY	  	5
	 3.4
	    	MASTER REVENUE ACCOUNT PAYMENTS.	  	5
		
	ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.	  	6
	 4.1
	    	ORGANIZATION.	  	6
	 4.2
	    	AUTHORIZATION; NO CONFLICT.	  	6
	 4.3
	    	LEGALITY, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY.	  	6
	 4.4
	    	PERMITS; OTHER REQUIRED CONSENTS.	  	7
	 4.5
	    	LITIGATION, LABOR DISPUTES.	  	7
	 4.6
	    	TAX.	  	7
	 4.7
	    	COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL RULES.	  	8
	 4.8
	    	CORRUPT PRACTICES LAWS.	  	8
	 4.9
	    	ERISA.	  	8
	 4.10
	    	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.	  	9
	 4.11
	    	NO DEFAULTS.	  	10
	 4.13
	    	SUFFICIENCY OF PROJECT DOCUMENTS.	  	10
	 4.14
	    	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.	  	10
	 4.15
	    	REMAINING FUNDS.	  	10
	 4.16
	    	FEES AND ENFORCEMENT.	  	10
	 4.17
	    	IMMUNITY.	  	11
	 4.18
	    	U.S. GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS.	  	11
	 4.19
	    	INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS.	  	11
	 4.20
	    	NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT.	  	11
	 4.21
	    	FULL DISCLOSURE.	  	11
		
	ARTICLE V. COVENANTS.	  	12
	 5.1
	    	INFORMATION COVENANTS.	  	12
	 5.2
	    	BOOKS, RECORDS AND INSPECTIONS; ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING
MATTERS.	  	15
	 5.3
	    	MAINTENANCE OF EXISTENCE; CONDUCT OF BUSINESS.	  	16
	 5.4
	    	COMPLIANCE WITH DEBARMENT REGULATIONS.	  	16
	 5.5
	    	TAX, DUTIES, PROPER LEGAL FORM.	  	16
	 5.6
	    	PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS.	  	17
	 5.7
	    	PROJECT DOCUMENTS.	  	17
	 5.8
	    	INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS.	  	17
	 5.9
	    	ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS; FILINGS AND RECORDINGS.	  	17
	 5.10
	    	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY.	  	17
	 5.12
	    	ERISA COVENANTS.	  	18

					
	 5.13
	    	INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT.	  	19
	 5.14
	    	DEBARMENT REGULATIONS.	  	19
		
	ARTICLE VI. GOVERNING LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE	  	19
	 6.1
	    	GOVERNING LAW	  	19
	 6.2
	    	WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY	  	19
	 6.3
	    	CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS	  	19
		
	ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS	  	20
	 7.1
	    	NOTICES	  	20
	 7.2
	    	AMENDMENTS TO OTHER DOCUMENTS	  	20
	 7.3
	    	ENTIRE AGREEMENT	  	21
	 7.4
	    	NO DISCHARGE	  	21
	 7.5
	    	TERMINATION.	  	21
	 7.6
	    	REINSTATEMENT	  	21
	 7.7
	    	LIMITATION ON LIABILITY	  	21
	 7.8
	    	WAIVER OF SUBROGATION	  	22
	 7.9
	    	RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENTS	  	22
	 7.10
	    	CALCULATIONS	  	22
	 7.11
	    	SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS	  	22
	 7.12
	    	AMENDMENTS	  	23
	 7.13
	    	SEVERABILITY	  	23
	 7.14
	    	DELAY AND WAIVER	  	23
	 7.15
	    	REMEDIES	  	23
	 7.16
	    	BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT	  	24
	 7.17
	    	CONCLUSIVE AUTHORITY	  	24
	 7.18
	    	COUNTERPARTS	  	24

 [Execution Counterpart] 
 SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT 
 THIS SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of September 2, 2009, by and among: 
  

	(i)	SOLYNDRA, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (the “Sponsor”);

  

	(ii)	SOLYNDRA FAB 2 LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (the
“Borrower”); 

  

	(iii)	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, acting by and through the Secretary of Energy, for itself as a Credit Party and as
guarantor of the DOE-Guaranteed Loans (in such capacity, “DOE”); 

  

	(iv)	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, acting by and through the Secretary of Energy, as the Loan Servicer under
the Common Agreement (in such capacity, the “Loan Servicer”); and 

  

	(v)	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as the Collateral Agent under the
Common Agreement (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”). 

 WHEREAS, the Borrower intends to develop,
construct, own and operate a thin-film solar photovoltaic manufacturing facility, together with certain associated facilities, in connection with the Project. 
 WHEREAS, in order to finance the cost of the Project, the Borrower has entered into the Common Agreement dated as of September 2, 2009, by and among DOE, the Borrower, the Loan Servicer and the
Collateral Agent (the “Common Agreement”), pursuant to which the Credit Parties have agreed to make available certain credit facilities to the Borrower on the terms and conditions set forth therein. 
 WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the making of the initial Advance under the Common Agreement and the other Loan Documents that the parties shall
have entered into this Agreement. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, to induce DOE, the Loan Servicer and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Common Agreement
and the other Loan Documents and to induce the Credit Parties to make available the DOE Credit Facility, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I. 
 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 
 1.1 Definitions 
 As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings: 
 “Indemnity Claims” As defined in Section 3.3(a). 
 “Licensed IPR” As defined in
the Project IP License Agreement. 
 “Licensed Technology” As defined in the Project IP License Agreement. 

“Loss” Any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and
disbursements to which an Indemnified Person may become subject. 
 “Phase II” As defined in Section 3.1(a).

 1.2 Common Agreement Definitions 
 When used in this Agreement including the recitals hereto, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein which are defined in Exhibit A to the Common Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Common Agreement.

 1.3 Interpretation 
 For all
purposes of this Agreement and the Exhibits hereto, the principles of construction set forth in Exhibit B to the Common Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement as if set forth in full in this Section 1.3.

 ARTICLE II. 
 SPONSOR SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS 
 2.1 Retention of Equity Interest. 
 2.1.1 Maintenance of Ownership and Control. 
 The Sponsor shall not (i) transfer any of its Equity Interest in the Borrower or cease to be the sole Equity Owner of Borrower, (ii) cease to Control all Equity Interests in the Borrower, or (iii) otherwise take any action
that would constitute a Potential Default under Section 8.1(j)(i) of the Common Agreement. 
  

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 2.1.2 Merger; Consolidation. 
 The Sponsor shall not permit any Equity Interest in the Borrower to be legally or beneficially owned by another entity pursuant to the Sponsor’s merger or consolidation with such entity or otherwise.

 2.1.3 Wrongful Transfers. 
 Neither the Borrower nor the Sponsor shall recognize any purported transfer of any Equity Interest in violation of this Agreement and shall notify DOE promptly upon receipt of any request to register or record any transfer of such Equity
Interest in violation of this Agreement. 
 2.2 Borrower and Operator Performance. 
 (a) In accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and in each case without implication that this Section creates any guarantee
or direct obligation of the Sponsor for any Borrower or Operator obligations, (i) from time to time at any time up to the Project Completion Date, the Sponsor shall cause the Borrower to fulfill all of the requirements needed to achieve Project
Completion, and (ii) at all times, the Sponsor shall cause the Borrower and the Operator to fulfill all of their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents. 
 (b) Without limiting the generality of Section 2.2(a), and to the extent permitted by applicable law and within its corporate power to do so, the Sponsor shall vote or cause to be voted all Equity
Interests in the Borrower and the Operator now held by it, as well as any other Equity Interests that it may directly or indirectly acquire or control from time to time, in such manner, and take or cause to be taken any actions, including such
corporate and limited liability company action, as shall be necessary to achieve the prompt and effective implementation and performance of all of the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Borrower or the
Operator is party; 
 2.3 Sponsor Reimbursement to Borrower. 
 With respect to any transactions between the Borrower and the Sponsor or any other Affiliate of the Sponsor under any Intercompany Project Document, if the Borrower was for any reason incorrectly
underpaid or overcharged in contravention of the terms of such Intercompany Project Document or the Loan Documents, pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement payments otherwise due to the Sponsor under the Intercompany Project Documents shall be
adjusted so as to reimburse the Borrower for the amount of such underpayment or overcharge. 
 2.4 No Federal Funds. 
 Except if explicitly authorized by an Act of Congress, neither the Sponsor nor the Borrower shall use any funds obtained from the Federal Government, or from
a loan or other instrument guaranteed by the Federal Government, to pay for Credit Subsidy Cost, DOE Credit Facility Fees, or other fees charged by or paid to DOE pursuant to the Program Requirements. 
  

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 ARTICLE III. 
 ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS; FEES AND INDEMNITIES 
 3.1 Shared
Facilities. 
  

	(a)	DOE acknowledges that (i) the Sponsor intends to construct Phase II of the Front-End Manufacturing Facility and associated facilities at the Back-End Site
(collectively, “Phase II”) through a separate subsidiary of the Sponsor and finance such construction through separate third-party financing, and (ii) the Borrower expects to share the Shared Manufacturing Facilities with
Phase II. The parties acknowledge that such sharing arrangements require the prior written consent of DOE. 

  

	(b)	DOE shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay its consent to the sharing of the Shared Manufacturing Facilities as long as DOE is satisfied that such sharing
arrangements: 

 (i) do not adversely affect DOE’s first priority security interest in the Collateral
Security, 
 (ii) otherwise satisfy the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents, 
 (iii) do not interfere with DOE’s ability to complete the Project in case of default, and 
 (iv) are otherwise consistent with the Program Requirements. 
  

	(c)	In connection with such proposed sharing arrangements, the Sponsor will provide such information as DOE may request in connection with the proposed financing of
Phase II in order for DOE to confirm the requirements of this Section. 

 3.2 Reimbursement of Expenses 
 In addition to any obligations of the Borrower or the Sponsor under (i) the letter agreement with R.W. Beck, Inc., engineering advisor to DOE, and
(ii) the fee letter with Morrison & Foerster LLP, outside legal counsel to DOE, dated December 11, 2008, each of which remains in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, the Borrower and the Sponsor, jointly and
severally, shall be liable to pay or reimburse DOE for all reasonable expenses incurred by DOE in connection with the Loan Documents and the negotiation, execution and implementation of the financing contemplated by the Loan Documents, including
fees and expenses for outside legal counsel, business advisers and consultants, notarization costs, travel expenses, post-closing costs of reproducing and binding document sets, and other such out-of-pocket expenses incurred by DOE, including any
costs of collecting any amount due under any of the Loan Documents. Such payment or reimbursement shall be due and payable upon the Borrower’s or the Sponsor’s receipt of DOE’s request therefor from time to time and upon the extension
or termination of the Loan Documents. Such payment or reimbursement shall be due whether or not the Loan Documents are executed or any Advance of the DOE-Guaranteed Loan is made thereunder. 
  

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 3.3 Indemnity 
  

	(a)	General Indemnity. Subject to Section 3.3(c), and whether or not the transactions contemplated under the Common Agreement are consummated, the Sponsor shall
defend, protect, and indemnify each Indemnified Person and each of its officers, directors, employees, representatives, attorneys and agents from, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all Losses incurred by any of them as a result of, or
arising out of, or in any way related to, or by reason of, any investigation, litigation or other proceeding or inquiry (whether or not such Indemnified Person is a party thereto) related to the entering into and performance by the Borrower or the
Sponsor of any Transaction Document or the disbursement of, or use of the proceeds of, any DOE-Guaranteed Loans or the consummation of any transactions contemplated herein or in any Transaction Document, including the fees and Periodic Expenses of
counsel selected by such Indemnified Person incurred in connection with any such investigation, litigation or other proceeding or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section 3.3, but in all cases excluding any such Losses
(i) to the extent incurred by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Person or its officers, directors, employees, representatives, attorneys or agents, as the case may be, as determined pursuant to a final,
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) arising from the failure of the Borrower to pay principal, interest, or fees under the DOE-Guaranteed Loans, except when such failure arises in connection with fraud by the
Borrower, the Sponsor, or an Affiliate of any of them (collectively, “Indemnity Claims”). 

