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Registration Rights Agreement

 Exhibit 4.13 

 
  

 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT 
 Dated as of March 16, 2011 

by and among 
 THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC. 
 THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I
HERETO 
 and 
 BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. and MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED 
  

 
  

 This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and
entered into as of March 16, 2011 by and among the Hillman Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Guarantors”) and Barclays Capital
Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as representatives of the several initial purchasers named in Schedule I attached to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (each such initial purchaser, an “Initial
Purchaser” and, together, the “Initial Purchasers”), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company’s 10.875% Senior Notes Due 2018 (the “Initial Notes”) pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement (as defined below). 
 This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated March 11, 2011
(the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Notes, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide
the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 7 of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2010, among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, relating to the Initial Notes and the Exchange
Notes, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2010 (as so amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”). 

The parties hereby agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS 
 As used in this Agreement, the following
capitalized terms shall have the following meanings: 
 Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. 
 Affiliate: As defined in Rule 144 of the Act.

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

Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at
a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If the time to perform any action hereunder falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such time will be extended to the next Business Day and no Special
Interest shall accrue for the intervening period. 
 Closing Date: The date hereof. 

Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission. 

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

Consummation Deadline: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof. 

Effectiveness Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof. 

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder. 
 Exchange Notes: The Company’s 10.875% Senior Notes due 2018 to be issued pursuant to the
Indenture: (i) in the Exchange Offer or (ii) as contemplated by Section 4 hereof. 
 Exchange
Offer: The exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal amount of Exchange Notes (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Initial Notes that are
validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders in connection with such exchange and issuance. 
 Exchange Offer
Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus. 
 Filing Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof. 

Free Writing Prospectus: Each offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes that
would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the Initial Notes or the Exchange
Notes. 
 Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof. 

Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Initial Notes and Exchange Notes. 

Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement is declared
effective, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus. 

Recommencement Date: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof. 

Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof. 

  
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 Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company and the
Guarantors relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that is filed
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) including the Prospectus included therein, and (iii) including all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by
reference therein. 
 Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act. 

Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof. 

Special Interest. As defined in Section 5 hereof. 

Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof. 

Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Note until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial
Note has been exchanged in the Exchange Offer by a Person other than a Broker-Dealer for an Exchange Note and is entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act,
(b) following the exchange by a Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer of an Initial Note for an Exchange Note, the date on which such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a
copy of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (c) the date on which such Initial Note has been effectively registered under the Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement;
(d) the date on which such Initial Note is sold or otherwise distributed to a Person who is not the Company or an Affiliate of the Company; provided, that an Initial Note will not cease to be a Transfer Restricted Security for purposes
of the Exchange Offer by virtue of this clause (d); or (e) the earliest date that is no less than two years after the date of the Indenture and on which all such Initial Notes (except for Initial Notes held by an Affiliate of the Company) are
no longer subject to any restrictions on transfer under the Act, including Rule 144. 
 SECTION 2. HOLDERS 

A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns
Transfer Restricted Securities. 
 SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER 

(a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or Commission policy, the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission no later than the 180th day after the initial issuance of the Initial Notes (such date being the “Filing Deadline”), (ii) use all commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective no later than 270 days after the Filing Deadline (such 270th day being the “Effectiveness Deadline”), (iii) in connection
with the foregoing, use all commercially reasonable efforts to (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause it to become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a
post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and (C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the 

  
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registration and qualification of the Exchange Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, provided,
however, that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to take any action that would subject them to general service of process or taxation in any jurisdiction where they are not already subject, and (iv) unless the
Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied with), upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, commence and
use all commercially reasonable efforts to Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting (i) registration of the Exchange Notes to be offered in exchange for the Initial Notes that are Transfer
Restricted Securities and (ii) resales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange Offer Initial Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c) below. 
 (b) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or Commission policy, the Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
to be effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no
event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days. The Company and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Notes shall be included in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
has become effective, but in no event later than 30 Business Days or longer, if required by the federal securities laws, after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective (such 30th day, or such later date
required by the federal securities laws, being the “Consummation Deadline”). 
 (c) The Company shall
include a “Plan of Distribution” section in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired for the account of
such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the
Exchange Offer. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such
“Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules
or regulations after the date of this Agreement. 
 Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter”
within the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Exchange Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the

  
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Exchange Offer, the Company and Guarantors shall permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by such Broker Dealer to satisfy such prospectus delivery
requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers, the Company and the Guarantors agree to use all commercially
reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Sections 6(a) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements
of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of 180 days from the Consummation Deadline or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto. The Company and the Guarantors shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to such Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event
later than five Business Days after such request, at any time during such period. 
 SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION 

(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company and the Guarantors are not (A) required to file the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or (B) permitted to Consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the Company and the Guarantors have complied with the procedures set forth in
Section 6(a)(i) below) or (ii) any Holder notifies the Company prior to the 20th Business Day following Consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder is prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the
Exchange Offer, (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or
available for such resales by such Holder or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates, then the Company and the Guarantors shall: 

(x) use all commercially reasonable efforts to file, on or prior to the later of (i) 30 days after the earlier of (A) the date
as of which the Company determines that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement will not be or cannot be, as the case may be, filed as a result of clause (a)(i) above and (B) the date on which the Company receives the notice specified in
clause (a)(ii) above and (ii) 180 days after the initial issuance of the Initial Notes (such later date, the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (which may be an
amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”)), covering the resale of all Transfer Restricted Securities, and 

(y) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to the later of
(i) 60 days after the Shelf Filing Deadline and (ii) 270 days after the initial issuance of the Initial Notes (such later date, the “Shelf Effectiveness Deadline”). 

  
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 If, after the Company and the Guarantors have filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement
that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Company and the Guarantors are required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable federal law (i.e.,
clause (a)(i)(B) above), then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above; provided that, in such event, the Company and the Guarantors shall remain obligated to
meet the Shelf Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y). 
 To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration
Statement is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the
Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the
provisions of Sections 6(b) and 6(c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least one year (as extended
pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) or 6(d)) following the Closing Date, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto or are no longer
Transfer Restricted Securities. 
 (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement. No Holder may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 15 days after receipt of a request
therefor, the information specified in Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of the Act, or other information reasonably requested by the Company or required by Regulation S-K of the Act, for use in connection with any Shelf
Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder shall be entitled to Special Interest pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until (and from and after such time) such Holder shall have provided all
such information. Each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading and shall promptly supply
such other information as the Company may from time to time reasonably request. 
 SECTION 5. SPECIAL INTEREST 

If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing
Deadline, (ii) any such Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated on or prior to 30 Business Days after
the Effectiveness Deadline with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable
for its intended purpose (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”), then the Company and the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay to each Holder affected thereby
special interest (“Special Interest”) in an amount equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for each week or portion thereof that the

  
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Registration Default continues for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of the first such Registration Default. The amount of Special Interest shall increase by an
additional 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of Special Interest of 0.50% per
annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the Company and the Guarantors shall in no event be required to pay Special Interest for more than one Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of clause (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of clause (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the case of clause (iii) above, or (4) upon the
filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared effective
or made usable in the case of clause (iv) above, the Special Interest payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv), as applicable, shall cease on the date of such cure and the
interest rate on such Transfer Restricted Securities will revert to the interest rate on such Transfer Restricted Securities prior to the applicable Registration Default. 
 All accrued Special Interest shall be paid by the Company and the Guarantors (or the Company and the Guarantors will cause the Paying Agent to make such payment on their behalf) to the Holders entitled
thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture, the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which
Special Interest are due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to pay Special Interest with respect to securities that accrued prior to the time that such securities ceased to be Transfer
Restricted Securities shall survive until such time as such obligations with respect to such securities shall have been satisfied in full. 

SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES 
 (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall (x) comply with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c) below,
(y) use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer Initial Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result
of its market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and
(z) comply with all of the following provisions: 
 (i) If, following the date hereof there has been
announced a change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable
federal law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to either (x) seek a 

  
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no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and the Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities, or (y) file,
in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof, a Shelf Registration Statement to permit the registration and/or resale of the Transfer Restricted Securities that would otherwise be covered by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement but for the
announcement of a change in Commission policy. In the case of clause (x) above, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take action not
commercially reasonable to affect a change of Commission policy. In connection with the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to take all such other actions as may be requested by the Commission or otherwise reasonably required in
connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting
forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted, and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable and which need not be a written resolution) by the
Commission staff. 
 (ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder (including,
without limitation, any Holder who is a Broker-Dealer) shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Company and the Guarantors (which may be contained in the letter
of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding
with any Person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business, and (D) only if such Holder is a Broker-Dealer that will
receive Exchange Notes in exchange for Initial Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own private account as a result of market making or other trading activities, it will deliver a Prospectus, as required by law, in connection with any sale
of such Exchange Notes. As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales are of Exchange Notes
obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not, under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement, rely on the position of the Commission
enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated
July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in
connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of
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 (iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the Company and the Guarantors shall provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and the Guarantors are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital
Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if
applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that the Company and Guarantors have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the Exchange Notes
to be received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the Company’s and each Guarantor’s information and belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no
arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer, and (C) any other undertaking or representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action
letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if applicable. 
 (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with
the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall: 
 (i) comply with all the provisions of
Section 6(c) below and use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof (as
indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company and the Guarantors will prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any
appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in accordance with the
provisions hereof, and 
 (ii) issue to any purchaser of Initial Notes covered by any Shelf Registration
Statement contemplated by this Agreement, upon the request of the purchaser, registered Initial Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and
surrendered to the Company for cancellation in the names as such purchaser shall designate; provided that such purchaser provides all documentation reasonably requested by the Company in connection with such issuance. 

(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the
Company and the Guarantors shall: 
 (i) use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or
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contained therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall file as promptly as practicable an appropriate amendment to such
Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission review is required, use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable. 

(ii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective
amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may be; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by
any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A, and 462, as applicable, under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act
with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement
or supplement to the Prospectus; 
 (iii) advise (a) each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have
been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement), and (b) each Holder who has provided notice to the Company promptly and, if requested by such Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when
the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any applicable Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request
by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement under the Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of
the preceding purposes, and (D) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement
thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein do not contain an untrue statement of material fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory
authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts
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 (iv) subject to Section 6(d), if any fact or event contemplated by
Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document
so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; 
 (v) furnish to each Holder whose Transfer
Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration
Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which
documents will be subject to the reasonable review and comment of such Holders in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least three Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which such Holders shall reasonably object within three Business Days after the receipt thereof. A Holder shall be
deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Act; 
 (vi) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, if any,
provide copies of such document to each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, if any,
make the Company’s and the Guarantors’ representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, subject to execution and delivery of customary confidentiality agreements, and include such
information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such Holders may reasonably request; 
 (vii) make
available, at reasonable times, for inspection by each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) and any attorney or accountant retained by such
Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents of the Company and the Guarantors reasonably requested and cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all information
reasonably requested by any such Holder, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness; provided that any Holder
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 (viii) if requested by any Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities have
been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, promptly include in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or
post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Holders may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted
Securities and the use of the Registration Statement or Prospectus for market making activities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the
matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; 
 (ix) upon request, furnish
to each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, without charge, at least one copy of the
Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference); 

(x) upon request, deliver to each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration
Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holders reasonably may request; the Company and the
Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in accordance with law and subject to Section 6(d) hereof) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each selling Holder in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto; 
 (xi) upon the
reasonable request of such Holder, enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement containing customary terms), and make such representations and warranties, and take all such other reasonable and customary actions in connection
therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be customarily and reasonably requested by any
Holder or Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who hold at least 50% in aggregate principal amount of such class of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, that, the Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to enter into any
such agreement more than once with respect to all of the Transfer Restricted Securities and may delay entering into such agreement if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that it is in the best interests of the Company and
the Guarantors not to disclose the existence of or facts surrounding any proposed or pending material corporate transaction involving the Company and the Guarantors. In such connection, the Company and the Guarantors shall: 

  
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 (A) upon the request of any Holder, furnish (or in the case of paragraphs
(2) and (3), use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be furnished) to each such Holder (in the case of the Shelf Registration Statement) and any underwriter, upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case
may be: 
 (1) a certificate in customary form, dated such date, signed on behalf of the Company and each
Guarantor by (x) the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President, and (y) a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company and such Guarantor, confirming, as of the date thereof, such matters as such Holders may reasonably
request; 
 (2) a customary opinion (including a customary negative assurance statement), dated the date of
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors in customary form and covering such other matters as such Holder may reasonably request; and 

(3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be,
from the Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set forth in the
comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Purchase Agreement; and 
 (B) deliver such other
documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence compliance with the matters covered in clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in any agreement entered into by the Company and
the Guarantors pursuant to this clause (xi); 
 (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders may
request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company
and the Guarantors shall not be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is
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 (xiii) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities that
will result in such securities no longer being Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any
restrictive legends; and to enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be registered in such denominations and such names as the selling Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;

 (xiv) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted
Securities, subject to the proviso contained in clause (xii) above; 
 (xv) provide a CUSIP number for all
Transfer Restricted Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities which are
in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company; and 
 (xvi) otherwise use all commercially
reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders with regard to any applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings
statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 under the Act (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under
the Act). 
 (d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon
receipt of the notice referred to in Section 6(c)(i) or 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a “Suspension
Notice”), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the “Recommencement Date”). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in
such Holder’s possession which have been replaced by the Company with more recently dated Prospectuses, or (ii) deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s
possession of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4
hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days in the period from and including the date of delivery of the Suspension Notice to the Recommencement Date. 

  
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 SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES 

All expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the
Company and the Guarantors, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities
and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone;
(iv) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one counsel for all of the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being registered; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Notes on a national securities
exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and
comfort letters required by or incident to such performance); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or the Guarantors be responsible for any underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, and
fees attributable to the sale or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities. 
 The Company will, in any event, bear
its and the Guarantors’ internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person,
including special experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors. 
 SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION 

(a) The Company and the Guarantors agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers and
each Person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, (including without limitation,
any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Act) filed or required to be filed pursuant to
Rule 433(d) under the Act or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon information
relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any of the Holders. 

  
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 (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and the Guarantors, and their respective directors and officers, and each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, or the Guarantors to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors set forth in section (a) above, but only with reference to information relating to such Holder furnished in writing to the Company and the Guarantors by or on behalf of such
Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In no event shall any Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received
by such Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the sum of: (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities plus (ii) the amount of
any damages that such Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 

(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a)
or 8(b) (the “indemnified party”), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party
shall assume the defense of such action, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that in the case of any action in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate counsel and participate in the defense
thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder). Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof,
but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying
party has failed to assume the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party, and the indemnified party has been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or
related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified
parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of the Holders, in the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company and
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and hold harmless the indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action effected with its written consent
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the
entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the
indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such claim, action, suit or
proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party. 
 (d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from their sale of Transfer Restricted Securities, or (ii) if the allocation provided
by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the
Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or such Guarantor, on the one hand, or by the Holder, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c) hereof, any
legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. 
 (e) The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section

  
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8, no Holder, its directors, its officers or any Person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
amount received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the sum of: (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities plus (ii) the
amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to the
respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by each Holder hereunder and not joint. 
 SECTION 9. RULE 144A AND RULE
144 
 The Company and each Guarantor agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain
outstanding and during any period in which the Company or such Guarantor is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted
Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales
of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Act. 
 SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS 

(a) Remedies. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that any failure by the Company and/or the Guarantors to comply
with their respective obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such
injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Sections 3 and 4
hereof. The Company and the Guarantors further agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
 (b) Free Writing Prospectus. The Company represents, warrants and covenants that it (including its agents and representatives) will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any
“written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) in connection with the issuance and sale of the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes, other than (i) any communication pursuant to Rule 134, Rule 135 or Rule
135c under the Securities Act, (ii) any document constituting an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes that falls within the exception from the definition of prospectus in
Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act, or (iii) a prospectus satisfying the requirements of section 10(a) of the Securities Act or of Rule 430, Rule 430A, Rule 430B, Rule 430C or Rule 431 under the Securities Act. 

  
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 (c) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and any Guarantor will not, on or after
the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The Company and any Guarantor have
not previously entered into, nor is currently a party to, any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person that would require such securities to be included in any Registration Statement filed hereunder.
The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

 (d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers
or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 10(d)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer
Restricted Securities, and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer
Restricted Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being
tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a
majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to such Exchange Offer. 
 (e)
Additional Guarantors. The Company shall cause any of its Domestic Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) that becomes, prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer, a Guarantor in accordance with the terms and provisions of the
Indenture to become a party to this Agreement as a Guarantor. 
 (f) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third
party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem
such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder. 
 (g) Notices. All
notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

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

The Hillman Group 
 10590 Hamilton Avenue 
 Cincinnati, Ohio 45231-1764 

  
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 Attention: Chief Financial Officer 

Fax: 513-595-8297 
 With a copy to: 
 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

 1285 Avenue of the Americas 
 New York, New York 10019 
 Attention: John C. Kennedy 

Fax: 212-492-0025 
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid,
if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. 
 Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture. 

(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of
the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted
Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. 

(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
 (j) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 

(k) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF. 
 (l) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein
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 (m) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression
of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings,
other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect
to such subject matter. 
 (Signature Pages Follow) 

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

			
	THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ James P. Waters
	Name:	 	James P. Waters
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	 HILLMAN INVESTMENT COMPANY
 THE HILLMAN COMPANIES, INC.
 ALL POINTS INDUSTRIES, INC.

SUNSUB C INC.
 SERV-A-LITE PRODUCTS,
INC.

		
	By:	 	/s/ James P. Waters
	Name:	 	James P. Waters
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer

[Registration Rights Agreement] 

 
			
	 BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

		
	By:	 	BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. 
		
	By	 	/s/ Benjamin S. Burton
	Name:	 	Benjamin S. Burton
	Title:	 	Managing Director

 [Registration
Rights Agreement] 

  

 SCHEDULE I 

Guarantors 

Hillman Investment Company 
 The Hillman Companies, Inc. 
 All Points Industries, Inc. 

SunSub C Inc. 

Serv-A-Lite Products, Inc. 

 ANNEX A 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such exchange notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for unregistered notes where
such unregistered notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. To the extent any such broker-dealer participates in the exchange offer, we have agreed that for a period of up to 180 days we will use
commercially reasonable efforts to make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to such broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale, and will deliver as many additional copies of this prospectus and each amendment or
supplement to this prospectus and any documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus as such broker-dealer may reasonably request. 
 We
will not receive any proceeds from any sale of exchange notes by broker-dealers. Exchange notes received by broker-dealers for their own accounts pursuant to the exchange offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the exchange notes or a combination of these methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market
prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such
exchange notes. Any broker-dealer that resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such exchange notes may be deemed to be an
“underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of exchange notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such Persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities
Act. The letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. 

We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer and will indemnify the holders of outstanding notes, including any broker-dealers,
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. 

  
 Annex A-1Purchase Agreement

 Exhibit 10.42 
 $50,000,000 
 THE HILLMAN
GROUP, INC. 
 10.875%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018 
 PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

March 11, 2011 

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. 
 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED, 
 As Representatives of the several 
 Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I attached
hereto, 
 c/o Barclays Capital Inc. 

745 Seventh Avenue 
 New York, New York 10019

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 The Hillman Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement (this “Agreement”), to
issue and sell to you, as the initial purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”), $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 10.875% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”). The Notes will (i) have
terms and provisions that are summarized in the Offering Memorandum (as defined below), and (ii) are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2010, entered into among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2010 (as so amended and supplemented, the
“Indenture”). The Company’s obligations under the Notes, including the due and punctual payment of interest on the Notes, will be irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis (the
“Guarantees”) by The Hillman Companies, Inc. (“Hillman Companies”), Hillman Investment Company (“Parent”) and the other guarantors listed in Schedule II hereto (collectively,
the “Guarantors”). As used herein, the term “Notes” shall include the Guarantees, unless the context otherwise requires. This Agreement is to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Notes from the
Company by the Initial Purchasers. 
 The Company has previously issued $150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its
10.875% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Existing Notes”) under the Indenture. The Notes constitute “Additional Notes” (as such term is defined in the Indenture) under the Indenture. Except as otherwise disclosed in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, the Notes will have terms identical to the Existing Notes and will be treated as a single series of debt securities for all purposes under the Indenture. 

  
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 Pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2011 (the
“Acquisition Agreement”), by and between the Company, TagWorks, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company (“TagWorks”), and the sellers named therein, the Company will acquire TagWorks in exchange
for initial cash consideration of approximately $40 million (the “Acquisition”). The Company expects to pay the initial cash consideration of the Acquisition with cash proceeds from the issuance of $50 million aggregate
principal amount of the Notes. 
 1. Purchase and Resale of the Notes. The Notes will be offered and sold to the Initial
Purchasers without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on an exemption pursuant to Section 4(2) under the Securities Act. The Company and the Guarantors have
prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated March 11, 2011 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), a pricing term sheet substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule III (the “Pricing Term
Sheet”) setting forth the terms of the Notes omitted from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and certain other information and an offering memorandum, dated March 11, 2011 (the “Offering Memorandum”),
setting forth information regarding the Company, the Guarantors, the Notes, and the Exchange Notes (as defined herein), the Guarantees and the Exchange Guarantees (as defined herein). The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended
as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), together with the Pricing Term Sheet and any of the documents listed on Schedule IV(A) hereto are collectively referred to as the “Pricing Disclosure Package”. The Company and the
Guarantors hereby confirm that they have authorized the use of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers. “Applicable Time”
means 3:15 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement. 
 Any reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include the Hillman Companies’ most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended (the “Form 10-K”), and all subsequent documents
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), on or prior to the date of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be. Any reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, Pricing Disclosure Package or
the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be, as amended or supplemented, as of any specified date, shall be deemed to include any documents filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date
of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be, and prior to such specified date. All documents filed under the Exchange Act and so deemed to be included in the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum, Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto are hereinafter called the “Exchange Act Reports”. 

You have advised the Company that you will offer and resell (the “Exempt Resales”) the Notes purchased by you
hereunder in private sales exempt from registration under the Securities Act on the terms set forth in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, solely to (i) persons whom you reasonably
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to be “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“QIBs”), in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and
(ii) outside the United States to certain persons who are not U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)) (such persons, “Non-U.S. Persons”) in offshore
transactions in reliance on Regulation S. As used herein, the terms “offshore transaction” and “United States” have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation S. Those persons specified in clauses (i) and (ii) are
referred to herein as “Eligible Purchasers”. 
 Holders (including subsequent transferees) of the Notes
will have the registration rights set forth in a registration rights agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Initial Purchasers to be dated the Closing Date (as defined herein), for so long as such Notes constitute “Transfer Restricted Securities” (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). Pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors will agree to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the circumstances set forth therein, a registration statement under the Securities Act relating
to the Company’s 10.875% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Exchange Notes”) and the Guarantors’ Exchange Guarantees (the “Exchange Guarantees”) to be offered in exchange for the Notes and the
Guarantees. Such portion of the offering is referred to as the “Exchange Offer”. 
 2.
Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and agree as follows: 

(a) When the Notes and Guarantees are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, such Notes and Guarantees will not
be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act) as securities of the Company or the Guarantors that are listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or that are quoted
in a United States automated inter-dealer quotation system. 
 (b) Assuming the accuracy of your representations
and warranties in Section 3(b), and your compliance with your agreements set forth in this Agreement, the purchase and resale of the Notes pursuant to and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum (including pursuant to the Exempt Resales) are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 
 (c) No form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Regulation D (including, but not limited to, advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any
newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising) was used by the Company, the Guarantors, any of their
respective affiliates or any of their respective representatives (other than you and your affiliates, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes. 