  

	(b)	Specific Indemnity. Without limitation to the generality of Section 3.3(a), the Sponsor shall defend, protect, and indemnify each Indemnified Person and
each of its respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, attorneys and agents from, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all Indemnity Claims imposed on or asserted against any such Persons directly or indirectly based on,
or arising or resulting from (i) the actual or alleged presence of Hazardous Substances on, under or at the Sites, (ii) any Environmental Claim relating to the Borrower or the Project or arising out of the use of the Front-End Project
Facility, the Back-End Project Facility, or the Sites, (iii) fraud by the Borrower, the Sponsor, or an Affiliate of any of them, (iv) any dispute among the Sponsor or the Equity Owners of the Sponsor, or (v) the exercise of any
Indemnified Person’s rights under any of the provisions of this Section 3.3(b). 

  

	(c)	Duration of Indemnity. An Indemnity Claim may be made under Section 3.3(b) at any time until termination of this Agreement. An Indemnity Claim with respect
to matters that are within the scope of Section 3.3(a) but outside the scope of Section 3.3(b) may not be initiated after the Project Completion Date. 

  

	(d)	Survival. The provisions of this Section 3.3. shall survive termination of this Agreement. 

 3.4 Master Revenue Account Payments. 
 The
Sponsor shall direct payment of all amounts received by the Sponsor pursuant to any Third-Party Sales Agreement to the Master Revenue Account, which shall be subject to a first-priority security interest in favor of the Borrower on a portion of the
amounts in such account as provided in a security agreement to be entered into not later than 30 days prior to the start of the Operating Period. 
  

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 ARTICLE IV. 
 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. 
 The Sponsor makes all of the
following representations and warranties to and in favor of each Credit Party as of (i) the Financial Closing Date, (ii) each Periodic Approval Date, (iii) each Advance Date, and (iv) the Project Completion Date, except as such
representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, and all of these representations and warranties shall survive the Financial Closing Date and the repayment of the Advances. 
 4.1 Organization. 
 The Sponsor (a) is a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of Delaware, (b) is duly qualified to do business in California and in each other jurisdiction where the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) has all requisite corporate power
and authority to (i) carry on its business as now being conducted and as now proposed to be conducted in respect of the Project and (ii) execute, deliver, perform and observe the terms and conditions of each of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party. 
 4.2 Authorization; No Conflict. 
 The Sponsor has duly authorized, executed and delivered this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and neither its execution and delivery thereof nor its consummation of
the transactions contemplated thereby nor its compliance with the terms thereof (a) does or will contravene its Organizational Documents or any other Governmental Rules, (b) does or will contravene or result in any breach or constitute any
default under any Governmental Judgment, (c) does or will contravene or result in any breach or constitute any default under, or result in or require the creation of any Lien upon any of its revenues, properties or assets under any agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its revenues, properties or assets may be bound, except for Permitted Liens, or (d) does or will require the consent or approval of any Person other than the Required Sponsor Consents
and any other consents or approvals that have been obtained, and are in full force and effect. 
 4.3 Legality, Validity and Enforceability.

 (a) This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Sponsor is a party is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Sponsor enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with its terms, subject to Bankruptcy Laws and general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, (b) to Sponsor’s
knowledge, each Transaction Document is the legal, valid and binding obligation of any other party thereto (other than the Borrower and the Operator), enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, subject to Bankruptcy Laws and
general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement

  

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is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and (c) each Transaction Document is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower and the Operator, enforceable against such
party in accordance with its terms, subject to Bankruptcy Laws and general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity. 
 4.4 Permits; Other Required Consents. 
 The Sponsor possesses all material Governmental
Approvals and all consents and approvals that are required to have been obtained or to be obtained by the Sponsor in connection with this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents to which it is party as of the date of this Agreement (the
“Required Sponsor Consents”) and such Required Sponsor Consents required to have been obtained are in full force and effect and are not then under appeal or subject to other proceedings or unsatisfied conditions that could
reasonably be expected to result in a material modification or cancellation as of such date. The Sponsor is in compliance with all such Required Sponsor Consents, the non-compliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, including all Federal, state, and local regulatory requirements. 
 4.5 Litigation, Labor Disputes. 
 (a) Except as disclosed in writing to the Credit Parties, there is no pending or threatened (in writing) action, suit, proceeding or
investigation (by a Governmental Authority) of any kind, including no action or proceeding of or before any Governmental Authority, that (i) relates to any of the transactions contemplated by the Sponsor Support Agreement or any of the
Transaction Documents to which it is party or (ii) to which the Sponsor, to the Sponsor’s Knowledge, any Major Project Participant (other than the Front-End Construction Contractor) is a party, in either case, that has, or could reasonably
be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (b) The Sponsor has not failed to observe in any material respect any order
of any court, arbitrator, administrative agency or other Governmental Authority that has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. There is no injunction, writ, or preliminary restraining order of any nature issued by an
arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority directing that any of the transactions provided for in this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents to which it is party not be consummated as herein or therein provided. 
 4.6 Tax. 
 The Sponsor has filed all
material tax returns required by Governmental Rules to be filed by it and has paid (i) all income Taxes payable by it that have become due pursuant to such tax returns and (ii) all other material Taxes and assessments payable by it that
have become due (other than those Tax that it is contesting in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, for which reserves have been established to the extent required by GAAP). The Sponsor has paid or has reserved to the extent required by GAAP
for the payment of all income or other Tax imposed on it by the applicable Governmental Authority for all prior Fiscal Years and accrued for the current Fiscal Year to the date hereof. 
  

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 4.7 Compliance with Governmental Rules. 
 The Sponsor is in compliance with, and has conducted its business, operations, assets, equipment, property, leaseholds, and other facilities in compliance with all Environmental Laws and in compliance
with all other Governmental Rules, the noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and no notices of violation of any Governmental Rule have been issued, entered or received by the Sponsor that have not
been cured with no remaining liability to the Sponsor, other than those that have been disclosed to the extent required by the terms of the Loan Documents. Neither the Sponsor, nor, to the Knowledge of the Sponsor, the Borrower is in default with
respect to any Governmental Judgment which default would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 4.8 Corrupt Practices
Laws. 
 (a) The Sponsor and its respective officers, directors, employees and agents have complied in all material respects
with all applicable Corrupt Practices Laws in obtaining any consents, licenses, approvals, authorizations, rights, or privileges with respect to the Project; 
 (b) the Sponsor, its officers directors, employees and agents are otherwise conducting the Project and the Sponsor’s business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Corrupt
Practices Laws; and 
 (c) the internal management and accounting practices and controls of the Sponsor and the Sponsor are
adequate to ensure compliance in all material respects with all Corrupt Practices Laws. 
 4.9 ERISA. 
 (a) The Sponsor and, to the Sponsor’s knowledge, its ERISA Affiliates have operated the Pension Plans in material compliance with their
terms and with all applicable provisions and requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, and other applicable Federal or state laws and have performed all their respective obligations under each Pension Plan. 
 (b) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur. 
 (c) All liabilities under each Pension Plan are (i) funded to at least the minimum level required by applicable law or, if higher, to
the level required by the terms governing the Pension Plans (ii) insured with a reputable insurance company, (iii) provided for or recognized in the Financial Statements most recently delivered to the Loan Servicer pursuant to
Section 5.1 hereof or (iv) estimated in the formal notes to the Financial Statements most recently delivered to the Loan Servicer pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof. 
 (d) There are no circumstances which may give rise to a material liability for the Sponsor in relation to any Pension Plan which is not
funded, insured, provided for, recognized or estimated in the manner described in subsection (c) above. 
  

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 (e) (i) The Sponsor is not and will not be a “plan” within the meaning of
Section 4975(e) of the Internal Revenue Code; (ii) the assets of the Sponsor do not and will not constitute “plan assets” within the meaning of the United States Department of Labor Regulations set forth in 29 C.F.R.
§ 2510.3-101; (iii) the Sponsor is not and will not be a “governmental plan” within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA; (iv) transactions by or with the Sponsor are not and will not be subject to
state statutes applicable to the Sponsor regulating investments of fiduciaries with respect to governmental plans; and (v) the Sponsor shall not engage in any transaction which would cause any obligation, or action taken or to be taken,
hereunder (or the exercise by the Credit Parties of any of their respective rights under this Agreement) to be a non-exempt (under a statutory or administrative class exemption) prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code. The Sponsor further agrees to deliver to Credit Parties such certifications or other evidence of compliance with the provisions of this Section as the Credit Parties may from time to time request. 
 4.10 Intellectual Property. 
 (a) The Sponsor has provided Borrower with all Technology and Intellectual Property Rights necessary to do the following in a commercially reasonable manner and as contemplated in connection with the Project: (i) design, construct,
operate, use, maintain and make improvements to the Front-End Manufacturing Facility; (ii) produce, manufacture, process, finish, package, label, ship, sell support and make improvements to the products specified in the Project Sales Agreement,
including process formulation development, validation, quality assurance and quality control, using equipment and materials supplied under the Project Equipment Supply Agreement and the Project Material Supply Agreement; and (iii) exercise its
rights and perform its obligations under the Operating Documents and the Project Equipment Supply Agreement in connection with the Project, except, in each case, where the failure to to hold a valid and enforceable license or right to use such
Technology or Intellectual Property Rights could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Sponsor is the sole and exclusive owner of or holds a valid and enforceable license in the Licensed Technology or Licensed IPR,
except, in each case, where the failure to own or hold a valid and enforceable license in such Technology or Intellectual Property Rights could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Sponsor possesses sufficient
rights in the Licensed Technology and Licensed IPR to grant the rights granted or purported to be granted to Borrower under the Project IP License Agreement, including the Borrower’s right to assign such rights as set forth in the Project IP
License Agreement, except, in each case, where the failure to possess such rights in the Technology and Intellectual Property Rights could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (b) To Sponsor’s knowledge, none of the Technology nor any Intellectual Property Rights provided to Borrower under the Project IP
License Agreement nor anything else sold, provided or made available by Solyndra in connection with the Operating Documents or the Project Equipment Supply Agreement, nor the use thereof by Borrower infringes upon or misappropriates the Intellectual
Property Rights or other rights of any other Person and no actions by the Borrower or any product, process, method, substance, part or other material presently contemplated to be sold or employed by the Borrower infringe upon or misappropriate the
Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person, except, in each case, where such infringement or misappropriation of such Intellectual Property Rights could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
  

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 4.11 No Defaults. 
 No Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is continuing. There is no breach of any material obligation under any Loan Document to which the Sponsor is party and no notices of breach of any
Loan Document to which the Sponsor is party have been issued, entered or received by the Sponsor, in each case that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on its ability to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to
which the Sponsor is party. 
 4.13 Sufficiency of Project Documents. 
 The Sponsor believes that it is technically feasible for the Project to be operated so as to fulfill in all material respects the design specifications and requirements contained in the DOE Guarantee
Application. 
 4.14 Financial Statements. 
 Each of the Financial Statements of the Sponsor delivered to the Credit Parties in accordance with the Common Agreement has been prepared in accordance with GAAP and presents fairly in all material
respects the financial condition of the Sponsor as of the respective dates of the balance sheets included therein and the results of operations of the Sponsor for the respective periods covered by the statements of income included therein. Except as
reflected in such Financial Statements, there are no liabilities or obligations of any nature whatsoever for the period to which such Financial Statements relate (other than under the Transaction Documents) that are required to be disclosed in
accordance with GAAP. 
 4.15 Remaining Funds. 
 The Total Funding Available to the Borrower is sufficient to pay Total Project Costs, including Interest During Construction, DOE Credit Facility Fees, and identified Cost Overruns. 
 4.16 Fees and Enforcement. 
 Other than
amounts that have been paid in full or will have been paid in full by the Initial Advance Date or with respect to which arrangements satisfactory to each Relevant Credit Party have been made, no fees or Taxes including documentary, stamp,
transaction, registration, or similar Taxes are required to be paid by it or by the Borrower or any of the Credit Parties to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence in applicable jurisdictions of any
Transaction Documents to which it is party. 
  