  
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 (d) No directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902 under the
Securities Act were used by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective representatives (other than you, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) with respect to Notes sold outside the United States to Non-U.S.
Persons, and the Company, any affiliate of the Company and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than you and your affiliates, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) has complied with and will implement the
“offering restrictions” required by Rule 902 under the Securities Act. 
 (e) Each of the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, each as of its respective date, contains or will contain all the information specified in, and meet the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 (f) Neither the Company, any Guarantor nor any other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor
has sold or issued any securities that would be integrated with the offering of the Notes contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Securities Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or the interpretations thereof by the Commission.

 (g) The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum have been
prepared by the Company and the Guarantors for use by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Exempt Resales. No order or decree preventing the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering
Memorandum, or any order asserting that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has commenced or is pending or, to the
knowledge of Company or any of the Guarantors is contemplated. 
 (h) The Offering Memorandum will not, as of its
date or as of the Closing Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Offering Memorandum in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any
Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e). 
 (i)
The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company
through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e). 

  
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 (j) The Company has not made any offer to sell or solicitation of an offer
to buy the Notes that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” (if the offering of the Notes was made pursuant to a registered offering under the Securities Act), as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (a “Free
Writing Offering Document”), without the prior consent of the Representatives; any such Free Writing Offering Document the use of which has been previously consented to by the Initial Purchasers is listed on Schedule IV. 

(k) The Pricing Disclosure Package, when taken together with each Free Writing Offering Document listed in Schedule IV(B)
hereto, did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package (or Free Writing Offering Document listed in Schedule IV(B) hereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e). 

(l) The Exchange Act Reports, when they were or are filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform in all material
respects to the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Exchange Act Reports did not and will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

(m) Each of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries has been duly organized, is validly existing and
in good standing as a corporation or other business entity under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation or other business entity in each jurisdiction in which
its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties or business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). Each of the Company, the
Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation,
association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed on Schedule V hereto. None of the subsidiaries of the Company is a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act). 

(n) Hillman Companies has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum. All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. All of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been
duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for such liens, encumbrances, equities or claims as
could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  
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 (o) The Company and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate power,
partnership or limited liability company and authority, as applicable, to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors, and, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. 

(p) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, issue, sell and perform its obligations under
the Notes. The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, assuming due authentication of the Notes by the Trustee, upon delivery to the Initial Purchasers
against payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Notes will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum. 
 (q) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, issue and perform its obligations under the Exchange Notes. The Exchange Notes have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and if and when issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered in
accordance with the Exchange Offer provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement, will be validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 

(r) Each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as
applicable, to execute, issue and perform its obligations under the Guarantees. The Guarantees have been duly and validly authorized by the Guarantors and in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and upon the due execution, authentication and

  
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delivery of the Notes in accordance with the Indenture and the issuance of the Notes in the sale to the Initial Purchasers contemplated by this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws now or
hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Guarantees will conform in all
material respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. 
 (s) Each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to execute, issue and perform its obligations under the Exchange Guarantees.
The Exchange Guarantees have been duly and validly authorized by the Guarantors and if and when executed and delivered by the Guarantors in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and upon the due execution and authentication of the Exchange
Notes in accordance with the Indenture and the issuance and delivery of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, will be validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Guarantors entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, and other laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law). 
 (t) The Company and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability
company power and authority, as applicable, to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and each Guarantor and, when executed and
delivered by the Company and each Guarantor on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will be validly executed and delivered and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by you) will be the legally
valid and binding obligation of the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with the terms thereof, enforceable against the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditor’s rights generally, by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and, as to rights of indemnification and contribution, by principles of public policy. The Registration Rights Agreement will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. 
 (u) The Company has all requisite corporate power and
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 (v) The Acquisition Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 (w) The Company and each
Guarantor has all requisite corporate power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors. 

(x) Except as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, and assuming the accuracy of, and the Initial Purchasers’
compliance with, the representations, warranties and agreements of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement, the issue and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and
the Guarantors of the Notes, the Guarantees, the Exchange Notes, the Exchange Guarantees, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, this Agreement and the Acquisition Agreement, the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes as
described under “Use of Proceeds” in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, impose any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, the Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the
Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except, with respect to clauses (i) and (iii), breaches or defaults that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 (y) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained herein and
the compliance by the Initial Purchasers with their agreements contained herein, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets is required for the issue and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the Guarantors of the
Notes, the Guarantees, the Exchange Notes, the Exchange Guarantees, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, this Agreement and the Acquisition Agreement, the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes as described under
“Use of Proceeds” in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except (i) such as have been or will be obtained or made on or prior to
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(ii) for the filing of a registration statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act as required by the Registration Rights Agreement in connection with the issuance
of the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Guarantees, (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, each of which had been obtained and is in full force and effect and (iv) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders of, filings, registrations or
qualifications could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (z) The
historical financial statements (including the related notes and supporting schedules) included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby, at the dates and for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as disclosed therein). 
 (aa) The
unaudited pro forma financial information and related notes thereto included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidance with respect to pro forma
financial information, and the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. 

(bb) Grant Thornton LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company, whose report is incorporated by
reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and who have delivered the Grant Thornton initial letter referred to in Section 7(f) hereof, are independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder. 
 (cc) KPMG LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of
the Company, and who have delivered the KPMG initial letter referred to in Section 7(h) hereof, are independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. 

(dd) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, the Company and the
Guarantors maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed by,
or under the supervision of, the Company’s and each Guarantors’ respective principal executive and principal financial officers, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. Except as otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, the Company
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management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States and to maintain accountability for its assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. As of the date of the most recent balance sheet of Hillman Companies and its consolidated subsidiaries reviewed or
audited by KPMG LLP and the audit committee of the board of directors of Hillman Companies, except as otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, there were no material weaknesses in Hillman
Companies’ internal controls. 
 (ee) Except as otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, (i) the Company and the Guarantors maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act), (ii) such disclosure controls and procedures
are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by Hillman Companies in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management of Hillman Companies, including its principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure to be made; and (iii) such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were
established. 
 (ff) Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the section entitled
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Critical Accounting Policies” set forth or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum contained in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum accurately and fully describes (i) the accounting policies that Hillman Companies believes are the most important in the portrayal of Hillman Companies’ financial condition and results of
operations and that require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments; (ii) the judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of critical accounting policies; and (iii) the likelihood that materially
different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions and an explanation thereof. 
 (gg) With respect to each of the items of financial data regarding the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 included in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum under the caption “Summary -
Preliminary Financial Data and Recent Developments” (the “Preliminary Results”), the Chief Financial Officer of the Company or members of the staff who are responsible for the Company’s financial and accounting
matters derived the amounts with respect to the fiscal-year ended December 31, 2010 referenced in the Preliminary Results from the accounting records of the Company and the accounting records of TagWorks provided to the Company, and found the
amounts to be within the ranges set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. 
 (hh) With respect to the
Preliminary Results, nothing has come to the attention of the Company that causes the Company to believe that the financial information contained in the Preliminary Results is not true, correct and accurate in all material respects. 

  
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 (ii) There is and has been no failure on the part of Hillman Companies and
any of Hillman Companies’ directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith. 

(jj) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering
Memorandum, and except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective subsidiaries has (i) sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, (ii) issued or granted any securities, (iii) incurred any material liability or obligation,
direct or contingent, other than liabilities and obligations that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iv) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business, (v) declared or paid any dividend on its
capital stock, and (vi) since such date, there has not been any change in the capital stock, partnership or limited liability interests as applicable, or long-term debt of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or
any adverse change, or any development involving a prospective adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties, management or business of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case except as could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (kk) Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and
marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such liens, encumbrances and defects as are described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum
and such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries are held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such assets by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries. 

(ll) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have such permits, licenses, patents, franchises, certificates of need and
other approvals or authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (“Permits”) as are necessary under applicable law to own their properties and conduct their businesses in the manner described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, except for any of the foregoing that could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Hillman Companies and each of its subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed
all of its obligations with respect to the Permits, and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other impairment of the rights of the holder or any such
Permits, except for any of the foregoing that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such Permits, except for
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 (mm) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, the Company and the Guarantors own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, know-how,
software, systems and technology (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses and have not received any
notice of any claim of infringement or other violation of, any such rights of others. 
 (nn) Except as otherwise
disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that
could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of the performance of this
Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby. To the Company’s and each Guarantors’ knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or others. 
 (oo) There are no contracts or other documents that would be required to be described
in a registration statement filed under the Securities Act or filed as exhibits to a registration statement of the Company pursuant to Item 601(10) of Regulation S-K that have not been described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum. The statements made in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the terms of the contracts and other documents that are so described, constitute accurate
summaries of the terms of such contracts and documents in all material respects. Neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective subsidiaries has knowledge that any other party to any such contract or other document has any intention
not to render full performance as contemplated by the terms thereof. 
 (pp) The Company and each Guarantor
carries, or are covered by, insurance from insurers of recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is
customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries, except where the failure to maintain such insurance could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Guarantors are in
compliance with the terms of such policies, neither the Company nor any Guarantor has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue
such insurance, there are no claims by the Company or the Guarantors under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause, and neither the Company nor any
Guarantor has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business, in each case
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 (qq) No labor disturbance by or dispute with the employees of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of any officer of the Company or any Guarantor is imminent that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(rr) Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors (i) is in violation of its charter or by-laws (or similar
organizational documents), (ii) is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or other obligation
contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject, or (iii) is in violation of any
statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or its property or assets or has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or
permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent any such conflict, breach, violation, failure or default could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (ss) (i) There are no proceedings that are pending, or known
to be threatened, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, orders, judgments, decrees, permits or other legal requirements of any governmental authority, including without limitation any
international, foreign, national, state, provincial, regional, or local authority, relating to pollution, the protection of human health or safety, the environment, or natural resources, or to use, handling, storage, manufacturing, transportation,
treatment, discharge, disposal or release of or exposure to hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) in which a governmental authority is also a party, other than such
proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed and (ii) the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with
Environmental Laws, including any pending or proposed Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (tt) The Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective
subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes due, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company,
the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has any knowledge of any tax deficiencies that have been, or could reasonably be expected to be asserted against the Company, the Guarantors and each of
their respective subsidiaries, that could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (uu) (i) Each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) that is
sponsored or maintained within the United States and with respect to which the Company has any direct or indirect liability, whether contingent or otherwise (each a “Plan”) has been established and administered in all
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all applicable statutes, rules and regulations including ERISA and the Code; (ii) with respect to each Plan, no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption or that have been corrected, that would result in a material liability to the Company ;
(iii) no Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA; and (iv) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service or is in the form of a
prototype plan with respect to which the IRS has issued a favorable opinion letter, in each case to the effect that the Plan satisfies the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code and that its related trust is exempt from tax under
Section 501(a) of the Code and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would be reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification. 

(vv) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the
Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the
Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and as could not be reasonably expected to impact the ability of the Company or the Guarantors to make payments on the
Notes when due. 
 (ww) The statistical and market-related data included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Offering Memorandum and the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be
reliable in all material respects. 
 (xx) Neither of the Company nor any Guarantor is, and after giving effect
to the offer and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of Proceeds” in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum will be an “investment company” or a
company “controlled by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. 

(yy) The statements set forth in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption
“Description of Notes,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Notes and the Guarantees and under the captions “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” “The Transactions,”
“Description of Certain Other Indebtedness,” “Management” and “Plan of Distribution,” insofar as they purport to summarize the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate summaries in all
material respects. 
 (zz) Except as described in the Offering Memorandum, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company, any Guarantor and any person granting such person the right to require the Company or any Guarantor to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or any
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Company or any Guarantor to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities Act. 
 (aaa) Neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that could give rise to a valid claim against any of them or the Initial Purchasers for a brokerage commission,
finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes. 
 (bbb) Except as would
not have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes), will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange
Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
 (ccc) The Company and its affiliates have not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Guarantors in connection with the offering of the Notes. 
 (ddd) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf
of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or
indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. 
 (eee) The operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened. 
 (fff) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for
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 Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or the Guarantors and
delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Initial Purchasers in connection with the offering of the Notes shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or such Guarantor, jointly and severally, as to matters covered thereby,
to each Initial Purchaser. 
 3. Purchase of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, Agreements to Sell, Purchase and
Resell. 
 (a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally hereby agree, on the basis of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Initial Purchasers contained herein and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers and, upon the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, each of the Initial Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase
price of 107.500% of the principal amount thereof, the total principal amount of Notes set forth opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser in Schedule I hereto. The Company and the Guarantors shall not be obligated to deliver any of the securities
to be delivered hereunder except upon payment for all of the securities to be purchased as provided herein. 

(b) Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly hereby represents and warrants to the Company that it will
offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Pricing Disclosure Package. Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company, on
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors, that such Initial Purchaser: (i) is a QIB with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as are necessary in order to evaluate
the merits and risks of an investment in the Notes; (ii) is purchasing the Notes pursuant to a private sale exempt from registration under the Securities Act; (iii) in connection with the Exempt Resales, will solicit offers to buy the
Notes only from, and will offer to sell the Notes only to, the Eligible Purchasers in accordance with this Agreement and on the terms contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package; (iv) will not offer or sell the Notes, nor has it offered or
sold the Notes by, or otherwise engaged in, any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D, including, but not limited to, advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any
newspaper, magazine, or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising) and will not engage in any directed selling efforts within
the meaning of Rule 902 under the Securities Act, in connection with the offering of the Notes; and (v) has offered the Notes and will offer and sell the Notes (A) as part of its distribution at any time and (B) otherwise until 40
days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S and, accordingly, neither it nor any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling
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comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S. The Initial Purchasers have advised the Company that they will offer the Notes to Eligible Purchasers at a price initially equal
to 109.250% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance of the Notes. Such price may be changed by the Initial Purchasers at any time without notice. 

(c) The Initial Purchasers have not nor, prior to the later to occur of (A) the Closing Date and (B) completion
of the distribution of the Notes, will not, use, authorize use of, refer to or distribute any material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the
Offering Memorandum, (ii) any written communication that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum or any Free Writing Offering Document listed on Schedule IV hereto, (iii) the Free Writing Offering Documents listed on Schedule IV hereto, (iv) any written communication prepared by such Initial Purchaser and approved by the
Company in writing, or (v) any written communication that contains the terms of the Notes in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum. 

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

Each of the Initial Purchasers understands that the Company and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the
Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 7(c), 7(d) and 7(e) hereof, counsel to the Company and counsel to the Initial Purchasers, will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations, warranties and agreements, and the Initial
Purchasers hereby consent to such reliance. 
 4. Delivery of the Notes and Payment Therefor. Delivery to the Initial
Purchasers of and payment for the Notes shall be made at the New York offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on March 16, 2011 (the “Closing Date”). The place of closing for the
Notes and the Closing Date may be varied by agreement between the Initial Purchasers and the Company. 
 The
Notes will be delivered to the Initial Purchasers, or the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), against payment by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers of the purchase price therefor by wire
transfer in immediately available funds, by causing DTC to credit the Notes to the account of the Initial Purchasers at DTC. The Notes will be evidenced by one or more global securities in definitive form and will be registered in the name of
Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC. The Notes to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers shall be made available to the Initial Purchasers in New York City for inspection and packaging not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business
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 5. Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors,
jointly and severally, agree with each of the Initial Purchasers as follows: 
 (a) The Company and the
Guarantors furnish to the Initial Purchasers, without charge, not later than the second business day following the date of the Offering Memorandum, such number of copies of the Offering Memorandum as may then be amended or supplemented as they may
reasonably request. 
 (b) The Company and the Guarantors will prepare the Offering Memorandum in a form approved
by the Initial Purchasers and will not make any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package or to the Offering Memorandum of which the Initial Purchasers shall not previously have been advised or to which they shall reasonably object
in a timely manner after being so advised. 
 (c) Subject to the proviso in Section 5(f), the Company and
each of the Guarantors consents to the use of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum in accordance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Notes are offered by the Initial Purchasers and by all
dealers to whom Notes may be sold, in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes. 
 (d) If, at any time
prior to completion of the distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers to Eligible Purchasers, any event occurs or information becomes known that, in the judgment of the Company or any of the Guarantors or in the reasonable opinion of
counsel for the Initial Purchasers, should be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum so that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, does not include any untrue
statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum in order to comply with any law, the Company and the Guarantors will forthwith prepare an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will expeditiously furnish to the Initial Purchasers and dealers
a reasonable number of copies thereof. 
 (e) None of the Company nor any Guarantor will make any offer to sell
or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes that would constitute a Free Writing Offering Document without the prior consent of the Representatives, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If at any time following issuance of a
Free Writing Offering Document any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Free Writing Offering Document conflicts with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or,
when taken together with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to
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promptly as practicable after becoming aware thereof, the Company will give notice thereof to the Initial Purchasers through the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will
prepare and furnish without charge to each Initial Purchaser a Free Writing Offering Document or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission. 

(f) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request to qualify the Notes
for offering and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as
may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Notes; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be required
to so qualify, (ii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be subject. 

(g) For a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 90th day after the date of the Offering Memorandum, the
Company and the Guarantors agree not to, directly or indirectly, (i) offer for sale, sell, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or would be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at
any time in the future of) any debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Notes or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such debt securities of the Company, or sell or grant options, rights or warrants with respect to
such debt securities of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such debt securities of the Company, (ii) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the
economic benefits or risks of ownership of such debt securities of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of debt securities of the Company or other securities, in cash
or otherwise, (iii) file or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments, with respect to the registration of debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Notes or securities convertible, exercisable or
exchangeable into debt securities of the Company, or (iv) publicly announce an offering of any debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Notes or securities convertible or exchangeable into such debt securities, in each case
without the prior written consent of Barclays Capital Inc., on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, except any offer or sale of Notes, Exchange Notes, Guarantees or Exchange Guarantees pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, and any filings with
the SEC related thereto. 
 (h) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding and the Company and the Guarantors
are so required pursuant to the Indenture, the Company and the Guarantors will, furnish at their expense to the Initial Purchasers, and, upon request, to the holders of the Notes and prospective purchasers of the Notes the information required by
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (if any). 
 (i) The Company and the Guarantors will apply the net
proceeds from the sale of the Notes to be sold by it hereunder substantially in accordance with the description set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds.” 

  
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 (j) The Company, the Guarantors and their respective affiliates will not
take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that reasonably could be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Guarantors in connection
with the offering of the Notes. 
 (k) The Company and the Guarantors will use all commercially reasonable
efforts to permit the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC. 
 (l) For a period of one
year (calculated in accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) from the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their respective affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the
Securities Act) to, resell any of the Notes that have been acquired by any of them, except (i) for Notes that are sold in a transaction registered under the Securities Act or (ii) in the opinion of counsel, the buyer of such Notes is not
acquiring “restricted securities” under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. 
 (m) The Company and the
Guarantors agree not to sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the
registration under the Securities Act of the sale to the Initial Purchasers or the Eligible Purchasers of the Notes. The Company and the Guarantors will take reasonable precautions designed to insure that any offer or sale, direct or indirect, in
the United States or to any U.S. person (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act), of any Notes or any substantially similar security issued by the Company or any Guarantor, within six months subsequent to the date on which the distribution
of the Notes has been completed (as notified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers), is made under restrictions and other circumstances reasonably designed not to affect the status of the offer and sale of the Notes in the United States and to
U.S. persons contemplated by this Agreement as transactions exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulations D or S of, the Securities Act. 

(n) The Company and the Guarantors agree to comply with all the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement
and all agreements set forth in the representation letters of the Company and the Guarantors to DTC relating to the approval of the Notes by DTC for “book entry” transfer. 

(o) The Company and the Guarantors will do and perform all things required or necessary to be done and performed under
this Agreement by them prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the Initial Purchasers’ obligations hereunder to purchase the Notes. 
 6. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to pay all
expenses, costs, fees and taxes incident to and in connection with: (a) the preparation, printing, filing and distribution of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (including, without
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fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ accountants and counsel, but not, however, legal fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers’ counsel incurred
in connection therewith); (b) the preparation, printing (including, without limitation, word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, all Blue Sky memoranda and all
other agreements, memoranda, correspondence and other documents printed and delivered in connection therewith and with the Exempt Resales (but not, however, legal fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers’ counsel incurred in connection with
any of the foregoing other than reasonable and documented fees of counsel plus reasonable disbursements incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and delivery of such Blue Sky memoranda); (c) the issuance and delivery by the Company
of the Notes and by the Guarantors of the Guarantees and any taxes payable in connection therewith; (d) the qualification of the Notes and Exchange Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states and any
foreign jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may designate (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented out of pocket fees and disbursements of the Initial Purchasers’ counsel relating to such registration or qualification);
(e) the furnishing of such copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the
Exempt Resales; (f) the preparation of certificates for the Notes (including, without limitation, printing and engraving thereof); (g) the approval of the Notes by DTC for “book-entry” transfer; (h) the rating of the Notes
and the Exchange Notes; (i) the obligations of the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee and the counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Guarantees; (j) the
performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their other obligations under this Agreement; and (k) all of the travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or
hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Notes, and expenses associated with any electronic road show. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this section shall require the Company and the Guarantors to pay any fees or disbursements of
counsel to the Initial Purchasers, other than those fees and disbursements described in clauses (b) and (d) above. 

7. Conditions to Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The respective obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder are subject
to the accuracy, when made and on and as of the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained herein, to the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their respective obligations hereunder,
and to each of the following additional terms and conditions: 
 (a) All corporate proceedings and other legal
matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Exchange Notes, the Exchange Guarantees, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Acquisition Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, and the Company and
the Guarantors shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. 

  
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 (b) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP shall have
furnished to the Initial Purchasers its written opinion and negative assurance letter, as counsel to the Company and the Guarantors, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Initial Purchasers, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 and B-2 hereto. 
 (c)
Holland & Knight LLP shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers its written opinion, as counsel to the Company and the Guarantors, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3 hereto. 
 (d)
Califf & Harper, P.C. shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers its written opinion, as counsel to the Company and the Guarantors, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-4 hereto. 
 (e) The
Initial Purchasers shall have received from Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, such opinion or opinions and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Notes, the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum and other related matters as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents and information as such counsel reasonably requests
for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. 
 (f) At the time of execution of this Agreement,
the Initial Purchasers shall have received from Grant Thornton LLP a letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that it is an
independent public accountant within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii) stating, as
of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of a date not more than three days prior to the
date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and (iii) covering such other matters as are ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection
with registered public offerings. 
 (g) With respect to the letter of Grant Thornton LLP referred to in the
preceding paragraph and delivered to the Initial Purchasers concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “Grant Thornton initial letter”), Grant Thornton LLP shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers a
“bring-down letter” addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable
requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the Closing Date (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of
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Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date of the Closing Date), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the
financial information and other matters covered by the Grant Thornton initial letter, and (iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the Grant Thornton initial letter. 

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

(i) With respect to the letter of KPMG LLP referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the Initial Purchasers
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “KPMG initial letter”), KPMG LLP shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers a “bring-down letter” addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing
Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of
the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the Closing Date (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Offering Memorandum, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date of the Closing Date), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the KPMG initial letter, and
(iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the KPMG initial letter. 
 (j) (i) Neither the Company, any Guarantor nor any of their respective subsidiaries shall have sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
or (ii) since such date, there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company, any Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties, management or business of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the effect of which, in any
such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, individually or in the aggregate, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the
Notes being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. 

  
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 (k) The Company and each Guarantor shall have furnished or caused to be
furnished to the Initial Purchasers dated as of the Closing Date a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and each Guarantor, or other officers satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, as to such matters
as the Representatives may reasonably request, including, without limitation, a statement that the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in Section 2 are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date, and
the Company has complied with all its agreements contained herein and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. 