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 4.17 Immunity. 
 In any proceedings in connection with any Transaction Document to which the Sponsor is a party, the Sponsor has not been and will not be entitled to claim for itself or any of its assets immunity from
suit, execution, attachment or other legal processes. 
 4.18 U.S. Government Requirements. 
 (a) Suspension and Debarment. No event has occurred and no condition exists that is likely to result in the debarment or
suspension of the Sponsor from contracting with the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, and the Sponsor is not now and has not been subject to any such debarment or suspension. On the date of this Agreement neither the
Sponsor nor its Principal Persons are (a) debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment with a final determination still pending, declared ineligible or voluntarily excluded (as such terms are defined in any of the Debarment Regulations) from
participating in procurement or nonprocurement transactions with any United States federal government department or agency pursuant to any of the Debarment Regulations, or (b) indicted, convicted or had a Governmental Judgment rendered against
the Sponsor or any of its Principal Persons for any of the offenses listed in any of the Debarment Regulations and no event has occurred and no condition exists that is likely to result in the debarment or suspension of the Sponsor from contracting
with the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof.  
 (b) Lobbying. In accordance with
31 U.S.C. §1352, no proceeds of the DOE-Guaranteed Loans have been or will be expended by the Borrower or the Sponsor to pay any Person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an
officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress. 
 4.19 Insolvency Proceedings. 
 The Sponsor is not the subject of any pending, or to the Sponsor’s Knowledge, threatened (in writing), Insolvency Proceedings. 
 4.20 No Material Adverse Effect. 
 No
Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing nor is there any fact or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 4.21 Full Disclosure. 
 (a) The statements and information contained in this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Sponsor is party, taken together with all documents, reports or other written information pertaining to the Project together with all updates of such information from time to time, that have
been furnished by or on behalf of the Sponsor to any Credit Party or any Independent Consultant, are true and correct in all material respects when made and do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or any
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 (b) There is no fact known to the Sponsor that has not been disclosed to the Credit Parties
in writing the existence of which would be material to the DOE’s decision to enter into this Agreement or could otherwise reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (c) There are in existence no documents or agreements that have not been described to the Credit Parties that are material in the context of
the Transaction Documents to which it is party or that have the effect of varying any of the Transaction Documents to which it is party. 
 ARTICLE V. 
 COVENANTS. 
 The Sponsor covenants and agrees with the Borrower and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Credit Parties that until the date all Secured
Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) are paid in full and the DOE Credit Facility Commitment has terminated, unless the Loan Servicer waives compliance in writing: 
 5.1 Information Covenants. 
 At its own expense the Sponsor shall furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Loan Servicer, in each case, to the extent reasonably practical in unalterable electronic format with a reproduction of the signatures where required or with sufficient copies for each Credit Party, the following items: 

5.1.1 Financial Statements of Sponsor. 
 The Sponsor shall provide, promptly after the same become available, in accordance with the time periods applicable to the Borrower set forth in the Common Agreement, unaudited quarterly and audited annual Financial Statements of the
Sponsor, prepared in accordance with GAAP and, if the same are audited annual Financial Statements, certified by their respective auditors; together with calculations showing, prior to Project Completion, the Debt to Tangible Net Worth Ratio of the
Sponsor and, after Project Completion, the Tangible Net Worth of the Sponsor; 
 5.1.2 Certification by Financial Officer. 
 Each time Financial Statements of the Sponsor are delivered, such Financial Statements shall be certified by a Financial Officer of the Sponsor as having
been prepared in accordance with GAAP on a consistent basis and as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition of the Sponsor as of the date thereof and the results of operations and cash flows of the Sponsor for the periods
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Person has made or caused to be made a review of the transactions and financial condition of the Sponsor during the relevant fiscal period and (i) that other than as set out in such
Financial Statements, there are no liabilities or obligations of the Sponsor that are required to be presented in such Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP, (ii) the Sponsor is in compliance with the Loan Documents to which it is a
party and (iv) that no Event of Default or Potential Default exists, or if such certification cannot be made, the nature and period of existence of such Event of Default or Potential Default and what corrective action the Sponsor has taken or
proposes to take with respect thereto; 
 5.1.3 Management Letters. 
 Promptly after the Sponsor’s receipt thereof, a copy of any management letter and all other material communications received by the Sponsor from the Sponsor’s Accountant in relation to its
financial, accounting and other systems, management or accounts or the Project; 
 5.1.4 Reporting Obligations. 
 Promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days, after any Authorized Official of the Sponsor obtains Knowledge thereof or information
pertaining thereto, notice of any of the following, to the extent notice thereof has not been provided by the Borrower or the Operator (it being agreed that for purposes of this Section 5.1.4, “Major Project Participant” does not
include the Front-End Construction Contractor): 
 (i) any event that constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Default,
specifying the nature thereof, together with a certificate of an Authorized Official of the Sponsor indicating any steps the Sponsor and the Borrower have taken or propose to take to remedy the same; 
 (ii) any action, litigation, claim, arbitration, dispute or governmental proceeding pending or threatened in writing (A) against the
Sponsor or any of its property, (B) with respect to any Transaction Document to which it is party, or (C) against any other Project Participant that, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and of any
developments with respect to any of the foregoing; 
 (iii) any proceeding or legislation by any Governmental Authority
specifically affecting (A) the Sponsor, any of its property or its equity capital, or (B) a Project Participant that, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, including any developments with respect to
any of the foregoing; 
 (iv) any change in the Authorized Officials of the Sponsor, including certified specimen signatures of
any new Person so appointed and satisfactory evidence of the authority of such Person, or any change in the Sponsor’s Accountant and the reason therefor; 
 (v) any actual or proposed termination, rescission, discharge (otherwise than by performance), amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or indulgence or breach in any material respect of any
Transaction Document to which the Sponsor is party, Governmental Approval or Required Sponsor Consent that is not otherwise approved, consented to or accepted pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents; 
  

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 (vi) any material notice or correspondence received or initiated by the Sponsor relating to
any Transaction Document or any notice or correspondence received or initiated by the Sponsor relating to any Governmental Approval, but excluding notices or correspondence received or initiated in the ordinary course of business or otherwise
previously delivered pursuant to any Transaction Document to which Sponsor is party; 
 (vii) any proposed material change in
the nature or scope of the Project or the business or operations of the Sponsor; 
 (viii) any notice of a delinquent payment
owed by the Sponsor to, or to the Sponsor by (A) any supplier to the Sponsor, if such payment is more than 90 days delinquent, or (B) any other party under the Project Documents if such payment is more than 30 days delinquent, in
either case, if the amount of any such delinquent payment is in excess of $25,000,000; 
 (ix) any material correspondence from
any Construction Contractor, the Materials Supplier, or the Operator relating to, (A) any material delay in the completion of the Project, or (B) any event that could reasonably be expected to interrupt the operation of the Project for
more than fifteen days; 
 (x) any notice of interruption of the ability of the Sponsor to receive deliveries under the Project
Sales Agreement or probable prospective interruption thereof, if such interruption is expected to continue for more than fifteen days; 
 (xi) any notice regarding the payment of an invoice submitted to the Sponsor by the Borrower other than in the ordinary course of business; 
 (xii) any one or more events, conditions or circumstances (including government action) that exist or have occurred or in the judgment of
the Sponsor are expected as imminent that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 
 (xiii) any
non-compliance of a Reserve Letter of Credit with the criteria established with respect thereto and any event, condition or circumstance that represents or could reasonably be expected to lead to non-compliance by a bank providing a Reserve Letter
of Credit with the required criteria with respect thereto or the renewal thereof; 
 (xiv) any Event of Force Majeure
affecting, or that either the Sponsor or any other Major Project Participant claims would affect, the performance by such Person of any obligation under any Transaction Document, together with copies of all notices, calculations, data and other
correspondence between such Major Project Participant and the Sponsor in respect of any such event, circumstance or condition; 
 (xv) any material dispute between the Sponsor and any Major Project Participant or between the Sponsor or any Major Project Participant and any Governmental Authority, in each case relating to the Transaction Documents to which the Sponsor
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 (xvi) after the Sponsor obtains knowledge thereof, notice and a copy of any other material
report filed or required to be filed by any Major Project Participant with any Governmental Authority relating to the Project; and 
 (xvii)(a) an ERISA Event, (b) the adoption of any new Pension Plan by the Sponsor or any ERISA Affiliate, (iii) the adoption of any amendment to a Pension Plan, if such amendment will result in a material increase in benefits or
unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) (c) the commencement of contributions by the Sponsor or any ERISA Affiliate to any Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code, or (d) the receipt by the Sponsor or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event. 
 5.1.5 Governmental and Environmental Indemnity Claims and Reports. 
 As soon as available,
but in any event within ten days after any such report is submitted, a copy of any material report required to be filed by the Sponsor (or on behalf of the Sponsor) with any Governmental Authority related to the Project other than in the ordinary
course of business. 
 5.1.6 Additional Audit Reports. 
 As soon as available, but in any event within ten Business Days after the receipt thereof by the Sponsor, copies of all other material annual or interim audit reports submitted to the Sponsor by the
Sponsor’s Accountant. 
 5.1.7 Other Reports and Filings. 
 Promptly upon transmission thereof, copies of all financial information, statutory audits, proxy materials and other information and reports, if any, which the Sponsor has delivered to the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority substituted therefor, or any securities regulatory authority or any other equivalent Governmental Authority in any other applicable jurisdiction. 
 5.1.8 Other Information. 
 Promptly upon
request, such other information or documents as any Credit Party or any Independent Consultant may reasonably request. 
 5.2 Books, Records
and Inspections; Accounting and Auditing Matters. 
 (a) The Sponsor shall keep proper records and books of account, maintain
adequate management information and cost control systems, and make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Credit Parties for overseeing the financial operations of the Sponsor, including its cash management, accounting and financial reporting,
for overseeing the Sponsor’s relationship with the Credit Parties and the Sponsor’s Accountant and for facilitating the effective and accurate audit and performance evaluation of the Project pursuant to the Applicable Regulations and
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 (b) Each set of Financial Statements the Sponsor delivers shall be prepared in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied except to the extent that there have been any changes to such accounting principles or the application thereof noted in such Financial Statements and all financial records of the Sponsor shall be maintained at the
principal executive office of the Sponsor; 
 (d) The Sponsor shall authorize the Sponsor’s Accountant to communicate
directly with the Credit Parties and the Comptroller General and the Independent Consultants and their representatives at any time regarding the Sponsor’s accounts and operations; and 
 (e) In the event that the Sponsor’s Accountant should cease to be the accountants of the Sponsor for any reason, the Sponsor shall
appoint and maintain as the Sponsor’s Accountant another firm of independent public accountants, which firm shall be nationally recognized. 
 5.3 Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business. 
 The Sponsor shall (i) maintain and preserve its existence as a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and acquire, maintain, and renew all rights, licenses, contracts, powers, privileges, Leases, lands, sanctions, and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business
and in the performance of its obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents to which it is party, and (ii) observe all corporate formalities. 
 5.4 Compliance with Debarment Regulations. 
 The Sponsor shall provide immediate written
notice (including a brief description) to the Loan Servicer if at any time it learns that the representations made with respect to Debarment Regulations were erroneous when made or have become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.

 5.5 Tax, Duties, Proper Legal Form. 
 The Sponsor shall pay or arrange for the payment before they become overdue of all present and future (i) material Taxes (including stamp taxes), duties, fees, Periodic Expenses, or other charges payable on or in connection with the
execution, issue, delivery, registration, or notarization, or for the legality, validity, or enforceability, of this Agreement, any other Transaction Documents to which it is party and any other documents related to this Agreement (other than those
Taxes that it is contesting in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which reserves have been established to the extent required by GAAP) and (ii) claims, levies, or liabilities (including claims for labor, services, materials and
supplies), for sums that have become due and payable and that have or, if unpaid, might become a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon the property of the Sponsor (or any part thereof). The Sponsor shall take all action to ensure that each of the
Transaction Documents to which it is party is in proper legal form under the respective governing laws selected in such Transaction Document, without any further action required with respect to such legal form for the enforcement of such Transaction
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 5.6 Performance of Obligations. 
 The Sponsor shall maintain in full force and effect each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with the respective terms thereof, except for those Loan Documents that shall by their
terms terminate after the indefeasible payment in full of all Secured Obligations owed thereunder. The Sponsor shall comply with the provisions of and perform all of its obligations under each Loan Document to which it is party in accordance with
the terms thereof. 
 5.7 Project Documents. 
 The Sponsor shall maintain all the Project Documents to which it is a party in full force and effect. The Sponsor shall comply with the material provisions of and perform all of its material obligations
under the Project Documents to which it is a party. The Sponsor shall diligently pursue all of its rights and remedies under the Project Documents to which it is party. 
 5.8 Independent Consultants. 
 The Sponsor (i) shall cooperate in all respects with
each Independent Consultant and (ii) shall ensure that each Independent Consultant is provided with all information reasonably requested by such Independent Consultant in fulfilling its duties to the Credit Parties and ensure that any
information that it may supply to such Independent Consultant is accurate and not, by omission of information or otherwise, misleading in any material respect at the time such information is provided. 
 5.9 Additional Documents; Filings and Recordings. 
 The Sponsor shall execute and deliver, from time to time as reasonably requested by the Loan Servicer, DOE or the Collateral Agent at the Sponsor’s expense, such other documents as shall be necessary or advisable or that the Loan
Servicer, DOE and the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in connection with the rights and remedies of the Credit Parties and the Collateral Agent granted or provided for by the Transaction Documents to which it is party, and to consummate the
transactions contemplated therein. 
 5.10 Intellectual Property and Technology. 
 (a) The Sponsor shall not take any action or fail to take any action related to the Technology or Intellectual Property Rights that would in
any way prevent Borrower from exercising the rights granted to the Borrower under the Project IP License Agreement, or that would otherwise materially conflict with or adversely affect the rights granted to the Borrower under the Project IP License
Agreement, except, in each case, where the action or failure to take any action could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (b) The Sponsor shall take all commercially reasonable actions necessary to maintain and protect the Technology and Intellectual Property Rights provided under the Project IP License Agreement, including
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 all current and former employees, consultants, licensees, vendors and contractors to execute appropriate
confidentiality and invention assignment agreements; and (ii) taking all commercially reasonable actions necessary to ensure that none of the Technology that is a trade secret having a material value falls or has fallen into the public domain,
except, in each case, where the failure to take any action could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (c) If the Sponsor becomes aware of any breach or violation of the Technology or Intellectual Property Rights, the Sponsor shall take such actions set forth in the Project IP License Agreement to protect the rights granted to the Borrower
under the Project IP License Agreement, including suing for an injunction against such violation or breach. 
 5.11 [Intentionally Omitted]

 5.12 ERISA Covenants. 
 (a) The Sponsor shall do, and shall cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to do, each of the following: (i) maintain each Plan in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code or other Federal or state law; (ii) cause each Qualified Plan to maintain its qualified status under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; (iii) timely make all required contributions to any
Plan; (iv) not become a party to any Multiemployer Plan; (v) ensure that all liabilities under each Plan are either (A) funded to at least the minimum level required by law or, if higher, to the level required by the terms governing
such Plan; (B) insured with a reputable insurance company; or (C) provided for or recognized in the Financial Statements most recently delivered to the Loan Servicer under Section 6.1 hereof); and (vi) ensure that the
contributions or premium payments to or in respect of each Pension Plan is and continues to be promptly paid at no less than the rates required under the rules of such Pension Plan and in accordance with the most recent actuarial advice received in
relation to such Pension Plan and applicable law. 
 (b) The Sponsor shall not, nor shall it permit any of ERISA Affiliate to,
(i) terminate any Pension Plan so as to result in any material (in the opinion of the Loan Servicer) liability to the Sponsor or any ERISA Affiliate, (ii) permit to exist any ERISA Event, or any other event or condition, which presents the
risk of a material (in the opinion of the Loan Servicer) liability to any ERISA Affiliate, (iii) make a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Section 4201 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan so as to result in any
material (in the opinion of the Loan Servicer) liability to the Sponsor or any ERISA Affiliate, (iv) enter into any new Plan or modify any existing Plan so as to increase its obligations thereunder which could result in any material (in the
opinion of the Loan Servicer) liability to the Sponsor or any ERISA Affiliate, or (v) permit the present value of all nonforfeitable accrued benefits under any Pension Plan (using the actuarial assumptions utilized by the PBGC upon termination
of an employee pension benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA) materially (in the opinion of the Loan Servicer) to exceed the fair market value of the Pension Plan’s assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the most recent
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 (c) Neither the Sponsor nor any ERISA Affiliate shall adopt, establish, participate in, or
incur any obligation to contribute to, any Employee Benefit Plan or incur any liability to provide post-retirement welfare benefits in violation of any Governmental Rule. 
 5.13 Investment Company Act. 
 The Sponsor shall not take any action that would result in
the Sponsor or the Borrower being required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act. 
 5.14
Debarment Regulations. 
 Unless authorized by DOE, the Sponsor shall not knowingly enter into any transactions with any Person who is
debarred, suspended, declared ineligible or voluntarily excluded from participation in procurement or nonprocurement transactions with any United States federal government department or agency pursuant to any of the Debarment Regulations.

 ARTICLE VI. 
 GOVERNING LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE 
 6.1 Governing Law 
 This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, Federal law
and not the law of any state or locality. To the extent that a court looks to the laws of any state to determine or define the Federal law, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such court shall look only to the laws of the State of New
York without regard to the rules of conflicts of laws. 
 6.2 Waiver of Trial by Jury 
 EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY,
AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN
RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, RELATED TO,
OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT,
COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OR ACTIONS OF
THE PARTIES. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR DOE, THE LOAN
SERVICER, AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. 
 6.3 Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process 
 By execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Sponsor irrevocably and unconditionally: 
 (a) submits for itself and
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jurisdiction of (i) the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, (ii) the courts of the United States of America located in the District of
Columbia, (iii) any other federal court of competent jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction where it or any of its property may be found, and (iv) appellate courts from any of the foregoing; 
 (b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in or removed to such courts, and waives any objection, or right to stay or
dismiss any action or proceeding, that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

 (c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered
or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Sponsor at its address set forth in Section 11.01 of the Common Agreement or at such other address of which DOE shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 (d) agrees that nothing herein shall (i) affect the right of any Credit Party to effect service of process in any other
manner permitted by law or (ii) limit the right of any Credit Party to commence proceedings against or otherwise sue the Sponsor or any other Person in any other court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the commencement of proceedings in any
one or more jurisdictions preclude the commencement of proceedings in any other jurisdiction (whether concurrently or not) if, and to the extent, permitted by the Governmental Rules; and 
 (e) agrees that judgment against it in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction
within or without the U.S. by suit on the judgment or otherwise as provided by law, a certified or exemplified copy of which judgment shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and amount of the Sponsor’s obligation. 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 7.1 Notices 
 Any communications to any party to this Agreement or notices provided pursuant to this Agreement may be given to the address set forth for such party as provided in Section 11.1 of the Common
Agreement. Each communication to be made under this Agreement shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, shall be given and deemed effective as provided in Section 11.1 of the Common Agreement. 
 7.2 Amendments to Other Documents 
 No
compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal, release or other change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect of any liability or obligation under or in respect of, or of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall in any way alter or affect any of the obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document of the Sponsor. 
  

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 7.3 Entire Agreement 
 This Agreement, including any agreement, document or instrument attached hereto or referred to herein, integrates all the terms and conditions mentioned herein or incidental hereto and supersedes all oral
negotiations and prior agreements and understandings of the parties hereto in respect to the subject matter hereof. 
 7.4 No Discharge 

 The obligations of the Sponsor under this Agreement and each other Sponsor Loan Document shall not be affected by (i) any default by the
Borrower or any other Major Project Participant (other than the Sponsor) in the performance or observance of any of its agreements or covenants in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or (ii) the insolvency of the Borrower or any
other Major Project Participant (other than the Sponsor). No obligations of the Sponsor under this Agreement or any other Sponsor Loan Document shall be released, discharged or in any way affected by any reorganization, arrangement, compromise,
composition or plan affecting the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or by any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, whether or not the Sponsor shall have notice or knowledge of any of the foregoing.

 7.5 Termination. 
 Except as
expressly provided herein, the obligations of the Sponsor under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the date on which all Secured Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) have been indefeasibly paid in full and
all commitments to extend credit under the FFB Note Purchase Agreement have been terminated. 
 7.6 Reinstatement 
 This Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of any obligations of the Sponsor
under this Agreement, or any part of this Agreement, is, pursuant to the Governmental Rules, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Credit Party. In the event that the whole or any part of any payment is so
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, such obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned. 
 7.7 Limitation on Liability 
 Except for a claim arising from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of any Person, no claim shall be made by the Sponsor against any Agent or any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys or agents for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive
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contract, tort or duty imposed by law), in connection with, arising out of or in any way related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or any act
or omission or event occurring in connection with such documents. The Sponsor waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

 7.8 Waiver of Subrogation 
 Until the Secured Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and all commitments to extend credit under the DOE Credit Facility shall have expired or terminated, the Sponsor shall not
enforce or accept any payment by the Borrower under any right of subrogation which may have arisen or may hereafter arise in connection with this Agreement. 
 7.9 Rights and Responsibilities of Agents 
 Each of the Collateral Agent and the Loan
Servicer shall be entitled to the benefits of Article 9 (Agents and Advisors) of the Common Agreement and Section 11.17 (Payment of Costs and Expenses) of the Common Agreement in connection with the performance of its rights and
responsibilities and exercise of its rights under this Agreement and any other Sponsor Loan Document to which such Person is a party. 
 7.10
Calculations 
 All financial calculations to be made under, or for the purposes of, this Agreement and the other Sponsor Loan Documents
shall be determined in accordance with the Common Agreement. 
 7.11 Successors and Assigns 
 (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors or permitted assigns of the parties hereto.
The Sponsor may not make an assignment or other transfer of this Agreement or any interest herein, unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent acting upon the instruction of the Loan Servicer pursuant to the Common
Agreement to such assignment or other transfer. 
 (b) Neither the Sponsor nor the Borrower shall be entitled to assign this Agreement or any
benefit or obligation under this Agreement in whole or in part. The Sponsor irrevocably consents to any absolute, conditional or collateral transfer, pledge or assignment from time to time by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent of any or all of the
right, title and interest of the Borrower in, to, and under this Agreement under the Security Documents and agrees that (i) the Collateral Agent shall be a permitted assignee of the Borrower’s rights hereunder and may succeed to all the
rights, titles and interests of the Borrower hereunder, (ii) all payments hereunder by the Sponsor of its obligations shall be made to the Collateral Agent and (iii) the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to exercise such rights and
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 (c) The Collateral Agent and the Loan Servicer shall assign all of their respective rights and obligations
under this Agreement to any successor appointed pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement or the Common Agreement (as appropriate). 
 7.12
Amendments 
 Neither this Agreement nor any of the terms of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated unless such
change, waiver, discharge or termination is in writing and signed by the parties to this Agreement. 
 7.13 Severability 
 In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction, the
parties hereto agree to the fullest extent they may effectively do so that the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the parties hereto shall enter into good faith
negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision. 
 7.14 Delay and Waiver 
 No delay or omission to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or remedy accruing upon the occurrence of any Potential Default
or Event of Default or any other breach or default of the Borrower under this Agreement or the Common Agreement shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the Credit Parties, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or
default, or an acquiescence therein, or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of any single Potential Default or Event of Default, or other breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other Potential Default or
Event of Default or other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any of the Credit Parties of any Potential Default or Event of Default, or other breach
or default under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any waiver on the part of any of the Credit Parties of any provision or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the
extent in such writing specifically set forth. 
 7.15 Remedies 
 The remedies provided in this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any of the Credit Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative. If the Sponsor fails to pay or perform any of its obligations
hereunder when due, the Borrower and each Credit Party may avail itself of all available remedies, in law or at equity, to enforce its rights hereunder. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent
the concurrent assertion of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
  