(l) The Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC. 

(m) The Company and the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement and the Initial
Purchasers shall have received an original copy thereof, duly executed by the Company and the Guarantors. 
 (n)
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have executed and delivered the Indenture, and the Initial Purchasers have received an original copy thereof, duly executed by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. 

(o) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following:
(i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market, or trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or materially limited or the
settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority
having jurisdiction, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an
escalation in hostilities involving the United States or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or
financial conditions, including, without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such), as to make it, in the judgment of
the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Notes being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Offering Memorandum or that, in the judgment of the
Representatives, could materially and adversely affect the financial markets or the markets for the Notes and other debt securities. 
 (p) Substantially concurrent with the closing of the offering of the Notes, the Acquisition shall be consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement as set forth in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. 

  
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 (q) There shall exist at and as of the Closing Date no condition that would
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under the Indenture as in effect at the Closing Date (or an event that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a
default or material breach). 
 (r) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall have
furnished to the Initial Purchasers such further certificates and documents as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request. 
 All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers. 
 8. Indemnification and Contribution. 

(a) The Company and each Guarantor hereby agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial
Purchaser, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any loss,
claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Notes), to which that Initial Purchaser, affiliate,
director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained (A) in any Free Writing Offering Document, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (B) in any Blue Sky
application or other document prepared or executed by the Company or any Guarantor (or based upon any written information furnished by the Company or any Guarantor) specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the Notes under the
securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction (any such application, document or information being hereinafter called a “Blue Sky Application”), or (C) in any materials or information provided to investors by, or
with the approval of, the Company or any Guarantor in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Notes (“Marketing Materials”), including any road show or investor presentations made to investors by the Company
(whether in person or electronically) or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Free Writing Offering Document, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment
or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or in any Marketing Materials, any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and shall
reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such director, officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Initial Purchaser, director, officer, employee or controlling person in
connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be liable in
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untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Free Writing Offering Document, Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Offering Memorandum, or in any such
amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or in any Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or
on behalf of any Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which information consists solely of the information specified in Section 8(e). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that the Company or the
Guarantors may otherwise have to any Initial Purchaser or to any affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person of that Initial Purchaser. 
 (b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each Guarantor, their respective officers and employees, each of their respective
directors, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or
several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company, any Guarantor or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any Free Writing Offering Document, Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (B) or in any Blue Sky Application or (C) in any Marketing Materials, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Free Writing Offering Document, Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or in any Marketing Materials, any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information concerning such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of that Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which information is limited to the information
set forth in Section 8(e). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that any Initial Purchaser may otherwise have to the Company, any Guarantor or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person. 

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of
any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided,
however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced (by the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure and; provided, further, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. If any such
claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly
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reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying
party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation;
provided, however, that the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such action if (i) the indemnified party and the indemnifying party shall have so mutually agreed;
(ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or parties; (iii) the indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded, based on the
advice of counsel, that there may be legal defenses available to them that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnified party; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and the indemnified party, on the other hand, and representation of both sets of parties by the same counsel would present a conflict due to actual or potential differing interests between them, and in
any such event the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the indemnifying party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one
counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions arising in the same jurisdiction out of the same general allegations
or circumstances; provided that if the use of such counsel chosen to represent all indemnified parties would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, each indemnified party shall have the right to select separate counsel to defend
such action on behalf of such indemnified party. No indemnifying party shall (x) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of
any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such
claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include a statement as to, or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party, or (y) be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if
settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment. 
 (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall
for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or 8(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall
be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, from the offering of the Notes, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above
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is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial
Purchasers, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes purchased under this Agreement
(before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers with respect to the Notes purchased under this Agreement, on the other
hand, bear to the total gross proceeds from the offering of the Notes under this Agreement as set forth on the cover page of the Offering Memorandum. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Guarantors, or the Initial Purchasers, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. For purposes of the preceding two sentences, the net proceeds deemed to be received by the Company shall be deemed to be also for the benefit of the Guarantors, and
information supplied by the Company shall also be deemed to have been supplied by the Guarantors. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to
herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this
Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no Initial Purchaser shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds from the sale to Eligible Purchasers of the Notes initially purchased by it exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise paid or
become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations and
not joint. 
 (e) The Initial Purchasers severally confirm and the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and
agree that the statements with respect to the offering of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers set forth in (i) the second sentence of the second to last paragraph on the front cover of the Offering Memorandum and (ii) the sub-section
entitled “Stabilization and Short Positions” and the fourth, fifth and sixth sentences of the first paragraph and the second paragraph of the sub-section entitled “Rule 144A and Regulation S” of the section entitled “Plan of
Distribution,” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum are correct and constitute the only information concerning such Initial Purchasers furnished in writing to the Company or any Guarantor by or on behalf of the Initial
Purchasers specifically for inclusion in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto. 

  
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 9. Defaulting Initial Purchasers. 

(a) If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults in its obligations to purchase the Notes that it has agreed to
purchase under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchasers may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Notes by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms
contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Initial Purchaser, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not arrange for the purchase of such Notes, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours
within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers to purchase such Notes on such terms. In the event that within the respective prescribed periods, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers notify the Company
that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Notes, or the Company notifies the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Notes, either the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or the Company may postpone
the Closing Date for up to seven full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Initial Purchasers may be necessary in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum or in
any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial
Purchaser” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule I hereto that, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Notes that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but
failed to purchase. 
 (b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a
defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh
of the aggregate principal amount of all the Notes, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Notes that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder plus such
Initial Purchaser’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Notes that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Notes of such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers for which such
arrangements have not been made; provided that the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes that they agreed to purchase on the Closing Date pursuant to the
terms of Section 3. 
 (c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a
defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the
aggregate principal amount of all the Notes, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers. Any
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of the Company or the Guarantors, except that the Company and each of the Guarantors will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 6 and except that the
provisions of Section 8 shall not terminate and shall remain in effect. 
 (d) Nothing contained herein
shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to the Company, the Guarantors or any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser for damages caused by its default. 

10. Termination. The obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be terminated by the Initial Purchasers by notice given
to and received by the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Notes if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 7(j) or 7(o) shall have occurred or if the Initial Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Notes for any
reason permitted under this Agreement. 
 11. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses. If (a) the Company
for any reason fails to tender the Notes for delivery to the Initial Purchasers, or (b) the Initial Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Notes for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall reimburse the
Initial Purchasers for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of one firm of outside counsel for the Initial Purchasers) incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement and the
proposed purchase of the Notes, and upon demand the Company and the Guarantors shall pay the full amount thereof to the Initial Purchasers. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 by reason of the default of one or more Initial
Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors shall not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Initial Purchaser on account of those expenses. 
 12. Notices, etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and: 
 (a) if to any Initial Purchasers, shall be delivered or sent by hand delivery, mail, telex, overnight courier or facsimile transmission to Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York
10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration with a copy to Latham & Watkins LLP, 885 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Greg Rodgers (Fax: 212-751-4864), and with a copy, in the case of any notice pursuant to Section 8(c),
to the Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019; 
 (b) if to the Company or any Guarantor, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex, overnight courier or facsimile transmission to The Hillman Group, Inc., 10590 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio
45231-1764, Attention: Chief Financial Officer (Fax: 513-595-8297), with a copy to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019, Attention: John C. Kennedy (Fax: 212-492-0025);

 provided, however, that any notice to an Initial Purchaser pursuant to Section 8(c) shall be delivered or sent by hand
delivery, mail, facsimile or electronic transmission to such Initial Purchaser at its address set forth in its acceptance telex to Barclays Capital Inc., which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by Barclays Capital Inc. upon request.
Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by
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 13. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the Initial Purchasers, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that the representations,
warranties, indemnities and agreements contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the other indemnified parties referred to in clauses 8(a) and (b), and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 14, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

 14. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the
Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Notes and shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them. 
 15. Definition of the Terms “Business Day”, “Affiliate”, and “Subsidiary”. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “business day” means any day on which the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading, and (b) “affiliate” and “subsidiary” have the meanings set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. 

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

 17. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and each of the Initial Purchasers hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. 

18. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that in connection with this offering, or any other
services the Initial Purchasers may be deemed to be providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the
Initial Purchasers: (a) no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Company, and Guarantor and any other person, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, exists; (b) the Initial Purchasers are not acting as advisors,
expert or otherwise, to the Company and the Guarantors, including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of the purchase price of the Notes, and such relationship between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Initial Purchasers, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length negotiations; (c) any duties and obligations that the Initial Purchasers may have to the Company and the Guarantors shall be limited to those duties and
obligations specifically stated herein; (d)

  
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the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors; and (e) the Company and the Guarantors have consulted
their own legal and financial advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. The Company and the Guarantors hereby waive any claims that the Company and the Guarantors may have against the Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach of fiduciary
duty in connection with the Notes. 
 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and,
if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 

20. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect
the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. 

  
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 If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Initial Purchasers, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
		
	By	 	/s/ James P. Waters
	Name:	 	James P. Waters
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	 HILLMAN INVESTMENT COMPANY
 THE HILLMAN COMPANIES, INC.
 ALL POINTS INDUSTRIES, INC.

SUNSUB C INC.
 SERV-A-LITE PRODUCTS,
INC.

		
	By:	 	/s/ James P. Waters
	Name:	 	James P. Waters
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer

 Accepted: 

 

			
	 BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

		
		 	 By BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC., as

Authorized Representative

		
	By:	 	/s/ Benjamin J. Burton
	Name:	 	Benjamin J. Burton
	Title:	 	Managing Director

 [Signature Page to
Note Purchase Agreement] 

 SCHEDULE I 

 

					
	 Initial Purchasers
	  	Principal
Amount of
Notes
to be
Purchased	 
	 Barclays Capital Inc.
	  	$	25,000,000	  
	 Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
	  	$	25,000,000	  
		  	 	 	 
	 Total
	  	$	50,000,000	  
		  	 	 	 

  
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 SCHEDULE II 
 LIST OF GUARANTORS 
 HILLMAN COMPANIES, INC. 

HILLMAN INVESTMENT CO. 
 ALL POINTS INDUSTRIES, INC. 
 SUNSUB C INC. 

SERV-A-LITE PRODUCTS, INC. 

  
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 SCHEDULE III 

 

 

 The Hillman Group, Inc. 
 $50,000,000 10.875% Senior Notes due 2018 
 March 11, 2011 

 

			
	Pricing Supplement
	
	Pricing Supplement dated March 11, 2011 to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum dated March 11, 2011 of the Hillman Group, Inc. This Pricing Supplement is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. The information in this Pricing Supplement supplements the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the
extent it is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. Capitalized terms used in this Pricing Supplement but not defined have the meanings given them in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
		
	 Issuer
	  	The Hillman Group, Inc.
		
	 Guarantors
	  	 The Hillman Companies, Inc.

Hillman Investment Co.
 All Points Industries,
Inc.
 SunSub C Inc.
 Serv-A-Lite
Products, Inc.
 and each of the Issuer’s future Domestic Subsidiaries

		
	 Title of Securities
	  	10.875% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”)
		
	 Aggregate Principal Amount
	  	$50,000,000
		
	 Gross Proceeds
	  	$54,625,000 (excluding accrued and unpaid interest from December 1, 2010 to the date of delivery paid in addition to the issue price, which will be paid to the applicable holders
on the next interest payment date, June 1, 2011)
		
	 Distribution
	  	144A/Regulation S with Registration Rights
		
	 Maturity Date
	  	June 1, 2018
		
	 Issue Price
	  	109.250%, plus pre-issuance accrued and unpaid interest from December 1, 2010
		
	 Coupon
	  	10.875%
		
	 Yield to Maturity
	  	9.092%
		
	 Spread to Benchmark Treasury
	  	632 basis points
		
	 Benchmark Treasury
	  	3.875% due May 15, 2018
		
	 Interest Payment Dates
	  	June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on June 1, 2011
		
	 Record Dates
	  	May 15 and November 15 of each year

  
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	 Ratings*
	  	B3 (Moody’s)/CCC+ (S&P)	  
		
	 Trade Date
	  	March 11, 2011	  
		
	 Settlement Date
	  	 March 16, 2011 (T+3)
  

We expect that delivery of the notes will be made against payment therefor on or about the third business day following the date of confirmation of orders
with respect to the notes (this settlement cycle being referred to as “T+3”).
	   