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 7.16 Benefits of Agreement 
 Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns hereunder and under the Loan Documents, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right or remedy under this Agreement. 
 7.17 Conclusive Authority 
 In taking or omitting to take any action (including exercising or failing to exercise any option, voting right or other election provided for in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document), each Agent, as between such Person on the one hand and the Borrower, the Sponsor and each other Major Project Participant on the other hand, shall be conclusively presumed to be acting or omitting to act in
such capacity with full and valid authority so to conduct itself, notwithstanding any reference to the Common Agreement or any other Loan Document. Except to the extent provided otherwise in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed
to prejudice the rights and responsibilities, if any, of such Agent with respect to any other Credit Party arising out of the Common Agreement or any other Loan Document. 
 7.18 Counterparts 
 This Agreement may be executed in one or more duplicate counterparts
and when signed by all of the parties shall constitute a single binding agreement. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement, acting through their Authorized Officials, have caused
this Agreement to be signed in their respective names as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	SOLYNDRA FAB 2 LLC
		
	By:	 	Solyndra, Inc., its sole Member
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ W.G. Stover, Jr.

		 	Its:	 	 Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer

	
	SOLYNDRA, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ W.G. Stover, Jr.

	 Its:
	 	 Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer

	
	 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Collateral Agent

		
	By:	 	  

	 Its:
	 	  

	
	 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,
 as Credit Party

		
	By:	 	  

	 Its:
	 	  

 [Signature Page to Sponsor Support Agreement] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement, acting through their Authorized Officials, have caused
this Agreement to be signed in their respective names as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	SOLYNDRA FAB 2 LLC
		
	By:	 	Solyndra, Inc., its sole Member
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 	Its:	 	  

	
	SOLYNDRA, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	 Its:
	 	  

	
	 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Collateral Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jean Clarke

	 Its:
	 	 Assistant Vice President

	
	 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,
 as Credit Party

		
	By:	 	  

	 Its:
	 	  

 [Signature Page to Sponsor Support Agreement] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement, acting through their Authorized Officials, have caused
this Agreement to be signed in their respective names as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	SOLYNDRA FAB 2 LLC
		
	By:	 	Solyndra, Inc., its sole Member
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 	Its:	 	  

	
	SOLYNDRA, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	 Its:
	 	  

	
	 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Collateral Agent

		
	By:	 	  

	 Its:
	 	  

	
	 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,
 as Credit Party

		
	By:	 	 /s/ David G. Frantz

	 Its:
	 	 Director, Loan Guarantee Program Office

 [Signature Page to Sponsor Support Agreement] 

			
	 U.S.DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,
 as Loan Servicer

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ David G. Frantz

	 Its:
	 	 Director, Loan Guarantee Program Office

 [Signature Page to Sponsor Support Agreement]Construction and Permanent Deed of Trust

 Exhibit 10.20 
 RECORDING REQUESTED BY 
 AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO: 
 Morrison & Foerster LLP 
 2000
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 
 Washington, D.C. 20006-1888 
 Attn: Frederick E. Jenney, Esq. 
 Trustor’s Organizational Identification Number:
Delaware - 4568683 
  
  
 Space above for Recorder’s Use Only 
 CONSTRUCTION AND
PERMANENT DEED OF TRUST 
 with Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing 
 (California) 
 The parties to this Construction and Permanent
Deed of Trust with Assignment of Rents, and Fixture Filing (this “Deed of Trust”) made as of September 3, 2009, are Solyndra Fab 2 LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, as trustor
(“Trustor”), whose address is 47700 Kato Road, Fremont, California 94538, Chicago Title Company, a California corporation, as trustee (“Trustee”), whose address is 455 Market Street, Suite 2100, San Francisco,
California 94105, and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as beneficiary, collateral agent and secured party (“Beneficiary”), whose address is 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005;
Attention: Corporate Trust Services. 
 I. Grant in Trust and Secured Obligations 
 1.1 Grant in Trust 
 For the purpose of securing payment and performance of the Secured Obligations defined and described in Section 1.2, Trustor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally grants, conveys, transfers and assigns to Trustee, in trust for
the benefit of Beneficiary, with power of sale and right of entry and possession, and grants a security interest in (as more fully provided in Article III hereof), all estate, right, title and interest which Trustor now has or may later
acquire in and to the following property (all or any part of such property, or any interest in all or any part of it, as the context may require, the “Property”): 
 (a) the real property located in the County of Alameda, State of California, as described in Exhibit A, together with all
existing and future easements and rights affording access to it (the “Land”); together with 
 (b) all
buildings, structures and improvements now located or later to be constructed on the Land (the “Improvements”); together with 
  

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 (c) all existing and future appurtenances, privileges, easements, franchises and tenements
of the Land, including all minerals, oil, gas, other hydrocarbons and associated substances, sulphur, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium and other commercially valuable substances which may be in, under or produced from any part of the Land, all
development rights and credits, air rights, water, water rights (whether riparian, appropriative or otherwise, and whether or not appurtenant) and water stock, and any land lying in the streets, roads or avenues, open or proposed, in front of or
adjoining the Land and Improvements; together with 
 (d) all existing and future leases, subleases, subtenancies, licenses,
occupancy agreements and concessions (“leases”) relating to the use and enjoyment of all or any part of the Land and Improvements, and any and all deposits, guaranties and other agreements relating to or made in connection with any
of such leases; together with 
 (e) all of Trustor’s right, title and interest in and to all fixtures now or later to be
attached to any part of the Land and Improvements, including all pumping plants, engines, pipes, ditches and flumes, and also all gas, electric, cooking, heating, cooling, air conditioning, lighting, refrigeration and plumbing fixtures and
equipment, all of which shall be considered to the fullest extent of the law to be real property for purposes of this Deed of Trust; together with 
 (f) all of Trustor’s right, title and interest in and to all building materials, equipment, work in process or other personal property of any kind, which have been or later will be incorporated into
or installed in or about the Land or Improvements; together with 
 (g) all refunds of property taxes, assessments or similar
payments made with respect to all or any part of the Property, irrespective of the period of time to which such taxes, assessments or similar payments may relate, utility deposits, development and use rights, governmental permits and licenses,
applications, architectural and engineering plans, specifications and drawings, as-built drawings, documents, notes and, which arise from or relate to construction on the Land, or to the Land and Improvements generally; together with 
 (j) all proceeds, including all claims to and demands for them, of the voluntary or involuntary conversion of any of the Land, Improvements
or the other property described above into cash or liquidated claims, including proceeds of all present and future fire, hazard or casualty insurance policies and all condemnation awards or payments now or later to be made by any public body or
decree by any court of competent jurisdiction for any taking or in connection with any condemnation or eminent domain proceeding, and all causes of action and their proceeds for any damage or injury to the Land, Improvements or the other property
described above or any part of them, or breach of warranty in connection with the construction of the Improvements, including causes of action arising in tort, contract, fraud or concealment of a material fact; together with 
 (k) all tax benefits arising, accruing or in any way belonging or appertaining to Trustor, any of its constituent partners or the Property,
and all documents, agreements, instruments and supporting material necessary or desirable to support or substantiate any and all allocations of any tax credits and benefits and the Property’s and/or Trustor’s compliance with any tax credit
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 (m) all proceeds of, additions and accretions to, substitutions and replacements for, and
changes in any of the property described above. 
 Capitalized terms used above and elsewhere in this Deed of Trust without
definition have the meanings given them in the Common Agreement referred to in subsection 1.2(c) below. 
 1.2
Secured Obligations 
 Trustor makes the grant, conveyance, transfer and assignment set forth in Section 1.1 and
grants the security interest set forth in Article III for the purpose of securing the following obligations (the “Secured Obligations”) in any order of priority that Beneficiary may choose: 
 (a) Payment of all Borrower Reimbursement Obligations at any time owing by Trustor to the U.S. Department of Energy, an agency of the United
States of America (the “DOE”), in connection with any DOE Guaranty Payment made for the benefit of the Federal Financing Bank, a body corporate and instrumentality of the United States of America (“FFB”), as a
result of any payment default by Trustor under any FEB Funding Document, including any payment default by Trustor of its obligations with respect to the FFB Loan in the stated principal amount of Five Hundred Thirty Five Million and No/100 Dollars
($535,000,000.00) as evidenced by the FFB Promissory Note; and 
 (b) Payment and performance of all obligations of Trustor
under this Deed of Trust; and 
 (c) Payment and performance of all Secured Obligations of Trustor under and as defined in that
certain Common Agreement dated as of September 2, 2009 (the “Common Agreement”), by and among Trustor as “Borrower”, the DOE, for itself as a Credit Party, the U.S. Department of Energy, an agency of the United
States of America acting through its Loan Guarantee Program Office, as “Loan Servicer”, and the U.S. Bank National Association, as “Collateral Agent”; and 
 (d) Payment and performance of all future advances and other obligations that Trustor or any successor in ownership of all or part of the
Property may agree to pay and/or perform (whether as principal, surety or guarantor) for the benefit of Beneficiary, when a writing evidences the parties’ agreement that the advance or obligation be secured by this Deed of Trust; and

 (e) Payment and performance of all modifications, amendments, extensions, and renewals, however evidenced, of any of the
Secured Obligations. 
 In addition to certain other Loan Documents, Trustor is executing an Environmental Indemnity Agreement
(the “Indemnity Agreement”) regarding the Property in connection with the Secured Obligations. The Indemnity Agreement is a Loan Document; however, only certain of Trustor’s obligations under the Indemnity Agreement are secured
by this Deed of Trust. Notwithstanding any provision of this Deed of Trust or any other Loan Document, the obligations of Trustor arising from the Indemnity Agreement are and shall be Secured Obligations under this Deed of Trust only to the extent
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 As more particularly set forth in the Common Agreement and the FFB Funding Documents,
Advances under the FFB Loan for construction of the Project will be carried over and repaid following the Project Completion Date upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Common Agreement and the FFB Funding Documents, and this
Deed of Trust will continue to secure the Secured Obligations following the completion of construction without any loss of or other affect on the priority of the lien of this Deed of Trust until the date that all Secured Obligations (other than
inchoate indemnity obligations) are paid in full. 
 All persons who may have or acquire an interest in all or any part of the
Property will be considered to have notice of the terms of the Secured Obligations and each other agreement or instrument made or entered into in connection with each of the Secured Obligations. These terms include any provisions in the FFB
Promissory Note, the Common Agreement and the FFB Program Financing Agreement which permit borrowing, repayment and reborrowing, or which provide that the interest rate on one or more of the Secured Obligations may vary from time to time.

 II. Assignment of Rents 
 2.1 Assignment 
 Trustor hereby irrevocably, absolutely, presently and
unconditionally assigns to Beneficiary all rents, royalties, issues, profits, revenue, income and proceeds from the sale or lease of the Property (including, without limitation, any proceeds from the leasing of any part of the Land or the
Improvements, and any security or other deposits on account thereof), whether now due, past due or to become due, including all prepaid rents and security deposits (some or all collectively, as the context may require, “Rents”).
Trustor shall not subordinate any lease or other contract affecting the Property to the lien of any encumbrance junior in priority to this Deed of Trust, unless otherwise permitted by any Loan Document. This is an absolute assignment, not an
assignment for security only. 
 2.2 Grant of License 
 Beneficiary hereby confers upon Trustor a license (“License”) to collect and retain the Rents as they become due and
payable, so long as no Event of Default, as defined in Section 5.2, shall exist and be continuing. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Beneficiary shall have the right, which it may choose to exercise in its sole
discretion, to terminate this License without notice to or demand upon Trustor, and without regard to the adequacy of Beneficiary’s security under this Deed of Trust. 
 2.3 Collection and Application of Rents 
 Subject to the License granted to Trustor under Section 2.2, Beneficiary has the right, power and authority to collect any and all Rents. 
 Beneficiary’s right to the Rents does not depend on whether or not Beneficiary takes possession of the Property as permitted under
subsection 5.3(c). In Beneficiary’s sole discretion, it may choose to collect Rents either with or without taking possession of the Property. Subject to the License granted to Trustor under Section 2.2, Beneficiary shall
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manner provided under Section 5.6. If an Event of Default occurs while Beneficiary is in possession of all or part of the Property and is collecting and applying Rents as permitted under
this Deed of Trust, Beneficiary, Trustee and any receiver shall nevertheless be entitled to exercise and invoke every right and remedy afforded any of them under this Deed of Trust and at law or in equity, including the right to exercise the power
of sale granted under Section1.1 and subsection 5.3 (g) during the continuance of such Event of Default. 
 2.4
Beneficiary Not Responsible 
 Under no circumstances shall Beneficiary have any duty to produce Rents from the Property.
Regardless of whether or not Beneficiary, in person or by agent, takes actual possession of the Land and Improvements, Beneficiary is not and shall not be deemed to be: 
 (a) a “mortgagee in possession” for any purpose; or 
 (b)
responsible for performing any of the obligations of the lessor under any lease; or 
 (c) responsible for any waste committed
by lessees or any other parties, any dangerous or defective condition of the Property, or any negligence in the management, upkeep, repair or control of the Property; or 
 (d) liable in any manner for the Property or the use, occupancy, enjoyment or operation of all or any part of it. 
 2.5 Leasing 
 Except for the Back End Site Lease and any other Lease of the
Property permitted by the Common Agreement, Trustor shall not lease the Property or any part of it. 
 III. Fixture Filing

 This Deed of Trust constitutes a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under Section 9502(c) of the California
Uniform Commercial Code, as amended or recodified from time to time, covering any Property which now is or later may become fixtures attached to the Land or Improvements, and is to be filed for record in the real estate records in each county where
any part of the Property is situated. The mailing address of Trustor and Beneficiary are as set forth below. The type and jurisdiction of organization of Trustor and the Trustor’s organizational identification number are as set forth at the
beginning of this Deed of Trust. 
 IV. Rights and Duties of the Parties 
 4.1 Representations and Warranties 
 In addition to the representations and warranties set forth in the Common Agreement, the DOE Credit Facility Documents and the Security Agreements, Trustor warrants that: 
 (a) Trustor lawfully possesses and holds fee simple title to all of the Land and Improvements; 
  

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 (b) Trustor has or will have good title to all Property other than the Land and
Improvements; 
 (c) this Deed of Trust creates a first and prior lien on the Property, subject to Permitted Liens; 

(d) Trustor’s place of business, or its chief executive office if it has more than one place of business, is located at the address
specified below. 
 4.2 Taxes and Assessments 
 Trustor shall pay prior to delinquency all taxes, levies, charges and assessments, including assessments on appurtenant water stock, imposed
by any public or quasi-public authority or utility company which are (or if not paid, may become) a lien on all or part of the Rents or the Property or any interest in it, except any such taxes, levies, charges or assessments that constitute a
Permitted Lien. If any such taxes, levies, charges or assessments become delinquent, Beneficiary may require Trustor to present evidence that they have been paid in full, on ten (10) days’ written notice by Beneficiary to Trustor.

 4.3 Performance of Secured Obligations 
 Trustor shall promptly pay and perform each Secured Obligation in accordance with its terms. 
 4.4 Liens, Charges and Encumbrances 
 Within ten (10) Business Days,
Trustor shall discharge any lien, excluding Permitted Liens, on the Rents or the Property which Beneficiary has not consented to in writing. Except as permitted by the Common Agreement, Trustor shall pay when due each obligation reducible to a lien,
charge or encumbrance which now does or later may encumber or appear to encumber all or part of the Rents or the Property or any interest in it, whether the lien, charge or encumbrance is or would be senior or subordinate to this Deed of Trust. This
Section 4.4 is subject to any right granted to Trustor in the Loan Documents to contest in good faith claims and liens for labor done and materials and services furnished in connection with construction of the Improvements. 

4.5 Damages and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds 
 If any material Event of Loss shall occur with respect to the Property, the Borrower shall comply with the requirements of Section 6.25 of the Common Agreement. 
  

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 4.6 Maintenance, Operation and Preservation of Property 
 (a) Trustor shall insure the Property as required by the Common Agreement and keep the Property in good condition and repair in accordance
with the standards set forth in the O&M Agreement. 
 (b) Trustor shall not remove or demolish the Property or any part of
it, or alter, restore or add to the Property, or initiate or allow any change in any zoning or other land use classification which affects the Property or any part of it, except as permitted or required by the Common Agreement or with
Beneficiary’s express prior written consent in each instance. 
 (c) If all or part of the Property becomes damaged or
destroyed, Trustor shall promptly and completely repair and/or restore the Property in a good and workmanlike manner in accordance with sound building practices; provided, however, that Trustor shall have no such obligation to complete or restore
any of the Property if such damage or destruction is not required to be restored under the Common Agreement or the O&M Agreement. 
 (d) Trustor shall not bring or keep any article on the Property or cause or allow any condition to exist on it, that could invalidate or would be prohibited by, any insurance coverage required to be maintained by Trustor on the Property or
any part of it under the Common Agreement. 
 (e) Trustor shall not commit or allow waste of the Property, including those acts
or omissions characterized under the Common Agreement or under the Indemnity Agreement as waste which arises out of Hazardous Substances (as defined in the Indemnity Agreement). 
 4.7 Trustee’s Acceptance of Trust 
 Trustee accepts this trust when this Deed of Trust is recorded. 
 4.8 Releases,
Extensions, Modifications and Additional Security 
 (a) From time to time, Beneficiary may perform any of the following
acts without incurring any liability or giving notice to any person: 
 (i) release any person liable for payment of any
Secured Obligation; 
 (ii) extend the time for payment, or otherwise alter the terms of payment, of any Secured Obligation;

 (iii) accept additional real or personal property of any kind as security for any Secured Obligation, whether evidenced by
deeds of trust, mortgages, security agreements or any other instruments of security; or 
 (iv) alter, substitute or release
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 (b) From time to time when requested to do so by Beneficiary in writing, Trustee may perform
any of the following acts without incurring any liability or giving notice to any person: 
 (i) consent to the making of any
plat or map of the Property or any part of it; 
 (ii) join in granting any easement or creating any restriction affecting the
Property; 
 (iii) join in any subordination or other agreement affecting this Deed of Trust or the lien of it; or 

(iv) reconvey the Property or any part of it without any warranty. 
 4.9 Reconveyance 
 When all of the Secured Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) have been paid and performed in full, Beneficiary shall request Trustee in writing to reconvey the Property, and shall surrender this Deed of Trust and all
notes and instruments evidencing the Secured Obligations to Trustee. When Trustee receives Beneficiary’s written request for reconveyance and all fees and other sums owing to it by Trustor under Section 4.10, Trustee shall reconvey
the Property, or so much of it as is then held under this Deed of Trust, without warranty to the person or persons legally entitled to it. That person or those persons shall pay any costs of recordation. In the reconveyance, the grantee may be
described as “the person or persons legally entitled thereto,” and the recitals of any matters or facts shall be conclusive proof of their truthfulness. Neither Beneficiary nor Trustee shall have any duty to determine the rights of persons
claiming to be rightful grantees of any reconveyance. 
 4.10 Compensation, Exculpation, Indemnification 
 (a) Trustor agrees to pay all reasonable fees as may be charged by Beneficiary and Trustee, for any services that Beneficiary or Trustee may
render in connection with this Deed of Trust, including Beneficiary’s providing a statement of the Secured Obligations or Trustee’s rendering of services in connection with a reconveyance. Trustor shall also pay or reimburse all of
Beneficiary’s and Trustee’s costs and expenses which may be incurred in rendering any such services. Trustor further agrees to pay or reimburse Beneficiary for all costs, expenses and other advances which may be incurred or made by
Beneficiary or Trustee in any efforts to enforce any terms of this Deed of Trust, including any rights or remedies afforded to Beneficiary or Trustee or both of them under Section 5.3, whether any lawsuit is filed or not, or in defending
any action or proceeding arising under or relating to this Deed of Trust, including attorneys’ fees and other legal costs, costs of any Foreclosure Sale (as defined in subsection 5.3(h)) and any cost of evidence of title. If
Beneficiary chooses to dispose of Property through more than one Foreclosure Sale, Trustor shall pay all costs, expenses or other advances that may be incurred or made by Trustee or Beneficiary in each of those Foreclosure Sales. 
 (b) Beneficiary shall not be directly or indirectly liable to Trustor or any other person as a consequence of any of the following:

 (i) Beneficiary’s exercise of or failure to exercise any rights, remedies or powers granted to it in this Deed of
Trust; 
 (ii) Beneficiary’s failure or refusal to perform or discharge any obligation or liability of Trustor under any
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 (iii) any loss sustained by Trustor or any third party resulting from Beneficiary’s
failure to market the Property or any portion thereof for sale, or from any other act or omission of Beneficiary in managing the Property, after an Event of Default, unless the loss is caused by the willful misconduct or bad faith of Beneficiary.

 Trustor hereby expressly waives and releases all liability of the types described above, and agrees that no such liability
shall be asserted against or imposed upon Beneficiary. 
 (c) Trustor shall pay all obligations to pay money arising under this
Section 4.10 immediately upon demand by Trustee or Beneficiary. Each such obligation shall be added to, and considered to be part of, the Secured Obligations, and shall bear interest from the date the obligation arises at the Late Charge
Rate. 
 4.11 Defense and Notice of Claims and Actions 
 At Trustor’s sole expense, Trustor shall protect, preserve and defend the Property and title to and right of possession of the
Property, and the security of this Deed of Trust and the rights and powers of Beneficiary and Trustee created under it, against all adverse claims. Trustor shall give Beneficiary and Trustee prompt notice in writing if any claim is asserted which
does or could affect any of these matters, or if any action or proceeding is commenced which alleges or relates to any such claim. 
 4.12 Substitution of Trustee 
 From time to time, Beneficiary may substitute a successor to any Trustee named
in or acting under this Deed of Trust in any manner now or later to be provided at law, or by a written instrument executed and acknowledged by Beneficiary and recorded in the office(s) of the recorder(s) of the county or counties where the Land and
Improvements are situated. Any such instrument shall be conclusive proof of the proper substitution of the successor Trustee, who shall automatically upon recordation of the instrument succeed to all estate, title, rights, powers and duties of the
predecessor Trustee, without conveyance from it. 
 4.13 Subrogation 
 Beneficiary shall be subrogated to the liens of all encumbrances, whether released of record or not, which are discharged in whole or in
part by Beneficiary in accordance with this Deed of Trust or with the proceeds of any loan secured by this Deed of Trust. 
  