 
      

		
	 Make-Whole Redemption
	  	Make-whole redemption at Treasury Rate + 50 basis points prior to June 1, 2014	   
		
	 Optional Redemption
	  	On or after June 1, 2014, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes
redeemed during the twelve-month period indicated beginning on June 1 of the years indicated below:	      
			
	  	  	 Year
	  	Price	 
		  	2014	  	 	105.438	% 
		  	2015	  	 	102.719	% 
		  	2016 and thereafter	  	 	100.000	% 
		
	 Equity Clawback
	  	Up to 35% at 110.875% prior to June 1, 2013	  
		
	 Change of Control
	  	101% plus accrued and unpaid interest	  
		
	 Joint Book-Running Managers
	  	 Barclays Capital Inc.
  

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
	   
 
   

		
	 CUSIP Numbers
	  	 Rule 144A: 43162R AC8
  

Regulation S: U4328P AB4
	   
 
   

		
	 ISIN Numbers
	  	 Rule 144A: US43162RAC88
  

Regulation S: USU4328PAB41
	   
 
   

		
	 Denominations
	  	Minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof	   

  

	*	Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time. 

 
  
 This material is strictly confidential and has been prepared by the Issuer solely for use in connection with the proposed offering of the securities described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
This material is personal to each offeree and does not constitute an offer to any other person or the public generally to subscribe for or otherwise acquire the securities. Please refer to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for a complete
description. 
 The securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
and are being offered only to (1) “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (2) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act,
and this communication is only being distributed to such persons. 
 This communication is not an offer to sell the securities and it is
not a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. 

  
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 SCHEDULE IV 

 

	A.	Each document provided as an amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum: 

None. 
  

	B.	Free Writing Offering Documents: 

None. 

  
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 SCHEDULE V 
 LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES 
 ALL POINTS INDUSTRIES, INC. 

SUNSUB C INC 
 THE HILLMAN GROUP CANADA, LTD 
 SUNSOURCE INTEGRATED SERVICES DE MEXICO
S.A. DE C.V. 
 SERV-A-LITE PRODUCTS, INC. 

  
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 Exhibit A 
 FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 This Registration Rights Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of March 16, 2011 by and among the Hillman Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto (the
“Guarantors”) and Barclays Capital Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as representatives of the several initial purchasers named in Schedule I attached to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (each such
initial purchaser, an “Initial Purchaser” and, together, the “Initial Purchasers”), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company’s 10.875% Senior Notes Due 2018 (the “Initial
Notes”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). 
 This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement, dated March 11, 2011 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Notes, the Company and
the Guarantors have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 7 of the Purchase
Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2010, among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee,
relating to the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 29, 2010 (as so amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”). 

The parties hereby agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	DEFINITIONS 

 As used in this
Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings: 
 Act: The Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. 
 Affiliate: As defined in
Rule 144 of the Act. 
 Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act. 

Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at
a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If the time to perform any action hereunder falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such time will be extended to the next Business Day and no Special
Interest shall accrue for the intervening period. 

  
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 Closing Date: The date hereof. 

Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission. 

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

Effectiveness Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof. 

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder. 
 Exchange Notes: The Company’s 10.875% Senior Notes due 2018 to be issued pursuant to the
Indenture: (i) in the Exchange Offer or (ii) as contemplated by Section 4 hereof. 
 Exchange
Offer: The exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal amount of Exchange Notes (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Initial Notes that are
validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders in connection with such exchange and issuance. 
 Exchange Offer
Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus. 
 Filing Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof. 

Free Writing Prospectus: Each offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes that
would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the Initial Notes or the Exchange
Notes. 
 Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof. 

Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Initial Notes and Exchange Notes. 

Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement is declared
effective, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus. 

  
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 Recommencement Date: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof. 

Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof. 

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

Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act. 
 Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof. 

Special Interest. As defined in Section 5 hereof. 

Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof. 

Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Note until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial
Note has been exchanged in the Exchange Offer by a Person other than a Broker-Dealer for an Exchange Note and is entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Act,
(b) following the exchange by a Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer of an Initial Note for an Exchange Note, the date on which such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a
copy of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (c) the date on which such Initial Note has been effectively registered under the Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement;
(d) the date on which such Initial Note is sold or otherwise distributed to a Person who is not the Company or an Affiliate of the Company; provided, that an Initial Note will not cease to be a Transfer Restricted Security for purposes
of the Exchange Offer by virtue of this clause (d); or (e) the earliest date that is no less than two years after the date of the Indenture and on which all such Initial Notes (except for Initial Notes held by an Affiliate of the Company) are
no longer subject to any restrictions on transfer under the Act, including Rule 144. 
  

	 	2.	HOLDERS 

 A Person is deemed to
be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities. 

  
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	 	3.	REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER 

 (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or Commission policy, the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission
no later than the 180th day after the initial issuance of the Initial Notes (such date being the “Filing Deadline”), (ii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to
become effective no later than 270 days after the Filing Deadline (such 270th day being the “Effectiveness Deadline”), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, use all commercially reasonable efforts to (A) file
all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause it to become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and
(C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer,
provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to take any action that would subject them to general service of process or taxation in any jurisdiction where they are not already subject, and
(iv) unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied with), upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, commence and use all commercially reasonable efforts to Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting (i) registration of the Exchange Notes to be offered in exchange for the Initial
Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) resales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange Offer Initial Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities
or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c) below. 
 (b) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or Commission policy, the Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
to be effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no
event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days. The Company and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Notes shall be included in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
has become effective, but in no event later than 30 Business Days or longer, if required by the federal securities laws, after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective (such 30th day, or such later date
required by the federal securities laws, being the “Consummation Deadline”). 
 (c) The
Company shall include a “Plan of Distribution” section in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired for the
account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than 

  
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Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such “Plan of
Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not
name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the date of this
Agreement. 
 Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and must,
therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Exchange Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Company and Guarantors shall permit the use of the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by such Broker Dealer to satisfy such prospectus delivery requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available
for sales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers, the Company and the Guarantors agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by
and subject to the provisions of Sections 6(a) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of 180 days
from the Consummation Deadline or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto. The Company and the Guarantors shall provide sufficient copies of
the latest version of such Prospectus to such Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event later than five Business Days after such request, at any time during such period. 

 

	 	4.	SHELF REGISTRATION 

 (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company and the Guarantors are not (A) required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (B) permitted to Consummate the Exchange Offer
because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the Company and the Guarantors have complied with the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below) or (ii) any Holder notifies the Company prior to
the 20th Business Day following Consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder is prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in
the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and
holds Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates, then the Company and the Guarantors shall: 
 (x) use all commercially reasonable efforts to file, on or prior to the later of (i) 30 days after the earlier of (A) the date as of which the Company determines that the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement will not be or cannot be, as the case may be, filed as a result of clause (a)(i) above and (B) the date on which the Company receives the notice specified in clause (a)(ii) above and (ii) 180 days after the initial
issuance of the Initial Notes (such later date, the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the
“Shelf Registration Statement”)), covering the resale of all Transfer Restricted Securities, and 

  
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 (y) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration
Statement to become effective on or prior to the later of (i) 60 days after the Shelf Filing Deadline and (ii) 270 days after the initial issuance of the Initial Notes (such later date, the “Shelf Effectiveness
Deadline”). 
 If, after the Company and the Guarantors have filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement that
satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Company and the Guarantors are required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable federal law (i.e.,
clause (a)(i)(B) above), then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above; provided that, in such event, the Company and the Guarantors shall remain obligated to
meet the Shelf Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y). 
 To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration
Statement is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the
Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the
provisions of Sections 6(b) and 6(c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least one year (as extended
pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) or 6(d)) following the Closing Date, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto or are no longer
Transfer Restricted Securities. 
 (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 15 days after
receipt of a request therefor, the information specified in Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of the Act, or other information reasonably requested by the Company or required by Regulation S-K of the Act, for use in connection
with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder shall be entitled to Special Interest pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until (and from and after such time) such Holder shall have
provided all such information. Each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading and shall
promptly supply such other information as the Company may from time to time reasonably request. 

  
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	 	5.	SPECIAL INTEREST 

 If
(i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, (ii) any such Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to
the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated on or prior to 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Deadline with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, or (iv) any Registration
Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration
Default”), then the Company and the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay to each Holder affected thereby special interest (“Special Interest”) in an amount equal to 0.25% per annum of the
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for each week or portion thereof that the Registration Default continues for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of the first such Registration Default.
The amount of Special Interest shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a
maximum amount of Special Interest of 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the Company and the Guarantors shall in no event be required to pay Special Interest for more than one
Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of clause
(i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of clause (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the
case of clause (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement) to again be declared effective or made usable in the case of clause (iv) above, the Special Interest payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv), as
applicable, shall cease on the date of such cure and the interest rate on such Transfer Restricted Securities will revert to the interest rate on such Transfer Restricted Securities prior to the applicable Registration Default. 

All accrued Special Interest shall be paid by the Company and the Guarantors (or the Company and the Guarantors will cause the Paying
Agent to make such payment on their behalf) to the Holders entitled thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture, the Initial Notes and the
Exchange Notes. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which Special Interest are due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to pay Special Interest with respect to securities that
accrued prior to the time that such securities ceased to be Transfer Restricted Securities shall survive until such time as such obligations with respect to such securities shall have been satisfied in full. 

  
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	 	6.	REGISTRATION PROCEDURES 

 (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall (x) comply with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c) below,
(y) use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer Initial Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result
of its market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and
(z) comply with all of the following provisions: 
 (aa) If, following the date hereof there has been
announced a change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable
federal law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to either (x) seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and the Guarantors to Consummate an
Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities, or (y) file, in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof, a Shelf Registration Statement to permit the registration and/or resale of the Transfer Restricted Securities that would otherwise
be covered by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement but for the announcement of a change in Commission policy. In the case of clause (x) above, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the
Commission staff level but shall not be required to take action not commercially reasonable to affect a change of Commission policy. In connection with the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to take all such other actions as may
be requested by the Commission or otherwise reasonably required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the
Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted, and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need
not be favorable and which need not be a written resolution) by the Commission staff. 
 (ab) As a condition to
its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder (including, without limitation, any Holder who is a Broker-Dealer) shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the
Company and the Guarantors (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not
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a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business, and (D) only if such Holder is a
Broker-Dealer that will receive Exchange Notes in exchange for Initial Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own private account as a result of market making or other trading activities, it will deliver a Prospectus, as required by law, in
connection with any sale of such Exchange Notes. As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales
are of Exchange Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not, under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement, rely on the position
of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman &
Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of
the Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as
applicable, of Regulation S-K. 
 (ac) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the
Company and the Guarantors shall provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and the Guarantors are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital
Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if
applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that the Company and Guarantors have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the Exchange Notes
to be received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the Company’s and each Guarantor’s information and belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no
arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer, and (C) any other undertaking or representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action
letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if applicable. 
 (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In
connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall: 
 (aa) comply with all
the provisions of Section 6(c) below and use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or

  
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methods of distribution thereof (as indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company and the Guarantors will prepare
and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof, and 
 (ii) issue to any purchaser of Initial Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, upon the request of the purchaser, registered Initial Notes having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and surrendered to the Company for cancellation in the names as such purchaser shall designate; provided that such
purchaser provides all documentation reasonably requested by the Company in connection with such issuance. 
 (c)
General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall: 

(aa) use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all
requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to
contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted
Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall file as promptly as practicable an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission review is required, use all
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable. 
 (ab)
use all commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may be; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and to comply fully
with Rules 424, 430A, and 462, as applicable, under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus; 