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 V. Accelerating Transfer, Default and Remedies 
 5.1 Accelerating Transfer 
 “Accelerating Transfer” means any sale, contract to sell, conveyance, encumbrance, lease, or other transfer of all or any part of the Property or any interest in it, whether voluntary,
involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise that is not expressly permitted by the Common Agreement or any other Loan Document. If any Accelerating Transfer occurs, Beneficiary in its sole discretion may declare all of the Secured Obligations to
be immediately due and payable, and Beneficiary and Trustee may invoke any rights and remedies provided by Section 5.3 of this Deed of Trust. 
 5.2 Events of Default 
 Trustor will be in default under this Deed of Trust
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under the Common Agreement (some or all collectively, “Events of Default;” any one singly, an “Event of Default”). 
 5.3 Remedies 
 At any time after an Event of Default, Beneficiary and Trustee shall be entitled to invoke any and all of the rights and remedies described below. All of such rights and remedies shall be cumulative, and the exercise of any one or more of
them shall not constitute an election of remedies. 
 (a) Acceleration 
 Beneficiary may declare any or all of the Secured Obligations to be due and payable immediately. 
 (b) Receiver 
 Beneficiary may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and obtain appointment of, a receiver for the Property. 
 (c) Entry 
 Beneficiary, in person, by agent or by court-appointed receiver, may, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, enter, take possession of, complete construction on, manage and operate, and lease or sell, all or any part of the Property, and may also do any and all other things in connection with those actions that Beneficiary may in its sole
discretion consider necessary and appropriate to protect the security of this Deed of Trust or which are otherwise permitted to be taken or conducted by Beneficiary under the Common Agreement. Such other things may include, to the extent permitted
by applicable law: entering into, enforcing, modifying, or canceling leases on such terms and conditions as Beneficiary may consider proper; obtaining and evicting tenants; fixing or modifying Rents; collecting and receiving any payment of money
owing to Trustor; completing any unfinished construction (including making use of any FFB Loan funds or other amounts available

  

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under the Collateral Agency Agreement, for such purpose, and including making such reallocations of costs as Beneficiary may elect in any Construction Budget); and/or contracting for and making
repairs and alterations. If Beneficiary so requests, Trustor shall assemble all of the Property that has been removed from the Land and make all of it available to Beneficiary at the site of the Land. Regardless of any provision of this Deed of
Trust or the Common Agreement, Beneficiary shall not be considered to have accepted any property other than cash or immediately available funds in satisfaction of any obligation of Trustor to Beneficiary, unless Beneficiary has given express written
notice of its election of that remedy in accordance with California Uniform Commercial Code Section 9505, as it may be amended or recodified from time to time. 
 (d) Cure; Protection of Security 
 Either Beneficiary or Trustee may (but
shall not be obligated to) cure any breach or default of Trustor, and if it chooses to do so in connection with any such cure, Beneficiary or Trustee, to the extent permitted by applicable law, may also enter the Property and/or do any and all other
things which it may in its sole discretion consider necessary and appropriate to protect the security of this Deed of Trust. Such other things may include: appearing in and/or defending any action or proceeding which purports to affect the security
of, or the rights or powers of Beneficiary or Trustee under, this Deed of Trust; paying, purchasing, contesting or compromising any encumbrance, charge, lien or claim of lien which in Beneficiary’s or Trustee’s sole judgment is or may be
senior in priority to this Deed of Trust, such judgment of Beneficiary or Trustee to be conclusive as among the parties to this Deed of Trust; obtaining insurance and/or paying any premiums or charges for insurance required to be carried under the
Common Agreement; otherwise caring for and protecting any and all of the Property; making and pursuing any claim against any third party and defending against any claim by any third party; and/or employing counsel, accountants, contractors and other
appropriate persons to assist Beneficiary or Trustee. Beneficiary and Trustee may take any of the actions permitted under this subsection 5.3(d) either with or without giving notice to any person. 
 (e) Uniform Commercial Code Remedies and other Remedies 
 Beneficiary may exercise any or all of the remedies granted to a secured party under the California Uniform Commercial Code or to the
Secured Parties under the Common Agreement, the DOE Credit Facility Documents and the other Security Documents. 
 (f)
Judicial Action 
 Beneficiary may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to foreclose this instrument,
to obtain specific enforcement of any of the covenants or agreements of this Deed of Trust or to take any action at its option to enforce any of the indemnities or covenants under the Indemnity Agreement pursuant to California Code of Civil
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 (g) Power of Sale 
 Under this power of sale, Beneficiary shall have the discretionary right to cause some or all of the Property, including any Property which
constitutes personal property, to be sold or otherwise disposed of in any combination and in any manner permitted by applicable law. 
 (i) Sales of Personal Property 
 For purposes of this power of sale, Beneficiary may elect to treat as
personal property any Property which is intangible or which can be severed from the Land or Improvements without causing structural damage. If it chooses to do so, Beneficiary may dispose of any personal property separately from the sale of real
property, in any manner permitted by Division 9 of the California Uniform Commercial Code as provided in the Security Agreement. Any proceeds of any such disposition shall not cure any Event of Default or reinstate any Secured Obligation for
purposes of Section 2924c of the California Civil Code. 
 (ii) Trustee’s Sales of Real Property or Mixed
Collateral 
 Beneficiary may choose to dispose of some or all of the Property which consists solely of real property in
any manner then permitted by applicable law. In its discretion, Beneficiary may also or alternatively choose to dispose of some or all of the Property, in any combination consisting of both real and personal property, together in one sale to be held
in accordance with the law and procedures applicable to real property, as permitted by Section 9501(4) of the California Uniform Commercial Code. Trustor agrees that such a sale of personal property together with real property constitutes a
commercially reasonable sale of the personal property. For purposes of this power of sale, either a sale of real property alone, or a sale of both real and personal property together in accordance with California Uniform Commercial Code
Section 9501(4), will sometimes be referred to as a “Trustee’s Sale.” 
 Before any Trustee’s
Sale, Beneficiary or Trustee shall give such notice of default and election to sell as may then be required by law. When all time periods then legally mandated have expired, and after such notice of sale as may then be legally required has been
given, Trustee shall sell the property being sold at a public auction to be held at the time and place specified in the notice of sale, and Beneficiary may impose such terms and conditions of sale as are permitted or allowed by applicable law.
Neither Trustee nor Beneficiary shall have any obligation to make demand on Trustor before any Trustee’s Sale. From time to time in accordance with then applicable law, Trustee may, and in any event at Beneficiary’s request shall, postpone
any Trustee’s Sale by public announcement at the time and place noticed for that sale. 
 At any Trustee’s Sale,
Trustee shall sell to the highest bidder at public auction for cash in lawful money of the United States, unless other terms and conditions of sale are prescribed by Beneficiary in accordance with and as permitted by applicable law. Trustee shall
execute and deliver to the purchaser(s) a deed or deeds conveying the property being sold without any covenant or warranty whatsoever, express or implied. The recitals in any such deed of any matters or facts, including any facts bearing upon the
regularity or validity of any Trustee’s Sale, shall be conclusive proof of their truthfulness. Any such deed shall be conclusive against all persons as to the facts recited in it. 
  

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 (h) Single or Multiple Foreclosure Sales 
 If the Property consists of more than one lot, parcel or item of property, Beneficiary may: 
 (i) designate the order in which the lots, parcels and/or items shall be sold or disposed of or offered for sale or disposition; and

 (ii) elect to dispose of the lots, parcels and/or items through a single consolidated sale or disposition to be held or made
under the power of sale granted in subsection 5.3(g), or in connection with judicial proceedings, or by virtue of a judgment and decree of foreclosure and sale; or through two or more such sales or dispositions, each of which may be
separately noticed if so elected by Beneficiary and permitted by applicable law; or in any other manner Beneficiary may deem to be in its best interests (any such sale or disposition, a “Foreclosure Sale;” any two or more,
“Foreclosure Sales”). 
 If it chooses to have more than one Foreclosure Sale, Beneficiary at its option may
cause the Foreclosure Sales to be held simultaneously or successively, on the same day, or on such different days and at such different times and places and in such order as it may deem to be in its best interests, all as may be permitted under
applicable law. No Foreclosure Sale shall terminate or affect the lien of this Deed of Trust on any part of the Property which has not been sold, until all of the Secured Obligations have been paid in full. 
 5.4 Credit Bids 
 At any Foreclosure Sale, any person, including Trustor, Trustee or Beneficiary, may bid for and acquire the Property or any part of it to the extent permitted by then applicable law. Instead of paying cash for that property, Beneficiary may
settle for the purchase price by crediting the sales price of the property against the following obligations: 
 (a) First, the
portion of the Secured Obligations attributable to the expenses of sale, costs of any action and any other sums for which Trustor is obligated to pay or reimburse Beneficiary or Trustee under Section 4.10; 
 (b) Second, all other Secured Obligations (excluding any Secured Obligations arising in connection with the Indemnity Agreement) in any
order and proportions as Beneficiary in its sole discretion may choose; and 
 (c) Third, if and only to the extent that
Beneficiary specifically elects in writing in its sole discretion to credit the sales price against such obligations, any Secured Obligations (or other obligations of Trustor) consisting of amounts payable under the Indemnity Agreement which are
liquidated in amount at the time of such foreclosure sale. 
  

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 5.5 Application of Foreclosure Sale Proceeds 
 Proceeds of any Foreclosure Sale shall be applied by the Beneficiary in the manner set forth in the Common Agreement and the Collateral
Agency Agreement. 
 5.6 Application of Rents and Other Sums 
 Any and all Rents collected by Beneficiary, and any and all sums other than proceeds of a Foreclosure Sale which Beneficiary may receive or
collect under Section 5.3, shall be applied by the Beneficiary in the manner set forth in the Common Agreement and the Collateral Agency Agreement. 
 Beneficiary shall have no liability for any funds which it does not actually receive. 
 5.7 Survival of Indemnity Agreement Obligations 
 Without limiting the provisions of the Indemnity Agreement,
all obligations of Trustor thereunder shall survive any release or reconveyance of this Deed of Trust, any waiver of the lien of this Deed of Trust, any waiver of any other security for any Secured Obligations, any foreclosure of this Deed of Trust
or any conveyance in lieu of foreclosure, or any release or reconveyance of any portion of the Property, all to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. 
 VI. Miscellaneous Provisions 
 6.1 Additional Provisions 

The Loan Documents fully state all of the terms and conditions of the parties’ agreement regarding the matters mentioned in or
incidental to this Deed of Trust. The Loan Documents also grant further rights to Beneficiary and contain further agreements and affirmative and negative covenants by Trustor which apply to this Deed of Trust and to the Property. 
 6.2 No Waiver or Cure 
 Each waiver by Beneficiary or Trustee must be in writing, and no waiver shall be construed as a continuing waiver. No waiver shall be implied from any delay or failure by Beneficiary or Trustee to take
action on account of any default of Trustor. Consent by Beneficiary or Trustee to any act or omission by Trustor shall not be construed as a consent to any other or subsequent act or omission or to waive the requirement for Beneficiary’s or
Trustee’s consent to be obtained in any future or other instance. 
 If any of the events described below occurs, that
event alone shall not: cure or waive any breach, Event of Default or notice of default under this Deed of Trust or invalidate any act performed pursuant to any such default or notice; or nullify the effect of any notice of default or sale (unless
all Secured Obligations then due have been paid and performed and all other defaults under the Loan Documents have been cured); or impair the security of this Deed of Trust; or prejudice Beneficiary, Trustee or any receiver in the exercise of any
right or remedy afforded any of them under this Deed of Trust; or be construed as an affirmation by Beneficiary of any tenancy, lease or option, or a subordination of the lien of this Deed of Trust. 
  

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 (a) Beneficiary, its agent or a receiver takes possession of all or any part of the Property
in the manner provided in subsection 5.3(c). 
 (b) Beneficiary collects and applies Rents as permitted under
Sections 2.3 and 5.6, either with or without taking possession of all or any part of the Property. 
 (c)
Beneficiary receives and applies to any Secured Obligation proceeds of any Property, including any proceeds of insurance policies, condemnation awards, or other claims, property or rights assigned to Beneficiary under Section 4.5.

 (d) Beneficiary makes a site visit, observes the Property and/or conducts tests as permitted under Section 4.14.

 (e) Beneficiary receives any sums under this Deed of Trust or any proceeds of any collateral held for any of the Secured
Obligations, and applies them to one or more Secured Obligations. 
 (f) Beneficiary, Trustee or any receiver invokes any right
or remedy provided under this Deed of Trust. 
 6.3 Powers of Beneficiary and Trustee 
 Trustee shall have no obligation to perform any act which it is empowered to perform under this Deed of Trust unless it is requested to do
so in writing and is reasonably indemnified against loss, cost, liability and expense. 
 If either Beneficiary or Trustee
performs any act which it is empowered or authorized to perform under this Deed of Trust, including any act permitted by Section 4.8 or subsection 5.3(d), that act alone shall not release or change the personal liability of
any person for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations then outstanding, or the lien of this Deed of Trust on all or the remainder of the Property for full payment and performance of all outstanding Secured Obligations. The liability
of the original Trustor shall not be released or changed if Beneficiary grants any successor in interest to Trustor any extension of time for payment, or modification of the terms of payment, of any Secured Obligation. Beneficiary shall not be
required to comply with any demand by the original Trustor that Beneficiary refuse to grant such an extension or modification to, or commence proceedings against, any such successor in interest. 
 Beneficiary may take any of the actions permitted under subsections 5.3(b) and/or 5.3(c) regardless of the adequacy of
the security for the Secured Obligations, or whether any or all of the Secured Obligations have been declared to be immediately due and payable, or whether notice of default and election to sell has been given under this Deed of Trust. 

From time to time, Beneficiary or Trustee may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for aid and direction in executing the trust
and enforcing the rights and remedies created under this Deed of Trust. Beneficiary or Trustee may from time to time obtain orders or decrees directing, confirming or approving acts in executing this trust and enforcing these rights and remedies.

  

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 6.3 Merger 
 No merger shall occur as a result of Beneficiary’s acquiring any other estate in or any other lien on the Property unless Beneficiary
consents to a merger in writing. 
 6.4 Applicable Law 
 This Deed of Trust shall be governed by California law without regard to the choice of law rules of that state. 
 6.5 Successors in Interest 
 The terms, covenants and conditions of this Deed of Trust shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors and assigns of the parties. However, this Section 6.5 does not
waive the provisions of Section 5.1. 
 6.6 Interpretation 
 Whenever the context requires, all words used in the singular will be construed to have been used in the plural, and vice versa, and each
gender will include any other gender. The captions of the sections of this Deed of Trust are for convenience only and do not define or limit any terms or provisions. The word “include(s)” means “include(s), without
limitation,” and the word “including” means “including, but not limited to.” 
 The word
“obligations” is used in its broadest and most comprehensive sense, and includes all primary, secondary, direct, indirect, fixed and contingent obligations. It further includes all principal, interest, prepayment charges, late
charges, loan fees and any other fees and charges accruing or assessed at any time, as well as all obligations to perform acts or satisfy conditions. 
 No listing of specific instances, items or matters in any way limits the scope or generality of any language of this Deed of Trust. The Exhibits and Schedules to this Deed of Trust are hereby incorporated
in this Deed of Trust. 
 6.7 Waiver of Marshaling 
 Trustor waives all rights, legal and equitable, it may now or hereafter have to require marshaling of assets or to require upon foreclosure
sales of assets in a particular order, including any rights provided by California Civil Code Sections 2899 and 3433, as such Sections may be amended from time to time. Each successor and assign of Trustor, including any holder of a lien
subordinate to this Deed of Trust, by acceptance of its interest or lien agrees that it shall be bound by the above waiver, as if it had given the waiver itself. 
  

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 6.8 Severability 
 If any provision of this Deed of Trust should be held unenforceable or void, that provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining
provisions and in no way affect the validity of this Deed of Trust except that if such provision relates to the payment of any monetary sum, then Beneficiary may, at its option, declare all Secured Obligations immediately due and payable.

 6.9 Notices 
 Trustor hereby requests that a copy of notice of default and notice of sale be mailed to it at the address set forth below. That address is also the mailing address of Trustor as debtor under the
California Uniform Commercial Code. Beneficiary’s address given below is the address for Beneficiary as secured party under the California Uniform Commercial Code. 
 Any communications between or among the parties hereto or notices provided herein to be given may be given to the addresses listed below. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be considered as properly given (a) if delivered in person, (b) if sent by overnight delivery service for inland delivery or international courier for international delivery, (c) in the
event overnight delivery service or international courier service is not readily available, if mailed by first class mail (or airmail for international delivery), postage prepaid, registered or certified with return receipt requested, (d) if
sent by telecopy with transmission verified or (e) if transmitted by electronic mail (with such transmission verified). Notice so given shall be effective upon delivery to the addressee, except that communication or notice so transmitted by
telecopy or other direct written electronic means shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively given on the day (if a Business Day and, if not, on the next following Business Day) on which it is validly transmitted if transmitted (with such
transmission verified) before 2:00 p.m., recipient’s time, and if transmitted after that time, on the next following Business Day; provided, however, that if any notice is tendered to an addressee and the delivery thereof is
refused by such addressee, such notice shall be effective upon such tender. Any party shall have the right to change its address for notice hereunder to any other location by giving prior written notice to the other parties in the manner set forth
hereinabove. 
 Addresses Where Notices 
 to Trustor Are to be Sent: 
 Solyndra Fab 2 LLC 
 c/o Solyndra, Inc. 
 47700 Kato Road 
 Fremont, California 94538 
 Fax: (510) 440-2625 
 Telephone: (510) 440-2400 
 Attention: W.G.
Stover, Jr., Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Solyndra, Inc. 
 Attention: Benjamin Schwartz, Acting General Counsel of
Solyndra, Inc. 
  

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 Address Where 
 Notices to Beneficiary 
 Are to be Sent: 
 U.S. Bank National Association 
 100 Wall Street,
Suite 1600 
 New York, New York 10005 
 Attention: Corporate Trust Services 
 Addresses Where Notices 
 to Trustee Are to be Sent: 
 Chicago Title Company 
 455 Market Street, Suite 2100 
 San Francisco,
California 94105 
 Attention: Underwriting Counsel 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Trustor has executed this Deed of Trust on the date first written
above. 
  

									
	TRUSTOR:	 	 SOLYNDRA FAB 2 LLC,
 a Delaware limited liability company

			
		 	By:	 	 Solyndra, Inc.,
 a
Delaware corporation,
 Its Sole Member

					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ W. G. Stover, Jr.

					
		 		 		 	Name:	 	 W.G. Stover, Jr.

					
		 		 		 	Its:	 	 Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer

					
		 		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Benjamin Bierman

					
		 		 		 	Name:	 	 Benjamin Bierman

					
		 		 		 	Its:	 	 Vice President, Global Operations

  

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 State of CALIFORNIA) 
 County of ALAMEDA) 
 On AUG 27, 2009 before me, SUSAN L. ROSS, a notary public, personally
appeared W.G. STOVER, JR., who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that
he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or
the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. 
 I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the
laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. 
 Witness my hand and official seal. 
 Signature /s/ Susan L. Ross         (Seal) 
 State of CALIFORNIA) 
 County of ALAMEDA) 
 On AUG. 27, 2009 before me, SUSAN L. ROSS, a notary public, personally appeared BENJAMIN BIERMAN, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to
be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized
capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the
instrument. 
 I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Witness my hand and official seal. 
 Signature
/s/ Susan L. Ross (Seal) 

 EXHIBIT A 
 Exhibit A to DEED OF TRUST executed as of September __, 2009 by Solyndra Fab 2 LLC, a limited liability company organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware, as Trustor, to Chicago Title Company, as Trustee, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Beneficiary. 
 Description of Land 
 THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF FREMONT,
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 
 Parcel One: 
 Parcel 2, Parcel Map No. 9895, filed for record on August 19, 2009 in Book 314 of Maps, Pages 50-52, Alameda County Records. 

Parcel Two: 
 A non-exclusive easement
over the real property hereinafter described, appurtenant to Parcel One, as described in the Deed to Safeway Stores, a Maryland corporation, recorded March 17, 1972, on Reel 3085 OR, Image 85, for purposes of a roadway for vehicles of all kinds
and animals, for ingress and egress to and from State Highway 17. 
 A strip of land, 20 feet wide, right angle measurement, lying northwesterly
of and contiguous to the northwestern line of the parcel of land described in the Deed to Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, recorded August 27, 1956, in Book 8131, at Page 485, Official Records of said County,
and extending from the original southwestern line of the State Highway from Warm Springs to San Jose, before widening from 66 feet, formerly County Road No. 397, in a southwesterly direction, to the northeastern right of way line of the Western
Pacific Railroad. 
 Parcel Three: 
 An easement and right of way for public utilities across the lands described as follows: 
 A strip of land, 20 feet in width, measured
at right angles, lying easterly of the westerly line of the right of way of the Western Pacific Railroad Company right of way, and westerly of Warm Springs Road, and lying adjacent to and southerly of the 4-foot-strip of land granted to the Alameda
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, recorded in Reel 395 of Official Records, Image 46, on August 25, 1961. 
 Said
easement is to be appurtenant to the parcel of land described in the Deed to Safeway Stores, incorporated, recorded April 16, 1969, on Reel 2384 OR, Image 105. 
 Parcel Four: 
 A non-exclusive easement, appurtenant to Parcel One, over, upon, across and
under Parcel 3, Parcel Map 9560, filed for record on March 26, 2008, in Book 306 of Maps, Pages 17-19, Alameda County Records, for storm drainage through future surface and subsurface storm drain facilities and improvements located thereon,
created by that certain Grant of Storm Drain Easement recorded April 4, 2008, Instrument No. 2008-112616, Official Records of Alameda County. 
  

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 Parcel Five: 
 A non-exclusive easement, appurtenant to Parcel One, over, upon, across and under the portion of Parcel 3, Parcel Map 9560, filed for record on March 26, 2008 in Book 306 of Maps, Pages 17
- 19, Alameda County Records hereinafter described as follows, for storm drainage through existing surface and subsurface storm drain facilities and improvements located thereon, created by that certain Grant of Storm Drain Easement recorded
April 4, 2008, Instrument No. 2008-112616, Official Records of Alameda County: 
 Being a portion of Parcel 3 of Parcel map 9560,
filed for record on March 26, 2008, in Book 306 of Maps at Pages 17-19, Alameda County Records, and being more particularly described as follows: 
 Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Parcel 3; 
 Thence North 69° 23’ 28” East, along the Northerly line of
said parcel, a distance of 1438.01 feet to the Northeast corner of said parcel; 
 Thence South 21° 24’ 00” East, along the
Easterly line of said Parcel, a distance of 5.00 feet; 
 Thence leaving said Easterly line, South 69° 23’ 28” West, and parallel
to said Northerly line, a distance of 144.02 feet; 
 Thence South 20° 36’ 32” East a distance of 10.00 feet to a point distant
thereon 15.00 feet from measured at right angles to said Northerly line; 
 Thence South 69° 23’ 28” West, and parallel to said
Northerly line, a distance of 1237.33 feet; 
 Thence South 9° 28’ 26” East a distance of 94.27 feet; 
 Thence South 69° 23’ 28” West a distance of 38.52 feet to a point on the Westerly line of said Parcel 3; 
 Thence North 20° 36’ 32” West, along said Westerly line, a distance of 15.00 feet; 
 Thence leaving said Westerly line North 69° 23’ 28” East a distance of 17.50 feet; 
 Thence North 20° 36’ 32” West, and parallel to said Westerly line, a distance of 77.50 feet; 
 Thence South 69° 23’ 28” West a distance of 17.50 feet to a point on said Westerly line; 
 Thence North 20° 36’ 32” West, along said Westerly line, a distance of 15.00 feet to the point of beginning. 
 APN: 519-1005-078 (portion) 
  

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