  
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 (ac) advise (a) each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have
been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement), and (b) each Holder who has provided notice to the Company promptly and, if requested by such Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when
the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any applicable Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request
by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement under the Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of
the preceding purposes, and (D) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement
thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein do not contain an untrue statement of material fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory
authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts
to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time; 
 (ad) subject to
Section 6(d), if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated
therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; 
 (ae) furnish to each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) in connection with such exchange,
registration or sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents
incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the reasonable review and comment of such Holders in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least three Business
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Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which such Holders shall reasonably object
within three Business Days after the receipt thereof. A Holder shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Act; 

(af) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or
Prospectus in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, if any, provide copies of such document to each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement) in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, if any, make the Company’s and the Guarantors’ representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, subject to execution and
delivery of customary confidentiality agreements, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such Holders may reasonably request; 

(ag) make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been
included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents of the Company and the Guarantors
reasonably requested and cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness; provided that any Holder or representative thereof requesting or receiving such information shall agree to be bound by customary
confidentiality agreements and procedures with respect thereto; 
 (ah) if requested by any Holders whose
Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, promptly include in any Registration Statement or Prospectus,
pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Holders may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the
Transfer Restricted Securities and the use of the Registration Statement or Prospectus for market making activities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is
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 (ai) upon request, furnish to each Holder whose Transfer Restricted
Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) in connection with such exchange, registration or sale, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed
with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference); 

(aj) upon request, deliver to each Holder whose Transfer Restricted Securities have been included in a Shelf Registration
Statement (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holders reasonably may request; the Company and the
Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in accordance with law and subject to Section 6(d) hereof) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each selling Holder in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto; 
 (ak) upon the
reasonable request of such Holder, enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement containing customary terms), and make such representations and warranties, and take all such other reasonable and customary actions in connection
therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be customarily and reasonably requested by any
Holder or Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who hold at least 50% in aggregate principal amount of such class of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, that, the Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to enter into any
such agreement more than once with respect to all of the Transfer Restricted Securities and may delay entering into such agreement if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that it is in the best interests of the Company and
the Guarantors not to disclose the existence of or facts surrounding any proposed or pending material corporate transaction involving the Company and the Guarantors. In such connection, the Company and the Guarantors shall: 

(i) upon the request of any Holder, furnish (or in the case of paragraphs (2) and (3), use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause to be furnished) to each such Holder (in the case of the Shelf Registration Statement) and any underwriter, upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be: 

a certificate in customary form, dated such date, signed on behalf of the Company and each Guarantor by (x) the
Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President, and (y) a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company and such Guarantor, confirming, as of the date thereof, such matters as such Holders may reasonably request; 

  
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 a customary opinion (including a customary negative assurance statement),
dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors in customary form and covering such other matters as such Holder may reasonably request; and 

a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, from
the Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set forth in the comfort
letters delivered pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Purchase Agreement; and 
 (ii) deliver such other
documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence compliance with the matters covered in clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in any agreement entered into by the Company and
the Guarantors pursuant to this clause (xi); 
 (al) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders may
request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company
and the Guarantors shall not be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is
not now so subject; 
 (am) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities that will result in
such securities no longer being Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive
legends; and to enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be registered in such denominations and such names as the selling Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer Restricted Securities; 

(an) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to
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 (ao) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted Securities not later
than the effective date of a Registration Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the
Depository Trust Company; and 
 (ap) otherwise use all commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders with regard to any applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule
158 under the Act (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Act). 

(d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt
of the notice referred to in Section 6(c)(i) or 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a “Suspension Notice”),
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by
Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus (in each case, the “Recommencement Date”). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s
possession which have been replaced by the Company with more recently dated Prospectuses, or (ii) deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession of the
Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as
applicable, shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days in the period from and including the date of delivery of the Suspension Notice to the Recommencement Date. 

  
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	 	7.	REGISTRATION EXPENSES 

 All
expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company and the Guarantors, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without
limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for
the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, and, in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one counsel for all of the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
being registered; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Notes on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of
independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or
the Guarantors be responsible for any underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, and fees attributable to the sale or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities. 

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

 

	 	8.	INDEMNIFICATION 

(a) The Company and the Guarantors agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its
directors, officers and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments,
(including without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Act) filed or
required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
that is based upon information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any of the Holders. 

  
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 (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and the Guarantors, and their respective directors and officers, and each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, or the Guarantors to
the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors set forth in section (a) above, but only with reference to information relating to such Holder furnished in writing to the Company and the Guarantors by or on behalf
of such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In no event shall any Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount
received by such Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the sum of: (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities plus (ii) the
amount of any damages that such Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 

(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to
Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the “indemnified party”), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the
indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that in the
case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate counsel and
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder). Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate
in the defense thereof, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party,
(ii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both
the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party has been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying
party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) for all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of the Holders, in the 

  
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case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company and Guarantors, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall
indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action effected with its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld). No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any
pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such
settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party. 
 (d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from their sale of Transfer Restricted Securities, or (ii) if the allocation provided
by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the
Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or such Guarantor, on the one hand, or by the Holder, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c) hereof, any
legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. 
 (e) The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
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preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any matter, including any action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its directors, its officers or any
Person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement exceeds the sum of: (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities plus (ii) the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by each Holder hereunder and not joint.

  

	 	9.	RULE 144A AND RULE 144 

 The
Company and each Guarantor agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the Company or such Guarantor is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to
make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such Holder or
beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Act. 

 

	 	10.	MISCELLANEOUS 

(a) Remedies. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that any failure by the Company and/or the
Guarantors to comply with their respective obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to
measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations
under Sections 3 and 4 hereof. The Company and the Guarantors further agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 

(b) Free Writing Prospectus. The Company represents, warrants and covenants that it (including its agents and
representatives) will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) in connection with the issuance and sale of the Initial Notes and the Exchange
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Act, (ii) any document constituting an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes that falls within the exception from the definition of
prospectus in Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act, or (iii) a prospectus satisfying the requirements of section 10(a) of the Securities Act or of Rule 430, Rule 430A, Rule 430B, Rule 430C or Rule 431 under the Securities Act.

 (c) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and any Guarantor will not, on or after the date of this
Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The Company and any Guarantor have not previously
entered into, nor is currently a party to, any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person that would require such securities to be included in any Registration Statement filed hereunder. The rights
granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 

(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and
waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 10(d)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer
Restricted Securities, and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer
Restricted Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being
tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a
majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to such Exchange Offer. 

(e) Additional Guarantors. The Company shall cause any of its Domestic Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture)
that becomes, prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer, a Guarantor in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Indenture to become a party to this Agreement as a Guarantor. 

(f) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder
between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its
rights or the rights of Holders hereunder. 
 (g) Notices. All notices and other communications provided
for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery: 

(aa) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the
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 (ab) if to the Company or the Guarantors: 

The Hillman Group 
 10590 Hamilton Avenue 
 Cincinnati, Ohio 45231-1764 

Attention: Chief Financial Officer 

Fax: 513-595-8297 
 With a copy to: 
 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP 
 1285 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10019 
 Attention: John C. Kennedy 
 Fax: 212-492-0025 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. 

Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee
at the address specified in the Indenture. 
 (h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any
assignment, transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any manner,
whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have
agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such Person shall be entitled to receive the
benefits hereof. 
 (i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

  
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 (j) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
 (k) Governing Law. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF. 
 (l) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 

(m) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and
intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth
or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

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

			
	The Hillman Group, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	James P. Waters
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	 Hillman Investment Company
 The Hillman Companies, Inc.
 All Points Industries, Inc.

SunSub C Inc.
 Serv-A-Lite Products,
Inc.

		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	James P. Waters
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer

 
			
	 BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

		
	By:	 	BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. 
		
	By	 	 
	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 SCHEDULE I 

Guarantors 

Hillman Investment Company 
 The Hillman Companies, Inc. 
 All Points Industries, Inc. 

SunSub C Inc. 

Serv-A-Lite Products, Inc. 
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
 Schedule I-1 

 ANNEX A 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such exchange notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for unregistered notes where
such unregistered notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. To the extent any such broker-dealer participates in the exchange offer, we have agreed that for a period of up to 180 days we will use
commercially reasonable efforts to make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to such broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale, and will deliver as many additional copies of this prospectus and each amendment or
supplement to this prospectus and any documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus as such broker-dealer may reasonably request. 
 We
will not receive any proceeds from any sale of exchange notes by broker-dealers. Exchange notes received by broker-dealers for their own accounts pursuant to the exchange offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the exchange notes or a combination of these methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market
prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such
exchange notes. Any broker-dealer that resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such exchange notes may be deemed to be an
“underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of exchange notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such Persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities
Act. The letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. 

We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer and will indemnify the holders of outstanding notes, including any broker-dealers,
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. 

 Exhibit B 
 Company Counsel Opinion 
 March 16, 2011 

Barclays Capital Inc. 
 Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated 
 As Representatives of the several 
     Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I attached hereto, 
 c/o Barclays
Capital Inc. 
 745 Seventh Avenue 
 New
York, New York 10019 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 We have acted as special counsel to The Hillman Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Guarantors referred to below in connection with the Purchase Agreement, dated
March 11, 2011, among the Initial Purchasers named on Schedule I thereof (the “Initial Purchasers”), the Company and the guarantors named on Schedule II thereof (the “Guarantors”) (the
“Purchase Agreement”), relating to the purchase today by the Initial Purchasers of $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.875% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”) of the Company. The Notes are to be issued
under the Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2010, among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as
of December 29, 2010 (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”). This opinion is being furnished at the request of the Company as contemplated by Section 7(b) of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined in this letter have the respective meanings given those terms in the Purchase Agreement. 

  
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 In connection with the furnishing of this opinion, we have examined originals, or copies
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents: 
  

	 	1.	the Purchase Agreement; 

  

	 	2.	the Indenture (including the guarantees created therein (the “Guarantees”)); 

 

	 	3.	the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2011 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Initial Purchasers; 

  

	 	4.	the Notes issued on the date of this letter; 

  

	 	5.	the form of Exchange Note (the “Exchange Note”) attached as an Exhibit to the Indenture (including the guarantees created therein (the
“Exchange Guarantees”)); 

  

	 	6.	the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated March 11, 2011 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”); 

 

	 	7.	the Pricing Term Sheet, dated March 11, 2011 (the “Pricing Term Sheet” and together with the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the “Pricing
Disclosure Package”); 

  

	 	8.	the Offering Memorandum regarding the Notes, dated March 11, 2011 (the “Final Memorandum”); 

 

	 	9.	the Acquisition Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2011 (the “Acquisition Agreement”), by and between the Company and TagWorks, L.L.C.; and

  

	 	10.	those documents incorporated by reference into the Final Memorandum set forth on Schedule I hereto. 

In addition, we have examined: (i) such corporate records of the Company and each Guarantor listed on Schedule II hereto
(each a “Delaware Guarantor”) that we have considered appropriate, including a copy of the certificate of incorporation, as amended, and by-laws, as amended, of the Company and each Delaware Guarantor certified by the Company or
such Delaware Guarantor as in effect on the date of this letter (collectively, 

  
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the “Charter Documents”) and copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company and of each Delaware Guarantor relating to the issuance of the Notes and the
Guarantees, each certified by the Company and the Delaware Guarantors, as applicable; and (ii) such other certificates, agreements and documents as we deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions and beliefs expressed below. We
have also relied upon oral and written statements of officers and representatives of the Company and the Delaware Guarantors, the factual matters contained in the representations and warranties of the Company and the Delaware Guarantors made in the
Purchase Agreement and upon certificates of public officials and the officers of the Company and the Delaware Guarantors. The documents incorporated by reference into the Final Memorandum were prepared by the Company without our participation.

 In our examination of the documents referred to above, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of
all signatures, the legal capacity of all individuals who have executed any of the documents reviewed by us, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as
certified, photostatic, reproduced or conformed copies of valid existing agreements or other documents, the authenticity of the latter documents and that the statements regarding matters of fact in the certificates, records, agreements, instruments
and documents that we have examined are accurate and complete. We have also assumed, without independent investigation, that (i) All Points Industries, Inc. and Serv-A-Lite Products (the “Non-Delaware Guarantors”) are validly
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Non-Delaware Guarantors has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Indenture, (iii) the execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Non-Delaware Guarantors and do not
violate the charter documents or other organizational documents of the Non-Delaware Guarantors or the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization and (iv) the due execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Indenture by the Non-Delaware Guarantors under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization. We have also assumed that you have complied with all of your obligations and agreements arising under the
Registration Rights Agreement, if any, and that this agreement represents a valid and legally binding obligation of yours, that the Indenture has been duly authorized and executed by, and represents a valid and legally binding obligation of, the
Trustee and the due authentication of the Notes by the Trustee in the manner described in the certificate of the Trustee delivered to you today. 
 Whenever we indicate that our opinion is based upon our knowledge or words of similar import, our opinion is based solely on the actual knowledge of the attorneys in this firm who are representing the
Company in connection with the Purchase Agreement and without any independent verification. 

  
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 Based upon the above, and subject to the stated assumptions, exceptions and qualifications,
we are of the opinion that: 
 1. Each of the Company and the Delaware Guarantors has been duly incorporated in
Delaware and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. 
 2. The Company
has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes and the Exchange Notes and to own and hold its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum. Each Delaware Guarantor has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture (including, the Guarantees and the Exchange Guarantees) and to own and hold its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum. 

3. The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company. The Notes, when duly executed, issued and delivered by the Company
against payment as provided in the Purchase Agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except that the
enforceability of the Notes may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Notes, when issued and delivered, will conform in all material respects to the description contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum under
the caption “Description of Notes.” 

  
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 4. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and each Delaware Guarantor. The Indenture (including the Guarantees by the Guarantors therein) is a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each Guarantor in accordance
with its terms, except that the enforceability of the Indenture may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Indenture conforms in all material respects to its description contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Memorandum under the caption “Description of Notes.” 
 5. The Purchase Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Delaware Guarantors. 
 6. The Registration
Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Delaware Guarantor and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Initial Purchasers, is a valid and legally binding obligation of
the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability of the Registration Rights Agreement may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
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creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except to the extent that
the indemnification and contribution provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement may be unenforceable. 
 7.
The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the Company. 
 8. The Exchange Guarantees have been duly
authorized by each Delaware Guarantor. 
 9. The statements in the Final Memorandum under the heading
“Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” to the extent that they constitute summaries of United States federal law or regulation or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by us and fairly summarize the matters described
under that heading in all material respects. 
 10. Based upon the representations, warranties and agreements of
the Company and the Guarantors in Section 2(b) and Section 2(y) of the Purchase Agreement and of the Initial Purchasers in Section 3(b) of the Purchase Agreement, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of
the Notes (including the Guarantees) to the Initial Purchasers under the Purchase Agreement or in connection with the initial resale of the Notes (including the Guarantees) by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with Section 3(b) of the
Purchase Agreement to register the Notes or the Guarantees under the Act, it being understood that we express no opinion as to any subsequent resale of the Notes. 

  
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 11. The issuance, execution, sale and delivery of the Notes by the Company,
the execution and delivery by the Company and each Guarantor of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Exchange Notes and the Acquisition Agreement (in each case to the extent it is a party thereto) will not
(i) result in a violation of the Charter Documents, (ii) breach or result in a default under any agreement, indenture or instrument listed on Schedule III to this opinion or (iii) violate Applicable Law or any judgment,
order or decree of any court or arbitrator known to us, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, where the breach, default or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company, the
Guarantors and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole. For purposes of this letter, the term “Applicable Law” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “GCL”) and those laws, rules and regulations of
the United States of America and the State of New York in each case which in our experience are normally applicable to the transactions of the type contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (other than the United States federal securities laws,
any state securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, anti-fraud laws and the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) but without us having made any special investigation as to applicability of any specific
rule or regulation. 
 12. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or
qualification with, any Governmental Authority, which has not been obtained, taken or made is required by the Company and the Guarantors under any Applicable Law for the issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes or the execution and

  
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delivery by the Company and the Guarantors of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Exchange Notes and the Acquisition Agreement, except as may be required
in connection with the registration of the Notes (including the Guarantees) and the Exchange Notes (including the Exchange Guarantees) under the Registration Rights Agreement. For purposes of this opinion, the term “Governmental Authority”
means any executive, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory body of the State of New York, the State of Delaware or the United States of America. 

13. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of their
proceeds as described in the Final Memorandum under the heading “Use of Proceeds,” will not be required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder. 
 14. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Final Memorandum, to our knowledge, there are no legal proceedings pending or overtly threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company, the Guarantors and
their subsidiaries, taken as a whole. 
 The opinions expressed above are limited to the laws of the State of
New York, the GCL, and the federal laws of the United States of America. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to the laws, and the rules, regulations and orders under those laws, that are currently in effect. 

  
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 This letter is furnished by us solely for your benefit in connection with
the transactions referred to in the Purchase Agreement and may not be circulated to, or relied upon by, any other person without our prior written consent. 

 

	
	Very truly yours,
	
	PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
	

  
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 Schedule I 
 Documents Incorporated by Reference 
  

	1.	Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of The Hillman Companies, Inc. filed on May 4, 2010; 

 

	2.	Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of The Hillman Companies, Inc. filed on August 16, 2010 and November 15, 2010; and 

 

	3.	Current Reports on Form 8-K of The Hillman Companies, Inc. filed on May 5, 2010, May 12, 2010, June 4, 2010, September 17,
2010, September 24, 2010, October 14, 2010 and January 7, 2011. 

  
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 Schedule II 
 Delaware Guarantors 
 The Hillman Companies, Inc. 

Hillman Investment Company 
 SunSub C Inc. 

  
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 Material Agreements 

 

	1.	Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2004, by and among The Hillman Companies, Inc., Hillman Investment Company, The Hillman Group, Inc., Merrill Lynch Capital
as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender, JP Morgan Chase Bank as Syndication Agent, and Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and JP Morgan Securities as Joint Lead Arrangers
and Joint Lead Bookrunners. 

  

	2.	Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and among The Hillman Group, Inc., The Hillman Companies, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries,
Allied Capital Corporation and Merrill Lynch Capital, as Administrative Agent. 

  

	3.	The Hillman Companies, Inc. 2004 Stock Option Plan, adopted on March 31, 2004. 

 

	4.	The Hillman Companies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan, adopted on December 2004. 

 

	5.	The Hillman Companies, Inc. Employee Securities Purchase Plan, adopted on March 31, 2004. 

 

	6.	Hillman Investment Company Employee Securities Purchase Plan, adopted on March 31, 2004. 

 

	7.	HCI Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and among Code Hennessy & Simmons IV LP, HCI Acquisition Corp., Ontario Teachers’ Pension
Plan Board, HarbourVest Partners VI – Direct Fund, L.P. and each of the persons listed on Schedule A thereto. 

  

	8.	Joinder to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by each of Hillman Investment Company, The Hillman Group, Inc., SunSource Technology Services LLC,
The Hillman Group Canada Ltd., SunSub C, Inc., SunSub Holdings LLC and SunSource Integrated Services de Mexico, SA. 

  

	9.	Hillman Investment Company Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and among Code Hennessy & Simmons IV LP, Hillman Investment Company,
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, HarbourVest Partners VI – Direct Fund, L.P. and each of the persons listed on Schedule A thereto. 

  

	10.	Employment Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and between The Hillman Group, Inc. and Max W. Hillman. 

 

	11.	Executive Securities Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and between Max W. Hillman and HCI Acquisition Corp. 

 

	12.	Employment Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and between The Hillman Group, Inc. and Richard P. Hillman, dated March 31, 2004. 

 

	13.	Executive Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and between HCI Acquisition Corp. and Richard P. Hillman. 

  
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	14.	Employment Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and between The Hillman Group, Inc. and James P. Waters. 

 

	15.	Executive Securities Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and between HCI Acquisition Corp. and James P. Waters. 

 

	16.	Executive Securities Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and between HCI Acquisition Corp. and George L. Heredia. 

 

	17.	Executive Securities Agreement, dated March 31, 2004, by and between HCI Acquisition Corp. and Terry R. Rowe. 

 

	18.	SunSource Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, dated as of August 1, 2000. 

 

	19.	The Hillman Companies, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (amended and restated), effective as of January 1, 2003. 

 

	20.	First Amendment to The Hillman Companies, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, as of March 30, 2004. 

 

	21.	Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 5, 2006, between The SteelWorks Corporation and The Hillman Group, Inc. 

 

	22.	Supply Agreement, dated January 5, 2006, between The SteelWorks Corporation and The Hillman Group, Inc. 

 

	23.	Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated July 21, 2006, among The Hillman Companies, Inc., Hillman Investment Company, The Hillman Group, Inc., the lenders from
time to time party hereto, Merrill Lynch Capital, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 

 

	24.	Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated July 21, 2006, amended as of August 7, 2009, among The Hillman Companies, Inc., Hillman Investment Company, The
Hillman Group, Inc., the lenders from time to time party hereto, GE Business Financial Services Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, GE Capital Markets, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 

 

	25.	Third Amendment to Loan Agreement dated May 6, 2009, among The Hillman Companies, Inc., Hillman Investment Company, The Hillman Group, Inc., AEA Mezzanine Fund II
LP, AEA Mezzanine Fund II LLC, AEA Mezzanine (Unleveraged) Fund LP, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Life Insurance Company of North America, Dick & Betsy Devos Foundation, Vanderweide Family Foundation, Douglas & Maria
Devos Foundation, The Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation, and GE Business Financial Services Inc. 

  

	26.	Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated August 7, 2009, among The Hillman Companies, Inc., Hillman Investment Company, The Hillman Group, Inc., AEA Mezzanine
Fund II LP, AEA Mezzanine Fund II LLC, AEA Mezzanine (Unleveraged) Fund LP, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Life Insurance Company of North America, Dicky & Betsy Devos Foundation, Vanderweide Family Foundation and GE Business
Financial Services Inc. 

  
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	27.	Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated December 21, 2008, by and between The Hillman Group, Inc. and Max W. Hillman. 

 

	28.	Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated December 21, 2008, by and between The Hillman Group, Inc. and Richard P. Hillman. 

 

	29.	Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated December 21, 2008, by and between The Hillman Group, Inc. and James P. Waters. 

 

	30.	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 21, 2010, by and among OHCP HM Acquisition Corp., OHCP HM Merger Sub Corp., The Hillman Companies, Inc. and the
Representatives named herein. 

  

	31.	Employment Agreement, dated as of April 21, 2010, by and between The Hillman Group, Inc. and Ali Fartaj. 

 

	32.	Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2010, among OHCP HM Merger Sub Corp. and the Initial Purchasers named therein. 

 

	33.	Credit Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2010, among OHCP HM Acquisition Corp. OHCP HM Merger Sub Corp., The Hillman Companies, Inc., Hillman Investment Company, The
Hillman Group, Inc., the lenders from time to time party hereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender, Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Syndication
Agents, Barclays Capital, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and GE Capital Markets, Inc. as Joint Bookrunnners and General Capital Corporation, as Documentation Agent. 

 

	34.	Borrower Assumption Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2010, among The Hillman Companies, Inc., The Hillman Group, Inc. and Barclays Bank plc, as Administrative and
Collateral Agent. 

  

	35.	Joinder Agreement, dated May 28, 2010, among The Hillman Group, Inc. and the Guarantors party thereto. 

 

	36.	Executive Letter Agreement, dated as of April 21, 2010, between The Hillman Group, Inc. and Max W. Hillman, Jr. 

 

	37.	Executive Letter Agreement, dated as of April 21, 2010, between The Hillman Group, Inc. and Richard P. Hillman. 

 

	38.	Executive letter Agreement, dated as of April 21, 2010, between The Hillman Group, Inc. and James P. Waters. 

 

	39.	Separation Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2010, between The Hillman Group, Inc. and Ali Fartaj. 

  
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